"I'm so stupid"
Chen Yu stood in the pure white virtual space and couldn't help but mutter to himself, with a bitter and self-deprecating smile on his face, "I think too highly of myself."
He thought the 10-second requirement looked down on him, but now he realized that it was an astronomical number that was simply out of reach.
"The gap between a human being and a human being is so different." He shook his head, remembering a rude saying he heard from somewhere, and it seemed very appropriate at the moment, "How can it be bigger than a human being or a dog?"
Before being mirrored by the "Golden Edition" for an instant, he could comfort himself by saying "Brother Yi's strength is unfathomable".
But this time, facing a mirror image with exactly the same parameters as myself, but losing so cleanly and without any suspense, the blow was even more profound.
At the same time, it also made him really start to reflect on what was missing in the "200-point perfection" that he was proud of.
Chen Yu took a deep breath, his eyes became firm again, and he did not choose to quit immediately, but looked at the "First Level of Basic Training" option again.
"If you try again, I won't believe it. I can't even last 10 seconds."
Half an hour of virtual experience is fleeting.
When Chen Yu was still struggling in the arena space with the mirror image of Lin Yi that seemed to have equal parameters but was actually extremely terrifying, trying to increase the survival time by even 0.1 seconds, the next moment, the elf kicked him out of the virtual space, and the scene in front of him turned into black inside the helmet.
Chen Yu took off his helmet with some hesitation and let out a long breath.
Instead of being frustrated by repeated "instant kills", his face was filled with excitement and fighting spirit.
This feeling of constantly trying and searching for even the slightest possibility of a breakthrough under an absolute disadvantage brought him back to the days when he was addicted to those "souls" games that were famous for their high difficulty.
In that kind of game, there is no room for mistakes, and you are often tortured to death by the BOSS or even mobs.
Many people would not be able to continue playing, but he became more and more courageous with every setback. Every time he failed, he felt one step closer to success.
The fifty students in the first group took off their helmets one after another, with different expressions, but most of them had similar excitement and thinking.
They silently left their seats, put their helmets back in place according to the management's instructions, and then walked out of Virtual Classroom in an orderly manner.
In the corridor, they passed by the second group of fifty students who were already waiting and gearing up.
The students in the second group immediately gathered around and asked in low voices:
"How is it? What's it like inside?"
"Is training difficult? You guys look a little weird."
"Isn't it very real?"
The students in the first group exchanged tacit glances with each other, and smiled at the corners of their mouths.
After experiencing the "inhumane" baptism just now, a subtle mentality of "sympathy" and "we can't be the only ones suffering" emerged spontaneously.
A few of the more naughty students chuckled and answered vaguely:
"It's very interesting. You'll know when you experience it."
"Absolute surprise, guaranteed to satisfy you!"
"Don't ask about the difficulty, it's very training anyway."
This kind of hesitant and obviously "tricky" answer aroused the curiosity and competitiveness of the second group of students.
With even more complicated feelings, they couldn't wait to rush into Virtual Classroom.
Chen Yu and Zhou Yuxuan walked side by side back to the large lecture hall.
The remaining students in the classroom are still struggling with tofu and source energy control. The air is filled with the smell of bean and faint source energy fluctuations.
The person responsible for maintaining order and guidance is Liu Yuan, who has been promoted to Stardust level.
As a teaching assistant, his keen sense can easily detect the subtle deficiencies in the students' control, and he will give guidance from time to time.
"Concentrate your attention. The flow of energy should be as natural as breathing. Don't deliberately "pinch" it."
"You, your wrist is too stiff and your strength is wrong. You shook the tofu into pieces."
"Stop whispering and focus on your own practice."
Liu Yuan saw Chen Yu and the others returning and the curious looks from the students behind them, so he spoke out to maintain discipline.
However, he was also full of curiosity about Virtual Helmet, and planned to experience it firsthand when his shift was over to see what kind of training it was.
Chen Yu and Zhou Yuxuan took back their tofu and plates, found a corner to sit down, and continued the boring but crucial "cutting tofu" project.
While Chen Yu was trying to condense the source energy into a thinner and more stable "silk thread", he couldn't help but touch Zhou Yuxuan next to him with his elbow, and asked in a low voice:
"Yuxuan, how many seconds did you last in the first level?"
He remembered that his best record was only about 2 seconds, and he was still killed instantly.
Zhou Yuxuan didn't even raise his head, staring intently at the slightly trembling source energy light at his fingertips, and answered briefly, "4 seconds."
"4 seconds?!"
Chen Yu almost screamed, and quickly covered his mouth, staring at Zhou Yuxuan with wide eyes, "I'm only two seconds old, how come you are so much taller than me?"
He and Zhou Yuxuan often competed against each other. Although the overall victory was less and the loss was more, the gap was never as big as double.
He instantly thought of a possibility and blurted out, "You couldn't have run away from the beginning, right?"
Zhou Yuxuan then raised his eyes to look at him, nodded, and said in a calm tone, "That's right. You wouldn't be stupid enough to rush up and fight, would you?"
He pointed in the direction of Virtual Classroom, "Judging from the fact that the challenge requirement is just to "stay undefeated for 10 seconds," isn't the intention obvious?"
"When you see that your opponent is starting from Principal, haven't you ever thought that even if the parameters are the same, we are definitely not someone we can fight head-on?"
"I think the focus of the first level is not combat at all, but a test of how we can use source energy for movement and dodge more efficiently, especially in terms of instantaneous judgment and burst speed."
"After all, in theory, with the same 200 points Source Energy Unit, the gap shouldn't be so big that we can't deal with it."
At this time, Zhao Gang, who was next to him, also came over, with a look of dissatisfaction on his face.
He was also one of those who chose to fight head-on, with a best time of 2.2 seconds.
Zhao Gang heard what Zhou Yuxuan said and asked in confusion, "Then since you chose the escape strategy, it is easier to delay the time. Why did you fail in just 4 seconds?"
Zhou Yuxuan heard this and smiled bitterly
"I did explode the source energy into my legs immediately and retreated backwards with all my strength, but the speed of the mirror was faster than I imagined, and the distance was shortened in an instant."
"That's not all, Principal continued to chase while speeding up. He raised his hand and released three Dao Origin signifier lights. The angle was very tricky and blocked my main dodge route."
"I had to distract myself and mobilize my energy to block. As soon as my body froze, I was instantly approached by him. Then nothing happened."
After listening to Chen Yu, the slight depression caused by Zhou Yuxuan's better score immediately disappeared.
Instead, he laughed and patted Zhou Yuxuan on the shoulder, "Look, it's useless to try to find tricks. In the face of absolute strength and combat wisdom, little cleverness is vulnerable. In the end, you have to improve your hard power and practice your energy control to the point where you can use your fingers like an arm."
Zhou Yuxuan rolled his eyes at him, but did not refute, because Chen Yu was right.
He lowered his head again and focused more on practicing source energy control. The light at his fingertips seemed to be a little more stable than before.
Zhao Gang also returned to his position thoughtfully, no longer worrying about the gap of a few seconds.
On the training ground, the click of chopping plates and the faint hum of source energy once again became the main theme.
But in every student's heart, because of that half-hour virtual experience, a seed called gap and direction was planted.
The second group of students who are about to enter the virtual world will soon experience the shock of this gap firsthand.
The pace of the special training class suddenly accelerated under Lin Yi's high-pressure training of "combination of reality and reality".