Free Web Novel“Not even five minutes, I was paying attention, it only took 4 minutes and 32 seconds to resolve everything.”
“The global candidate real-time score ranking should have started. Quickly check Mingxi’s current rank!”
A Staff Member immediately pulled up the rankings.
No. 1: Vitadilan (320) 【Xiao Li Country】
No. 2: Ko Fukada Go (240) 【Yinhe Country】
No. 3: Mingxi (240) 【Longhua Country】
No. 4: Reacher Austin (231) 【Tanzania】
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Everyone looked at the rankings, their brows furrowing.
“How could this be? How are Vitadilan and Ko Fukada Go’s scores so high? It’s only been a few minutes since the exam started. Could it be that they also encountered a group of wild Transcendent creatures?”
Everyone was confused and puzzled. In their opinion, Mingxi’s performance just now was enough to crush other candidates.
But now, she only ranked third.
Chu Kuangsheng ground out the unextinguished cigarette butt in the ashtray, his thick brows slanted, and a hint of disdain flashed in his eyes:
“It’s likely that some candidates used pet beast skills, such as Spatial Co-location or Mark Transfer. These types of skills can transport several candidates to the same area, and then one of them collects the score counters of the others.”
Although there are always people stronger than you.
But honestly, he didn't quite believe there were any existences stronger than Mingxi among these high school students.
Upon hearing his explanation, someone immediately questioned, “Doesn’t that count as cheating?”
“...Not really. If someone willingly sacrifices themselves, what can we do?”
“Damn it! It’s clearly exploiting a loophole in the rules.”
“Sigh, there’s no way around it. Some countries are just that shameless! They’ll do anything to win!”
“I hope Mingxi can catch up.”
Candidates cannot see the real-time rankings.
At this moment, Mingxi was carefully observing this special planet, which was actually a fruit.
Creation Fruit, to be precise, should be called Creation Star.
Because this planet had clearly formed its own rules.
Air, sunlight, water—they all existed here.
Trees, grass, blue sky, white clouds, rivers, and mountains were all within sight.
Standing here was almost the same as being on Blue Star.
If she hadn’t known for certain that she was currently on a genuine fruit, Mingxi would have definitely thought this was just an ordinary planet.
Of course, it wasn’t exactly the same as Blue Star.
The air was noticeably humid; although not as exaggerated as mist, Mingxi could definitely tell by the abnormal heaviness and dampness in her breathing.
And the wind here carried a sweet, fruity scent, like a mixture of citrus and alcohol.
It was a contradictory feeling, somewhat pleasant yet also a little intoxicating.
“What a strange smell,” Mingxi couldn’t help but complain.
If she smelled this for too long, she wondered if she would get drunk?
“Ling Ling.”
Lan Yue let out a soft cry, indicating that the wind was very sweet and fragrant.
Its sense of smell was the most acute, so it could naturally clearly smell the pervasive fruity scent.
Mingxi stroked its head and looked at Little Silver Flower not far away.
It was holding a tree branch, its long tail curled up, half-crouching, looking like a child observing migrating ants.
Of course, what was in front of it was not a line of ants.
But a large puddle of black and red liquid.
The blood that the Silver-faced Crocodile had shed earlier.
“Luo!”
Little Silver Flower showed a surprised expression, its pink eyes shining brightly, clearly ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) having discovered something interesting.
It immediately called Mingxi over to look.
Mingxi and Lan Yue quickly walked to its side, and when they saw the situation on the ground, they immediately understood the reason for Little Silver Flower’s surprise.
The blood flowing from the Silver-faced Crocodile was rapidly being decomposed by the ground.
Yes, decomposed.
Not absorbed or permeated.
Under normal circumstances, blood dripping on the ground would either be absorbed by the soil or seep downwards.
But the situation before them was different.
The blood on the ground was behaving like Pharaoh’s Serpents, or the decomposition of mercury thiocyanate when heated, rapidly changing the state of the blood.
From liquid to solid, then turning into ash.
“How magical.”
Mingxi expressed her astonishment.
Although she didn't know the exact principle behind it, she could be certain that the ‘soil’ here was definitely not ordinary soil.
“Little Silver Flower, use your telekinesis to put some of this soil into these containers. We’ll take some back. One for the dust after the blood decomposes, and one for clean soil.” Mingxi took out two sealed boxes and handed them to Little Silver Flower’s claws.
Just in case, she didn't plan to directly touch the soil here, but since this ‘soil’ was so special, whether it was useful or not, it would be good to take some back for research.
“Luo.”
Little Silver Flower was naturally happy to comply. With a burst of telekinesis, the ground in front of it trembled slightly, and then individual soil particles floated up, flowing like water into the sealed boxes.
Until both sealed boxes were full.
By the time Little Silver Flower finished, Golden Yuanbao had just returned from its patrol.
“You Yan.”
Golden Yuanbao began to report its findings.
The 4 o’clock direction was the safest, leading to a large open plain with no trees blocking the view.
The 6 o’clock direction was a cliff of unknown depth, shrouded in mist, making it impossible to see what lay below.
However, this cliff gave Golden Yuanbao a rather dangerous feeling.
And finally, in the 11 o’clock direction, it found a large number of beast bones—skeletons of different Transcendent creatures, all gnawed very cleanly. freёweɓnovel.com
“You Yan.”
A rare look of solemnity flashed in Golden Yuanbao’s blood-red eyes.
It said that place felt very wrong, giving it a chilling sensation.
Mingxi frowned, “Did you find any obvious marks on those beast bones? Like cuts or bite marks?”
Golden Yuanbao thought for a moment, as if recalling.
Then it shook its head.
Mingxi’s expression suddenly changed.
She decisively ordered, “Let’s go towards the cliff!”
If her guess was correct, the 11 o’clock direction was highly likely to be home to large, destructive communal Transcendent creatures like the Devouring Ant Army or Sui Marrow Mosquitoes.
Based on Golden Yuanbao’s description, the Devouring Ant Army was more likely.
The Devouring Ant Army was equivalent to the army ants of Mingxi’s previous life, known for leaving nothing behind in their path.
They had only been discovered on Tam Star, the No. 3 desolate planet, so far.
Mingxi had only seen videos related to the Devouring Ant Army online, and the scene was extremely shocking.
The entire video was less than 1 minute long.
It showed a group of heavy-armored yaks, seemingly migrating, encountering a stream of fire while running.
Then they were engulfed, devoured, and in the blink of an eye, turned into a pile of white bones.
And that stream of fire was the Devouring Ant Army.
That scene was far more exaggerated than a special effects movie, embodying the cruel beauty of nature to its fullest.
All things vie for freedom under the frosty sky!
Mingxi still remembered the last scene of the video: the valleys and mountains filled with white bones.
There was not a single trace of flesh or blood on the bones, as clean as if they had been meticulously deboned by a master butcher.
Under the pale, bloodless sky, it resembled an ancient graveyard that had existed since time immemorial, not a freshly formed mountain of corpses.
