After The Abyss Dragon Woke Up

The actual combat test of monsters is a traditional project that has existed in the Ability Academy since its establishment.

All the monsters in this test are real, 30.00% are bred, and the other 70.00% are captured by the school in the wild, and put into a huge test field specially built for this purpose. Multiple areas simulate the living environment of various monsters, making this confrontation with monsters more real.

Although the whole process of the test is visible and monitorable, uncontrollable accidents often occur.

Therefore, all freshmen must sign a disclaimer before taking the actual combat test.

But even so, people who want to enter the academy for capable people still flock to it—after all, it is the most authoritative and influential school in the entire continent, and the resources and influence behind it are equally strong, and it is the highest institution that all capable people dream of.

Shi An lowered his head, pretending to carefully scan the long disclaimer in front of him.

Although those lengthy texts are nothing more than crooked lines with unclear meaning to him.

At the end of the disclaimer, Shi An pressed his own fingerprint.

He stood back in line.

Behind him is a tall iron-gray wall, showing a cold metallic texture in the sunlight, and a weird interweaving feeling appears on the top of the wall-there is the boundary where the magic power simulation and the real world overlap.

Since he only took the exam once, Shi An's rank is the bottom one.

He stood drowsily at the end of the line, with his head drooping sleepily, listening to the names of other freshmen being read.

Shi An has never missed the snacks and game consoles he hid in the dormitory so much.

I don't know how long it took, and finally——

... "Time is safe!"

When Shi An woke up like a dream, he raised his head slowly and looked in the direction of the sound, and said "Huh?" in a daze.

Why are there still students distracted on this occasion?

"..." The corner of the college teacher's mouth twitched: "Shi'an, it's your choice."

Although the interior of each monster area is connected, the type of area entered first often affects the difficulty of accumulating points in the early stage of the freshman.

The direct quota for each region is only [-].

The order of entry is based on the comprehensive arrangement of the results of the two assessments. The higher the front, the greater the initiative, and they can choose the monster area they want to enter.

So this means that students with lower rankings will only be able to choose in the remaining areas——

Shi An blinked and looked at the two brightly lit areas in front of him.

One is bright golden yellow.

One was a dusty iron gray.

Of course it is the first one!

Shi An made his choice almost without hesitation.

This time the examiner's seat was not set up in the mock test field, but above it, which looked like a command room that coordinated everything.

The oval-shaped room is very spacious, and the entire curved inner wall is a complete screen, which can have a panoramic view of the candidates' movements in the actual combat simulation.

After hearing Shi An's answer, several examiners showed indescribable expressions at the same time.

Generally speaking, the areas that can be left at the end are not very good.

Either the difficulty is too high, directly entering without points is death.

Either the difficulty is too low, not only is it very barren, the density of monsters is very low, but they are basically farmed monsters, not aggressive, and the number of points provided is pitifully small. Even if the points in the entire area are collected, it may It doesn't have much effect on the ranking.

And the area Shi An chose...

Exactly the second type.

A low-risk area with no high-threat monsters.

Although it was expected, the examiner was still a little disappointed.

Of course they had heard about Shi An's reputation as a trash, but after all, the other party actually made the additional questions in the written test, so most of the examiners still had some secret expectations for him.

...Maybe it's just keeping a low profile?

But now, Shi An's choice made the examiners unanimously begin to doubt their previous thoughts.

——Sure enough, it was just luck before, right?

On the examiner's table, Mu Heng narrowed his eyes slightly, staring 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 him. Even the other examiners, intentionally or unintentionally, keep a little distance away and are forced to become restrained.

Mu Heng's eyes fell on the back of the young man walking forward, and he narrowed his eyes slightly without any trace.

One of the examiners approached, and after carefully wording his words, he asked, "How is it, Mr. Mu, after reading so much, is there any student you are very concerned about this year?"

Mu Heng's movement of tapping the table with his fingertips stopped indiscernibly.

He looked unpredictable, and replied lightly:

"No."

Shi An opened his eyes wide in surprise, looking around at the suddenly changing scene in front of him.

"Wow."

He turned his head to look behind him, and the door he walked in had disappeared.

Instead, the sky is so shallow that it is almost white, the hot sun hangs in it, and the endless, rolling golden desert stretches as far as the eye can see.

"Humans are really good at this."

Shi An pondered for a while, and asked a serious question: "Do you think they can make a Super Mario like this?"

"..." 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 from Shi'an's sleeve and sniffed the air.

After being silent for a long time, the devil worm said slowly, "...Well, this is probably the area farthest from the crack in the abyss."

This place is really well chosen.

Shi An was startled: "Then you didn't remind me just now?"

Demon worm: "I dare not!"

It is mainly because it is not sure whether Mu Heng is nearby, so it can only maintain the safest state of suspended animation and hide it in Shi An's sleeve, and there is no chance to remind it.

And after entering the actual combat, because most of the scene is also composed of magic power, and it is filled with all kinds of monsters, so even if it is awake, it will not be noticed—maybe it is 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." The demon worm proudly puffed up its chest - during the few days when Shi An was addicted to playing games, it wandered around the school and carefully collected information about the third round of tests:

"But it's impossible for them to pay attention to every student. The equipment here will automatically monitor the areas where the magic power fluctuates frequently, so as long as we don't make too outrageous moves here, we won't be noticed."

Shi An nodded obediently: "Okay."

He looked around and asked, "What about now, which direction are we going?"

The devil worm 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 the feet will slide slowly, which consumes a lot of energy.

Under the sun, Shi An walked forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow, leaving a string of lonely footprints on the golden sand dunes.

Not a single monster was encountered along the way.

As a cold-blooded animal that likes to sleep in caves, Shi An is slumped in the sun, and his walking speed is getting slower and slower.

Finally, after walking for 10 minutes, he slammed face down, and his whole body fell into the sand in a big shape.

The monster was thrown out, rolling several times on the sandy ground.

It shook the sand off its body and crawled back to Shi An's side: "What's the matter?"

"...I'm so tired." Shi An's voice came muffled from the sand.

The magic insect enthusiastically encouraged: "Master! Keep up your spirits, we are almost there!"

"I don't believe it," Shi An said weakly, "That's what you said 10 minutes ago."

Demon worm: "..."

"I want to play games." Shi An said sadly, "I want to sleep."

He sniffled. "I don't want to walk."

Demon worm: "..."

Are you really the legendary abyssal dragon that destroys the world! ! !

In the examiner's seat.

The battles in several other monster areas are already in full swing, and many new students have a faint tendency to form alliances. The dots on the map are interlaced and their positions are intricate.

Several huge screens staggered to present the battle situation, and the intense magic power fluctuations could almost be transmitted to the high command room.

The points of several potential students are competing to increase,

"The quality of the freshmen this time is good."

"Yes, there are several good seedlings, you can pay attention to them later."

"The first three are all good."

"That Shirui is not bad. Although the number of points is not in the top ten, it seems to have begun to take shape."

Several other examiners observed the battle situation and discussed enthusiastically.

Mu Heng raised his eyes and glanced indifferently, without any extra emotion on his face, as if he didn't have much interest in joining the discussion of the other examiners.

He lowered his eyes, and his eyes glanced casually across the outermost desert area.

A lonely dot flickered in the center, as if it hadn't moved for a long, long time.

Shi An's name was at the end of all the freshmen, and the points number was still a bright red 0, which looked shocking.

The devil worm stared, panted heavily, and stood still in the desert.

It was already parched, but Shi An refused to enter, lying on the ground still motionless, allowing his body to sink into the quicksand bit by bit,

The scorching sun above and the howling wind behind him quickly buried the footprints left by Shi An, leaving only smooth golden sand dunes.

The devil worm racked its brains and suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "By the way, I remember that there seems to be a gray crow's nest near that crack in the abyss!"

Gray crow, a species that is half abyss and half continent, although the attack power of a single one is not strong, but its skin is thick and thick, and it often lives in groups, which is very difficult to deal with.

And very importantly...

They are very fond of collecting shiny things.

Shi An's head moved, a thin layer of sand slipped from his hair, revealing half of his white ear.

The devil worm stretched its legs, leaned close to Shi An's ear, and said in a mysterious and seductive tone: "The lair is quite big, and it probably exists for a long time. I think there should be a lot of good things in it..."

"!" Shi An scrambled to his feet: "I've had a good rest."

It was a success! !

The devil almost wept with joy.

But Shi An looked up at the scorching sun above his head, and then withered again: "But it's so sunny...how about we leave later."

The monster can't wait to go over: "This is a man-made desert area! The sun never sets!!"

Shi An lowered his brows and eyes sadly: "...that's fine."

At this moment, a faint shout came from not far behind. At first, I thought it was the sound of whimpering wind, but as time passed, I could gradually hear that it was actually a person shouting at the top of their throat: " --Hello!!"

Shi An turned his head and looked in the direction of the voice.

A small black spot on the sand dune in the distance is slowly approaching, and seems to be waving its arms at him vigorously.

After discovering that the other party had noticed him, the man immediately released his magic power and teleported a short distance.

Shi An blinked and recognized the person coming.

It was actually his roommate, Lin Yanming.

The devil worm slipped into his sleeve.

The moment he saw Shi An, Lin Yanming breathed a sigh of relief: "Great, I thought I was the only one who chose the desert area."

He scratched his hair, and a handful of sand fell down with his movements, looking extremely embarrassed: "I have been walking for three hours, and you are still the first person I met."

After walking for 10 minutes and lying down for 10 hours [-] minutes, Shi An nodded, and agreed without blushing:

"Me too."

Lin Yanming sat down next to Shi An with a face full of frustration: "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 that this place is actually such a difficult place. Case."

He sighed and glanced at his watch.

It shows the number of monsters you have killed so far: 10

But the points obtained are only 5.5, which is not even as much as killing a large monster.

Lin Yanming turned his head and asked, "What about you, how many points do you have?"

Shi An honestly shook his head and stretched out his hand.

There is a complete 0 on the watch.

Lin Yanming: "..."

I thought I was already good at it, but I didn't expect to meet someone who was even better.

He looked down at Shi An without saying a word.

The young man sat cross-legged on the ground without any image, his back was slightly arched, a thin and protruding spine could be seen on the back of his white neck, his hair was disheveled, his head to toe was covered with a thin layer of yellow sand, his cheeks were covered with It was flushed from the sun, and a pair of clear eyes looked over silently, like some kind of pitiful little animal.

Lin Yanming couldn't help but soften his heart.

He sighed, and compromised: "Forget it, you can follow me, and the monsters you kill will be divided equally."

At any rate, they are also roommates, and it's great to be able to give them a hand.

Shi An thought for a while and asked, "Where are you going next?"

Lin Yanming frowned with a headache, and said with a bitter face: "Of course, where there are monsters, it's not enough to kill such small monsters, and the points won't increase at all."

Shi'an recalled the address of the abyss that the magic insect had just described to him.

——It seemed to be that dusty black area.

It seems to be called an S-level danger zone or something?

There seem to be quite a few monsters.

Shi An stood up, looked at the other party with crooked eyebrows, and said happily:

"Well, it looks like we're on our way."

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Two days later

Lin Yanming broke down: I'll drop by your mother!