"Students, the Trials of Abyss will begin in fifteen minutes!"
"Before we go in, I'll quickly go over what you need to do once you're inside."
A beautiful female teacher stood on the podium holding a microphone. She wore a white shirt with a black tie and a tight black skirt that hugged her hips. Her name was Lin Yulan, the class teacher for Class D. She was a mature woman with large breasts that seemed to defy gravity and a shapely, upturned backside.
"As I've said many times in class, your first Abyssal Dungeon will most likely be F-rank in difficulty."
"But don't you dare look down on an F-rank dungeon. If you do, I promise you will die a horrible death."
"Even though students go through theory classes and practical training, the death rate in F-rank dungeons can still reach up to 30%."
"The main reasons so many people die in the Trials of Abyss, even after all their preparation, are three things: losing their calm, failing to observe carefully, and not being able to adapt."
The students listened closely to their teacher's words because this advice could save their lives.
In the back corner of the classroom, a handsome young man sat quietly. He had a sharp, chiseled face, thick eyebrows, shiny black hair, high cheekbones, and striking blood-red eyes. His looks could easily match those of a top model. His name was Yang Chen, and he had just turned eighteen three days earlier.
When he thought about it, Yang Chen pressed his forehead with his hand and leaned to the side as if he had a headache.
'Normally this should be a happy moment to celebrate, but not in this messed-up world.'
Three days ago, in the middle of the night, Yang Chen woke up in a completely different body.
At first he thought it was a dream, but he soon realized it was real when he remembered what happened the previous night.
He had been drinking beer late at night with friends at a bar in a back alley. After getting very drunk, he started walking home to his apartment.
Suddenly he felt like he was flying through the air.
"Sigh, maybe I should drink less—ahhhhh!!! It hurts so much!!!"
Before he could finish, Yang Chen screamed in pain. His loud cry woke up stray dogs and beggars sleeping on the street.
The last thing he saw was an ambulance speeding toward him after it hit him, and he felt himself rising toward the sky.
With his final bit of strength, he whispered in agony,
"No! I can't die yet... I still haven't deleted my browsing history!!"
…
'Damn it.'
Yang Chen cursed his bad luck inside his mind. He could accept dying, but the way it happened made his mouth twitch in embarrassment.
As someone who read a lot of web novels, he knew about the famous Truck-kun stories, but this was the first time he heard of Mr. D. Ambulance.
Even worse, he had reincarnated into a parallel Earth called Seraphia, a world currently at war with creatures from the underworld.
Hundreds of years ago, the Trials of Abyss appeared and dragged humans into the underworld without warning.
They were forced to survive against monsters that hungered for human flesh under the name of "missions."
People stopped calling it a trial and started calling it an apocalypse because it killed millions and caused the world's population to drop sharply.
Fear and despair filled everyone's hearts. Many believed humanity would go extinct.
However, just like Newton's third law says, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
After entering the underworld, humans found a way to fight back. By clearing the Trials of Abyss, people received rewards and special abilities. The most important reward was spectral energy. With the knowledge gained from survivors, humans developed spectral cultivation.
Using spectral energy, people could break their natural limits and evolve into stronger life forms.
Humans can only enter the Trials of Abyss after turning eighteen, and that was exactly what worried Yang Chen.
'Damn, I just reincarnated and now I have to fight those….'
His thoughts stopped when his eyes landed on the large breasts of Teacher Lin. From his seat, they looked like juicy watermelons placed on a plate, tempting him to take a bite.
'Gulp.'
He swallowed hard and his throat felt dry as he stared at the mature woman.
Teacher Lin was very famous in the college.
Her beautiful mature looks attracted many people, and her kind nature hidden behind a strict attitude made male students dream about her. She was the ideal woman for most of them.
"That's one smoking hot milf," Yang Chen muttered while staring at her chest without looking away.
A few moments later, he pulled his eyes back when he noticed the classroom had gone completely silent. He felt many sharp stares on him.
Especially when he saw his classmates' stunned faces, he knew something was wrong.
"Yang Chen, what d-did you just say?" Teacher Lin looked at him like an angry wounded tigress.
'Oh crap, I messed up,' Yang Chen thought when he realized he had said it out loud. But he kept a calm face and followed her earlier advice about staying composed.
Yang Chen looked around with a confused expression, acting like someone who had been wrongly accused. 'So what if they caught me? As long as I don't admit it, there's nothing they can do.'
When his classmates gave him strange looks, Yang Chen returned a wronged expression.
Seeing his perfect act, some started to doubt if they had heard him correctly.
"Fellow Daoist, your shamelessness is on another level," the fat guy sitting in front of him said while stroking his imaginary beard.
'Pig bastard,' Yang Chen cursed in his heart. When he saw Teacher Lin's body shaking with anger, he knew he was about to get scolded.
"Students, that's all for my quick reminders. I hope you all come back safely and stay careful."
Lin Yulan finished her speech with an angry face, gritting her teeth. Before leaving the classroom, she looked at Yang Chen.
"Student Chen, please come see me in my staff room."
Zhang Pang, the fat guy, sneered when he saw his plan succeed. He had always hated Yang Chen for getting away with things just because of his handsome face.
A cold glint appeared in Yang Chen's eyes when he heard Zhang Pang laugh. After reincarnating, Yang Chen received all the memories of the body's original owner. In the past, this fat guy had bullied the previous owner because of his own insecurities.
The old Yang Chen might have ignored it, but the new one would not. He planned to teach this fat bastard a proper lesson so he would know his place.
A few moments later, a creepy smile spread across Yang Chen's face as he thought of something fun.
'This fat hippo with all that meat hanging off him...'
He paused, and a wicked look filled his eyes.
'He would sell for a really good price to the Ghost Butcher.'
"Hehe, I'll be rich soon," Yang Chen said with a creepy laugh as he walked out of the classroom.
At the same time, Zhang Pang, who was still laughing, suddenly felt his hair stand up and a cold shiver run down his back.
The fat on his body jiggled in a disgusting way, making the students nearby feel uncomfortable.
'Who? Who is it? Where is that creepy feeling coming from?'
Zhang Pang got scared and looked around the classroom, trying to find the source.
But his panicked searching only made everyone stare at him with disgust.
"Ahhhh! There's a ghost in here!" he suddenly screamed like a crazy person and ran out of the classroom, shocking the students in the hallway.