Doomsday Hero Academy

Su Shen had no intention of taking care of Qin Shaoyi's emotions at this time. He stared into the depths of the mountain, thinking about which way would be better.

Fortunately, the search areas of other teams basically do not overlap. They are scattered on the top of the mountain and on the mountainside. There is no direct competition between the teams.

This also means that this is not a ‘race’.

But the pioneer army tried their best to pull them into the barren mountains. The assessment task will never be that simple, and the journey will never be easy.

Looking at the distance on the map again, the straight-line distance to the top of the mountain from their current starting point, which is the site of the abandoned tourist service center, is only about 40 kilometers.

For ordinary people, it may take a day to climb up.

But for these awakened extraordinary beings, 40 kilometers is just a short distance.

Without considering other factors, even if it is not a straight line distance, it will only take a few hours at most.

But what is the mission assessment time given by the Pioneer Army?

48 hours, two full days.

Giving them so much time is definitely not to take good care of them, but it means that there must be big trouble in the mountain!

"Su Shen, are you listening to me?"

Qin Shaoyi almost slapped his face in front of Su Shen: "I'm telling you, after the mission starts, you will stay in the team honestly and don't run around anymore, do you hear me!"

"Oh, I got it," Su Shen replied casually.

"Humph!"

Qin Shaoyi was just about to sit down and close his eyes to rest, but there was another chaos on the other side. When he heard the sound, he looked in the direction of his class.

The noise became louder and louder, and even the second group and several other groups couldn't help but run to watch the excitement.

"Su Shen, let's go and have a look." Qin Shaoan couldn't bear his curiosity, picked up Su Shen and ran over.

As soon as I walked up to them, I heard the voice of team leader Wang Shaojie: "Cao Wenlong, don't go too far! Go back to your camp at Xinghuo No. [-] Middle School!"

Cao Wenlong laughed loudly: "Wang Shaojie, look at how cowardly you are. Ever since you transferred from our school to Yucheng, you have become more and more promising. What kind of crooks are you following around you?"

This sentence made the map explode. Everyone around Wang Shaojie glared at Cao Wenlong, stood up cursing, and would step forward to take action if they disagreed.

Qin Shaoan explained to Su Shen: "I know the man named Cao Wenlong. I heard that the Cao family in Longcheng also has Grade A qualifications, but it seems that their family has always been at odds with Wang Shaojie's family. I didn't expect to meet him here."

Su Shen said that he could just eat the melon in peace. As for whether Wang Shaojie and Cao Wenlong had a personal grudge or a family grudge, it had nothing to do with him.

Qin Shaoan continued to educate Su Shen cheerfully: "The Spark No. [-] Middle School is amazing. It is also a first-class school in Dragon City Barrier. Not to mention anything else, just the number of geniuses with Grade A qualifications awakened every year. Quite a few!

What's more, their training resources are not comparable to those of our school. These geniuses with Grade A qualifications can receive more spiritual ores every month than us! "

Hearing this, Su Shen's eyes immediately lit up: "Then do you think they have any spiritual ores on them now?"

"I guess there's no such thing, right?"

Qin Shaoan said uncertainly: "After all, the board of directors has always been very strict about the control of spiritual ores, but that guy Cao Wenlong has an unusual background, maybe he has it on him, right?"

Su Shen looked at Cao Wenlong seriously several times and silently kept him in mind.

Qin Shaoan was still chattering there, but Cao Wenlong continued to mock Wang Shaojie:

"If you ask me, don't go up the mountain, lest you accidentally die. How uncomfortable must your mother be? Hahaha!

As long as you beg me properly, maybe I will be happy, and after our mission is completed, I can bring your mission goals back with you? "

"After all, it is still very dangerous in this mountain. The mission briefing said there are many strange beasts. Be careful that you child soldiers will be picked up by wolves and eaten, hahahahaha!"

"Your uncle's!"

Wang Shaojie couldn't bear it anymore and was about to fight with his fists, but suddenly there was an angry shout from the crowd watching:

"What are you doing! Why are you joining in the fun here when you are so busy!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Weiguo came over with Li Jian, the instructor of the second class, and glanced sideways at Cao Wenlong:

"Are you from Xinghuo No. [-] Middle School? What are you doing here? Don't you know you can't run around in the barracks?"

Although Cao Wenlong was arrogant, he did not dare to challenge the instructor here. He chuckled and said:

"Instructor, Wang Shaojie and I are old classmates. We miss each other so much after not seeing each other for so many years, so I came here to say hello."

"Really?" Xu Weiguo sneered: "Then do you want me and your instructor to say hello too?"

"No, no, I'm leaving now."

But before he could leave, the instructor from Xinghuo No. [-] Middle School also arrived.

"Hey, it's so lively, Lao Xu, what are you doing?"

When Xu Weiguo heard this, he looked over and saw that it was Wei Liang, the instructor of Xinghuo No. [-] Middle School. They were in the same class when they were in the recruit camp, but neither one was convinced by the other.

"Old Wei, take care of your students, or I will take the trouble to discipline them for you."

"Hey, I am in charge of Lao Wei's students. It's not my turn for others to educate them!"

Xu Weiguo and Wei Liang's eyes stared at each other, and Su Shen even had the illusion that he saw sparks in their eyes.

Qin Shaoan smiled heartlessly and said, "You think our instructor will fall in love if we continue to stare at each other like this?"

"What, you have experience?"

"What experience do I have?" Qin Shaoan sighed:

"So far, no girl has been able to look at me for so long. Do you think it's because my aura is too strong that they don't dare to look at me?"

Su Shen chuckled: "Have you ever considered the possibility that it's just because you are too ugly that they are afraid that they will vomit if they continue to look at you, and they don't want to hurt your self-esteem?"

Qin Shaoan: "..."

The farce ended quickly, and Cao Wenlong was brought back to the camp of Xinghuo No. [-] Middle School. Half an hour later, all the teams gathered under the 'Visitor Service Center' sign again, ready to set off.

There are two main roads going up the mountain, one is the northwest route, starting from the tourist service center, passing through Diquan Village, Longwang Temple, Qixing Tower, Forest Farm, Crystal Palace, and finally reaching the Three Gods Altar;

The other line is the northeast line, which passes through the Observation Deck, Big Buddha Platform, Xiaobei Mountain, Jiufeng Pagoda, Taiqing Palace, and finally reaches the Three Gods Altar, where the two lines merge.

The final goal of Su Shen and his team is Tianyuan Valley.

The location of Tianyuan Valley is just north of the middle between the Seven Star Tower and the Nine Peaks Tower, so they can take both paths.

Su Shen's original intention was to take the northwest route. After all, there were more teams taking this route. It could save more energy before reaching the top of the mountain. If they encountered strange beasts, more people would be more powerful.

But Qin Shaoyi doesn't think so.

He believed that taking the northeast route would be closer to the destination, and except for Su Shen, Xia Liuli, and Qin Shaoan, everyone else also agreed to take the northeast route.

"You are the captain, you have the final say." Su Shen spread his hands.

Su Shen was cautious, but not timid. Since everyone agreed which way to go, it didn't matter to him.

Anyway, when it comes to a critical moment, if Su Shen hadn't been humble, everyone here would be rubbish, and no one could outrun him.

After passing through the dark tunnel, when the sunlight on the other side of the tunnel shone on the faces of Su Shen and others again, everyone felt their eyes light up:

"It's so beautiful!"

Zhao Lanlan stretched out her hand to cover the sunlight that hit her eyes, while sighing with a smile.

Zhao Lanlan was used to seeing the depressing steel and concrete and low eaves of cities and towns, and it was refreshing to suddenly enter this forest covered by endless trees.

"This used to be a forest park, but it was occupied by alien beasts after the disaster. From now on, we must be careful, as alien beasts may appear at any time."

Qin Shaoyi fulfilled his duty as captain, clearing the way in front while telling the students behind him to be careful.

The former road can be vaguely seen in the forest, but it has long been covered by lush branches, leaves and vines.

As expected, it was almost impossible to follow the road up the mountain.

"It's okay, we just need to follow the direction of the road and we'll be right."

Qin Shaoyi said confidently: "Take out the assigned compass and machete. From now on, we must be prepared to open a road while moving forward."

The team advanced in an arrow formation. The two warriors Qin Shaoyi and Qin Shaoan took turns opening the way in front, while the others were on the wings, responsible for protecting Su Shen in the center.

Well, to protect Su Shen, who made him the only medic?

Regarding this, Su Shen had nothing to be pretentious about, so why not be lazy?

What's more, he had a vague feeling that the road might not be so easy if he went further ahead. He needed to recharge his batteries and be ready to deal with emergencies at any time.

The person following the team at the end was Xia Liuli.

Although she is also a physical warfare type, because of her assassin type, the team needs her to be vigilant at all times to prevent surprise attacks from strange beasts behind them.

"This is going to be endless. How long will it last?"

Qin Shaoan muttered dissatisfied: "How about asking Wu Qiang and Zhao Lanlan to come up and open a road with fire?"

Wu Qiang and Zhao Lanlan are both fire elemental mages. Although they can only control small fireballs at present, Qin Shaoan thinks it will be no problem for them to burn some trees.

"I think you want to court death!"

Su Shen slapped Qin Shaoan on the head: "What's your bad idea? Set fire to the mountain? I'm afraid we will be the first to be burned to death!"

"Su Shen is right."

Cui Yu smiled and said: "It's a pity that I am of the earth element. It would be great if there were people of the plant element. They can resonate with plants and make it much easier when clearing the way."

"Just saying something useless." Qin Shaoan continued to cut the vines, and suddenly thought of something:

"By the way, since you are of the earth element, why don't you just create a tunnel for us from below and we can get through?"

Cui Yu smiled bitterly and spread her hands: "Young Master Qin, you think too highly of me. I am just an F-level kid who has just awakened. How can I have so much mental power? I'm afraid I haven't dug a 10-meter-long tunnel yet. I will use up all my energy and everyone will die."

Su Shen glanced at Qin Shaoan: "This way of death is actually quite good. I think the little fat man must be very envious."

"Su Shen, I may not be a human, but you are a real dog. I finally know why your Xiaomi keeps calling you Su Gou Gou."