On the way to becoming the strongest, I first became a popular person.

[Notice: The current time is 550:6:12′ on June 12, 24th year of the main star calendar. The current number of star beasts has dropped below 44%. This practical test has ended. 20 candidates survived and 7436 died. In addition: Please go to the nearest rescue point to gather and check your body. You will be evacuated in six hours! Repeat! ]

[The current results have been settled, and the specific rankings are as follows:]

【Scoreboard:

No. 1: Shichu, score .8

No. 2: Ling Mu, points.8

No. 3: Luo Yanchuan, points.4

4th place: Ji Li, points.6

No. 5: Chen Chunying, points.1

No. 6: Xu Ying, points .2

No. 7: Chi Di, points. 9

No. 8: Vichi Ya, points.5

……

No. 7436: Seri Carey, score 3281.6]

A message indicating the end of the exam pops up on each candidate’s combat terminal, stopping the points calculation.

"Huh, it's finally over. Let me take a look at the rankings. I think Ling Mu is number one again. Even though that guy is an asshole, he's really strong."

Someone in a first aid station somewhere said this as a matter of course, but the next second he made a sharp explosion.

"Fuck, 100,000 points? My combat terminal is broken?" He shouted, and then suddenly pulled the arm of a person next to him, "Show me yours."

"Stop, stop, stop! My arm was just reattached, you are murdering me."

The beta was pulled hard by him, his expression was a little ferocious, he opened the terminal and took a look, then said unhappily: "Okay, your terminal is not broken, it's just this scoreboard."

"Oh my god, there's a great guy this year." He slapped his thigh hard, and the wound on his leg immediately began to bleed again. He sat down obediently immediately.

Others were also attracted by what he said, opened the combat terminal to check the rankings, and joined his topic.

"Really? Why are there so many high scores this year? In previous years, the maximum score was just over 80,000, but this year there are four with 90,000. Wait, why is there a gap after the seventh place? There is a gap of more than 10,000 points. What are the people in the front doing?"

"Let me see. Oh my god! I remember their points were only around 60,000 or 70,000 an hour ago. How come they increased so much all of a sudden? Could it be that the big guys are teaming up to kill Star Beasts?"

"How come I've never heard of this number one, Shichu? And he's actually a beta! How is this possible!"

"Beta, what happened to you! Can the real-time monitoring of the assessment be fake?"

"Awesome, too awesome. Those seven people in front must have gone to pierce the lair of the star beasts. The big guys are different. They are really brave."

"Oh my god, I work so hard but still can't get a fraction of the others' points. The last one has less points than Ling Mu's fraction. Tsk tsk tsk tsk, sometimes the gap between people is really bigger than the gap between people and star beasts."

"You can't envy them. They just push everything forward, but we just provide attentive service and deliver goods to your door. By the time we get there, there won't be any bones or crumbs left. It all depends on our own abilities."

"…My words may be a little blunt, but your point is too blunt. There's no need to be so harsh."

The bustling noise in the rescue center diluted the strong smell of blood a little.

……

Outside the planet Mist 5, in the monitoring room of the command ship, a group of people were in chaos.

"What's going on?! Where's the footage? Can it be connected?" The captain of the military inspection team slammed the table and roared.

"Captain Zhang, according to our judgment, the terminals on them may have been shielded or destroyed by a huge amount of energy in an instant, which is why we lost contact and cannot see the images." After a group of technicians finished the discussion, they chose a representative to convey their opinions to him.

After listening to their explanation, Zhang Ye was silent for a moment, then picked up the communicator and started contacting the rescue team near the valley.

"Hello, can you hear me? This is the command center! Please reply if you get it!"

"Reporting to the command center, this is rescue team No. 127."

"Have you reached your destination now? What's the situation inside?"

"Yes, we arrived at the outskirts of the valley in Area A6 a minute ago and are now trying to get inside. The specific situation is quite complicated, please let our captain explain."

There were several noisy voices over there, and then the communicator was handed to another person. A clear male voice came from it: "Hello, I am the captain of Team 17, Qin Yishu. The situation here is a bit special, so I will make it short and briefly explain it."

"The ground in that valley has completely collapsed. There is a mineral vein underneath. According to what I have learned, it should be a special type 2 metal. The reason for its formation should be related to the enchanting flower. It is very likely that the surrounding rocks absorbed the energy emitted by it, and over time, a mutation occurred."

"We are now in the outer area and cannot enter the core area. It is currently shrouded in a powerful energy field. I have tried several methods, but any attempt to force entry will be counterattacked."

He paused, suppressed a doubt in his heart, and did not speak it out. Instead, he continued: "In short, we cannot enter the interior until the energy field dissipates."

"Can you see what's going on inside?"

"No, there is a fog over there now, and we can't see the bottom of the pit clearly."

"Okay, I got it. You continue to stay there and notify the command center immediately if anything happens." There was silence for a moment, and then another voice rang out, a little hoarse, "May the glory of the Federation be with you."

Qin Yishu chuckled softly, his gentle and handsome brows relaxed, and he replied with a smile: "Don't worry, we will try our best to come back alive. Even if we die for the Federation, it is our honor and duty."

He hung up the call and handed the communicator to the person he had just met.

"Captain, what's going on here?"

"Don't worry, just wait and see. Hmm? The energy field disappeared?" He lowered his eyelashes slightly, walked in front and led the way, turned around and said to the other two, "Let's go in and take a look."

The energy before was very special, but it was probably not from the star beast, because he did not sense any malice towards humans in it.

So, is that energy belonging to a certain human? Among humans, the only similar situation is the field, but a field covering such a large area is truly unheard of.

You must know that as the scope of the domain expands, the control over the scope of the domain will become smaller.

The core area of ​​this valley is at least tens of thousands of square meters. How could the human territory reach this size?

Even the few SSS-level spiritual power domain masters who have appeared in the history of the Federation cannot do it. The most powerful of them can only cover a few thousand square kilometers when he opens the domain with all his strength, not to mention that he has absolute dominance in such a large area.

It's like a miracle.

"Captain, do you think we can make it back alive?" Someone sighed and followed him, saying worriedly, "School is on vacation, so I came out to take on a rescue mission for a practical assessment to earn some credits, but I ended up encountering something like the Haunted Flower. Now my life is in danger. If I had known, I wouldn't have come here."

"Shut up, you crow mouth. You've been chattering all the way. I'm always telling you about something that happened for no reason." Another person rolled his eyes.

They are fourth-year military cadets at Espada, and they take advantage of their vacation time to take on missions and earn credits.

Why don’t you take a rest during the holidays?

Of course, the school is too undisciplined. All military academies are like this. Theirs is just the worst one! That's all!

"Don't worry, aren't we still alive and well? The people sent by the military will be here soon, and they may not need us by then." Qin Yishu said with a smile, his expression calm and indifferent.

According to his guess, they were probably not in any danger. Although that guess was indeed a bit unreasonable, he believed in his feelings.

"Captain, I really admire your mentality." The man gave him a thumbs up and continued, "I don't have your ideological awareness. I want to sacrifice my life at such a young age. I still want to live a few more years."

"It's just polite talk, don't take it seriously. I also want to live a few more years."

"I told you, who doesn't fear death? Captain, your serious look has frightened me."

The other guy looked at him and rolled his eyes again, why was this idiot his teammate?

It was obvious that what the captain said before was the truth, and what he just said was a lie to comfort him. They have been teammates for more than a year, but this guy doesn't understand the captain's character at all. His talent is all in fighting, and he doesn't use his brain at all.

The captain is a man who is so righteous that he is evil. He is a great and glorious person walking on earth. In those martial arts novels, he is the light of righteousness.

Unlike mortals like them, he was born with an awe-inspiring sense of mission, and his ideological awareness was beyond their reach. With him as the leader, the country was extremely safe.

Since the captain is not in a hurry, there is nothing to worry about. It seems that they should be able to complete this trip successfully and get the credits safely.

Well, with the credits I earned this time, I can have fun for half a month this summer vacation, he thought, but quickly rejected his idea.

No, no, it's useless to play around. He needs to train harder and can't be left behind. He finally got on the captain's good side and is still waiting to be led by the big boss in the next league. There are many people eyeing his position and he must not be left behind.

This is a shabby world full of lottery kings! If you don't work hard, you can't even be a thigh pendant. If you just eat for nothing, you can only wait for death.

I really envy this guy with a simple mind and strong limbs.

He secretly glanced at the other person, tears of envy and jealousy flowing in his heart. He raised his head and looked forward, and suddenly his eyes lit up.

Huh? That's a person?

Someone came out!

Four blurry figures appeared in front of us. Two of them were carrying people on their backs, and one was holding someone in his arms, exactly seven in total.

They are all alive.