How to Enter the Specter World (Must Read!)

After absorbing Specter Energy Liquid for an entire night,

Zhou Qian was still at the eighth tier of the Calamity Specter rank.

Although there did not seem to be much change on the surface,

Xin Yang knew better.

The source energy within Zhou Qian—Shangzhi—was steadily accumulating, waiting only for that final breakthrough. He was just one step away from the ninth tier of the Calamity Specter rank.

Little Black Ball, meanwhile, had advanced first from the seventh tier to the ninth tier of the Calamity Specter rank.

It had used up half the basin of Specter Energy Liquid.

Xin Yang believed that in just a few days, once Little Black Ball absorbed the remaining Specter Energy Liquid, it would break through to the Calamity Aberration rank.

In the early stages, cultivating a companion specter's rank was not particularly difficult.

Especially for companion specters with higher serial numbers—their talent was better. Although Xin Yang did not know Little Black Ball's serial number,

he understood that Little Black Ball's serial number definitely would not be lower than Dreamsource Ghost's, Serial Number: 908.

And with Calamity Specter-grade liquid added to the mix,

cultivation was even easier.

But

cultivation could not stay easy forever.

Once a companion specter advanced to the Calamity Soul rank, simply absorbing Specter Energy Liquid would no longer be enough to increase its rank.

Of course, matters beyond the Calamity Soul rank were not urgent for Xin Yang right now.

What they needed to do was raise their cultivation as quickly as possible before their first journey into the Specter World.

Because when that time came, they would face the entire Specter World.

Therefore,

they had to raise their ranks to the peak.

That was their top priority.

After cultivating all day yesterday, Little Black Ball had not slept all night either.

It was still resting inside Xin Yang's body.

Though perhaps companion specters did not actually need rest.

Xin Yang, meanwhile, arrived at the class assigned to him with a yawn.

He had not been idle last night either, choosing instead to cultivate the Ironwood Art.

When he entered the classroom, the other students were already seated. Xin Yang was the last to arrive.

When he had received the class assignment list on the day of the awards ceremony, Xin Yang had been deeply shocked.

Shen Lingman, Ning Shiyao, and the others who had ranked around the top ten in the freshman assessment had all ended up in the same class as him.

He could not make sense of it at all.

The classroom was packed, with roughly several dozen people.

Xin Yang casually picked a seat and sat down.

A voice sounded beside his ear. "I remember you. You'd better be careful..."

Xin Yang looked toward the voice behind and to his side.

He saw an acquaintance...

The owner of Ming City's Number One Noodles.

Just as Xin Yang was about to speak,

Zhu Ende, the director of the Battle Academy's Specter Technique Combat Division, walked in.

"Quiet." Zhu Ende looked at the students whispering below and said, "I imagine you are all rather surprised. Many of you were not originally from the Battle Academy, yet you have now come to the Battle Academy."

The students stopped talking and looked eagerly at Zhu Ende on the platform. Zhu Ende continued, "This year, Glory University has established the Glory Class program, with three classes. Your freshman assessment rankings have already been recorded on the electronic board. Students ranked in the top twelve will enter the Glory Class—Calamity Class.

Students ranked twelfth through thirty-second will enter the Glory Class—Specter Class.

"Students ranked thirty-second through sixty-fourth will enter the Glory Class—Aberrant Class."

"Every month, classes will be reassigned based on the monthly assessment rankings. The Calamity Class will receive the best educational and specter resources." For a moment, cheers of excitement mingled with sighs of disappointment, filling the room.

"I got in? I actually made it into the first tier, into the Calamity Class?" Li Xiaoqiang looked utterly stunned. Then, unable to suppress the joy in his eyes, he excitedly hugged a girl beside him and shouted in delight, "How the hell did I sneak in?"

Xin Yang: "..."

The several dozen people in the classroom did not share the same joys and sorrows. Some rejoiced, while others worried.

That afternoon, Xin Yang arrived at a new classroom.

This was the real classroom of their Calamity Class...

And the teacher for their first lesson was—

Ge Shimin, the dean of the Battle Academy...

"Students, you now know who your classmates will be for the next month." Ge Shimin tapped the electronic board, drawing everyone's attention. "Your Calamity Class will be taught by the school's finest teachers."

"This freshman assessment was full of surprises. I hope you will keep up the good work. A month from now, I hope to still see you in the Calamity Class.

"Of course, if any of you fail to place in the top twelve on the next monthly assessment, you will be eliminated to another class." No top twelve in the next monthly assessment means elimination? Not even a grace period? The students were all astonished.

Ge Shimin had no choice but to explain again, "The Glory Class is a program established under the principal's leadership, and Glory Class students will enjoy all kinds of premium benefits. So we will not let people who loaf around waste resources."

"Now, let us begin the formal lesson."

"The first lesson I will teach you is—"

"What is the Specter World?"

"How do we enter the Specter World?"

"And what should we do after entering the Specter World?"

Seeing the confusion on the students' faces, Ge Shimin spoke again.

"The Specter World, as its name suggests, is a world filled with specters. The specters within it have their own social systems. They attend school, work, and wage wars. The Specter World is also divided into many factions, each fighting for itself."

"As for the specifics, future classes will naturally teach you bit by bit."

"The most important part of this lesson is the latter two questions."

"How do we enter the Specter World?"

"There are two methods!!!"

"The first is to enter the Specter World through specter checkpoints."

"However, beyond those specter checkpoints lies the battlefield between humans and specters. Passing through the specter battlefield to enter the Specter World is harder than reaching the heavens."

"The second method is what I am about to discuss..."

The old man paused here, picked up the thermos on the podium, took a sip of tea, and continued.

"Two thousand years ago, our human world discovered that we could enter the Specter World through specter nodes!!!"

"However, the technology was imperfect at the time, so it was extremely difficult for humans who entered the Specter World through specter nodes to return to the human world..."

"Another five hundred years later, humanity invented the Specter Origin Pod~"

"Anyone with a companion specter may enter the Specter World only once per month."

"Those who fail to awaken a companion specter cannot enter the Specter World..."

"To enter the Specter World, you must use a Specter Origin Pod, and every Specter Origin Pod is connected to a node in the Specter World!"

"What should we do after entering the Specter World?"

"The first thing everyone must do upon entering the Specter World is seize possession."

"Yes... seize possession..."

"When you enter the Specter World, you will directly descend into a specter body with the same serial number as your companion specter."

That was why every human placed such importance on their companion specter's serial number.

"Only after successfully seizing possession can you proceed to the next step."

"Of course, if you fail to seize possession of a specter, your soul body only needs to endure for three days in the Specter World before it can return to the human world."

"However, surviving for three days in the Specter World as a soul body is practically impossible."

"After successfully seizing possession of a specter, every person needs to do only one thing: act..."

"Yes... children! You heard correctly. Act..."

"After successfully seizing possession, you will obtain the memories of the specter you seized."

"You must always remember this: when you successfully seize that specter, you are that specter, and that specter is you..."

"Only by avoiding exposure will you have a chance to survive in the Specter World..."

"Today, the social system of the Specter World is not too different from that of human society."

"What you need to do is act for three days and avoid letting the Specter World's inspection squads discover that you are actually humans."

"During these three days, you must obtain as much intelligence about the Specter World as possible, while killing as many specters as you can to increase your strength without exposing that the original specter has already been possessed by you."

"After three days, you can return to the human world through the Specter Origin Pod..."

"And the specters that have been possessed by humans will lose their memories and reason, leaving behind only instincts of slaughter and violence..."

"Specters successfully possessed by humans!"

"In the Specter World, they are called mutated specters..."

Brothers, this chapter reveals only the tip of the iceberg of the Specter World. I said I wanted to write a different kind of novel. Every story out there has the human world being invaded by the Specter World, so I am doing the opposite. The human world has already reached the late stage of specter energy revival and has begun invading the Specter World in return. But whether humanity truly understands the horror of the Specter World remains unknown. I have not explained many of your questions. After reading this chapter, can any of you guess the true purpose of companion specters?