Nanyang City.
This was where the college entrance exam had been held.
It was also where new students reported to their universities after the exam.
Compared to the enormous crowds during the college entrance exam,
there weren't as many people in Nanyang City today.
But it was bustling in a different way-huge flying mutant beasts lay all across the square.
Every one of them had gleaming golden feathers, as lustrous as scales.
Their massive size and formidable presence exerted an oppressive pressure even as they simply lay there.
"Whoa! So many flying mutant beasts?" Zhao Qiu exclaimed in shock.
They hardly ever saw this many flying mutant beasts.
Even when they did see some, there were never this many.
"Golden-Winged Eagles, Storm Eagles, Gale Eagles... they're all famous rulers of the skies!"
Naturally, these flying mutant beasts were mounts the various esper universities had sent specifically to pick up their new students.
At this point, someone might ask:
Why not use planes?
What a joke!
There were so many flying mutant beasts in the sky.
If you dared to fly a plane, it could get knocked out of the air at any moment.
Nobody wanted their plane to suddenly crash just as they took off.
There was also one crucial reason-cost!
How much did a plane cost?
An ordinary plane could easily cost tens of millions, and it was liable to get shot down.
Switching to a superpower fighter jet would cost even more.
And flying mutant beasts?
Wild flying mutant beasts were everywhere.
As long as you were capable enough, you could capture a few alive.
The cost was practically nothing. All you had to provide was three meals a day.
Flying in planes was out of fashion now.
Everyone rode flying mutant beasts.
Cheap and practical. If one