Chapter 7: Reencounter (1/2)

Chapter 7: Reencounter

After beating the first room, the illusion realm disappeared. Su Chen discovered that he was in a room covered in Origin Formations. There was a door on the opposite side of the room; upon pushing it open, Su Chen discovered he had returned to the large hall outside.

The skinny student’s eyes lit up when he saw Su Chen. “Oh, you passed the first level already? Not bad.”

“I just got lucky is all,” Su Chen indifferently replied. As he spoke, he pulled out his identity tablet from the door. He discovered he was awarded 25 contribution points for beating the first room.

“How about it, want to give the second room a try? If you can clear it, you’ll get fifty contribution points,” the student egged Su Chen on. It seemed he harbored no good intentions.

“Okay!” Su Chen easily agreed.

Upon seeing Su Chen enter the second door, the skinny student paused before letting out a scornful laugh. “I trapped another one.”

He worked here for a long time already, so he knew all the ins and outs.

The first room was the easiest to clear. It was essentially used to ease the students in while also giving them some contribution points. If the students were smart, they would be able to approximate the strength of the second room and assess whether or not they could clear it.

New students were often able to clear the first room with ease. With 25 contributions points in the bag, they would be given a challenge in the floor after. One that required strength.

The skinny student was quite perceptive. He immediately realized Su Chen did not have the aura of someone with a bloodline, so he ought to be a normal student. For him to attempt the second room after not even being in the school for a few months, there was only one possible outcome: failure.

This was exactly the result the skinny student was looking for.

He was always here, watching over the students. His favorite thing to see was students walk in full of self-confidence and leave dejectedly. He found pleasure in the failures of others.

This feeling of taking delight in the failures of others was extremely satisfying to him. In fact, this kind of perverse delight was quite common among those who had failed before.

However, the smile on his face quickly disappeared when the green light above the second door lit up. He stood there in a daze. Succes? He actually cleared it?

When Su Chen walked out, 50 contribution points were added to the identity tablet in his hand.

“Not bad, kid!” The skinny student quickly retracted his shock. He pretended to honestly congratulate Su Chen, “You up to do the third room? Out of all the first-year students, very few can clear the third room at this stage.”

“Mhm.” Su Chen thought seriously about it for a moment, then nodded his head. “I’ll give it a try.”

Holy shit, are you serious?

The skinny student laughed coldly in his heart. This guy truly doesn’t know when to stop.

Each two doors were equivalent to a year in the institute. At least, that was the design laid out by the Hidden Dragon Institute.

In other words, being able to clear two doors as a first-year student was already up to par. The third door was designed for second-year students. Only the top first-year students could clear it.

The contribution points awarded were determined based on this system. If he cleared it ahead of schedule, he would obtain more points, and if he failed to clear it within the set amount of time, he would obtain less.

Only the most outstanding seedlings would be able to clear rooms ahead of schedule. Evidently, the non-bloodline student standing in front of him did not reach that standard.

The third door, huh…… I’ll be waiting to watch you bite the dust.

The skinny student laughed coldly in his heart.

Not long afterwards.

The copper door opened, a green light above it. The skinny student was so surprised his jaw almost fell off.

What the hell, he even cleared the third room!

If word were to spread that a first-year student without a bloodline had cleared the third door only a few months after the start of the year, most people would be so shocked that their teeth would fall out!

Evidently, Su Chen was not as relaxed as he had been previously.

Fatigue could be seen on his face, and his forehead was covered in sweat.

However, he was extremely happy. The third room granted him 100 contribution points after all!

How many points would he get if he cleared the fourth room right now?

However, he had pretty much used up all of his moves to clear the last room. He was even forced to use Whitetower Teleportation and Origin Energy Bullets. He didn’t feel confident in clearing the fourth room, so he gave up on that idea.

Even so, Su Chen still asked the skinny student, “Out of the first-year students, how many cleared the third room?”

Perhaps because Su Chen had charged through three rooms in a row, the skinny student’s tone became much more respectful. He glanced through the record book, then replied, “Up until now, there are a total of 84 people including you.”

There’s 84?

This didn’t even include those who hadn’t yet come to try and clear the rooms, yet possessed the strength to do so.

Indeed, there were many capable individuals at the institute, even among the first-year students.

“Are there any who cleared the fourth room?” Su Chen asked.

The skinny student flipped through the records again before replying, “Five.”

Five people cleared the fourth room?

“May I ask who they are?” Su Chen inquired.

The skinny student answered, “Two chose to keep their identities a secret, while three did not. They are Jiang Xishui, Yue Longsha, and Ji Hanyan.”

So Ji Hanyan was among them.

This was not surprising given the level of strength she possessed.

The fourth room was probably not her limit either. After all, Ji Hanyan could go toe-to-toe with Pan Hao, so in theory she should at least be able to clear the fifth room. The only reason she hadn’t yet was probably because she was being cautious.