Cannon fodder in the Interstellar

In the novel, the two fruits that could cleanse and transform the body fell into Mina-Olli’s hands and benefited both the male and female protagonists.

However, to be honest, since Hua Deli and Mina-Olli already had excellent cultivation potential, the fruits’ effects only added fuel to the fire rather than bringing out their full potential. Ruo Manni felt this was quite a waste.

In the current world, Hua Daqi mentioned that the Crown Prince obtained two extremely powerful primary medicines. The Crown Prince sought the help of Doctor Paul to refine one of the primary medicines into a special potion, which “stimulated” the Second Prince into becoming a monstrous talent.

Later, the Crown Prince used the other primary medicine to create a targeted potion for herself, effectively “saving” her own variable and turning her into an even more monstrous existence.

The small portion of the primary medicine that was saved was refined into special potions by Doctor Paul and continuously provided to those talented young individuals. This is likely the main reason why Mina-Olli and Hua Deli, as well as Dean Atchison and others, had higher cultivation levels when they entered Xuan Gu Military Academy compared to the novel.

The different statuses led to different realms. In the novel, Mina-Olli only thought about herself, while Hua Deli acted according to circumstances. Ultimately, only the two of them benefited from the situation.

However, when good things fall into the hands of the Crown Prince, it’s different. The Crown Prince aims to maximize their effectiveness.

Firstly, the Crown Prince thought of seeking out Doctor Paul (Ruo Manni, upon meeting Hua Daqi and Doctor Paul, did not initially remember Paul’s identity but later recalled that in the novel, Doctor Paul was among the first talents eliminated by the puppeteers. Now that he is with the Crown Prince, he is unlikely to be used as cannon fodder). The Crown Prince certainly wanted Doctor Paul to study the properties of the medicine and make full use of its potential.

Thus, these extraordinary medicines were used on the young geniuses selected by the Crown Prince, allowing those young talents to start improving a year ago.

Thinking of this, Ruo Manni couldn’t help but feel a deep sense of resentment. What an outstanding, selfless male idol he is—why does he have to be her cousin? It’s as if she can’t even indulge in a pink dream.

Regarding the special medication Hua Daqi gave her, Ruo Manni really felt something extraordinary. This feeling came from the smooth flow of her meridians during cultivation and the rapid expansion of her spiritual power source, giving her a sense of achieving twice the results with half the effort.

Now, her daily cultivation progress is almost equivalent to what it would have taken her two days before taking the medication. Thus, Ruo Manni became even more diligent in her practice.

Since she couldn’t fantasize about her male idol anymore, she decided to focus on her training.

After returning from the island training, Hebrew Adam instructed everyone to spend more time in the war realm to quickly level up to level ten. The teammates followed his guidance, trying to enter the combat realm as much as possible in the evenings.

Compared to the novel, their leveling speed in the current world is incredibly slow. Even though the combat realm has been live for half a year, no player in the youth group has reached level ten to unlock the dungeon maps, whereas, in the novel, dungeons were unlocked within three months.

It’s unclear if the rebirth butterflies flapping their wings are causing these changes, but things have certainly shifted.

It’s been half a month since their return from the island training. Mina-Olli, who was seriously injured, had to lie in the treatment pod for seven nights and couldn’t enter the game pod, causing her ranking to drop out of the top ten.

In the current world, Hua Deli has been unable to enter the combat realm frequently due to special training before school started, so his player ID hasn’t reached level ten according to the novel’s timeline. Additionally, because the player known as the Imperial Prince rose rapidly, Hua Deli hasn’t been able to maintain his position at the top, unlike the novel’s description.

Since the Imperial Prince surpassed Hua Feitian over two months ago, Hua Feitian has been stuck in second place on the youth leaderboard, becoming the perennial runner-up.

As for the ranking of the ID Lin Kexin, Ruo Manni couldn’t help but sigh. Being a perennial third wheel, how unpleasant.

No, Ruo Manni decided she needed to work harder and surpass Hua Feitian. Being second place is definitely better than being third.

Over the past three months, their group had been intermittently entering the war realm, with experience gains coming extremely slowly. Yet, no one had been able to surpass the top five on the leaderboard.

This isn’t surprising, as these young players are all students. The top-ranked players are those with high potential and advanced cultivation, who receive significant support from the empire. These young talents have heavy training and cultivation tasks, so they can’t be in the war realm every day.

In short, while Ruo Manni and her group are busy with their studies and cultivation, other young players are the same. None of them have time to play and level up in the combat realm.

For those with lower cultivation trying to break into the top ranks, it’s not easy. The gap in attribute points caused by differing cultivation potential is hard to close.

Ruo Manni became increasingly certain that the Imperial Prince was Hebrew Adam. Otherwise, given his previous leveling speed, if he had been free, he would have likely already reached level 10.

Ruo Manni’s experience bar for leveling from 9 to 10 was more than half full. She estimated that she only needed to complete two more leveling tasks to reach level 10.

Ruo Manni’s psychic level had risen rapidly to mid-level 5 within a year. Both her master and senior brother said her leveling speed was too fast, and her foundation was a bit unstable. They advised her not to enter the meditation room for the past month but to focus on cultivating her psychic skills to solidify her cultivation.

Thus, recently, Ruo Manni has been concentrating on physical training and practicing psychic skills at night, fiercely working on leveling tasks.

On the nineteenth night after returning from the training, while Ruo Manni was working on her last level 9 task, she suddenly heard the long-silent combat realm system voice:

“Congratulations to player Imperial Prince for being the first to reach level 10. You have been awarded a large upgrade gift package, a guild creation token, and 100 gold coins…”

“Congratulations to player Imperial Prince for being the first…”

“Congratulations to player Imperial Prince for being the first…”

The system’s three announcements made Ruo Manni envious. She hurriedly increased her skill attacks, determined to reach level 10 before Hua Feitian. She wanted to be second, not third.

However, just as Ruo Manni was about to finish off the last monster and its health was nearly depleted, the system announcement sounded again: “Congratulations to player Hua Feitian for being the second to reach level 10. You have been awarded a large upgrade gift package, half a guild creation token, and 80 gold coins…”

“Congratulations to player Hua Feitian for being the second…”

“Congratulations to player Hua Feitian for being the second…”

Ruo Manni made a mistake with her skill, missing her chance to beat Hua Feitian to level 10 by just a step. Frustrated, she thought she shouldn’t have wasted time practicing skills. Annoyed, she threw five leaf-shaped flying knives, which hit the monster’s head precisely. The monster paused for a moment before exploding into experience points that filled her experience bar, and her player level rose from 9 to 10.

“Congratulations to the anonymous player for being the third to reach level 10. You have been awarded a large upgrade gift package, half a guild creation token, and 60 gold coins…”

“Congratulations to the anonymous player for being the third…”

“Congratulations to the anonymous player for being the third…”

Ruo Manni found a place to sit down and checked her attributes panel to reach level 10.