"Your second task is to keep your pyroxene when you encounter the Gem Academy students in the ruins, and wait for an opportunity to steal their gains!"

When the words fell, the eight people present showed strange looks.

The Gem Academy is the best martial arts institution in the Fire Silver Merchant Alliance, and its background and student strength are not inferior to the Star Luo Academy.

In previous years' college exchange competitions, the two sides fought a lot, and the outcome was won and lost, and each other regarded each other as fierce rivals and opponents.

After joining Xingluo Academy, Chi Xiangzhen and the others listened to the seniors talk about the duel with the Gemological Academy, and they already had the idea of competing in their hearts.

"Haha, now I don't beat the guy from the Gem Academy into a pig's head, go back and show off with my eldest brother!" Chi Xiangzhen was particularly happy, muttering non-stop, and pinching his powder fist by the way, Xia Zhi couldn't stop laughing.

Gu Hua smiled lightly: "I also want to compete with the people of the Gemological Academy." ”

Lei Kai didn't say a word, and snorted coldly, showing his disdain for the gemological academy.

For a while, everyone present showed their enthusiasm for facing the gem academy in different ways.

Seeing this, a hint of joy flashed in Xia Zhi's eyes.

"It's a good thing that you have drive, but you still can't take it lightly, after all, you can be sent to the ruins by the Gem Academy, even if it's in the outer area, at least you're a first-year leader like you, and your strength can't be underestimated. ”

Hearing this, Gu Hua cleared his head and said, "Don't worry, Teacher Xia Zhi, we won't underestimate the enemy." ”

"That's good. ”

"Plus, there's one more thing!"

Xia Zhi had a rare trace of solemnity on his face.

"Although there is an agreement between the Federation and the Fire Silver Merchant Alliance, in this exploration of the ruins, neither side is allowed to kill each other's students, but after all, the battle is taking place in the ruins, no one is monitoring, and the cause is a precious item like pyroxene, it is difficult to say whether the other party will have evil intentions, so you must be extremely careful and try not to act alone!"

Du Mu and the others looked solemn and nodded one after another.

"What's more, for this exploration, you must act in squad mode, and there are exactly nine people present, which can be divided into three ......"

Before Xia Zhi finished speaking, he was interrupted by Lei Kai.

"Teacher Xia, I'm sorry, I'm out of this team group. ”

Xia Zhi frowned when he heard this: "Classmate Lei Kai, didn't I say it just now, try not to act alone!"

Lei Kai said lightly: "In this exploration, I acted with the second-year students. ”

"Second grade?" Chi Xiangzhen was stunned and looked at Xia Zhi in surprise, "Teacher, are you also exploring in the outer district?"

"The top 30 students in the second year go to the inner zone, and the rest of the students are on duty in the outer zone. Xia Zhi looked at Lei Kai deeply, and groaned with a deep face, "Forget it, as long as there are companions to act together, in this case, then the remaining 8 people will be divided into two teams, well, you are free to form a team." ”

"Then I'll be on a team with Amu. Luo Shen smiled.

Chi Xiangzhen's eyes rolled, and he couldn't wait to say: "I'm also on a team with Du Mu!"

"I, I also want to be on a team with Du Mu. Zhou Qixi raised his hand with a slightly red face.

Luo Shen looked around and said with a smile: "Ah Mu is really popular." ”

Du Mu rolled his eyes.

On the other side, Gu Huaqing's expression remained unchanged, and he bowed his head slightly: "In this case, then the remaining four of us just form a team." ”

Jing Lei glanced at Gu Huaqing and did not refuse, while Wan Shengshu and Ren Kuan also said that they had no objections, so the detachment was determined.

"That's roughly the way the mission description is, and I remind you again, when exploring, you can only move in the outer area, and you must not enter the inner area, which is the activity zone of desolate beasts above four stars, and your strength is not enough to deal with it, if you encounter it, even escaping is a luxury!"

"Got it!" Akakoma wrinkled his nose.

Xia Zhi nodded with satisfaction and asked everyone to go back to the bedroom to recuperate.

Nothing was said all night.

Early the next morning, the train arrived at the station.

There was already a military bus waiting in front of the station, and it was a dark-skinned soldier who recognized Xia Zhi and his party at the first time and greeted him.

"Everyone, I am the driver responsible for transporting you to the base, just call me Xiao Zheng!"

Xia Zhi thanked him, then took everyone into the car, and Xiao Zheng drove all the way to the north, driving for more than two hours, and finally arrived at a base.

Getting off the military vehicle, even if Du Mu and the others had been mentally prepared, they were shocked by the strict military garrison in front of them.

As far as the eye can see, there are stationary heavy machine guns and tanks with an icy metallic sheen, and heavily armed soldiers look solemn and guard all around.

The continuous military tents spread all the way to a thousand meters away, as if there was no end in sight.

Du Mu even saw the bomber in the deep area of the barracks.

"It's all about the rhythm of preparation. Du Mu took a breath as if he had a toothache, deeply realizing the importance that the federal military attached to pyroxene.

"Everyone, please come with me!"

Xiao Zheng jumped out of the driver's seat of the military vehicle and led everyone to a tent in the distance.

As he went deeper, Du Mu gradually found that there was a mountain bag standing in the center of the barracks, and all the tents were built around the mountain bag, and many soldiers were stationed around the mountain bag, which was heavily guarded.

When he got closer, he noticed that there was a semicircular hole in the front of the mountain bag that was more than three meters high, which should be the entrance and exit of the ruins.

Led by Xiao Zheng, the group went to a tent near the entrance and exit of the ruins, and received a backpack of supplies, an intelligence atlas of wild beasts, and a rugged-looking black watch.

"It's a communication watch. Xiao Zheng pointed to the watch in Du Mu's palm and explained, "There is no signal in the ruins, mobile phones and most of the communication equipment cannot be used, at present, only this watch urgently developed by the military can communicate in the ruins for a short time, but the power is limited, so it is necessary to save some use." ”

In addition, the communication watch also has an all-channel mode, but it is set that only the explorers in the core and inner areas have permission to use it. ”

Chi Xiangzhen was puzzled: "Why is this?"

"To intercept!" Xiao Zheng shrugged, "If the exploration members of the core area or the inner area find out that the people of the gemological academy have found pyroxene, but they escape and cannot be pursued, they can notify the members of the next area to intercept and delay until they catch up." ”

"Of course, it is stipulated that the omnichannel mode can only be used if the other party has the primordial pyroxene. ”

Everyone was stunned.

Next, Du Mu and the others began to check the supplies in the backpack, during which Xia Zhi left for a while, and returned after a while, and said to everyone: "We are the last group to arrive, and almost all the students of the rest of the grades have entered the ruins. ”

Du Mu couldn't help but be a little disappointed when he heard this.

He hadn't seen Du Shuang for nearly three months, and he still thought that he would be able to meet his sister first after he arrived here.

"Forget it, when you come out of the ruins, you should be able to see it. ”

After the inspection, Xiao Zheng instructed again: "The materials in the backpack are only enough for one person to support four or five days, and once they are consumed, they must come out to replenish." ”

After a pause, he smiled again: "Of course, there are also supply points in the ruins, but they are mobile. ”

As soon as these words came out, most of the people present smiled meaningfully, and naturally understood who the mobile supply point was referring to.

"In addition, this is the access permit for the ruins, you can go directly to the entrance and exit when you are ready, I still have important things to do, so I will leave first, if you need anything, just find the logistics staff in this tent!"

Xiao Zheng handed everyone a metal magnetic card and left the tent.

Lei Kai then left and joined the second-year students of the same team.

The remaining eight people were divided into two teams according to their previous assignment on the train, and after getting ready, they walked towards the entrance and exit of the ruins.

A tent was also set up next to the entrance, and a team of heavily armed soldiers stood nearby, keeping a solemn eye on the passing crowd.

After passing the permit verification, the four Du Mu successfully entered the ruins.

What catches your eye is a long, narrow passage that allows only two people to walk side by side, and the floor is covered with a layer of fine sand.

There were lamps embedded in the walls on both sides, and the bright light dispelled the darkness in the passage, and Du Mu looked up, and at the end was a dazzling white ball of light, which was obviously the exit of the passage

After walking for two or three hundred meters, Du Mu and the four of them arrived at the light group, and as soon as they walked out of the passage, they were faced with a strong wind mixed with yellow sand and suddenly rushed in, and they were caught off guard, and the four of them were sprinkled with sand all at once.

"Phew, phew!"

Du Mu spat out the sand in his mouth, frowned and looked up.

What catches your eye is a dull sky, as if covered with a dark yellow veil, which makes people's hearts depressed.

Surrounded by dead ruins, there are crumbling buildings everywhere, like the city seen in the movies, flattened at the end of the world.

However, there is one difference, the buildings that can be seen in the field of vision, without exception, are made of rocks, full of quaint atmosphere, completely different from the real steel buildings.

Du Mu saw a seven-story building made entirely of boulders not far away.

"W-What is this?" Chi Xiangzhen had never seen such a strange scene, and his pretty face was full of shock.

Zhou Qixi also looked around blankly.

Taking a breath gently, Du Mu pressed the shock in his heart, looked back, and found that behind him and the others was actually a huge stone wall towering and majestic, and the passage they came out of was just below the stone wall.

Luo Shen also saw the stone wall behind him, revealing an expression of disbelief: "Is this really underground?"

"Perhaps. ”

Du Mu stared at the stone wall for a while and retracted his gaze.

"No matter how strange things happen in the ruins, it's normal, isn't it?"

Luo Shen was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "That's right." ”