the only savior

Chapter 601 The Trial of the Awakened (Two in One)

Now, the dilapidated scene of this dilapidated small base also greatly exceeded their expectations.

Originally thought that there would be a bitter battle, but now it turns out that there is not a single living person here.

"Be careful, there may be monsters hiding around."

Wes reminded, and then quietly leaned over with Anna.

After some probing and groping, it was finally confirmed that there were no other living creatures here, so they walked out of the hiding corner and searched the base carefully.

Although there are some dilapidated wooden houses on the outside, the experimental equipment inside is not vague at all.

It's basically the same as imagined, with a tall appearance, anyway, Weiss and Anna can't see what it is used for.

It's just that these instruments are basically damaged now, and they are all traces of being destroyed by monsters.

Paw prints and blood were all over the surrounding area, and suspicious yellow liquid was leaking from some places from time to time, which was not a good thing at first glance.

The two searched around here, but found nothing of value.

It is also possible that, as non-professionals, they simply do not recognize anything useful here.

"Squeak~"

The door of a log cabin was opened.

The outside of this room was obviously reinforced, and Wes took a lot of trouble when opening it.

There is still a small sign in front of the door with something written on it, but because of the blood stains, it can no longer be seen clearly.

Wes opened the room, just poked his head in and took a look, then immediately retracted, and then closed the door without hesitation, with a look of fear on his face.

"what happened?"

Anna happened to see this scene, and couldn't help being puzzled.

Seeing her coming, Wes quickly walked a few steps to stop her.

"Don't come here, let's get out of here first, it's dangerous here!"

As he said, he pulled Anna quickly away from the house.

"What the hell is going on, Wes. What did you see in there? Are there mutants? Or mutants?"

Wes shook his head.

"It's not...inside, it's a stone...a stone with red lines..."

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On the other side, Rebirth Island.

Compared with the early morning time in Errow, it is already three o'clock in the afternoon, which is the busiest time of the day.

Li Xiang was sitting on the rest chair beside the training ground sweating, drinking water in big gulps.

He has been here for about half a month, and as a newcomer, he has gradually adapted to the way of life here.

Although he can no longer go online and play with his mobile phone when he has nothing to do like before, but here, he has a more fulfilling life, and he has never been idle, but he still feels that there is not enough time.

On weekdays, in addition to participating in the training courses of Master Bei and Zhan Nan, he would often go to the library on the fifth basement floor to learn some techniques there by himself.

What Li Xiang is studying now is "Navigation", which is relatively simple among many technologies.

But the so-called simplicity only means that there are not too many preconditions.

Unlike the "Energy Control", "Hull Strengthening Theory", "Jump Engine Basics", etc., all require a lot of pre-physical foundations.

"Navigation" is different. It is a theory independent of ordinary subjects. Even a layman like him who knows nothing about spaceships can learn it from scratch.

In the past, as an online car-hailing driver, Li Xiang never thought that one day he would have the opportunity to touch a real spaceship.

With such longings, even the former scumbags now radiate a strong enthusiasm for learning and devote themselves to the vast ocean of knowledge.

Still, daily training is essential.

Apart from being the navigator of the spacecraft in the organization, Li Xiang's greatest wish is to become an awakened person.

Now, he trains during the day, reads at night, and never stays up late.

This day is so regular that he himself can hardly believe it.

"Aaron, Bella, your injuries are healed!"

He raised his head, and saw figures walking towards the training ground not far away, they were the two most outstanding students in his current class.

"Li Xiang, it's you, we're fine now, how are you doing these days, did the instructor teach anything new?"

Li Xiang shook his head and said:
"That's not true. I heard that Master Bei's class will be suspended for a while starting tomorrow, but the comprehensive protection class at Instructor Zhan's side will continue. You can go directly to him tomorrow."

"Oh? What's the matter?"

"It's a mission. The Gaul Kingdom seems to be in trouble. The Star Master asked Mr. Bei to come over and help. He should be back soon."

"Oh, well then, let's go to training first, see you later!"

Aaron nodded, said goodbye to him, and Bei Na walked towards the training ground.

Li Xiang looked at the backs of the two leaving, feeling envious in his heart.

In the trial a few days ago, almost all members of the Star Alliance participated, but only two of them passed.

The written test at the beginning was better, basically it was to test some theoretical knowledge about alien information, combat skills, and survival skills in harsh environments.

But the actual combat training later was different, it was a nightmare for everyone.

Master Bei arranged for them to start a trial in a forest outside the Seven Star Lake.

Everyone started from the starting point, crossed the [-]-kilometer jungle, and arrived at a supply station.

Along the way, in addition to the difficult natural environment, there are also various traps set up by Mr. Pei. Many people were eliminated at the first level.

Then, after passing the first level, everyone will enter a twenty-kilometer rocky area.

Here, several awakened ones will patrol continuously.

Those who participate in the trial need to try to avoid them, and the skill of stealth will be tested here.

Otherwise, once they find you, unless you can fight or run faster than them, you will basically be caught directly and thrown back to the starting point to start over, and this level is also the most difficult level.

The next step is to enter the Seven Star Lake, swim a distance of 5 kilometers, and return to the island to face the final challenge.

The final challenge was a mutant, a living mutant obtained by the Covenant through a quest from the Wildfire Tavern.

These guys are usually used as research objects.

But on the day of the trial, they can also play some other roles.

It is used as the boss of the ultimate level to test the actual combat ability of the students.

Of course, for the sake of safety, there will be awakened people secretly protecting the whole process, so as to prevent the students from being seriously injured.

The last mutant beast will not be any particularly powerful guy, usually some monsters like mutated black rats.

But even so, it is very difficult for ordinary people to deal with them, and it is impossible to win easily.

This is the first trial held since the founding of the Star Alliance. Those who pass it will have the opportunity to participate in the enlightenment ceremony, join the Three Great Temples, and become an awakened person.

However, it was precisely because of the first time that many people didn't know the horror of this trial, so they directly signed up for it with great courage.

As a result, those newcomers who just came to train for a day suffered a lot, and they were tortured unspeakably.

Although I knew that such a trial would definitely not be easy, I didn't expect it to be so terrifying.

After this personal experience, I am afraid that there will not be a situation where everyone participates together in the future.

This is not to say that everyone gave up, they just know that if they are not sure in the future, they should not easily sign up for this devil's trial.

After all, becoming an awakened person is everyone's dream, and you will not give up lightly because of these setbacks.

And the only two people who passed this time were Aaron and Bella, and it was not in vain for them to train desperately these days.

The injuries they suffered before were caused during the final boss battle.

Li Xiang was very envious of these two people being able to participate in the following spiritual enlightenment ceremony.

But he knew that with his current ability, he still couldn't pass the test.

So these days, he will attend Master Pei's training courses every time.

I just hope that I can pass the trial smoothly in the future and become an awakened person who can control extraordinary power.

While looking forward to the bright future, Li Xiang suddenly saw a familiar figure.

It was Zhang Xiaoman who came.

Zhang Xiaoman had just come out of the original world, and when passing by this training field, he took a look at everyone's training.

Master Pei's ability is worthy of recognition, and all the students are practicing like a raging fire.

Although it was hard work, everyone gritted their teeth and endured, and no one gave up halfway.

They all knew that this was different from any physical training they had participated in before. This was a practice that was directly related to whether they could become superhumans, and they did not give up at all.

There are currently two instructors in the organization, one is Zhan Nan, and the other is naturally Mr. Pei.

Zhan Nan is mainly responsible for courses in safety protection, which is also related to his previous occupation.

There are few people in this world who are more suitable than him to teach this knowledge.

Most of what Zhan Nan teaches is theoretical courses, which can be said to be stream of consciousness.

On the contrary, Mr. Pei is mainly responsible for training in physical fitness, fighting and survival.

He even developed a new technique on his own, called "Retrograde Judgment".

Of course, this doesn't mean cycling retrograde.

This set of "retrograde tactics" is a new type of combat technique developed by Mr. Bei after observing the combat methods of the star guards, which is more suitable for human beings to learn.

Taking this name fits the year of sailing against the current and never giving up.

This set of techniques mainly uses long spears, long swords, shields, daggers and other Star Alliance standing weapons to fight, without any bells and whistles, very efficient and deadly, and all of them are melee weapons.

Some students especially like this kind of fighting skills, and they will come to participate in every class.

In view of the fact that Master Pei's courses are particularly difficult, for this reason, when they were joking, they added a title to those who never gave up-retrogrades.

As for Aaron and Bella, they are the peak combat power of this group of so-called "rebels".

As Zhang Xiaoman walked all the way, the students stopped to greet him one after another, and gave him the Star Alliance's standard etiquette, the Star Touching Salute.

Now this set of etiquette has been widely passed down within the organization, and with Zhang Xiaoman's acquiescence, it has gradually become the standard etiquette actions of Star Alliance members.

Zhang Xiaoman was already used to this way of greeting, he skillfully returned a salute, and then continued to walk towards the location of the underground base.

As he was walking, he suddenly heard someone calling himself. Looking back, it turned out to be Li Xiang.

"Star Lord."

Li Xiang spread out his palms, pointed them at his heart, and put on a posture of touching the stars in a dignified manner.

In fact, this movement was originally learned by the first batch of awakened people who learned from the star guards. It means to touch one's heart with the star eye mark on the palm of the hand, so it is called the "Star Touching Ceremony".

For people like them who have not awakened, naturally there is no star eye mark.

But since a unique etiquette has been formed, there is no need to care so much.

"Oh? What's the matter?"

Seeing the shy expression on the other party's face, Zhang Xiaoman knew that he had something to tell him.

"That... Star Lord, it's like this..."

Li Xiang's voice became quieter, and his expression became a little unnatural.

"You don't have to be restrained, just tell me if you encounter any difficulties."

"Uh, it's actually like this. I don't know if you, Star Master, still remember when I was in the grove in the north of Qionghua City. I followed you and saw you eliminate the dimensional crack..."

Zhang Xiaoman recalled the situation at that time, and it was indeed the case.

That day, when I saw this boy's determined face, I randomly assigned a task to him, but I didn't know that he completed it well, so I agreed to recruit him into the organization.

"I remember, what's wrong?"

"Well, back then... I was just an ordinary online car-hailing driver, because I followed you and saw something I shouldn't have seen... So, you put a forbidden curse on me..."

Zhang Xiaoman was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, and then suddenly remembered this matter.

At that time, he asked Xingwei to leave some blood from the other party, and lied to him that it was some means, in order to prevent him from going out and talking about things.

As a result, more than three months have passed, and he has forgotten about this guy.

It seems that his expression has probably been troubled by the so-called "forbidden spell" in his body recently.

Zhang Xiaoman suddenly smiled, shook his head and said:
"You don't have to worry about the forbidden curse. It was already unlocked when you officially joined the Star Alliance. Since you are already a member of the organization, you will naturally not be restricted in this way."

Hearing what he said, Li Xiang immediately showed a joyful expression, and heaved a sigh of relief in his heart, feeling that the burden he had been carrying all the time was let go.

Seeing his expression, Zhang Xiaoman also felt a little guilty.

After all, it was because of my negligence that I forgot it, which made people worry about it for so long.

He thought for a while, then took out a small bottle from his arms and handed it to the other party.

"I am also responsible for this matter. I didn't tell you immediately. I will give you a bottle of Sun Essence privately as my compensation. You should work hard in the future and don't have any psychological burden."

(End of this chapter)