Wen Jing was prepared. Her Gravitational Field fixed a huge solidified rock as a foothold, while she released an Ice Domain, creating a low-temperature zone. All the incoming magma turned into her shield as it approached.
"Smack!"
Just as the Lava Giant Lizard was exhausted after unleashing its ultimate attack, the little bug shot out of the rock sphere like a bullet.
Instantly, Supergravity Field was applied to the monitor lizard's raised head.
Suddenly encountering an invisible, immense force, the opponent's movements faltered, revealing a fatal flaw.
Now!
Wen Jing transformed into a streak of light, traveling along the giant lizard's lowered neck straight towards its head.
A blade of energy, wrapped in Frost Vein Silk, formed on her forelimbs and stabbed fiercely into the eye that had been attacked earlier!
"Roar--!!!"
This blow severely damaged the giant lizard's brain, and its frantic howls shook the entire space.
The giant lizard's lava armor glowed extremely erratically.
Wen Jing's gaze fell on its heart, and even with just his energy vision, he could see that it was emitting a blinding light like the sun.
"Is this the [ Molten Core ]?"
Knowing this was a near-death burst, she didn't greedily strike, and Extreme Speed withdrew and retreated.
Prism Shield, Gravitational Lens, Ice Domain... an absolute defensive perimeter centered on Wen Jing appeared.
At the same time, volcanic energy erupted within the monitor lizard.
The world lost its color as countless magma, rubble, and energy shockwaves swept across it.
In the midst of a blinding white expanse, only a single black dot, like an ink spot on white paper, stands stubbornly.
After the aftershocks of the explosion subsided, only a larger lava lake and flowing magma remained, with the remains of the giant lizard floating on top.
Master Wen, who had been hunting diligently, could finally enjoy the fruits of his labor.
The small insect transforms into a large insect, feasting to its heart's content.
Whether viewed metaphorically or physically, they were eating with great gusto.
Life: 570
Strength: 566
Speed: 355
Spirit: 443
[Gained the trait ' Advanced Heat Resistance ']
"Not bad, not bad..."
Life and strength increased by more than 100 points, and he gained Advanced Heat Resistance, which he hadn't been able to obtain even after eating for half a month on the surface of the Scorching Thirst World.
Although it was a bit of a pity that she didn't get some of the powerful traits from the monitor lizard, Wen Jing already knew that the greater the difference between the species and hers, the harder it was to obtain them.
Come to think of it, Wen Jing hasn't had such a comfortable meal in a long time.
In the Chess Game World, everything is just air; in the material universe, there is no food with energy, so for her, eating it is the same as not eating it at all.
Not to mention, compared to the pre-cooked meals of the material universe, what she ate in the Ancient Wilderness world was truly natural and organic...
*
Azure Jade Registration Center.
"That was close!"
The four members of the team returned one after another within a minute. Recalling the apocalyptic scene at the end, they looked at each other, all showing expressions of lingering fear.
"Luckily, we returned in time, otherwise we might have been interrupted."
"This is terrifying, what exactly happened in Sector D...?"
The two staff members who were supposed to be there waited for a while, but Wen Jing. Their expressions changed.
"Where is your last team member?"
Upon hearing this, the expressions of the four people all turned grim.
Upon receiving the news, Song Zhi and his team rushed over immediately. As soon as he arrived at the inquiry room of the registration center, he saw the four members of the team explaining to the dean of academic affairs and the president of the Azure Jade Student Council.
During team exploration, if not all team members return, the remaining team members will be routinely questioned.
After all, once they went to the Ancient Wilderness, no one but the parties involved could know what happened.
Not to mention that this exploration team was very special, consisting of four Azure Jade students and one Ocher Soil student, and the one who didn't return was precisely this Ocher Soil student.
"After she entered the Ancient Wilderness, she stopped speaking, and we couldn't contact her at all. We thought she had traveled to Sector D..."
"Following the meeting's emergency plan, we went to Area C immediately, where we found the markings left by Wen Jing."
"Before and after acquiring the rare item, we tried to communicate with her, but she did not respond."
"... A violent energy surge occurred in Zone D. In accordance with the evacuation regulations, our team held a vote and chose to return immediately."
"If it had been any later, our return would have been interrupted!"
Abandoning teammates is not a good thing, so the group took a very firm stance to show that the problem Wen Jing.
The incident involved two academies, including Wen Jing, the biggest troublemaker at the Azure Jade Academy.
During the four people's account of the incident, a lie detector Analysis was naturally conducted.
Azure Jade, the academic director in charge of exchange students, frowned deeply as he looked at the fact that all four of them had a deviation value below 10%.
The low deviation value indicates that the four people are not lying, but it is precisely because they are not lying that things are difficult to handle.
When traversing the Ancient Wilderness in a team, helping teammates is a matter of morality, but it doesn't mean that anyone is obligated to protect anyone else's life. Everyone's first priority is to protect their own life; this is the political correctness of the Awakened.
How could Ocher Soil accept being abandoned when his hard-won genius teamed up with Azure Jade? Absolutely not!
Not to mention that Wen Jing had just experienced a timeout during the Ancient Wilderness Era not long ago, which happened during the Azure Jade Exchange.
The dean of academic affairs had a throbbing headache; he could already imagine the conspiracy theories that would emerge once this news got out.
On Ocher Soil's side, Song Zhi, Eve, and He Yunping all knew that Wen Jing's mental strength was special. After listening to a bit, they deduced the general situation.
Eve, who had great confidence in Wen Jing's abilities, couldn't help but say, " Wen Jing might return a little later."
Upon hearing this, Chris gave her a disdainful look. "You have no idea what level of Wilderness Beast that is."
The implication was that Wen Jing survival were slim.
" Chris," Yu Yu whispered, signaling him to shut up.
Saying this at a time like this is like desperately hoping Wen Jing won't come back.
Just then, the alarm at the registration center went off.
The expressions of everyone in the interrogation room changed simultaneously, and the dean of academic affairs was the first to rush out like the wind.
In the square, Wen Jing's familiar figure stood there calmly and steadily.
Seeing the throng of people rushing out, she looked surprised. "So lively?"
"She's actually back!"
The most incredulous of all were, of course, the other four members of the exploration team.
After the initial shock came anger and skepticism.
" Wen Jing, where have you been?!"
Why didn't you wait for us in Area C?
Wen Jing threw the question back at him, "You guys didn't even wait for me to come back."
The four of them were momentarily blocked.
The academic affairs director breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Wen Jing was back, everything else was a trivial matter. "It's good that you're back. Just handle the rest according to procedure."
After saying that she would leave the two presidents there to handle the aftermath, she left first.
Wen Jing didn't waste a single minute watching the academic affairs director leave.
"The mission is over, let's distribute the loot."
The four were still pondering the relationship between the Wilderness Beast riot in District D and Wen Jing when they heard this, and their expressions varied.
Only Chris, who was already annoyed by Wen Jing, immediately shifted his opinion, concluding that she had only managed to return by sheer luck during the Wilderness Beast riot.
The thought of her secretly loitering during the exploration, only to now have to share the spoils with them, immediately made her indignant.
"Allocation is possible, but you're not cooperating and your contribution is too low to warrant an equal share with us."
The people of Ocher Soil had already spontaneously stood with Wen Jing, and Song Zhi immediately frowned. "What are you talking about? Without Wen Jing's superpower clearing the way, you won't get anything at all."
After saying that, he looked at President Azure Jade: "President He, things shouldn't be done this way."
"Our exploration is governed by well-established rules and regulations; everything is done according to the rules," Chairman He said expressionlessly.
In this situation, he will definitely stand on the side of his own people.
Let's all share our thoughts.
When it came to the distribution of profits, Peggy and Lu Zhou also stepped forward. " Wen Jing indeed did not collect rare treasures with us."
Who said I didn't collect them?
Wen Jing spoke, he took out a piece of dark purple coral.
The coral was only about half the size of a palm, its shape was incomplete, and it looked as if it had been gnawed by some creature.
"I can't take much with me if I stay."
Wen Jing chuckled strangely, "After all, I'm just an F-rank."
Upon hearing this, the Azure Jade group, who had previously been citing rules and regulations, were immediately rendered speechless.
Everyone knows Wen Jing is an F-rank, but only a fool would think her strength is only F-rank. However, many people who dislike her still use this as a fig leaf to save face.
So even now, it's understandable that she brought back so few resources—after all, she's low-level, small, and can only carry so much.
So, just after saying that everything would be done according to the rules, President Azure Jade, in order not to lose face, had no choice but to take the initiative to gather Wen Jing's pitiful little piece of coral together with the large amount of coral brought back by the other four people, and then distribute them equally among the five people.
Azure Jade's expression was extremely unpleasant, while on Ocher Soil's side, Eve and He Yunping were concentrating on suppressing the upward curve of their lips.
"President He, it's a pleasure to cooperate with you."
Song Zhi, who used to always have to bow down to President Azure Jade, felt an unprecedented sense of comfort. At this moment, she followed behind Wen Jing like a butler, carrying a classic basic plastic-sealed box.
"It's a pleasure to cooperate." Chairman He's smile was stiff.
Seeing that the group was about to leave, Yu Yu, who had been holding back for a long time Yu Yu asked the question.
" Wen Jing, what happened in District D?"
"You guess."
Wen Jing smiled and left with the spoils of their team battle, along with the rest of the Ocher Soil group.