"Huff, huff, I can’t go on."
"Hang in there, the mission reward is waiting for us. You’d better hold on, don’t drag us down."
Snow Mountain, halfway up.
Li Zheng and the others struggle to climb, legs trembling, clearly reaching the limit of their physical strength.
Behind them, Combat Instructor Kuang Sha watches with a cold gaze:
"You can choose to quit if you can’t keep up."
Hearing Kuang Sha’s indifferent advice devoid of any emotion, Li Zheng and the others gritted their teeth and hurried their pace.
In the morning, once everyone was gathered, they began initial physical training.
Before that, Kuang Sha had handed out a suppression bracelet, which automatically adjusts its constraint by detecting the strength of flesh and blood.
This was precisely why their climb was so arduous.
The first checkpoint of the evaluation was already proving to be unbearable for them.
In modern society, humans had long been freed from manual labor, which was carried out by robots controlled by Intelligent Brains. They had never suffered .
But thinking of the generous rewards after completing the task, they encouraged each other to persevere.
Looking up towards the summit, most of the Alien Race reserve students were already nearing the peak.
The only one behind them was Kuang Sha, with his arms crossed, floating in the air as he followed.
"I really don’t understand your feeble willpower. What did Duan Xing see in you to use a spot from the Sky Talisman Clan to get you into the first-phase training camp?"
Li Zheng and the others did not respond, continuing to endure Kuang Sha’s occasional taunts.
From Kuang Sha’s words, they realized that the God of Wealth had paid some price for them to enter the training camp.
That was also one of the reasons they chose to keep going.
Half an hour later, the Alien Race members who had reached the summit began to return.
As they passed by Li Zheng and his group, the contempt in their eyes was not hidden.
Just as Duan Xing said, the training camp revered the strong, scorned the weak, and disputes were best resolved by fists.
As Ghost Pupil passed by Li Zheng and the others, he yelled out the word ’trash’ right in front of Kuang Sha.
"Brother Li, I can’t take it anymore, I’m going to thrash him!"
Time and again, they were provoked.
Even Li Zheng, who had always suppressed his emotions, finally exploded and lunged at Ghost Pupil, with Chi Tu and others following suit.
Ghost Pupil dodged to the side, then with a kick landed on Li Zheng’s chest, sending him flying while twisting his hips to leverage, and as his left leg touched the ground, his other leg swept out with force.
Chi Tu, who had lunged from the side, was kicked away as well.
But with the restriction of the suppression bracelet, Ghost Pupil’s physical fitness was limited, and he couldn’t deal with the rest of the Liver Emperor Group’s players, as he was brought down by Killing Intent.
Killing Intent slammed a heavy punch down onto Ghost Pupil’s left cheek:
"Damn it, you think we’re easy targets, huh."
But before Killing Intent could land a second punch, he was kicked away by a side kick coming from the right.
Ghost Pupil’s clan members joined the fray at this moment.
This immediately stirred up the emotions of the audience watching the live broadcast, with many providing commentary through bullet chats.
Both sides fought fiercely, but Li Zheng and his group were completely overpowered in combat skills, and soon ended up with swollen faces, lying on the ground unable to get up.
"Brother Li, we can’t win, but we must have our revenge (wiping tears)."
"My head hurts, feels like I got a concussion, fatso’s crying."
Hearing his brothers’ complaints in the voice channel, Li Zheng said through gritted teeth:
"I’ll remember this grudge for sure, it must be avenged!"
At this time, the 10 students from the Four Eyes Clan also weren’t faring well, with disheveled clothes and scrapes all over.
Throughout, Kuang Sha simply watched with a cold eye, only speaking at the end of the fight:
"Training continues."
The Four Eyes Clan people continued their descent, while Li Zheng and the others rested on the ground for a while before regaining enough strength to painfully continue their climb up Snow Mountain.
Li Zheng and his ragged group finally completed the test, just in time for dinner, and under Kuang Sha’s lead, they headed to the training camp’s mess hall.
Ravenous, they were drawn in by the rich aroma as soon as they entered.
First to catch their eye were the dining plates of various shapes, rows of colorful, fresh fruits and vegetables artfully placed, which they discovered to be level 2 or higher Spirit Plants.
Their gaze swept to another table, covered with various Monster Meats, exuding an enticing sheen and fragrance.
Clear Spirit Pearl, Muling Fruit, Star Ocean Shell, Iron Lizard Meat... various seafood, Monster Meats, and fruits and vegetables were neatly arranged, causing Li Zheng and the others to subconsciously swallow their saliva.
With the intense training, their empty stomachs were provoked by a strong desire to eat.
"Instructor, can we eat anything here?"
"There are 9 minutes left for the meal time, eat all you want, if you can handle it."
Hearing this, Li Zheng and the others cheered, rushing towards the food cabinets, grabbing plates and loading them with food.
To them, food with spiritual properties could enhance their Body Refining Experience; free food was no different from being gifted sacrificial power.
All their previous frustrations vanished in that moment of indulgence, they each filled a large plate and sat down at an empty dining table.
With great relish, all dissatisfaction about the training camp dissipated.
"Delicious, it’s so delicious, I’ve never eaten such good food in my life."
"It feels like there’s a burst of energy jumping in each kind of food, this game’s taste feedback is made so well."
Having tasted the delicacies of Monster World for the first time, Li Zheng and his group were completely conquered.
And this was also a manifestation of the strength and weakness between worlds.
Earth is a weak spiritual world, producing only rough and common foods.
Whereas in Monster World, flowers, trees, and even the most ordinary fruits carry Spiritual Particles, their texture and taste far surpassing anything on Earth.