Mid-July.

At the end of another academic year, a large number of students rode the Radiance Teleportation Array and entered the new world in an orderly manner. For sophomores who have already experienced it many times, the final exam has long since lost its freshness. Everyone gathered in the square step by step, waiting for the base camp to release the free main line of the final exam.

For the sophomores, this final exam is not too stressful. Even if you don't have enough strength, you can choose a low-difficulty free main line and continue to study for a year in your sophomore year. But for the second phase of students, the pressure is very high.

They had little choice and had to work hard to make it to their junior year.

Hu Siming's five-person team is one of these students, but with the strength of their team, unless there is any extreme situation, it is not a problem to be admitted to the junior year. After all, no sophomore squad can have two true heroes, and they are all talented students!

With such two people here, the remaining three team members can match it casually. What's more, the strength of Shi Niu, Yan Shaoou and Yu Gaowu is the top among the elite. It is precisely because of this self-confidence that even if this final exam is very important, after the five people got the free main line to choose from, they still did not choose the easiest one to complete, but directly looked at the difficult free main line above.

Because the strength of the team's five people spans a lot, from heroes to elites, the difficulty of the multiple free main lines given this time is also very different as usual. There are those that are suitable for elite to complete, there are those that can only be taken by the heroes, and there are also smoother mixed missions. There are many types, from setting up outposts, hunting half-drakes, to trying to contaminate the fountain of life controlled by the Bronze Tribe.

In the end, Hu Siming's eyes stayed on two tasks.

Both of these are difficult free threads, one of which is to infiltrate the vicinity of the Cold Mist Valley and find out the fortress defenses of the Bronze Dragon Tribe there. The difficulty of this task is undoubtedly extremely high, after all, there is a real Bronze Dragon Temple in the Cold Mist Valley, which is one of the core cities of the Bronze Dragon Tribe, and there are a large number of pure-blooded dragons stationed there. The danger of sneaking there is not necessarily much easier than infiltrating the camp of the Black Dragon Legion.

Hu Siming would not have hesitated on such a task, but he couldn't stand the high enough reward it offered. In addition to a large number of skill experience crystals and experience potions, a mid-level hero is guaranteed to be equipped or fragmented.

To be sure, seeing such a reward, there are many heroes who will try to take a risk.

After thinking about it for a while, Hu Siming finally decided to give up. If it was only himself, he might dare to try it, but with Yan Shaoou and the three elites, this task would still be forgotten. If it fails completely, it will be a big loss if several people are involved in their sophomore year for another year.

As a result, there is only one difficult main line left that catches his attention.

【Explore the Zumawi area】

Mission Description: Two weeks ago, an elite cadet who was out hunting accidentally discovered a huge underground cave labyrinth in the Zumawi region, which had been occupied for five years. According to the Academy's speculation, it is possible that there was a large barbarian tribe called [Fire Blade] before the geological collapse. According to the captured records of the Bronze Dragon Tribe, before becoming vassals, the Fireblade Tribe was once the overlord of thousands of miles nearby, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers.

Requirements: Build an outpost outside the underground cave maze, and enter the maze to explore and draw a rough map.

Quest Reward: If the map is completed by more than 75%, the quest will be completed. Gain 500 Universal Points, Book of Eternity*1, Large Experience Flask*1, random equipment/equipment fragments, and be eligible to enter the third year.

Note: If you can complete the map by more than 95%, or find valuable Fireblade Tribe ruins in the underground cave maze, you can be rewarded with a perfect review.

"This task looks good. ”

The rewards are quite generous, and although the difficult free main story is marked, there doesn't seem to be a requirement to fight, so there's a lot of room for flexibility. This kind of task should be considered the favorite of the students. Yan Shaoou stared at it for a moment, and was the first to express his attitude to Hu Siming.

Xu Guang compared other tasks, and also felt that this task was quite good. Moreover, the [Fire Blade] barbarian tribe mentioned in the mission description also made them a little curious. All along, the New World gave them the feeling that the five dragon tribes were dominant, and there was little room for other small tribes to survive. The Akahata barbarian group that had previously taken refuge in the academy was one of them, but the total number was less than 10,000. This refuge only has political significance for the college, and has little practical value.

But this historical fireblade tribe is different, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers!

This number, although only a fraction of the five great dragon tribes, is already quite a considerable strength. Such a huge tribe of barbarians in history may really leave something good.

"Then it's decided!"

After making a decision, Hu Siming took action with his teammates.

The Zumawi region is in the hinterland of the academy and is relatively close to Karazhan. Therefore, the five of them passed directly from the ordinary teleportation array in the base camp to Karazhan, and then without transferring, they took over the Treant soldiers arranged by the academy there, and walked straight to the Zumawi area.

Along the way, the wind and waves were calm.

After all, it is an area that has been controlled by the academy for five years, not to mention any danger, even the more fierce demonic beasts are difficult to see. It was not until the five men broke away from Karazan 10 kilometers and gradually approached the forests of the Zumawi region that the five men gradually encountered an attack. It's just that this kind of sporadic attack does not pose any threat to Hu Siming's team at all. If it weren't for the fear of a mistake among the ten Treant soldiers accompanying him, they alone would have been able to solve the battle.

Two hours later, the team of five rounded a verdant lake and reeds, and stopped in front of an inconspicuous rift.

The crack is about ten meters long, and it is pitch black underneath, and there is no bottom in sight. Due to the weaving of vines and the pile of dead branches and leaves, it is difficult for passers-by to detect anomalies. Or, even if some students noticed, it would be difficult to imagine that there was a huge cave labyrinth under such an inconspicuous crack in the ground. Because of this, after occupying this place for several years, the students did not even notice that there was a hole here.

Thanks to the elite trainee who was passing by on the hunt, if it weren't for him, this huge underground cave labyrinth wouldn't have seen the light of day again.

"Let's set up an outpost here. ”

Hu Siming looked at the terrain and decided to establish a nearby outpost. First, the terrain in the vicinity is relatively flat, and secondly, this outpost can enclose the entrance to the ground crack, which is one of the guidelines of the Academy.

As for how to set it up, they don't have to worry about that.

Each of the ten Treant soldiers who were deployed was infused with construction skills. After planting an Elven Ancient Tree Seed here, the Treant Soldiers waited for the Ancient Tree to grow and began to collect wood resources nearby. This process will take a long time, but considering the possible attack of the demonic beast and other factors, Hu Siming and the others can't all leave, and they must leave people to guard it.

After a brief discussion, the two heroes, Hu Siming and Xu Guang, decided to enter the underground cave to investigate first, and Xu Guang and the three of them sat in the outpost. After the completion of the above and the initial establishment of the defense system, we will enter the underground labyrinth together to explore.

This is undoubtedly a relatively safe approach.

Xu Guang and the others had no objection, after all, what was going on in the underground cave maze was unknown to the five of them. And since this quest can be marked with a difficult main line, it proves that this underground is not a safe place, and it is likely to be very dangerous. Let the two heroes go down to find out first, even if they really encounter a crisis, there is a high possibility that they will get out.

After agreeing on a time like this, Hu Siming waved his hand and released the flames, burned the vines and dead branches and leaves covered on the ground cracks, and carefully slid down the rope with Xu Guang.

The crack in the ground is deep, and it is pitch black underneath, so you can't see the deepest part of the ground. However, with the information of the elite students who had strayed before, the two of them were not alarmed. After inserting the long sword into the half-stone slope wall and slowly sliding down for thirty meters, the two of them unanimously chose to let go and jump.

The whirring wind rings in my ears.

After about two seconds of free fall, two dull "bangs" sounded, and Hu Siming and Xu Guang stepped on the ground almost at the same time.

The upper half of this crack is roughly parallel, but the lower half is a rapidly open gourd shape, and the whole looks like a long-necked flask. At this moment, looking at the sky from below, you can only see the rapidly steepening slope, as well as the bright line of ground cracks, and you can faintly see Yan Shaoou's figure shaking.

"Succeed to the end!"

Hu Si waved his hand from above, greeted him, and immediately followed Xu Guang along the only way to the true entrance of the underground cave.

This is a natural corridor with a length of about 20 meters, and the overall slope is still gently downward. With the help of the light of Hu Siming's flames, you can vaguely see the traces left by the previous elite student. Following this natural corridor and past this arched exit, the scene ahead suddenly opens up.

A maze of caves with a height of more than ten meters, with forks in all directions, looking peaceful and mysterious, appeared in front of them.

"It's really a hole!"

Although they knew that it was impossible for the academy to joke with them, seeing with their own eyes that there was such a world under the cracks in the ground, Hu Siming and Xu Guang couldn't help but exclaim.

"Enters a state of slight poisoning, and has -1 HP per second. ”

The sudden prompt surprised the two of them. However, noticing this slight blood loss, the two of them immediately relaxed again. After two physical enhancements at the elite level and the hero level, no matter how weak the trainee, the speed of life recovery can suppress this slight poisoning state. For Hu Siming, a student with a tenacious ball, -1 points per second is even more meaningless.

What really made them care and wonder was where this slight source of poison came from!