Xia Lin interrupted Li Yuan with a cold expression and asked Ling Luo, "Do you know how far two kilometers is?"

His meaning was the same as Li Yuan's.

He didn't believe that Ling Luo had actually detected a strange beast two kilometers away.

She's at least talking nonsense.

Ling Luo tilted her head: "Two kilometers away?"

"Pfft!" Yuan Qi couldn't help but laugh, then touched his nose when he met Xia Lin's gaze: "I, I just felt she wasn't wrong..."

Two kilometers is just two kilometers away.

"The living environment for these strange beasts is harsh, and most prefer to hide in the shadows, waiting for their chance to strike. Even when they do roam, they generally don't cause much of a commotion, so—"

"Imagine someone taking a walk two kilometers away, somewhere you can't see at all. Can you hear their footsteps?"

Before Ling Luo could answer, Xia Lin continued, "At our current level, this is impossible—"

Not to mention you're not a martial arts master at all. Even if you know ancient martial arts, without mental strength, it's impossible for you to hear such a small sound from two kilometers away just by listening.

But before he could finish speaking, Ling Luo frowned: "So you guys are this weak?"

"you!"

"It seems you need to intensify your training and improve your strength as soon as possible."

"you!"

With an empire of billions of people, the Hellow Military Academy recruits only a few tens of thousands of new students every three years.

Even if they weren't as exceptionally talented as Ye Xingxue, they were still the envy of their peers and the pride of their elders wherever they went in the empire.

This was the first time they had ever heard someone say they were weak.

Moreover, the person who said this was a complete waste of talent with absolutely no aptitude for cultivation!

How could they not be angry?

They were so angry their faces turned black!

Li Yuan couldn't take it anymore and got furious!

He gritted his teeth and said, "What right do you have to talk about us—"

Xia Lin was the first to calm down: "Don't waste time on this pointless argument. Don't forget our goal for this trip."

“Yes.” Huang Mingya also spoke up, giving Li Yuan a look.

They are different from Ling Luo. They have their own goals to achieve. Bringing Ling Luo along as a burden has already disrupted part of their plans. If they continue to argue with Ling Luo, it will only be more counterproductive.

Li Yuan took a deep breath and calmed down: "Okay, I understand."

Let's keep going.

Meanwhile, viewers in the live stream were furious.

"What's this good-for-nothing doing? It's one thing to be useless, but to act up now is to cause trouble. Is this the time to argue?!"

"That's right! You have to understand that this practical exercise is no joke. The school will rank the student teams based on the resources they receive, which directly affects their future!"

"Bai Ying has already hunted down a level 1, five-star alien plant and obtained a level 1, five-star plant core! This Ling Luo is not only useless in terms of martial arts, but he also drags down his teammates' progress. How can there be such a person? He's disgusting!"

While netizens were fiercely criticizing him, Li Yuan took the lead and ran into the depths of the jungle.

The others followed closely behind.

Xia Lin looked at Ling Luo: "We don't expect you to make any contributions, but we hope you can follow our arrangements and not hold us back!"

"I already mentioned this before we disembarked from the spaceship! And you agreed, so I hope you'll keep your word!"

Ling Luo frowned: "I already said I'm very strong and won't hold you back."

"you!"

Ling Luo didn't say anything more, then leaped forward and followed.

The Beast Forest is home not only to ferocious beasts, but also to poisonous fog, poisonous plants, and mutated plants that can eat and attack people after absorbing energy.

The further you go in, the denser the jungle becomes.

They must be wary not only of strange beasts, but also of strange plants.

Whether they were lucky or unlucky is hard to say, but after walking for half a day, they didn't encounter a single strange plant or beast.

If you say they're unlucky, at least their lives aren't in danger.

They were lucky; without encountering these dangers, they wouldn't have been able to obtain resources and would have wasted half a day.

After getting tired, Xia Lin and the others found a relatively open space to sit down and rest, planning to drink some nutritional fluids to replenish their energy before continuing their journey.

Lingluo wasn't tired, but she had no objection to their arrangements. She leaned against a tree and closed her eyes to rest.

Xia Lin and the other three were chatting quietly when Ling Luo sensed something and suddenly opened her eyes!

"careful!"

Suddenly, a huge leaf appeared behind Yuan Qi!

The leaf's mouth was wide open, and its edges were covered with sharp fangs as long as a hand.

As the leaves lunged at Yuan Qi's head, Ling Luo leaped up, kicked Yuan Qi to the ground, summoned Deer Cry, and slashed at the leaves!

She cleaved the leaf open instantly!

Countless branches instantly sprouted from the leaf stems and attacked Lingluo!

With a swift swing of his longsword, Ling Luo severed the branch, giving it no time to react, and shattered the leaves into pieces!

Then, the leaf disappeared.

Everyone was shocked, including the viewers in the live stream.

The audience's screen was filled with "Holy crap!"

"Holy crap, am I seeing things? That was a really fast reaction!"

"Yeah, before anyone else could even react, she... she actually killed that strange plant all by herself! Is she that strong?!"

"What weapon is that in her hand? A knife? But why is it so long? And why did I think she looked so cool just now?!"

But some people think it's impossible for her to really be that strong.

"Don't rush to praise it. Generally speaking, the higher the level of the alien plant, the tougher it is. Many of them are even difficult to destroy with mech fire."

Judging from the way she wielded the knife just now, didn't you think it looked like she was chopping vegetables? That means that strange plant isn't very high-level.

“That makes sense. Seeing how efficient she is, I almost forgot about that.”

All of Ling Luo's reactions were completed in just a moment.

After she sheathed her sword, Xia Lin and the others finally realized what was happening.

Just as they were about to speak, Ling Luo frowned: "There should be a core inside the alien plant, so why doesn't this leaf have one? Could it be that this leaf isn't from an alien plant?"

Others: "..."

Although they had a small argument with Ling Luo at first, she remained quiet and cooperatively followed behind them afterward, so they didn't have as much of a problem with her anymore.

But they still have complaints about this burden.

Unexpectedly, on their very first day on the Beast Planet, it was this burden who saved their team member.

After a moment of realization, their feelings were inevitably complicated.

Upon hearing Ling Luo's words...

Their feelings became even more complicated.

Li Yuan rubbed his forehead, wanting to speak sarcastically, but remembering that she had just saved Yuan Qi, he tried to suppress his urge to grit his teeth and said gently, "The nucleus of the alien plant is buried in the root of the alien plant, not in the leaves or stem."

"Even if that strange plant could separate its roots and stems to hunt, the principle is the same. These are common sense, don't you... know that?"

Ling Luo nodded: "Now I understand."

Xia Lin and the others: "..."

Why are they still so angry all of a sudden?

Huang Mingya coughed lightly, breaking the silence: "After the heteromorphic plant dies, the core buried at the root will soon be exposed. Let's go find the core—"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ling Luo sensed a strong energy fluctuation not far away.

If she wasn't mistaken, that should be the location of the implantation site.

Just as she was about to speak, Xia Lin said, "I sensed an energy fluctuation over there!"

"We need to hurry, otherwise if the nearby beasts or plants notice the existence of the plant core and come rushing over to snatch it, we'll be in danger!"

As they were talking, Xia Lin ran over first, and the others quickly followed.

Seeing this, Ling Luo followed.

Upon finding the plant core, Xia Lin and the others' expressions changed slightly: "Yellowish with a hint of green? It's actually a level one, five-star exotic plant?!"

Primary implants are yellow, secondary implants are green, and yellow with a hint of green indicates a grade between the two.

Yuan Qi was so shocked his jaw almost dropped. He looked at Ling Luo and said, "Such a high-level exotic plant, and you... how come you cut it like it was vegetables?"

Ling Luo asked, puzzled, "Is a level one five-star rating really that high?"

Yuan Qi: "..."

Is she looking down on a level one five-star alien beast?

But thinking about it, it seems she genuinely felt that the rest of them were also quite weak.

Suddenly, Yuan Qi felt he didn't want to talk anymore.

"This exotic plant is called *Gnaphalium affine*, and it is a very special exotic plant."

"The level of the gourd plant core is improving very quickly, but the roots, stems and leaves are hollow and tender, and its attack power, toughness and hardness are extremely weak."

At this point, Huang Mingya added, "So, don't be fooled by its level 1 five-star core. Its attack and defense capabilities are actually not as good as a five-star. At our level, it's really as easy as cutting vegetables to defeat it."

Yuan Qi had genuinely believed that Ling Luo was very strong, but upon hearing this, he looked at Ling Luo awkwardly and said, "This..."

At this point, the people in the live stream also recognized him.

"Pfft, I really thought she was very strong, but it turned out to be a misunderstanding."

"Bai Ying took several minutes to kill that level one, five-star alien plant, but when I saw this one only take a few seconds, I knew something was wrong. After all, this piece of trash couldn't possibly be stronger than Bai Ying. Hearing this, I finally understand why. It's not that the trash is too strong, but that the alien plant is too weak, hahahaha..."

"This doesn't seem to be a gourd grass plant, but a grain grass plant that looks very similar to a gourd grass plant. The grain grass plant's attack power, hardness, and toughness are all much better than ordinary exotic plants of the same level."

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