Now, the dilapidated appearance of this dilapidated small base was beyond their expectations.
I originally thought there would be a hard battle, but now I found that there was not a single living person here.
"Be careful, there may be monsters hiding around."
Wes reminded, and then he and Anna quietly leaned over.
After some testing and exploration, they finally determined that there were no other living creatures here. Then they walked out of the hiding corner and searched the base carefully.
Although there are some dilapidated wooden houses outside, the experimental equipment inside is not ambiguous at all.
It was basically as expected, with a tall and elegant appearance. Anyway, Wes and Anna couldn't tell what it was used for.
It's just that these instruments are basically damaged now, and there are traces of damage left by monsters on them.
Claw prints and blood were all around, and suspicious yellow liquid was coming out from some places from time to time, which didn't look good at first glance.
The two searched around here and 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 wooden house was opened. The outside of this house was obviously reinforced, and Weiss had a lot of trouble opening it.
There was a small sign outside the house with something written on it, but it was stained with blood and could no longer be seen clearly.
Wes opened the room and just put his head in to take a look, then immediately retracted and then closed the door without hesitation, with a look of fear on his face.
"What's wrong?"
Anna happened to see this scene and couldn't help but be puzzled.
When Weiss saw her coming, he quickly took a few steps to stop her and said:
"Don't come here, let's get out of here first, it's very dangerous here!"
He said, pulling Ana quickly away from the house.
"What's going on, Wes. What did you see in there? Is there a mutant beast? Or an aberration?"
Wes shook his head.
"None of them... Inside, there is a stone... a stone with red lines..."
…
On the other side, Rebirth Island.
Compared to the early morning hours in Hérault, it was already three in the afternoon, the busiest time of the day.
Li Xiang was sitting on the bench next to the training ground with sweat on his face, drinking water in big gulps.
He has been here for about half a month. As a newcomer, he has gradually adapted to the lifestyle here.
Although he can no longer surf the Internet and play with his mobile phone when he has nothing to do as before, but here, he has a more fulfilling life. He has never been idle, but he still feels that time is not enough.
On weekdays, in addition to participating in the training courses of Bei Ye and Zhan Nan, he would also often go to the library on the fifth underground floor to teach himself some techniques there.
What Li Xiang is studying now is "Navigation", which is relatively simple among many technologies.
However, the so-called simplicity only means that it does not require too many prerequisites, unlike "Energy Control", "Hull Reinforcement Theory" and "Basics of Jump Engines", which all require a large amount of prerequisite physical foundations.
"Navigation" is different. It is a theory independent of ordinary subjects. Even a layman like him who knows nothing about spacecraft can start learning from scratch.
In the past, as an online ride-hailing driver, Li Xiang never thought that one day he would have the opportunity to touch a real spaceship.
With such a vision, even those who were once poor students are now glowing with a strong enthusiasm for learning and immersing themselves in the vast ocean of knowledge.
However, daily training is still essential.
In addition to being the navigator of the organization's spaceship, 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 routine is so regular that he can hardly believe it.
"Aaron, Beina, your injuries are healed!"
He raised his head and saw the figures walking towards the training ground not far away. They were the two most outstanding students in his class.
"Li Xiang, it's you. We're fine now. How have you been these past few days? Did the instructor teach anything new?"
Li Xiang shook his head and said:
"That's not true. I heard that Bei's class will be suspended for a while starting tomorrow, but Instructor Zhan's comprehensive protection class will continue. You can go directly to his class tomorrow."
"Oh? What's going on?"
"It's a mission. The country of Gaul seems to have encountered a little trouble. Star Master asked Mr. Bei to go over and provide support. He should be back soon."
"Oh, okay then, let's go to training first, see you later!"
Aaron nodded, said goodbye to him, and Bian and Beina walked towards the training ground.
Li Xiang looked at the two people's leaving figures, feeling very 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 relatively good. It basically tested some theoretical knowledge about alien information, gun usage skills, and survival techniques in harsh environments.
But the subsequent actual combat training was different, it was a complete nightmare for everyone.
Mr. Bei arranged for them to start a trial in a forest outside Qixing Lake.
Everyone first set off from the starting point and crossed thirty kilometers of jungle to reach a supply station.
Along the way, in addition to the difficult environment, there were also various traps set up by Mr. Bei. 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 participating in the trial need to try to avoid them, and their covert action skills will be tested here.
Otherwise, once you are discovered by them, unless you can fight better than them 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 one.
The next step is to enter Qixing Lake, swim a distance of 5 kilometers, and return to the island to face the final challenge.
The final challenge is a mutant beast, which is a living mutant beast obtained by the Covenant through the mission issued by the Wildfire Tavern.
Usually these guys are usually used as subjects of research.
However, on the day of the trial, they can also play some other roles, that is, they are used as intermediate-level bosses to test the students' actual combat abilities.
Of course, for safety reasons, there will be awakened people secretly protecting the students throughout the process to prevent students from being seriously harmed.
The last mutant beast won't be a particularly powerful guy, it's usually a monster like a mutant black rat.
But even so, it is very difficult for ordinary people to deal with them, and it is impossible to get through it easily.
This is the first trial held since the establishment of the Star Alliance. Those who pass it will have the opportunity to participate in the spiritual enlightenment ceremony, join the three major temples, and become an awakened person.
However, precisely because it was the first time, many people did not know the horror of this trial, so they had the courage to directly sign up to participate.
As a result, those newcomers who only came to train for a long time suffered a lot, and they were tortured to an unspeakable degree.
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 never be a situation like this where everyone participates together.
This does not mean that everyone has given up, they just know that if they are not sure in the future, they should not easily sign up for this kind of devil's trial.
After all, becoming an awakened person is everyone’s dream, and they will not give up easily because of these setbacks.
And the only two people who passed this time were Aaron and Beina, and it was not in vain that they had been training like crazy in recent days.
The injuries they suffered before were caused by the final BOSS battle.
Li Xiang was very envious that these two people could participate in the next spiritual enlightenment ceremony, but he knew that with his current ability, he would not be able to pass the test.
So these days, he attends Mr. Bei's training courses every time, hoping that he can successfully pass the trial 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.
The person coming was none other than Zhang Xiaoman.
Zhang Xiaoman had just come out of the original world, and when passing by the training ground, he took a look at everyone's training.
Mr. Bei's ability is worthy of recognition. All the students practiced in full swing. Although it was hard, everyone gritted their teeth and endured it. No one gave up halfway.
They all know that this is different from any physical training they have participated in before. This is a practice that is directly related to whether they can become extraordinary people. There is no giving up.
There are currently two instructors in the organization, one is Zhan Nan, and the other is naturally Mr. Bei.
Zhan Nan is mainly responsible for safety protection courses, which is also related to his previous occupation. For him to teach this knowledge, there are probably few people in the world who are more suitable than him.
Most of what Zhannan teaches is theoretical courses, which can be said to be a stream of consciousness.
On the contrary, Bei Ye is mainly responsible for physical fitness, fighting and survival.
He even developed a new technique on his own called "retrograde jutsu".
Of course, this does not mean riding a bicycle against the law.
This set of "Retrograde Techniques" is a new type of fighting technique developed by Bei Ye after observing the fighting methods of the satellites, which is more suitable for human beings to learn.
This set of techniques mainly uses long guns, long swords, shields, daggers and other Covenant standing weapons to fight. There are no bells and whistles. They are very efficient and deadly, and they are all melee weapons.
Some students particularly like this kind of fighting skills and come to participate in every class.
In view of the fact that Mr. Bei's courses are particularly difficult, for this reason, they still jokingly gave those who never give up a title - "Rebel".
Aaron and Beina are at the peak of their combat prowess among these so-called "rebels".
As Zhang Xiaoman walked along, the students stopped to greet him one after another, giving him the Star Alliance's standard etiquette, the Star Touching Ceremony.
Now this set of etiquette has been widely circulated within the organization, and with Zhang Xiaoman's acquiescence, it has gradually become a standard etiquette action for Star Alliance members.
Zhang Xiaoman was already used to this way of greeting, so he bowed back skillfully, and then continued walking towards the underground base.
While walking, he suddenly heard someone calling him. Looking back, he saw that it was Li Xiang.
"Star Lord."
Li Xiang spread out his palms, pointed them at his heart, and put on a graceful gesture of touching the star.
In fact, this action was originally learned from the Star Guards by the first batch of awakened ones. It means touching one's heart with the starry eye mark on the palm, so it is called "Star Touching Ceremony".
People like them who have not yet awakened naturally do not have the Starry Eyes mark.
But since a unique etiquette has been formed, there is no need to care so much.
"Oh? What's the matter?"
Zhang Xiaoman saw the other person's shy expression and knew that there was something he wanted to tell him.
"That... Star Master is like this..."
Li Xiang's voice became softer and his expression became a little unnatural.
"You don't have to be restrained. If you encounter any difficulties, just tell me."
"Well, that's actually the case. I wonder if you, Star Master, still remember when you were in the grove north of Qionghua City, I followed you and saw you eliminate the dimensional rift..."
Zhang Xiaoman recalled the situation at that time, and it was indeed like this.
That day, when I saw the boy's determined look on his face and was not afraid of death, I randomly assigned him a task. Unexpectedly, he completed it well, so I agreed to recruit him into the organization.
"I remember, what's wrong?"
"Well, at the beginning... I was just an ordinary ride-hailing driver. Because I saw some things I shouldn't have seen while following you... So, you later put a forbidden spell on my hand..."
Zhang Xiaoman was slightly startled when he heard this, and then suddenly remembered this matter.
At that time, he asked the star guard to leave some blood on the other party's fingertips, and lied to him that it was some kind of trick, in order to prevent him from going out and talking nonsense.
As a result, more than three months have passed and he has long forgotten about this matter, but he has also forgotten about this guy.
It seems from his expression that he probably hasn't struggled with the so-called "forbidden curse" in his body recently.
Zhang Xiaoman smiled and shook his head:
"Don't worry about the forbidden curse. It was actually solved when you officially joined the Star Alliance. Since you are already a member of the organization, naturally it will not restrict you in this way."
Hearing what he said, Li Xiang suddenly showed an expression of joy, and he took a long breath in his heart, feeling that a burden he had been carrying all the time was let go.
Zhang Xiaoman felt a little guilty when he saw his expression.
After all, it was due to my own negligence that I forgot about it, causing people to 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's hand.
"I am also responsible for this matter and did not tell you the first time. 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."
