40: Set off

That night, Lin Chen still chose to cross into the Endless Sea's Sea Demon Clan territory in his dream.

But as soon as he landed on the island where he first appeared,

He immediately sensed a Martial Sovereign Realm Sea Demon with a terrifying aura!

Lin Chen had no choice but to consume energy points and quickly return.

“Does it have to be this harsh? A Martial Sovereign Realm is waiting for me there.”

Lin Chen was speechless.

He sighed.

“Forget it, next time I’ll go to a new node.”

Then, Lin Chen had a good night's sleep and did not choose to cross into a dream again.

The next morning at 10 AM.

Lin Chen arrived at the landing ship on time.

At this moment,

Duan Peng and seven or eight S-class students stood together.

Two familiar faces were among them.

Jiang Yueru.

And someone who had stared at him with a perverse look in the Martial Hall last time... Duan Peng also noticed Lin Chen's arrival and immediately waved.

“Lin Chen, over here.”

Lin Chen also walked over with a smile.

“Lin Chen, let me introduce you.”

Duan Peng pointed to a young man wearing A-grade combat gear.

“This is Xu Yang, Senior, the highest-ranked person in our Modu Martial University's Martial Hall.”

“Of course, that was before you came; now you are the highest-ranked.”

Duan Peng gave a simple smile.

Only then did Lin Chen realize that this person with the perverse gaze was Xu Yang.

“Per... oh no, Senior Xu Yang, hello.”

Xu Yang was also very impressed by a monstrous genius like Lin Chen.

Even with his combat power doubled, he could only barely clear the fifth floor.

Yet Lin Chen could clear it with overwhelming force.

“I saw you last time, Junior Lin Chen.”

“You really convinced me; compared to you, my achievements are nothing. This trip to the Other World will mainly rely on you.”

Xu Yang was also a very straightforward person.

Lin Chen met and got to know the other students from S-class one by one.

Duan Peng's group consisted of 7 people in total.

Two were late-stage Martial Master Realm, four were mid-stage Martial Master Realm, and Duan Peng was early-stage Martial Master Realm.

One of the late-stage Martial Master Realm was the Intermediate Spiritual Mind Master Duan Peng mentioned, and also highly ranked in the Martial Hall.

His name was Zhou Kai.

Although a Mentalist of the same rank is stronger than a martial artist,

Mental Energy is very difficult to improve, and relying solely on contemplation methods is extremely slow.

Unless there is a fortuitous encounter, a Mentalist needs time to accumulate to advance to a high rank.

Therefore, Mentalists are only considered A-grade geniuses.

Li Zixuan is a Mentalist, in Class A.

“This Zhou Kai reached Intermediate Spiritual Mind Master so quickly; he probably also awakened some talent that accelerates Mental Energy growth.”

The Mental Energy of an Intermediate Spiritual Mind Master is between 10,000 and 1,000,000 Hz.

Lin Chen knew this with a slight sense of his Mental Energy.

Zhou Kai's Mental Energy was probably around 300,000 Hz.

Which is the Mental Energy level of an early-stage Martial King.

Zhou Kai did not know that Lin Chen was also a Mentalist, and he was not very welcoming of Lin Chen's arrival.

He felt that Lin Chen might not necessarily win against him.

Although Lin Chen cleared the ninth floor of the Martial Hall, as a Mentalist, he never looked down upon martial arts practitioners.

Besides being a Mentalist, the talent he awakened also included an additional talent—Mental Energy Extraction!

He could hunt exotic beasts, and even humans and other races.

Then extract the Mental Energy of the deceased and refine it into his own Mental Energy.

However, the extracted Mental Energy was very impure, containing many emotions.

He would need to purify this slowly himself.

If he were to extract directly without refining, regardless of the cost, his Mentalist realm would be even higher than it is now!

Even so, his Mental Energy growth rate was terrifyingly fast, and he believed that one day he would reach the Super, or even Saint-level Spiritual Mind Master!

With his current Mental Energy, combined with secret Mental Energy attack techniques,

In the Martial Master Realm, as long as there was no Mental Energy defense equipment, he feared no one in a one-on-one fight.

The group boarded the landing ship and quickly arrived at the Other World.

This time, after the spaceship arrived in the Other World, it did not fly towards the base of the previous martial arts examination trial.

Instead, it headed in another direction.

About half an hour later,

A massive base appeared before their eyes.

Federal Base 121.

This base was directly under the jurisdiction of the Modu Military Department.

People from Modu who wanted to explore and hunt in the Other World usually came to this base.

Then, from the base, they would depart for the Exotic Beast Mountain Range to hunt exotic beasts.

After the group landed with the spaceship, they then registered at the base.

And then set off in a direction outside the base.

At this moment,

In a corner of Base 121.

Chen Mo looked at Lin Chen and his group with an evil expression.

“Young Master, I have already leaked the news of Lin Chen's arrival in the Other World to those people.”

An old man with gray hair walked out from a nearby street.

“No one found out, right?”

Chen Mo was still a little worried; even a slight connection with that group of people could implicate the entire family.

“Young Master, you can rest assured with my work; they won't trace it back to us.”

Chen Mo breathed a sigh of relief.

His gaze followed the direction Lin Chen left, his face gradually becoming ferocious... “This exotic fruit forest was discovered when we were hunting together two days ago. There are quite a few Tier 2 Beasts inside, so we had no choice but to invite Senior Xu Yang over.”

Duan Peng led the way and said.

“But Lin Chen, with you this time, our chances are much greater.”

Zhou Kai, on the other hand, looked disdainful.

The group quickly traveled tens of kilometers through the Exotic Beast Mountain Range.

Zhou Kai's Mental Energy could also cover a thousand-meter range for scouting.

Often, when they encountered groups of exotic beasts, everyone would bypass them early.

Another two hours later,

The group arrived in a huge valley.

Then they entered a cave in the valley.

The cave was three to four meters wide, winding and twisting, extending deep inside.

After more than ten minutes,

A grotto appeared at the end of the cave.

The grotto space was enormous, equivalent to two or three football fields.

At a glance, one could see some exotic beasts wandering around.

Deeper in the grotto, many cave passages could be seen, leading to unknown places.

“Lin Chen, we're here.”

“The exotic fruit forest is in this grotto.”

“This grotto was also accidentally discovered when we came as a hunting party before. We carefully avoided the exotic beast groups to explore and unexpectedly found a large area of exotic fruits.”

“We also thought about reporting it to the school, but then we would only get a very small share, so we decided to pick them ourselves.”

At this moment,

Zhou Kai walked at the very front.

He released his Mental Energy.

Leading everyone to carefully avoid the exotic beasts.

Lin Chen also kept his Mental Energy released.

There were about a hundred exotic beasts in this grotto space.

They were all Tier 1 and Tier 2 Beasts.

This made Lin Chen's heart burn with excitement.

However, this time the main goal was exotic fruits, so Lin Chen obediently followed the group.

Zhou Kai led everyone to continue deeper through a passage at the end of the grotto.

After walking for more than ten minutes,

A strong fragrance suddenly wafted from ahead.

exotic fruit!

Lin Chen was all too familiar with this smell.

Everyone smelled the exotic fruit fragrance.

They couldn't help but look ecstatic.

After walking for a few more minutes,

A grotto more than ten times larger than the previous one appeared in their view.

Lin Chen immediately released his Mental Energy.

exotic fruits!

So many, so many!

The entire grotto was filled with vast patches of exotic fruits.

They were colorful.

It seemed as if someone had deliberately planted them here.

This made Lin Chen's heart skip a beat.

He thought of the islands where the Sea Demon Clan kept exotic beasts... However, the Mental Energy scan currently only detected Tier 2 Beasts throughout the grotto.

These Tier 2 Beasts were all of the same species!

Hundreds of Earth-Armored Blood Lizards!

Seeing so many exotic beasts of the same species, Lin Chen had a feeling that things here were not so simple.

Zhou Kai's eyes, however, were gleaming at this moment.

“I'm in charge of Mental Energy detection; being careful won't be a problem. If we alarm the Tier 2 Beasts, I can use Mental Energy attacks, and Xu Yang can seize the opportunity to kill them.”

Xu Yang looked at Lin Chen at this moment.

“Lin Chen, do you think this is feasible?”

Seeing that Xu Yang didn't respond to him but instead asked Lin Chen, Zhou Kai became extremely impatient.

“I can detect any disturbance within a thousand-meter radius. What can Lin Chen do? Listening to me is the right way.”

Xu Yang frowned, his expression becoming displeased.

Duan Peng also glared at Zhou Kai.

“No problem, it's feasible, but be careful to know when to stop. I always feel like something is off here.”

Lin Chen said with a serious expression.

Zhou Kai, upon hearing this, snorted disdainfully.

He immediately took a step ahead.

Walking towards a patch of exotic fruits.

Everyone else had no choice but to follow.

Lin Chen, however, slowed his pace, leisurely trailing at the very end.