bioinnovel Chapter 18 Struggle
Chapter 18 Struggle
Only 52 trainees from Anqiu City remained in the hall.
A group of people from Linhai County walked over and saw the rows of seats, which seemed a bit strange.
The first two rows have a total of one hundred seats, all of which are sofas. They not only look luxurious, but also come with snacks and drinks.
The back rows had those plastic chairs.
As for the last few rows, it was even more outrageous; they were made of wooden benches less than a foot high.
"Xiao Weiqing, come here and sit here."
Xiao Weiqing and the others turned around and walked over.
"Are you Qin Sheng?"
Qin Sheng nodded. "Yes, it's me. This is Zhu Dong."
"Xiao Weiqing, did Senior Jiang talk to you about the seating arrangement?"
"seat?"
"Yes, we are the Zhiyong ship that will pick up the first city. In the next hour, we will pick up the new trainees in Luohe City, Donglin City, and Yueshan City in turn."
Xiao Weiqing nodded, "I see, but what's wrong with this seat...?"
Before he could finish speaking, Xiao Weiqing realized what he meant and asked, "How long does it take to get to Luojiang Prefecture?"
Qin Sheng said, "Seven hours."
"You mean they'll fight over seats?"
Qin Sheng replied, "That's right, there are a total of 642 seats, which is the total number of students admitted from our four cities this year."
But the sofa only seats one hundred people. There's a lavish lunch, but behind it are two hundred plastic chairs where there's no food.
"Huh? The difference is too big, they're not even giving us food." Zhang Dawei exclaimed.
"Not only that, there's not even water."
Zhu Dong laughed and said, "Don't rush, the key is that the last one is a wooden stool. Your butt will hurt when you sit on it."
Someone timidly said, "Can I go somewhere else? I'll lie on the floor too."
Qin Sheng coldly replied, "No."
"This is a tradition of Luojiang Academy, which is to encourage us to compete."
"And we must fight for it. We're not fighting for the steamed buns, we're fighting for our pride. If we give up, we'll be laughed at when we get to Luojiang Academy. Although Anqiu City has always been one of the weakest cities in Luojiang Prefecture, we've never given up."
Zhu Dong chimed in, "Qin Sheng is right. They've only just stepped into the extraordinary realm, and they're already thinking about backing down. What kind of future can they possibly have?"
Qin Sheng continued, "Xiao Weiqing, here's something you might not like to hear: those of you who came from the welfare home didn't suffer any hardship before the age of 18. You were always protected by policies and had no worries about food or clothing."
But we are different. We all have brothers and sisters, some as few as a dozen, some as many as dozens. This is the survival mode of large families with extraordinary talents. We have no choice but to compete.
"You have to compete, otherwise you'll have nothing. The better your talent, the more you have to compete, because everyone is watching and everyone wants to step on you. To embark on the path of the extraordinary, you must have the will to win, otherwise you are destined to achieve nothing."
By the end, Qin Sheng's face was almost contorted with rage, which was rather frightening.
Zhang Dawei said, "Your big family really knows how to have fun."
Zhu Dong shook his head and said, "There's nothing we can do. Different classes have different problems, unless you're at the top, like a god!"
Xiao Weiqing nodded, recalling what the senior students had said on the forum: cultivation is about competing with humans, competing with demons, and competing with the heavens.
"What are the rules?"
Zhu Dong said, "Because we have fewer people, each city should send a few trainees to conduct a series of challenges. The side that falls first loses. Of course, the specifics can be agreed upon by both sides."
Qin Sheng said again, "Xiao Weiqing, your fire-type true technique, even if you've only just started practicing it, must already have considerable combat power. We need you. Of course, even if you don't participate, we won't give up on you."
Li Fangnan stood up and said, "Of course I'll join. Can I use weapons?"
"Sure, but it's made of wood," Qin Sheng said, pointing to a shelf on the side.
"Xiao Weiqing, what about you?"
"Can."
Xiao Weiqing nodded. It was just a small episode on the path of cultivation; there was no reason to back down.
"Okay, it's settled then."
Jiang Peng and Wang Fu were in a small room, where they could see the situation in the hall clearly through a screen.
"Old Wang, is that Qin Sheng from the Qin family of Anqiu?"
"Um."
Jiang Peng exclaimed in surprise, "Good heavens, where is he in the queue? 70th or 80th?"
Wang Fu smiled wryly: "Ranked 78th, the Qin family has 8 members participating in the Extraordinary Awakening this year, one is a Level 2 'Skill' and the other is a Level 4 'Weapon', namely Qin Sheng, with the Extraordinary Talent Surging Wave Battle Spear."
"Does it have accompanying weapons?"
Wang Fu rolled his eyes. "Companion weapons are even rarer than true techniques. How could just any level 4 'artifact' have a companion weapon?"
"If I can recruit a student who has a companion weapon, I'll have enough cultivation points for next semester."
"Is it rare?" Jiang Peng stroked his chin.
"It seems quite rare. In our year, in the 'Martial Arts' category, there are over a hundred Level 4 extraordinary talents and ten Level 5 talents. Only Ye Hanmei and I have companion weapons. I am a 'Technique' talent, and she is a 'Weapon' talent."
"Get the hell out of here!"
Wang Fu really wanted to throw his size 45 shoe at Jiang Peng's face.
During their conversation.
The speed of the Zhiyong began to slow down.
Jiang Peng said, "Looks like we've arrived in Luohe City. This is going to be interesting. By the way, who's in charge of student recruitment in Luohe City again?"
"I don't know. Luohe City and Donglin City should both be people from the Intermediate People's Court." Wang Fu shook his head, indicating that he didn't know either.
"What about Tsukiyama City?"
Wang Fu smiled knowingly and said, "Your mortal enemy."
Jiang Peng's eyes widened: "No way, Ye Hanmei? How does she have time to do welcoming work?"
As the only two students in their junior year who used companion weapons, Jiang Peng and Ye Hanmei were often compared together.
However, Ye Hanmei was a level 5 "weapon", and the difference in strength between the two was quite large, so Jiang Peng was always the object of ridicule.
"It must be that someone in the family participated in the extraordinary awakening, and someone obtained good extraordinary talent."
Jiang Peng nodded, "That's the only reason. Damn it, those big families are disgusting. They use a human wave tactic, and I recently heard they're also using bloodline flow, combining people with advanced extraordinary talents for eugenics."
If this continues, in a few hundred years, there will only be a handful of surnames left on Earth, and there will be no ordinary people left.
Wang Fu was both amused and exasperated. "Shouldn't I be the one saying that? Don't you also have a family?"
"Don't even mention it, we had a huge fight. They treated me like a baby-making machine. My old man actually wanted me to have several children first. I ran away in a fit of anger, and then I brought Wei Lan with me."
"Hahaha...Statistically speaking, this is feasible, otherwise the population of Earth would not have increased so much over the past thirty years."
"but."
Wang Fu then changed the subject, saying, "The Wei family's situation is quite different from yours."
Jiang Peng snorted coldly, "What's there to be afraid of? Don't let me enter the fifth realm, or I'll beat up all those so-called geniuses one by one."