First Steps into the Secret Realm!

"Are the portals all set?" Zou Mingli asked.

"Everything's ready, Captain Zou. Same as always: random transport into the forest within a five-kilometer radius. Our people are already lying in wait!"

Portals were the only passages between Secret Realms and the real world. They were special gateways that materialized when a Secret Realm descended upon the world.

Normally, a portal sent everyone who entered a Secret Realm to a fixed location.

But after years of work, researchers at the Academy of Sciences had discovered that stimulating a portal at a certain frequency could shift its destination slightly.

That turned fixed transport into random transport.

Of course, "random" was relative. The original entrance still served as an anchor, with destinations scattered around it in a circular area.

"Good. Hand out the maps, then have them line up and go in."

Zou Mingli nodded. Looking down at the students, who had no idea what was coming but were full of anticipation, he murmured, "Little ones, your first lesson at training camp has already begun."

"Everyone, line up! Collect a map and enter the Secret Realm!"

After Zou Mingli gave the nod, the uniformed staff below began keeping order and handing out maps of the Secret Realm.

"A map?"

Mu Yun stared at the little map, barely fifteen centimeters across. Something about this felt familiar.

Wasn't this just like the Outdoor Field Training?

[Beep! The host has triggered a short-term mission. The mission has been loaded. Please check it yourself!]

As he was thinking, an electronic chime suddenly sounded.

Mu Yun raised an eyebrow.

A queue for maps, followed by a system prompt? Could there really be some hidden challenge?

With growing anticipation, Mu Yun turned a sliver of his attention to the short-term mission panel.

[Short-Term Mission 12 ·