radicalducati Chapter 117 Practical Training: The Descent of the Mayfly Civilization
Chapter 117 Practical Training: The Descent of the Mayfly Civilization
Chapter 117 Practical Training: The Descent of the Mayfly Civilization (A long chapter of 3,000 words)
"Brother Le, is that octopus leader someone from your Zhiwen civilization?"
Liu Bai approached Le Yu discreetly. Although he knew Le Yu was a member of the Zhiwen Civilization, he still mentioned it briefly.
"Hehe, that's right." Le Yu nodded in agreement, then lowered her voice and said, "I bumped into that team leader named Gu Ming on Weapon Street last night. I'm an old acquaintance of his boss!"
"You humans have a famous saying, 'A friend comes from afar,' right? So I should do my best to be a good host and invite him for a drink."
"And guess what happened after that drink?" Le Yu maintained a smiling expression, his face completely innocent.
Liu Bai guessed, "So he's still drunk and hasn't woken up yet?"
"That's right, that's right!" Leyu slapped the ground with his tentacle and affirmed, "Since he's an acquaintance, and he can't be the team leader, I can only have someone fill in for him temporarily."
"Didn't Gu Ming inform his boss before drinking?" Liu Bai asked with a faint smile.
"No, because I couldn't refuse his hospitality, he didn't even have time to inform me." Le Yu shook her head.
Liu Bai suddenly realized and thanked him, saying, "I see. Then thank you very much, Brother Yu."
"Hey, it's just friends having a drink, no need for thanks." Octopus waved his hand dismissively.
Just as the two were talking, the enormous spaceship in the sky landed completely.
An announcement rang out, signaling all creatures present to board the ship. Liu Bai stopped talking and began queuing to enter the ship.
While waiting in line, Liu Bai fell into deep thought.
Through the conversation just now, he already knew that Gu Ming was being controlled by Le Yu, which was why the team leader was changed to someone from Zhi Wenming.
and.
Gu Ming's young master hasn't received any information about him yet, so he hasn't been exposed.
He's in the shadows now, which means he can find an opportunity to teach Gu Yu a lesson!
As for Leyu—
Liu Bai couldn't help but turn his head to look at Le Yu, who was always smiling and looked completely harmless.
"Leyu doesn't seem to have any ill intentions so far, and has even been making friendly gestures. It seems that Zhiwen Civilization has big plans."
He remembered Su Yumu saying that the octopuses of the intelligent civilization only do things that are profitable. This is the core concept of all octopuses, so Leyu's current overtures are clearly aimed at scheming for longer-term benefits.
"Regardless of whether they have malicious intent or not, be careful when you go in!"
Liu Bai glanced at the octopus leader at the hatch, a hint of apprehension flashing in his eyes.
At the second tier, they can project their special abilities and use them to attack. For example, Gu Ming can create bamboo out of thin air. As for the first tier, they are relatively weaker. Depending on the category, some can attach their special abilities to their bodies, while others can control objects remotely.
The former is like a first-tier Flame Dragonfly, while the latter is like Magneto's ability, such as Panda Spirit.
But the thought of Magneto made Liu Bai frown.
The spirit of this force seemed to hear Su Yumu murmuring as he fell asleep in the early hours of the morning.
"A second-tier Eldar—is there a human civilization behind them? Could they be Eldar who came from Earth?"
Panda Spirit was the first to attack him. He had just finished registering his information, and even Su Yumu waited until he returned to his dormitory before coming to his door.
The fact that the panda psionic was able to act so quickly clearly indicates that it knew he was coming in advance, which could only be information leaked from Earth.
Thinking of this, Liu Bai suddenly felt immense pressure.
During this training exercise, while entering the civilized world to kill spirits, we also had to guard against the three second-tier team leaders.
And he was just a newbie at level zero.
With a slight thought, a term appeared in Liu Bai's mind.
[Pleasure: 60%]
When he woke up today, his special abilities surged because he was holding Su Yumu while she slept.
At this rate, after he returns and stays with Su Yumu for a few more days, he should be able to break through to the first rank and then the zero rank, mainly to improve his physical fitness.
After reaching the first tier, abilities will awaken, but the body will not continue to improve until the third tier.
These two stages mainly focus on enhancing abilities through absorption properties.
"I hope this practical training will end soon."
Liu Bai looked at the spaceship that was so close at hand and suppressed his thoughts.
It's really hard to increase the feeling of joy. If it weren't for Su Yumu, he probably wouldn't have reached 10% of the time passage yet.
Liu Bai and the other two boarded the spaceship.
As they passed the three team leaders, the octopus respectfully nodded to Leyu.
Gu Yu didn't look over; his face still showed some impatience, and his brows were slightly furrowed, giving him an air of superiority.
The panda leader stood silently at the far end, expressionless.
Minutes later, all the creatures entered the spaceship, and the hatches began to close. Hundreds of strange creatures stood in the huge ship hall, most of them huddled together in groups of three, whispering amongst themselves.
Just as the cabin doors closed, a mechanical voice announced: "We are about to proceed to the zero-order singularity zone."
As the voice faded, the octopus standing at the hatch spoke out, "This is your first time going on a mission to save the world. Remember to abide by the Savior's Handbook. In the Zero-Tier Civilization, you must not kill the natives indiscriminately. Try to minimize contact with the natives and avoid interfering with any timeline progress."
"Your core objective is only to hunt down newly arrived first-generation or second-generation spirits."
"Second-generation spirits can slightly increase the characteristics within each of you."
"Also, if the descending spirit dies and the spirit tablet shatters, then the mission is considered complete. At that time, your smart terminals will prompt you to proceed to the singularity to evacuate."
"Furthermore, after this training assessment, the Sophon and the Time and Space Administration will review your performance and finally summarize your assessment results based on your actions in the world."
"The top ten performers will receive prizes exclusively sponsored by Octopus Group."
The creatures, who had been chatting amongst themselves and ignoring the octopus, fell silent the moment they heard about the prize. Even Liu Bai couldn't help but look over curiously.
"The top performer will be awarded an emotion-modifying potion by the Octopus Group and will receive 1,000 merit points."
boom.
Upon hearing this, the murmurs among the creatures present grew even louder, filled with disbelief.
"No wonder they're the richest corporation in the galaxy; a trial actually gave them an emotion-modifying potion!"
"Hiss—if I just inject this potion, wouldn't I be able to advance to the next level in a single day?"
"A thousand merit points! If I got that, wouldn't I be able to quickly advance through the first-tier star city?"
"Quiet down, everyone!" the octopus shouted, and only continued after the surroundings quieted down: "The second-place finisher will receive one thousand merit points, and the third-place finisher will receive eight hundred merit points—"
The top ten are basically rewarded with merit points.
Even the tenth place winner gets 100 merit points. After listening to the octopus's explanation, Liu Bai looked at Le Yu beside him and asked, "What is an emotion-modifying potion?"
"This drug allows the body to continuously experience any emotion. As long as you set a certain emotion before the injection, you will be enveloped by that emotion for the rest of the day."
After explaining, Leyu squinted and added, "In just one day, you can go from zero to full in terms of your internal characteristics."
Liu Bai pressed further, "Are there any side effects? And how much does this medicine cost?"
"This potion is provided by the Ancient Research Institute; it's from a reputable brand and won't have any side effects." The octopus shook its head and held up one finger. "Moreover, it only costs one thousand merit points to exchange for."
"It's so expensive." Liu Bai immediately lost interest. If he really had this thing, he might as well sell it.
He already has Su Yumu, and it will only take him a day or two to fill up his special abilities, so he doesn't really need this.
He's only interested in merit points now.
After reaching the first rank, Zhao Li said that the more merit points you have, the faster you will advance, so it's better to accumulate more merit points in advance.
Just as Liu Bai was pondering, the hatch opened with a loud bang—
Ten minutes later.
All the strange-looking creatures disembarked from the spaceship and followed the three leaders into a grand hall.
As the octopus leader walked, he announced aloud, "This main hall is the Zero-Order Singularity Zone. New singularities will appear periodically, and each singularity will last for an hour. You can come here whenever you want to carry out missions in Zero City."
Upon entering the main hall, countless towering gates come into view.
The octopus pointed with its tentacles to the only illuminated portal not far away and said, "This portal is the singularity of our mission. After entering, the three team leaders will be stationed near the singularity."
"Because our strength far surpasses that of a zero-level civilization, each team leader can only have one chance to make a move. Once they do, they must leave the zero-level civilization."
"Therefore, we will not take action unless you suffer major casualties."
Gu Yu stood to the side with his arms crossed. His impatience grew, and he interrupted, "You damn octopus, hurry up and go inside. Stop talking nonsense. Why waste so much breath on a zero-level creature?"
Octopus frowned and turned to look at Gu Yu: "Young Master Gu, this is the responsibility of a team leader."
"Tch, if you want to talk nonsense, then talk nonsense yourself." A hint of disdain flashed in Gu Yu's eyes. "If you couldn't come to Zero-Tier Star City by becoming a team leader, who would have time to hang out with these trash?"
After saying that, he adjusted his golden glasses, turned around, and stepped into the doorway that was now illuminated by white light.
The octopus stood still and looked at the panda leader, who remained expressionless and showed no intention of speaking.
After a moment of silence, he looked at the creatures staring at each other and said, "In the future, we will enter in squads. Each squad will enter five seconds before the next squad enters."
"Each of your squads may land in various civilized areas. How you find the spirits after landing depends on your individual abilities."
After speaking, he glanced discreetly at Leyu's location, then slithered to the gate, organizing the entry into the singularity—
Liu, Bai, and the other two were positioned in the middle.
A few minutes later, Liu Bai and the other two stepped into the portal at the same time.
Behind the portal, the scene was just like Zhao Li's ability: a vast expanse of white all around.
As soon as they could see their surroundings, they plummeted downwards!
As they fell, the three traveled through countless light-years before crashing heavily to the ground.
Just as Liu Bai got up and dusted himself off, Le Yu had already crawled to a door of light and gently pushed it open.
With a creak, Liu Bai followed Le Yu out of the portal. The white light gradually returned to normal, but the expected alien civilization did not appear. Instead, an endless expanse of shallow water came into view.
That's right, it's a truly shallow area.
The water was only ten centimeters deep beneath his feet, the sky was a gloomy gray, and the air was incredibly humid.
There were no obstructions around, creating a scene where the clear water blended seamlessly with the sky.
After Leyu stepped out of the portal, he immediately pulled a silver sphere from between his legs.
"Terminal, immediately determine the civilization it belongs to based on its current cosmic location."
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"Okay." The sphere slowly rose into the air, and a beam of purple light shot into the sky.
A minute later, the sphere slowly flew back to Leyu and said, "According to the star map, we are currently in the Sagittarius Arm J Galaxy, which is a thousand years ago."
"And the civilization they belong to was the mayfly civilization, which was destroyed a thousand years ago."
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