The emergency robot arrived at that moment, raised its powerful adrenaline pump on its robotic arm, and injected him directly into his heart.
Xie Ming suddenly opened his eyes, gasped for breath, and then collapsed again.
The scales completely disappeared, and the skin returned to that of a normal person.
"It's alright now."
Seeing this, Dean Bai breathed a sigh of relief.
Wen Jing: "..."
Although it still looks serious, if the dean says it's nothing serious, then it should be nothing serious.
After watching Xie Ming being taken away for treatment, Wen Jing couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion as he left the research institute.
No wonder I didn't see this mentor this time; he was out exploring the Ancient Wilderness.
Becoming Awakened comes with many benefits, but it also means being completely bound to the risks of the Ancient Wilderness.
Xie Ming focuses on scientific research and is not an adventurous Awakened. However, in order to prevent entering the Genetic Collapse period, he also needs to enter the Ancient Wilderness at intervals.
If you are not good at combat, the probability of encountering danger is much higher.
As a B-rank Awakened with a 100% compatibility level, the depth of the world they enter must be considerable. If this is the case for B-rank Awakeners, what kind of worlds would A-rank and S-rank Awakened encounter when they enter the Ancient Wilderness?
*
Two days later, Wen Jing arrived at the registration center before six o'clock in the morning.
She used the last guidance effect during the last exploration, and this time she needs to allow ample exploration time. Although she's not entirely sure if the guidance will still be there after entering, if it disappears, she'll have to rely on luck.
Unexpectedly, not long after entering the registration center, a group of five people appeared behind them, one of whom was an acquaintance.
" Wen Jing..."
Upon seeing Wen Jing, Brown in the group was taken aback for a moment, then lowered his head uncomfortably, an embarrassed expression on his face.
He was still confused at the last post-war meeting, until he was called away separately and told what was going on. Only then did he realize the Student Council's plan to betray them after they had served their purpose.
Although Brown felt aggrieved and resentful, as an ordinary Student Council member, he was powerless to resist the council's arrangements.
After discovering that the Knotted Rope Maze might offer opportunities, even geniuses like Ji Shuang and her two companions from the Operations Department were not qualified to participate in the exploration this time.
Because of this opportunity, he also received special internal rewards, which allowed him to increase his energy level in just four days, enabling him to match stronger teammates.
Having already benefited, he had no right to express any dissatisfaction.
Wen Jing also looked over. When she saw Brown, she wanted to greet him, but seeing him quickly lower his head, she decided not to.
They initially wanted to gloss over the issue, but some members of the group were unhappy about it.
He gave Brown a playful shove, saying maliciously, " Brown, didn't you team up with Wen Jing last time? Why are you pretending not to know him now? Aren't you going to say hello to your former teammate?"
This person was Brown's classmate, a member of a wealthy family, and also Brown's direct superior within the Student Council.
The Brown family is middle class, far from being a financial tycoon, and they are usually the ones being bullied by the other side.
This time, Brown was lucky. Just because he had a coordinate, he not only gained an opportunity in the last exploration, but also received upgrades from the Student Council, and will receive benefits in every future exploration.
Of those, apart from the two members of the Operations Department, the other two had paid Integral to buy their spots in the team, so they were naturally unhappy.
Brown was pushed to the front, his smile looking more like a grimace.
" Wen Jing, what a coincidence..."
Wen Jing simply greeted him calmly, "What a coincidence."
The two people from the Operations Department next to her nodded to her. One of them was Senior Jiang, Ji Shuang's regular teammate, whom she had met once before.
The other two, in the context of online games, would be the "bosses" of the team. They would pay to join the team, and if any opportunity arose, they would be given priority.
Although the two knew of Wen Jing's reputation as an Operations Department consultant, their eyes were filled with superiority as they looked at her, thinking to themselves, "So what if she's a genius? She's still essentially working for us."
Little did they know that Wen Jing didn't care about their thoughts at all. Upon seeing this group, her first thought was whether she would encounter them in the Knotted Rope Maze, and if so, how would she handle the situation...?
Well, it's not difficult to handle. With their strength, they won't be able to detect her at all once she becomes invisible.
Even the strongest member of the team Senior Jiang, is no exception.
With a breakthrough in his mental attributes and the devouring of the queen ant who excelled in mental abilities, Wen Jing's perception has leaped to a new level compared to the past, allowing him to more clearly assess the strength of Awakened within a certain distance.
Aside from a few mentors in the academy who seemed unfathomable to her, she could roughly sense the strength of most of the students.
During this time period, only Wen Jing and the Student Council team were present. Each with their own thoughts, at six o'clock sharp, the six figures disappeared from the platform at the same time.
In an instant, space and time shifted.
Before the five Student Council members lay a wasteland of animal bones.
"I am Jiang Zhi, I am in District Three..."
"I'm Brown, I'm in District 5..."
The five people used Mental Link to communicate and coordinate their locations.
According to the previous tactical meeting, the next step is to gather intelligence and prepare for the upcoming Stone Wall Trial.
Having learned the 'strategy' in advance, they certainly wouldn't take the roundabout route like last time.
At the same time, a small insect appeared above the void of the Rope Knot Maze.
Wen Jing's gaze swept over the ropes in front of him, and he saw that the bright red guide was still there, which put his mind at ease.
Are they in a wasteland or Rope Knot Maze?
"However... a little sense of urgency now and then is nice."
Chapter 79
The five-person team, after regrouping, followed the sound of the wind and completed the stone wall trial.
After exploring the stone wall for a while, they all stepped into the rope-tying space.
"Finally inside, what a wonderful place!"
Having learned from their previous experience, no one attempted to fly or jump here; everyone remained firmly on the ropes.
Ahead lies an endless Rope Knot Maze, behind which stretches only emptiness.
"Let's go! Find the golden wheat knot as soon as possible!"
Following the plan discussed in the tactical meeting, the team made the same choices as during the previous exploration.
The team encountered two battles on the rope knots and collected a total of five white shells.
"That's all there is to it..."
One of the teammates, who had paid to join the team, casually tossed the shells he had acquired to Brown: "I thought it was going to be a tough battle. You guys were too weak last time."
Thinking about it this way, they're not actually that much different from Wen Jing, that rumored genius.
Brown curled the shell up with his tail, hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but retort, "These are just ordinary enemies. The two black bears we encountered last time were quite troublesome..."
"Tch, I'll have to see that later."
The speaker was quite confident; this exploration was well-prepared, and even the two who bought the spots were skilled in direct combat.
However, when the wind died down and everyone returned to the knotted rope, Brown looked at the path ahead, and his heart suddenly became heavy:
"It's changed. Last time, there were two large knots on the left side of this spot, which is where we encountered the black bear."
As Awakened, one's memories from four days ago are certainly not wrong, and they were reviewed at the post-war meeting.
The first two knots were of normal size, so it was understandable that different wild animals might appear in the wind. However, the position of the next knot changed, forcing them to accept their previous assumptions.
"Therefore, this time we are undergoing a new trial, and we are encountering a completely new maze."
Jiang Zhi said in a deep voice through the Mental Link, "As the strongest member of the team, she will naturally lead the team this time."
Whether the original team is needed to continue the previous work is impossible to verify.
After thinking for a moment, Jiang Zhi jumped off the knot.
"Senior!"
The people nearby were all taken aback by her actions.
The moment the fox leaped up, moving ropes appeared in the void and began to wrap around her.
Jiang Zhi glanced at the knots further away and simultaneously unleashed his special ability on the attacking ropes.
"Boom!"
The rope was ignited by flames that appeared out of nowhere, causing it to be temporarily blocked. Jiang Zhi took advantage of this moment to land safely.
Just like Wen Jing back then, they only dared to do this because they were confident in their own abilities.
"I didn't see the knot of the golden wheat, but..." Jiang Zhi's gaze shifted to the seashell Brown was carrying. "I saw the knot of the rope with the seashell hanging from it."
"Just look in that direction!"
*
At the same time that the team set off towards the seashell knot.
Is this the place?
Wen Jing looked at the four ropes in front of her. Behind her, a long string of more than a dozen seashells of different sizes was hanging from the Gravity Silk, making it look like she was wearing a string of wind chimes.
The four knots are: a tooth knot, a large knot, a golden wheat ear knot, and so on...
However, the almost solidified red light pointed to an ordinary knot made of bark and grass stems, with nothing hanging below it.
Without guidance, Wen Jing would never normally choose this knot, let alone the golden wheat ear knot next to it.
However, she certainly couldn't make any other choice at the moment.
The little insect followed the red light and stepped onto this seemingly ordinary knot.
The next moment, spacetime shifted.
Wen Jing appeared on a desolate plain.
The difference is that this time the wasteland in front of me is no longer empty, but contains a large number of animal bones, somewhat like the wasteland before I first entered the stone wall trial.
But these animal bones before me...
"Click click click..."
Before Wen Jing could observe and sense it carefully, a series of teeth-grinding bone-crackling sounds rang out from the surrounding animal bones.