Strange Invasion 25 Training Tower

"Gu Xi, can you lend me your theory class notes from this morning?"

Fang Mian found Gu Xi and borrowed his notes as usual.

Gu Xi handed him a notebook. "I only wrote down some key words. This is different from studying math, physics, and chemistry before. Once you encounter something strange, it's a matter of life and death, so it's better to remember it in your mind at all times."

"My memory is not very good. I will try to improve my recitation when I go back home tonight." Fang Mian smiled. In fact, he also took notes, but he was afraid that he didn't remember everything, so he compared it with Gu Xi's.

After taking a look, I found that I had forgotten a few knowledge points, so I quickly made up for them.

"Hello, can you let me take a look too?" someone said.

Fang Mian looked up and found it was someone he knew: "Zhou Qiu?"

Zhou Qiu nodded, glanced at Gu Xi's notes, and frowned. "When the red shadow strangely possesses a person, the host's eyes will turn red? I don't think the teacher mentioned this."

Fang Mian said, "The teacher must have forgotten to tell me. Gu Xi can't be wrong."

Zhou Qiu: “…”

Seeing his questioning expression, Fang Mian couldn't help but tease, "Didn't I tell you I'm from the Sunshine Rescue Home? Gu Xi is also from our rescue home, the one featured in the case study the teacher talked about in class."

A total of two cases were discussed in the class. One was about a rescue home. The victim had no conflict with the red shadow from beginning to end, which greatly reduced the harm caused by the red shadow.

Another negative example is the water park. The large-scale quarreling and fighting, as well as the onlookers watching the excitement, directly caused the C-level weirdness to soar to B-level weirdness. Even though the rescue was timely, it resulted in seven deaths and nineteen injuries.

Gu Xi pursed his lips and smiled: "I am the victim."

Zhou Qiu's eyes changed instantly, and he couldn't help but look at Gu Xi with a hint of admiration.

Soon it was time for class, and Qingyuan walked into the classroom as the bell rang.

"How much of the theoretical lessons have you digested this morning?" Qingyuan, dressed in a green Taoist robe and looking like an immortal, asked everyone with a smile.

He then randomly checked a dozen people and found that everyone had remembered the questions well. Qingyuan then made the arrangements: "For the afternoon's training tower class, we will enter in groups of five. Everyone will find a group with good relationships. Now, the first group, follow me. The next group will leave every two minutes."

Of course Fang Mian wanted to join Gu Xi's group, and Zhou Qiu joined accordingly.

"Is your team still short of people?"

The two girls in the front seat applied to form a team.

Most of the people in the classroom were originally military academy students, and they were very disciplined, so they quickly found their partners as well.

Almost all of them set off in a group.

Gu Xi nodded: "If you don't mind, let's be a group."

Zhou Qiu took over the conversation and said, "Teacher asked us to form groups of five, so we should focus on cooperation. Why don't you all tell me what you are good at? I am Zhou Qiu, and I am good at fighting. I am proficient in all kinds of firearms. I am good at cold weapons such as sticks."

Fang Mian shuddered. You don't sound like a military academy student. You sound like you just came from a battlefield.

Seeing that he consciously took on the responsibilities of "captain", several people looked at each other.

Although the captain has more say, he or she also bears greater responsibilities. When the course is not clear, the person who has the courage to speak first deserves respect.

The pressure is a bit great.

Gu Xi smiled and said, "Fang Mian and I both worked in an orphanage before. We're good at... communicating with people?"

Fang Mian glanced at him gratefully and nodded repeatedly: "Yeah."

Zhou Qiu said seriously: "That's great. If you want to communicate with other groups, you are more suitable than me."

Zhou Qiu did not look down on the two team members from the rescue center just because of his outstanding abilities, which made the two girls feel a little better.

One of the girls with long straight hair said, "My name is Cheng Huanying. I'm good at math, physics, and chemistry. I was recommended to the mathematics department of Y University in my old high school and taught myself two years of university courses, but it doesn't seem to be of much use against weirdness."

Fang Mian blinked. Y University? The country's top university, with the legendary most difficult mathematics department?

"Liang Tong, my grades are above average. I'm not particularly good at anything, but I like painting." The girl with shoulder-length hair said with a smile.

Fang Mian just breathed a sigh of relief, then turned and heard her say, "My memory is pretty good. It's not to the point of photographic memory, but after reading it twice, I can memorize a 100,000-word classical Chinese text."

Fang Mian: “…”

Although Gu Xi is not as good as these three, he is also a top student in the orphanage.

It turns out that I am the worst...

Fang Mian was feeling uneasy and wanted to quit so as not to hold them back.

Gu Xi pulled him and said, "It's our turn now. Let's get ready to go."

The two-minute group actually passed very quickly. Fang Mian had no time to back out and was forced to follow everyone to the training tower.

The temporary captain Zhou Qiu took the lead, followed by two girls. Fang Mian felt that he was lagging behind, and Gu Xilao thought he wanted to run away.

When they arrived at the training tower, Qingyuan was the only one at the door.

Qingyuan said nothing more: "The class ahead is full. Your group will go to practice room number seven on the fifth floor. The assignment is inside. If you finish answering the questions within three hours, you can leave get out of class early. Go ahead, and don't stop on the way."

Zhou Qiu replied, "Got it, teacher."

Gu Xi pulled Fang Mian and looked towards the training tower.

One month is a very short time for reconstruction. Although he came here early with Xie Yunsui, he only strengthened his training in the tree and beast forest and had never been to the training tower.

He asked Xie Yunsui when he got the class schedule, but Xie Yunsui didn't say anything. He just said that for the effect of the first class, it would be best to keep it a little mysterious.

The effect of the first class...?

"Hurry up and catch up."

Zhou Qiu held the door and said to Gu Xi and Fang Mian.

After everyone went in and the door was closed, Qingyuan operated on the electronic screen at the door and a smile appeared on his face.

Of the five people who entered the training tower, Zhou Qiu walked ahead as usual and looked for the way to go upstairs first.

Gu Xi said: "Let's find a map first. There will usually be a map showing the direction of the staircase elevator."

Liang Tong said, "It's usually not far from the door."

Fang Mian had sharp eyes and quickly spotted the guide wall.

"First floor, second floor...just to the fifth floor. Training Room No. 7 is at the left exit of the stairs." Fang Mian smiled and said, "The stairs are on the west side. Let's go."

The guide map is very clear. There is no elevator, but the direction of the stairs is clearly marked.

You just need to pass through the spacious and bright first-floor lobby.

"It's so big here." Liang Tong took Cheng Huanying's hand and looked around. She felt that the design of this training tower was quite simple and generous, without any fancy features. "The echo is also very loud."

As soon as I reached the second floor, I heard a quarrel coming from some training room.

"I said it's wrong to do that!"

"Why do you think it's wrong just because you say it's wrong? Don't you have a brain? This method is already outdated."

"Stop arguing! We're all doing this for the good of the team. No matter what method we use, as long as we can get first place, that's all that matters."

"You're such a good guy, you've said everything."

"Eh? You guys can talk, but don't do anything!"

…

Fang Mian tried to look around, but he could only hear voices and see no one. He smiled anxiously, "It seems the project is difficult. They didn't get here much earlier than us, and they're already arguing."

Zhou Qiu said: "Don't worry about it, each group's topic should be different."

Cheng Huanying also said: "Yes, otherwise we wouldn't be separated."

When they were halfway up, Gu Xi suddenly asked, "Isn't it a bit strange?"

"What's strange about that?"

Gu Xi couldn't explain it, so they had to continue walking up.

When I walked to the third floor, I seemed to hear the quarrel again, and it was even more intense.

"Is the topic difficult? No one seems to be able to solve it." Fang Mian's heart was pounding.

Liang Tong stood at the stairs on the third floor, frowning slightly with a strange expression on her face.

Cheng Huanying pulled her: "What's wrong?"

"Sister Cheng, I feel a little strange, but I can't put my finger on it. Do you think the decoration styles of the first, second, and third floors are exactly the same?"

Gu Xi said, "This training tower was rebuilt from the demolished gymnasium. It only took a month. It seems that many modules were built in the factory and then erected one by one."

In this case, it makes sense that each floor looks the same.

"You two both said something was wrong." Zhou Qiu frowned.

Seeing how serious they all were, Fang Mian leaned on the handrail and smiled, "Didn't Teacher Qingyuan tell us not to stop along the way? Let's get to our practice room as soon as possible."

Gu Xi suddenly looked at him: "Is it two minutes?"

Cheng Huanying responded: "Well, we didn't walk fast, it should have taken more than two minutes."

"Why is there no movement from the team behind?" Gu Xi pointed downstairs: "Did you hear anyone entering the building? Or even footsteps?"

No, not a sound at all.

It seemed that even the quarreling on the second floor had disappeared, only the quarreling on the third floor.

They had experienced the echo downstairs, where even if the footsteps were played very slowly, they could still hear a slight echo.

Could it be that the team behind them hasn’t come in yet?

Cheng Huanying said calmly, "It's useless for us to be suspicious now. Let's go upstairs and take a look at the project first. Remember these strange points. What if they are clues to the project..."

A few people couldn't figure it out, but they felt that what Cheng Huanying said made sense, so they nodded and continued on.

Fourth floor.

The quarrel seemed to turn into a fight, and the sound of someone being slammed against the door could be heard.

"Let's go, let's go and take a look?" Fang Mian asked softly, "What if someone dies?"

Zhou Qiu really wanted to go, but because of his identity as the "captain", he felt that he should focus on the team and should not interfere in other people's conflicts midway. It would be bad if he couldn't get away.

The thought was suppressed as soon as it came up, but the two girls quickly pulled him back: "Let's go and take a look."

Zhou Qiu looked at the last teammate, and Gu Xi smiled back.

Since the whole team supported him, Zhou Qiu no longer hesitated and strode towards the room where the noise came from.

The layout of each floor is very similar, with a wide corridor coming out of the stairs, and rooms with the same door spacing on both sides, and the house numbers are marked with 1234 serial numbers.

When they reached door number 7, Zhou Qiu knocked on the door and asked, "What happened? Do you want me to call the teacher?"

All the noise behind the door suddenly quieted down.

Zhou Qiu said loudly with a stern face, "No matter what, please open the door. If you don't open it after I count to three, I will kick it down."

His entire attention was focused on the possibility that someone might be hurt inside, and he didn't notice a wisp of light red mist seeping out from under the door panel.

Fang Mian, on the other hand, was always worried that he would be held back if he failed to complete the project well. He lowered his head to think of a solution, and at a glance he saw the strange red mist.

"Gu Xi! Gu Xi!" Fang Mian patted Gu Xi's shoulder and pointed down.

As soon as Gu Xi lowered his head, all his doubts were resolved.

"It's the strange red shadow!" Gu Xi said, "Run!"

None of them were stupid. Gu Xi made it clear, and everyone thought of what the teacher had said in the morning class - Hongying strangely liked angry, restless and violent emotions.

There's a strange infiltration in the training tower!!!

I just happened to encounter a group that was arguing all the time, which was like a pillow being delivered to me when I was sleepy.

The Red Shadow Anomaly is a C-level anomaly with no physical form. Once it starts to emit red mist, it means that it is already growing towards B-level.

B-level monsters have physical bodies and are more powerful.

Gu Xi's first reaction was to find Teacher Qingyuan outside the building and ask him to play tricks on him.

We must resolve the red shadow anomaly before it completely becomes a disaster-level anomaly.

Zhou Qiu said, "You guys go down and find Teacher Qingyuan. I'll notify the people in the other rooms to evacuate quickly."

Gu Xi grabbed him and said, "Don't you understand yet? There's no one in the other rooms!"

The noise was so loud that they could hear it at the stairs, which shows that the sound insulation is very poor. There is no reason why the groups in other rooms could not hear it.

If they could hear it, there would definitely be a righteous person who would stand up and intervene.

Gu Xi still felt a sense of incongruity in his heart, but the situation was urgent, so he didn't think too much about it.