152: Square, square sun?

Finally, under Miller's intervention, Shen Bei and Qiu Qianren were unable to fight.

Miller's oppressive aura was simply too strong.

Shen Bei suspected he was at least a Five-Rank Martial Artist, or even higher.

Looking at General Training Instructor Cheng Liaoyuan, he used to be a captain, but now he is still a Third-Rank Martial Artist.

The gap was immense.

Shen Bei gave Qiu Qianren one last look, raised his middle finger, and returned to his team.

Soon.

Lingnan City Martial Arts University completed registration and officially entered the Luan County Permanent Dungeon entrance.

They slowly descended along the dimly lit passage.

It was a slope paved with concrete.

At the very bottom, a faint light was visible.

The students were both curious and anxious.

As the sound of footsteps grew louder and more numerous, echoing through the narrow passage, countless bats were startled from cracks in the ground, swarming out like a sky full of locusts.

“These bats…”

Only then did Shen Bei see clearly that these bats were each the size of a palm fan, with sharp, blade-like teeth and blood-red eyes; they were a rare species of vampire bat.

Moreover, these vampire bats were extremely ferocious.

After the students approached, they even dared to dive down, threatening and trying to drive away the humans.

The young girls in the team shrieked in fright.

Some male students also covered their heads, swatting their hands as if shooing away flies.

Facing this situation, the escorting Military officer didn't lift his head or open his eyes.

As if he hadn't seen anything, he just sneered and coldly shouted, “Scared? If you’re scared, go back and suckle at your mother’s breast!”

Just then.

Jian Tong let out a low, drawn-out hum, and with a flick of her finger in the air, a fist-sized ball of purple lightning gathered in her hand, spinning rapidly.

Zzzzt, zzzzt, zzzzzzt.

A dense web of electric filaments, sparkling with crystal light, appeared around Jian Tong.

Everyone present felt a powerful current; their bodies tingled, and their skin and hair stood on end.

“Thunderbolt Electric Blade!”

Jian Tong then launched the dazzling electric blade in her hand at the numerous bats, transforming it into six streaks of blade light that swept a thousand steps, striking and killing from a distance!

The powerful electric thunderblade surged past, making the air burn.

Boom!

The bats suddenly looked as if they had been electrocuted, their bodies charred, letting out 慘 screams, and falling to the ground.

As the crowd descended, the electrocuted bats fell like raindrops; countless numbers of them died.

The relieved students exclaimed:

“The electric girl is so cool!”

“Is that a freshman? She’s got some skills.”

“Ah, I wanted to make a move, but I'm heavy-handed, so never mind, never mind.”

“Don’t show off, it’s not too late for you to make a move now.”

“So tired~~~”

...

Shen Bei followed behind, watching Jian Tong perform in front, and rolled his eyes.

Show-off.

Finally.

The students of Lingnan City Martial Arts University, led by the Military officer, emerged from the bottom of the underground rift.

The bottom area was not large, about five hundred square meters.

In the center was a gate of light.

Countless light specks, like tiny dust particles floating in the air, continuously emanated, colorful and visually striking.

If it weren't for everyone knowing that behind this gate of light was the Dungeon, they might have thought it was the entrance to an amusement park.

At the same time, there were Military stationed here on guard.

Their identities were checked one by one again.

The Lingnan City Martial Arts University students lined up one by one to enter the Dungeon.

Naturally, some students had weak legs, hesitated, and dragged their feet.

The Military officer on guard, however, was not polite; amidst a chorus of screams, he kicked them in, one by one, sending them all inside.

After Shen Bei entered.

In the blink of an eye.

He appeared in the Earth Cave World.

He looked around.

At this moment, Shen Bei was in the Forward Camp.

The camp used high-grade concrete mixed with gravel to pour a defensive wall over five meters high.

The entire wall was built along the mountain.

Utilizing the natural mountain body, a giant steel structure riveted cover was added, forming a city wall, similar to a reservoir dam or an inverted water bowl, creating a small city.

Logically speaking.

Such a camp, almost completely sealed for defense against air raids by Dungeon creatures, should be pitch black inside.

After all, no electrical energy could be used here.

Although the gate of light provided a little illumination, it was completely insufficient for such a large camp.

But the fact was, the light inside the camp was not dim.

Along both sides of the Qianjin Camp roads, a type of mushroom was visible everywhere, dotted with soft light, bringing a glimmer of brightness to the Qianjin Camp.

This glimmer of light was amplified and reflected by crystals embedded in the surroundings.

The entire camp had no worries about lighting.

Within the Qianjin Camp, there were also many buildings with various functions.

Hotels, restaurants, Materials shops, hospitals, Military institutions, and so on.

Qi Chuanyu secretly clicked his tongue and couldn't help but blurt out, “This is a camp? It’s up to small city standards!”

Shen Bei also wondered if the country had some misunderstanding about what a camp was…

His first impression was that the Forward Camp was just a tent camp surrounded by wooden fences.

The result… it was more like a small market town.

By now.

If they didn't mind the Qianjin Camp being crowded, everyone still had an hour to prepare.

They had to leave the camp after an hour.

It wasn't that the students were forced to rush into and out of the Dungeon.

Rather, there were too many Martial Artist students today.

Coupled with the usual comings and goings of civilian Martial Artists, the Forward Camp was overflowing with people.

Shen Bei walked along the exit road.

He quickly arrived at the Forward Camp gate.

Once outside this gate.

That was the true Earth Cave World.

At this moment, Shen Bei noticed a huge blackboard standing near the gate.

It was covered with various wanted ads.

All posted by Martial Artists themselves, the content was chaotic:

“Buying Earth Crystal Stones, Azurefall Stones!”

“Buying Five-Rank Lion-Scorpion hearts, high price, scammers will die with their whole family!”

“Looking for someone, XXX has been missing for many days. If anyone sees this person, please contact, with generous reward.”

“Looking for female teammates, I, a Third-Rank Martial Artist, am very fierce and very gentle.”

“Warning, XXX is a scammer, his son will be born without an asshole!”

...

Shen Bei's head hurt from reading it.

A perfectly good information exchange platform, half of the information on it was personal insults and swearing.

Where there are interests, there are conflicts.

Unavoidable.

Soon.

Shen Bei followed the team out of the Forward Camp.

The previously suppressed view suddenly opened up.

The Forward Camp was located in the belly of the mountain.

Looking down from above, the view was boundless, like a plain.

Shen Bei found that it was no different from the surface world; there was fertile black soil everywhere, as well as many streams and tall plants.

He looked up.

The Dungeon sky was not blue, but a light purple.

It was truly a strange sight.

There was also a glowing object similar to the sun.

This 'similar' needed to be in double quotes.

Shen Bei nudged Qi Chuanyu beside him and pointed to the sky: “What shape is the sun?”

Qi Chuanyu squinted his eyes, almost blinded by the glare, and rubbed his eyes, saying, “It must be round.”

The others also nodded; in their line of sight, the sun’s halo was round.

Shen Bei didn't say anything more.

In his vision, the sun of the Earth Cave World was a square…

At this moment, the accompanying Military officer began to delineate the students’ activity range.

“Operate within a thirty-kilometer radius of the Forward Camp; approaching Blade City by 50 kilometers is already dangerous.”

The Military officer continued to ramble, “Of course, distance is not the safest guarantee; you might encounter a variant just 5 kilometers out.”

“In short, remember two things: First, do not charge Blade City, to avoid large-scale conflicts. It’s not that we humans can’t fight a war, but we’re afraid of causing a chain reaction. Once other cities unite to encircle and suppress the Forward Camp, the foundation accumulated over many years will be destroyed in an instant.”

“Second, if you see a variant in the wild, don’t hesitate. Strike first to gain the advantage, strike later to suffer. One word: kill!”

The others listened attentively.

Meanwhile, Shen Bei privately compared his map, looking northwest, towards Qianlin City.

“Alright.” The Military officer clapped his hands: “Now I will start assigning tasks.”

The Military officer pointed at the map: “This group of yours, go to 20 kilometers away and clear out the Frost Giant Wolves, kill every last one of them!”

“This team of yours, clear out the Lava Giant Snakes.”

“And you all…”

After a round of assignments, the Military officer spoke again: “In ten days, I will inspect your battle results. Those who fail will remain in the Dungeon until the mission is completed!”

“Of course, during this process, any gains you make are your own.”

“Depart! You group of delicate rascals!”

Not only Lingnan City Martial Arts University departed together, but also other Martial Artist students.

Each group received different tasks.

Amidst wails and reluctance, the students bravely set off.

The area of the Dungeon was truly vast.

These students, cast into the Earth Cave World, were like grains of sand entering the ocean.

Shen Bei looked at Zha Tian Gang’s mission direction, which happened to coincide with where he wanted to go.

After completing the mission, he could continue deeper, heading straight for the mountain range west of Qianlin City.

Once he crossed the mountains, he could reach the Sea of Hopelessness.

Shen Bei squeezed Luo Chengyuan’s identity 牌.

He put away the map and waved: “Let’s go, my cannon—no, my comrade!”

Zha Tian Gang: ???

You, Shen Bei, just now, did you just blurt out what you were really thinking?