MTLNOVEL Chapter 175: Setting sights on the treasure! (Three in one, 5/5)_4
Upon suddenly receiving a message from Chen Mo, Yan Yingyue immediately felt joy.
[Don't worry, the Academy Alliance gave me a powerful life-saving item. Those Aliens that charged at me were immediately repelled. I'm very safe.]
[That's good.]
[What about you? You weren't targeted, right?]
[I'm just a two-star Skeleton Mage. Even if I am targeted, I won't be considered a major threat. It's not a big deal.]
[That's good.]
Both said, "That's good," and then they tacitly ended the conversation.
However, through those short dialogues, Yan Yingyue felt warmth in her heart, feeling the care of the person who mattered to her. Even just a few simple words were enough.
At this time, the broadcast continued to address the matter of the instance abnormality.
"Regarding this instance abnormality, we will prepare a new college entrance exam instance for all candidates. Please return and rest for a day. We will have the new exam instance prepared for you the day after tomorrow."
"All candidates, please proceed to the central area. We will use reverse Teleportation to send you back to your schools."
As the broadcast concluded, all the teachers in the stands also moved to the central area.
After a reverse Teleportation, tens of thousands of people in the central area of each venue vanished in an instant.
「In Venue No. 2 at this moment...」
The person in charge of the college entrance exam turned to the fifth-transition expert and asked, "Senior Liao, when did you master such a powerful time-stop ability? These Aliens had even brought means to immunize themselves against time-stops, yet you still controlled them completely."
Liao Xuebing said thoughtfully, "It wasn't my ability. It was someone in the venue. That person clearly doesn't want to reveal themselves, so they didn't act at all."
Upon saying this, Liao Xuebing suddenly remembered something.
"Did something similar happen during the Jiangnan Province examination?"
"Yes, now that you mention it, I remember. There was a girl named Yan Yingyue who performed brilliantly and broke the survival-day record in that examination's history. She was targeted for assassination by the Aliens, who planned to use a time-stop in advance! Yue Yang was presiding at that time. According to him, after he was caught in the time-stop, a mysterious individual reversed the enemy's time-stop and even released him from it prematurely. That ability is very similar to what happened this time. This time, everyone was also time-stopped, yet we, the guards for the college entrance exam, were all able to move freely."
"It seems it was someone who was present on that day. Go back immediately and investigate which individuals present here today were also present on that day. This person's time-stop ability Level is extremely high! Even with my Divine Power shielding my body, I was paused for an instant. That's definitely not something an ordinary time-stop can achieve. If we can recruit them for public service, it will be a tremendous help in our fight against the Aliens in the Tower of Eternity."
"Recruiting them might be difficult, though," the person in charge of the No. 2 exam venue said with a wry smile.
Anyone would realize that no one would willingly surrender such a precious item.
"Naturally, we wouldn't expect to take it for free. If this item of theirs is an SSS-level treasure, we would be willing to exchange two, or even three, of our SSS-level items for their one. Although the grade is the same, the strategic value of this particular item is clearly higher than some other SSS-level treasures with different uses. For someone below the fifth-transition, possessing such a treasure is indeed somewhat of an overkill."
"If that's the case, it might actually be worth a try."
An exchange of one SSS-level item for three others of the same level—surely many people would be willing to make that trade, right? It's a deal where one definitely profits.
「At this moment, Chen Mo, who had returned to Seaside Second Middle School...」
...was still unaware that the higher-ups in the Alliance had set their sights on his precious treasure.
If it were just an ordinary SSS-level treasure, and if others truly coveted it and wanted to trade, offering a deal of three for one, Chen Mo would naturally be willing to make the exchange. But was his treasure an ordinary SSS-level treasure? This was a divine artifact component! Even if ten SSS-level items were offered, Chen Mo might not be willing to exchange it. One shouldn't underestimate the difference; although it was just a single tier between SSS-level and Above SSS-level, the utility could be worlds apart. Take Chen Mo's Chaos Tester ability, for example. Without this ability, upon entering the Chaos Origin Land, his SSS-level Pioneer perception ability would be useless. He wouldn't be able to perceive anything; it would be completely nullified. But with the Chaos Perception provided by the Chaos Tester, he could naturally utilize his perception ability in the Chaos Origin Land. The difference was huge. After all, the Chaos Origin Land contained terrifyingly abnormal entities like the Grand Terror. The Grand Terror Chen Mo had encountered in this trial was merely the most inferior type, created by the God Race through special means. Those in the Chaos Origin Land were the genuine article, truly formidable. Without probing capabilities, even Gods would face an immense risk of death upon entering!
Upon returning to school, Chen Mo planned to go straight home and sort out his harvest from this recent instance.
But he was unexpectedly stopped by the Principal.