Chapter 19: Transfer Students
“This…died?” Li Feng gasped, taking a deep breath. With his current strength and two skills, he was considered very powerful among Beginner players. Yet, he was instantly killed before even seeing the boss’s face.
No wonder Beginner skills are so rare. If you can’t even clear a dungeon, how could you possibly get skill books?
He had originally planned to take people to farm dungeons, but now it seemed he needed to lay low for a while longer. At least until he raised both his classes to level 15.
However, with only two weeks left until the Gaokao, Li Feng also needed to spend some time in dungeons to raise his attributes.
Ring.
Just as Li Feng was preparing to continue, the doorbell rang. He looked up in confusion. “Who would be looking for me?” Then he got up to open the door.
As soon as he opened the door, he saw Qin Anran and the other two.
“Li Feng, the Gaokao exam content has been released. Did you know?” Yang Wei, the least reserved of the three, barged in as soon as Li Feng opened the door and spoke bluntly.
“What’s the content?” Li Feng asked curiously. He had been busy playing games these past few days and naturally hadn’t paid attention to school matters.
Yang Wei chuckled but didn’t answer immediately. Instead, he turned to Sheng Xu and said, “See? I told you this guy was only focused on playing games, not even caring about the Gaokao.”
“Li Feng has the strength. He’s confident no matter the content. As for you, you better stick to his side!” Sheng Xu glanced at him disdainfully.
“Cough, cough.”
Yang Wei choked a little, not wanting to pay attention to Sheng Xu. He then looked at Li Feng and said, “The Gaokao content this time is the Dark Cat Forest dungeon. The more Cat Demons you hunt, the higher your Gaokao ranking. We came to find you because we want to team up with you to train in the Dark Cat Forest. What do you say? Interested?”
“Many students are already exploring the Dark Cat Forest to familiarize themselves with the environment. If we don’t go, we’ll fall behind.” Qin Anran also chimed in.
“Yeah, I heard the Dark Cat Forest isn’t easy. Many students have been injured. We got four sets of Basic Armor this time, and we want to go in and take a look.” Sheng Xu sighed.
He didn’t expect the Dark Cat Forest to be ranked lower than the Thunderbolt Gobzan dungeon, but it was even stranger, causing many students to suffer significant losses. Many were now lying in the hospital.
“Okay!” Li Feng thought for a moment and decided to go with them. After all, the game and reality were different. It would be better to see it for himself to get a better understanding. Moreover, Yang Wei and the others had bought him a set of Basic Armor, which greatly improved his safety.
“Haha!” Yang Wei laughed. “It’s not easy to get you, a homebody, out of the house!” If he were to stay home for two weeks straight, he would definitely not be able to stand it.
“Exactly.” Sheng Xu and Qin Anran nodded in agreement. Li Feng was truly a homebody.
As they talked and laughed, they walked out the door. Upon exiting, Li Feng saw a “Lamborghini” parked in front of his house, full of sleek lines.
“What do you think? Not bad, right, my chariot? I specially drove it here today to get you out.” Yang Wei said proudly. This car was his prized possession.
“It looks good.” Li Feng said indifferently, but he felt a bit envious. It was nice to be rich.
Yang Wei shook his head. He knew Li Feng didn’t understand cars, so he didn’t say anything more. The group got into the car.
Li Feng sat in the car, quietly taking out his phone and continuing to level up his two classes. He couldn’t beat the big boss now, so he could only vent his frustration on smaller monsters. Even a mosquito was still meat, and sooner or later, he would level up.
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On the road, the group discussed the Dark Cat Forest dungeon.
As soon as the Gaokao content was released, everyone consciously began gathering intelligence on the Dark Cat Forest dungeon. The most important piece of information was that the Cat Demons were terrifyingly fast and their movements were unpredictable. Ordinary methods were difficult to use against them.
Speaking of this, Yang Wei suddenly said, “The difficulty of this dungeon is unprecedented. Li Feng, your robots might not be able to touch the Cat Demons. The reason we invited you this time is to see if your arrow skill can deal with them. This Gaokao is also a team mission.”
“A team mission?” Li Feng looked up. Since it was a team mission, the Gaokao results would be calculated based on the entire team’s performance.
Sheng Xu said, “That’s right. This year’s Gaokao is a bit special. But this also means there’s a lot more room for maneuvering. Maybe some people will hire experts to complete the Gaokao mission.”
“Isn’t that what you’re doing?” Li Feng looked at the three of them questioningly.
Yang Wei, Sheng Xu, and Qin Anran: “…”
Indeed, they had this idea in mind, to find a way to team up with some experts and improve their Gaokao scores. Today, they invited Li Feng to test his skills and see if he had a way to deal with Cat Demons.
If not, they might have to find other help.
“There’s a reason why this year’s Gaokao is so special. There’s a group of transfer students from larger cities who want to compete with us for Gaokao spots.” Qin Anran suddenly said.
Hearing this, Li Feng put down his phone and asked, “What do you mean? Gaokao spots can be competed for?”
Qin Anran explained, “It’s Great Xia Nation’s regional protection policy. To ensure fair treatment for every region, the allocated spots for top academies are limited. For example, our Chengde County and Qin’an County each have three spots for top academies. Once the quota is filled, even if your Gaokao score is higher, you can only choose a second-tier academy. Those students from larger cities are obviously unable to compete in their own regions, so they’ve come to ours.”
“That’s too insidious! Doesn’t Great Xia Nation care?” Li Feng frowned. In Chengde County, he believed no one among the Beginner players was stronger than him.
But among those coming from larger cities, there might be one or two anomalies.
“Tell me about it!” Yang Wei sneered indignantly. “But those who can come down here, who doesn’t have a powerful background? They can easily manipulate things, change their household registration, and then transfer back after entering university. Who can say anything? It’s not just us either; the neighboring counties are facing the same problem.”
Li Feng felt helpless. Chengde County was weak. The law of the jungle applied everywhere.
“We’re here.” At this moment, Yang Wei slowly stopped the car.
The Dark Cat Forest dungeon was also in the suburbs, but unlike the Thunderbolt Gobzan dungeon, it was closer to Chengde County, posing a greater threat and thus more heavily guarded.
After getting out of the car, Li Feng saw many soldiers guarding the area, as well as a large number of students. Because of the Gaokao, some restrictions on the Dark Cat Forest had been relaxed recently.
