"It's such a big base, there's no way it could have grown legs and run away."
"If I don't return to the base on time, my points will be reset to zero. What should I do?"
The freshmen present were a little at a loss. The grass in front of them looked very natural, with no trace of the existence of the base at all, as if they had really taken the wrong path.
Zhou Zhou was very sure that this was the location of the base, but he had no idea what had happened and why the base disappeared in just one week.
"Look for clues first. If the base disappears out of thin air, there will definitely be traces left nearby."
Zhou Zhou and everyone else searched for clues nearby and indeed found some clues.
This patch of grass looked normal, but the soil was slightly wetter than elsewhere.
Zhou Zhou squatted there observing the changes in the soil, while the others were looking for other clues and discussing loudly.
"Where do you think the base can go?"
"The deadline is eleven hours away. Whether it goes up into the sky or into the ground, we must find the base."
"By the way, why didn't we see any other teams along the way? Otherwise, we could have more people to help us search."
"I guess we're still earning points. Look at how fast the rankings are changing. I guess we're falling again. Eh? We're not falling. How come we've moved up one place?"
The others quickly opened their smart computers and found that their ranking had changed from fifteenth to fourteenth, which was actually a rise of one place.
"Maybe the team in front of us was in distress and sent out a distress signal." After all, as long as a distress signal is sent, it means withdrawal. If there is no one left in the team, all points will naturally be reset to zero.
"Now that I think about it, it was wise for us to come back early. If we were to encounter a dangerous situation where we had to ask for help, wouldn't all this time be wasted?"
"Why are you still chatting? Have you found any clues?" Zhao Yiji couldn't help but ask when he saw that everyone was in a casual attitude.
One team member raised his hand and showed the scraps of paper in his hand to everyone: "I found this."
The number 4 was written on the scrap of paper, and it looked like there was more content behind it. Other numbers could be vaguely seen printed on the edge of the paper.
Speculating that this might be related to the disappearance of the base, everyone immediately started searching everywhere in the bushes.
After searching everywhere, even the worm holes, he finally found a few pieces of paper. When put together, they showed a string of numbers: "4079".
Everyone stared at the string of numbers but didn't understand what they meant.
"It can't be longitude and latitude."
"There is no such thing as longitude and latitude."
"Maybe it was some instructor or student who threw it away."
Zhou Zhou pondered the numbers on the paper and said, "It shouldn't be possible. These pieces of paper appeared after the base disappeared. At that time, the freshmen were out for training, so they couldn't have been students. And the pieces of paper were not scattered in the same direction. If the instructor had thrown them away, they would have been blown in the same direction by the wind. The pieces of paper we found are too scattered, and some are even pressed under rocks, so they can't have been thrown away casually."
"So someone left it here on purpose. Could it be related to the location of the base?"
"What's the relationship between 4079 and the location of the base?" The team members kept repeating these numbers but couldn't figure it out.
Zhou Zhou looked down at the string of numbers and suddenly asked, "Could it be the year?"
Meng Ziye frowned and thought: "It's possible, everyone think about what happened that year."
Students who are able to enter the First Military Academy almost always get full marks in theoretical courses and are very familiar with the years in which major events took place, but they really have no idea what happened in the year 4079.
"I didn't learn about this year when I studied history."
"Indeed, I haven't heard of it either."
The freshmen looked at each other in bewilderment, thinking that they had not studied hard enough and that was why they could not remember what had happened in 4079.
Zhou Zhou looked up at the sky, thinking about the events that happened in each year. Zeus had specially tutored him on this part. On the one hand, it was to prepare for the school's theoretical course examination, and on the other hand, it was to integrate into the current society. Zhou Zhou learned a lot of strange things during the cramming process.
"I remember seeing a report saying that in 4079 a noble who committed a serious crime disappeared overnight along with his mansion." Zhou Zhou said as he recalled.
The others immediately became excited: "Isn't this very similar to our situation? Such a large base disappeared. Zhou Zhou, think about what else the report said. Did it say where the house went and whether it was found in the end?"
Although Zhou Zhou had turned into a human, his memory was still very good. He could remember anything he had seen once. In the expectant eyes of the crowd, he slowly said, "It is said that the courtyards of the nobles were decorated with all kinds of precious minerals, metals, and jewels. In order to leave a way out for themselves, they spent a lot of money to dig out the underground of the courtyard. When the corruption was exposed, they moved the courtyard underground overnight and slowly dismantled it and transported it to other places."
Everyone's eyes slowly moved to the ground.
"At the time, this matter had not been investigated, and many reports defined it as a ghost or a supernatural event. In the end, the truth was revealed only after the entire piece of land was dug up."
After Zhou Zhou finished speaking, he continued, "Just now I saw that the soil has been turned over, so the base may be right under our feet, and these pieces of paper are the clues for us."
Meng Ziye looked at Zhou Zhou with shining eyes: "Zhou Zhou, how do you know so much? You even know the reports from a thousand years ago."
Zhou Zhou blinked: "I saw it by chance."
In fact, Zeus sorted out various reports into categories, and this report happened to be in the category of supernatural news. It was Zhou Zhou’s favorite part, and it could also be used as inspiration for the copy.
The others had already rolled up their sleeves and were ready to dig. Zhao Yijie looked at his teammates speechlessly: "You guys don't want to dig out the base with your bare hands, do you?"
It will never be possible to dig it out no matter how long you try.
Zhou Zhou: "There should be a mechanism or an entrance that allows us to enter the base."
Everyone started looking around again, while Zhou Zhou was looking at a big tree not far away. He always felt that the tree looked a bit weird.
There are grass and bushes all around, with a big tree standing abruptly in the middle. Although such scenes are common on this planet, when you think about the fact that this was once the location of the base, this unusually thick and lush tree seems a little indescribably strange. Perhaps some clues can be found from this tree.
Zhou Zhou stood under the tree and didn't see anything. He walked around the tree a few times and tried to dig the ground at the root of the tree, but the soil was very hard and he couldn't dig it.
Zhou Zhou brushed the dirt off his hands and began to climb the tree, pressing and touching everywhere as he climbed.
A few girls in the distance looked at Zhou Zhou like this and smiled like aunties: "Zhou Zhou is so cute."
"Yeah, and I climbed trees for fun."
"I really want to pinch his face."
The other two girls looked at the last person silently. The girl immediately defended herself, "I was just thinking about it. How could I really do it? Is it illegal to just think about it?"
"Actually, we want to do that, too."
“…”
Duan Yu was looking for clues not far away, but he couldn't help but glance at Zhou Zhou. He lowered his head and searched in the grass for a while, then looked up at Zhou Zhou.
A thick and dense tree stood in the middle, but the person on the tree was gone.
Duan Yu was startled and immediately ran towards the big tree.
At the same time, several people noticed that Zhou Zhou suddenly disappeared, and they hurriedly ran towards the big tree together.
Zhou Zhou climbed up the branch and found nothing unusual, so he continued to climb up. The trunk of the tree was thick and straight, and there were not many places to step. Zhou Zhou grabbed the root of the upper branch, stepped on the trunk to gain leverage and pushed upwards, but he missed a step.
Unable to exert strength with his feet, Zhou Zhou immediately used his wrists to hold on to the branch tightly. Before he could look down to see why he missed a step, the branch he was holding on to suddenly disappeared out of thin air.
Then he fell.
He felt as if he had fallen into a tunnel. The inclined and curved tunnel soon reached the bottom. At this time, Zhou Zhou found himself in the hall inside the base.
There were a dozen freshmen standing near him, looking at him with complicated expressions.
“Shit! Someone actually came in. I thought that with such a deceptive method, everyone would be wiped out this time.”
"Which team are you from? Are you alone?"
Zhou Zhou stood up from the ground and looked at the people around him. Although Zhou Zhou didn't recognize any of them, the freshmen's training uniforms still revealed their identities: "And teammates."
As soon as he finished speaking, a cry of surprise came from the circular tunnel behind him.
“There really is a passage here~”
As the sound gradually grew louder, Zhao Yijie also slid down the tunnel.
Then came the rest of the team.
Finally, ten people appeared in the base in an orderly manner.
Everyone was very excited when they found out that they had returned to the base. They thought it would take a long time to find the base, but Zhou Zhou found it in no time.
"Zhou Zhou, how did you find the entrance?"
Zhou Zhou: "I missed my step."
"You are really lucky, but we are also lucky, we are on the same team, haha."
The trainees in the base saw that this team was not only full, but also had accidentally found the entrance to the base. They could only stare at their excitement.
They were all freshmen who were seriously injured during field training and had to send out distress signals. They were all disqualified and their points were reset to zero.
The team Zhou Zhou was in was the first to return normally.
Team 57 was the first to return to the base. After a successful handover, everyone went back to their rooms to rest and wash up. They couldn't make it into the top ten anyway, so instead of waiting for other teams to come back near the entrance like everyone else, they might as well take a good rest first.
Everyone's mentality is very good. After all, being able to complete the training successfully is already amazing. If there wasn't Zhou Zhou in their team, perhaps no one would even be able to enter the base now.
The others returned to the dormitory to rest, and Zhou Zhou also went to the sixth floor. He originally wanted to see Al as soon as possible, but he found out that he had already returned to the capital star.
Intellectually, I knew that Elvia couldn't stay at the base for a whole week and must have gone back to handle government affairs, but in reality, I was still a little disappointed.
The sixth floor is Elvia's exclusive room, and now it is also open to Zhou Zhou. After Zhou Zhou washed and packed up silently, he put on the new uniform that had been prepared in the room.
Although the room was very clean, the empty feeling still made Zhou Zhou feel lonely. He didn't like being alone.
Sitting on the bed and opening the smart computer, he originally wanted to see the current ranking of their team, but ended up seeing a private message.
This planet was built for the purpose of training students, so there are special instruments on the planet to shield the intelligent brain. Only messages sent from the base will be received by the students. Of course, when they leave the planet, the intelligent brain will return to normal.
The private message Zhou Zhou received was left by Elvia through the base's communication equipment.
Elvia told Zhou Zhou that he had to return to the capital star to handle official business, and asked Zhou Zhou to follow the team back to school after the training. He would also visit him at school when he had time.
After all, Elvia is the emperor of the empire. He has been accompanying him in rehabilitation training for some time and has accumulated a lot of official duties, and it is time for him to go back to school.
Zhou Zhou knew about this a long time ago, but he had gotten used to Elvia's company during this period of time. He would have to stay in school alone for the next few months and he was a little uncomfortable not being able to see her.
However, they can still meet in the game.
The fatigue accumulated during this period of time swept over with the end of training. Zhou Zhou rubbed his eyes and went to rest.
A few hours later, the spirited 57th Squad reunited in the lobby of the base.
There were many freshmen gathered in the hall, most of them were waiting for the returning teams, but not many students came back from the hidden passage.
"There are still five hours left before the deadline. Why haven't we seen the other teams come back?"
"There are still five hours left. Why rush? Besides, aren't there so many people already back in the hall?"
The members of Zhou Zhou's team looked at the increasing number of people around them and whispered, "I just asked around. Most of the people here dropped out midway. Our team is the first to come back."
"Really? Are there extra points for being the first to come back?"
“I haven’t heard of that.”
"How can there be extra points? If there were, the other teams would have run back long ago."
Zhou Zhou stood aside obediently listening to the team members chatting, while Duan Yu approached Zhou Zhou reluctantly, his eyes wandering around, it seemed that he had something to say but was too embarrassed to speak.
"What's wrong?" Zhou Zhou looked at Duan Yu curiously as he was flashing in front of him.
Duan Yu pursed his lips and said, "Nothing, I just wanted to thank you for saving me during training."
Zhou Zhou thought it was a trivial matter. Not to mention that the other party was in danger because of him, he would also save others if it was someone else: "Oh, you're welcome."
Duan Yu stood in front of Zhou Zhou, looked at the floor, touched the corner of his clothes, and did not move for a long time.
Zhou Zhou was full of confusion. Although Duan Yu was free to stand wherever he wanted, it looked weird that they were standing face to face without saying a word.
The other team members had stopped chatting and were secretly looking at Duan Yu, who was usually arrogant and domineering, but was rarely shy.
Duan Yu coughed lightly and glanced at Zhou Zhou quickly: "We will be brothers from now on. Don't worry, I will protect you."
Everyone thought he was going to say something, but they were disappointed.
After spending some time together, everyone knew that Duan Yu was not a bad person. They winked at him and said, "Zhou Zhou saved your life, shouldn't you recognize him as your boss?"
"Seeing you blush so much, I thought you were going to marry me in return for saving my life, but you showed us this instead."
Duan Yu was so angry at his teammates' teasing that he showed his fists. After returning to the base and entering the treatment cabin, his injuries healed in a few minutes. The injuries of others were also recovered, so he could stand here in high spirits now.
Duan Yu was just threatening. After all, he got along well with everyone in the past few days, and it was impossible for him to attack his teammates now.
It's just that these words just hit upon some of his hidden thoughts. Duan Yu looked at Zhou Zhou's delicate facial features, thinking of how he was easily defeated by the other party, as well as Zhou Zhou's alertness and keen judgment along the way. He felt that the other party was perfect in every way.
At this time, Duan Yu had long forgotten that he disliked Zhou Zhou the most at the beginning.
Under the instigation and teasing of others, Duan Yu mustered up the courage to confess his feelings to Zhou Zhou.
Zhou Zhou was suddenly confessed to. He looked at Duan Yu with a blushing face in confusion, and then rejected him coldly and ruthlessly.
"I'm sorry, I already have a partner."
Meng Ziye, who had been very quiet, asked in surprise: "Zhou Zhou, you already have a partner?"
Zhou Zhou nodded seriously and said with a slightly proud tone: "Yes, we have been dating for a year."
Meng Ziye: "Is your partner also from our school?"
"No, he has graduated for many years."
Meng Ziye: "It's been many years since I graduated, so it sounds like I'm quite old."
Zhou Zhou thought about Alvia’s age. She was not even thirty years old. If compared with his actual age, that is, his existing age, he would be several thousand years old. In comparison, Alvia looked so young.
Duan Yu, who was devastated, was suddenly shocked when he heard this. He has a good family background, good looks, and his ability is only slightly worse than Zhou Zhou's. He is definitely better than Zhou Zhou's boyfriend.
Moreover, he can meet Zhou Zhou every day at school, and Zhou Zhou will definitely find that he is more suitable for him than that older boyfriend.
Duan Yu, who has already made up his mind to poach girls, has begun to imagine the scene where Zhou Zhou dumps her useless boyfriend and lets go of Pipa.
The teammates didn't expect that Zhou Zhou, who looked young, was already single. After asking around, they found out that he was the only one in the team who was single. They immediately asked him curiously what his boyfriend did and how they met.
Because of Elvia's special identity, Zhou Zhou only mentioned his profession vaguely, but when they heard that they met in the game Nightmare City, everyone immediately became interested.
"I didn't expect you guys were still dating online. I want a partner too."
"Nightmare City? I'm playing it too, it's too hard, I keep dying every day."
"Yeah, there are all kinds of weird dungeons, which are brain-burning and scary. If this game couldn't improve my mental strength, I would have given up playing it long ago."
"Speaking of which, there is a great player in Nightmare City. He is the first player to upgrade to the intermediate level and open his own dungeon. His name is also Zhou Zhou, which is the same as our Zhou Zhou."
"I wanted to say this the first time I heard Zhou Zhou's name. That guy is really perverted. I heard from my friends that the copies he designed are not as good as their names. The cuter they sound, the more perverted they are. There are even people who opened hidden copies from that cozy little house. It is said that no one can successfully survive in the hidden copy."
"Indeed, I played that dungeon too, and died miserably."
Everyone suddenly had a common topic and chatted enthusiastically until Zhou Zhou weakly interrupted: "The Zhou Zhou you are talking about is me. I designed the cozy house."
…
After a suffocating silence, the teammates laughed dryly and patted Zhou Zhou on the shoulder: "So it's you. You can design such a novel and unique copy. I said the designer must be a genius."
"Yes, Zhou Zhou must take me with him next time he does a dungeon mission. I also want to level up as soon as possible."
"The copy you designed is indeed valuable. I matched it once and my mental strength increased a lot."
"It's really amazing. I play this game just to enhance my mental strength. It's a pity that many copies are similar. The effect gets worse as you go further. Next time, I'll try the copy designed by Zhou Zhou."
Zhou Zhou didn't feel sad when his teammates said he was a pervert. After all, Zeus had said that the more people cursed him, the better the copy would be.
But now Zhou Zhou also had some bad taste. He blinked his innocent eyes and said loudly: "Since everyone likes it so much, I will design the next copy soon, and then invite everyone to participate in the internal test."
Others burst into tears: "...Okay."
With one hour left before the training, freshmen began to find the passage and enter the base. Some were seriously injured, some looked intact, and there were also freshmen who had withdrawn from the competition long ago looking for their teammates. The whole hall was in chaos.
Except for the seriously injured freshmen who were carried into the treatment cabin, everyone else was waiting in the hall, waiting for the countdown to end.
Last ten minutes, one minute...the countdown is over.
Their wilderness survival training this time also came to an end.
Because the top ten information could not be seen on the intelligent computer, everyone wanted to know which teams made the top ten, so as long as they could still move, they stayed in the hall waiting for the instructor to announce the final results.
"The first place in this training is Team 57, and the second place is..."
Wait, Squad 57? They are the 57th Squad.
The team members who were still waiting to hear the top ten looked at each other in confusion. What did the instructor just say? Are they number one?
You must have read it wrong.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
