Chapter 003: Flesh and Blood, Weak Mechanical Ascension
"Where did the drone come from?"
On a towering tree on a certain peak of Fengming Mountain, five young people looked at the drone rising from not far away, and were a little puzzled.
"A classmate cheats?" One of the youths frowned.
"Impossible... We were the first to arrive at the clearance, and the younger students had not yet set off. ”
"Since it's not your own, let's shoot it down, the airspace here is now under the control of our academy."
One of the young men took out a magic staff, and with a flick of it, a crystal ice arrow burst out instantly, slashing across the sky, and accurately hitting the small drone hovering in the air.
The five youths were dressed in uniform and had a metal badge hanging from their chests, which shone brightly.
'Department of Magic of the Holy Orchid Academy'
They are the senior students of Shenglan Academy, and they are responsible for assisting the teaching team and serving as the guardians of the final assessment of the younger students.
Behind a boulder somewhere a few hundred meters away from them.
Link looked at the frozen picture on the mobile phone screen, and the last image taken before the drone was shot down was transmitted back very clearly, and as the picture zoomed in, he could see the opponent's school uniform and school emblem clearly.
Instant magic!
It's only a low-level ice archery though!
"The number one elite hunter academy is a bit overbearing!"
Link put away his phone and pulled out a camouflage suit from his backpack.
There is a fatal common disease of these transcendental beings with eyes above the top, or a habit formed by inherent thoughts.
That is, after the cultivation of spiritual power is successful, the detection of the outside world mostly relies on the perception of spiritual power, and ignores the innate system of human beings to perceive information from the outside world.
That is, the five senses of shape, sound, smell, taste, and touch produced by sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.
And the camouflage cloak in Link's hand is specially designed for these rookie transcendents, and the camouflage effect of the detection of the five senses is average, but the magic circle depicted on the camouflage clothes can interfere with the spiritual perception of the transcendental.
Putting on his camouflage suit, Link's figure gradually blended into the surrounding environment, finding the right direction, and cautiously lurking towards the area where the dragon fox was mainly active.
With the passage of time, the airspace above Fengming Mountain gradually became lively.
Ten large transport ships arrived, and then one after another small spaceships slid out of the transport ships like beans, landing in all corners of Fengming Mountain, and groups of teenagers and girls walked out of the spaceships.
The first-year freshmen of Shenglan College began their three-day final assessment.
A flagship hovering in the air.
The leaders of Shenglan Academy were sitting leisurely around drinking tea, and countless red dots were constantly moving on the huge holographic projection sand table in the room.
A red dot represents a trainee, which is real-time positioning.
The operator randomly clicked on a red dot, and the camera mounted on the student's shoulder transmitted the image of the trainee in real time.
The various image information collected and summarized by the transport ship will be transmitted back to the supercomputing center of Shenglan Academy, and the 'Academy Brain' will comprehensively analyze the performance of each student during the assessment period, and then give accurate scores.
The dean, who was sitting on the main seat, had a kind face, a pair of round sunglasses on the bridge of his nose, and a tablet in his hand, which he reached out to play with from time to time.
On the right hand side stood the teaching director, tall, dressed in a neat teacher's uniform, with his hair coiled up, a whip hanging from his wrist, his hands in front of his chest, slender fingers twitching slightly, a pair of sharp eyes moving on the holographic sand table and the giant screen in front of him, his face was serious.
"Dean, this year's freshmen are much worse than the previous one, I think the college's admissions standards should be appropriately raised?"
The uniformed woman frowned and said in a deep voice.
The dean behind him did not answer, and his attention seemed to be all on the tablet in his hand.
"Teacher Jessica, the living environment of the new generation of students today is different from that of our time, people are inert, and after a long period of peace, there is no threat, and the pursuit of extraordinary power is naturally relaxed, which is the reason why the quality of students is worse and worse from year to year, not that our admissions standards are not high······"
The dean didn't answer, but a school leader who was drinking tea next to him spoke.
"Peace! It's only been a few years since those otherworldly beasts left the main city? Half of the continent is still a occupied area, and they begin to be satisfied with the status quo and enjoy peace, and if the leaders of various countries are such far-sighted politicians, mankind will perish sooner or later. ”
Jessica seems to have a lot of criticism of human administrative leaders.
"Teacher Jessica, be careful!"
Another school leader spoke: "The main reason is that the technological breakthroughs of the science and technology school in recent years are a bit scary, I heard that the intelligent mechanical warrior project of the Imperial Academy of Sciences is progressing rapidly, and it can now be mass-produced third-level warriors, and fourth-level warriors have also been realized in the laboratory." ”
"Fourth-level warrior, the strength is equivalent to that of a magic master, if it is really mass-produced, there will be no one to pursue to become an extraordinary person!"
The school leaders were no longer indifferent, and their expressions were a little complicated.
Every technological advancement of the Science and Technology Sect was a blow to the transcendents of the Cultivation Sect.
Flesh and blood are weak, and machinery soars!
To become a transcendent being, various conditions such as talent, understanding, exercises, famous teachers, cultivation resources, diligence, and so on are indispensable.
In addition, cultivation is a matter of water grinding kung fu, and it takes a long time to accumulate and break through after all these preconditions are met.
The intelligent robot technology of the science and technology school can allow an ordinary person to have the super strength of an extraordinary person to practice for several years or more than ten years in a short period of time.
If they can mass-produce fifth- and sixth-level warriors in the future, their academies for cultivating transcendent hunters will be able to completely enter history.
"Perhaps, it's time for us to change the way transcendents are trained."
"Pulling out seedlings to help grow?"
"The foundation is unstable, the earth is shaking, if you use some taboo means, you can indeed quickly cultivate a group of masters, but the price paid is too great."
"Teachers, change your mind, the mass production of super soldiers of the science and technology school is a good thing for human beings, with them fighting on the front line, we cultivators can also calm down and practice and learn."
Teacher Jessica sneered and said, "If the technology faction is allowed to prevail, the transcendent will still have such a status?" To be more realistic... We will still receive so much financial support, we may not even be able to pay the simple electricity and water bills at that time, and we still want to be able to calm down and practice? Hehe······"
Silent!
The school leaders were silent!
The cultivation resources for cultivating a transcendent person are huge, and the cultivation of the Holy Lan Academy is not one or two.
Rather, it was tens of thousands, and the cultivation resources consumed every day were an astronomical amount.
Although Shenglan Academy has its own hematopoietic ability, and students can go out to take on tasks and be self-sufficient when they enter the senior year, the bulk of the funding is still the blood transfusion of the major empires and major consortia.
If the major empires no longer support it, the situation of the academy will be difficult!
"Hey, this Fengming Mountain actually has a white tiger that has become a refinement?"
The dean suddenly let out a startled sigh, breaking the silence in the room, and seeing everyone looking at him, the dean smiled.
"Technological breakthroughs, that's a good thing!"
The Dean put down the tablet in his hand, glanced around, and said with a smile: "If there is no breakthrough in science and technology, where can we cross half an empire in one day and bring so many students here to practice." ”
"But..."
"Hehe, cultivation is originally a matter for rich people to play."
The vice dean smiled slightly, and interjected in agreement: "What the dean said is right, there is a saying in the Eastern cultivation world, the basis of cultivation is the 'wealth and husband law', and the cultivation should take the elite route, the super soldiers of the science and technology school can replace the transcendent against the otherworldly creatures, our students do not have to be sent to death, they can choose their favorite profession, instead of becoming a transcendent and becoming a beast hunter, this is a good thing!" ”
"What a pity! Those friends from the other world don't seem to want us to see that day anymore! ”
The dean's expression was blank, he picked up the tablet, clicked on a file, and threw it on the big screen.
"This is a document sent by the Federal Security Council yesterday, and the General Staff of the Federal Army has judged that the otherworldly creatures will launch a full-scale counterattack in the next few years, and the war between humans and wild beasts will start again..."
"Moreover, this time it may be the last war!"
Ignoring the shocked expressions of his colleagues, the Dean clicked on a red-headed document stamped with the official seals of the Five Elite Hunter Academies.
"The five colleges have unanimously decided to launch the 'Five Spirits Inheritance' project!"
Inheritance of the Five Spirits!
The eyes of all the senior members of the academy widened, and even the always serious teaching director, Teacher Jessica, showed a look of disbelief.
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Fengming Mountain.
An assessment team of first-year freshmen of Shenglan College temporarily set up camp.
Behind an inconspicuous bush, Link lurked for nearly an hour in a special camouflage suit, and he probably figured out the assessment process and assessment method of the Shenglan Academy this time.
To put it simply, 'orienteering', each team is sent to one place and then tries to reach their destination in the shortest possible time.
As for what poisonous insects, beasts, or otherworldly beasts you encounter on the way, it's all up to luck!
There is no need for people who are unlucky on the path of cultivation······
"Who?"
Suddenly, a loud shout sounded, and with the warning of a student, the students who were resting looked in the direction where Link was hiding.
Link remained motionless.
Want to cheat yourself?
Hehe!
"If it's a classmate, come out immediately to avoid accidental injury!"
A classmate raised the staff in his hand, and a fireball began to converge in front of him, low-level magic, for them elite students, the spell casting pre-shake was very short.
"Offended!"
Seeing that the unknown creature hiding in the shadows still did not move, with a wave of the staff, the fireball flew out and smashed on the grass, instantly igniting a large area of weeds.
But there was still no movement!
Poof!
A stream of water swept through and poured on the burning grass, followed by several vines that spawned in a circle.
It was the other two students who practiced water magic and wood magic that made a move, and the other students fanned out in a fan shape to the grass that had encountered the 'two heavens of water and fire'.
"Huh? No one? ”
"No way, I obviously heard the sound of a heartbeat just now, it's the frequency of a human heartbeat!"
Ten students gathered around the grass that had been invaded by water and fire, and everyone looked at the students who had warned them with suspicion.
Could it be a mistake?
Excessive tension, all the grass and trees!
Behind a rock not far away, Link held his breath and stared, a flash of surprise on his face.
"It's not all rookies! I almost got away with it! ”