Chapter 19: Different Worldviews, Different Ideas

  The originally relatively stable boundary of the Death Forest, which was neither border nor center, suddenly boiled up after thousands of people rushed in, and a large number of alien beasts left their saliva, ready to sharpen their knives and pounce...

  The meat of exotic beasts is said to be quite good, and many large restaurants have dishes made from the meat of exotic beasts as their signature dishes. The chefs' skills are also on full display...

  Despicable people are just pretending, look at their alien beasts, where do they need so many fancy things, catch one and drag it back to the den to eat raw, leaving bones that can still be used to grind teeth.

  Now, these students will serve as mobile delicacies in the eyes of these strange beasts for half a month.

  Several mournful howls echoed, bringing a rather uneasy mood to these newcomers. This internship doesn't seem like primary or secondary school anymore... it's said that people can die from this...

  Elementary school graduation practice... Hmm, is that even practice? It's basically just a rehearsal, a group of mischievous kids fooling around, as long as they put on a good show it's over. In middle school it was similar to rehearsals, just a bit more formal. But in high school it was directly life-or-death level, geez, the gap is too big!

  But this is also an unavoidable thing, the struggle between humans and alien beasts cannot be relaxed for a moment, the peaceful life in the city requires considerable combat power to maintain, with different worldviews, human thinking is also different, if placed in the world before the nine lives, high school would have such actions, then wait for hundreds or thousands of complaint letters every day.

  In this world, every household understands that fighting against the heteromorphic beasts is a must. If one wants to continue their studies, it's not a problem either. Otherwise, there's just the three-year conscription period. In between, as long as you have enough military achievements, you can choose to leave early.

  After all, one person's achievement in a year is equivalent to three years' worth of work.

  Is that all you care about? If you're capable, do in one month what others take three years to accomplish. Want to leave? Leave! No one will stop you and it's not against the law... Those with a deep background don't even need to serve their military service.

  It's a bit far-fetched, but this internship is like a group of sheep transforming, unknowingly anxious in their hearts. Students from well-off families with deep backgrounds know something, but it's not clear if it's true or not, and they're also unsure. Those who are completely aware of some inside information are much more calm, it's just a trial of transformation.

  Even if they still have college days later, college life is not as simple as high school.

  "Let me see..." He glanced at his watch, made a few calculations, and then the Ninth Life chose a suitable direction. For now, these students were still not scattered too far apart, but in the next few days, it would be difficult to find them one by one. The best way was to occupy the internal area, the deeper into the forest, the more dangerous it was.

  The internship is not just about spending time here, but also requires reaching a certain level of hunting standards. You need to obtain some parts from the monster's body, and there are experts who will appraise them. This directly affects their final grades, and cheating is strictly prohibited!

  Bang!

  A brown "stick" was nailed to the branch next to Jiǔ Mìng's body. He reached out and grabbed the stick, which looked straight, and it immediately softened and wrapped itself around his arm - a small snake.

  Glancing at the deep hole on that tree branch, Jiǔ Mìng casually pinched to pieces the head of this small snake. The attack intensity of this small snake was far from reaching the degree that could affect Jiǔ Mìng's soul body, so it smashed into the tree and shattered its brain!

  It's quite good to be a ghost here, some small animals and insects don't need to be worried about at all, unlike those students who have been stared at by mosquitoes as soon as they enter, fortunately those mosquitoes are ordinary types, not very harmful, Jiǔ Mìng encountered a basketball-sized blood-colored mosquito here.

  That thing sucks not only blood, but also flesh and blood, after encountering Jiǔ Mìng (Nine Lives) who cut off two legs and half of its mouthpiece, it escaped with its life. The mosquito's body is very sturdy, otherwise the first time they clashed, that mosquito should have been smashed to death by Jiǔ Mìng.

  It's also possible that a fly swatter that can appear on its own is special in some way.

  I hope some lucky guy doesn't run into a big mosquito that's been hurt badly.

  Two red dots...

  He raised his head and saw a team of ten people, including a familiar face, Du Fei, who was accompanied by a girl who seemed very close to him. They looked like they were in high spirits, and it seemed that things had been going well for them lately.

  Now this kid is moving his nose as if sniffing something, and his position in the group of ten is also relatively inner. It seems that the division of labor in this team is quite clear. If this kid stands at the very front, the nine lives will probably still be here for a while to see the situation.

  With his average combat power, he's the one who kneels down when encountering something special. He can put an 'assistant' in the front line, and this teammate doesn't seem to be reliable either.

  The team currently looks very stable, nodded, and the nine lives turned around to rush to another place. They have to take advantage of all the red dots not being completely separated before getting familiar with each other's faces. It's impossible to remember hundreds of faces, so remembering a general idea is good enough.

  Hiss!

  "Alas?" Looking at the torn leaves in front of him, Jiǔ Mìng slightly widened his eyes and saw the cold light flashing at the corner of his eye, then raised his hand.

  Bang!!!

  "Do you know what's proper or not?!!"

  Looking at that shattered tree trunk, the ambusher's voice was a bit distorted. This weak and feeble guy is really something, it looks like he just struck with all his might.

  A female voice, so it was a woman after all. But why is she being so unreasonable? Judging from the extent of her concealment, there's nothing wrong with being in the same profession. Is it really okay to resort to violence just because you're meeting for the first time? This tree wasn't even planted by you, and yet you want to take out your knife just because someone borrowed it?

  "Rules are made by humans." Jiǔ Mìng pointed to the broken part of the tree, logically speaking, his strike should have been enough to break this tree...

  Buzz buzz buzz......

  "Oh no! Brother Mosquito!"

  In that woman's confusion, Jiǔ Mìng stretched out two fingers behind his back and pinched a sharp beak-like object, "Using this trick again?"

  With a force of nine lives, the fingers bent to one side and snapped, making a "ding" sound. In the moment before it broke, the front end of the instrument shot out like a bullet, with a faint fluorescent glow at its tip.

  He stretched out his other hand and slapped the mouthpiece that flew out, making a crisp sound. The flying mouthpiece was stuck on the trunk, leaving a deep hole with strong kinetic energy.

  With a synchronized movement of his fingers, the nine lives rushed forward at the moment when the large mosquito retreated. The palm knife directly chopped onto the relatively weak neck of the large mosquito, and a cracking sound like bone fracture was heard. The rapidly flashing wings of the large mosquito stopped, followed by a brief convulsion.

  Shaking off the numbness in his other hand, this big mosquito had actually dug a hole in the tree and hid inside, but it was also quite unlucky.

  "Now can you tell me why you ambushed me?" He threw the mosquito's corpse back into the tree hole, and turned his head to ask the woman... "Hey! You just ran away without a word!?"

  He curled up the corners of his mouth, and Jiǔ Mìng shook his head, muttering to himself that people's hearts are not what they used to be. He turned around and left as well. The woman didn't have much malice in her heart; she had been constantly PKing with various enemies simulated by the mysterious shop. Jiǔ Mìng's perception of danger was quite high, and he could easily detect factors like killing intent as long as they were directed at him.

  "What kind of person is this?" After Jiǔ Mìng left, the woman who had come and gone muttered to herself, somewhat regretting not having tried to probe him with her dagger earlier. She tapped the mosquito's corpse with her dagger, producing a series of crisp, ringing sounds, revealing just how solid the mosquito's body had become. "A mosquito that has undergone such a transformation can actually be swatted away like that?"

  Unlike the Nine Lives, this woman neatly picked up the corpse of the large mosquito, not even leaving behind the proboscis that was stuck in the tree trunk. The sturdy proboscis had a fine crack on it where the Nine Lives had shot it, making her feel slightly regretful - if it were intact, it would be worth more.

  She quickly cleaned up the evidence here and left quickly. It was only the first day, but she had already been discovered, which was really embarrassing.

  The campsite outside the Death Forest, Wang Hai looked at the data displayed on the computer and nodded. The communicators carried by the students could detect their vital signs, and if anyone died, they would be discovered immediately. At the same time, those communicators were also positioning devices, so that the students' internships wouldn't just throw them into a dangerous place and ignore them.

  "Hmm, as expected, the top students are indeed the least willing to be lonely." Just half a day had passed, and Jiǔ Mìng saw that the green dots displayed on his watch had already begun to disperse and leave the range of the majority of red dots gathered together. Compared to normal students who were still familiarizing themselves with their surroundings, they had already started choosing to make internal breakthroughs.

  He put away his watch and rushed towards the nearest green dot. Before he had gone far, he heard that earth-shaking howl. Jiǔ Mìng hastily took out his watch to confirm the direction, and couldn't help but scratch his head. Who was this lucky person? Just by listening to the roar, he knew that this guy was definitely a troublesome alien beast.

  No longer hesitating, the nine lives quickly changed direction and rushed to where the roar sounded. There were no green dots in that place, which means a certain team of ordinary players who were extremely lucky won the jackpot...

  A giant brown bear standing over six meters tall...

  "Run! Don't look back!!" That unlucky team saw that a vicious thing had suddenly popped out, and after a simple probing attack was ineffective, they decisively chose to retreat. The two sides were not on the same level at all, this can't be fought!

  "The coordination is not very good." By the time Jiǔ Mìng rushed to this place, he saw a very embarrassing scene. Obviously, they were being chased by this brown bear and were in a very miserable state. Looking at their teeth-clenching persistence and refusal to give up, Jiǔ Mìng couldn't find a reason to intervene. For the time being, they were not in mortal danger, and intervening would be against the rules. Now it's up to them to decide some things.

  Is it giving up on internship qualifications and seeking help, or being unwilling to admit defeat and continuing to struggle, until hoping for a chance?