With Lu Ming's explanation, Ye Chen also gained a general understanding of the rules of this freshman trial.
Once the Freshman Trial begins, all students will enter the same large instance, which is divided into nine rings from the outside in.
Each ring is separated by a magical barrier, making it impossible to directly enter the next ring. You must clear all the monsters in the current ring before you can be automatically teleported to the next ring.
Players can choose to team up or solo, and the number and strength of monsters encountered are the same whether they team up or solo.
However, team formation is not allowed. School teachers will assign team members based on everyone's strength. This is to accommodate support-type professionals, since their combat power is simply insufficient to clear monsters on their own.
In the outer six rings of this dungeon, all teams will be separated by a magical barrier. Each team will clear the monsters within its own area, and the team will be ranked according to the speed at which it clears the monsters to obtain dungeon points.
However, in the inner three rings, all students work together to clear monsters, and they earn dungeon points based on the strength and number of monsters killed.
If you are in a team, the dungeon spirit will automatically allocate dungeon points based on each member's performance, ensuring absolute fairness.
After all the monsters are cleared, all students will be teleported to the next stage simultaneously.
Starting from the third ring, students will not only have to face monsters, but also other students.
In the Newcomer Trial instance, if a player suffers fatal damage, they will be automatically teleported out and counted as having been killed.
If you are killed by a monster, you will lose half of your dungeon points. However, if you are killed by another student, half of your dungeon points will be transferred to the person or team that killed you.
Therefore, everyone becomes a target for others, especially teams with high dungeon scores, which are easily surrounded and attacked by other teams.
At this time, many students will form alliances and stand together through thick and thin.
After the freshman trial, the school will award credits based on the ranking of dungeon points. The first place gets 200,000 credits, the second place gets 100,000 credits, the third place gets 50,000 credits, and the fourth to tenth places get 30,000 credits each...
The lower the ranking, the fewer credits you receive.
In order to achieve a higher ranking, most students will team up to eliminate the stronger teams in advance.
The reason for designing the beginner trial dungeon in this way is that the school's instructors need to examine students from multiple perspectives.
Individual ability, teamwork, organizational skills, judgment, and so on.
If someone can organize a team of dozens or even hundreds of people, it can also demonstrate their organizational skills and personal charisma.
After all, everyone here is a genius, one in ten thousand, in the entire Dragon Kingdom. Geniuses all have their own pride and are naturally unwilling to be inferior to others.
"If you join my team and help me take first place, second place will definitely be yours!"
Lu Ming looked at Ye Chen with a big smile, full of confidence. He didn't believe Ye Chen would refuse such a generous offer.
If Ye Chen were alone, he might not even make it into the top ten.
However, joining his team, with its strength plus Ye Chen, the national champion, would absolutely crush other teams.
They might even have a chance to sweep the top ten spots.
This is a win-win situation, and no one would refuse such a great opportunity!
"Sorry, I refuse!"
Ye Chen said slowly.
Upon hearing this, Lu Ming's expression changed, and he frowned, saying, "Why don't you reconsider? This is a win-win situation. You alone can't possibly withstand the encirclement and suppression of other teams. Join my team, and the second place will definitely be yours!"
"I'm used to being alone, this is the final decision, there's no need to think about it anymore!"
Ye Chen's tone was resolute, without the slightest hesitation.
For Ye Chen, he was determined to take first place in this novice trial, and he would do so with absolute strength, leaving the second-place player in despair.
Lu Ming stared into Ye Chen's eyes, remained silent for a while, and then slowly said, "Since that's the case, I won't force you. If you change your mind later, you won't have such good conditions to join again."
After saying that, Lu Ming's face darkened, and he turned and left. He hadn't expected Ye Chen to refuse him.
Lu Ming was born into a top-tier aristocratic family in the ancient capital. He never expected that even after swallowing his pride to invite Ye Chen, he would still be rejected.
Even without Ye Chen, he was determined to get first place in the freshman trial.
If it weren't for the fact that the Wang and Lin families would join forces against him, he wouldn't have invited Ye Chen to join his team.
After walking a distance, the henchman following behind Lu Ming hurriedly asked, "Boss, what do we do next?"
"If we try to win over some other geniuses, the Wang and Lin families will definitely eliminate the rogues before dealing with us, so that others can reap the benefits."
We'll wait until Ye Chen faces a crisis before trying to win him over. But at most, we'll give him a spot in the top ten. We need to let him know that once an opportunity is missed, it's gone forever!
...
As time went by, more and more students arrived.
Soon, it was exactly nine o'clock.
Buzz!
A towering figure stepped out of the void and appeared on the temporary platform in the dungeon lobby.
The moment this figure appeared, an overwhelming and suffocating aura immediately suppressed the entire scene.
The previously noisy dungeon lobby immediately fell silent. Even the second and third-year students who were watching the spectacle held their breath and dared not make a sound.
"So strong!"
Ye Chen was secretly shocked amidst the crowd. What kind of strength was this?
The mere pressure of his aura was enough to render thousands of people present immobile, but Ye Chen felt nothing.
He possessed an SSS-level divine destiny talent, making him completely immune to the oppressive aura before him. However, he remained quietly standing among the crowd without making any move.
"Hello students, let me introduce myself. My name is Su Yu, and I am the Dean of the Combat Academy!"
When Su Yu spoke, his voice wasn't loud, but it reached everyone's ears directly, as if he were speaking right next to them.
"First of all, welcome to the Ancient Capital University."
Ancient Capital University has only been established for eighty years, but in these eighty years, countless outstanding students have emerged from it.
They risked their lives, silently protecting this country and this world.
It is because of their dedication that the ancient capital university exists today.
Entering the Ancient Capital University is not for you to enjoy yourself. I hope you will seize every opportunity, strive to grow, become more outstanding, and become the backbone of the human race!
This year is a golden age, with all sorts of unparalleled geniuses emerging. Your senior, the Sword God, has also prepared a mysterious reward for the first place winner of this freshman trial!
I hope everyone will not miss this opportunity…
...
Su Yu's voice echoed throughout the entire dungeon lobby.
Upon hearing that the first place winner of this freshman trial also received a mysterious gift from the strongest person in the Dragon Kingdom—the Sword God, Ye Chen instantly understood why Lu Ming valued the first place winner of this freshman trial so much.
Ye Chen clenched his fist. He had even less reason not to take first place in this freshman trial!
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