No one really wishes to be the useless mber of the team, but their capabilities inherently make it difficult for them to impact the overall situation significantly; however, this passage provides them with a different opportunity.
Although this passage’s background is the underground shelter facilities of the Tianhe Dynasty era, the knowledge test within is quite high. Even Dou Yanlan doesn’t recognize all the chanisms. However, considering everyone present, even without including Feng Yuan, they can still handle all the traps and chanisms.
As they progressed along the way, Feng Yuan yawned, looked at the ti on his phone, and said,
"How about we clear this place up and spend the night here? Judging by the situation, this passage hasn’t reached its end yet, and I also don’t think resting outdoors would be better than here."
The group thought about Feng Yuan’s suggestion for a while and realized it made sense. Even though the back mountain is under the academy’s control, the wild animals released within and the various creatures originally living there are quite troubleso. In contrast, this passage is different. Although the background design by the academy is unknown, it can be certain it’s built entirely according to the underground shelter facilities of the Tianhe Dynasty period.
Therefore, this place isolates themselves from the intrusion of most insects and Spirit Beasts, making resting here relatively more relaxing compared to the surface. As for whether to travel through the night? They haven’t forgotten that they might face attacks from other classes, and if they don’t rest well, the chances of losing are too high.
Seeing everyone setting up camp where they stood and clearing the nearby traps, Mr. Lu nodded in satisfaction. Actually, the practical class didn’t separate them but conducted it as a class unit, partly to test their teamwork. Although everyone’s Beast Tar is different, if everyone works together, they can handle most troubleso situations.
Water Spirit Beasts can provide water, Fire-Attribute Spirit Beasts can provide light and cooking flas, and Wood Spirit Beasts can, when necessary, use special ans to grow seeds to increase the number of food. These are all survival thods commonly used in outdoor travel.
However, they are just freshn, students who got their first Beast Tar in senior high school, and expecting them to form a fully functional outdoor survival team on their own is unrealistic. After so courses, their outdoor practice lessons will no longer be conducted as a whole class but will be divided into small teams.
That ti will be the true test. After all, their Spirit Beasts will still be incomplete, and they’ll have to rely on equipnt to make up for the inconveniences caused by lacking the Spirit Beasts of the corresponding attributes.
Perhaps it was a long school day and the nightti running that tired everyone out. Although the environnt wasn’t very comfortable, everyone quickly fell asleep. Even though Kong Qing had his own little villa, Feng Yuan didn’t go inside to rest but turned into the form of a Little Husky and snuggled under Big Cat.
Xiao Ji discontentedly ran over to squeeze in as well, making Qi Chen feel warm. But seeing the two Spirit Beasts and Feng Yuan not reacting, he didn’t bother them.
Early the next morning, everyone got up early. Although Feng Yuan hadn’t rested in Kong Qing’s villa, it didn’t an he wouldn’t use the other’s villa. After having breakfast in Kong Qing’s space, Feng Yuan ca out with Xiao Ji and others and said,
"I’m all set on my end~"
"We might need to wait a bit longer. Those who have finished breakfast co over here; I’ll check the headcount."
Dou Yanlan said as she and Zhang Cheng directed the group. Soon, the students who had finished breakfast early got their backpacks and stood ready to the side. Looking at them, Dou Yanlan said,
"It seems fine. We’ll scout ahead first, and once you’re done eating, catch up."
No one had much objection to this, as it was true that one of their goals was to reach the mountaintop — they couldn’t continue staying here. Quickly, the remaining students finished their food and caught up. As they walked for a while, they saw a collapsed passage and the opening leading to the surface, and Feng Yuan’s eyes shifted as he said,
"Should we go directly back to the surface or dig further?"
"It’s likely that there are no other relics ahead,"
Dou Yanlan said, shaking her head. Zhang Cheng touched his chin and remarked,
"Moreover, we’re not here to explore relics; continuing to walk the underground passage may not be a good thing. But hold on, let and them go up first to check for any dangers."
His Beast Tar is the Fla Wolfhound, and though its speed isn’t top-notch, its overall capability isn’t lacking. After all, it wouldn’t be picked by the Alliance if it had any significant weaknesses. As for the few others he chose, their Beast Tars specialized in speed.
Dou Yanlan had Cotton release fog below as a precaution; if they encountered enemies, it could at least delay them sowhat. However, no accidents occurred. Zhang Cheng circled around above with a few others and, confirming no issues, signaled for everyone to co up together.
"I didn’t expect we were already halfway up the mountain."
Feng Yuan said in surprise as he looked at the cliff beside him. Although there was a noticeable incline in the passage, he hadn’t expected to reach a high point without climbing many stairs. Below the cliff, the forest was the sa one where they encountered the Stray Samurai Monkey blocking their path last night, and he could even see the cliff they ca from and the large canopy bridge overhead.
"Judging by the distance, we didn’t take a detour. It seems that the passage is indeed an option given to us by the academy,"
Dou Yanlan calculated quickly and said. Clearing the chanisms took considerable ti in the passage, and since they needed to take a winding mountain path to climb up, whether they went underground or directly through the forest at the ti, they would cover about the sa distance, making it the second day when they reached here.
But thinking it over, other classes are probably facing similar situations. However, what would Class 1 choose?
"Could Class 1 have already gotten ahead of us?"
"Even without taking a detour, the underground chanisms wasted quite a bit of ti. Maybe we’re the slowest."
"Why don’t we pick up the pace?"
Listening to their classmates’ mutterings, Dou Yanlan frowned and, thinking of sothing, said,
"It’s best not to rush; haste is unfavorable in the wild. Also, no one knows what weird things might be waiting for us up ahead. Don’t forget, Mr. Lu has been following us all along."
Mr. Lu gave no response when Dou Yanlan ntioned him. In reality, their accompanint by these Legendary Beast Masters already implied certain things. Initially, everyone was just a bit anxious, but Dou Yanlan’s reminder made them realize that minor trouble along the way wouldn’t necessitate asking the academy to send Legendary Beast Masters for protection.
This indicated that there must be sothing dangerous awaiting them up ahead. After Dou Yanlan pointed this out, everyone’s jittery mood eased instantly. They didn’t realize at the ti that their progress was among the top three, and even Class 1 hadn’t been that much faster due to taking a detour.
"The environnt up ahead looks off!"
Noticing sothing, Dou Yanlan shouted loudly. At that mont, a student seed to realize sothing and exclaid,
"Is that... a vine pitfall?!"
"What’s that?"
"I feel like I’ve heard of it sowhere?"
"Really? Are such dangerous things here too?!"
So were skeptical, shocked, or incredulous. Zhang Cheng signaled his Beast Tar, Grey Fla, to move forward and angrily spew an explosive fireball towards the mountain path ahead. The enormous fireball struck the earth, raising a cloud of dust. After a while, as the dust settled, everyone saw the large hole in the ground and couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.
However, not only Zhang Cheng but even Dou Yanlan frowned deeply, and Liu Ziwen shouted loudly,
"Retreat!"
Unsure of what was happening, everyone hurriedly retreated backward, and fortunately, what Liu Ziwen feared didn’t happen. The edge of the vine pitfall was just in front of Zhang Cheng, and with the sound of cracking, the rock wall ahead suddenly collapsed, falling stones splashing everywhere. The mountain path ahead was completely destroyed in the landslide.
"Isn’t this... too dangerous?"
Soone couldn’t help but comnt, thinking that if they didn’t notice it beforehand and went over when a landslide occurred, wouldn’t they be injured?
"This is a problem. Vine pitfalls usually exist only where Spirit Beasts who use vines gather. This ans we have to go through their territory. Are we supposed to fight through?"
Resting his chin in his hand, Dou Yanlan spoke helplessly. Many others thought the sa thing: vine pitfalls don’t normally appear, signifying that there must be a group of Spirit Beasts nearby that can use vines.
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