novelraw Chapter 7 : Chapter 7
Chapter 7 : Chapter 7
Chapter 7: I Am Extremely Furious Right Now!
“But that still doesn’t make sense. He really did enroll. He’s one of our students now!”
Old Ma muttered to himself.
“Then why the hell are you still standing here looking for bullshit? Move! … No, I mean, why the hell are you standing around? Go find him!”
Zhao Qingshan had started speaking incoherently as well.
“Ah, right, right, right!” Old Ma came to his senses and began searching the area for Li Mu.
And sure enough, they found him very quickly.
At that moment, Li Mu was wearing Blackwater High School’s black uniform patterned with water ripples, with the Blackwater school emblem on his shoulder, and was registering at the entrance.
To enter the Abyss, one had to collect two Return Stones and a turtle-shaped technological watch.
The watch allowed its wearer to check the real-time map and all kinds of intelligence at any time.
That full set of equipment was worth more than twenty thousand.
Whether you were a student or not, as long as you were a Martial Artist entering the Abyss,
the state issued one set free of charge to every person.
It was clear how seriously the country took encouraging Martial Artists to enter the Abyss.
By then, Li Mu had already received his set of gear and boarded the enormous transparent floating elevator along with the stream of Blackwater students.
The elevator started moving slowly and descended into the pitch-black Abyss.
“Hey! Hey, hey!”
By the time Old Ma spotted Li Mu, it was already too late. When he ran over, Li Mu had already boarded the elevator.
Zhao Qingshan looked bewildered. “That’s Li Mu?”
“Yeah.”
“Let’s go for now. They’ll be coming back out tonight anyway. We can talk about it then.”
Zhao Qingshan tugged at Old Ma.
Meanwhile, Li Mu slowly descended into the Abyss with the elevator.
The Abyss was not nearly as dark as he had imagined. On the contrary, once he entered it, the fortress directly below came fully into view.
Looking down from above, the fortress within the Abyss resembled a small city, mirroring the fortress above from afar.
Troops were stationed all along the edges of the fortress.
Red and green points of light flickered from the various teleportation arrays like blinking stars.
When Li Mu looked up again, he was deeply shaken.
The sky over the entire Abyss seemed to be covered by a sheet of black cloth, with only the circular entrance overhead allowing light to shine through.
There was a strange kind of energy in the Abyss that could scatter and amplify the sunlight coming down from the world above, extending for thousands of miles.
That light was completely sufficient, roughly comparable to an overcast day in the world above.
But the entire Abyss maintained this constant level of brightness, giving off an eerie stillness and mystery.
The moment the elevator touched the ground, the students disembarked in an orderly line.
Several thousand people had already gathered in the plaza.
Every student looked around in curiosity. The Abyss made them uneasy.
An atmosphere of oppression and tension spread rapidly.
Just then, a soul-shaking neigh rang out, drawing everyone’s attention.
The crowd immediately erupted.
Not far away, six or seven towering warhorses came galloping over.
They were true towering horses. Li Mu felt they were far larger than any horse he had seen on Earth.
At the front was a black steed with twin horns growing from its head, scarlet eyes, and a flowing red mane. It looked extraordinarily majestic.
The other horses came to a halt.
This one leaped into the air and somehow sprang lightly onto a platform several meters high.
A military officer stood proudly atop the black horse.
He swept his sharp eyes across the entire crowd, radiating pressure without even trying.
“All students participating in the Abyss Military Training, listen up!
“This is your first time in the world of the Abyss!
“I must tell you a cruel truth.
“Abyssal monsters are ten times, a hundred times more terrifying than anything you’ve heard or seen!
“As far as monsters are concerned, there is no such thing as differing levels of hostility toward humans.
“In their eyes, humans are flesh.
“And when they face flesh, there is only madness, madness, and still more damned madness!
“So during these three days of military training,
“I need you to overcome your fear, obey orders, and show the courage worthy of Martial Artists!
“So that when the Abyss First Battle comes three days from now, you won’t get your teammates killed.
“Do you understand?!”
All the students answered in unison.
“Yes, sir!!”
The officer swept his gaze over them, and the corner of his mouth suddenly curled upward.
He yanked on the reins beneath him, and the warhorse actually reared up, letting out an earth-shaking neigh that rattled their hearts and lungs.
“Children, do you like warhorses?”
“Yes!!”
Countless male students roared back hot-bloodedly.
The officer nodded.
“Unfortunately, you do not belong to the Abyss Suppression Army yet, so there is nothing I can do about that.
“The Monster-Blood Warhorses bred by the military are faster and fiercer than the warhorses sold outside!
“And as long as you join the Abyss Suppression Army reserve early after your Abyss First Battle, each of you will receive one for free!
“What’s more, the military has many cultivation arts and weapons that cannot be bought outside!”
The students instantly grew noisy, eager to make their move.
“Next, all of you will head to your school’s designated military training zone.
“And meet your instructors!”
BOOM!
All the students exploded with excitement.
They shouted excitedly as they charged toward the military training zones assigned to their respective schools.
Warhorses were something many students had long looked forward to.
The Abyss was simply too vast.
Even if a teleportation gate sent you to a certain region,
you would often still need to cover a great distance to reach your exact destination.
Although Martial Artists themselves were not slow movers,
they still had to consume True Qi.
To preserve one’s strength, a means of transportation was very necessary.
And given the Abyss’s complicated terrain, warhorses were the most suitable mounts.
Thanks to the research of great experts with beast-taming and spatial talents,
a type of spatial Spirit Treasure called a Horse Token had appeared.
It was a Spirit Treasure specifically used to store living mounts.
Combined with the Monster-Blood Warhorses bred through crossbreeding with the bloodlines of various monsters,
they were not only tall and powerful, but far superior to Martial Artists in both endurance and speed.
When students usually watched livestreams of Abyss hunting squads and Abyss Suppression Army teams,
they always saw gallant riders with long spears on fine steeds, racing freely across the land, and every student yearned for it.
And even after joining the Abyss Suppression Army reserve, one could still continue studying Abyss-related specialized knowledge at school.
Li Mu followed the main Blackwater group toward the military training zone as well.
Each school’s military training zone was separate.
At last, the people around Li Mu noticed that there was something different about him.
One after another, they turned questioning looks toward him.
“Brother, you look both unfamiliar and familiar to me… Are you Li Mu?”
A thin, tall student could no longer contain his curiosity and asked.
“Yes,” Li Mu said with a nod.
That nod was enough to set off an uproar among the surrounding students.
With a rustle, they all crowded around him and began talking at once.
“Li Mu? So you really are that Li Mu from the Li family, the one who awakened an S-rank talent and then had it stolen?”
“Exactly. I thought you looked familiar too, but we’ve never seen you at our school!”
The thin, tall boy asked in confusion,
“No, brother, when did you come to our school? Weren’t you at Soaring Dragon Martial Academy?”
“I transferred here yesterday.”
Li Mu did not hide anything and answered truthfully.
“My name is Xiao Lingtong!”
Xiao Lingtong immediately extended his hand warmly.
Li Mu reached out and shook it.
The surrounding students instantly joined in the fun as well, introducing themselves one after another and stretching their hands toward Li Mu.
Li Mu could tell that everyone was simply curious.
After all, just two days ago, he had still been an “S-rank prodigy.” People did not often get the chance to interact with a prodigy.
But Li Mu could also tell that they bore him no ill will.
Some people even asked Li Mu what kind of attributes the S-rank Nine Heavens Thunderclap talent had.
But the surrounding students stopped them.
After all, that was part of his painful past. Asking too deeply would be somewhat offensive.
By the time they finished talking, the group had already arrived at the military training zone.
In front of the military training plaza,
three young men dressed in military uniforms stood there with their hands clasped behind their backs.
The one in front actually had a head of dyed red hair.
The young man on the left asked in a somewhat lewd tone,
“Brother Red-Hair, did you and Zhao Meiting yesterday maybe…”
“No, damn it. That bitch Zhao Meiting rejected me again and again, and she even dared to hit me!”
Red-Hair said irritably, unconsciously raising a hand to touch his face.
It still hurt even now.
The young man on the right did not seem close to the two of them and did not join the conversation. Instead, there was undisguised contempt on his face.
What sort of figure was Zhao Meiting?
She was a rising star in an Abyss Suppression Army squad. In just two months after joining, she had already built an impressive record.
A woman like that absolutely admired strength above all else.
What the hell was Red-Hair supposed to be?
He was a late-stage Second Grade Realm Martial Artist with a C-rank talent. He had been in the army for half a year, yet his record was not even one-third of Zhao Meiting’s.
He had even wet his pants in fright in front of Abyssal monsters on multiple occasions.
The only thing he had going for him was that he had been around a little longer.
Relying on seniority to apply for an instructor post, he was obviously just trying to avoid patrol and extermination missions.
If the Abyss Suppression Army were not so short-handed, trash like him should probably have been kicked out of the military long ago.
“This Zhao Meiting really doesn’t know what’s good for her,”
the young man on the left said flatteringly.
Red-Hair’s face darkened. “I am extremely furious right now!”
“When those students get here, give them a show of force first.
“Pick a few male students and beat them hard to establish authority.
“Then pick two pretty female students and bring them alone into the secret training room so we can have some fun!
“Did you hear me clearly?”