{MTL} ✅After The Abyss Dragon Woke Up

ch 12

 two days ago.

Because there were no points to "pay off", Lin Yanming and Shi An were forced to join the team.

If it sounds good, it's a member, and if it sounds bad, it's a bait.

In the team leader's original words: "When you help us earn enough points from that monster, I will let you go."

Two days later.

The team returned the watch to Lin Yanming and Shi An, letting them go as far as they could.

Shi An Yi reluctantly looked at the backs of the group of people fleeing, and asked, "Why didn't they act with us?"

Lin Yanming: "..."

Are you embarrassed to ask?

——Since the two of them became bait, the entire team has never encountered any monsters.

More importantly, Shi An ate too much.

After working together for just two days, the entire team's food inventory was exhausted by him alone. If they continued to walk, their points would definitely not be able to make ends meet.

It's just two cumbersome things to do and not to do.

So he was kicked out without hesitation.

Lin Yanming sighed inexorably, for the first time feeling so desperate for the next few days of testing.

Shi An lowered his head and studied the watch for a long time, and said, "Next, go east."

Lin Yanming glanced at the map.

They are now at the junction of the desert area and the rain forest area. The difficulty of the rain forest area is too high. Those high-level freshmen must be here. The best way now is to bypass the rain forest area and go to the forest area in the east, where the difficulty is moderate. , should be meticulous.

——Further east, it is a gray area.

Scorched earth area.

Class S hazardous area.

However, Lin Yanming didn't even look in that direction.

After all, how could a human with a normal head take the initiative to go to that area?

He replied directly: "Okay, then east." On the

other side.

Zhao She led his team members forward.

He is a temporary squad made up of freshmen.

There are eight members in total. Although the performance and strength are not too bad, they are not too outstanding.

It is precisely because of this that they will get together and use the advantages of terrain and number of people to ambush monsters and earn points.

They had been staying in the rainforest area before, but because the rainforest area was occupied by a stronger team, they had to migrate towards the edge of the area, to the edge of the border between the rainforest and the desert area.

The atmosphere in the team was extremely heavy.

No one can be happy after two consecutive days without a grain and losing most of their stockpile.

Suddenly, a team member noticed something, her expression condensed slightly, and she became cautious: "Be careful."

Everyone suddenly froze.

The jungle ahead looked very peaceful, the ferns were dense and staggered, so large that they covered the sky, and the air was dense and humid, giving the illusion of being breathless.

The sound of rustling footsteps was heard not far away, and the vague magic fluctuations became clearer and clearer.

A familiar figure appeared in front of everyone.

Zhao She narrowed his eyes slightly: "Shi Rui, the rainforest area is already yours, what are you going to do?"

The rest of the people also raised their 200% spirit and watched the people in front of them vigilantly. , seems to be ready to go head to head.

Shi Rui smiled slightly.

He looks a bit like Shi An, but he is a bit more bookish than him: "Don't worry, I have no malicious intentions."

"I heard that you are working with my brother recently?"

Zhao Shemi He narrowed his eyes and didn't answer.

Shi Rui: "Don't be so vigilant, I'm just looking for him to solve a little dispute before."

He pointed to Duan Hua who was standing behind him, and said, "My friend had a little conflict with my brother before, and I wanted to borrow it from him. Just take this opportunity to apologize to him."

Zhao She snorted coldly: "Apology? In the actual combat test? You really will find an opportunity."

He has heard a lot of those rumors, although he He doesn't have much fondness for a waste like Shi'an, but he has seen people like Shi Rui a lot. Although there is a reason for the cowardice of the eldest son, as an illegitimate son who can be claimed back by the family and can be regarded as a candidate for succession, he But I don't think this guy will be a kind of silly white sweet.

"Don't be so hostile to us, I just want to know where my brother is going."

"We and Shi An have long since separated," Zhao She said coldly.

"As for where he goes, we can't control it, and we don't want to."

After speaking, he greeted the team members behind him.

Several people retreated back in an orderly manner, as if they were still guarding against a sudden attack by the other party.

But Shi Rui didn't do anything, just watched them disappear in front of him.

When the other person's figure was engulfed by the jungle, Duan Huacai asked anxiously, "Shi Rui, don't you want to ask more?"

Shi Rui: "No need."

He narrowed his eyes and smiled: "I just don't want to. Determine if my brother is just with them, and now I have the exact answer."

Shi Rui opened the map on his watch and looked at it for a while:

"According to the direction this team is coming from, combined with the nearby terrain and the strength ratio between the regions, my brother is probably going to the eastern forest area."

"Then let's follow it!" Duan Hua looked at the time. Rui is still anxious.

He led someone to block Shi An that day, but was bumped into by Mu Heng.

This is already very unfortunate, and now Mu Heng has actually become their third round of examiners!

This matter lingered in his heart like a shadow, making him uneasy and unable to forget it for a long time. No matter what method he uses, he must resolve this matter before the third round of assessment, and must not let it affect his admission... ...Absolutely not!

Duan Hua couldn't help clenching his fists secretly, like a desperate person catching the only spider silk hanging in front of his eyes.

"What are you going to do after you follow him?" Shi Rui asked coldly.

Duan Hua was taken aback for a moment: "... Dao, apologize."

"Although I agree with your behavior, what's the use of apologizing to him?" Shi Rui sighed and continued: "What you have done is not already Did you let Chief Mu see it?"

Duan Hua was stunned.

Yes, what's the use of apologizing to Shi'an?

He and Chief Mu didn't even count as meeting by chance. Even if he got Shi An's understanding, it wouldn't change the impression he left on the examiner.

The spider silk hanging in front of him was broken and slowly fell down.

Duan Hua seemed to be woken up by a blow in the head, and stood there dumbfounded, his eyes darkened.

Shi Rui patted him on the shoulder, and said with great regret and sympathy,

"I'm sorry."

"Although you may not believe it, but I really understand you..." A lonely look appeared on his face: "I was only brought back recently. Although my brother is not much older than me, he has enjoyed it since he was a child. All kinds of preferential treatment and privileges that I never dared to think about, I only knew at that time that the gap between people is so big, and what we dream of and spend all our efforts to pursue, for others, just spend a little money, Donate a building, you can get it by doing some tricks in the exam..."

Shi Rui looked at Duan Hua and continued:

"Didn't you find out, Shi An's name didn't appear on the list of written test scores at all, he didn't even Participating in the second round of interviews, directly entered the third round of actual combat."

Duan Hua was startled, and subconsciously recalled the previous two rounds of examinations.

That's right.

Shi Rui was right.

Shi An definitely got to the third round by cheating!

"Is this fair? Of course it's not fair," Shi Rui watched as his anger at injustice and extreme revenge in a desperate situation climbed up Duan Hua's face little by little, a secret smile flashed across his lips.

"But what can we do? We can't do anything."

He retracted the hand on Duan Hua's shoulder and said, "

However, it is still necessary to apologize. We will talk about everything after seeing my brother, right?"

, Shi Rui first turned around and walked forward.

He listened intently—five seconds later, a heavy footstep followed.

Shi Rui smiled silently.

very good.

Shi An doesn't like rainforests.

The space here is too narrow, and the water vapor in the air is too humid and dense, which is really not a good place for him who is used to the vast and wide space - he even began to miss the previous desert area.

Although the sun is shining, it is still difficult to drive, but at least the place is spacious!

Soon, the rainforest area will come to an end.

Not far away is a triangular separation zone, and to the right is a glimpse of the lush green edge of the forest area, but if you go further, it is a dark scorched earth area. A strong presence that cannot be ignored.

The demon worm said excitedly in Shi An's sleeve: "That's right! It's there! I already felt it!"

Shi An was refreshed.

He took two steps forward, but he seemed to have thought of something, and his steps paused slightly: "So..."

Devil: "?"

Shi An asked in a low voice: "The gray crow's nest near the abyss crack, in Which direction?" The

devil: "..."

You still haven't forgotten! !

It was defeated, sighed, and said weakly: "It should be at the junction of the forest area and the scorched earth area. After all, the gray crow needs a place to build a nest."

Shi An: "Okay!"

Lin Yanming was surprised to find that he had just Shi An, who had a tired face, suddenly regained his spirits and became excited.

He hesitated for a moment and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Shi An thought for a while, and then said solemnly,

"That's right... I think my points are finally going to break 0, so I'm just very excited."

Oh, the points are a fart use.

Treasure is hard currency!

It's getting late.

So the two plan to spend the night at the border, and then go out to the forest area before dawn the next day.

It's not that Lin Yanming doesn't want to travel by night, but he really knows the strength of himself and Shi'an. Many monsters will become more ferocious when night falls, so it is the most rational choice to travel during the day.

——Of course, the sleeping time that Shi An strongly requested is also an important reason.

Shi An found a dry cave made of stones, and carefully nested himself in it.

He yawned and said in a daze, "Good night." The

night was sinking, and the dark twilight shrouded the entire rainforest a little bit.

Tall, lush plants cast distorted black shadows like wobbly figures.

Suddenly, without warning, Shi An opened his eyes.

Deep in the dark eyes, a ray of red flashed quickly, like a fleeting spark.

He stood up and looked in one direction.

Alarmed, Lin Yanming opened his sleepy eyes: "What's wrong?"

Shi An didn't answer.

Footsteps were heard in the darkness.

Immediately afterwards, a seemingly familiar face appeared in front of him. He was tall and seemed a little embarrassed, with a strange nervousness flashing in his eyes.

"Who are you?"

Lin Yanming woke up immediately, he reached out and grabbed Shi'an, subconsciously blocking him.

Duan Hua: "I..."

He took a deep breath, seemed to be calm, and looked at Shi'an behind Lin Yanming: "We met that day, do you remember?"

Before waiting for Shi'an to answer, Duan Hua couldn't wait to say first: "I came here this time to apologize to you. That day, I was confused for a while, so I went to trouble you."

Lin Yanming was stunned and turned to look at Shi An. :"you recognize?"

Shi An seriously looked at the other party for a few seconds, and suddenly realized: "Oh, it's you!"

Duan Hua's eyes darkened slightly.

"To show my sincerity, these are for you."

He handed over a backpack.

Duan Huasheng was afraid that he would not be able to answer, and added: "It's just some daily supplies that are exchanged for points."

——For them who have not had time to collect enough points to exchange for food after they can't eat and drink for free, this is simply a Charcoal in the snow.

Lin Yanming hesitated for a moment, then turned to look at Shi An, as if asking something silently.

Shi An thought for a while: "Okay."

He stepped forward and took the backpack from Duan Hua.

Duan Hua rubbed the seam of his trousers nervously with his palm, and then stretched out his hand: "Let's write it off?"

Shi An stared at his outstretched hand inexplicably, as if he didn't quite understand it. He simply ignored the other party's friendly gesture. , crossed his palm, and clasped his cold fingers on the other's wrist for a moment.

- It was like being pricked by a tiny needle.

Duan Hua frowned.

However, before he could react, the other party had already let go of his hand and smiled nonchalantly: "Of course."

After speaking, Shi An turned around and returned to Lin Yanming with the bag.

Duan Hua: "..."

He smiled nervously: "Then, then I won't disturb you."

After speaking, Duan Hua turned around, as if someone was chasing him behind him, he quickly disappeared into the darkness shrouded in the jungle.

His pace was hurried, his heart was beating so fast, his ears were buzzing, and he was overwhelmed by the pleasure of revenge.

There was only one thought left in my mind.

——In the actual combat test for admission, it is normal for someone to disappear without a sound.

In the darkness, a small irregular red mark slowly appeared on the inside of the boy's wrist in a place that his sight had not touched.

It looked like a cluster of burning flames.

Lin Yanming turned to look at Shi An who was sitting back, and asked, "Aren't you going to talk about it?"

Shi An was a little puzzled: "What?"

Lin Yanming walked over and sat down next to him: "Why did that person suddenly look for you? Apologize?"

Shi An: "Oh, this."

He recalled it carefully and said, "He blocked me once in school before, as if he wanted to threaten me to quit?"

Lin Yanming: "?!"

He Startled, he couldn't help raising his voice an octave: "What's the matter?"

Shi An smiled at him, his fair face still childish, and he looked very well-behaved:

"Don't worry, he has already paid the price. "

So a small package of supplies is forgiven?

It's too cheap for him!

Lin Yanming couldn't help showing his distressed expression.

Poor little one, why are you so deceitful!

He took a deep breath and said solemnly: "Don't worry, with me in the future, I won't let others bully you again!"

Lin Yanming's eyes flashed with a strong maternal brilliance.

The demon worm tucked into Shi'an's sleeve: "..."

Oh, human, you are really too naive.

Dragons are narrow-minded and vengeful creatures, but they are strong and unreasonable.

Only they bully other people and monsters, but they don't get bullied!

As for Shi'an...

he was wearing the shell of an angel, but inside he was a devil's core.

Even if the demon worm was killed, he would not believe that he would make him suffer.

After Lin Yanming fell back into sleep, the demon worm quietly crawled out of Shi An's sleeve.

It looked at the backpack curiously: "Lord Demon Dragon, so... what did that human donate to you?"

Shi An rested his chin in a bored way and opened the zipper of the backpack with one hand: "Well... bread, jerky, Canned food, drinking water - but no chips and jelly..."

Bug: "..."

Because no one would trade points for this kind of snack, thank you.

Shi An's hand touched the bottom of the backpack.

Hearing a slight stab, the bottom of the backpack seemed to be torn apart. Then, Shi An pulled out his hand, and in the palm of his hand lay an inconspicuous little gray paper bag: "Oh, and this.

" ???"

It climbed in and smelled it, and the face on its head showed a shocked expression: "This, this should be the spice that attracts high-level monsters, this guy is trying to trick you!"

Shi An's eyes lit up . : "Really?"

Devil: "???"

Wait?

Shi An said: "Even if I don't release the magic field, those monsters are instinctively reluctant to approach me..."

He sighed sadly: "Look, I can't even be a bait!

" "..."

I see that you are just greedy for the free food and drink for those two days!

Shi An became happy: "But this time, with this, we should be able to find the Grey Crow's Nest!" The

worm was silent.

Grass.

You fucking do it anyway! !

Suddenly, without warning, the earth trembled violently for a moment.

Lin Yanming was woken up by the shaking, and he jumped up in fright: "What's going on?"

Shi An was startled.

He turned his head and looked in the direction of the scorched earth.

The corners of the dark night flashed a strange crimson, like a strange eye looking down quietly, as if the ground scorched by the fire seemed to be slowly undulating and agitating, as if it had life, exuding emanations. with a strangely ominous undertone.

The third round of actual combat takes a long time, basically more than a week.

Mu Heng usually has important things to do, so he didn't come many times. That is to say, he showed up on the first day, and then he was called away by official business again.

Recently, there has been a significant increase in the presence of abyss species in the city, indicating that the abyss gap is nearby.

The people from the Administration Bureau have searched the entire city in a carpet-like manner, but they still haven't found any trace of the gap in the abyss.

During this period, Zhuo Fu's research on swords also stalled.

It remained silent for a long time, no matter how many experiments and tests he did on it, it was almost indistinguishable from an ordinary dead thing.

Zhuo Fu even mentioned it to Mu Heng vaguely once, hoping that he could rest more and give himself a vacation.

——Maybe it was because he was too tired to have hallucinations.

Mu Heng sat at the table, his eyes darting across the thick stack of reports on the table.

He doesn't need rest.

It's just that the abyss species can't continue to drag on. If a crack is not closed in time, and the abyss crack absorbs too much magic, it will continue to invade the ground world. If the situation continues to deteriorate, it may be created on the ground. out of a small abyss.

If that happens, the consequences will be disastrous.

Mu Heng twirled the paper with his fingers and turned it slowly, focusing his attention on every area that was inspected.

Where else has it not been searched?

Or...is

there a reasonably compliant magic fluctuation somewhere that masks the anomaly?

Mu Heng was startled and raised his head suddenly.

The report slid down his fingertips and scattered across the table.

He pulled his coat from the back of his chair and threw it on, hurried out of the office.

Wen Yao stood up: "Sir?"

Mu Heng: "Contact the College of the Abilities, right now."

Shi An slowly raised his head and took a deep breath of the air.

A cold, dark, poisonous aura was spreading silently from a distance.

So comfortable, so familiar, so...

powerful.

He opened his eyes, the scarlet vertical pupils flashed under the long eyelashes, and a layer of smooth dragon scales loomed on his cheeks.

It is the taste of the abyss.