Stuck in a Chinese novel

Time passed and it was Thursday evening. Wei Jun and his platoon had just returned to their dorm and settled down. Well, the one to settle down was Wei Jun, the rest just sprawled down and kept panting as if life was about to leave them any moment.

The reason for that was that Wei Jun had them meet their weekly quota one day earlier. Since he would be going to the scheduled dungeon expedition on Friday, tomorrow, his platoon had to meet the quota for five days of dungeons in four days.

Of course, they obtained a good amount of strength from doing so, but their state wasn't anything less than miserable at the moment. It was a miracle they were alive as well.

"Wimps." Wei Jun said as he headed to the bathroom and cleared himself. When a dungeon was cleared, the clearing team was bathed in antibiotics in case they were carrying any foreign form of pathogen on them.

However, it did nothing about the foul smell from occasional dungeons. Wei Jun smelled terrible so he went to clean himself. Once he was clean, he returned to his bed and opened the system panel.

There was something he had been delaying for quite some time now but it was time to check that out.

[Wei Jun Ruan

Level: 187

Class: Invader

HP: 196\\196

QP: 2835\\2835

Death Qi: 702\\702

Cultivation realm: Qi master]

[Strength: 243]

[Agility: 322]

[Stamina: 324]

[Defense: 305]

[Qi: 377]

[Charm: 81]

[Luck: 59]

Wei Jun's current stat limit was 380 whereas only one of his stats was close to that point. Other than that, he couldn't raise any other stat unless he had a body cultivation technique.

He had the empowerment from the level-ups accumulated, however, there was just one issue with that. Currently, he had 147 levels worth of level-ups and each volume release was 10 levels worth. While he would have loved to increase his stats with those stats, he was the cautious type who didn't know when he might need something.

There was a chance he might need to unlock a few volumes in the moment of crisis. He wasn't too keen on spending those accumulated stat points when he still had options.

[Would you like to consume Miasma crystals to increase your Qi?]

[Yes\\No]

'Yes.' Wei Jun relied without a second thought.

[300 E tier Miasma crystals will be consumed to raise the user's Qi stat by 1]

[150 D tier Miasma crystals will be consumed to raise the user's Qi stat by 1]

[Error]

[C Tier Miasma crystals insufficient to raise the user's Qi stat]

[Would you like to combine the lower-level Miasma crystals to raise their rank?]

[Yes\\No]

'Yes.'

[Acknowledged]

[27 D tier Miasma crystals have been consumed to raise their rank by 1]

[27 D tier Miasma crystals have been consumed to raise their rank by 1]

[27 D tier Miasma crystals have been consumed to raise their rank by 1]

[Error]

[D tier Miasma crystals insufficient]

[Combining lower level Miasma crystals]

[192 D tier Miasma crystals have been consumed to raise their rank by 2]

[192 D tier Miasma crystals have been consumed to raise their rank by 2]

[192 D tier Miasma crystals have been consumed to raise their rank by 2]

[192 D tier Miasma crystals have been consumed to raise their rank by 2]

[C tier Miasma crystals now sufficient to raise the user's Qi by 1]

[Processing]

[Qi +3]

[You have reached the maximum limit of your Qi stat]

[Please raise your level to raise the limit]

Wei Jun sighed. The leftover Miasma crystals in his inventory were just E tier and even they were just less than a hundred.

He still needed to deliver some to Yue Peng to increase his money yet he blew almost all of eleven weeks' worth of Miasma crystals and even those before that to increase his stat just by 3.

That just showed how high his level was and how low-level dungeons he was clearing. He needed at least B rank dungeons to increase his Qi stats in single digits.

Another great increment was his Death Qi stat which he hadn't been able to use freely for a while now. Since the skill 'Unknown' only covered his Qi trace, not the look of the Death Qi, Wei Jun couldn't openly use it. Otherwise, just like how Xia Lu was able to understand from one glance that it was some sort of evil Qi, anyone would be able to do so as well.

Wei Jun had prepared himself all he could. Other than that, there was literally nothing he could do for tomorrow's expedition. All he could do was hope the military wouldn't send some truly powerful ones. Otherwise, he might have to kill all of them, not only some of them.

~~

Tomorrow came faster than anyone expected. The platoon had a kind of off that day and since they only had to do mandatory exercises, they slept till late. Wei Jun left the dorm building and arrived at the meeting point.

When Wei Jun arrived, he saw the Brigadier General, his build as buffy and tall as always, and a man next to him. The same man who had guided Wei Jun to the Brigadier General's office.

Other than them, there were eleven more individuals, dressed the same as the man next to the Brigadier. Wei Jun could already tell who he would be entering the dungeon with.

Twelve plus one equals thirteen.

'My favorite number.'

[Isn't that an unlucky number?]

'Exactly. It's unlucky as hell for others.'

[You're inherently evil, huh?]

Wei Jun arrived before the Brigadier and gave a firm salute, "Corporal Wei Jun Ruan reporting, Sir!" Stay connected through empire

"Good day, Corporal Ruan," The Brigadier said with a smile before he pointed at the twelve individuals and said, "These will be your squad members today. You are to follow Captain Lei's instructions while in there."

Wei Jun wasn't the one leading the expedition. While Wei Jun was stronger than the other party, he was being asked to follow someone else's lead. Especially someone weaker than him.

Anyone in his place would have exploded. Well, no one else would have been put in his place. Any other individual of Wei Jun's strength and the said person would have been treated like royalty by the military.

However, Wei Jun was a special case due to his connection with the Ruan family, his sect, and most importantly, his suspicious identity as the biker who had terrorized the entire empire.

That was the sole reason he was being asked to enroll in the military. To keep him in their eyes and somehow get rid of him. Of course, Wei Jun didn't know that.

Still, the military decided otherwise when they saw the immense talent he possessed. They were willing to overlook such allegations as long as Wei Jun joined the military and served the empire.

Supposedly unaware of their goal, Wei Jun acknowledged the decision without making a fuss and shortly afterward, entered the dungeon gate.

Just as he did, he felt as if the world around him was changing and rearranging itself.

'What the…'

[Umm… Host?]

'What?' Wei Jun asked.

[What grade of dungeon did they say it was?]

'A rank, why?'

[This isn't an A rank dungeon]

[This is straight-up S rank]

[And you see those creatures far away?]

Wei Jun didn't even have enough time to check his surroundings when the system called out to him so once the system said, Wei Jun looked at the flying creatures far away.

They seemed like small dinosaurs but with wings.

[Wyverns]

[Lower, lower form of Dragons]

[Servant race of Dragons]

'So?' Wei Jun asked.

[You cannot kill them unless they're hostile to you]

Wei Jun remembered something about the system telling him about the dragon race's imprint on his soul. If he followed that advice, then he needed to know what was at stake.

'What would happen if I attacked them while they weren't hostile to me?' Wei Jun asked.

[You wouldn't be able to]

[A heavy penalty would be incurred in return]

[In worst-case scenario, you could end up becoming an enemy of the entire dragon race]

[Trust me]

[You don't want that]

[You can make angels or even the devil an enemy]

[But dragon never]

[The moment you do]

[You can never escape their wrath no matter what life you're living]

Wei Jun didn't understand most of it but he did understand one key aspect.

Don't hunt the dragon race.

Wei Jun nodded and turned to the Captain, whose name was Huatan Lei, a Qi manifestation realm cultivator. Wei Jun looked at him awaiting instruction but he nodded to his team and said, "Except for Corporal Wei Jun Ruan, everyone else is to follow me."

"Corporal Wei Jun Ruan, Sir! May I ask a question?" While Wei Jun said so, the rest of the team had already relocated behind the Captain.

"What is it?" The Captain asked with a cold expression.

"What am I to do, Sir?" Wei Jun asked.

"You are to hunt them." The Captain said while pointing at the flying creatures behind Wei Jun.

"Or…" He said, turning Wei Jun's attention back to him which he did and said, "Give me an answer right now, Corporal Ruan."

"…" Wei Jun remained silent. He didn't need to be told what that meant. He simply smiled and said, "And if I don't? You think you can get away from me?"

There was no respect for the superior rank in Wei Jun's tone. The gig was up.

"We don't have to." The Captain said before he pulled a cylindrical canister from his weapons pack and pulled the pin on top of it.

As he did, a transparent shield appeared around him and the rest of the team.

[That's a 5th circle shield spell]

[You won't be able to get through it without Death Qi]

'Then wouldn't that be easy?'

[Not if you want those on the outside to pick it up]

[Just because you're here]

[Doesn't mean you're safe]

[You're too close to the gate between the dungeon and the outside world]

[They'll feel it on the outside]

'Why the hell is everything so complicated…'

[What about an alternative?]

'What alternative?'

[The alternative that's flying around way over there]

Wei Jun turned to the flying creatures some distance away, still unaware of the uninvited guests.

Wei Jun sighed and said, "Let's see if this sh*t works."