Inside the experimental floor of the Qi Refining Department.

This is the floor where many students and rented laboratories are located.

At this moment, Reverend Lianhuo, who had come here, felt some hesitation.

“With so many special effects, if they are all released at once, I wonder how many people’s eye-implants can withstand it.”

“It will be flashing and lagging, what will anyone be able to see?”

Thinking of this, Reverend Lianhuo, who had long been involved with students at the grassroots level and understood their actual situations, couldn’t help but shake his head repeatedly: “These guys above, every single one of them… they are all out of touch with reality. How can those in the Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining stages endure such spiritual realm fluctuations?”

But Reverend Lianhuo also understood that he couldn’t change what these leaders had ordered.

However, once widespread eye-implant lag and flashing occurred, not only would the notification for the military certificate not be accurately conveyed, but if it caused any accidents or losses… then he would likely be blamed.

“Cannot cause an accident.”

“But it still needs to be high-profile while accurately conveying the message.”

“I can only use the old method.”

After a moment of thought, Reverend Lianhuo had no choice but to invite someone he knew from the Talisman Department and ask them for a Vision-Obscuring Talisman.

“Sigh, I wonder if this Vision-Obscuring Talisman can be reimbursed.”

Shaking his head, Reverend Lianhuo activated the talisman. Invisible divine power instantly spread out from the talisman’s activation point, radiating in all directions along the spiritual realm.

Then, with a downward press of his finger.

“Brightness lowered!”

“Resolution lowered!”

“Ray tracing off!”

“Graphics settings to lowest!”

As the Vision-Obscuring Talisman suddenly activated, Reverend Lianhuo looked at the operation status of his eye-implant and nodded slightly: “Now the military certificate can be issued.”

Inside the laboratory.

Jin Jun was diligently working with many assistants to refine the prototype of the Tianri Huangshen.

As for Zhang Yu’s matters, he had already put them out of his mind.

At this moment, Jin Jun’s eyes were solely on the prototype in front of him, and he dedicated all his heart, mind, and energy to it.

But the next moment, he was surprised to see a line of text flash across his eye-implant.

“An important notification will be issued soon! Please stop your current work and wait for the notification to be released.”

Just as Jin Jun was wondering what kind of notification it might be.

The world in his eye-implant first dimmed, and then the entire field of vision darkened at a speed visible to the naked eye.

At the same time, everything around them began to become blurry and simple, as if all objects had turned into mosaics.

In an instant, everyone felt as if they had been pulled into another dim, hazy world.

Seeing the panicked people around him, Jin Jun waved his hand and said, “Don’t be nervous, this is an important notification from the school. To accommodate our eye-implant load, it has actively adjusted our field of vision.”

The next moment, everyone saw flashes of dazzling light appear before their eyes.

Soaring immortal light erupted, like stars in the darkness, illuminating everyone’s vision.

Within the immortal light, clouds radiated and immortal mists swirled, as if countless gods and Buddhas had descended to cheer for heaven and earth.

The next instant, massive, sky-filling characters suddenly exploded before everyone’s eyes, filling the heavens and earth.

Each character was filled with infinite mystery and carried countless special effects, causing some students’ eye-implants to lag slightly.

“Congratulations to Wanfa University, Qi Refining Department’s Zhang Yu, for not only making rapid progress in the process of refining the Tianri Huangshen prototype, completing the refining from level 1 to level 15 within two months, but also for his excellent craftsmanship, with various performances reaching inter-school leading standards, and ingeniously reducing refining costs…”

“A Class A Military Qi Refining Engineering Certificate is hereby awarded, hoping that Student Zhang Yu will continue his efforts and make more breakthroughs in the path of Qi refining in the future.”

Upon seeing this notification, teachers in other laboratories immediately cursed in their hearts: “Damn it… making such a big fuss for a military certificate, those who don’t know would think he won ten major championships.”

But Jin Jun, upon seeing these words, widened his eyes, and various incredible expressions emerged in them.

“Really… level 15? Did he really reach level 15?”

At this moment, Jin Jun, who had just been so focused and dedicated to his work, felt as if all his strength had been drained from him, and he no longer had the mind to do the work at hand.

It wasn’t just Jin Jun; most of the people in the entire laboratory were in a daze at this moment, seemingly having no idea that their project team had already moved towards defeat without their noticing.

Su Yunni, although mentally prepared, was also full of bewilderment at this moment, bitterly thinking, “After so much time and effort, did I ultimately lose like this?”

The next moment, Jin Jun looked at the grand notification before him, as if something occurred to him.

“Making such a big commotion, won’t everyone know that Zhang Yu has obtained the military certificate?”

“Before long, everyone will probably know that I, Jin Jun, lost to him, lost to this guy who transferred from the Civil Engineering Department less than a year ago…”

“Zhang Yu is famous now, but he’s standing on my head.”

Thinking of this, Jin Jun’s magical power surged, the muscles on his body twitched, and his whole body’s vital energy pulsed violently.

He seemed to already see his reputation in qi refining being damaged, his future funding scale shrinking, his loan limit decreasing, and even the number of investors dwindling.

In the laboratory on the other side.

Zhang Yu was swiping his fingers, writing and drawing something in his eye-implant.

After reporting the prototype and participating in the evaluation, Zhang Yu was already very confident that he would pass the evaluation and obtain the military certificate, and he hadn’t been worried these past few days.

However, for him, acquiring the military-grade Tianri Huangshen was just the beginning.

“It’s early February now, and there are about six more months until the September Top Ten League.”

“To win the Top Ten League championship, I need to master at least four military-grade powers.”

“That means, apart from the Tian Kunlun Yishan Shenli and the Tianri Huangshen I’m about to acquire, I must obtain two more military-grade powers in the remaining six months.”

“But four military-grade powers at most would just barely catch up to the level of Dao Qiankun, Jiutian Liu, and Yan Qianji last year.”

“If I want to defeat them this year…”

Zhang Yu recorded in his eye-implant: “It would be best to master 5 military-grade powers.”

“Three more in the remaining six months… is that possible?”

Zhang Yu didn’t know; he could only try his best.

“Next, I’ll first deal with the Design Competition and obtain a military-grade qi refining technique.”

“The Bishui Jinjing Armor should also be almost deciphered by then, and I’ll apply to my teacher for its refining.”

“Then I’ll see if I can comprehend anything related to the ‘Dasheng Chuanren’ set from it.”

“Then I’ll choose…”

Zhang Yu listed out all the available military-grade powers one by one, thinking to himself: “To get three more, spending over 500 spiritual coins in the next six months would probably be normal.”

“Money is still a bit tight…”

“Hmm, once I get the military certificate, I’ll immediately refine the Tianri Huangshen to unleash its military-grade performance.”

As for what to do with this 20-level military-grade puppet after completing it?

Zhang Yu naturally intended to use it to make money; would he take it to war?

Fighting was something Zhang Yu wouldn’t bear to risk a puppet he had spent hundreds of spiritual coins on; he would just fight desperately himself.

Just as Zhang Yu was meticulously planning, his vision suddenly dimmed.

The next moment, the world changed color, and the notification of the military certificate’s issuance slowly appeared in his eyes.

Zhang Yu showed no shock at this scene, as it was, in his opinion, already expected. He just hadn’t expected the notification for a military certificate to cause such a huge commotion.

Reverend Lianhuo’s projection appeared, looking at Zhang Yu and saying, “Student Zhang Yu, I never thought you would obtain a military certificate in less than a year after transferring departments.”

“Truly worthy of being a disciple valued by Reverend Ciji.”

After some pleasantries, Zhang Yu received the military certificate from Reverend Lianhuo, and his ranking instantly skyrocketed.

First, his class ranking soared to first place, followed by a continuous rise in department ranking, directly reaching 13th place.

Then, like a metamorphosis, the characters of his department ranking were suddenly shattered by an invisible force, and something called “School-wide Ranking” emerged from it.

Wanfa University, undergraduate stage, 44th in school-wide ranking!

At the same time, three options popped up in Zhang Yu’s eye-implant: one was for alternating display of department and school-wide rankings.

The other two options were to either only display the school-wide ranking or only display the department ranking.

Zhang Yu thought about it; if he had achieved this ranking as a member of, say, the Security Department or Transportation Department, he might choose to only display the school-wide ranking.

But he never forgot his roots, so he immediately chose to display both the Qi Refining Department’s ranking and the school-wide ranking.

And seeing the ranking appear, Reverend Lianhuo smiled slightly and congratulated him again: “Congratulations, Student Zhang Yu, after obtaining this military certificate, you have actually broken into the top 50 in the entire school. From now on, your school-wide ranking will be openly displayed, no longer comparable to ordinary students.”

“Even if the Patrol Team wants to apprehend you, they will have to notify the department head first.”

Looking at his school-wide ranking, Zhang Yu also couldn’t hide his excitement.

At the same time, countless messages appeared in Zhang Yu’s eye-implant.

First was a friend request from a student in the Finance Department.

Huai Zhixia: Student Zhang Yu, the company has noticed a change in your academic performance, and the original policy has also been revised. There’s a new loan offer…

Looking at the message from the other party, Zhang Yu smiled slightly and thought, “As expected of the Finance Department. After realizing my money-making ability has greatly improved, they plan to lift the restrictions and profit from me?”

Qi Refining Department Teaching Secretary: Student Zhang Yu, the Qi Refining Department can provide professional laboratory rental to students who have mastered military-grade Qi Refining Department powers, and materials can also be discounted…

Ye Xingli: Junior brother, this is the military-grade student group for the Qi Refining Department, I’ll pull you in [group link]

Yan Qianji: [group link] Junior brother, this is the group for the top 50 in the whole school, you come in too