It took seven or eight old men and women rushing up together to finally drag Auntie Li away!
Auntie Li sobbed and shouted, “Zhao Dezhu! We’re breaking up! Breaking up!”
“I can’t date you anymore!”
“Go be with your little girls! I never want to see you again! Hic, pfft!”
At this moment, Zhao Dezhu’s face was bruised and swollen, tears streaming down!
There was no way to explain this!
Now it was truly shit stuck to his trousers, whether it was shit or not, it was shit!
Hiding behind the wheelchair, Jiang Nan munched on melon seeds, eyes sparkling!
“Are twilight romances this passionate these days? Eh? Why did they stop fighting?”
I hadn’t watched enough yet!
[Resentment from Zhao Dezhu +1000!]
[From…]
“You little bastard! If I don’t beat your arse into four pieces today, I’ll change my name to Zhao Buzhu!”
The old man leapt to his feet with a carp flip, raised his fist, and charged!
Jiang Nan: !!!
“Moral exemplar! Diligent gardener! Candle burning itself out to give light! Save me! Save me quick!”
Xiao Chuohuo glared. “Stop right there, you shameless old thing!”
Zhao Dezhu’s eyes blazed. “Don’t stop me! It’s all his fault! I’ve lost my partner!”
Xiao Chuohuo: “Bullshit! You had a nosebleed, what’s that got to do with Jiang Nan?”
“You were clearly lusting after that young girl’s body! You’re disgusting!”
Jiang Nan: |•’ᴗ’•)
“Disgusting!”
Zhao Dezhu’s old face turned crimson as he glared. “I… I…”
I’m actually speechless!
[Resentment from Zhao Dezhu +1000!]
Looking at Jiang Nan, he itched with hatred!
In all my long years, I’ve never suffered such humiliation!
“You little brat! I’ll let you off for now! I’ll deal with you later!”
Zhao Dezhu, lungs exploding with rage, turned and roared, “Continue!”
The roar hurt everyone’s eardrums!
Guan Hu looked at Zhao Dezhu’s swollen face and still-gushing nosebleed, nodded slightly, and wrote a 10+ next to Hua Ling’s name!
The test continued!
Zhong Yingxue and Xia Yao watched Jiang Nan giggling sneakily and were utterly speechless!
The rest of the tests went quickly!
By near dusk, all testing was complete!
Of the more than 2500 people, thanks to Dali 2.0, a full 1700+ passed the attack power test!
From Jiang Nan’s high-school group, only 67 remained!
Fortunately, not one of the people Jiang Nan knew was eliminated. Because of the special nature of her ability, Ning Youyou was even exempted entirely!
Guan Hu surveyed the arena. More than 300 glowing bald heads were blindingly conspicuous…
“I don’t care how you passed the attack power test! Pioneer Academy only wants 500 people in the end!”
“Now for the final comprehensive test: Cat and Mouse Game!”
“Location: Toy House! Time limit: 3 days!”
“No rules! Your only task is to not get caught and dragged out of the Toy House by the old cats!”
“Once you’re taken to the lighthouse evacuation point, you’re eliminated!”
“The game ends when only 500 mice remain inside the Toy House!”
“Now follow me to collect your wristbands. The game begins in one hour!”
Jiang Nan was completely baffled!
“Toy House? What the hell?”
The final test was actually a game of chase? So casual?
Ye Xinghe looked eager. “The Toy House is a Spirit Ruin! Also known as Menglu’s Toy House!”
“It’s one of the extremely rare Spirit Ruins that has been completely brought under control!”
Jiang Nan scratched his head. Completely controlled?
What did that mean?
“Just don’t get caught? Doesn’t that sound pretty easy?”
Ye Xinghe: “It’s not that simple! You’ll see in a bit… Well, for you it probably is quite simple!”
After collecting their wristbands, everyone followed Guan Hu into a building that looked like a giant white egg!
In the centre of the hall stood an enormous glass cylindrical culture tank filled with mysterious green liquid!
Inside floated a white sphere the size of a washbasin!
It was covered in densely packed tadpole-like symbols!
Complex pipelines extended from above, connecting to countless devices around the hall!
A ring of displays on the walls showed complicated data and real-time footage from inside the Spirit Ruin!
At the far end of the hall was a massive titanium-magnesium alloy hydraulic door!
Many researchers bustled about, everything orderly!
For a moment Jiang Nan thought he had stepped into the future!
He had seen those tadpole symbols once before, on the floor of the spirit pool!
A woman wearing a beige high-neck sweater walked over!
Her loose black hair was casually tied and draped over her chest, features refined, carrying a mature charm!
She squinted, her smile incredibly soothing!
“Ara~ So many bald heads among this batch of newbies. Is this style popular now?”
[Resentment from Wang Jian +666!]
[From Zhou Qi…]
Guan Hu’s face darkened. “Menglu, they’re in your hands!”
Han Menglu smiled. “I’m Han Menglu. Welcome, everyone, to my Toy House!”
“Tiger bro has already explained most of it, but let me add a few things!”
“You’ll enter the Toy House according to your attack power scores. For example, 5 points means you enter 5 minutes early!”
“The higher the score, the more time you have to hide and run!”
“After entering through the space gate, you’ll be randomly teleported! The lighthouse is the only evacuation point inside the Toy House!”
“The veteran students acting as old cats will start from the lighthouse!”
“The map changes every 3 hours. It might get a bit noisy, don’t panic!”
Jiang Nan was stunned. “It even changes maps? What’s going on?”
Ye Xinghe whispered, “See that white sphere soaking in the culture tank? That’s the Core!”
“With a Core, you can control the internal structure of the Spirit Ruin to a certain extent!”
“You know the Sky Eye system, right? The reason we can see real-time footage from inside the ruin outside is all thanks to the Core!”
Jiang Nan stared at the white sphere in a daze!
As expected of Pioneers walking at the forefront of the era!
He had never even heard of something like a Core before!
What was the principle behind it?
Did every Spirit Ruin have a Core that could control it?
Or only some did?
Where did Cores come from?
The more Jiang Nan learned, the more he realised he didn’t know!
But the one thing he was certain of was that coming to Pioneer Academy had been an absolutely correct decision!
This era was slowly unveiling its mysterious veil to him, piece by piece!
Han Menglu smiled with narrowed eyes. “One last reminder! The veteran students will have maps of the Toy House!”
“So don’t think you can pass just by hiding!”
On the other side of the hall, 100 veteran students were already fully geared and ready!
Medical kits! Torches! Waterproof sheets! Sleeping bags! Water bottles, weapons, compressed rations, every piece of equipment you could need!
They looked extremely professional!
Compared to Jiang Nan’s group, they were like level 99 bosses facing level 15 noobs!
The third-year veterans at Pioneer Academy had explored countless Spirit Ruins and completed countless missions!
They were a bunch of explosively experienced old birds!
Each one licked their lips, eyes shining with excitement!
“Hehe! Finally our turn to bully the newbies!”
“Remember when we first arrived? The seniors tortured us until we puked! Meow meow meow! This time we finally get our revenge! Haha!”
“Brothers! How long do you reckon it’ll take to finish them off?”
“Last time the seniors caught us, it took 29 hours to leave only 500…”
“Don’t ask! I say 24 hours! Clear the field!”
“No problem! Haha!”
“Ten little mice for one platinum-grade spirit bead? They’re literally giving away beads! No difficulty at all!”
Lin Chen was among the veterans acting as cats!
He glared venomously at Jiang Nan and made a throat-slitting gesture!
