This was Qin Hao's first time seeing an entrance to another world with his own eyes, and he found it astonishing.
It was as if the world had split open, leaving a crack that seemed almost unreal.
Seeing the shock on Qin Hao's face, the other five all looked at him with disdain.
Tch, he looks like he's never seen the world. Why on earth did the higher-ups insist on making us bring this dead weight along?
That was what the five were thinking, but Mang Wu was different. He didn't look down on Qin Hao.
After all, General Dai had personally entrusted him with this task. Since Dai Jun had dared to let Qin Hao take part in an otherworld exploration mission, that meant Qin Hao had some ability.
Dai Jun was no fool, after all.
"Qin Hao, this is the otherworld entrance, a spatial rift. This entrance only appeared recently, so it's relatively new. Its rank is low, though—it was only rated D-rank."
Qin Hao knew about D-rank otherworlds, having learned about them in theory class.
Otherworlds were divided into eight ranks according to their danger level, from lowest to highest: D, C, B, A, S, SS, SSS, and SSS+.
In low-rank otherworlds, the highest-level demonic beasts discovered were only at the Advanced Tenth Tier, and the worlds themselves weren't very large, only about the size of a province.
The higher an otherworld's rank, the larger it was. An SSS-rank otherworld was already larger than Blue Star.
As for the highest rank, SSS+, those otherworlds were said to be even vaster. To date, humanity had yet to fully explore even the SS-rank otherworlds.
Upon reaching the entrance, Qin Hao discovered that soldiers were guarding it.
Only after Mang Wu stepped forward and had his identity verified were they allowed through.
The inspections were extremely strict because spies from other countries and members of the Satan Organization would secretly infiltrate otherworlds.
They would then destroy the seals and release the demonic beasts inside, endangering human society.
When they reached the spatial rift, Mang Wu warned him, "Qin Hao, whatever you do, don't touch the edge of the spatial rift, or you might lose an arm."
In fact, Qin Hao already knew that without Mang Wu's warning.
His Spatial Slash used spatial rifts to kill enemies.
Spatial rifts were the sharpest blades in the world. The only reason an otherworld entrance could be passed through was that the rift was large enough. Otherwise, there would be no way in.
It was astonishing. After entering the otherworld entrance, his vision brightened, and he instantly felt as though he had arrived in another world.
He glanced back at the entrance. It looked the same from this world: a massive spatial rift stood in midair, radiating a dazzling white light.
Not only that, but the moment Qin Hao entered, his entire body felt incredibly comfortable. The spiritual energy around him was extremely dense.
"Our mission will last ten days. Everyone, stay alert. The demonic beasts may not be high-level, but there are too many of them!"
"Understood!"
"Qin Hao, stay close to me!"
"Okay, Brother Wu."
With that, the group first headed toward a mountain forest.
No matter the world, spiritual energy was densest in mountain forests.
That was even more true in otherworlds.
Spirit Liquid was very likely to form in mountain forests. Although that was unlikely in a D-rank otherworld, one could never be sure.
There had been a precedent: someone had once found Spirit Liquid in a mountain forest in a D-rank otherworld.
The group had barely reached the edge of the forest when they suddenly encountered an Advanced Tenth Tier Lightning Leopard.
Qin Hao had killed several demonic beasts of this kind during the college entrance exam, all at the Advanced Tenth Tier as well.
Of course, Qin Hao didn't need to act. One of the senior students casually released an iron spike.
The Lightning Leopard quickly dodged to the side, but a female senior immediately unleashed an Entanglement control skill, wrapping it up.
Then the male senior released another iron spike, which pierced straight through the Lightning Leopard's skull.
The whole process took only ten seconds, and that was without the seniors using their full strength. Otherwise, they probably could have killed it in an instant.
Although advanced demonic beasts were as strong as human Martial Masters, their intelligence was low, and they relied solely on brute force.
That was why even Qin Hao, who had only been an Apprentice Fifth Rank during the college entrance exam, had been able to kill an Advanced Tenth Tier demonic beast.
After taking care of the beast's hide and Monster Core, the group continued onward.
Deep in the forest, they discovered a cave.
"Captain, a cave!"
One of the male seniors pointed at the cave excitedly as he spoke.
"Captain, what do you think?"
Another female senior was also very excited.
Not only that, even their captain, Mang Wu, was very excited.
"Brother Wu, is there something good inside this cave?"
"Kid, I guess you don't know. Spirit Liquid is most likely to form in caves like this, especially caves in forests."
"That's right. Qin Hao, you know how valuable Spirit Liquid is, don't you? One drop is worth a million yuan!"
Lei Wu added.
Qin Hao was excited too. Money's coming my way!
On exploration missions to otherworlds, students didn't have to hand over what they obtained themselves. Not only that, but the academy or training camp would buy it from them at a high price.
If they obtained a small bottle of Spirit Liquid, how much money would that be? One drop alone was worth a million.
"Brothers, we don't know what's inside this cave, so make sure you're careful in there. Don't let your guard down."
With that, Lei Wu led everyone into the cave.
Full of excitement, the group walked for several dozen meters without encountering any danger.
Then they heard the sound of dripping water.
"Captain, there's dripping water. Looks like it's definitely Spirit Liquid."
Qin Hao was thrilled too. He hadn't expected to come across something as precious as Spirit Liquid on his very first mission.
After walking another twenty meters, they finally saw liquid dripping, drop by drop, into a pool of water.
"It really is Spirit Liquid, and there's so much! We're rich!"
One of the male seniors excitedly took out a mineral water bottle and ran toward the pool.
It wasn't just that senior; everyone present was so excited that their scalps tingled.
The Spirit Pool was a full five meters across. Even if it wasn't deep, it had to contain several buckets' worth!
How much money would that be? A billion, tens of billions, or hundreds of billions?
All Qin Hao could think about at that moment was money.
But the senior who had gone to collect the liquid had only just reached the edge of the Spirit Pool when he suddenly flew toward the ceiling.
Before he could even scream, drops of blood began to fall into the pool.
Right after that, chewing sounds came from overhead.
Everyone looked up, and what they saw truly made their scalps tingle...