It has a deer's head and a human body, holding a tortoise shell or a grass stem.
It has the head of a wolf and the body of a human, and holds a shield or a short knife.
The bronze statues appeared and faced her, standing quietly in their respective squares, without making any aggressive moves.
Wen Jing noticed the circular base of their lower bodies, and combined it with the surrounding square floorboards with sides measuring one meter... and instantly understood.
"Checkerboard?"
She looked down at her position again. "So now I've become one of the pawns too."
"Those four spatial and temporal restrictions mean... the range I can move within?"
Wen Jing drifted to a square in front of him, and there was no reaction around him; the spacetime slicing still existed.
As she continued forward, approaching the edge of the squares and reaching the intersection of the lines, she discovered that the 'rectangular spacetime' that limited her movement had shifted, transforming into a four-square grid centered on her current location.
"Whoosh..."
At the same time, the sound of metal rubbing against the ground rang out.
Five meters away from Wen Jing, the nearest bronze wolf-head statue suddenly moved two spaces along the lines, almost blocking her way.
"This guy's head isn't a 'horse', so how can he move two squares?"
Wen Jing stared intently at the wolf-headed chess piece, then moved it one square to the side.
As she arrived, the familiar rustling sound rang out.
But this time Wen Jing didn't stop. Before the moving piece arrived, she moved to the next square even faster.
Then, she immediately realized that the cheating method wouldn't work; the surrounding restricted space hadn't changed, it was still within the 'previous step' range.
With a scraping sound, the wolf-headed chess piece landed squarely where Wen Jing should have been.
In the next instant, space and time suddenly shifted.
"Roar--!"
On the stone platform where the boundaries were invisible, a two-meter-tall wolf-headed man roared and attacked Wen Jing with a bronze dagger in his hand.
"When!"
Its blade-like forelimbs steadily blocked the bronze dagger opposite it.
When the two meet, the forelimbs are even stronger than the bronze dagger.
A cold, amused glint flashed in the pale insect's compound eyes. "Very well, we've reached a familiar stage again."
*
This night coincides with the natural night. On the night of Azure Jade Star, the bright Red Earth Star can also be seen. In another month, it will become farther and farther away, and smaller and smaller.
This is the second night that Wen Jing has returned after the overtime period.
The exchange students from the Ocher Soil were all dejected. From initial anticipation and anxiety, most of them had to give up.
The Federation has examples of Awakened returning after a certain timeframe.
However, the vast majority of them return on the first night, exceeding the golden time of the first night. The longer the disappearance, the fewer people who can successfully return, occurring only once every ten years or even once every hundred years.
From the emergence of the Awakened to the establishment of the Federation, it has only been a little over three thousand years.
The emergency lights at the Azure Jade Registration Center are always on.
Xie Ming sat here, waiting while simultaneously handling various affairs of the Red Earth Academy through his smart terminal.
A staff member standing nearby couldn't help but yawn and shake his head inwardly.
With this large foreign Buddha statue here, everyone felt quite uncomfortable. Fortunately, according to the dean's instructions, we should only have to wait one more day before it ends.
It's already the second night; how could a sophomore who hasn't fully awakened still be alive?
Time passed second by second.
Just when everyone thought it was another hopeless night...
"Drop--!"
A sharp alarm suddenly rang throughout the entire registration center.
To the astonishment of the two staff members on duty, a familiar figure appeared in the lobby.
Xie Ming, who was processing business on his smart terminal, was startled and jumped up from his seat.
" Wen Jing!"
A pale-faced Wen Jing brushed aside the syringe from the emergency robot and exclaimed in surprise, "Mentor, you've come..."
"I knew it..."
Xie Ming breathed a sigh of relief, then immediately noticed that although she didn't appear to be seriously injured, her energy aura was extremely weak, so weak that he could even detect it.
"You're all right now that you're back. Get some rest."
As he spoke, strange water energy rippled out and enveloped Wen Jing.
She immediately felt a surge of life force flowing into her body, just like after her battle with her teacher, but this time the restorative power was much greater.
Following this healing force, Wen Jing closed his eyes peacefully on the stretcher, focusing all his energy on healing.
This time, she was missing half of her body. The emergency repair in the Chime Bells World only made her body look complete, but it did not mean that the injury had been healed. Moreover, she had to fight afterward and only returned after discovering that the wolf-headed chess piece could not be eaten.
"... Not only her Wilderness Body, but her spiritual body was also severely damaged... but it's good that she's alright..."
In his Wen Jing could still hear Dean Fu's voice, but he couldn't open his eyes anymore.
The registration center was brightly lit, and the news spread quickly.
I'm back!
Wen Jing actually made it back!
Especially considering this was only the second night she had been missing, the significance of this is self-evident and speaks volumes about her capabilities.
Three days later, in Azure Jade's hospital room, Ocher Soil's classmates offered their advice in a cacophony of voices:
" Wen Jing, you should rest and recuperate for a while longer."
"Yes, these things can't be rushed. Your health is the most important thing. Don't push yourself so hard."
"That's right, you're injured, so your learning efficiency isn't high."
"Don't worry, it won't affect anything." Wen Jing shook his head at them. "I can't go to the Ancient Wilderness while I'm recuperating from my injuries, which is a good time for me to study!"
Everyone froze, speechless, and could only look at Xie Ming.
If they had experienced something as close to death as Wen Jing, they definitely wouldn't want to mention the Ancient Wilderness in the short term. Only she seemed completely unaffected.
Xie Ming stayed in Azure Jade for five days. Wen Jing had returned safely, so he had to go back to deal with the matter of Ocher Soil.
He knew that once he left, no one else here could stop Wen Jing.
"Are you sure?" Xie Ming asked seriously, "Your situation is special this time. The agreement with the Education Committee can be temporarily suspended until you recover."
Wen Jing looked at him seriously. "I'm sure, I feel like I'm particularly suited to studying lately!"
"Alright." Xie Ming had no choice but to nod.
*
Some were happy while others were sad. While the students of Ocher Soil were overjoyed that Wen Jing had returned alive, some were also very disappointed.
"She's lucky to be alive."
Upon hearing the news, Saerjia's cheerful mood, which had lasted for two days, turned sour again. However, he heard that Wen Jing's injury was serious this time, and it seemed that he would not be able to fulfill his promise to the Education Committee.
With this thought in mind, Saerjia's steps became lighter again as he headed to class.
However, when he walked into the classroom, he saw that familiar figure again, and his face immediately turned ugly—wasn't Wen Jing seriously injured?!
"Alright, let's see how she manages to force herself to study..."
When class started, Saerjia was explaining absentmindedly, his attention focused entirely on Wen Jing.
The number of students on his side has decreased significantly compared to the beginning, and the number of students in the two circles of the Prism Shield class is now almost equal.
Soon after, gasps of surprise erupted from the group on the other side.
Then came Wen Jing Jing's unhurried explanation, followed by a burst of excited discussion.
Teaching assistant Sang Qing glanced at Wen Jing from time to time, unable to hide her shock.
As a fully Awakened and the true instructor of this shield course, Sang Qing's combat power far surpasses that of Awakened of the same rank, so she could naturally sense that Wen Jing's aura was much weaker than before.
Surprisingly, this serious injury didn't affect her at all; on the contrary, it seemed to have further stimulated her talent.
Soon, as Wen Jing returned to class 'with injuries', the teaching assistants who knew her well all had the same feeling as Sang Qing.
[Master ' Prism Shield ', Skill Points +30]
Looking at the prompts on the panel, Wen Jing curled the corners of his lips into a smile.
"I've already told you that I'm in a great position to study right now..."
In less than ten days, she broke through the skill level that she had only just entered the proficiency stage.
Beyond the benefits of 'escape' and '+1 resurrection coin', the [ Consciousness Diversion ] feature, which cost Wen Jing thousands of Skill Points, finally revealed its third major advantage.
Wen Jing's half of his body, sealed within the Spacetime Amber, is immobile, but his consciousness can still think synchronously.
Now she has two consciousnesses that can think differently, which means that when she is studying, one consciousness can delve into one line of thought, while the other consciousness ponders another inspiration.
Comprehension ability is equivalent to transforming from a single-core CPU to a dual-core CPU; the mysterious and elusive personal trait of 'comprehension' has undergone a direct and significant increase.
It's not a double improvement, because the two consciousnesses can communicate without language, ultimately resulting in a synergistic effect where one plus one is greater than two.
Soon enough, the professors at Azure Jade discovered this.
If the Wen Jing before the injury was still somewhat frightening, the Wen Jing after the injury was simply terrifying...
Chapter 141
At 7 p. m., Wen Jing was alone in the villa, his consciousness focused on the control panel.
[ Skill Points: 105]
These days, with the support of the 'dual-core processor', her learning progress has been rapid, and many of her combat skills and secret techniques have broken through to the mastery level, thus gaining a wave of Skill Points.
Although this progress is much faster than before, these Skill Points are still insufficient for Wen Jing, who has just witnessed the massive consumption of [ Consciousness Diversion ].
In comparison, devouring civilization ruins is a much better way to obtain Skill Points.