The Eternal Forest, outskirts.
Zhao Lin remained where he was, the countdown on the sphere in his hand flashing incessantly.
[Countdown: 2 hours, 58 minutes, and 36 seconds]
Distance: 174.61 km
"Big White, why don't you go first?"
Zhao Lin needs to wait in place for more than ten minutes before he can continue.
"Three hours, nearly 180 kilometers, is exhausting enough to complete in itself. If we encounter testing equipment that delays our time, this special training will be ruined!"
We can't let this hard-won opportunity end before it even begins.
Zhao Lin pointed ahead and said seriously,
"You go first. I have Wind Slash, and I'm a warrior, so I'm definitely much faster than you."
"I'll come find you after my punishment is over."
Ye Bai hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded.
"good."
As he spoke, he took a step forward, and his shadow moved with him, thus narrowly escaping disaster.
Zhao Lin reminded everyone, "Be careful with the testing machine!"
"knew."
Ye Bai's figure disappeared into the jungle.
What Zhao Lin didn't know was that
The rules of the Eternal Forest are very special.
Here, if you can gain the approval of your obsession and successfully retrieve the relics,
The relic will take you directly through the entire Eternal Forest!
In other words,
The 180-kilometer cross-country distance was not the final assessment for the students.
The real test is the awakened obsession, the relics that need to be overcome!
"From this perspective, the emergence of testing machines is actually another form of screening."
Ye Bai recalled the rules and the purpose of the entire exercise, which clearly emerged in his mind.
"To complete the exercise, we must traverse the Eternal Forest."
Within the Eternal Forest, if any obsession is awakened, a testing machine will appear, leaving the student in place to await the next trial.
"However, the deeper one goes into the Eternal Forest, the stronger the obsession becomes."
The higher the grade of the relic, the more difficult it is to gain recognition!
The relationship between obsession and the seed of genius is one of mutual selection.
The obsession is to select the most promising genius seeds, while the genius seeds themselves desire even more powerful relics.
In other words,
The more talented a person is, the farther they can travel in the Eternal Forest!
Zhao Lin only has a C-level talent, so it's already extremely lucky that he was able to awaken his obsession at the very outermost level.
A warrior who once possessed C-level talent spent three days and three nights in the Eternal Forest, yet failed to awaken any of his obsessions.
Thinking of this, Ye Bai looked back.
"Huh? Zhao Lin is fighting with a long sword?"
"That's right. If it can gain recognition, it will be a handy weapon."
Ye Bai withdrew his gaze and continued forward.
Behind him, a dozen pieces of equipment floated in mid-air, quietly following Ye Bai.
With each additional piece of equipment, Ye Bai would bow slightly to the other party, both as a thank you and an apology.
Thank you for your recognition.
Sorry, I need to go deeper into the area.
These pieces of equipment simply followed Ye Bai, keeping a fixed distance, neither too close nor too far.
Their existence is shrouded in shadow, making it impossible for others to see them clearly.
...
On the outskirts of the Eternal Forest, not far from Ye Bai.
Liu Xueqi looked ahead with a serious expression. A canary was perched on her shoulder, preening its feathers.
"Xiao Jin, my grandfather said that the Eternal Forest is an extremely special place."
Once inside, if you dare to misbehave...
The old man said, "We don't have anything else at home, but five hundred doses of Wan Du San (a traditional Chinese medicine) should be enough."
The canary froze instantly, its whole body trembling, every feather etched with fear.
"Okay, I won't scare you anymore. Be quiet, nothing will happen."
This is the safest place for all of humanity; I never expected the exercise would bring us here.
"I wonder how Ye Bai and the others are doing."
After saying that, Liu Xueqi began to take things out of her storage space and neatly arrange them on the ground.
Fruit platter, food, two bottles of liquor, a pack of old-brand cigarettes, etc.
After arranging everything, Liu Xueqi took a few steps back, her expression solemn, bowed again, and stood up.
"Liu Xueqi, a descendant of the Liu family of Nanjiang, greets all seniors..."
The forest beneath her feet buried forty-six members of the Liu family of Nanjiang, two War Kings, seven War Generals, and thirty-seven War Soldiers.
Forty-six names are engraved on the inscription in the Liu Family Ancestral Hall.
The Eternal Forest holds special significance for the Liu family.
Liu Xueqi's primary task on this trip was not to retrieve the relics, but to pay respects to her ancestors!
"Grandpa Qingyao, my grandfather asked me to pass on a message to you. He said he's almost a War God, and the signs of his breakthrough are becoming increasingly obvious..."
"He told you to smoke less down there, because it's bad for your health..."
"....."
As Liu Xueqi muttered to herself, several objects buried deep in the Eternal Forest were awakened, emitting different kinds of light.
Liu Xueqi, who was on the outermost edge, sensed something and looked ahead.
"Is this... to let me through?"
Liu Xueqi did not set off immediately.
Instead, after paying respects to the forty-six ancestors of the Liu family, she bowed repeatedly before leaving with heavy steps, heading deep into the Eternal Forest to search for the relics that called to her.
The canary on her shoulder was still trembling.
It wasn't because of Liu Xueqi's previous threats.
Rather, it sensed that an extremely terrifying being was nearby in this forest!
A terrifying being that makes even its very soul tremble!
...
Deep within the eternal forest.
"Ninth Master, can you still hold on?"
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