After dinner, Chen Chu left the chores of washing dishes to Chen Hu and went upstairs to practice.

He practiced the Dragon Elephant Skill as usual, then his consciousness sank and he focused his attention on his clone.

In the pitch-black cave, the ferocious black beast opened its eyes, and its increasingly heavy body began to move, leaving deep claw marks with every step.

Soon, the water at the underwater cave entrance began to shake, and a dark shadow vaguely entered the river.

Boom! The water splashed under the deep water, and the heavy armored beast bit the back of the neck of a four-meter-long mutant fish with thick scales all over its body and a dorsal fin like a forest of thorns.

No matter how frantically the mutant fish struggled and how powerfully its body exploded in the water, it was unable to break free from the heavy armored beast's mouth and was pinned to the bottom of the river.

Even though the heavy-armored beast is half the size of the mutant fish, its weight far exceeds that of the mutant fish. Coupled with its talent of bursting with a hundred times the strength, it completely crushes the mutant fish in all aspects.

Finally, with a snap, the mutant fish's back was bitten off. Immediately, a strong smell of blood spread along the river, making the black beast look even more hideous.

When the heavy armored beast began to tear the fish flesh to eat, Chen Chu was slightly distracted, thinking about what genes the heavy armored beast would fuse next time.

Is it an electric eel that can generate electricity? Or should we prioritize improving our agility and speed?

As he pondered, Chen Chu gradually tended to prioritize speed.

Currently, the Heavy Armored Beast has acquired two talents: defense and strength. It can almost instantly kill all mutant creatures of the same size.

But as it grew larger, some weaknesses were exposed.

For example, as the body becomes heavier, it is affected by external gravity and its speed becomes slower and slower.

This is fine in water, as under the buoyancy of the river water, the speed of movement is only slightly slower than those of the fish, but on land, every step leaves a deep footprint...

…

November, morning of the 5th.

"Teacher, I want to sign up for the trial."

When Chen Chu arrived at the school, he went to Pang Long to sign up.

Looking at the young man standing in front of him, Pang Long was deeply impressed by him, because Chen Chu was the only freshman who made it into the top 50 in the grade with low-level martial arts.

And more than half a month after the ranking competition, he broke through to the second level.

This situation only proves that his true martial arts talent far exceeds that of many 'geniuses'.

Unfortunately, the rule of determining authority based on initial cultivation talent comes from the official authorities. Otherwise, with Chen Chu's talent, if he practiced advanced techniques, his strength would definitely be stronger than it is now.

With emotion, Pang Long said in a deep voice: "Are you sure you want to participate in the trial?"

Chen Chu nodded: "OK."

"Well, sign this agreement. It contains risk warnings and precautions for this trial, as well as some benefits provided by the school."

As he spoke, Pang Long handed Chen Chu a document.

Chen Chu took the document, sat down and read it carefully.

The first page is about the risks you may encounter during this trip, such as pistols, submachine guns, grenades, bombs, and even secret sniper attacks.

In addition to the risk introduction, the next thing is that the restrictions on weapons and laws are lifted. All students participating in the trial can carry weapons, and the official will also give them a set of special full body armor.

This is a kind of equipment similar to a bulletproof vest, covering the whole body. The inner layer is made of special steel wire mixed with tough materials, and the outer layer is a thin armor cast with light steel alloy.

The weakest rear joint can block pistol bullets, and even rifle bullets cannot penetrate the front, and it has puncture-proof properties.

Even if a bullet penetrates the surface alloy, it will be blocked by the flexible steel wire inside and will at most penetrate the muscle without causing a puncture effect.

The strongest feature of this set of armor is the helmet. Made of thickened alloy, it cannot be penetrated by sniper bullets, but it cannot defend against anti-material armor-piercing bullets.

Therefore, it is only suitable for facing light firepower. When encountering heavy firepower such as rockets, anti-material sniper rifles still need to be avoided.

This set of armor weighs thirty kilograms in total and is specially made for practitioners. It is difficult for ordinary people to move after wearing it.

As for the lifting of legal restrictions, it means killing. As long as the person is a rebel or a believer, he can be shot on the spot if he is armed and threatening.

Simply put, it is a license for violence. Seeing this, even Chen Chu couldn't help but look stern.

With the strength, speed, and explosiveness of a Second Heaven cultivator, plus full body armor that can ignore ordinary firearms, charging into ordinary rebel forces is almost like becoming invincible.

Of course, those who kill will be killed.

The contract also included a life and death agreement, which stated that if a freshman participating in the trial died in battle, the school would provide a portion of the compensation but would not assume any responsibility.

After reading all the terms in detail, Chen Chu signed his name on it.

Pang Long took the contract and reminded him, "Practice well from now on and gather at the school on Sunday morning. A special plane will take us to Koroya then."

"We? Teacher, are you going too?"

Pang Long nodded: "Yes, I will be one of the teachers leading the team this time, and I will be responsible for the masters who may appear on the other side."

Hearing this, Chen Chu hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but ask curiously: "Teacher, can I ask what level of cultivation you are at?"

"Why, I'm curious."

“Somewhat.”

Pang Long smiled and said, "It's okay to tell you. My realm is at the peak of the sixth level, but I have been stuck at this level for several years."

"There hasn't been a breakthrough in several years." Chen Chu was stunned.

Pang Long said unhappily: “Do you think breaking through the realm is as easy as drinking water? You should know that many people are stuck in the fourth and fifth realms for a lifetime.”

At this point, Pang Long said with some emotion: "Your generation is really lucky. So many people have broken through to the second level in the first year of high school."

"If it was more than ten years ago, anyone who could break through to the second level at the age of twenty would be a genius, let alone the first year of high school."

Chen Chu was a little surprised: "So exaggerated."

Pang Long was speechless: "Nonsense, there was no foundation-building method at that time, and the school did not have many resources. Not even one in ten people could directly practice Zhenwu and enter the door."

"And even if you succeed in getting started, your progress is very slow. A genius who reaches the first level in one year is a super genius, and it is normal for a genius to break through to the second level after two or three years of practice."

"At that time..." After being opened up by Chen Chu, Pang Long became very excited and told him about his cultivation situation more than ten years ago.

Chen Chu did not find these boring. Instead, he listened with great interest and learned a lot of information that he did not know before.

In addition, there are some experiences in breaking through the third level and daily practice.

…

There were nearly eighty second-level geniuses in the school, including Xia Youhui and others who chose to sign up besides Chen Chu, but some people also chose to give up.

Not everyone has the courage to face the killing. After all, they are only in the first year of high school and are still teenagers.

In the end, only more than fifty out of the eighty people chose to participate.

In the afternoon, Chen Chu came to Lin Xue and her friends’ club activity room.

In the rest area, Lin Xue, Xia Youhui, Luo Fei, Yi Rui, Lin Yu and Jiang Jiameng were already chatting. When Chen Chu arrived, he greeted them one by one.

Compared to Class Three, only two people in Class Nine have broken through to the Second Level so far.

As the initiator of this gathering, Yi Rui said, "Just yesterday, the Federation announced that it had completed the suppression of the Koroya rebels and will begin to restore the economy and people's livelihood."

Lin Xue nodded: "Compared to the huge Human Federation, the strength of the Koroya rebels is simply vulnerable."

"If it weren't for the rules set when the Human Alliance was first established, the Federation would have stepped in to quell the rebellion long ago."

Yi Rui said cautiously: "But we can't let our guard down. It's very chaotic over there right now, so I suggest that we form a small team."

"This way, when you're in battle, someone will be watching over you, so you can look after each other and avoid being attacked by someone else. What do you think?"

"Can."

"I agree..."

Chen Chu had no objection. After all, this provided an extra layer of protection. Compared to other classmates, he felt more at ease with these acquaintances.

Therefore, everyone joined a chat group called Nantian Sanjiu for easy communication.

As soon as Chen Chu entered the group, he recognized everyone through their avatars, but his eyes became strange after seeing their online names.

Lin Xue's online name is 'My Lady Queen', which is more in line with her personality. The gentle-looking Lin Yu is called "Light Sea Breeze", which is more girlish.

Luo Fei's name is "Wan Meng Qing Ge", which is more in line with her temperament.

But what the hell is Xia Youhui's "Super Jiba"?

There is also Yi Rui, who looks calm and shrewd, but his online name is actually "Youth is wasted if you don't act frivolously."

Facing Chen Chu's strange gaze, Xia Youhui said unconvincedly: "Ah Chu, don't look at me like that, aren't you the same?"

Puff! !

This time, not only Luo Fei, but also the sisters Lin Xue and Lin Yu, and the girl named Jiang Jiameng couldn't help laughing.

Because Chen Chu’s online name is “Chu Batian”.

Such a childish online name is in stark contrast to the mature, steady and calm Chen Chu in everyone's impression.

"Ahem! Well, I chose this online name when I was in junior high school and I forgot to change it." Chen Chu coughed dryly and explained embarrassedly.

"However, in order to make future messages easier to identify, I suggest that everyone change the note to your own name."

Under Chen Chu's "strong" suggestion, everyone finally changed their online names to their own names.