Chapter 37: The Bait
Patrol Chief Yuan Zhen made a powerful move, directly defeating the Boss Thunderbolt Gobzan, restoring Chengde County to its former peace.
The Gaokao was held as scheduled without any setbacks.
Early in the morning, Li Feng rushed to the school. His home was not far from the school, and it took him about ten minutes to arrive.
Before he even entered the school, he saw buses parked within the yellow lines, with many military vehicles nearby.
Every year, the Gaokao was an important day for Chengde County, and military personnel would escort them. However, this year, due to Thunderbolt Gobzan, the security was even stronger.
Li Feng even saw many Professional level soldiers on guard.
Stepping into the school, he found that many students had already arrived.
“Li Feng, over here, over here.” Yang Wei, with his sharp eyes, spotted Li Feng, who was alone, and asked, “Where is the new teammate you mentioned?”
“If it doesn’t work out, we have a backup plan,” Sheng Xu added. The backup plan was to hire students with a hefty sum.
The content of this year’s Gaokao was special. Because of the transfer students, some students knew they wouldn’t pass, so they decided to make a fortune during the Gaokao.
Li Feng looked around and quickly spotted Lin Ling’er in the crowd. He said, “There, let’s go over!”
Beside Lin Ling’er were Jiang Sheng, Xu Luo, and Chen Dali. They were chatting.
“Upperclasswoman Ling’er, are you really teaming up with that Li Feng? Were you threatened? That guy has no strength but is arrogant. He offended those transfer students. The outcome of this Gaokao might not be good,” Jiang Sheng advised with a frown.
Xu Luo said, “Yeah, Upperclasswoman Ling’er, that Li Feng guy even scammed people in the Dark Cat Forest. He has a bad character. It’s better to stay away from such people. Besides, the Gaokao is a major life event. Although you have another chance next year, it shouldn’t be wasted like this.”
In her heart, Li Feng was a shameless person who had done something underhanded to Upperclasswoman Lin Ling’er, making her very angry.
“Scamming people? Since when did you start doing such things?” At this time, Li Feng and the others arrived beside Lin Ling’er. Yang Wei looked at him suspiciously and then lewdly, “When did you hook up with Lin Ling’er? Last time we met, you just brushed her off.”
“Ahem, I’m not that kind of person.”
Li Feng explained, but seeing Yang Wei’s disbelieving expression, he didn’t bother to talk to him anymore. He looked at Lin Ling’er and said, “How about it? No problem teaming up for this Gaokao, right?”
For him, the teammates this time were just along for the ride. He didn’t care who they were. However, to reduce casualties, the Gaokao stipulated a four-person team. Otherwise, he would be more comfortable alone.
“En!” Lin Ling’er nodded and said to Jiang Sheng and the others, “I already agreed to team up with Li Feng this time.”
Jiang Sheng looked at Li Feng coldly, gnashing his teeth and saying, “Kid, although I don’t know how you got Upperclasswoman Ling’er to team up with you, if you keep using these despicable methods, someone will deal with you sooner or later.”
Li Feng glanced at him and ignored him. Verbal battles were meaningless to him.
Soon, all the students from the school arrived, and Zhou Zhengyang and the other class advisors appeared from somewhere and began directing everyone to board the buses.
The students obediently followed their teams onto the buses. The buses quickly filled up and started to depart.
“There are a lot fewer people on the streets.”
The bus slowly moved along the street. Li Feng looked out the window with some emotion. In previous years, the Gaokao was bustling, but this year was different. There were many fewer pedestrians on the streets, and many tall buildings were still under reconstruction, making it look desolate.
“It’s recovering quite well.”
Yang Wei shook his head and said, “Boss level creatures are too big of a threat to us. If it weren’t for Patrol Chief Master, the losses would have been even more severe.”
During this period, because of Thunderbolt Gobzan’s threat, the people of Chengde County were in a state of panic. Although Yuan Zhen defeated him, it would take some time to fully recover.
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“When I reach Awakened level, I’ll definitely teach these dimensional creatures a lesson,” Sheng Xu said hatefully.
Yang Wei looked at him with disdain, “You? You’ll probably reach your limit when you reach Professional level. You still want to reach Awakened level? That’s just wishful thinking!”
Most of the students who graduated from Chengde County reached their potential at Professional level. Very few reached Awakened level.
This made Sheng Xu furious, but he couldn’t refute it.
“People should still have dreams,” Li Feng smiled faintly and added a sentence, then looked into the distance.
Lin Ling’er didn’t speak. Her family background was extraordinary, and she knew more. Beginner skills were very important to players.
As players advanced to Professional level, their Beginner skills would also undergo a transformation, allowing them to deal with stronger dungeons. Some people, because they didn’t have Beginner skills, couldn’t keep up in strength and were forever stuck at Professional level.
And this was the current situation for most people in Great Xia Nation.
Clunk!
At this time, the bus slowly stopped. Ahead was the Dark Cat Forest Dungeon. Along the way, it was relatively peaceful.
“Looks like Gobzan was seriously injured,” Liu Jiang said.
In the distance, on a hilltop, Yuan Zhen and the others scanned the surroundings with cold eyes but didn’t find any trace of Thunderbolt Gobzan.
This Gaokao was also a bait set by Yuan Zhen, but the opponent surprisingly held back.
Yuan Zhen waved his hand and said, “Forget it. With half the dungeon destroyed, it can’t do much. Let’s start the Gaokao quickly!”
If Gobzan hadn’t shattered half the dungeon this time, it would have had a 90% chance of advancing to Professional level. But now that dream was also shattered. Although a Beginner level Boss was powerful, it was not to be feared.
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One by one, the students got off the bus. Li Feng was also among the crowd. After getting off the bus, Li Feng saw that many people were already waiting at the Dark Cat Forest.
“It’s those transfer students!” Yang Wei’s eyes turned cold when he saw them. Many people nearby felt the same way, having little goodwill towards these transfer students who were taking their spots.
Li Feng also looked at them. Most of these transfer students had cold expressions, seemingly looking down on the students of Chengde County.
“It’s Zheng Chang’an!” Lin Ling’er suddenly said.
Li Feng nodded. The transfer students he had clashed with at the Hundred Fragrance Pavilion were also there, and Zheng Chang’an was looking at him playfully, making a throat-slitting gesture.
“These people are too arrogant.”
Many students saw Zheng Chang’an’s behavior, thinking it was a sign of contempt towards them, and were so angry that they trembled. However, no one dared to step forward and provoke him.
“Li Feng, I’m sorry. The people you offended are too strong. I had no choice but to leave your team,” a figure appeared in front of Li Feng. It was Qin Anran.
