How Did This Monster Get Here??
Blue Star Training Camp.
It is located at the deepest part of the No. 3 Exotic Beast Isolation Zone.
The electrified Alloy walls, reaching heights of over 100 meters, resemble the spine of a black behemoth, completely separating civilization from barbarity.
Above the walls, dense automatic anti-aircraft turrets and Energy Matrix flickered with a dangerous eerie light year-round. The air was thick with the smells of rust, gunpowder, and an ever-present stench of blood, creating a suffocating atmosphere.
At this moment, outside the camp's imposing steel gate, large enough to allow heavy Mecha to pass through, more than a hundred ragged, blood-stained youths slumped to the ground, panting heavily, as if they had just escaped from a drowning Abyss.
They are the students among this year's freshmen who successfully passed the entrance examination that lasted seven days and seven nights and had a mortality rate as high as 90%.
Among the crowd, two figures supporting each other looked particularly disheveled.
"Cough cough... We survived, Lu Qing, we... we really survived!"
Xiao Ran coughed up a mouthful of bloody saliva, but his face showed a kind of wild joy at surviving a disaster.
Lu Qing leaned against the cold wall, his chest heaving violently. Although his body was covered with deep, bone-revealing wounds, his once sharp and proud eyes now held only undisguised excitement and relief.
"Yes... we've finally crossed that dragon gate." He murmured to himself, his voice hoarse, "From today onwards, we've already stepped one foot into the circle of the Federation's higher education institutions!"
Upon hearing this, the surrounding freshmen also showed expressions of pride and honor.
It's important to know that those who can enter the Blue Star Training Camp are at least guaranteed admission to top Martial Dao academies through the national college entrance examination.
Within the entire Human Federation, there are hundreds of advanced Martial Dao academies. Among these Martial Dao, there are Four Great Martial Academies, as well as top-tier Martial Dao academies and ordinary Martial Dao academies.
The prodigies trained by the Blue Star Training Camp... none of them fail to be admitted to top Martial Dao academies, and many even manage to enter the Four Great Martial Academies every year.
That place... is the true cradle of the Human Federation's strongest!
However, they failed to notice that inside the gate, on a high Alloy observation platform, the atmosphere was far from harmonious.
A middle-aged drill instructor in a crisp military uniform, wearing the rank of major on his shoulders, frowned as he looked at a calm, imposing old man in a gray robe beside him, his voice filled with suppressed dissatisfaction.
"Elder Tang, I still don't understand! The ironclad rule of the Training Camp is to use the cruelest jungle law to select the top prodigies. We finally managed to select these 120 promising talents from over 3,000 candidates, so why do we still tolerate people using connections?"
"This is not only a violation of the rules, but also an insult to these children who risked their lives for these spots!"
The old man, known as Elder Tang, did not refute his subordinates' anger. He merely glanced at the proud freshmen below with his cloudy eyes and shook his head slightly.
He raised his wrist and operated the miniature Optical Brain for a moment.
"Drop."
A blood-red file marked as top secret was directly transmitted to the middle-aged instructor's Terminal.
"Take a look."
Elder Tang said calmly.
The middle-aged instructor impatiently opened the file; he wanted to see which powerful family this scion belonged to, to have such influence.
However, with just one glance, his gaze was fixed on the Light Screen like iron filings drawn to a magnet.
As the data stream passed by, his pupils began to contract violently and uncontrollably.
[Name: Chen Fan]
[Age: 10 years old]
[Realm: Quasi-Martial Artist]
[Qi and Blood Assessment: 114 calories (six months ago)]
[Battle Record Assessment:... Instantly killed a Qi-Blood Realm Martial Artist with a single finger; Single-handedly wiped out the entire Tiannan No. 5 High School team; Champion of the Exchange Tournament...]
"Hiss!!"
The middle-aged instructor gasped, feeling a chill run from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head.
Ten years old...
Quasi-Martial Artist, 114 cards?!
Is this information from six months ago?
It's important to know that even within the Blue Star Training Camp, only a handful of people can break through the Qi and Blood Barrier. Most importantly... Quasi-Martial Artist with 114 cards would definitely be among the top 1,000 in the history of the Federation.
The major, who had just been filled with righteous indignation and anger, fell silent instantly.
All dissatisfaction and complaints vanished in the face of this resume.
Seeing his horrified expression, Elder Tang finally let out a soft sigh.
"Now, do you still think he got in through connections?"
"This... this... this..." The middle-aged instructor stammered for a long time, finally lowering his head in dejection, his voice hoarse, "Elder Tang, it's my... it's my narrow-mindedness."
"And..." he changed the subject, "The protector behind him is an even more unreasonable madman. So, put away your rules."
"But..." The middle-aged instructor seemed to have thought of something, and his expression turned serious again. "I can understand this little guy, but what about the other three?"
Before he could finish speaking...
A terrifying sonic boom suddenly ripped through the air from the sky!
Below, the freshmen, who were still praising each other and enjoying the joy of victory, looked up in astonishment.
A military-grade supersonic Hovercar, entirely black and with a menacing design, appeared like a black spear from Beyond the Heavens, tearing through the clouds and hovering arrogantly above the camp with an incomparably violent airflow!
"Who goes there? So arrogant!"
"Is this a provocation against the authority of the Training Camp?"
The freshmen all showed expressions of resentment.
However, the next second, something they would never forget happened.
"Boom!"
The Hovercar's hatch suddenly opened.
There is no buffer gangway, and no energy traction.
Led by Gu Ci, five figures leaped directly from tens of meters in the air, like five falling black meteorites, towards the open space in front of the camp gate!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Five heavy, muffled thuds, like mountains collapsing, rang out almost simultaneously!
The hard, Special Alloy floor was smashed into five spiderweb-like dents of varying depths, kicking up clouds of dust!
Below, Lu Qing and Xiao Ran were stunned by this domineering entrance, but when they saw the familiar, despair-inducing figure of the ten-year-old boy emerging from the dust...
The ecstasy, pride, and excitement on their faces froze instantly!
Instead, there was a terrifying and bewildered feeling, as if they had seen a ghost!
"Holy crap! Chen Fan!! What's he doing here!!"
Lu Qing and Xiao Ran exchanged a glance, both seemingly able to see the bewilderment in each other's eyes.
The smoke and dust slowly dissipated.
Chen Fan was dressed in white, spotless.
His calm gaze casually swept across the entire scene, finally landing on the two figures who had completely Petrification in place, and he nodded slightly.
Lu Qing and Xiao Ran felt as if an invisible hand was gripping their hearts, making it hard for them to breathe.
In their minds, only one desperate thought roared wildly.
What's this monster doing here?! Why is it here?!