Chapter 316 The Trial of the Newcomers
"What did the fortune teller and the driver say?" Wei Huan asked again.
Fang William said: "The team has just been formed and you are back."
Wei Huan nodded: "I will arrange for someone to go with us."
Fang William wanted to say something, but when he saw the last group of chariots arrive and the lights of the portal went out, he said, "You must have been exhausted from all the fighting. Would you like to rest here with me or return to your own place?"
"I'll bring them back. There are 40,000 of them in total, and they need to be put into training as soon as possible."
"Okay, I'll let you know as soon as I have any news."
After a few words, the two said goodbye, and Wei Huan returned to Changle's chariot again.
Here, Changle followed Mu Zhong's orders and handed over a lot of supplies. The supplies were enough to feed more than 200,000 people in two legions. They were placed in more than 100 space warehouses. He could easily carry them away by himself, but these things would fill up more than ten warehouses if they were opened.
Although challenging the world is cruel, it has also fundamentally changed the way humans survive.
Half an hour later, Changle returned to the car after completing the handover of supplies. All the tanks returned to the back of the Empress Dianma, left the base, and moved forward rapidly.
During this period, Changle stayed on the balcony, watching the otherworldly scenery tirelessly.
The mountains are so majestic that one cannot imagine. Even the smallest one is taller than Mount Everest on the blue planet. Some of the tallest mountains can reach tens of thousands of kilometers in height. Their grandeur can be seen from a long distance away.
There are endless hills under your feet, and many low-level monsters live in these hills. From time to time, they appear in groups on the radar of the tank.
The arrival of humans was extremely aggressive. In a short period of time, they occupied this world, drove away the monster king, killed high-level monsters, and became the masters of this world.
However, they did not kill all the low-level monsters. Instead, they protected the indigenous people, especially the monsters in the Ten Thousand Mountains. Challengers in the legion were not allowed to enter and kill without a mission or permission. Those who violated the order would be punished by military law and expelled from the world.
This also made the monsters calm down quickly, and some humans even gained the trust of the monsters and were followed by them.
He killed the top brass with a thundering blow, and then eased the conflict by dividing and ruling. Wei Huan's move was both bloody and decisive, but the effect was surprisingly good.
After all, if you can't win, just follow. This applies to most intelligent races.
If Wei Huan had held back and attacked bit by bit, it would have only given the monster clan the impression that "he was nothing special", leading to an endless stream of monsters wanting to challenge him.
Now that it’s like this, it’s a one-time thing.
This journey took them a whole day and night, and at dawn they entered a plain.
This place was different from the peaceful and tranquil environment along the way. This area seemed to be shrouded in a dark cloud, with a thick aura of the underworld lingering around, causing the grass on the ground to wither and yellow, making it difficult for it to grow. There was no sign of any monsters roaming around here.
Dian Ma slowed down a little as he walked in the gray fog. Changle noticed that there were occasional flashes of light in front of him. He looked carefully and found that those flickering lights were actually ghosts.
Changle couldn't help but become nervous.
"Don't be nervous." But Mu Zhong, who was right beside him, laughed and said, "Have you forgotten what your boss's job is? This is the battlefield he deliberately left behind to intimidate the monster clan."
Changle suddenly realized.
Mu Zhong continued, "It was here two years ago. According to the speed of time in this world, that bloody battle took place two years ago. The monster tribe was defeated and two level seven monsters perished on the spot. The monster king was forced to abandon this world and flee.
More than ten million monsters died in that battle, including a large number of mid- and high-level monsters. After their death, their souls condensed and turned this place into a strange domain.
We stayed here to demonstrate our strength and intimidate the monster tribe, and also because your boss needs to practice.
As long as you are inside the chariot when you enter and leave here, you are harmless."
Changle nodded and looked down, and saw a huge black bull with broken horns walking slowly in the black fog. The body was extremely huge, like a mountain. Even the Empress Dianma, who was so huge, took three seconds to fly over. In its looming figure, Changle felt a sense of oppression that was no less than that of the Empress Dianma.
"Is that the soul of a great demon?" Changle's pupils trembled as he pointed at the huge monster and asked in surprise.
Mu Zhong followed his gaze but saw nothing. "What great demon? The great demon's soul was devoured and refined the moment it died. The remaining demon beast soul should be around level four. But if we keep it like this for a few decades, maybe a level five demon ghost will appear."
"But..." Changle pointed in the direction of the giant bull, "Can't you see it?"
Mu Zhong's expression gradually grew serious, and he asked solemnly, "What did you see? A giant bull with its horns broken off?"
"Yes." Changle said, "It's invisible now."
Mu Zhong didn't say anything, looking thoughtful.
It took a full half hour to get through the gray fog. It wasn't because the area was too big, but because we were getting closer to our destination, so we slowed down.
When the gray fog cleared, they saw the magnificent and majestic headquarters of the pioneering army in the morning light.
The headquarters is located on a towering broken mountain and is built in a human-style city.
The city is surrounded by long walls, and tall buildings can be seen sticking out of the city.
When the chariot reached the platform, Dian Ma disappeared and turned into a small, delicate and beautiful jellyfish, floating on Wei Huan's shoulder.
The chariots stopped at the city gate, everyone got off and underwent a final inspection, then people and vehicles were separated and finally entered the city.
Changle entered the city and asked the deputy captain to organize the people in his chariot, but he looked around curiously.
The city is very spacious. Probably considering the future population, a large area has been enclosed. But in fact, there are not many people living here, so there is no bustle. There are only empty buildings standing with weapons of great destructive power.
There are not even any entertainment facilities in the city. Apart from a few supply exchange points at the city gate, all other buildings are for military purposes.
The parking lot was full of cars, and after leaving the tank, it was quite lively with people coming and going.
When they arrived here, Changle separated from Commander Wei. Commander Wei and others went directly to the headquarters building in the city, while he took the crew to join the main force to report.
Changle looked at Commander Wei's back and secretly encouraged himself, deciding that he must seize this opportunity to become stronger and become a useful person in that chariot.
"Okay, come here and listen to me."
All 40,000 new arrivals passed the final inspection and lined up neatly in the square. Changle was still in the first row, looking at the person who was speaking.
As the deputy commander in charge of close combat on the Guard Commander's tank, Kritov is also responsible for the training of new personnel.
He had just arranged the training of nearly 50,000 people not long ago, and now he was taking over the trial of the last 40,000 people, so he was quite familiar with the process.
After gathering everyone in formation, he said, "Next, you will be in a state without chariots in action. You will board the chariots I assign, get off at different drop-off points, and gain experience in this world.
That’s right, you have no time to rest. You are the last ones to arrive, and you must race against time to improve yourselves.
Six months later, you will return to report. You can form a team, regardless of life or death. Remember, no waste will be left on humanity's strongest chariot!"
After a very brief speech, they were sent to different vehicles by the team. The only things they got after getting on the vehicle were food that could sustain them for three days, a book on the basics of the World of Monsters, and a badge of surrender signal.
After getting the supplies, Changle looked at the signal badge and stuffed it into the bottom of his bag without thinking.
He would never use this thing. Even if he died, he would rather die next to Commander Wei's chariot than live in shame for the rest of his life.
If this signal badge did not have the function of positioning and had to be carried with him, he would not want to carry it with him at all, leaving himself no way out.
His deputy came over and said, "Changle, let's arrange the crew into teams as soon as possible. I've asked around, and a team of 3 to 5 people would be the most reasonable."
Changle hesitated for a moment and then said, "Okay, I will help you form a team as soon as possible, but I won't participate."
"What? You want to act alone? This is a monster world. Monsters of the same level are stronger than us. Acting alone, whether we encounter a monster tribe or a monster above level five, we will surely die."
"I know, but I want to try." The deputy conductor wanted to persuade him again, but he interrupted him and said, "I don't want to follow the path that everyone has taken. The path I take is not suitable for most people."
"Do you have a direction?" The deputy conductor understood his implication.
Changle nodded: "Yes, I have found my way."
Later, Changle got on a car alone, and the other tanks went to the back of the headquarters, where there were large plains and hills. Further ahead were a group of mountains, and behind the mountains was the sea.
The pioneering army used this place as the starting point and drew out a fan-shaped area for the soldiers to conduct trials.
Don’t underestimate this small area. Even if more than 100,000 people were poured into it, not even a bubble would be seen. The world is so big that everyone can find their “true self” as long as they face it bravely.
Two days later, Mu Zhong suddenly had an idea and paid attention to the location of the trial participants. He found that in addition to most of them who were training within the scope, some of them ran out of the border and went to the outside world for more dangerous adventures.
Among them, there were also challengers who were killed by monsters and whose beacons disappeared.
The world of challenge is not a blue planet. There are crises at every step here, and every step of growth is accompanied by endless risks.
However, Mu Zhong's attention soon fell on the signal from one of them who was acting alone and was in a very special location.
He let Iron Heart enter the signal source and looked at Changle walking in the ghostly area near the headquarters with a puzzled look on his face.
Later, Mu Zhong thought of something and found Wei Huan and said, "There may be great opportunities in Changle."
With his reminder, Wei Huan also saw the young man in the dark ghost den.
Mu Zhong said, "When he came here, he said he saw a huge, majestic bull ghost in that dark ghost den, and one of its horns was broken off."
Wei Huan raised his eyebrows: "Are you talking about the seventh-level bull demon?"
Mu nodded. "That's right. We all know that you have taken the Bull Demon's soul, and Big Bear has become a pseudo-god-level undead spirit. Even the Bull Demon's flesh and bones have gone their separate ways. It shouldn't exist in this world anymore, but Changle claimed to have seen it."
Wei Huanbi closed his eyes and thought, then when he opened them again he said, "Let's go and take a look."
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The place where Changle's adventure took place was actually very close to the headquarters, but this was a monster cemetery, and Wei Huan had deliberately locked up the Netherworld power to prevent it from escaping. Therefore, this area was shrouded in gray fog all year round. If one traveled through it without a chariot, one would be affected by the magnetic field, and would not only get lost, but also be contaminated by the Netherworld power and die.
The human soldiers needed to gain experience, and Wei Huan had never thought of sending anyone here.
This is because this is where he practices, and also because no one except him can survive here.
No, there is also Xu Qingqiang. He has eaten too many undead souls, and his body is full of the power of the underworld. He has no feeling of staying here.
But Xu Qingqiang didn't like coming here either, because there were only ghosts here, and no warm flesh and blood to nourish him, and he didn't like it.
When Wei Huan brought Mu Zhong over, the two of them stood on Dian Ma's back shell. The pseudo-god-level protective shield blocked the influence of the underworld, allowing Mu Zhong to stay here easily.
But Changle, who was unarmed, had no such thing. Without the protection of the chariot, he was just an ordinary Sequence 5 Martial King with good talent.
Changle spent all his money to buy a pair of silver-level boxing gloves a few years ago, and worked hard on his boxing skills. Even though he is at a higher level now, he still used his points to exchange for gold-level boxing gloves.
His close combat punches and kicks are very powerful, and his flexibility is not inferior to that of a gambler who is good at moving around. The damage of each punch is no weaker than that of a gambler of the same level, but the warrior sequence has a naturally high defense. Those who are close to him often cannot even move their hands and are taken away by his combo of punches.
Now, Changle was walking in the dark world, carrying his few remaining food items and wearing a pair of solid steel boxing gloves.
Wei Huan and Mu Zhong looked down at Changle, but Changle was obscured by the gray fog and could not see them.
After watching for a while, Mu Zhong said, "Three days have passed, and Changle hasn't been affected at all in this dark and haunted place. This alone is quite extraordinary."
Wei Huan nodded.
After watching for a while, Mu Zhong continued, "Furthermore, after three days, most of his food is still left, yet he doesn't feel hungry at all. Could it be that he has consumed this Netherworld Mist and transformed it into energy?"
Wei Huan thought about it and nodded again.
High-level challengers need to eat a lot of flesh and blood to nourish their bodies, but if they don't eat, they can actually survive by eating wind and drinking dew. Even if they don't eat for ten days or half a month, their bodies will be weak, but they will not die.
But Changle not only did not eat in the Netherworld, but was also very energetic. He looked like he had just set out and was always jogging.
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Mu Zhong looked at it for a while and concluded, "Although it looks fine, it seems to be affected by the magnetic field and keeps spinning in circles within a certain range."
Wei Huan said, "He said he saw the bull demon? Where exactly was it?"
Mu Zhong glanced around and said, "Probably that area."
Wei Huan ordered Dian Ma to fly over and search the area, but found nothing.
Mu Zhong said, "You didn't even notice it. It seems like this is really his chance."
Wei Huan nodded, and after going back, he stirred up the chaotic magnetic field and opened a path for Changle. Changle, who had been running around like a headless fly, immediately ran out along this path.
During this time, Changle looked up and looked around. It was obvious that he realized the problem, or that he had noticed someone taking action, but he could not see anything in the gray fog.
Wei Huan was about to follow him, but Mu Zhong pressed the headphones and said, "I have some work to do back home. I'm leaving first."
Wei Huan nodded and summoned Gou Zi to send Mu Zhong back. This place was not far from the headquarters and was within his summoning range.
He continued to move forward with Changle.
The battlefield is not small, with an area of 3,000 square kilometers, which is close to one-third the size of the Blue Planet. Challengers without tanks have to walk across it, which will take at least two or three days.
What's more, the magnetic field here is chaotic, and it is easy to get lost. Many greedy monsters enter here and cannot leave, adding another group of wronged souls to this underworld.
Wei Huan followed Changle all the way, practicing while watching his trials. In just over a day, he discovered that Changle had gradually found the pattern of magnetic field changes, and he no longer needed to take action.
As expected, he is sensitive to the power of the underworld and is a talented person.
He was determined in his direction and was gradually reaching the area where ghosts were said to be haunted.
Mu Zhong would occasionally come over and ask Wei Huan, "Is the cow ghost that even you can't see really a ghost? If not a ghost, what is it?"
Wei Huan shook his head, also looking forward to it.
He said, "I'm waiting."
Perhaps Changle's success in this trial will also be helpful to him.
The two of them just waited for Changle's end. When Changle arrived at that place, he stood there motionlessly, without any movement, just standing there.
"What did he see?" Mu Zhong asked. "He must have seen it."
Wei Huan's eyes were ablaze with green flames, but he saw nothing.
All the ghost souls here have been refined by him, either turning into ghost stones or scattering them in the tomb to fertilize the soil. Even the corpses have been cleaned up. Only occasionally some daring monsters would break in and be trapped to death here, but no monster has ever run to the center.
He even checked deep underground.
After Dian Ma devoured the soul of the earth-walking dragon, its clan also possessed the ability to burrow into the earth. With this ability, Wei Huan naturally wanted to clean up his own territory. It was not enough for the facehugger to escape to the limit of his consciousness, so he sent out a heroic giant dog-headed man to extend the maximum distance by another 70 kilometers.
What is certain is that there is nothing unusual within the 140 kilometers below my feet.
Is it deeper?
For safety reasons, Wei Huan did not teleport in by himself, or he should have walked down further.
Thinking of this, Changle, who had been standing there for a long time, suddenly hugged his head, roared in pain, and rolled on the ground.
His body began to bleed, and his flesh seemed to be torn apart from the inside. In a blink of an eye, he was covered in blood and no longer resembled a human.
"Oh no!" Mu Zhong wanted to go down.
Wei Huan didn't move.
Mu Zhong looked at Wei Huan, then at Chang Le, and quickly calmed down. Wei Huan's eyesight was better than his, so he saw it before him, but he also saw it now. Although Chang Le was covered in lacerations and blood was spurting out, his wounds were also healing rapidly. In the process, his body gradually became stronger.
Changle rolled on the ground in pain and was screaming at first, but maybe he was used to it or he knew that no one would come to save him even if he screamed, so he gradually stopped screaming.
Until he couldn't even roll over, he just lay on the ground and trembled, but he never fainted from beginning to end, just gritted his teeth and endured it.
It was also because he did not faint and his will was still there, so it was inconvenient for Wei Huan and Mu Zhong to show up.
Later, Changle turned over and stopped shaking, still muttering to himself.
Mu Zhong stared at him for a long time and asked, "What is he mumbling about?"
Half of Wei Huan's vision was on the Lord of the Demon Eye, so he naturally knew what he was muttering. Hearing that, he just curled the corners of his mouth and smiled.
Mu Zhong looked at him twice, then said, "I think he should be almost over it. Did you notice anything?"
Wei Huan shook his head. It would be strange if he didn't find anything. This was his field and there were things he didn't know. This also showed that he was not omniscient and omnipotent in the underworld and there was still a lot of room for improvement.
Changle was in pain for most of the day, and finally the pain subsided. He stopped humming things like "bring honor to the family and make great achievements". He turned over and sat up, stunned for a while, and then began to tear his clothes.
His equipment, the gold-level clothes and pants that he had bought with all his points, were torn into pieces like this, like rags and completely useless. In the challenge world, he had fought a fierce battle with a gold-level monster, but the damage was only there. He went back to the car and spent some points to repair it. But here, it was ruined in just a few seconds?
Mu Zhong was also puzzled. "It's clearly the power bursting out from the body, yet it can even tear the equipment apart. No matter how much defense is faked, this is diamond equipment made from challenge materials. Isn't this power too strong?"
After saying this, Mu Zhong was about to say something else when he suddenly paused and then said, "Wei Huan, look at him, is there a cow on his chest?"
Wei Huan had already seen it. He saw it very clearly. After peeling off the thick layer of blood scab, he could see a huge tattoo on the left side of Changle's chest connected to the arm. A lifelike black bull appeared on it, and one of its horns was broken off.
Wei Huan remembered clearly that this was what the seventh-level bull demon looked like. Changle had really seen the bull demon, and he had obtained it, but what exactly was it?
Changle took off his shirt and looked down to see the tattoo on his chest. He raised his hand to touch the tattoo, and when his attention shifted there, he began to feel it getting hot.
The temperature rose quickly, and when it was as hot as a branding iron, the pain suddenly began to drill out. Then he really saw a cloud of black smoke swirling out from his chest, and finally, a huge black bull that was a hundred meters tall appeared in front of him.
Changle looked up, lost in thought.
Wei Huan and Mu Zhong were also stunned.
This time they saw it. Not only did they see it, they also saw with their own eyes the bull emerge from Changle's chest and finally restore itself to the appearance of the seventh-level bull demon.
Wei Huan became serious and stopped hiding his presence, and Dian Ma's long legs immediately wrapped around him.
At that time, the bull demon died on Dian Ma's long legs and was tightly entangled. Even though it had amazing defense, it was still no match for the pseudo-god-level undead. Besides, Dian Ma was not good at wrapping tightly. The tips of its long legs were as sharp as a knife and as flexible as a hand.
Facing the same enemy and the same means of killing oneself, as long as one is still conscious, one should be afraid, resist, or attack madly.
But this bull demon was being entangled and just looked at Dian Ma, as well as Wei Huan and Mu Zhong on its back. Its eyes were clear and pure, just like Chang Le who was still slumped on the ground.
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