131: Chapter 131 The Newbie Squad

The transport plane hovered over Ghost Island.

Looking down through the porthole, the entire island was shrouded in a layer of grey, dense fog, exuding an air of deathly silence and ominousness.

"Prepare for airdrop."

The captain's cold voice came over the intercom.

The rear hatch of the cabin slowly opened, and violent air currents rushed in instantly.

"Team 17, get ready."

The instructor's voice rang out.

The faces of Lin Fan's new teammates turned pale in an instant.

"In... Instructor, shouldn't we be looking for flat ground to land on?"

These people were all new students with no trial experience, and the healing-type girl named Zhang Mengmeng asked with a trembling voice.

She only had a C-Rank Talent and didn't even know any flight martial arts; wasn't parachuting down like this just asking for death?

"This is a trial, not a field trip."

The instructor expressionlessly tossed over a few parachute packs.

"Figure out how to survive on your own."

With his previous experience, Lin Fan didn't waste words; he knew that hesitating meant getting a kick in the butt.

Lin Fan yawned, casually picked up a parachute pack, and strapped it on without even looking at it.

He walked over to the teammates who were shivering in fear.

"Look at you all."

"It's just parachuting, look at how scared you are."

He gave each of them a kick.

"Hurry up."

"Whoever dares to drag me down, I'll be the first to throw them down to feed the fish."

Lin Fan's tone was extremely nasty and filled with impatience.

The boy named Wang Xiaoming was kicked until he stumbled; he dared not speak out in anger and could only go to get his parachute with red eyes.

"Lin Fan, don't go too far!"

The only plant-type in the team, Liu Sisi, gathered her courage and glared at Lin Fan.

"We are weak, but we are not trash!"

"Oh?"

Lin Fan raised an eyebrow and walked up to her with great interest.

He bent down, leaned close to Liu Sisi's ear, and said in a voice only the two of them could hear.

"Then prove it to me."

The warm breath sprayed against her ear, and Liu Sisi's face instantly turned red to the roots of her neck; she couldn't say a word.

"Let's go, trash."

Lin Fan straightened up, too lazy to waste more words with them, and was the first to walk to the cabin door.

He glanced back at everyone, a trace of a contemptuous smile hanging on the corner of his mouth.

Then, he leaped out.

"Ah!"

The teammates let out exclamations.

They watched Lin Fan's figure disappear into the clouds and mist, momentarily at a loss.

"Jump!"

The instructor's cold, urging voice rang out from behind.

The few gritted their teeth and had no choice but to bite the bullet and jump after him.

Passing through the dense clouds and mist, a sense of weightlessness instantly enveloped their entire bodies.

The biting cold wind whistled past their ears.

Zhang Mengmeng was so scared she closed her eyes, tears streaming out.

Just when she thought she was a goner, a strong hand suddenly grabbed her arm.

She opened her eyes in terror and discovered that Lin Fan had appeared beside her at some point.

"You don't even know how to deploy your parachute?"

Lin Fan's voice still sounded just as annoying.

But he skillfully helped her pull the parachute release ring.

The giant canopy opened in the air, and the speed of descent slowed instantly.

Zhang Mengmeng stared blankly at Lin Fan, forgetting to react for a moment.

Lin Fan didn't say much; he let go, his figure flashed, and he appeared beside another flustered teammate.

Like an experienced instructor, he shuttled through the air with ease, helping every teammate open their parachutes.

After finishing all this, he unhurriedly opened his own parachute pack.

A few minutes later, the five of them landed safely, albeit with a scare, on the edge of the island, on a black sandy beach.

The four teammates, having survived the ordeal, collapsed on the ground, gasping for air.

They looked at Lin Fan, who was standing not far away with his hands in his pockets, looking at them with disdain, and their feelings were extremely complicated.

This guy, although his mouth was poisonous as hell, it seemed... he wasn't that bad, right?

"Are you done resting yet?"

Lin Fan's impatient voice interrupted their thoughts.

"Get up quickly and find a place to set up camp."

"Do you want to spend the night here and wait to be dragged away by an exotic beast as a midnight snack?"

The four of them didn't dare to refute and struggled to climb up from the ground.

"Which way should we go?"

Wang Xiaoming looked at the endless primeval jungle before him and asked, somewhat lost.

The jungle was filled with grey mist, visibility was extremely low, and the air was filled with dangerous vibes everywhere.

"Follow me."

Lin Fan activated his Eye of True Sight.

Within his field of vision, the colors of the whole world had changed.

The spiritual power particles floating in the air, the lingering scent of exotic beasts on the ground, and even the hidden energy fluctuations in the distance, all had nowhere to hide.

He quickly discovered a relatively safe route.

"Keep up closely; if anyone falls behind, no one is going back to look for you."

Lin Fan coldly dropped this sentence and walked into the depths of the jungle on his own.

The four of them exchanged glances and had no choice but to follow closely.

They discovered that although Lin Fan wasn't walking fast, every step seemed to have been calculated with precision.

He could always accurately avoid those areas that looked flat but were actually hidden swamps.

He could also bypass certain bushes that emitted dangerous vibes in advance.

Following him, they actually felt an inexplicable sense of security.

After walking for about half an hour, Lin Fan stopped under a leeward cliff.

The terrain here was relatively high, the view was open, and there was only one entrance, making it easy to defend and hard to attack—an excellent campsite.

"We'll rest here today."

Lin Fan pointed to a shallow cave under the cliff.

"You two, go nearby and gather some dry firewood."

He pointed at Wang Xiaoming and Sun Yu.

"You two, clear away the weeds around here."

He looked at Liu Sisi and Zhang Mengmeng again.

He was like a general issuing orders, arranging everything clearly.

"And what about you?"

Liu Sisi couldn't help but ask; why should they do the work while this guy just stood there?

Lin Fan found a clean rock to sit on, took a bottle of Happy Water out of his backpack, unscrewed it, and took a sip.

"Me?"

"I'm responsible for protecting your safety and contemplating the meaning of life."

He answered righteously.

Liu Sisi was so angry her teeth itched, but she didn't dare to lash out and could only go to clear the weeds with Zhang Mengmeng.

Soon, a bonfire was lit, dispelling the surrounding cold and mist.

The four teammates sat around the fire, eating the dry rations they had brought, the atmosphere somewhat gloomy.

Lin Fan sat alone in the darkness not far away, as if he didn't fit in with them.

"Tell me... what kind of person is Lin Fan, really?"

Zhang Mengmeng whispered to Liu Sisi.

"One moment he's wicked as hell, the next he doesn't seem that bad."

Liu Sisi glanced at the figure in the distance and shook her head.

"I don't know."

"But I feel that he is definitely not as simple as he looks on the surface."

Just then.

Roar!

A terrifying beast roar suddenly came from the jungle not far away.

Immediately after, the ground began to vibrate slightly.

A massive black shadow slowly walked out from the mist.

It was a black-haired giant ape over three meters tall, with fangs sticking out, blood-red eyes, and its whole body exuding the terrifying aura of an Elite-level exotic beast.

"It's... it's a Black Demon Ape!"

Wang Xiaoming's voice changed from fear.

This was an exotic beast comparable to a high-level Martial Master; the few of them wouldn't even be enough to get stuck in its teeth.

The four of them instantly turned pale as death, huddling together in despair.

However, Lin Fan, sitting in the distance, didn't even lift an eyelid.

He just said calmly.

"So noisy."

Just as he finished speaking.

An invisible mental pressure swept out like a tsunami.

It was his S-Rank Talent, Divine Ember Flame.

The Black Demon Ape, which had been aggressive, suddenly stiffened the moment it came into contact with this pressure.

In its wild, crimson eyes, extreme fear emerged.

As if it had seen some natural predator.

It whimpered, tucked its tail, turned around, and ran, disappearing into the dense fog, scrambling and crawling.

It took no more than three seconds.

A crisis that could have wiped them all out was resolved so casually.

The four teammates stared at Lin Fan, dumbfounded, feeling their worldview had been severely impacted.

"What are you all looking at me for?"

Lin Fan's voice came slowly.

"Eat quickly, and go to sleep after you're done."

"There's still plenty to do tomorrow."

The night grew deeper.

The magnetic interference on the island became stronger, and even the spiritual power began to become chaotic.

Lin Fan leaned against the cliff, seemingly resting with his eyes closed, but in reality, his Eye of True Sight was opened to its maximum.

In his vision, in the jungle in the distance, several red dots representing human life signs were surrounding their camp at an extremely fast speed.

Their movement trajectories were full of tactical intent; obviously, they were not ordinary students.

"Finally here, are they?"

The corner of Lin Fan's mouth curled up instantly, like a Wry-Mouthed Dragon King.

"Efficiency is quite high."