28: Chapter 28: A Test of Courage – The Correct Way to Experience the Ever-Changing Motorbike
The Mutated Beast before him was as big as an ox. At first glance, it looked like a large, hairless rat, its whole body slick as if it had just crawled out of gutter oil.
Its smooth tail had ring-like, bamboo-joint patterns, resembling a large steel flexible hose.
However, after Yun Zhuo achieved Body Integration with Teacher Su, in his field of vision, this size was just a slightly larger wild dog.
When the Mutated Beast saw Yun Zhuo, its head bloomed like a flower, splitting into three petals. Each petal had two rows of sharp teeth, and it spat out two tentacle-like tongues, roaring at Yun Zhuo.
It was precisely at this moment that Yun Zhuo was startled by it.
Teacher Su was even more frightened, instantly losing her voice.
Fortunately, the creature's breath was foul enough to instantly jolt Yun Zhuo back to his senses.
Seeing that dog-like thing pouncing toward him,
Yun Zhuo subconsciously stepped back while thrusting his spear forward.
Because he was too nervous, he actually missed.
Fortunately, this thrust also startled the Mutated Beast, so it didn't land its pounce either.
However, Teacher Wu, who was watching from the side, breathed a sigh of relief. He had almost rushed over just now to pull Yun Zhuo away.
Seeing a Mutated Beast for the first time, not only was he not scared silly, he actually had the courage to attack. No wonder Principal Ren repeatedly urged him to pay special attention to him.
"Wife, our Seventeenth Middle School has really found a treasure this time."
"He has enough courage but lacks composure; he still needs more training."
"He definitely needs more training, but in all the batches of students I've taught, he's the one I'm most optimistic about."
"Why?"
"Have you ever seen a student take the initiative to buy cigarettes for their teacher?"
"Just a pack of cigarettes? No... you made a student buy cigarettes again? Last time the parents came to the school, if Principal Ren hadn't protected you, you would have been fired. Have you forgotten?"
"Wife, you're wronging me here. I only said there were drinks in the vending machine and to buy whatever he wanted to drink. But that kid is sensible; he took the initiative to buy me a pack of cigarettes and even knew I liked smoking yellow bird tower."
"Pathetic, a pack of cigarettes and you're satisfied."
"It's not about the cigarettes; the point is that the kid is interesting, don't you think?"
On the training ground, the Mutated Beast landed and slid far away. As soon as its rear end swung around and before it had even steadied itself, it immediately launched an attack on Yun Zhuo.
The man and the beast exchanged four or five blows. Yun Zhuo gradually adapted to the Mutated Beast, ignoring both its disgusting appearance and the foul stench on its body.
When the Mutated Beast pounced on Yun Zhuo again, Yun Zhuo once again retreated with a lunge, but simultaneously raised his spear, striking downward with the tip.
The moment the Mutated Beast entered his attack range, he used the "Phoenix Nods" from the Six Harmonies Great Spear, and the spear tip struck the Mutated Beast's head.
Spiritual energy erupted from the spear tip like lightning, instantly tearing the Mutated Beast into pieces.
With a bang, it was like a disgusting blood bag exploding, splattering red and black gore all over the ground.
Besides that, there was a light green corrosion crystal.
No wonder people often say corrosion crystals are "dropped"; the scene before him truly lived up to the word "explode."
"Not bad, you kid managed to kill the Mutated Beast in just five moves."
Teacher Wu walked over and used the tip of his blade to flick the corrosion crystal to Yun Zhuo: "Take it, this is your first trophy."
Yun Zhuo grabbed the flying corrosion crystal. "I'm already level five. It took me five moves to kill a level one Mutated Beast. Teacher Wu, if you want to laugh, just laugh. Being so sarcastic isn't manly at all."
"I'm not laughing at you. Among the Geniuses I've seen, those who can manage to kill a Mutated Beast after three attempts can be counted on one hand. And you succeeded on your first try, and only used five moves."
"I'm on a roll now, can you let out another one?"
For Yun Zhuo, this feeling was like when he first learned to ride a bicycle as a child, wishing he could ride it all day long and feeling restless the moment he got off.
"That's it."
"That's it? Just one?"
"Yeah, it was originally one per person, meant for courage training. The one you just killed was actually moved over to you from someone else's quota."
"Then since I killed it, what will that person do?"
"Them? It's easy. Every year, there are people who don't have the guts to kill a Mutated Beast even by the time they graduate."
After saying this, Teacher Wu dissolved into photons and reformed into his human shape, riding on a mecha-beast.
"Let's go, I'll take you to see the real training ground."
"The real training ground?"
After speaking, Yun Zhuo also separated from Teacher Su, and then Teacher Su transformed into a super sports motorbike.
"That's right, this is actually just a camp; the real training ground is outside the camp." Teacher Wu pointed heroically toward the wilderness outside the camp and looked back at the super sports motorbike that Teacher Su had turned into.
He frowned: "Your sports car is quite cool, but it's only suitable for city riding. Out in the wilderness..."
Before he could finish speaking, a sound of mechanical reconfiguration rang out from the motorbike, and Teacher Su actually transformed again.
Two pairs of crystalline wings, resembling dragonfly wings, unfolded from under the rear seat, clinging to her body like delta tail fins.
The two wheels retracted, turning into floating magnetic-control wheel assemblies, with red light trails circling inside them.
The body elongated, turning into a flying motorbike with a matte black main color scheme, accented by red mechanical lines outlining its contours.
The wedge-shaped front shone with icy blue light strips, and indigo light wings unfolded on both sides, the light membranes adorned with star-like points.
Yun Zhuo was stunned by this scene.
Teacher Su's voice rang in his consciousness: "You forgot, my first form is the ever-changing motorbike. The reason I turned into a super sports motorbike before was because you boys like that flashy style."
Yun Zhuo shook his head and said excitedly: "No, Teacher Su, this flying motorbike of yours is even cooler."
As he said this, he leaned over the body of the bike and kissed it.
The bike body visibly shuddered. After a while, he heard Teacher Su say irritably: "Alright, hurry up and get on."
Teacher Wu, standing to the side, was also stunned. Teacher Su's first form could actually undergo a secondary transformation?
And this flying motorbike she turned into was too cool; he wanted one too.
But as soon as he thought of the tigress beneath him, he decisively suppressed this suicidal thought, forcing it back from his lips into his heart.
"Student Yun Zhuo, what exactly is Teacher Su's first form? Can you reveal it?"
Yun Zhuo rode the flying motorbike over to Teacher Wu and smiled: "Guess?"
"You kid, contracting such a good War Princess, aren't you afraid of shortening your life?"
Yun Zhuo laughed: "Teacher Wu, you're being too attached, aren't you? Haven't you heard that life isn't about length? Maybe one day you'll reach your stop and get off."
"What's important is whether you leave humming a tune or leave full of regrets before getting off. That makes a huge difference!"
"You brat, you're even lecturing your teacher now. Let me tell you, your compatibility with Teacher Su still needs improvement. You actually had a pause during the transition between the two forms."
"If you can't achieve perfect synchronization, switching instantly, and integrating at any time, what will you do when you encounter an emergency? Especially in the wild, Mutated Beasts won't notify you when they appear."
After finishing, without giving Yun Zhuo a chance to retort, he rode his wife and charged off, taking the lead.
Without looking back, he waved at Yun Zhuo: "Keep up!"
Yun Zhuo looked down at Teacher Su, smiled slightly, and then twisted the throttle. The light wings behind the bike emitted a high-frequency humming sound.
Carrying Yun Zhuo, it shot away like a streak of light.
At the main gate's guard room, the old man who was polishing his electric baton "great sword" was startled by the sound of tearing air.
Thinking a Mutated Beast had arrived, he rushed out of the guard room, only to see Teacher Wu and Yun Zhuo flying over his head one after the other.
Watching the two of them disappear in a flash at the end of his vision, the old man looked confused: "Didn't that kid just arrive today? He already passed the test?"