The entrance to the Mystic Dream Otherworld is located in the eastern district of the Haidu Academy.
It is surrounded by a wide square.
The area is guarded by the university's security team.
Most of those who enter the Mystic Dream Otherworld for simulated combat are second-year veterans, with a small number being third-year veterans.
When Qin Ze and his two companions arrived at the square, there was already a long queue in front of them.
There were at least two hundred people standing in front of them at that moment.
Huai Xu tiptoed and looked ahead.
"That'll be a wait time."
Qin Ze walked straight towards the entrance. "What the hell are you waiting in line for? Go home and wait in line!"
The female teacher once said that the Mystic Dream Otherworld was his home.
"Yes, we are SVIPs."
Huai Xu suddenly realized what was happening and quickly followed.
Wen Jing, who had originally planned to patiently wait in line, also quietly followed along.
"Where did this country bumpkin come from? How dare he cut in line?"
"The security team will have to forcibly remove them within half a minute."
"Looks familiar..."
The people in line were all watching a good show.
Anyone who disrupts the order at the scene will be permanently blacklisted from the Mystic Dream Otherworld and will never be able to enter again in this lifetime.
To everyone's surprise, after Qin Ze and his two companions presented their campus cards, the security guards let them through immediately.
Amidst the astonished gazes of the crowd, Huai Xu swaggered toward the entrance.
"That was awesome!"
The entrance to the Mystic Dream Otherworld is very similar to the entrance to the Jiang City Otherworld; both are dazzling spatial rifts.
Like a silver river falling from the heavens, it reaches the ground and is nearly a hundred meters long.
At the entrance, Qin Ze discovered a stone tablet more than ten meters high.
One hundred names were written on it, with a time following each name.
The first place lasted three months and three days, while the last place lasted a year.
Seeing Qin Ze's puzzled look, Wen Jing explained, " The Mystic Dream Stele records the top one hundred people who completed combat training the fastest."
Mystic Dream Otherworld simulates real combat through dreams.
It's somewhat similar to a game's tutorial.
The difficulty increases progressively from low to high.
Once you've completed all the simulated combat training, it means you've graduated.
The rest requires real-world experience; simulation training can no longer provide sufficient improvement.
"Three months?"
"We will break this record!"
The Huai Xu of vigor and spirit.
The three stood before the entrance, and as a beam of light shone upon them, they vanished instantly.
Just like during the last martial arts exam, Qin Ze's vision went black.
When his vision returned, he found himself in a martial arts training ground.
All the clones have lost contact.
The sudden silence in his mind made Qin Ze feel very uncomfortable.
[Simulated combat training begins]
A cold, emotionless voice echoed from the surroundings.
Then, a beam of light descended from the sky and projected onto the center of the training ground.
The light faded, revealing a humanoid battle puppet without facial features.
Without saying a word, the war puppet immediately launched an attack on Qin Ze.
At the same time, that emotionless voice rang out again, as if it were giving a lecture.
When an enemy of the same level suddenly attacks from the front, the first thing to do is...
Bang--
Qin Ze struck out with a palm, shattering the battle puppet into pieces.
[...]
Is it stuck?
The scene before him remained unchanged for a full five minutes, prompting Qin Ze to ask.
[Simulated combat training, lesson two begins]
This time, the battle puppet suddenly appeared behind Qin Ze, its speed becoming even more agile.
[When the enemy attacks from behind, you must immediately determine...]
Bang--
Qin Ze kicked the battle puppet to pieces.
The emotionless voice trailed off again.
Qin Ze stretched and said, "That's too easy. Let's go for something more difficult."
[Simulated Combat Training Lesson 20]
This time, the voice was no longer emotionless; there seemed to be a hint of anger?
Several beams of white light descended from the sky, deploying a total of fifteen battle puppets.
They stood on all sides, tightly surrounding Qin Ze.
After the war puppets were deployed, the voice remained silent, offering no instructional hints as it had in the previous two instances.
Fifteen battles launched attacks on Qin Ze simultaneously, weaving a dense, impenetrable net between the sky and the ground.
Using the Vermilion Bird Step, Qin Ze nimbly and gracefully appeared outside the encirclement of the battle puppets.
Fifteen war puppets couldn't even touch the hem of his clothes.
Qin Ze immediately turned around and launched a counterattack against the war puppet.
As he activated the Fire Movement Technique, Qin Ze's skin turned slightly red.
" White Tiger Fire Movement Fist!"
With a deafening tiger's roar, Qin Ze unleashed a powerful punch.
A phantom white tiger, its entire body engulfed in blue flames, roared and charged towards the war puppets.
boom--
Fifteen battle puppets were thrown into the air together, crashed to the ground and shattered into pieces, with blue flames leaping and burning on the parts.
Qin Ze looked at his fist in disbelief.
Wow, that's incredibly powerful.
He was just trying it out to see if the Fire Movement Technique could Fusion with the Four Symbols Technique.
It actually worked, and its power increased significantly.
Qin Ze muttered to himself, "Could it be that I really am a genius at creating cultivation techniques?"
In just a few seconds, the war puppet parts on the ground were burned to ashes by the blue flames.
Qin Ze shouted into the empty training ground, "Nine-fold water bottle!"
"Will it work or not?"
A completely emotionless voice immediately rang out, speaking extremely quickly.
[The final lesson of simulated combat training]
[How to deal with enemies stronger than yourself in a simulation]
A flash of white light, and a battle puppet with the strength of a level Level Three Martial Artist was deployed.
Qin Ze nodded. "Not bad, there are water bottles at a 95% discount."
Why hasn't the boss come out yet?
In the square, Huai Xu yawned boredly.
He and Wen Jing came out twenty minutes ago.
"He'll definitely last longer than us," Wen Jing said.
"That's true, Boss's abilities are extraordinary," Huai Xu said. "Second Brother, which lesson are you on your mock exam?"
Wen Jing replied, "Section Twelve."
Huai Xu said, "We're about the same age; I'm in the tenth period."
"Forty-nine lessons in total, a month should be enough to cover them all."
Wen Jing, however, didn't think so.
The courses get progressively more difficult.
He attempted the simulation four times in a row during the twelfth lesson, but failed each time despite receiving hints.
However, he benefited greatly from the training, and Wen Jing felt confident that he would pass after a few more days of practice.
Just then, the Mystic Dream Stele suddenly shone brightly, attracting the attention of everyone in the square.
The first place on the monument has changed.
[ Qin Ze: Two hours and thirty minutes]
Huai Xu blinked incredulously. "Did I see that right? Boss finished the entire simulation course, and in just two and a half hours?"
Wen Jing couldn't help but gasp.
The entire simulation course was completed in less than three hours. Was it like they were already fighting in the womb?
Everyone in the square was dumbfounded.
"I remember now, he's that guy from the Beast Combat class."
"Damn it! How could he be so fast?"
"Is it open? Or is there a bug in the Mystic Dream Otherworld?"
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
"He's this good in his freshman year, I can't even imagine what he'll be like in his sophomore year."
"..."
Qin Ze was unaware of the commotion he had caused outside; he was still making sarcastic remarks.
"Is that all?"
"As expected, a 10% discount on the water bottle."
"At this moment, I feel only disappointment."
[...]
Level 3 battle puppets are nothing special.
Qin Ze burned it all away with a single, fully powered Fire Movement Technique.
[Hello]
Just then, a slightly surprised voice suddenly rang out from the surroundings.