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#180 - Chapter 180: Ice and Fire in the Forest

“It's alright, I just run a little faster, nothing much.” As a low-key person, Qi Jing would never say he was strong, except when bragging in front of relatives and friends.

“You ran straight through with your body? That's amazing?”

Wen Jing was a little shocked. She knew Qi Jing was fast, but she didn't expect him to be this fast.

Even dogs would shake their heads at the difficulty of those two games. Without corresponding abilities, relying solely on the body to pass requires great speed and reaction. She didn't expect this freshman, Qi Jing, to be able to do it.

“Let's not chat, let's get through this game first.”

They looked at the forest in front of them, with trees on both sides and a path in the middle.

Qi Jing touched it. There were invisible barriers between the trees on both sides, blocking their passage.

There was also a layer of light curtain above their heads.

It seemed that only this path could be taken, leaving no room to explore the sides.

Sure enough, these types of games wouldn't let players run around randomly, so they chose this form of always moving forward.

But this is probably the best way to transition a horizontal 2D game to 3D.

“Let's go.”

They slowly walked forward.

Suddenly, a green light curtain appeared in front of them, displaying “Level 1” with “Total of Nine Levels” written in the lower right corner.

Qi Jing said, “Only nine levels? Looks like it should be quick to get the title.”

Wen Jing recalled playing this game with her friends on the computer before. Each level was very short, and they passed all the levels without playing for long.

Back then, in order to play with friends for longer, she wished the levels were more difficult and there were more of them.

Unfortunately, time flies, and even though several versions came out, she never played it again.

As for why?

Of course, with the updating of equipment, her computer could play bigger games that required more memory. Wasn't it more fun for two people to play shooting games together?

Ahem, digressing.

Wen Jing took the lead in stepping over the green light curtain, and Qi Jing immediately followed.

Qi Jing noticed that his body was suddenly dyed fiery red, while Wen Jing's body was dyed ice blue.

Great, there's no choice at all.

Ice girls are so much fun, I want to play as an ice girl!

“Sister Wen, according to the game rules, you can't touch the red liquid, and I can't touch the blue liquid.”

Qi Jing thought Wen Jing was just a player who liked shooting games, so he started introducing her to the basic knowledge of this game.

“I know, I've played these kinds of two-player mini-games before. I've played all the mini-games where one side can touch and the other can't. I don't necessarily know less than you.”

Wen Jing used to be an e-sports girl, but she played less after entering the Ability Academy.

“Back then, I almost made it to the National Gun King Competition. My flick shot was always accurate.”

(Note: A flick shot is a sniping technique in first-person shooting games. Because enemies are usually moving, players can't always aim at the enemy. At this time, they can only rely on feeling, moving the crosshair when the enemy is moving, and firing a shot when they feel they can hit the enemy)

Qi Jing was relieved to hear that Teacher Wen Jing was a veteran gamer.

He wanted to win the title as soon as possible, and he couldn't succeed if his teammate wasn't reliable.

“Speaking of which, could someone have already gotten the title?”

Hearing Qi Jing's question, Wen Jing said:

“No, if someone clears the game, a leaderboard will be displayed on the game's entry interface. I was looking for a game without anyone on the leaderboard just now.

I looked for a long time before I found this game, while those games that seemed simpler had already been cleared by dozens of people.”

There are several game streets in the virtual world, and all the layouts are the same.

Wen Jing had been playing on a different game street from Qi Jing since she got the helmet in the morning. She didn't just clear one game in the morning, but she only got one title.

“This game won't be easy, otherwise it's impossible that no one has cleared it yet.”

“Maybe it's because they don't have a teammate.”

Only Wen Jing was matching as a teammate when Qi Jing matched just now, so there weren't many people waiting for this game.

“Jump!”

In front of them was a blue pool, about 4 meters long.

Qi Jing jumped over it with a big leap.

But Wen Jing could walk over slowly.

Then the next obstacle was a red pool. Although Qi Jing could also jump over it, he wanted to try the feeling of walking in this water.

He saw that Wen Jing's shoes weren't wet when she came out, so he knew that this “pool” wasn't a real “pool.”

Stepping into it, Qi Jing felt a moist sensation from his feet, just like in water, but when he lifted his feet, he didn't bring out a single drop of water, and his shoes weren't wet.

Interesting.

Qi Jing lay down in it all at once, and immediately felt cool all over.

“Stop playing around, hurry up and pass.”

Wen Jing stepped on a purple protruding stone, opening a circular hole in the blue light curtain in front.

It could be seen that if she didn't step on it, Qi Jing would definitely not be able to pass this light curtain.

It's just that this circular hole was very small and two meters high.

Qi Jing stood up, and when he saw this hole, he remembered the game of going down a hundred floors just now.

These two levels must have been designed by the same person.

He stood up and jumped over with a backflip dive.

“Looks like the difficulty of this game lies here: a four-meter long jump and a two-meter high jump. You really can't pass if your body isn't good.”

“And both people must be good.”

“That's right.”

Next, like last time, was a red light curtain.

Qi Jing saw that Wen Jing could also accurately jump into that small hole and praised:

“Awesome, Sister Wen.”

Wen Jing waved her hand after landing: “It's normal, any young teacher can do it.”

Oh? There's a blind spot.

Qi Jing asked, “Why a young teacher?”

Wen Jing suddenly returned to the feeling of being a teacher and explained to Qi Jing:

“Because the Source Energy Cultivation Method was implemented seven years ago. In the same amount of time, except for those with very good talent, older teachers definitely won't cultivate as fast as younger ones.

Actually, age isn't the key. The key is talent. Those with good talent can offset seven years of someone else's cultivation with one year of cultivation.

For example, your Teacher Cen Xi. Although I'm from the same class as her, and have cultivated for seven years as well, Cen Xi's physique is far stronger than mine.”

But Wen Jing's talent wasn't weak, it's just that Cen Xi was too abnormal.

When Qi Jing heard Wen Jing talk about Cen Xi, he remembered that they were good friends.

Every shooting class, Teacher Cen Xi, as an ability teacher, would run over to join in the fun, which showed that they had a very good relationship.

But today, he didn't see Teacher Cen Xi and Teacher Wen Jing together. Qi Jing asked, “Didn't Teacher Cen Xi come to play with you?”

“Her? She's dominating the arena, how would she care about me~”