Three Rewards

Sunday afternoon.

Luo Yan and the others finally returned to school.

They had set out with sixty-five people, but only sixty returned.

Five freshmen had died.

Back at school.

The first thing Luo Yan did was exchange seven bottles of Calming Agent and one Crimson Toxin Relief Agent.

This cost him another nine Credit Points.

But he did not feel the slightest bit of heartache.

Adding the week spent in the Forbidden Land.

There was now only one week left until the Death Match.

Luo Yan had to step up his cultivation.

As for the other participant in the Death Match.

After arriving in Guangling City, Luo Beichen did not go to school.

Instead, he went home.

The moment he entered the house, he was informed.

His father, Luo Tianyi, was waiting for him in the study.

Luo Beichen went to the study and knocked on the door.

"Come in."

His father's cold voice came from inside.

Luo Beichen pushed the door open and entered.

He saw that there was someone else in the study besides his father.

That person sat cross-legged on the floor with his eyes closed, calmly resting.

To be able to put on such airs in front of Luo Tianyi, he was clearly no ordinary person.

Luo Tianyi said succinctly, "This is Gao Lin, Mr. Gao."

"Mr. Gao is an expert at the Profound Comprehension Third Layer."

"A true expert."

"For the next week, don't go to the Academy."

"Mr. Gao will guide you."

"Also, I've already prepared your weapons, armor, cultivation resources, and the medicine you'll use in the arena."

"You only need to focus on one thing."

"Cultivate. In one week, take down your opponent."

"That's all."

"You may leave."

From beginning to end.

He had not given Luo Beichen a chance to speak.

He did not care whether Luo Beichen accepted it.

That was his father.

Luo Tianyi!

Monday morning was Xiao Shi's General Knowledge Class.

The teacher who looked the most like an actual teacher walked into the classroom.

He peered forcefully at the students through his extremely thick glasses.

Then he exclaimed, "Oh? Has Luo died in battle?"

The classroom erupted in laughter.

Zeng Shan snorted. "It would be better if he were dead."

At that moment, a student stood up and said, "Reporting to you, Teacher, Luo Beichen has requested a week's leave."

"I heard he's going into special training."

After saying that, he glanced at Luo Yan.

Clearly, this "special training" was preparation for the Death Match one week later.

"I see..."

Only then did Xiao Shi say, "All right, then. Let's begin class."

"Today, I'll tell everyone about the Apocalypse Prophecy."

The Apocalypse Prophecy?

Luo Yan had been somewhat distracted, but when he heard those words, he could not help looking up.

He saw Xiao Shi use a projector to display several photographs on the blackboard.

They were all photographs of a Stone Tablet.

"This is the Apocalypse Stele."

Xiao Shi said, "We discovered this in that 'world.' It prophesied that after humanity discovered that 'world,' the apocalypse would descend."

"Over the next one or two years, signs of the apocalypse gradually began to appear."

"That was why countries around the world secretly built Underground Cities."

"That was how we came to have the Eighteen Northern Cities and the Nine Southern Capitals we have today."

During the pause in Xiao Shi's speech, a student raised his hand. "Teacher, since there was a prophecy and the Undercities were built in advance..."

"Why wasn't it made public?"

"Were they afraid of causing panic?"

Luo Yan nodded inwardly.

He, too, had been troubled by this question.

When he saw Guangling City, he had felt somewhat indignant.

Build Undercities to evade natural disasters.

Clearly, certain people had known from the start that a disaster would occur.

Yet until the Giant Beast Calamity erupted, ordinary citizens had not received any information at all.

If they had announced it beforehand.

Even if they could not have prevented the disaster.

The casualties would not have been so devastating.

Xiao Shi sighed. "Worrying about causing panic was one reason."

"Another was that the disaster prophesied by the Apocalypse Stele would not occur until a century later."

"But no one had expected that the disaster would suddenly erupt after only half a century."

"I suppose this is what they mean by, 'Man proposes, but Heaven disposes.'"

The disaster had erupted ahead of schedule...

Luo Yan closed his eyes.

He seemed to see familiar figures flash before him.

So if the prophecy had not been wrong...

Those figures would not have had to disappear.

Xiao Shi went on to explain other topics.

It was not until class ended.

When he walked out of the classroom, the Academy's broadcast sounded, informing Luo Yan to go to the Principal's Office.

Luo Yan was stunned.

Why had they asked him to go to the Principal's Office?

Had the Academy's reward been issued?

Luo Yan was instantly filled with motivation.

Principal's Office.

When he entered.

Luo Yan saw Wei Fenghua, as well as a short old man.

The old man was dressed casually and wore a pair of flip-flops.

His snow-white hair was tied into a small braid.

Wei Fenghua introduced him. "This is the Academy's principal, Pan Renfeng."

Luo Yan nodded slightly. "Principal Pan."

Pan Renfeng chuckled. "Luo Yan, you performed excellently during your trip to the Forbidden Land."

"Especially when you drove Black Thunder and killed two beasts at a critical moment. Your courage is commendable."

"After consideration."

"We've decided to give you a reward as encouragement."

"Teacher Wei, you tell him."

Wei Fenghua stepped forward and smiled. "There are three rewards."

"First, 300 Credit Points, which have already been added to your student card."

"Second, one Heavy Weapon. I'll give you the item list later. Pick one and let me know."

"Third, the Advanced Visualization Technique."

"Once you've cultivated Observing Mountains and Seas to perfection and broken through, we'll grant you the next level of Visualization Technique."

"With no conditions attached."

The successive rewards left Luo Yan somewhat dazed.

The 300 Credit Points had been within his expectations.

One Heavy Weapon was somewhat unexpected.

As for the Advanced Visualization Technique, that was an unexpected surprise among unexpected surprises.

It meant that at least until he cultivated to the Mystic Mastery level, he would encounter no obstacles.

After composing himself, Luo Yan nodded.

Wei Fenghua then handed him a tablet computer.

It contained the Academy's list of collected Heavy Weapons, and Luo Yan was to choose carefully before reporting his selection.

When he returned to the dormitory.

Luo Yan eagerly began making his selection.

Weapons, including the various weapons used by mechs, were divided into grades.

The lowest grade was the Artisan Grade Weapon.

The rifles and combat knives issued to them when they went on missions.

As well as the Divine Might Rifle used by mechs.

All belonged to the Artisan Grade Weapon level.

The second grade was the Heavy Weapon. Weapons of this grade.

Their power far exceeded that of Artisan Grade Weapons.

The third grade was the Divine Weapon. The materials used for weapons of this grade were said to come from that "world."

And Divine Weapons were not even the highest grade.

However, given Luo Yan's current status, he could not come into contact with them yet.

He did not even know what a Divine Weapon looked like.

At that moment, Luo Yan focused on selecting a Heavy Weapon.

In the end, he chose a standard longsword called Star Splitter.

Besides the sharpness of a Heavy Weapon.

It could also split its blade and shoot the fragments outward to injure people.

And the existence of the Magnetic Absorption System.

Could reassemble the fragments of the split blade!