"This isn't the direction to Silves City."
Indeed, Oschin's memories from that morning were quite detailed. Based on these memories and the map he'd bought while out for breakfast, Oschin analyzed that this adaptive training would most likely take place in the Great Soul Arena of Silves City. However, the reality before him told Oschin that his analysis was flawed; the teachers had another destination.
"Am I overthinking it? Did the Master actually intend to conduct adaptive training this time? Is there another reason for the teachers' unusual gathering?"
An hour later, based on the map he'd specifically input into his soul-guiding device that morning, Oschin determined that the Shrek Academy group was currently flying towards Hulan Motuo City.
Perhaps influenced by his morning's deductions about the adaptive training, the further they flew, the more suppressed the active mental energy in Oschin's mind became.
The Omniscient Library told Oschin that this phenomenon was a natural premonition of danger that arose when mental energy reached a certain level of activity; it could also be understood as a more precise sixth sense.
"Although we are currently heading towards Hulan Motuo City, if the data on the map is correct, our destination might not be Hulan Motuo City.
Considering that the instructors just lowered their altitude by fifty meters and reduced their speed from about 300 kilometers per hour to about 150 kilometers per hour, which is suitable for detecting soul tools, and based on yesterday's pattern, it's not yet time to find a landing site, rest, and recover soul power. So, are the instructors searching for something? Or are we already very close to where they found something last night?
Most importantly, what does this uneasy premonition mean? Is it danger? Or is something I don't want to see happening?"
Just as Oschin's brain was working quickly, trying to analyze the purpose of the instructors' actions, the words "team channel communication request" appeared on the soul tool display screen in his helmet. After connecting, Flander's voice came through the headset (which had a microphone function):
"Attention, all personnel, maintain current flight direction, land in two kilometers."
Half a minute later, the students put away their flight soul tools on their backs and landed in a clearing in front of a pine forest.
Oschin's expression was grim. Upon landing, while activating his upper body armor, he quickly completed his full mech armor setup. A flash of light appeared on his storage belt, and a Gauss sniper rifle materialized in his hand.
"Shrek Team, highest level of combat readiness."
Although they didn't understand why Oschin would suddenly issue such an order, their long-standing teamwork meant the trainees obeyed immediately, completing their combat gear.
However, they were a step too slow. Seeing Oschin's actions before landing, Cowen, relying on the powerful physique of his soul beast, fearlessly retrieved his flying soul tool mid-air. By the time the main force landed, Cowen, who had landed earlier using gravity, had already activated his invisibility soul tool and completely disappeared from everyone's sight.
After Flander issued the command to prepare for landing, the unease brought on by the active mental energy in Austin's mind reached its peak. To find the source of this unease, Austin pushed his detection soul tool to its limits for a short period. The detection revealed a village five kilometers away from his current location—a lifeless village.
"Too quiet. It's 8:46 AM. A populated village can't be this quiet."
The layout of the village told Austin that it wasn't a village that had been abandoned long ago. Austin vaguely knew what he was about to face. In the worst-case scenario, the village hadn't been disturbed for very long, meaning Austin might witness a scene of utter devastation.
"Cowen, scout carefully. Don't get too close; just enough to see the village."
After Oschin gave Cowen the instructions, Flander continued,
"Your reaction was pretty quick, but only one of you thought to survey your surroundings as thoroughly as possible before the abnormal landing. This disappoints me greatly. This isn't something a mature Soul Master should do when venturing into the wild.
We, the teachers, need to know your current level during this three-month break. This is a practical combat adaptation training.
From now on, the teachers will only intervene when you are facing mortal danger. However, you can ask us for some information, and we will tell you as long as we know it.
Alright, first piece of information: your target is in a village five kilometers away. Begin the operation."
"Form battle formation and advance." After Flander finished assigning the tasks, Dai Mubai, who hadn't thought about observing the surrounding environment beforehand, was eager to prove himself and gave the order in his unstable emotional state.
"Wait a minute," Oschin and Tang San, as members who also had combat decision-making and command authority, unusually contradicted Dai Mubai's instructions simultaneously.
Although he knew that doing so would undermine Dai Mubai's authority as captain, Oschin had already made some guesses about what was going to happen and felt he had to speak up at this time.
"We've been flying for almost two hours, and our soul power is already more than half depleted. We don't know what we'll be facing five kilometers away, so we need to fully recover our soul power and ensure our condition.
The teachers haven't mentioned any time limit for our mission, so there's no need to rush. Even if there is a time limit, it's not a big deal. Cowen has already gone to scout, and he will notify us if the situation is urgent. We should recover as much as we can now."
"That's what I think too." Although Tang San didn't know as much about what was going to happen as Oschin, he knew that the teachers' so-called test last night had taken a long time, which meant that this "test" was definitely not simple. Sharpening the axe before chopping wood was essential, and Tang San definitely didn't want to be reckless if he was well-prepared before setting off.
"I was too hasty. Everyone rest where you are. Da Ao and Xiao Ao, set up a temporary camp. Tang San and I will be in charge of the first wave of guard duty. The first person to finish recovering their soul power will take over from Tang San and me."
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