Blurting out one sentence by accident would have been one thing.
But he kept saying it again and again, nonstop.
It was starting to feel like overcompensation.
'What exactly is he trying to cover up?'
Qin Siyang didn't continue thinking it through.
He just left a loose thread in his mind, waiting to slowly pull it once the matter at hand was settled.
"All right. I'm very grateful that Chief of Staff Zheng is willing to tell me the method for ordinary people to awaken a Sequence."
Zheng Mubian adjusted his cuffs and continued, "First, what I need to tell you is this. There is more than one way for ordinary people to awaken Sequence abilities."
"The six major legions each operate on their own. Added together, they hold at least four or five methods for allowing ordinary people to awaken Sequence abilities. I estimate that the three major chambers of commerce and the four major mining families also each hold three or four methods. Oh, right. The United Government knows at least one method as well. And there are also some low-profile researchers who have methods they don't pass on."
"So if you count everything up, there are more than ten methods within the safe zone for ordinary people to awaken Sequences."
"What I can tell you is one method jointly held by the Chu-legion and the Qin-legion."
"This method can greatly increase the probability of ordinary people awakening Sequence abilities. Turning your ordinary legions into a Sequence Legions will be just around the corner."
Zheng Mubian's eyes then revealed a sharp, hawk-like gleam, "Qin Siyang, what I'm about to say goes out of my mouth and into your ears. From this point on, when you put it into practice, you must maintain absolute secrecy. If anyone else finds out about this, someone will come looking for trouble with my Chu-legion. And if my Chu-legion gets dragged into trouble because of you, then don't blame my Chu-legion for coming after you."
Qin Siyang nodded, "What should be said and what shouldn't be said, I know very well."
But inwardly, he was extremely dissatisfied.
He had thought there was only one way for ordinary people to awaken Sequences.
He never expected there to be at least ten.
'Put that way, Old Li and Director Zhang might know one or two methods as well.'
'This is basically accepting a favor from the Chu-legion for nothing. Who knew what they planned to charge interest on later.'
Rounded up, it was a loss so huge it felt like his blood was being drained dry.
"Listen carefully. The method I'm about to tell you is actually very simple."
"Have them consume Sequence potions, live in places where the remains of gods are buried, and regularly fight against gods."
Qin Siyang froze for a moment, "Just taking Sequence potions is enough? If it's that simple, why has no one ever talked about it?"
Putting aside his dissatisfaction with Zheng Mubian, Qin Siyang asked aloud.
Since the favor was already owed, he might as well understand everything clearly.
Seeing how quickly Qin Siyang turned the page and didn't let subjective emotions affect objective judgment, Zheng Mubian's evaluation of him rose another notch.
"Why do you only listen to one-third of what I say? I said living inside the safe zone at a place where a complete medium-tier god's corpse is buried, taking Sequence potions, and then fighting gods. Only then can the probability of awakening a Sequence be increased! The conditions are extremely harsh. Of course it wouldn't be widely known."
"First, living inside the safe zone at a place where a complete medium-tier god's corpse is buried. This means you not only have to be able to kill a medium-tier god and bring back its entire body, you also have to find an area large enough to build living quarters. Not only is the project massive, it's also extremely hard to conceal. Do you know how difficult that is?"
"Second, Sequence potions are extremely valuable. How many bottles a person needs to drink to break through that bottleneck and surpass their own threshold varies from person to person. You should know that the cost of a single bottle of Sequence potion is enough to let someone be a local tyrant in a remote area. Who would casually throw silver coins into the water?"
"Third, only by regularly fighting gods can the trigger for Sequence awakening be activated. But ordinary people can't kill gods. If someone fails to awaken a Sequence ability in time during combat with a god, they will definitely die. There must be Sequence ability users nearby to protect them. And how many ordinary people can afford to hire Sequence ability users as 'insurers' until they awaken their own Sequence?"
"Finally, even if all three of these conditions are met, it only increases the probability of awakening a Sequence. It does not guarantee awakening."
"Some people have lived for five years in military camps built over medium-tier gods, consumed seven or eight bottles of Sequence potion, and participated every month in battles between ordinary soldiers and gods, yet they're still just ordinary people. Others lived in the camp for only three days, drank a single bottle of Sequence potion, and awakened a Sequence instantly at the very moment of their first battle with a god."
"This completely random awakening probability is the real trouble."
But Qin Siyang didn't hear where the trouble in uncertainty lay, "Chief of Staff Zheng, life itself can't be separated from luck. Why would the randomness of Sequence awakening cause trouble?"
Zheng Mubian said leisurely, "You've never lived a military life, so you don't realize where the problem lies. Of course I can explain it to you in detail. What comes next is all experience, and all principles that aren't easily passed on. This also saves you from thinking that everything I'm saying is worthless, and from feeling angry that my Chu-legion is forcing an insignificant favor on you."
Qin Siyang laughed dryly, "Chief of Staff Zheng, that's not what I meant. I didn't—"
"Whether you did or didn't, you know in your own heart. Let me ask you. What's the most important thing in an army?"
After speaking, Zheng Mubian picked up the tea that had already gone cold and drained it in one gulp.
Qin Siyang ventured, "Obeying orders?"
"Correct. As expected, you're smart. Many people think the most important thing in an army is combat power, not realizing that an army that can't fully obey orders becomes more dangerous the stronger its combat power is, losing control and even turning on itself."
"Then let me ask you another question. How do you achieve obedience to orders?"
Qin Siyang shook his head, "To be honest, I have a lot of ideas, but none of them feel like the right answer."
Zheng Mubian stopped beating around the bush, "Order."
"The most important thing in an army is order. So-called 'orders carried out, prohibitions enforced'. Only by achieving this can discipline be strict and the army move like an extension of one's own arm. If things are lax in normal times, don't expect the army to be usable when it actually matters. It'll be nothing more than a mob."
Qin Siyang listened with full concentration, listening, remembering, and thinking all at once, unwilling to miss a single detail of the personal instruction from the Chu-legion's second-in-command.
"Maintaining order is comprehensive. The most important part is the promotion path. Seniority and battle merits within the army, one's background and strength, and so on. Only a promotion system built by considering all factors together can carry authority and maintain the army's order."
"And the random awakening of Sequence abilities is the greatest challenge to the army's order and merit system. Once someone awakens a Sequence, an unbridgeable gulf opens between them and ordinary people."
"Today, both of you are ordinary people. You're a soldier and he's a platoon leader, and you obey orders without question. Tomorrow, you awaken a Sequence while he's still an ordinary person. Will you still treat him as your platoon leader?"
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