Chapter 93

Of course, she also needed to contact Jiang Yuqing.

Jiang Yuqing also played a significant role in enabling Li Yang to build such a fortress amidst the Divine Miracle.

She plans to replicate it again in the East District.

If we can recruit the entire Little Ox family, plus the big guys from the Agronomy Department, that's enough to build an even more impregnable fortress.

Li Yang wasn't worried about Jiang Yuqing.

If she just tells him she's going to do something big, Jiang Yuqing will probably be more excited than anyone else to get the Shock Points.

Zhong Kun and Lin Zhaoqin, having already accepted their training mission, ran over and said, "Senior Sister! This time, the training mission is to fight off a beast tide!"

He Song was taken aback, and he also opened his identity card to check the training mission.

He has already met the target for this month, so he doesn't need to take any more tests, but you can still check his progress.

Everyone is registered under the Star Combat Department, and therefore receives priority for the Star Combat Department missions.

Li Yang also saw the mission message: "The Star Combat Department is fighting off the beast tide, and the Northern District urgently needs support."

Li Yang accepted the task without any hesitation.

He Song sighed softly and said, "Alright, go and experience it for yourself."

He didn't elaborate, but his implication was that he hoped Li Yang would experience the terror of the beast tide, and if he wanted to give up now, he could return the key to the Nature Pavilion.

Chapter 93

He Song hadn't expected this training mission to be so urgent.

The people in the Department of the Agronomy Department are truly quite fierce.

In fact, they only needed to complete one training mission within this month, but Lin Zhaoqin and Ying Qi had already accepted the mission, and the others followed suit. Once Li Yang accepted the mission, the matter would be a done deal.

He Song: "You guys go complete your training missions first, then go to the Nature Pavilion. Contact me anytime if anything comes up. I'll be staying in the main city for a few days."

Li Yang: "Thank you for your hard work, senior."

He Song: "Don't be so polite with me."

Although He Song is not in the Nature Department, he is definitely a descendant of the Nature Department.

Therefore, he really hopes to see the Nature Department improve.

He Song then instructed Li Yang, "Don't be impulsive or reckless. You're all just new recruits; the most important thing is to grow and mature first."

Li Yang knew that He Song was worried about their safety, so she thanked him again.

He Song specially escorted several people from the Department of the Agronomy Department to the North Campus.

He was originally from the Star Combat Division, so he was very familiar with this place.

Just then, He Song ran into an acquaintance and asked, "Which senior is in charge of repelling the beast tide this time?"

The man knew what was going on as soon as he saw He Song leading a group of students. He said, "Brother Song, your group of students isn't doing so well. Kong Ling is in charge today."

Upon hearing the name Kong Ling, He Song's expression was one of mixed emotions.

He first thanked the acquaintance before saying to Li Yang and the others, "Major Kong is a nice guy, but he has a bit of a temper and might not be very friendly to new recruits... But you don't need to worry too much. As long as you follow orders and complete your assigned tasks, he won't deliberately make things difficult for you."

He Song couldn't say anything too harsh, firstly because Kong Ling was a senior, and secondly because he didn't want to scare Li Yang and the others.

Sometimes, that's how relationships are. If you interact normally, there might not be any problems, but once you bring prejudice into it, it can double the difficulty of getting along.

Li Yang reassured him, "Don't worry, senior, we'll complete the mission well. You can go ahead and do what you need to do."

He Song nodded and left the Star Combat Division first.

"You've arrived just in time!" said the Star Wielders was receiving the Agronomy Department students. "You've caught the peak of the beast tide."

Seizing the opportunity, Li Yang asked, "Senior, is there any pattern to these beast tide attacks?"

"What kind of pattern could there be? It's just that those bastards are hungry again!"

Hungry?

Li Yang asked again, "Don't these attacking Star Beast have any intelligence?"

"If anyone had even a shred of sanity, they wouldn't be so eager to throw their life away!"

The senior spoke hastily and vaguely, but Li Yang still gained a general understanding of the beast tide situation.

They quickly passed through the Star Combat Division and arrived at the outer city of the North District.

There is a tall city wall between the inner city and the outer city.

This city wall wasn't made of white jade, but of a special material that looked very hard.

If there were any students from the Weapon Forging Department present, they would probably recognize it at a glance.

This is an extremely expensive material for forging weapons; a pound of it costs thousands of merit points.

Therefore, the value of this city wall is beyond imagination.

They quickly scaled the city wall and reached the outer city.

The outer city is much more desolate.

This place may be larger than the inner city, but it feels like you've suddenly descended from the sky to the ground, with only barren land and scattered buildings in sight.

The Huaxia Main City was built with enormous resources.

The depletion of these resources is staggering, and clearly, it doesn't even cover the outer city.

The outer city also has a wall, but it's nothing compared to the inner city's wall.

If the inner city was made of gold, then the outer city walls were made of the cheapest bricks and stones.

This is not just a price difference, but a sharp drop in safety.

Li Yang could understand. It was already good enough that Huaxia could provide a place for displaced ethnic minorities to settle down. It was definitely because they didn't have the resources to build the outer city as well as the inner city.

The atmosphere was completely different once we arrived in the outer city.

The inner city was as holy as a celestial palace, while the outer city exuded a chilling atmosphere. Once you climbed the outer city wall, a fierce wind swept over you, making you dizzy.

If it weren't for their high Physique Points, they would already be injured by this fierce wind.

Let alone ordinary people, even Yu Hongyuan had the lowest Physique Points, had his skin scratched by the gale, leaving red marks.

Li Yang reminded him, "Use the Power of Starlight to strengthen your skin."

Yu Hongyuan nodded quickly.

This is not a Star Skill, but one of the abilities that Star Wielders can use after mastering the Power of Starlight.

However, this ability consumes a great deal of Power of Starlight.

If there is a corresponding Star Skill, like Li Yang's Bark, then the consumption of Power of Starlight is minimal, and the defensive effect is much better.

Beneath the biting wind, the scene was even more awe-inspiring.

The scenery outside the city was different from what they had imagined; instead of an empty black ocean, it was filled with sand and dust.

The densely packed Star Beast surged towards the defensive line of one or two hundred meters like a tidal wave.

Zhong Kun's face turned pale, and he said tremblingly, "How about we skip the mission? It's only 2000 merit points."

"Get out! All you useless trash, get back to where you came from!" A deep male voice rang out, its tone not raised, yet it penetrated the Spirit Sea of everyone present.

Zhong Kun's face turned even uglier, and he was even more shocked because of his low Spirit Points.

This wasn't directed at Zhong Kun, but at a small team that had fled back in a disheveled state.

The team consisted of about ten people, all of whom looked to be around 20 years old.

At this moment, they were dragging the wrecked Star Weapon, their equipment was also in a sorry state, and they looked terrified. Their knees were trembling, and some of them could not even stand up.

The one roaring at them was a cold-looking young man. He looked to be around 30 years old, but the weariness in his eyes betrayed his true age.

As Star Wielders's realm advances, their physical attributes are continuously strengthened, enabling them to significantly resist aging.

Even someone who reached a certain level of cultivation in their sixties or seventies can experience a rejuvenation overnight. Therefore, it is very difficult to judge a person's age based solely on their appearance.

But experience cannot be hidden.

The person in front of me is definitely not as young as he looks.

The young man, terrified by the angry rebuke, turned even paler and stammered, "Major Kong, we did our best, you can't let us..."

"Roll!"

"Our mission..."

"You deserted your post and still want to ask for a mission? I've already been more than generous to the Lin Family by not beheading you on the spot!"

After saying this, he flicked his sleeve, sending the young men flying three or four meters away.

Lin Zhaoqin frowned and said, "Cousin..."

She would have been fine if she hadn't spoken, but once she did, she attracted Kong Ling's attention.

Kong Ling was very tall, at least 1.9 meters, but he was not muscular; instead, he was lean and slender, like a drawn sword.

His features weren't exactly handsome, but they were very pleasing to the eye, especially his dark eyes, which revealed a sharp, weathered look from years of battle.

He locked his gaze on Lin Zhaoqin at a glance, then his eyes swept over the group of people in the Department of the Agronomy Department like a cold scanner.

"You, get out too."

"Why?" It was Ying Qi who spoke. She was not only bold but also straightforward, never thinking too much before she spoke, and even this question was asked calmly.

Kong Ling said, "This isn't a place for you to play around. I'm too lazy to serve you young ladies and gentlemen!"

Lin Zhaoqin snapped, "We won't desert our posts! What right do you have to kick us out!"

Zhong Kun tugged at Lin Zhaoqin's sleeve, Lin Zhaoqin shook him off and stared intently at Kong Ling.

Kong Ling didn't even glance at her, only offering a sarcastic remark. "2000 merit points aren't much, don't waste everyone's time!"

After saying this, he immediately ordered, "Team Thirteen, advance!"

Lin Zhaoqin was about to speak when Li Yang stopped him.

Lin Zhaoqin looked at Li Yang and said, "Senior Sister, why is he taking his anger out on us? We didn't do anything!"

Li Yang shook her head, signaling her to calm down first.

It's pointless to investigate "why the anger was directed at them" now; it will only further provoke Kong Ling.

If Kong Ling doesn't let them complete the training mission, they'll at least lose 2,000 Merit Points each—a huge sum—or worse, be thrown into the Astral Realm — the Huaxia Main City doesn't support idlers.

Admittedly, Kong Ling's displaced anger was infuriating.

But this isn't a school, and Kong Ling isn't their teacher; he has no obligation to give them a chance to demonstrate their abilities.