Chapter 18: Mental Networks and Mental Barriers

The teaching area on the first floor of the Central Naval Academy

Today is the opening day of the 374th freshmen of the Central Naval Academy. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 As early as 5 o'clock in the morning, all the new students of this class went to the indoor playground on the first floor to complete the opening ceremony. Of course, the opening ceremony after a hundred years did not go around too many circles, and after telling the important rules and regulations of the college and some things that students need to know, it ended in a hurry.

Of course, this is just the beginning of the day for many new students.

When Aritaus arrived at an indoor training ground according to the timetable, he already knew the tasks for this time of day by looking at the prompts on the electronic light screen.

The purpose of running 20 kilometers with weights is to exercise the physique and physical fitness of many students, and of course there is a personal chip in the process of this task.

However, Aritus did not find this subject difficult, and the new humans all had physical qualities far superior to those of the old humans, and most of them said that they could easily handle it, except for some people who were not very physically functional.

Of course, whether you are out of breath or unharmed after this easy is two different things.

Beginning at eight o'clock, Aritus went to the very center of the first floor, and after passing through the layers of partitions and sound attenuation, he came to the special quiet room on the first floor of the academy.

The first lesson they will learn is a meditation class that will take place in this ashram.

It's called a meditation class, but that's just its abbreviation. The full name is 'Miles into Spiritual Powers - From the Occult to Self-Knowledge', and because the name is too long, most people call it a meditation class.

The course is taught in a way that is similar to meditation to explore and tap into one's spiritual strength. According to some of the theories that Aritus saw, the new humans discovered that psychic powers were not the product of the cataclysm.

Humans may have been aware of the existence of spiritual power at a very early age, but due to cognitive and technical problems, traces of early human exploration of spiritual power can only be buried in some religious literature.

In the early stage of the cataclysm, the new humans continued to collect all kinds of information, and in extreme cases, they also did many experiments and explorations before gradually verifying the exact existence of spiritual power, and began to explore this unconventional power.

After that, the human search for spiritual power inevitably borrowed some ancient methods. For example, meditation, which is now established as the most basic way to exercise mental power, is a term derived from ancient characters.

Of course, when Alitus turned his attention to a high platform at the very front of the ashram, he couldn't help but admire the accommodating nature of the Academy. The instructor who taught them the course was dressed differently than anyone he had seen before, and Arites struggled to recall that he seemed to be dressed in traditional Hindu attire.

With the advent of class time, the middle-aged man who was originally sitting on the high platform flew up out of thin air in a way that violated the principles of physics, and sat down in front of everyone out of thin air.

Witnessing this, Aritheus was deeply shocked. His keen mental power could sense that all the movements of the middle-aged man just now were supported by his mental power. It's not that he doesn't know the interference of spiritual power in the real world, but if he wants to be like this middle-aged man, he can't move his position with spiritual power as lightly.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I think we can start this lesson." The middle-aged man opened his eyes, looked at the fifteen teenagers and girls in the quiet room, and said in a deep voice.

"Some of my classmates may be strange about my identity, but in fact I was also a commander." , perhaps noticing the puzzled gazes of these teenagers and girls in front of him, he began to explain his identity a little.

"......", as if a person who appears to be a Hindu is an admiral is more shocking than their teacher, and the crowd seems to be more and more confused.

"I only became a teacher in the academy after I let go of that identity, and as for dressing like this, it is also a need for academic research." , the middle-aged man continued to explain, but it seemed that everyone did not quite believe the look.

"My current topic is the effect of clothing on meditation, and by the way, I was wearing a robe last month." The middle-aged man is very frank about the experiments he is currently conducting.

"Okay everyone, now start our teaching ...... today", the middle-aged man waited until everyone calmed down, and then used his authority to mobilize the projection equipment and electronic light screen in the quiet room to start today's teaching.

Naturally, Aritus studied the course wholeheartedly. After consulting a lot of information, he naturally knew the importance of this course.

"The most advantageous weapon of the Admiral is their spiritual power, which is the proof of the Admiral's identity and the source of his status", the Mentor's words very keenly point out the importance of spiritual power to the Admiral.

The reason why the Admiral is called the Admiral is because only those who can exert their spiritual power can use the ritual to summon the ship's mother.

And just the most basic thing of summoning the ship's mother requires the admirals to have a considerable degree of spiritual attainment. Summoning battleship ships and aircraft carriers requires a lot of mental power. And according to some studies, the stronger the spiritual power, the stronger the ship girl that can be summoned.

This is also an important reason why many Admirals need to study and master this course, and the upper limit of their mental power determines whether they can summon more kinds of ship girls.

But that's only part of the story.

The reason why the Admiral is called Admiral is not only to summon the ship's mother, but the most important point is that he can sign a spiritual contract with the ship's mother, so as to carry out spiritual communication.

This is something that many people tend to miss, and the Admirals are not just a manpower machine used to summon the Ship Maiden, but their most important ability is to assist the Ship Maiden in battle.

And this ability is built on a spiritual network. After signing more than a plural contract, the admirals have built a spiritual network with multiple spiritual links, which can make the ship girls also communicate through spiritual power.

Without the support of the spiritual network, it is easy for the ship girls to fall into a situation of fighting on their own, not because there is no sense of cooperation, but because the battlefield changes too quickly and cannot know the thoughts of their teammates in an instant. This situation greatly reduces the combat efficiency of the ship girls, except for those who have experienced countless battles and countless experience, most ship girls can't do it.

Like the actual combat drill encountered by Aritus last time, it was precisely because the four shipwrews under the command of three people could not communicate through spiritual links, and there were still many omissions in cooperation, so they could only fight according to the predetermined plan.

Of course, since the spiritual network can only be opened to the shipwrecks under the same admiral, the unification battle between multiple admirals has also become a very difficult thing, and there is no good way to solve this so far.

It was for this reason that Aritus studied this course seriously and diligently, because it was so important that no one relaxed.

"Whew......", Alitus seemed to breathe a sigh of relief as he looked at the middle-aged man who had finally finished his lecture and turned off all the equipment.

The meditation method taught by the academy to tap one's own spiritual power is of course very good, but it is also very difficult, and even Aritus has not succeeded in entering that special meditative state. But he felt that he might be able to get there if he tried again.

It was noon. Since the lunch break was not long, Arrites only solved the lunch problem in the cafeteria on the second floor of the college.

The afternoon class began quickly, and the name of the course he had seen before was 'Admiral's Self-Defense - How to Avoid Accidental Injury and Emergency Protection'.

At least before the class, Arritheus didn't quite understand the purpose of the class. Of course, his classmates sitting around him also didn't understand the meaning of this class.

Soon, the teacher of their class came and announced the content of the lesson - the telekinesis barrier.

As we all know, spiritual power can interfere with the material world of the outside world, and the most obvious example is the unconscious repulsion of external objects after most people awaken their spiritual power.

The technology taught by the Central Naval Academy uses spiritual power to interfere with the matter in the outside world and deflect the trajectory of the object to reduce its damage to itself.

The lesson was unexpectedly relaxed, and after the teacher announced that he would be allowed to exercise freely at intermission, Arrites felt a little strange.

This kind of course is too easy, although it is just at the beginning of the school and does not teach too in-depth content, but such a relaxed course still makes him a little uncomfortable.

Just as he was about to take a break, he suddenly noticed that the mentor who had taught him the telekinetic barrier had suddenly disappeared, and the door that had been open had been resealed.

He didn't seem to be the only one who noticed the abnormality, a dark-haired boy not far from him also stood up, looking around with a little vigilance.

Of course, there was also one person, who was none other than Talia, who had some contact with Aritus, and she was also in the same class as herself.

A crunching sound sounded from the electronic microphone, followed by a somewhat familiar voice:

"Ladies and gentlemen, the next step is our practical ......"

From behind the spacious walls, four fully loaded machine guns appeared, and the electronic aiming systems on them were already aimed at the 15 teenagers and girls in the room.

"Don't be afraid, the loader is filled with rubber bullets coated with a strong anesthetic, and you only need to hold on for five minutes before you leave." The Mentor's voice came from the microphone, but anyone who was being aimed at several machine guns would be a little uneasy.

"By the way, the last five people to wake up need to clean the classroom......," the four revolvers' guns began to spew out fine bullets violently.

Everyone present was a reserve admiral who had awakened his spiritual power, and even though he was suddenly shocked by this change, he still made his own judgment.

Most of them are looking for cover with enough shelter to hide from rubber bullets. Only a few people noticed that the walls and corners were easier to defend, and Aritus hid by the walls, carefully invoking the telekinetic barrier to twist the rubber bullets that were fired.

Unfortunately, not everyone noticed, and some who were not well protected in time had already fainted after being hit by several rubber bullets.

As the bullet rate gets faster and faster, more people pass out, and the more people who are left behind, the more blows they have to bear.

Aritaus crouched on the ground, leaning his back against the wall and slowly moving away from the area where the fire was more intense.

Unfortunately, the brother who was still resisting the cannon not far away just now had fallen, and the fire in his area was again intensive.

"Tsk, there's still nearly two minutes ......", the boy has his own method of timekeeping, and naturally he still knows how long it will take.

He was retreating to the corner, when he suddenly felt that he had bumped into someone, and before he could speak, he heard a strange young man's voice: "Cooperation, right?" ”

"Okay, one side?" Arrites was quick to make such a suggestion.

"No problem!" Alitus didn't have time to look at the somewhat unfamiliar face of the dark-haired teenager and focused on his own side of the defense.

Dense artillery fire was projected at the two men, and the number of people present was becoming less and less, and the pressure on both of them was increasing.

"Hey, how long can you hold on?" , The black-haired boy asked loudly after using his mental power to deflect several rubber bullets.

"According to this growth rate, I won't be able to hold it in another 30 seconds." , Aritus was also making estimates when he quickly used his mental power to deviate from the trajectory.

"There are 60 seconds left...... Isn't that! The black-haired boy roared angrily, as if he had seen something again, and shouted to the girl not far away, "Hey! That little guy over there! Don't think about cooperation? ”。

After Aritaus released a little mental power, he realized that the little man behind him was Talia whom he had seen several times.

"Rude guy." , The petite girl with black braids seemed to be dissatisfied with the black-haired boy calling her name, but she quickly moved towards the position where the two were.

At this time, the two of them noticed that until just now she was still alone against the bullets dropped by those cannons, and the state seemed to be similar to the two of them, although it was a little difficult but she could still hold out for a long time.

After 10 seconds, the three people who got together jointly used the mental power barrier to resist the increasingly violent bullets to the greatest extent. At this time, only three people were still awake on the field, and the others had all passed out to the ground.

All the bullets were fired at the trio, but fortunately, they were not subjected to all the bullets due to the machine-gun firing range.

40 seconds is as long as half a day, and with the blessing of the mental power that has been forced to the limit, the dynamic vision of the three of them has been greatly strengthened, and they can withstand the extremely fierce attack.

Eventually, the sound of metal grinding and bullets crashing down was gone, and Aletus, the unknown black-haired boy, and Talia seemed relieved, and they all sat down on the ground to rest.

Such a high-intensity test, even Aritaus's mental toughness beyond ordinary people can hardly hold on, Talia next to him is in a similar state to him, and the black-haired boy at the beginning is panting, his expression seems to be a little painful.

I said...... Haven't you two had any mental power yet? ", asked the black-haired boy who endured his headache.

"Actually, there are still a few", and the answers of Aritus and Talia almost did not break him.

"What a pervert...... Your mental strength test scores must be very high......," the boy snorted, but the series of negative states caused by the headache made him a little bit out of his mind.

"You seem to be called Avalon?" , Arrites asked, looking at the black-haired boy.

"Aha, I know ......," Avalon sighed for some reason.

"I was in a hurry just now and didn't think about it." , Aritus responded.

"Alright, three students, your class for today is over. The results of this class test have been distributed to your personal report card......", the voice of the instructor was heard again over the speaker.

"In addition, the three of you will be able to enter the advanced study and quiz in the next class, please be prepared." Before the three of them could step out of the metal door that had been opened, one of the mentors said this prompt.

It turns out that just now is just the most basic training?

In both Aritus and Avalon's hearts, they couldn't help but feel powerless about the academy's course schedule......