Nanjing Third High, Summer Camp Convoy.
When a suspected Battle King-level enemy appeared, the speed of the convoy increased to its limit.
At first, everything was fine. Under Zuo Lingxie's control, the vehicle advanced smoothly.
But after a few minutes of speeding, black smoke started to billow from the front!
"Senior! It's smoking!"
Zhao Lin grabbed the handle above his head, looking forward with a hint of panic.
"Don't panic!"
Zuo Lingxie remained calm and said with unusual composure,
"It's not a big problem, don't panic!"
The black smoke grew thicker, filling every inch of space, and a choking smell assaulted their senses.
"Clear Wind Shield!"
Ye Bai raised his hand, creating an invisible wind barrier to block the smoke for them.
Zuo Lingxie glanced at Ye Bai in surprise and casually praised,
"No chanting, no staff, your wind affinity must be very high."
After speaking, Zuo Lingxie focused back on repairs, deploying teams of nanobots to check the engine.
"Good news, only half of the engine is broken."
Zhao Lin: ?!
How is that good news!
"I told you before, this is an experimental version, a little mishap is normal..."
Before Zuo Lingxie could finish, a series of explosions sounded from the front.
"What happened now?"
"Uh, the engine is scrapped, but it's not a big deal."
As she spoke, a toolbox appeared in Zuo Lingxie's hand, and she started assembling a strange device.
In no time, she handed three assembled spheres to Ye Bai and the others, instructing,
"The engine is scrapped, and according to the preset program, the random teleportation array under your seats will activate.
These spheres can block over ten thousand damage, take them for protection. Time is tight, this is all I can do."
Before Zuo Lingxie's words were finished, the teleportation array under the three seats activated.
White light flashed, and their figures disappeared.
Left behind, Zuo Lingxie remained calm.
She walked out of the Clear Wind Shield's range, through the thick black smoke, to the front of the carriage.
"How did the three of them perform?"
The middle-aged man holding the list earlier stood at the front of the bus and asked.
The bus's engine was intact, and the entire vehicle continued at high speed. As for the black smoke Ye Bai and the others saw, it was made from special smoke bombs.
Even the bumps and explosion sounds were simulated.
The final teleportation was also part of the plan.
Clearly, Ye Bai and the others unknowingly entered a drill.
To observe the students' most genuine reactions in dangerous situations and to better understand them.
Zuo Lingxie pondered,
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"Zhao Lin is somewhat impulsive and can't stay calm. Possibly due to his poor talent, he doesn't have much desire to improve his strength, but he is motivated and has his own ideas."
"Liu Xueqi was very quiet along the way. Even when faced with danger, she quickly adjusted her state."
At this point, Zuo Lingxie paused,
"When the Battle King attack alert was issued, she specifically looked at Ye Bai. Judging by her stance, if something unexpected happened, she might even stand in front of Ye Bai.
By the way, the canary on her shoulder gave me a dangerous feeling, possibly a Battle King-level pet in its infancy. Was it a gift from Battle King Qingyan?"
The middle-aged man shook his head, "The summoned beast is Liu Xueqi's own. Her talent has awakened a second time, S Rank."
"What?! There's no record of this in the files!"
Zuo Lingxie was slightly surprised, not expecting Liu Xueqi to hide so deeply.
"Her real file is S Rank encrypted, your clearance can't access it."
"Then... why tell me?"
Zuo Lingxie didn't understand, shouldn't such secrets be kept hidden?
"Thanks to her grandfather, now all the Battle Kings in the world know Liu Xueqi's talent has awakened a second time."
The middle-aged man snorted disdainfully,
"What's so great about it? My grandson Wang Zheng's first awakening was S Rank. Did I brag about it everywhere like Liu Qingyan?"
Zuo Lingxie: ...You old fellows, give it a rest.
As if everyone doesn't have an S Rank talent!
The middle-aged man accompanying the convoy, unassuming, was actually a Battle King!
"Alright, you still have one more important person to evaluate."
The middle-aged man looked at Zuo Lingxie, very interested in her answer to this question.
"What do you think of Ye Bai?"
"I'll remind you, Liu Qingyan holds Ye Bai in high regard.
From my understanding of that old fellow, he probably thinks Ye Bai's future achievements might surpass Liu Xueqi's!"
A C Rank talent surpassing an S Rank talent?
Could Ye Bai have awakened a second time too?
Not everyone's talent can awaken a second time,
Even if Ye Bai could see through Zhao Lin, he couldn't help him awaken a second time.
Zuo Lingxie thought for a moment, then shook her head.
"I can't understand Ye Bai."
"He doesn't seem interested in anything, and when danger comes, he doesn't panic at all.
The time was too short, I couldn't see anything, he's an unsolvable mystery."
"If it were just that, Liu Qingyan wouldn't value him so highly."
The middle-aged man brought up three projections, showing the [CCF] talent trio.
"No worries, this drill has just begun, we have plenty of time to observe."
"Isn't this a bit too much?"
Zuo Lingxie looked at the projection with a hint of sympathy.
All three were teleported to the wilderness, separated by dozens of kilometers, surrounded by barren mountains and rivers, possibly facing unknown risks.
In past summer camps, even if there were drills, they wouldn't go to this extent.
"If they can't overcome even this small difficulty, there's no point in wasting resources on special training."
The middle-aged man's face was cold as he looked at the three,
"This transportation operation, the first half was fishing, to lure out more Demonic Sect followers and clean up internally."
"The second half is to test these students.
From the moment they boarded the bus, the special training had already begun!"
At this point, the middle-aged man's voice softened slightly.
"Lingxie, you also participated in summer camp special training and these kinds of drills back in the day.
Your future achievements will be at least Battle King-level.
No matter what realm you reach, I hope you never forget the first lesson that drill taught you."
Zuo Lingxie straightened her back, her expression extremely serious, and said word by word,
"Lingxie, dare not forget!"
The first lesson everyone must go through,
And also... the first unforgettable lesson!
...
Swish—
On a hillside, white light flashed.
Ye Bai's figure appeared out of thin air, standing on the slope.
[You have been teleported to a battlefield relic]
[This is the safest place on the entire planet, with no threats]
Battlefield relic, safe?
Ye Bai casually activated the device Zuo Lingxie gave him, opening the protective shield.
"If I wasn't mistaken, they were conducting a drill?"
The black smoke was supposed to block their vision, but it couldn't block the Eye of Insight.
Ye Bai was just playing along with Zuo Lingxie and the others.
Besides, after Shadow Nine killed two Battle Kings, he quickly returned to Ye Bai's side.
Ye Bai: Maximum sense of security ↑
"If this is a drill, then the previous transportation process was just fishing?"
Ye Bai realized this was merely a joint ambush operation.
With the human frontlines under pressure, these Demonic Sect followers were causing trouble in the rear.
Fishing out some people to clean up would greatly ease the pressure on humanity.
"But now, what should I do?"
Ye Bai looked around, sensing no danger.
The slope was surrounded by forest, lush greenery, with no signs of pollution.
Since it's a drill, there should be a mission.
[The higher you stand, the farther you see]
"Lightness Technique!"
Ye Bai pretended to cast a buff on himself, then attempted to climb a tree.
With his agility attribute, he could easily leap up.
Standing at the treetop, without the obstruction of trees, Ye Bai's view immediately widened.
In the distance, a sharp, towering structure reaching into the clouds caught Ye Bai's attention.
"That is..."
Ye Bai seemed to realize something, his face shocked.
"Eternal Tower!!"
The summer camp special training location is near the Eternal Tower?!
As Ye Bai discovered the truth,
The sphere in his pocket floated up, emitting a mechanical voice.
"Attention all students participating in the summer camp special training!"
"Attention all students participating in the summer camp special training!"
Someone was broadcasting.
"Please arrive at the designated location by 9:00 PM tonight, latecomers will be considered as forfeiting!"
"After forfeiting, you cannot re-enter the summer camp special training list for three weeks!"
"Note! You may encounter test mechanical attacks during the drill.
If defeated, you must stay in place for fifteen minutes."
"....."
The broadcast repeated several times before falling silent.
A new display appeared on the sphere in front of Ye Bai.
"Direction: 6 o'clock
Distance: 180.65 kilometers
Time: 17:24
Countdown: 3 hours 35 minutes 46 seconds"
"Let's go."
Putting the sphere back in his pocket, Ye Bai looked around, confirming Zhao Lin and Liu Xueqi's directions before jumping down from the tree.
Heading in the 6 o'clock direction,
Ye Bai occasionally looked around, scouting the surroundings.
He seemed to understand the true nature of this drill.
[Here lies a warrior as young as you, the girl he loved couldn't wait for his return]
[This Battle King wasn't remarkable, he just pulled three demons to self-destruct with him before dying]
[He couldn't read, couldn't write his name, but he wanted to protect a home, and he did it]
[......]
The further he went, the more serious Ye Bai's expression became, his steps slowing.
This is near the Eternal Tower.
It's also the starting point of the Abyssal Plane invasion, the frontline of the Blue Planet battlefield!
The purgatory battlefield of the thirty-year catastrophe, where countless predecessors fought and died!
According to incomplete statistics, just on this land beneath Ye Bai's feet, human casualties numbered in the billions!
With immense sacrifice, over thirty years, humanity, led by Supreme Beings, defeated the demons and drove them back to the Abyssal Plane.
Sixty years, time has passed, the world has changed.
This battlefield was preserved, undeveloped, untouched.
It was kept as it was, sealed off to the outside.
This was once a battlefield, and also... the resting place of countless heroic spirits!
During the thirty-year catastrophe, humanity had an unwritten iron rule:
Where you die in battle, you are buried.
Every inch of soil beneath their feet is home.
Since it's home, it can bury heroic spirits.
I protect the mountains and rivers with my flesh and blood, even if I become a corpse, my soul will not rest!
The road was lined with graves, Ye Bai stood by the roadside, slightly bowed, and softly said,
"Junior Ye Bai, sorry to disturb you, seniors."
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