First Entering the Secret Realm

"Teacher, they're all handed out!"

After a while, Yu Sisi, who had finished distributing all the wristbands, walked over and reported to Lin Yizhong.

"However, there's still one missing. Lin Yu's hasn't been handed out yet!"

"It's fine, he doesn't need one!"

Lin Yizhong shook his head and spoke.

"..."

Lin Yu was too drained to even complain anymore. But he truly did not care. After all, to him, this so-called barrier wristband made no difference whether he had it or not.

"..."

Yu Sisi stared at Lin Yu speechlessly as well. She felt like she no longer recognized this classmate she had known for years. It felt as though they had been classmates for nothing.

"Alright, if everyone has theirs, wait quietly for a moment. We'll be entering the secret realm soon!"

After a while, the other classes had finished preparing as well. Seeing that everything was ready, the old principal turned to Teacher Zhu.

"Teacher Zhu, open the barrier!"

Teacher Zhu nodded and activated the barrier switch. The barrier covering the secret realm entrance slowly opened a gap wide enough for one person under the mechanism's effect, revealing the enormous vortex inside.

"Class One goes in first. Teachers will lead the way, and students will follow behind them."

At the old principal's command, Lin Yizhong took the lead into the secret realm, followed by the students one after another.

As Lin Yu passed through the vortex, he had expected some kind of discomfort. To his surprise, it was just like using Flying Raijin—there was not the slightest bit of discomfort. Lin Yu could not help clicking his tongue in wonder.

"Tsk tsk! Is Blue Star's transportation technology this advanced? It doesn't feel like passing through another space at all."

"Dad, this world's mysterious rules are quite powerful. They can actually create so many stable subspaces!"

"Subspaces? What are those?"

"Simply put, this secret realm is another spacetime separate from Blue Star. You can think of it as something like the Kamui Dimension from the Naruto world."

After hearing 9527's explanation, Lin Yu nodded thoughtfully. This secret realm really was quite mysterious! Then Lin Yu thought of something else.

"So does that mean I can't use Flying Raijin to teleport out if I'm inside the secret realm?"

"That's right, Dad!"

The Flying Thunder God Technique could only be used within the same spacetime. In other words, teleportation could only take place within the same spacetime.

The secret realm and Blue Star were two different spacetimes. Once one passed through the vortex, it was equivalent to entering an entirely different space from the original one. As a result, there was no way to use Flying Raijin to escape the secret realm.

"Looks like Flying Raijin isn't invincible after all. Makes sense. If it could cross dimensions, it probably wouldn't be just an SS-rank ability!"

Lin Yu nodded in understanding, then began carefully observing the secret realm's environment. It was his first time entering a secret realm, and he was curious about what it was like inside.

A lush primeval forest greeted his eyes. Countless jelly-like creatures wandered leisurely among the trees, unexpectedly giving off a peaceful impression!

Clap clap...

Lin Yizhong clapped his hands. Once everyone's attention was on him, he spoke.

"Everyone, act according to the groups assigned earlier."

"There are two points. First, do not venture deep into the forest. The deeper you go, the higher the Slimes' levels become. There are peak first-rank Slimes in the depths of the forest, and those aren't something you can handle yet!"

"Second, activate your wristbands immediately if you encounter danger. Don't try to act tough!"

"If you understand, get started!"

"Got it, Teacher!"

The students answered, then followed their previous groupings and headed off together to cause trouble for those blobs of jelly!

"Xiao Yu, go wander around as you please. I won't keep an eye on you!"

"..."

Lin Yu rolled his eyes, nodded, shoved his hands into his pockets, and headed into the woods!

As he passed Zhu Fugui, he even waved and gave him an encouraging look!

"Old Zhu, what's going on with Lin Yu? Why is Teacher so unconcerned about him?"

A student in Zhu Fugui's group could no longer suppress his curiosity and asked Zhu Fugui. He knew Zhu Fugui was close to Lin Yu, so he definitely had to know about Lin Yu's situation!

"Ha... Won't you find out when the school announces everyone's talents?"

Zhu Fugui gave a vague laugh and did not elaborate. This was his good brother's private secret; he was not about to spread it around.

Lin Yu entered the forest and curiously observed everything around him. Slimes truly deserved their reputation as the least threatening magical beasts. Even when Lin Yu passed by them, they did not pay him any attention.

"9527, why don't you have that kind of function where you can tell a magical beast's information at a glance?"

Looking at the blobs of jelly before him, Lin Yu suddenly remembered something and casually asked.

"..."

Lin Yu had not cared much at first, but when 9527 suddenly fell silent, he froze for a moment. Then he seemed to realize something, and his expression turned rather unpleasant.

"9527, don't tell me you forgot!"

"..."

9527 still did not speak. Lin Yu could practically see 9527's guilty figure in his mind! His face went completely dark.

Lin Yu let out a long breath and suppressed the urge to uninstall 9527. He silently reminded himself that this was his own system sprite. It was still young, still just a child. He needed to be more tolerant.

"Speak up already. I won't scold you!"

"Okay, Dad! I'll activate the inspection function for you right away. The inspection function can inspect anything Dad designates!"

The moment 9527 heard that Lin Yu would not scold it, it immediately reappeared and spoke ingratiatingly.

"Dad, as long as you look at something and silently think 'inspect,' you'll receive its information!"

Lin Yu rolled his eyes. He had completely lost his temper with his own system sprite.

Then Lin Yu casually looked at a Slime wandering nearby and silently thought, Inspect. A simplified attribute panel that only Lin Yu could see appeared above the Slime's head!

"Slime: First-rank, Level 2 magical beast. Danger level: low!"

"That's so bare-bones. You didn't cut corners, did you?"

"No, absolutely not! The system can only view general information right now. More detailed information will only be available after the system upgrades!"

9527's resolute voice rang out.

"Alright then!"

This was already much better than what everyone else had. Previously, people had sensed Lin Yu's strength only because their levels were far higher than his. But that kind of sensing could only detect someone up to two ranks below oneself, and even then, it could only determine an approximate level. In that regard, the system's inspection function was far stronger! Lin Yu was already quite satisfied with this!

Lin Yu ignored these Level 1 and 2 Slimes. Honestly, he did not even have the desire to make a move against such low-level creatures. Killing them would not give him any energy points anyway, so he might as well leave them for the others to practice on!

So Lin Yu continued deeper into the forest, wanting to see whether there might be something like a Slime King.