Moreover, this is ultimately an exploration by a third-year student at Azure Jade University; no matter how strong Wen Jing is, he is still a second-year student.
The academic strength of the third-year students at Azure Jade University is completely different from that of the third-year students at Ocher Soil.
The gap in educational level, resource investment, and talent level between the two colleges widens as students progress through the grades.
"I'm fine now..." Wen Jing said, but then stopped because it was time for class to start.
After class, Wen Jing didn't forget what had happened before.
"Where is Ji Shuang? I'll go check on her."
When she was hospitalized before, everyone came to visit her very warmly.
Upon Wen Jing's words, the number of people from the surrounding Ocher Soil naturally increased.
When they arrived at the ward, Ji Shuang, who was socially anxious, looked at the long line that filled the room, and her pale face turned red with embarrassment.
"Uh... Wen Jing, you found out too."
Wen Jing stepped forward. "How are you feeling now?"
"I'm fine, I'll be alright in a bit." Ji Shuang forced a smile, trying hard to stop thinking about the exploration.
Wen Jing nodded. "Tell me about the situation in that world. I'm going to take your place, and we'll split the spoils according to our due share."
Upon hearing this, Ji Shuang's eyes widened suddenly.
Everyone present was taken aback, not expecting that Wen Jing was serious before, and not just being polite.
"But... but..." Ji Shuang stammered, and Eve quickly added, "You're injured!"
She now deeply regrets her loose tongue; she shouldn't have revealed this.
"Besides, you're only a sophomore, while they're all juniors in the exploration team," Song Zhi immediately advised.
"That's right, that's right, let's just forget about it." The others present echoed.
"Just let it go? We definitely can't let it go, we have to let them know..."
Wen Jing originally wanted to say, "We Ocher Soil are not to be trifled with," but the words got stuck in his throat and he couldn't help but play with abstract language:
"Whoever breaks my sister's wings, I will destroy his entire paradise!"
A brief silence fell over the ward.
Just when Wen Jing thought everyone was about to laugh...
"Wow!"
"How impressive!"
"These words should be said to the people of Azure Jade."
The crowd echoed the voices of a supporting character in the novel, "I Woke Up and Discovered the World's Cultural Level Had Regressed 100 Times."
Only Ji Shuang in the hospital bed, showed emotion in her eyes, but weakly corrected herself, "But this time, it wasn't my wings that were injured..."
"The meaning is conveyed; it's just a metaphor." Eve patted her hand.
"Oh, okay." Ji Shuang nodded shyly.
Wen Jing: "..."
No, who understands her humor!
Seeing that everyone was moved but still looked worried, Wen Jing changed his approach. "Saying that we're only a little short of the harvest means the situation is under control. It just requires ice-type abilities. Even if I join in this time, there won't be any danger."
" Azure Jade wants to use their people as substitutes, doesn't that just prove this is a win-win situation?"
After hearing these words, everyone paused, lost in thought, and it seemed that this was indeed the case...
"Alright, it's decided then!" Wen Jing made the final decision.
*
Of course, as the absolute center of the Ocher Soil group, Wen Jing's decisions were never something anyone else could stop, not even the Student Council Song Zhi.
The news that she was going to replace Ji Shuang in the exploration team was quickly brought up to the Azure Jade Student Council.
" Wen Jing is coming to replace Ji Shuang? We already confirmed that Jialong would join!"
"That's right, and wasn't Wen Jing just injured?"
The members of the exploration team naturally had the strongest reaction upon receiving this news.
The Student Council of Azure Jade, who came to deliver the message, said expressionlessly, " Wen Jing possesses ice-type abilities, which meet the requirements for exploration. According to the exchange agreement between the two academies, we must agree."
Just as their decision to remove Ji Shuang was not procedurally irregular, Wen Jing's willingness to replace Ji Shuang was also given priority over other Azure Jade students.
She had already demonstrated her ice-based abilities during her initial intimidation upon arriving in Azure Jade.
"But--"
One of the team members tried to stand up and say something, but Jialong, who had been kicked out of the team, stiffly pulled him back down to sit. "Never mind, Chris, there's nothing we can do..."
The two were the closest among their siblings born in the same year. Chris snorted and gave up indignantly.
"We understand, Chairman. Let her attend the tactical meeting tomorrow." The captain in charge of this exploration looked grim.
The president shook his head. "Not tomorrow, postponed to the day after tomorrow. She has class tomorrow."
"What?! Why should we give in to her?!" Chris couldn't take it anymore and slammed his hand on the table, standing up abruptly.
" Wen Jing has a mission from the Academic Affairs Committee and cannot skip classes," President Azure Jade said.
"..."
This reason left the angry group speechless. No matter how influential the Student Council was within the college, it was still just an internal organization and had no right to challenge the Education Committee.
It's true that Wen Jing, this 'professor quality inspector,' offended all the professors in Azure Jade, but precisely because of this, during her three months in Azure Jade, no organization or individual could possibly override this mission.
Two days later, Wen Jing arrived at the Azure Jade Student Council for a tactical meeting.
The atmosphere in the meeting room was quite awkward; no one was giving each other a friendly look, yet everyone had to maintain a polite distance.
After a brief introduction, team leader Yu Yu began to describe the exploration progress to the sand table.
"Our last exploration reached..."
No one spoke throughout the entire process except for Yu Yu.
Wen Jing looked at the sand table calmly, without saying a word, and verified the other party's words with the information Ji Shuang had given.
That's the general situation.
After the introduction, Yu Yu looked at Wen Jing: " Wen Jing, what you need to do is create a landing point by freezing ice in the magma passage in Area C, so that we can pass through that high-temperature zone and enter the upper part of the lower area to obtain the rare treasures inside. Are you capable of doing that?"
Wen Jing nodded readily, saying succinctly, "No problem."
Chris finally couldn't help but speak sarcastically, "Don't make empty promises now, or you won't be able to keep them later."
Before he could finish speaking, the temperature in the entire conference room plummeted to minus twenty degrees Celsius, causing the room alarm to go off.
Peggy, the weakest member of the four Azure Jade members and the discoverer of this world, couldn't help but shudder, and the other three also had their expressions change drastically.
"Would you like to give it a try first?"
Amidst the flashing warning lights, Wen Jing's calm face flickered between light and shadow. She glanced at Chris, then looked at Yu Yu: "If he can't participate, I can recommend Ocher Soil's classmates to replace him."
"What did you say?!"
Chris stood up abruptly, his face flushed, and energy surged around him. The others also looked grim.
Indeed, Wen Jing has a great reputation and immediately put his fellow students at Azure Jade to shame. However, everyone present was a third-year student at Azure Jade, and even the weakest among them, Peggy, was a D-level Awakened with an 83% compatibility rate.
Their attitude of completely disregarding them was simply too arrogant.
"Enough!" Yu Yu also unleashed her energy, her aura instantly overwhelming Chris: " Chris, collaborative exploration requires cooperation. If you don't want to participate, you can leave now."
The one who becomes the team captain is always the strongest member of the team.
Chris and Yu Yu faced off for a moment, then Chris obediently lowered his head. "I understand."
Yu Yu glanced at Wen Jing, whose expression remained unchanged amidst the whirlpool, and continued to say to Chris, "Apologize to Wen Jing."
"..." Chris hesitated for a moment, then finally spoke, "I'm sorry."
Yu Yu turned around as well. " Wen Jing, I hope you don't mind. The current task is the most important."
"That's right, the mission is important." Wen Jing raised an eyebrow.
The tense situation was barely resolved. After Yu Yu explained the alarm in the conference room, the group went directly to the registration center.
The staff at the registration center were all shocked to see Wen Jing acting with the members of the Azure Jade Operations Department —after her feat of returning in two days last time, she had become the most famous student in the registration center, without a doubt.
The staff members were completely surprised to see Wen Jing again so soon, and watched with awe as she and four other people stood on the platform.
No wonder they won the Freshman League championship; they really put in an extraordinary amount of effort!
"Ten, nine, eight..."
As the countdown to the shuttle began, Wen Jing's gaze fell on the Locator Stone on the instrument, which was clearly of a higher grade than the one used during the exploration of the Ocher Soil.
Her participation in the Azure Jade exploration was not only to help Ji Shuang reclaim what she owed, but also a choice she made after careful consideration.
After her Consciousness Diversion, Wen Jing's two consciousnesses could communicate with each other, whether in different Ancient Wilderness or in the Ancient Wilderness and material universes. This made her more cautious about whether there was a strong connection between her two bodies.
After the split, she only entered the Ancient Wilderness Chess Game World at night, and did not explore it during the Ancient Wilderness day.
The fear is that if, while randomly traversing a world, one might accidentally end up next to the Spacetime Amber's Clone.
Even with this concern about free travel, let alone tracing the Gravity Silk into the same world, Wen Jing couldn't determine whether the anchor point of the Gravity Silk was more stable, or the anchor point between the two Clone was more stable.
In comparison, the shuttle method using Locator Stone is clearly more secure.
"Three, two, one!"
The five figures disappeared from the platform at the same time.
The heat swept through, and the sky looked like it had been torn open, with Scorching Heat red lava cascading down like waterfalls.
The solidified outer portion forms the land of this world, but it is mostly composed of lava springs of varying sizes.