The monster actual combat test is a traditional project that has existed since the establishment of the Ability Academy.
All the monsters in this test were real, 30% were farmed, and the other 70% were caught in the wild by the school sent people, and were thrown into a huge built specifically for this purpose. In the test field, multiple areas are divided to simulate the living environment of various monsters, making this confrontation with the monsters more real.
Although the entire testing process is visible and monitorable, uncontrollable accidents often occur.
Therefore, all freshmen must sign a disclaimer before the actual test.
But even so, people who want to enter the Ability Academy are still flocking to it—after all, it is the most authoritative and influential school in the entire continent, and the resources and forces involved are equally strong, and it is the highest institution that all capable people dream of.
Shi An lowered his head and pretended to scan the long disclaimer before him seriously.
Although those lengthy texts are nothing more than crooked, unclear lines to him.
At the end of the disclaimer, Shi An stamped his fingerprints.
He stood back in the line.
Behind him is a tall iron-gray wall, showing a cold metal texture in the sun, and a weird interweaving feeling at the top of the wall—there is the boundary where the magic simulation and the real world overlap each other.
Since I took the exam only once, Shi'an's ranking is the last.
He stood drowsy at the end of the line, his head hung in awe, listening to the names of other new students being read.
Shi'an has never missed the snacks and game consoles she hid in her dormitory so much.
I don’t know how long it took, and finally—
… "Shi'an!"
Shi An Rumeng first woke up, slowly raised his head to look in the direction of the sound, and said blankly "Huh?"
Why are some students distracted on this occasion
"..." The corner of the college teacher's mouth twitched: "Shi'an, it's your choice."
Although the interiors of each monster zone are connected, the type of zone that is entered first often affects the difficulty of accumulating early-stage points for new students.
There are only two hundred direct places in each region.
The order of entry is based on the comprehensive arrangement of the results of the two assessments. The higher the new student, the greater the initiative and can choose the monster zone they want to enter.
So this means that the lower-ranked students will only be able to choose in the remaining areas—
Shi An blinked and looked at the two lit areas in front of him.
One is golden bright yellow.
One is a gray iron gray.
Of course it is the first one!
Shi'an made the choice almost without hesitation.
This time, the examiner's seat was not set up in the simulated test field, but lived high above it, looking like a command room that coordinates everything.
The oval-shaped room is very open, and the entire arc-shaped inner wall is a complete screen, which can give you a panoramic view of the candidates' movements in the actual combat simulation.
After hearing Shi'an's answer, several examiners gave expressions of indescribable expression at the same time.
Generally speaking, the area that can be left last will not be too good.
Either the difficulty is too high, directly entering without points is to die.
Either the difficulty is too low, not only is it very deserted, the density of monsters is very low, but it is basically farmed monsters, not aggressive, and the number of points provided is pitiful, even if the points of the entire area are collected, it may be Both have little impact on rankings.
And the area that Shi'an chose...
It is precisely the second type.
A low-risk area without high-threat monsters.
Although it was expected, the examiner was still a little disappointed.
Of course, they had heard of Shi'an Waste's reputation, but after all, the other party actually made additional questions in the written test, so most of the examiners still have a little secret expectation of him.
… Maybe it’s keeping a low profile
But now, Shi'an's choice has begun to make the examiners unanimously begin to doubt their previous thoughts.
—Sure enough, it was just luck before, right
On the examiner's bench, Mu Heng narrowed his eyes and stared at the screen in front of him carelessly.
There is an invisible aura around him, which makes people instinctively hold their breath and retreat, not daring to approach, even other examiners deliberately or unconsciously move slightly away and are forced to become restrained.
Mu Heng's gaze fell on the back of the young man stepping forward, and he narrowed his eyes slightly without a trace.
One of the examiners approached, and after carefully phrasing, he asked, "How is it, Mr. Mu, after seeing so much, do you have any students who are very concerned about this year?"
Mu Heng's motion of tapping the desktop with his fingertips stopped insignificantly.
He looked unpredictable, and replied lightly:
"no."
Shi An opened his eyes wide in surprise, and looked around the suddenly changing scene in front of him.
"Wow."
He turned his head and looked behind him, the door he had walked in had disappeared.
In its place are the shallow, almost whitish sky, the hot sun hanging in it, and the endless, rolling golden desert.
"Humans are really good at this."
Shi An pondered for a long while, and asked a serious question: "Do you think they can make this kind of super horse?"
"..." The corner of the devil's mouth twitched.
What to do, I don't want to answer this question at all.
It poked its head out of Shi'an's sleeve and sniffed the air.
After being silent for a long time, the Demon Insect slowly said nonchalantly: "... That, here is probably the area farthest from the abyss crack."
This place is really good.
Shi An was taken aback: "Then you didn't remind me just now?"
Devil: "I dare not!"
It is mainly not sure whether Mu Heng is nearby or not, so it can only maintain the safest state of suspended animation hidden in Shi'an's sleeve, and there is no chance to remind him.
After entering the actual combat, because most of the scene is composed of magic power, and it is filled with various monsters, even if it is in a waking state, it will not be noticed-perhaps because of this, So the crack in the abyss has not yet been discovered.
Shi An thought for a while, and asked, "Can the outside see the inside?"
"Of course it can." The Demon Worm raised its chest proudly-during the days when Shi'an was addicted to playing games, it went around in school and collected information about the third round of testing:
"But it is impossible for them to pay attention to every student. The equipment inside will automatically monitor the areas where the magic fluctuates frequently, so as long as we don't make outrageous actions here, we won't be noticed."
Shi An nodded obediently: "Okay."
He looked around and asked, "Now, which direction are we heading?"
The demon insect felt the breath in the air, and pointed in one direction very confidently:
"there!"
It is very difficult to walk in the desert, and the quicksand under your feet will slide slowly, which is very physical.
Under the sun, Shi An walked forward with one foot deep and one shallow, leaving a string of lonely footprints on the golden sand dunes.
Did not encounter a monster along the way.
As a cold-blooded animal who likes to sleep in caves, Shi'an is stubborn and walking slowly.
Finally, after twenty minutes of trekking, he clicked, face down, and plunged into the sand in big characters.
The demon worm was thrown out, and Gu Lulu hit the sand a few times.
It shook the sand on its body and crawled back to Shi'an's side: "What's the matter?"
"... I'm so tired." Shi An's voice came from the sand dull.
The demon worm encouraged passionately: "My lord! Cheer up, we are almost there!"
"I don't believe it," Shi An said weakly. "That's what you said ten minutes ago."
Devil: "..."
"I want to play games." Shi An said sadly: "I want to sleep."
He sniffed: "I don't want to walk."
Devil: "...… …"
Are you really the legendary abyssal dragon that destroys the world! ! !
Inside the examiner's bench.
The fighting in several other monster areas is already in full swing, and many new students have a vague tendency to form alliances. The small dots on the map are staggered and the locations are intricate.
Several huge screens interlaced to present the battle situation, and the fierce magical fluctuations can almost be transmitted to the high command room.
The points of a few potential students will rise up against each other,
"The quality of the freshmen this time is okay."
"Yes, there are several good seedlings, you can pay attention to them later."
"The first three are good."
"At that time, Shi Rui was okay. Although the number of points did not enter the top ten, it seems to have begun to take shape."
Several other examiners were observing the battle and discussing enthusiastically.
Mu Heng raised his eyes indifferently and swept across, there was no extra emotion on his face, and he seemed not interested in joining the discussion of several other examiners.
He lowered his eyes and glanced casually across the most fringe desert area.
A lonely dot flashed brightly in the center, and it seemed that it hadn't moved in a long, long time.
Shi'an's name is at the bottom of all freshmen, and the points number is still a bright red 0, which looks shocking.
The Demon Worm was staring, panting, and stood firmly in the desert.
It had already persuaded it to dry up, but Shi An couldn't get in. He was still motionless on the ground, letting his body sink into the quicksand little by little.
The sun was scorching overhead, and the wind was whistling behind him, quickly burying the trail of footprints left by Shi An, leaving only the smooth golden sand dunes.
The demon worm racked his brains, and suddenly had an inspiration: "By the way, I remember that there seems to be a gray crow's lair near the crack in the abyss!"
The gray crow, a species of half abyss and half continent, although its single attack power is not strong, it has thick skin and thick flesh, and it often lives in groups and is very difficult to entangle.
And very importantly...
They like to collect shiny things very much.
Shi An's head moved, and a thin layer of sand slipped from his hair, revealing half of his white ears.
The devil slashed its legs, leaned close to Shi'an's ear, and said in a mysterious and seductive tone: "The lair is quite big, it is estimated that it will not exist for a short time, I think there should be a lot of good things in it..."
"!" Shi'an got up to his feet: "I'm resting."
It's a success! !
The devil almost cried with joy.
But Shi An raised his head and glanced at the hot sun above his head, and then wilted again: "But it's so sunny... Or let's go later."
The devil was eager to go over: "This is an artificial desert area! The sun never sets!!!"
Shi An lowered his eyebrows sadly: "... Okay."
At this moment, a faint shout came not far from behind. At first I thought it was a whimpering wind, but as time went on, I could gradually hear that it was actually a voice shouting: " -Hey!!"
Shi An turned his head and looked in the direction of the sound.
A small black spot on the sand dune in the distance was slowly approaching, seeming to be waving his arms vigorously.
After discovering that the other party had noticed him, the man immediately released his magic power and teleported for a short distance.
Shi An blinked and recognized the person.
It turned out to be his roommate, Lin Yanming.
The devil chuckled and crawled into his sleeve.
At the moment when he saw Shi'an, Lin Yanming breathed a sigh of relief: "That's great, I thought I was the only one who chose the desert area."
He scratched his hair, and a handful of sand fell with his movements, looking particularly embarrassed: "I have been walking for three hours, and you are still the first person I have met."
After walking for twenty minutes and lying down for two hours and forty minutes, Shi An nodded, his face not flushed, and his heart was not beaten.
"Me too."
Lin Yanming sat down beside Shi'an with a frustrated expression: "I know my level very well. I heard that the difficulty here is not very difficult, so I chose this place, but I didn't expect it to be such an almost incomprehensible one. Case."
He sighed and glanced at his watch.
It shows the number of monsters he has killed so far: 10
But the points gained were only 5.5, not even as many as a fraction of a large monster.
Lin Yanming turned his head and asked, "How about you, how many points do you have?"
Shi An honestly shook his head and stretched out his hand.
There is a complete zero on the watch.
Lin Yanming: "..."
I thought I was already very good, but I didn't expect to meet a better one.
He looked down at Shi'an with ineffable words.
The young man sat cross-legged, sitting on the ground without an image, with his back slightly arched. On the back of his white neck, he could see the thin and raised spine. The hair was untidy, and his head was covered with a thin layer of yellow sand. The sun was flushed red, and a pair of clear eyes looked over silently, like some kind of pitiful little animal.
Lin Yanming couldn't help but feel soft.
He sighed, and compromised: "Forget it, let's go with me next, and the monsters we killed afterwards are divided in half."
Anyhow, it's also a roommate, and it's a good thing to pull it out.
Shi An thought for a while and asked, "Where are you going next?"
Lin Yanming frowned with a headache, and said with a bitter expression: "Of course, where is the monster going? It's still impossible to kill such a small monster. The points won't increase at all."
Shi An recalled the address of the abyss that the Demon Worm had described to him just now.
—It seems to be the gray black area.
What does it seem to be called an S-level dangerous zone or something
There seems to be a lot of monsters.
Shi An stood up, he looked at each other with brows and eyes, and said happily:
"Okay, it looks like we were on the way."
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Two days later
Lin Yanming collapsed: I'll drop by your mother!