Chapter 196
The Vanguard
Southeast City is some distance from Beijing. The plane arrived at its destination after a five-hour flight.
Keros gently woke Su Yuan, "Princess, we've arrived."
Su Yuan moved her neck and opened her eyes.
Southeast City.
Her palms reacted three times along the way.
Su Yuan could sense that the closer she got to the red mist, the more excited the seal became, as if it knew that the red mist was the other half of the key to enter the dungeon.
"Keros, once we're in the Southeast City base, I need you to do something."
Su Yuan's voice wasn't loud, just loud enough for two people to hear.
Then, she got up and led her team outside.
"Um, hello, I'm Gu Xue, we've met before."
Gu Xue stole glances at Kairos several times along the way, and each time she blushed and her heart raced. Back in the dungeon, she probably didn't pay much attention because she was too scared.
Looking at him now, he really is so handsome!
Gu Xue mustered up the courage to greet Kairos, which surprised even Gu Shuang.
Xiaoxue actually knows Kairos from the Eternal Night Guild?
Gu Shuang carefully examined Kairos's face and suddenly remembered him.
Intuition and impressions told her that this man, Kelos, was dangerous, and she couldn't let Xiaoxue make a mistake.
"Xiaoxue, shut up."
Gu Xue ignored her and insisted on stopping Kairos, saying, "Sister, I really know him."
"It's me. We met inside the dungeon, do you remember?"
Kelos's eyes, which had been smiling just a second ago, were instantly filled with ice crystals. His cold and dangerous aura made Gu Xue feel a little suffocated.
Gu Xue felt somewhat embarrassed, and a cold sweat suddenly broke out on her back.
Only now did she realize that Kelos's true nature was not at all what he had shown Su Yuan earlier.
"You're blocking the way."
Gu Xue gritted her teeth and made way for her.
"Idiot, if you embarrass yourself again, get back home."
Gu Shuang was a proud person. Even though she was very tolerant of her younger sister, her patience was wearing thin because her sister had embarrassed her time and time again.
Her pride wouldn't allow her to have a younger sister who constantly embarrasses herself.
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Starting from the second day after Su Yuan arrived at the training camp, all the trainees from the three parties had assembled, totaling several hundred people.
The once empty training building is now almost full.
Coincidentally, Su Yuan, An Lan, and two other girls she didn't know lived in the same dormitory.
This made Su Yuan wonder if the Federation's decision to treat them the same as the First Squad was a mistake.
As for the boys' dormitory.
Kairos, Qi Lin, Zhou Si, and Feng Yao shared a room.
On the morning of the third day, everyone was awakened by a loudspeaker blaring, and everyone quickly got ready.
People gradually gathered at the training ground.
The Federation has the largest number of members, totaling two hundred.
The three unions together have reached 200 members.
The association has only fifty members, all of whom are adorned with jewels and possess countless magical artifacts, though their levels are generally low, their sheer number is astounding.
Everyone knows the association is well-funded.
The association's team leader is even better than their members.
Perhaps they believe that quantitative change leads to qualitative change.
There are ten deputy instructors for this joint training exercise: Meng De and Lei Zhan from the Federation, six from the three guilds, and two from the association.
"Captain, it's said that although the Federation is in charge of this joint training, the instructors from the guild are actually the ones who set up the game. Apparently, nobody knows who the head instructor is."
As a member of the Qin family and the youngest son in his father's family, Qin Yu asked the old man about his fate before he passed away.
The old man stroked his beard mysteriously. "The head instructor this time is that guy."
"Who is it?"
"Get lost, you brat!"
Qin Yu felt helpless thinking about it, but unfortunately, she didn't get any useful information out of him.
With the union's powerful members acting as the architects, this joint training exercise is destined to be anything but simple.
Twenty-four days.
Qin Yu felt exhausted just thinking about it.
Su Yuan's team members were all outstanding, and Qi Lin's team was not far behind. Following them was the special team, the second team.
The entire Federal Core Squad was present, with the remaining members being qualified deacons.
The president of the Eternal Night Guild sat in the seats of the three guild leaders, looking at the blond man in the crowd with a face as dark as could be.
The guild leader of the Sunset Guild joked, "I thought the Eternal Night Guild would only have a fraction of what Kairos had, but it turns out it wasn't."
"Tsk—where did that person go?"
"Oh dear, I see. He was standing in the wrong place. How did he end up in the Federation's line?"
The Shadow Guild leader couldn't help but twitch his facial muscles.
"snort!"
The Twilight Guild had consistently ranked second for years, and with the emergence of a special-sequence member, Kairos, from the younger generation of the Eternal Night Guild, it was thought they would remain stuck in second place forever.
Who knew this person would actually go to the Federation?
I initially thought it was fake news, but judging from the expressions on the faces of the people from the Eternal Night Guild, it seems to be true.
"The Federation is pretty good too. I heard that girl is a dual-ability user. One of her abilities, disguise, allows her to obtain many magical artifacts in dungeons."
"Our guild is most lacking in resources. I've known since he was a child that Kairos is the smartest kid. Look, he's found resources for your Eternal Night Guild."
This is clearly a statement that the Eternal Night Guild has become an ally of the Federation!
The Shadow Guild Master dared not laugh now.
That joke went a bit too far.
Sure enough, the next second, President Yongye stood up in anger.
"Fuck your grandpa!"
He angrily snatched the microphone from Lei Zhan's hand and shouted at Kairos, "You unfilial son, get back here right now!"
Several hundred people stood in complete silence.
Goodness, the first day of training started with a dramatic ethical drama.
Kelos seemed not to hear, his mind and eyes were only on his princess.
In the Eternal Night Guild team, Yu Qing's face flushed red. This time, the Eternal Night Guild had truly become famous.
"Um, President Yongye, please don't be angry. Don't worry, this team doesn't belong to the Federation."
Therefore, the concept of "marrying into another's family" simply does not exist.
Speaker Shen stepped forward to smooth things over and try to comfort the speaker.
But this sentence once again accurately hit the tail of the Eternal Night Guild Leader.
"You unfilial son!"
He thought he was going to join the Federation squad, but it turns out he wasn't even in the Federation squad. He was only after a woman!
We've lost all face!
He tossed the microphone to Lei Zhan, his old face grim.
After the farce, Lei Zhan silently gazed at the crowd below, then slowly spoke, his voice deep and resonant:
"I know that you are all geniuses in our city of Beijing. You either possess high-level abilities, or you have genetic sequences, and perhaps you also have powerful backgrounds."
"But from the moment you stepped into this place and joined Project Enlightenment, you all had only one identity: Pioneers!"
Some people on the training field showed surprise, some were excited, and some were dismissive.
Lei Zhan's voice continued.
"This training camp will transform you, and it will also make you shed a lot of skin!"
"Those who want to quit now, you have one last chance to quit."
"Pioneers are those who face danger, mission, and humanity!"
"Now, who wants to quit!"