Chapter 371 - 258: The First Member to Quit the Team; Magical Guide’s Creation—The First-Generation Goblin Mecha
Chapter 371: Chapter 258: The First Member to Quit the Team; Magical Guide’s Creation—The First-Generation Goblin Mecha
Wan Zhixuan’s withdrawal was only a matter of time.
Afterwards, Wan Zhixuan bowed to Instructor Li Qiongtian,
then left directly, without listening to what Instructor Li Qiongtian had to say next.
Seeing Wan Zhixuan’s departing figure, the hall of the small training camp fell silent.
Previously, the elimination of trainees had felt distant,
but at this moment, the fear of elimination was brought much closer.
"Did you all see that?"
Instructor Li Qiongtian looked around at the crowd.
"This is an important lesson I want to teach you!"
"Don’t get complacent about the strength you currently possess."
"Even if you have surpassed your peers for now,"
"it only means that in the future, you will have to compete for resources with a wider range of people!"
As Instructor Li Qiongtian spoke, his gaze landed on Zhang Yi again.
"Especially you, Zhang Yi."
"As the team captain, you, more than anyone, need to lead by example."
Then, without waiting for Zhang Yi’s response, Instructor Li Qiongtian, seeming to have lost interest, spoke his final words and dismissed them.
"Assemble here again tomorrow afternoon to collect the rewards for completing your team mission."
With that said, Instructor Li Qiongtian’s figure flashed, and he was the first to leave!
Seeing that Instructor Li Qiongtian had already left and that the mission rewards were to be collected "tomorrow,"
the other trainees who had completed the internal assessment also prepared to return to their rooms.
Lu Mei left quickly.
Zhang Yi watched Lu Mei’s hastily departing figure but paid it no mind.
At this moment, Hong Tianyi leaned in and said in a low voice:
"Brother Zhang, what do you think will happen to Wan Zhixuan now?"
"He’ll most likely choose to leave the University Alliance Training Camp."
Zhang Yi averted his gaze and said:
"Instructor Li Qiongtian was right!"
"Now is the best time to cultivate the Clans in our Divine Realms and improve our strength."
"Although Wan Zhixuan’s Clan in his Divine Realm has suffered massive casualties,"
"that’s only when compared to last month."
"If you compare his current situation to when he first entered the University Alliance Training Camp, back during the provincial exams,"
"his strength has actually increased!"
"If he quits the University Alliance Training Camp now and returns to school, he’ll still have nearly a year to prepare for the college entrance exams."
"As long as he does well on the exams, he might still have a chance to enter a top university in the Yanhuang Federation."
"But if he doesn’t realize this and chooses to continue challenging the camp,"
"and the potential of his Clan is damaged further,"
"then his future will be truly finished!"
Hearing Zhang Yi’s words, Hong Tianyi nodded in agreement,
after all, he thought the same way.
Then, Hong Tianyi chatted with Zhang Yi for a while about the difficult mission he had chosen this time.
As the two walked and talked, they soon arrived at their doors.
"Brother Zhang, I’m heading back."
Hong Tianyi said.
"See you tomorrow."
"See you tomorrow."
Back in his room, Zhang Yi wasted no time and entered the Divine Domain Connection Pod.
[Notice]: Logging into the Ten Thousand Realms Divine Net...
[Notice]: Identity verification successful...
[Notice]: Consciousness descending into your Divine Realm...
[Notice]: Welcome, great God of Nature, to your Divine Realm!
The moment his consciousness arrived in his Divine Realm, Zhang Yi used his Divine Soul to scan the Clans within.
’As expected, memories from the virtual divine battle can’t be brought back to the Divine Realm.’
Although he knew this was a certainty, Zhang Yi still held a sliver of hope.
But even though this sliver of hope was shattered, it didn’t matter much.
After all, Zhang Yi was just trying his luck.
He knew it was impossible.
Still, as he looked down at his busy Clans,
Zhang Yi couldn’t help but recall what Instructor Li Qiongtian had said after observing the development of the new Clan in his Divine Realm.
’Try to get Chief Instructor Yang’s attention!’
It sounded wonderful.
In fact, it was wonderful!
Chief Instructor Yang was the person in charge of the entire University Alliance Training Camp for the Yanhuang Federal Region,
effectively making him Instructor Li Qiongtian’s superior.
’If I can get Chief Instructor Yang’s attention,’
’even when I get to the third round of the University Alliance Training Camp,’
’I’m confident I’ll receive a great deal of support.’
In reality, Zhang Yi didn’t know that...
...he had already caught Chief Instructor Yang’s attention back in the Starry Hall.
If Zhang Yi could truly achieve what Instructor Li Qiongtian had mentioned—getting a perfect score in three of the six major evaluation systems—
then Chief Instructor Yang’s previous decision
that Zhang Yi was worthy of being an ’external person of interest’ for the Sequential Training Program,
would likely be upgraded to: Zhang Yi was qualified to become an ’external member’ of the Sequential Training Program!
The difference was only a few words, but the gap between them was as wide as a chasm!
And thinking about what Instructor Li Qiongtian had said,
specifically the two aspects of his new Clan—the Goblin Clan—that still needed developing in his Divine Realm,
Zhang Yi couldn’t help but look toward the location of Goblin Great Sage Norton in the Divine Realm.
Zhang Yi remembered that before he left his Divine Realm last time, he had dumped all five of the Civilization Points produced by the Magical Civilization into two corresponding projects.
At that time, it had caused Goblin Great Sage Norton to enter a Burst of Inspiration state!
Zhang Yi believed that after so much time had passed,
Goblin Great Sage Norton, who already possessed top-tier scientific research capabilities,
and had also undergone a Burst of Inspiration,
would surely have produced some surprising results!
And the place where Goblin Great Sage Norton was located was none other than the research center in the inner city of the Goblin Mage Technology City!
When Zhang Yi’s consciousness descended into the research center, the scene before him made his eyes light up.
Compared to the original research center and the most Basic Magical Workshop that came with the Goblin Mage Technology City,
what Zhang Yi saw now was a large-scale research center, expanded and merged from the original research center and the Basic Magical Workshop.
This large research center was neatly divided in two: one half for theory, the other for practice.
The merged research center was now more than twice its original size,
and it was filled with busy goblin researchers.
At this very moment, the goblin leaders of three different projects were reporting their progress to Goblin Great Sage Norton in sequence.
"Great Sage!"
A goblin project leader, wearing goggles and exceptionally short in stature,
pointed excitedly at a humanoid machine made of metal, standing over a dozen meters away—seven or eight times his own height—and said:
"This is the first-generation Goblin Mecha, which we built together using the newly discovered Magic Materials in the Divine Realm, with some technical assistance provided by the Elf Clan!"
"This prototype Goblin Mecha has already completed its initial tests."
"Although this prototype Goblin Mecha is only equipped with a spiral slicer and a grappling hook on its left side, a single humanoid arm on its right, and a small cannon mounted above the arm,"
"it’s the closest thing we’ve built to the Goblin Mecha described in the last words left behind by the Goblin Sages of our clan!"
The leader of the Goblin Mecha research project took a deep breath, unable to hide his excitement, and continued:
"With your guidance, our current Great Sage,"
"we were able to recreate this Goblin Mecha based on just a few fragments of lore passed down by the former Goblin Sages."
"You are truly brilliant!"
"You are truly the new hope of our Goblin Clan!"
Hearing the praise from the Goblin Mecha project leader below,
even Goblin Great Sage Norton, who was usually engrossed in his research,
put on a serious expression and waved his hand dismissively.
However, the slight upturn of his lips and the glint in his eyes betrayed his inner satisfaction.
"Alright, that’s enough flattery!"
Goblin Great Sage Norton tried hard to maintain his serious demeanor.
"This is all a gift from My God!"
"If it weren’t for the gift from My God, how could I have entered a Burst of Inspiration state?"
"Otherwise, with my wisdom alone, I could never have recreated this big guy based on just a few sentences passed down within the Goblin Clan!"
As he spoke, Goblin Great Sage Norton also gazed at the prototype Goblin Mecha in the distance, which stood several times taller than him.
At the time, Goblin Great Sage Norton had thought it was just a sudden flash of his own inspiration.
But after the Burst of Inspiration state, which had lasted for a full day and night, ended,
Goblin Great Sage Norton sensed that something was amiss.
In the past, before he had come to the Divine Realm,
it wasn’t as if he had never experienced a Burst of Inspiration.
But his previous Bursts of Inspiration had only ever lasted for tens of minutes, or a few hours at most.
Never this long!
Therefore, upon noticing the anomaly, the first thing Goblin Great Sage Norton thought of was the one he worshipped: My God!