After obtaining the Three-Layered Pagoda fragment, Han Lang could barely contain his excitement. He immediately bid farewell to Huang Yuhua, Liu Xiaoxiao, and Tang Geng and the others, returning to his room.
This time, the bronze fragment was more than twice the size of the previous one, so Han Lang eagerly anticipated the improvement the fragment would bring to the Three-Layered Pagoda.
The repair process was not difficult, taking less than an hour.
The main challenge for Han Lang was to meticulously locate the missing part of the Three-Layered Pagoda that the bronze fragment belonged to.
This caused a considerable delay.
After the repair was completed, he entered the Three-Layered Pagoda for the first time to check the spatial size.
"Holy crap! This fragment is incredible. Each layer of the Three-Layered Pagoda has increased by almost fifty square meters! This means the total number of Spirit Sustaining Pills I can cultivate could nearly double! And that's just the spatial increase; I don't even know how much the time flow rate has improved!"
Seeing such significant progress in the Three-Layered Pagoda, Han Lang was overjoyed.
Although he didn't yet know the exact ratio of the time flow rate within the pagoda, he already had a general plan.
Furthermore, with this advancement, Han Lang decided to change the method of supplying Spirit Sustaining Pills.
Firstly, with the increased space, he could cultivate more spirit herbs. This meant that the pills, which were originally planned to be refined every two months, could now be stretched to about four months.
This would lead to a significant breakthrough in the cultivation of Han Lang and the others.
Specifically, the spirit herbs used to refine the Spirit Sustaining Pills would be older, naturally resulting in higher quality pills.
During cultivation, they would be able to absorb more spiritual energy.
Of course, this effect wouldn't be fully realized within the next two months.
Han Lang still had to provide the first batch of Spirit Sustaining Pills to everyone after two months.
Even if the age of the spirit herbs at that time couldn't reach the later four-month mark of 200 to 600 years, it was unavoidable to slightly compromise on the pill quality to prevent everyone's cultivation from stagnating.
However, on the other hand, even if the quality of the first batch of pills was slightly inferior to the later ones, it wouldn't be worse than the current situation.
Otherwise, wouldn't the repair of the Three-Layered Pagoda's flaws be in vain?
After clarifying these points, Han Lang no longer hesitated and happily sat down to continue his cultivation.
Since breaking through to the Golden Core stage, he hadn't had time to properly cultivate the Shen Nong Imperial Needle Technique.
With his current strength, he had fully met the requirements for cultivating the third level of the Shen Nong Imperial Needle Technique.
Therefore, for the next few days, he remained indoors, diligently circulating the Tian Yan Method, and striving to master the ability to control nine golden needles simultaneously.
It must be mentioned here that the difficulty of controlling nine golden needles was more than double that of controlling six.
Thus, even with his utmost effort this time, it still took him four days to resolve this issue.
After four days, his technique was perfected.
He was now fully confident that with his early Golden Core stage strength, he could defeat cultivators in the middle Golden Core stage.
Concurrently, under Song He's arrangement, all individuals holding positions of师长 (Shi Zhang - roughly equivalent to instructor or senior officer) and above began to receive Han Lang's treatment in batches.
As promised, Han Lang treated their hidden ailments punctually every evening from seven to nine o'clock.
Fortunately, everyone's problems were generally consistent.
Although their hidden ailments varied, the root cause was almost identical.
All of them had experienced years of combat, leading to poor circulation of spiritual energy within their bodies, which in turn affected their strength.
However, for Han Lang, this was not a major issue.
Later, he discovered that if he could refine a pill that invigorated the meridians and promoted blood circulation for them to use as daily medication, their problems would be resolved even faster.
Thus,
Time flew by like a white steed in a blink, and two months passed.
During these two months, Han Lang not only resolved the issues of nearly three hundred experts at the Golden Core stage and above but also reached the peak of the early Golden Core stage through his persistent efforts.
He was only a stroke of luck away from breaking through.
Zhao Wu and Tang Geng looked on with envy at his rapid cultivation speed.
This was because, during these two months, they were still using the previous Spirit Gathering Pills.
The spiritual energy content of Spirit Gathering Pills was far less than that of Spirit Sustaining Pills.
Therefore, they had fallen behind Han Lang in terms of cultivation speed.
Fortunately, after two months, Han Lang immediately supplied them with four months' worth of Spirit Sustaining Pills.
Otherwise, they would have truly been consumed by envy for Han Lang.
On the other side,
Tang Qin and Ma Long lived up to expectations.
Both of them broke through to the Golden Core stage.
Thus, the new recruit squad, originally led by Han Lang, had completely caught up to the strength of the veteran soldiers. To the gasps of astonishment from Huang Yuhua and Liu Xiaoxiao, they became the most pivotal group within the special commando unit.
Naturally, Tang Qin and Ma Long, having broken through to the Golden Core stage, were quickly supplied with Spirit Sustaining Pills by Han Lang. For this, they were more than twice as excited as Tang Geng and Zhao Wu.
After all, for them, they had never experienced the days of having to settle for using Spirit Gathering Pills.
Thus, another month passed quickly.
As Han Lang and the others officially completed their first year of enlistment, after a period of recuperation, they finally received new developments from the side of the superpowered individuals.
In the assembly hall.
Huang Yuhua and Liu Xiaoxiao convened a meeting with all the battalion and deputy battalion commanders of the regiment.
He spoke with a solemn expression.
"It has been over three months since the last major battle with the superpowered individuals. During these three months, our soldiers have recuperated well under the nourishment of the giant Spirit Gathering Array. Many soldiers have achieved new breakthroughs, which is a good thing for us."
"However, the superpowered individuals have not been idle either. For these three months, they have been intensively preparing for new invasion plans. According to the latest news received from the division headquarters, the superpowered individuals have become restless again on the southwest battlefield and in the jungle. The entire command is taking this matter very seriously and requires every soldier to immediately enter combat readiness."
"This includes all thousands of new recruits who have recently joined the base."
"Therefore, as the most outstanding elite group of the army, our First Division, First Regiment must be even more vigilant and prepare to engage in new combat!"
"Regarding this matter, all battalion commanders must ensure this order is implemented as soon as possible after the meeting!"
Upon hearing Huang Yuhua's explanation, Tang Geng and the other First Regiment battalion commanders nodded with grave expressions.
"Don't worry, Commander Huang. Our soldiers are ready at all times. Forget about now, even a month ago, we would have had enough confidence to completely repel the superpowered individuals' renewed offensive!"
"That's right! After the baptism of the giant Spirit Gathering Array, our soldiers are eager to test their newly achieved strength on the battlefield. This battle will absolutely not be as arduous as the last one!"
Hearing everyone's high fighting spirit, Huang Yuhua nodded with satisfaction.
"While that may be the case, we must not let our guard down at any time. Our breakthroughs do not mean that the superpowered individuals have not made any breakthroughs. Therefore, at all times, everyone must exert the full power of a lion hunting a rabbit!"
After Huang Yuhua's careful admonishment, he then turned his attention to Han Lang, who was standing beside him, and said sternly.
"Deputy Commander Han, I have a mission I'd like to assign to you!"