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Zou Meng was confident in his military lineage. Faced with such a level of military operation, he believed that even if he couldn't place in the top three, he could at least make it into the top ten. However, this was the First Military Academy, a gathering place for talent. No matter how arrogant Zou Meng was, he did not consider himself the strongest.
Of course, in the First Year freshman class, he still believed in his own abilities. As soon as he arrived in the Virtual Combat Environment, he immediately began to assess the terrain. Not far from where they were deployed, there was a gorge that would be essential for anyone traveling east or west. For Zou Meng, this was naturally an excellent ambush point.
As a commander, decisiveness was a fundamental quality. After determining the ambush location, Zou Meng quickly set about formulating a specific battle plan. When he spotted an opponent four kilometers away, he decided to send a ten-man feint team to lure the enemy deeper. Just as he made this decision, he noticed flickering flames in the dark sky above.
"Is that a meteor?" Zou Meng's first reaction was to think he had encountered a meteor shower.
"Wait!" Almost simultaneously, Zou Meng realized that there was hardly any atmosphere here; how could there be such brilliant meteors?
"Find cover!"
Zou Meng's expression turned fierce as he shouted almost instinctively. In that moment, he seemed to transform into a Virtual Image and darted into a nearby cave.
"Boom—" A massive tremor instantly spread through the area where Zou Meng's team was located. Although there was no sound of an explosion, the thick smoke rising up signaled that survival in this region was impossible.
Ye Yu slowly opened his eyes, feeling a sense of pleasure. This round of testing had ended quicker than he had imagined and surprisingly smoothly.
"We're in the top one hundred!" Chen Tang's voice rang in Ye Yu's ears, though it lacked much excitement.
"The opponents we face from now on will only get stronger," Nasha also emerged from the Virtual Combat Environment just in time to hear Chen Tang's words.
"We're already in the top one hundred; by ranking standards, that's excellent!" Wang Jiu clearly felt satisfied with their current results.
"Younger people should have some aspirations. With Yu being so impressive, we should aim for first place!" Xia Chiu said with an air of feigned wisdom before stretching lazily like a sleepy kitten.
"Get ready for the next round of exams; this is just the beginning," Ye Yu said after hearing Xia Chiu's words.
With that, Ye Yu stood up and walked towards the door. After taking a few steps, he noticed a figure appearing in front of him.
"It seems you did well on the exam," a lazy voice reached Ye Yu's ears.
Ye Yu looked at the drowsy young man before him and smiled. "Senior Gale."
"…Were you waiting for me?" Without wasting time, Ye Yu asked directly, as he still had another exam in the afternoon and needed to rest.
"Give me fifteen minutes; I need to discuss something with you!" Gale said, stroking his sparse beard, straightforwardly.
Ye Yu nodded. He knew that Gale wouldn't approach him without a reason; there must be something he needed that Ye Yu could provide. Such matters were usually beneficial. Without hesitation, Ye Yu gestured for him to continue.
"Let's go over there; it's too crowded here!" As time passed, more people finished their exams and exited the classroom. Gale pointed to a pavilion not far from them.
As soon as they entered the Pavilion, Ye Yu felt an intangible energy unfold around him. However, this energy only enveloped the Pavilion before stopping its expansion.
"This matter is somewhat of a secret, so I don't want anyone else to know," Gale smiled, his stubble trembling slightly as he spoke.
"I'm curious about what Senior Gale wants to discuss," Ye Yu straightened up and looked at him. He didn't mind Gale using Mental Power to create an energy shield to block any external eavesdropping.
"If you wanted to kill a high-level psychic Ability user, how would you do it?" Gale asked bluntly.
"By having greater combat power than them or possessing stronger weapons!" The confrontation between strong individuals was always straightforward: strength against strength.
"Yes, but high-level Mental Power users are generally unreachable by ordinary people. Even if one wields powerful weapons, the premise is that they must not let the opponent discover them." Gale did not directly refute Ye Yu's argument but raised his own doubts.
"Indeed, high-level Mental Power users can detect threats beforehand. If they realize they cannot defeat their opponent, they can simply retreat!" Ye Yu pursed his lips, fully understanding Gale's point. However, he currently had no need to confront high-level Mental Power users and had not thought deeply about the issue.
"The cultivation of Mental Power is much more difficult than ordinary martial arts. Those who can reach high levels are undoubtedly exceptional talents. Eliminating such individuals is certainly not an easy task." Gale continued to look at Ye Yu and said, "In the future, we will encounter practitioners of mental martial arts on the battlefield. How should we ensure that we do not fall victim to them, or even manage to eliminate them?"
"…This…" Ye Yu was momentarily at a loss for words. He had always valued individual combat capabilities, believing that as long as he was stronger than his opponent, he could defeat them. But on the battlefield, things were rarely so straightforward; he would inevitably face opponents of similar strength or even stronger ones. What then?
"To excel in your craft, you must sharpen your tools!" Gale continued without hesitation. "If we can acquire better weapons, we will naturally gain more initiative among opponents of the same level!"
Ye Yu's eyes lit up at Gale's words, signaling him to continue.
"The weapons provided by the academy are mostly conventional. To obtain better weapons, we need to seek them out ourselves! I know of a mysterious area owned by our academy where we can find what we need."
"What place?" Ye Yu's interest was piqued; he understood that the First Military Academy's power extended beyond what was visible on the surface and surely held secrets unknown to ordinary people.
"The Lost Secret Realm!" Gale pronounced each word carefully.
"The Lost Secret Realm?" Ye Yu repeated, quickly realizing he had some knowledge of this place. It was said that around ten thousand years ago, people observed a meteor set to crash into a continent in the Southern Hemisphere. The entire human administrative body took three months to hurriedly evacuate everyone from that continent to safety. Just as all humans left the continent, a fireball appeared in the sky above Home Planet. This fireball later struck the continent, piercing it through in an instant. Enormous clouds of dust rose tens of kilometers into the air and lingered for a full decade before dissipating.
After ten years had passed, all life that once inhabited that continent vanished without a trace, leaving it in utter silence. Some brave souls attempted to uncover the true secrets of this land but mostly disappeared without return. Afterward, when the First Military Academy took control of this area, it completely sealed it off from the outside world. Over time, people on Home Planet seemed to forget about its existence. Occasionally, those who knew about this area referred to it as the Lost Secret Realm passed down through word of mouth.
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