A Word About the Future

Upon seeing the corpses on the ground, victims of a blood attack, everyone fell silent.

Moreover, the attack also affected the students who had not yet advanced, who were hiding behind the battlefield; one of them was missing.

"Now there are 7 of us left in our class. It's great that we survived against Class S. Especially... Ye Qian, right? You're so strong." The girl who spoke was a main damage dealer, and she smiled slightly at Ye Qian while covering her wound.

Aisha rushed over and helped Ye Qian up, asking, "Are you alright?"

"It's alright, it was just a dream after all, so it didn't hurt that much," Ye Qian could only say.

"I feel that the pain sensation is quite close to reality, which is really admirable." The agile boy sighed at this moment, "Our class is now crippled, but at least we managed to tie with the other side... no, we should say we won, taking down four and a half of them, and we were facing a class with that kind of strength."

"In that case, is there still a chance to be promoted to Class A?" a girl who hadn't been promoted asked worriedly.

"Yes, this battle will definitely be recorded by the school, and it will definitely be counted as our achievement in the final evaluation. Of course, to maintain this achievement, we still need to collect more Life Cores, otherwise it will affect the final score."

"So, the Core of Life isn't actually the only factor determining class ranking?" Aisha asked.

"Yeah, that's right. After all, it's hard to say how strong a class that's been crippled is, right? We can still have the upper hand against Class S, so at least Class B is no problem. But as for Class A, unless we can kill more than four Transcendent in the next battle."

Ye Qian: "..."

Four more were killed?

She felt that there was basically no chance.

However, the biggest benefit of this battle for her was learning to draw spirit from other bodies without causing any subsequent negative effects on those bodies.

It's like diverting a little of your energy to it.

Five points may not seem like much, but for someone who has been promoted, it would take several consecutive upgrades to earn them.

Based on the previous three-fold calculation, on average, Ye Qian No. 2 can now increase her mental attribute by about 0.9 to 1 point per upgrade. In the future, with more bodies and higher extraction efficiency, she might be able to rival a level 20 Transcendent without upgrading.

However, the maximum increase in a single attribute for a human during an upgrade is 0.5, Ye Qian's strongest form only averaged 0.3. Looking at it this way, she wasn't really a genius, just rather excellent. Most ordinary people upgrade between 0.1 and 0.2, and while the percentage reaching 0.3 isn't high, it should still be around 10%.

Afterwards, the team discussed the matter and began assigning roles based on individual abilities. Even ordinary students participated in the discussion, aiming to disrupt the enemy during the battle.

"Anyway, the final result will probably be a total wipeout. Before we withdraw from the competition, all we can do is try our best to kill as many opponents as possible." The boy with the agility attribute said seriously, looking at everyone. "But now there's a problem: the battle needs a commander. Who would be a good choice?"

The girl, whose main attribute was strength, thought for a moment and said, "You two, either one will do. Although my ability deals high damage, it's really no match for yours."

This agile person, with their stealth ability combined with high speed, is too strong in ambush. Once someone is caught off guard on the battlefield, they can quickly kill them.

Ye Qian, surprisingly resilient, mainly relies on her ability to withstand attacks, combined with the Reverse Flow of Body and some of the abilities of the God-Forbidden, making her surprisingly good in close combat. This shows that the effects of her physical attributes are quite good, and with her absurd Fireball, her ranged combat ability has also increased, making her a true all-rounder.

"Then I'll leave it to you." The boy looked at Ye Qian.

He had no objection to being commanded by such a beautiful and powerful girl.

"Well then, I'll keep an eye on you guys during the upcoming battle. If you hear my orders, remember to pay attention." Ye Qian smiled slightly.

"Okay, be careful too, your injury is quite serious."

The team continued their operation and soon encountered a dream monster.

If they continued with their initial strategy, they certainly wouldn't have fared well without four Transcendent. However, Ye Qian, who possessed the Mystic Thread, began to read the mind of the dream monster and discovered that this creature didn't actually have any thoughts in its head, but it did have a subconscious mechanism similar to premonition.

In other words, the dream monster is more like a virtual entity composed of a potentially chaotic will. Although it does not think like a normal person, it is driven by the mind and must go through the "decision" step before taking any action.

This step allowed Ye Qian to anticipate his actions.

Then her command became incredibly absurd; she could almost always anticipate the target's actions in advance, allowing her team members to make the best response.

For example...

"Move to the right," Ye Qian shouted.

Seeing the monster attack to the right, the girl in charge hesitated for a moment. From her perspective, if she went to the right, she would collide head-on with the monster's claws.

Then she ignored him and dodged to the left.

As the monster approached, it suddenly veered to the left and struck her hand hard.

She screamed and quickly stepped back, her eyes widening as she looked at her injured arm. If she hadn't reacted quickly, she would have been seriously injured.

"Dodge to the right," Ye Qian's voice came again.

This time, the monster attacked from the right.

Dodging to the right means you'll be hit in a vital spot.

But this time the girl hardened her heart and simply listened to Ye Qian, since it wouldn't be her responsibility if she died anyway.

So she did as instructed.

Almost simultaneously with dodging to the right, the monster's body also turned to the left.

"What?"

A feint.

Yes, this dream monster is good at feinting, because one of its abilities is a special "folding step" that can change direction in an extremely short time.

In order for this ability to be effective, they often pretend to attack a certain part of the enemy, but in reality they are deceiving the opponent's defense, and then at the last moment they suddenly change direction and attack the opponent from a strange angle.

After dodging the attack, the girl was truly shocked by Ye Qian's abilities.

At that moment, the agile student launched a sneak attack, hitting the monster and killing it.

The Core of Life is in hand.

"How exactly did you predict its movements?" the girl asked Ye Qian in surprise.

"It's probably... observation." Ye Qian puffed out her cheeks. "My ability has a slight element of divination, which is somewhat useful to dream creatures."

"Unbelievable. If I had known you had this ability, I should have let you take command from the beginning." The boy smiled helplessly.

"That's amazing." Aisha's eyes were full of admiration. "Ye Qian is really all-around amazing. How can there be such an outrageous girl like you in this world? I feel like you're almost on par with those geniuses in Class S."

"This year's situation seems really special. All of us promoted have been assigned to Class D. I don't know why."

"Perhaps... there are just too many strong individuals this year?"

Ye Qian couldn't help but ponder, but she couldn't help but wonder if it was related to that old man Norton.

But what benefit would doing this bring to my actions?

It's obvious that it will be a long time before she deals with Norton's task, so there's no point in tampering with things at the time of enrollment, right?

After several battles, the team suddenly encountered a relatively weak class.

On the other side is Class C, which has a Transcendent.

Upon seeing D, the four students clearly relaxed, only to be wiped out by the sudden attack from the other side.

Then they encountered Class B, a 7-on-6 team battle against three Ascended Beings. After the battle, in order to restrain the opposing Transcendent, two of their non-Ascended Beings withstood fatal attacks and lost their lives. Ye Qian, though more seriously injured, managed to wipe out the opposing team.

After obtaining several Life Cores, the team was immediately attacked by an A-level squad.

This time, everyone chose to avoid fighting and ran away with all their might. Then, except for the teammate who was the main agility-focused, everyone else died on the way to cover the retreat.

But precisely because of this, one person remained in the class and was not eliminated.

This agile boy, like Voldemort, hid everywhere and managed to survive until the end of the game, successfully protecting all the core players.

When everyone left the Dream World and arrived at a hall in the academy, the teacher had a smile on his face.

"Although the results aren't out yet, I just asked around, and we're definitely going to get promoted to A. Correspondingly, the weakest student in the original A class will be demoted to the top of B class."

"So, we're third in Class A?"

Ye Qian nodded, thinking that it was indeed as she had expected.

She had focused all her energy on combat power during this competition, and with the interference from the dream being too strong, even the Mystic Thread couldn't capture any information about the members of the Fading Lamp Society, which made her a little disappointed.

But no matter what, even if the other party knew about him, they wouldn't dare to make a move in a place like a school.

Because there are indeed many strong individuals in the academy.

"Alright, everyone go and get some rest."

The meeting is adjourned.

At this moment, two familiar-looking students, a boy and a girl, walked over. They were the two who had led the S class earlier.

However, Ye Qian ignored him and ran off with Aisha ahead of time.

These people from Class S were clearly a bit unhappy, and she didn't want to have a direct conflict with them, so she decided to just run away.

Seeing the girl opposite them act like that, they took two steps back and timidly pulled each other away, leaving the two of them both amused and exasperated.

"She's actually kind of cute. Her fighting style is so fierce, I really can't believe it," the male team leader said with a wry smile.

"You're not thinking of changing your mind, are you?" The girl next to her immediately turned grim. "You're already captivated by a complete stranger after just one meeting?"

"No, no, no, I wouldn't dare." The boy immediately shook his head.

"Cut."

"Those two look like a couple."

Aisha, who had been dragged along by the hand for a while, muttered something under her breath and finally slowed down to keep up with Ye Qian.

"She's all bark and no bite, she's just looking for trouble." Ye Qian her eyes at her.

"You look so cool fighting! So handsome and cute. I'm so glad I'm not a boy." Aisha patted her chest and looked at Ye Qian's face carefully.

"You don't have any strange thoughts about me, do you?" Ye Qian immediately covered her chest, looking wary. "We're both girls."

"Ahem, what are you saying? My orientation is perfectly normal." Aisha put her hands on her hips, looking speechless.

"A girl once said the same thing, and later she even became addicted to drinking my foot bath water."

Aisha: "???"

She couldn't help but glance at Ye Qian, which were clad in black socks and had amazing shape, and her tiny little feet. Her face twitched.

"It seems you really are very charming. I think it's not impossible for a girl who's a little gay to fall for you." She curled the corners of her mouth. "Of course, I'm not that kind of person. Just treat me like a normal girl."

"Uh-huh."

The Mystic Thread has found that you are indeed normal now, but why do you keep thinking about things like "If I were a boy, I would definitely pursue Ye Qian"?

That evening, as darkness fell, Ye Qian took out her phone and saw a call from Norton.

"So, did you participate in the inter-class competition today? Did you get beaten up badly?"

Upon hearing what was said on the other end, Ye Qian was stunned for a moment, and then she couldn't hold back anymore.

"What do you mean by 'whether you got a good beating'?"

"Haha, don't be sad even if you lose. I specially arranged your class to put some pressure on you and let you experience a high-difficulty battle. After all, the opportunity to personally experience life-and-death combat is rare, so it will be very beneficial for you."

"Mr. Norton, is this some kind of training for me?"

"That's right. You need to know that in the Dream World, there's a chance to survive a battle, but if it happens in reality, no matter how strong the enemy you face, you must rely on your own abilities to defeat them. Because dreams can be repeated, but reality only offers one chance."

"All right."

Ye Qian didn't really have any interest in this kind of competition.

She's been through a lot of battles; she even managed to kill Luo Chen with her ordinary body.

Honestly, even the students from Class S that I encountered today didn't have much combat experience.

Looking back, both sides were really just using their abilities to clash with each other.

However, the girl who was the deputy commander among the enemies was quite strong; she used Blood Touch to inflict damage on herself multiple times.

"That girl seems to be the strongest in Class S."

She silently made a note of it, thinking about how she should deal with someone like that in the future.

"I really should develop my abilities God-Forbidden. Maybe I should learn some powerful skills in the Main World or the Kalu World. The Fireball is too low quality. Not only is it extremely energy-intensive to force it with mental power, but its power is also very small. It can't really cause much damage except for head-on attacks." She sighed and began to consider going to check on Kalu.

Chapter 133 Let's Talk About the Future

Before focusing on the Kalu World, Ye Qian temporarily went to the Main World.

She wanted to see if there were any blueprints for a catapult.