CH 476

476: Ten Names

Few people ever visited the town and most of the residents were natives, but lately traffic had been increasing and people were showing up asking questions about the wasteland.

“Auntie, can I ask if anything strange has happened in the wasteland recently? Why are there so many people here?”

Ten people, all wearing different styles, were on the streets.

The residents had gotten used to strangers appearing and weren’t as bothered as they used to be.

“I don’t know, but there have been a lot more strangers lately. I don’t know if it’s a good thing or a bad thing.” A plainly dressed auntie sighed.

People didn’t visit their out of the way town, so to have such an influx all of a sudden was worrying. Was something about to happen? It didn’t feel like they could do anything about it.

“There is nothing bad that will happen. Please be at ease Auntie.” A purple-haired girl gently reassured the auntie.

“I hope so.” She sighed one more time before stepping inside her house and closing the door.

“She didn’t tell us anything! Why did she just up and leave?!” A blue-haired girl muttered in dissatisfaction.

A gray-haired man who was walking in front turned his head and said, “Let’s find a place to stay first. We’ll talk afterwards.” The others had to keep up as he did not slow down.

A black-haired girl saw a puppy as she looked around. She wanted to play with it but was pulled away by the golden-haired guy beside her.

“I’m so sorry, but we only three rooms left. Will that work?”

“No way! I don’t want to share a room with these people! I refuse!” The blue-haired girl immediately was not OK with it.

“I will take the three rooms. Here is the fee.” The gray-haired man paid the boss without hesitating.

“No! Why don’t we go to another inn and see? Maybe they will have more rooms there?”

“There are only two hotels in the town and not that many rooms. These three were only available because the occupants entered the wasteland today. Another shop isn’t going to have any more vacant rooms than here.” Ai Lin was fed up with the seventh year. The woman complained so damn much! She had an opinion about everything. You’d think she was on a vacation!

“How would you know? You haven’t checked. And besides that, what qualifications do you have to dare talk to me this way?” The seventh-year, blue-haired girl looked at Ai Lin coldly with dissatisfaction on her face.

Ai Lin pretended not to see. She was done with this girl.

Zi Cheng looked at them worriedly, unsure how to persuade them to stop fighting. “Senior Sister Yaoyue, Ai Lin, please stop arguing.”

Yaoyue used her family background and status as a seventh-year student to complain about everything. If it weren’t for wanting to make a good impression, Zi Cheng wouldn’t have paid her any attention.

“It’s none of your business. What do you think you are? You’re just a drag. I simply do not understand why the school would let a bunch of second-year girls join the mission. You’re all just a hinderance!” The more Yaoyue talked, the more dissatisfied she became. She glared at Feng Wu and it made her feel better.

“You can leave anytime you want.” The guy with the gray hair was named Mogefei and his eyes were cold as ice.

Yaoyue shut her mouth. She dared be angry at Zi Cheng and the other girls because they were second-years, but Mogefei was a seventh-year top ten. He was far stronger than she was. In front of such strength, she could only shut her mouth.

The group looking for lodgings consisted of:

tenth year Mogefei,

seventh year Yaoyue,

seventh year Huozhou,

sixth years Ming Xi and Tang,

fifth years Tian Ya and Geente,

and of course the second-year girls, Feng Wu, Zi Cheng, and Ai Lin.

They were the top ten rankers in the the extreme survival challenge. In that rank, Ming Xi was 1st while was Tian Ya 2nd. The three second-year girls ranked in 6th, 7th, and 8th with Zi Cheng in 6th, and Feng Wu in 8th.[notes]

In the original story line, Elena[notes] died in the realm battlegrounds inside the god’s tomb, so Ming Xi and his group did not participate in the challenge.

Without Ming Xi and Tian Ya, powerful players like Mogefei had no interest in joining, so in the original text, Zi Cheng created a shock by placing first.

There was an incredible amount of unexpected factors this time around, with many powerful players who should not have appeared, appearing.

Zi Cheng couldn’t use her cheat and could only place sixth. The results irked her, but with so many seniors in the challenge, she was completely eclipsed. It was difficult competing for first place, so she tried to get into the top ten instead.

Ai Lin had the same idea but her goal was to grab the Heart of Wood from the heroine. She was especially determined now that she knew the world would be destroyed because of Zi Cheng. She would try her best to limit Zi Cheng’s impact. If she couldn’t stop Zi Cheng before Zi Cheng ascended then that was it. Game over.

This, how could she let it be? She hadn’t even lived yet.

Yaoyue, the girl quarreling with them earlier, was an outstanding seventh year, who just barely scraped into the top ten. It rankled her to see juniors placed higher than her. And when she was in a bad mood, she liked making trouble.

Along the way she had tried to make trouble with Feng Wu and the other two girls. Her main target wasn’t Feng Wu, but Zi Cheng and Ai Lin. That wasn’t to say she didn’t try to make trouble with Feng Wu, it was just that she failed every time. Feng Wu didn’t get any of her insults or ridicule. Even when she said something blatantly bad, Feng Wu would just stare at her silently with a blank expression.

She couldn’t get a rise out of Feng Wu, so she focused on Zi Cheng and Ai Lin. If the two girls weren’t so emotionally strong, they would have already broken down and cried from all the bullying Yaoyue did.