Chapter 233: Chapter 233: 163, the initiation trial begins_2

After she finished washing up, I followed her to the cafeteria for breakfast, and then we both headed to the sports field to assemble.

When the two of us arrived at the sports field, there weren’t many people there yet.

Just seven individuals.

They were Ma Xiwei, the five from the military area, and that beautiful new student from Kyoto University.

As for the five from the Mechanical Academy, not a single one had arrived.

At that moment, the five young men from the military area were enthusiastically chatting up the two girls, looking to get acquainted with these two high-value beauties.

Ma Xiwei was rather aloof and didn’t pay much attention to the five from the military area.

On the contrary, the girl from Kyoto University seemed much more enthusiastic and was laughing and talking with the five men from the military area.

“Morning!”

A young man with dark skin from the military area saw Lin Zichen coming and called out to him with a smile.

This dark-skinned youth was the very person who had wanted to spar with Lin Zichen the day before, named Zhao Yuanzhong.

“Morning.”

Lin Zichen politely responded.

Zhao Yuanzhong was quite forward, proactively stepping up to chat with Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan, asking curiously,

“The two of you are always together. Are you siblings or a couple?”

As he asked this question, the other four from the military area and the girl from Kyoto University all turned their heads to look over.

Clearly, these people were all very interested in the relationship between Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan.

Before Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan could respond, the aloof Ma Xiwei spoke up,

“Those two are an engaged couple, so you guys shouldn’t get your hopes up.”

At these words, everyone looked visibly disappointed.

The five young men from the military area lamented that Shen Qinghan was already taken.

The girl from Kyoto University felt sorry that Lin Zichen was off the market.

Zhao Yuanzhong looked at Lin Zichen and said with an awkward smile, “Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t mean it that way. I was just curious.”

“I know.”

Lin Zichen gave Zhao Yuanzhong an out.

Youthful boys understand each other; they all want to get to know a beautiful girl when they see one.

The little thoughts in their minds are almost as transparent as glass, easily seen through at a glance.

“I heard that the younger generation from the military area has all undergone training in the Origin Land?”

Feeling the atmosphere was a bit awkward, Lin Zichen smoothly changed the subject and asked Zhao Yuanzhong.

He had always been curious about the Origin Land and, now that he was here at the military area, he wanted to take this opportunity to learn more about it.

Zhao Yuanzhong: “Sort of been there, I guess.”

“Sort of?”

Lin Zichen was puzzled.

If you’ve been there, you’ve been there; if not, you haven’t. What does ‘sort of’ mean?

Zhao Yuanzhong explained, “The military area has an outpost within the Origin Land, and some of us young soldiers with ordinary Biological Levels are sometimes assigned to do odd jobs there. However, we can’t leave the outpost.”

“Being inside the outpost is considered being in the Origin Land, but without the ability to leave it and experience the raw competition outside, it’s almost like having never been there at all.”

“To truly enter the Origin Land, you must have a high Biological Level. It’s impossible otherwise.”

“Those with ordinary Biological Levels simply can’t withstand the rejection from the border forces.”

“They can only stay within the outpost, under the protection of its barrier.”

Border force rejection?

This was the first time Lin Zichen had heard of this term and quickly asked, “What is border force rejection?”

Zhao Yuanzhong continued to explain, “It’s an invisible force that repels people from Earth when they enter the Origin Land. It’s not very strong, but it significantly affects those with a Biological Level below high-tier.”

Having said that, he laughed, “I know you’ll probably ask next whether Exotic Beasts on Earth are affected by border force rejection.”

“The answer is yes, they are subjected to an even stronger rejection.”

“In fact, the power of many Exotic Beasts on Earth has been weakened by the border force.”

“They would be much stronger in the Origin Land.

In front of humans, they are almost invincible beings of the same order.”

Zhao Yuanzhong added, “Otherwise, do you think that on Earth, Genetic Integrators could defeat Exotic Beasts, which are the genetic source, if they were at the same Biological Level?”

“I see.”

Lin Zichen nodded his head, now enlightened with quite a bit of useful information.

These were things that couldn’t be learned from books.

Seeing Lin Zichen’s look of realization, Zhao Yuanzhong couldn’t help but feel puzzled, “Didn’t the elders in your family tell you about these things?”

“No.”

Lin Zichen shook his head.

He didn’t tell Zhao Yuanzhong that his parents were ordinary people, unaware of these matters and not even knowing of the existence of the Origin Land.

So they chatted idly for a while.

As time went on, the remaining participants for the special training arrived at the sports field one by one.

In total, there were 20 people on the sports field.

The military area, Shanhai University, Kyoto University, and the Mechanical Academy, each group had five people.

When the time reached 7 a.m.

A man leaped down from the rooftop of a building in front, hitting the ground with a “thud” and kicking up a large cloud of dust in front of everyone.

As the dust settled,

what came into view of the crowd was a middle-aged man in his thirties, wearing a camouflage uniform.

Lin Zichen had a thought and sensed the man’s Biological Level.

It was high,

reaching the senior Sixth Order.

This strength, in the two big schools, would definitely be that of an academy dean,

and moreover, the dean of the two strongest academies, Evolution College and Mechanical Academy.

“Is everyone here?”

The man glanced over the scattered crowd and asked loudly.

With an equally resonant voice, Zhao Yuanzhong reported, “Report to the instructor, all are present!”

He was the captain among the five people from the military area.

However, his strength was not the strongest, he was simply the most proactive.

After hearing Zhao Yuanzhong’s answer,

the man nodded and then introduced himself to those present who didn’t know him, “My name is Lu Tianrong, I’ll be your instructor for this special training, you can call me Instructor Lu.”

With just that brief introduction, he started giving orders to the people in front of him, “Now, starting with the five from the military area, introduce yourselves in a simple manner, in order!”

As soon as he finished speaking,

Zhao Yuanzhong, who was at the very front of the five from the military area, immediately began his self-introduction.

“Military area, Zhao Yuanzhong!”

The four behind him also followed in report.

“Military area, He Yancheng!”

“Military area, Liu Ruihe!”

“…”

After the military area finished reporting, the others also began to report one after the other in the same fashion.

“Mech God Group, Mo Yanwei!”

“Mech God Group, Zhang Kai!”

“Mech God Group, Zhu Shishi”

“…”

“Kyoto University, Qin Chuan!”

“Kyoto University, Gao Mu!”

“Kyoto University, Shangguan Yueying!”

“…”

“Shanhai University, Lin Zichen!”

“Shanhai University, Li Moyu!”

“Shanhai University, Shen Qinghan!”

“…”

As everyone’s voice sounded out loudly, Lu Tianrong, the instructor, had already deeply memorized each person’s corresponding appearance.

After the roll call was over,

Lu Tianrong addressed everyone, “I won’t say too much nonsense. You all are here for the purpose of participating in the special training to improve yourselves.”

“Now, I’m going to form some temporary teams. There will be four teams in total. Once you’re divided, you’ll immediately start the entrance assessment.”

“After the entrance assessment is over, you’ll then face the real special training.”

After finishing his words, Lu Tianrong wasted no time and immediately started dividing everyone into teams randomly.

“Luo Yongjian from Shanhai University, go to the Mech God Group.”

“Shangguan Yueying from Kyoto University, you’re to go to Shanhai University.”

“He Yancheng from the military area, you’re to go to Kyoto University.”

“Zhang Kai from the Mech God Group, you’re to join the team over at Shanhai University.”

“Zhao Yuanzhong from the military area, head over to Shanhai University.”

“…”

It took about two minutes for Lu Tianrong to completely shake up the four teams.

Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan were lucky; they hadn’t been moved to other teams and remained as a pair in the Shanhai University team.

But the original three teammates had all been transferred out.

Those replaced with Kyoto University’s Shangguan Yueying, Mech God Group’s Zhang Kai, and Zhao Yuanzhong from the military area.

Lin Zichen saw the pattern in Instructor Lu Tianrong’s team assignments.

It was to ensure the teams were sufficiently mixed,

comprising individuals from Shan University, Kyoto University, as well as the Mech God Group and the military area.

This was definitely not a random arrangement, and there must be some special purpose to it.

But this purpose, for now, was still unknown.

Lin Zichen thought it must be related to cooperation, assessing the team capabilities when paired with strangers.

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