Once he said that, the entire area fell silent.
Everyone's gazes when they looked at Meng Chao changed from puzzlement to shock, then from shock to respect.
Meng Chao sucked in a deep breath and said, "Did you see it clearly? Are you sure it was me?"
"It was late at night, and it was dark. You could only see two blurry figures from the balcony of the dormitory building. How could you have seen it clearly?!"
Xie Feng said. "Of course I don't believe that it was you. After all, you and Wu Wu have nothing to do with each other. You didn't even know each other yesterday afternoon, so how could you have gone into the forest together at night? Isn't your efficiency a little too high? So, why did Wu Wu come to the martial arts course?"
The students fell silent.
They stared at Meng Chao's tattered coat with a contemplative expression.
"Could it be that you really didn't betray the martial arts course and join the monster controller course?
Instead … "Duan Lian scratched his head." Instead, you used another method to spread the glory of the martial arts course? "
"…"
Meng Chao said in pain. "Listen to my explanation."
"You don't need to explain. The lecturers are here!"
Griffin Li Yingzi and a few martial arts lecturers walked into the field with stern expressions.
The students scattered and lined up neatly according to the order given by the lecturers.
Meng Chao wanted to explain, but he noticed that the lecturers' gazes were on him. There was curiosity, puzzlement, admiration, and a hint of inquiry in their gazes.
Li Yingzi walked straight to him.
"Meng Chao, Mr. Gu asked me to tell you that after you're done, he asked you to go to the university's hospital to look for him. He has something important to tell you."
Meng Chao's eyelid twitched, and he asked in shock, "Big Brother Bo is hospitalized? Why?"
Could it be …
"Of course it's to go through the most comprehensive physical examination and scan the hidden injuries accumulated over the years. What do you think?" Li Yingzi said in annoyance and glared at him. Then, she turned around and strode to the rostrum.
"What's going on? You even provoked Ms. Li?"
Xie Feng and Sun Ya moved to his left and right. They were also full of gossip. "What happened yesterday? Why did it seem so lively? They said that you sent Wu Wu back to the monster controller course and ate supper there. Is it real? Your divine arts are too great! It's no wonder why they call you Ace Chao!"
"We're in a chaotic world right now. A man should expand his territory and spread the flames of human civilization. Please focus on your studies. Don't think about these boring gossips all day!" Meng Chao said seriously.
"Then I can think about it, right? I'm not a good man." Sun Ya, who had cleared eighty-three main meridians and was known as the strongest among the new students in the martial arts course, took over the conversation.
Meng Chao had nothing to say to that.
Fortunately, Li Yingzi began to speak, alleviating his embarrassment.
"Recently, you may have sensed that a storm is brewing. You have also seen the news that the whole city has been mobilized to launch an attack in the north. Many of your senior brothers and mentors have gone to the north to reinforce the north. They have grown rapidly in the real battles!
"Now, the frontlines are progressing smoothly. We've also been allowed to reveal some insider information to you.
"Over the past half a month or so, the Red Dragon Army has pushed nearly one hundred kilometers to the north of Dragon City and discovered a lot of fertile land that is suitable for high-calorie crops. There is also a brand new water system that has a lot of runoff but is relatively stable. There is also a mine that has an astonishing amount of crystals and rare metals that are not difficult to mine.
"Aside from that, during the past half a month or so of fierce fighting, the Supernatural Tower has sent seven Deity Realm elites and led hundreds of thousands of Red Dragon Army soldiers to kill two Apocalyptic Beasts, hundreds of Hell Beasts, and countless Nightmarish Beasts!"
Li Yingzi's words instantly pulled everyone's thoughts away from the gossip a moment ago and focused on the grand battlefield where the flames of war raged everywhere.
The powerful humans were divided into Earth Realm, Heaven Realm, and Deity Realm.
Superbeasts were divided into Nightmarish Beasts, Hell Realm, and Apocalyptic Beasts.
Superbeasts ranging from Grade Seven to Grade Nine were Apocalyptic Beasts. Just as the name implied, they could bring about the apocalypse that could destroy the world.
In the past, when an Apocalyptic Beast crawled into the center of Dragon City, it could cause chaos in the entire city.
Now, in just a short half a month, they had killed two Apocalyptic Beasts in succession. This was an unbelievable miracle.
It also meant that after half a century of development, Dragon City's military power and the number of peerless fighters had increased to the peak. They could now officially shift from defending the city to expanding their territory!
"Since the situation ahead of us is great and the mine in the fog is incredibly important to the future development of Dragon City, the Survival Committee has decided to open up a new built-up area in the north. All Earthlings in the city, from superhumans to soldiers, from industrial workers to university students, must give it their all to realize this goal!"
Li Yingzi's words were like a bomb dropped among the students.
Dragon City was divided into nine regions, including Tiger Forest, Nine Sands, Half Mountain, and Star Lake. There was also Jiangnan Region.
Basically, they were all old regions that had existed before they transmigrated and were located on Earth.
This was the first time in the past half a century that the government was going to step out of the territory of Earth and open up a new built-up area in the Other World.
This was truly the first step for Earthlings to colonize the Other World!
A new built-up area meant a new bureaucratic system, a new governing organization, new businesses moving in, new business opportunities, new resources, new platforms, new ranking boards … A lot of brand new opportunities were waiting for the ambitious youngsters to use their passion, weapons, and hands to seize them!
"This is an incredibly important battle for Dragon City to change from strategic defense to strategic offense!"
"If we can provide reinforcements to the northern frontlines, we will definitely get more cultivation resources and the chance to fight in real battles. As long as we perform outstandingly, we will be recognized by the peerless fighters!"
"Perhaps we will have the chance to become the overlords of the new built-up areas in the future!"
All the martial arts course freshmen looked forward to the exciting future, and their eyes burned with burning passion.
Only Meng Chao remained unmoved. He just thought about it quietly.
'I didn't know that the scale of the northern offense this time is so big.
It also held great significance.
But in his previous life, he did not remember anything about a built-up area.
At the very least, during the Monster War, Dragon City did not expand outward quickly. Humans and monsters were in a stalemate, and they fought against each other.
This meant that the results of the northern offense this time would not be good, and they did not manage to achieve their strategic goal.
But what was the specifics of the process? What was the outcome of the fight?
Meng Chao did not find the answer in his previous life's memories.
In his previous life, he was busy taking care of his heavily injured mother in the hospital. When he had some free time, he learned harvesting skills from his father. The high-intensity work, the double pressure of him failing his national college examination, and his mother's severe injuries made his body and mind incredibly tired. He did not have time to care about the outside world.
He and his father were harvesters at the bottom of the hierarchy. They did not have the right to leave the main city area and go to the most dangerous places in the northern frontlines to harvest the fierce superbeasts.
He knew nothing about the battle.
'When the cannons are fired, it's worth ten thousand taels of gold. It's impossible for me to make the decision to open up a new area in a flash. I must have planned it carefully for years and mobilized an astronomical amount of resources from all sides.
'It's impossible for me to stop the northern offense with a vague' feeling 'that doesn't have any details. It's impossible for hundreds of thousands of soldiers, tens of thousands of superhumans, and seven Deity Realm superhumans to return empty-handed. The war resources that tens of millions of people worked so hard to accumulate will all go to waste.
'Based on the expressions of the students around me, I can tell that Dragon City has been starving for half a century. It's not easy for it to open its mouth and bite down on a piece of fat meat. There's no way it will let go so easily. Even if it knows that there are nails and hooks in the fat meat, it's like an arrow on a bow. It has to be fired. It has to bite down on the nails and hooks and swallow them in one go.
'So, I have to rush to the frontlines and understand more details. Only then can I think of a way to help my civilization eat this fat meat with thorns!'
Meng Chao made his decision.
His eyes became the same as those of the students around him. They were filled with the flames of ambition and confidence. In fact, they shone even brighter.
"This is the largest battle in the past ten years. The danger and complexity are not something normal freshmen can handle. Naturally, it's impossible for all of us to rush to the frontlines."
When Li Yingzi saw that the students were burning with murderous intent because of the flames of ambition, she nodded in satisfaction and raised her voice to say, "After one and a half months of observation and the performance during the tournament between courses yesterday, the lecturers have recommended us and the university has approved it. Twenty-one of the freshmen in the martial arts course have obtained the right to officially join the battle.
"If you can go to the frontlines and fight bravely, you will definitely fight with all you have to protect the glory of the martial artists, Agricultural University, and Dragon City.
"But those who were not selected don't have to be dejected. If you stay in the university and train hard, you will have plenty of chances in the future. The Other World is huge. Aside from Monster Mountain Range, there are plenty of other places for Earthlings to conquer!
"Now, I will announce the list of those who have been selected.
"Sun Ya, Xie Feng, Jiang Rui, Duan Lian …"
The list of those who were selected was basically decided based on their performance during the tournament between courses.
Sun Ya and the others had won against a few monster controller freshmen. Aside from losing to Wu Wu in the end, their performance was impeccable.
The people who were selected were all publicly acknowledged powerful people in the martial arts course. They had cleared the most main meridians and could create the most spirit energy magnetic fields with great familiarity. They often used all sorts of dazzling killing moves to beat the students until they cried for help.
Everyone might be envious of them, but they did not argue about it.
Once the first twenty names were announced smoothly, Li Yingzi paused for a moment.
The students who were well-informed started talking about it. 'Didn't they say that the martial arts course and monster controller course will send a total of fifty freshmen, and the number of people will be divided based on the results of the tournament between courses? The winner will send thirty people, and the loser will send twenty people?
How could this be? The martial arts course only had twenty-one people, and there was a round number of them.
"The last one, Meng Chao." Li Yingzi finally announced the twenty-first name, and it stirred up a ruckus.
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