[Biochemical Warrior progress: 20%] [Arnold has adapted to the two hormones currently in his body and completed the Ukemak team's practical combat simulation training. He is ready for a real combat test.]
The first message Jia Xiu received when he woke up, unexpectedly, was from the Sect Master.
The alchemists of Ukemak were still steadily advancing the Biochemical Warrior project.
From the looks of things, Arnold had probably reached the "Two Dragons Carrying a Coffin" level. Jia Xiu wondered whether this world's hormones came in enough varieties to give someone "the power of nine dragons."
But speaking of which, what was this real combat test supposed to be? Were they going to send Arnold out to hack up actual Devils?
Jia Xiu got up. He could set Arnold's situation aside for now; it was time to take Mia's night shift.
After he had set up his trap spells, no one passed by until nightfall.
If he hadn't heard two elimination announcements, he would have started wondering whether the basic premise of his plan was wrong—that the other competitors simply weren't planning to walk anywhere.
Another possibility was that the map was too large. The safe zone had only shrunk once, so there hadn't been many chances for the competitors to clash, and there was no urgent need to head toward the center.
That was probably why no one had come this way.
After all, half the first day of the competition had already passed, and only two of the 100 competitors had been eliminated. The fighting really wasn't very intense.
Maybe everyone was still building up their strength.
The organizers had also placed various kinds of supplies in random spots throughout the forest.
Jia Xiu had gathered some, too. The quality wasn't great; most of it consisted of