Author: A line of egrets ascending to the blue sky
Chapter 2 Disaster Academy
"Where is this?"
The world was spinning, and Chen Mo felt as if he had fallen asleep and had a long dream.
As he gradually woke up, he originally thought it was time for morning self-study, but when he opened his eyes, he was shocked to find that this was not a school dormitory.
The room was very dark, with two skylights, and the sky outside was gray.
After Chen Mo struggled to get up from the stone bed covered with animal skins, he came outside the room in confusion and stood there dumbfounded for a long time, in disbelief.
The sky was gray and there were no sun, moon or stars.
On the desolate land that looked like it was covered with volcanic ash, black rocks were occasionally exposed. Not far away, a black river rolled by, with countless forest-white skeletons scattered on both sides of the river bank.
As far as the eye can see, it is desolate and barren, lifeless.
Behind him, this so-called house is actually an extremely huge skull, and the two skylights are the two eye sockets of the skull.
Chen Mo's legs went weak and he sat on the ground blankly.
Along with the hunger in his belly, a memory that did not belong to him emerged in his mind, and he immediately passed out.
I don't know how long it took before Chen Mo woke up again.
Although the sky is still gray, it is already much brighter than before. According to Shitou's memory, it should be time for his morning exercise now.
"It turned out to be time travel..."
Chen Mo stared at everything in front of him and finally accepted the fact that he had traveled through time.
This is a world without sun, moon, stars, and vegetation, called a disaster world.
Because there is no vegetation, humans in disaster worlds have no way to farm and breed. If people want to survive, they can only become so-called natural disaster victims and survive by plundering resources from other worlds.
This also shaped the cruel competition law of the jungle and survival of the fittest in the disaster world.
This is a cruel world that respects the strong.
The owner of the body that Chen Mo traveled through at this moment is called Shitou.
According to Shitou's memory, the area he is currently in is located in the Magic Eye area of the disaster world, a nearby wilderness called the River of Distress Gathering Area.
The reason why Chen Mo traveled here is because Shitou's mother was completely disappointed in him and chose to abandon him.
Shi Shi doesn't know who his father is.
Not just stones, many people in this world don't know who their father is.
In a disaster world, generally speaking, mothers will raise their children to adulthood, and then send them to the Disaster Academy to train them as natural disaster victims.
As for the abandoned person, it is equivalent to the family as a unit, and the caregiver declares to the world that this is an inferior warrior with inherent deficiencies. In this world that advocates the strong, no one will sympathize with a waste. This is the same as selecting Spartan warriors.
The rules are very similar to that of parents who will gradually eliminate inferior warriors starting from their infancy.
As for the fate of the abandoned ones, 90% failed to go to the Disaster Academy, the gathering place, and get the chance to become victims of natural disasters.
Another 9% of the lucky abandoned people will die during the Starving Ghost Trial at the Disaster Academy.
Then the remaining 1% of the abandoned people and 0.9% will become the bottom warriors of this world, also known as the so-called natural disaster predators. Only less than 0.1% of the abandoned people will live a normal life.
According to Shitou's vague memory, the reason his mother abandoned him was because it was difficult to improve the basic skills she taught him.
Since a few years ago, his mother has been scolding him for being stupid, and judging from Shi Shi's memory, his mind is indeed not very bright. The happiest thing every day is to play with monkeys and nectar, and let the two play tricks on him.
He is not angry either.
Until a week ago, when I checked the progress of learning basic stone skills again, my mother was completely desperate.
"Although he has the talent of stone skin, he is still a clueless fool."
His mother finally abandoned him, no matter how much the stone cried and begged, it was indifferent, and she left the skeleton house where he had been raised.
Nectar and the monkey stopped playing with him.
Simple Shitou was desperate. He wanted to go to the gathering place of the River of Worry, but because he was too timid, he didn't dare to go out until he ate the last ration of food at home two days ago.
When he was dying of hunger, Shi Shi made a wish on the bed.
"Pray to the great evil eye god to make me wiser and bring my mother back."
The stone at this moment is just a child longing for mother's love.
However, Shitou did not become smarter, and his mother did not come back. Chen Mo accidentally traveled through time.
Chen Mo sat in front of the door of the skull room, digesting the memory of Shitou. At this moment, Chen Mo did not have the panic of a time traveler at all. Instead, he found an inexplicable sense of belonging in Shitou.
"We are all the same, we are all children abandoned by our parents."
Chen Mo lowered his head and looked at the skin of his arms.
Touching this layer of skin, it feels like it is covered with a layer of cutin, which is very hard. This is the stone's talent for stone skin and the origin of his name.
"You are not useless! With your body and my mind, we will be able to live well in this world."
Gulu.
Chen Mo screamed with hunger.
The last bit of food here was eaten by Shi Shi two days ago. He felt that he was dizzy from hunger. If he wanted to avoid starving to death, there was only one way, and that was to immediately go to the gathering place of the River of Distress and find Shi Shi.
The Disaster Academy that I feared in my memory, I tried to find a way to pass the academy assessment and become a real natural disaster victim.
According to memory, the gathering place is quite far away from here, and the walk would take at least three days.
Chen Mo made a rough estimate and estimated that it would be more than a hundred kilometers long.
"Stay alive!"
There was nothing valuable in the room, and Chen Mo had no nostalgia for it.
Because he knew that it was best for him to go all the way to the Disaster Academy while he still had some physical strength. He definitely could not sit still and wait to die.
Fortunately, since there is no sun, the weather is not too hot.
But Shitou's memory told Chen Mo that the nights here would be very cold, so he took an animal skin blanket and a water bag, which would be all his wealth.
He came to the river and filled the water bag. When he saw his reflection in the river, his image seemed to have changed slightly. It seemed that it overlapped with the stone. His skin became whiter and tenderer than the stone, and his face became more beautiful than he remembered.
I am more mature.
No more hesitation.
After Chen Mo took one last look at the huge skull house standing in this desolate place, he strode away in the direction he remembered.
The ground is more like sand than dirt. There are black and gray gravel everywhere, which makes a crunching sound when stepped on.
"Brother Shitou..."
"Haha, stinky stone!"
Not far away, two voices, a man and a woman, were heard nearby.
Chen Mo turned around and saw that it was Shitou's best playmates, Nectar and Monkey.
They are also the only neighbors within a few kilometers.
Huamei is still as beautiful and cute as Shitou remembers, with snow-white skin and single eyelids. She used to like to call herself Brother Shitou, but now she is very hesitant, lowering her head and not daring to look at herself.
The monkey, on the other hand, had an undisguised look of disdain, made a mocking face, and added insult to injury. He knew that from now on, the stone would no longer be on the same level as him.
Feeling the indifference of humanity in the disaster world, Chen Mo didn't say much. He continued to walk forward with his head buried in the ground. It was just a little strange that they didn't seem to notice the change in their appearance. Could it be that this world or this universe was bridging the gap between them?
influence?
Gradually, the river flows away.
On the desolate land, apart from sand and gray rocks, only skeletons were left.
These skeletons range from large to small, and some are as huge as a small mountain. It is difficult to imagine what kind of giant they were during their lifetime.
As the sky gradually darkened, Chen Mo had completed the day's journey before he knew it.
The night in the disaster world is indeed as cold as the stone remembers it.
Chen Mo stopped and huddled up in the animal skin blanket, trying hard to bury himself in the sand and dust, but he still couldn't help but tremble. He imagined the uncle's buns in the school cafeteria and spent the night drooling.
the next day.
Chen Mo drank some water to relieve some of his hunger and continued moving forward.
The sky gradually turned from gloomy to bright, and Chen Mo's steps became heavier and heavier.
The sand and dust on the ground were constantly devouring Chen Mo's physical strength, and hunger was tormenting him. He knew that his time was running out, and maybe it wouldn't be long before he would become one of the countless skeletons on this desolate land, but in the near future.
Before he dies, he must move on. This is his only chance.
Just when Chen Mo couldn't hold on anymore and collapsed.
Rumble, rumble.
At the end of the distant horizon, there was a sudden roar.
"A beast? It's a pity that I don't have the strength to escape."
When Chen Mo was weak and fainting, he woke up and laughed at himself: "What kind of wild beasts are there in this environment?"
When Chen Mo concentrated on watching, along with the slight confusion in Shitou's memory, Chen Mo's despair was replaced by shock and surprise.
Because the thing that made the rumbling noise turned out to be a four-wheel drive off-road vehicle!
In Shitou's memory, this is a rare thing only possessed by high-level natural disaster victims.
As if he had found a life-saving straw, Chen Mo desperately waved the animal skin blanket and shouted for help. The wheels rolled up dust. After the off-road vehicle discovered Chen Mo, it actually changed its direction and stopped gracefully after drifting in front of Chen Mo.
The middle-aged man in the driver's seat was powerful, but his expression was very calm. His eyes were looking at Chen Mo, as if he was waiting for Chen Mo to take the initiative to speak.
"Hello."
Chen Mo leaned weakly against the car door and prayed: "I really have no strength. Can you take me to the Disaster Academy?"
Chen Mo has never prayed to others so sincerely, at least in the nearly twenty years he has lived on earth. Although there is no mirror, Chen Mo knows that he must be in a panic at this moment. He does not dare to let go of the car door he is holding tightly.
, because he knew that as long as the other party stepped on the accelerator, he would definitely die.
"Come up."
Like the sound of nature, the image of this middle-aged man instantly became extremely tall in Chen Mo's eyes.
"Thanks!"
He used all his strength to open the car door and climbed in.
rumble.
The speed of the off-road vehicle was very fast, and it took a long time for the dust behind the rear of the vehicle to gradually fall away. The two of them quickly completed the distance that Chen Mo could not complete in a day.
As the sand and dust on the ground gradually became less and less, the rocks gradually became more numerous, and some traces of buildings gradually appeared at the end of the horizon, Chen Mo knew that he was saved.
Guagua.
A giant bird flew over the sky above him, with its wings spread out for more than ten meters. There seemed to be a person sitting on it. Under the shuddering shadow, Chen Mo couldn't help but watch for a while, until the giant bird disappeared at the end of the horizon.
It is in sharp contrast to the slow and cumbersome balloon airship on the other side.
The ground gradually became flat, and the sand and dust were replaced by bluestone floors.
People are coming and going in the bustling streets, various giant skeletons are decorated in a dazzling array, and there is a light tower towering into the clouds in the distance.
If it were normal times, these strange and bizarre sights would definitely make Chen Mo marvel over and over again.
But at this moment, Chen Mo, who was tortured by hunger, wanted to pray to this middle-aged man for food several times, but the words came to his mouth: "Thank you, may I ask your name. If I am still alive in the future, I will definitely repay you."
"The Apocalypse."
The SUV stopped in front of a gate.
The man pointed at the huge building in the distance and said, "That's the Disaster Academy."
The Apocalypse does not seem to be indifferent, but just not good at speaking.
Although the overall attributes of the disaster world tend to be evil and lawful, due to the frequent need to cooperate to defeat certain enemies in the process of invading other worlds, some people still maintain the narrow sense of kindness towards "their own people" in the process of sharing life and death.
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The reason why it is said to be kind in a narrow sense is because in their eyes, creatures from other worlds are strategy targets, similar to the concept of NPC.
Other victims of natural disasters are our own people.
However, even this kind of narrow sense of kindness is not a universal value, but a partial value formed by the different growth experiences of different natural disaster victims.
"Thanks."
Chen Mo heard this and nodded in thanks.
He didn't want to trouble the man in front of him any more, and after taking a deep note of his face, he got out of the off-road vehicle.
With a rumble and roar, the off-road vehicle turned around and left.
He raised his head and looked up at this huge building. There were several large bloody characters engraved on the huge bones.
“River Disaster Academy.”
Although they are both hieroglyphics, there are big differences between natural disaster characters and Chinese characters. Fortunately, although Shitou's brain is not very bright, he can still understand the basic natural disaster characters.
There was an indifferent woman standing in front of the gate of the college, with several half-year-old children like herself behind her, looking at her.
"Another outcast."
"He seemed to have been sent here by a high-level natural disaster victim just now."
"It's probably just luck and I was rescued."
Ignoring the children's comments, Chen Mo stepped forward and asked the woman, "Hello, may I ask..."
"Should we start implanting optical brain chips and start enlightenment training for starving ghosts in the Natural Disaster Academy?"
Before Chen Mo could finish speaking, the woman asked calmly.
Fortunately, Chen Mo discovered that he was not the only abandoned person here. Among the children behind the woman, there were also several others who were also in ragged clothes and looked embarrassed. At first glance, they looked like guys who had rushed to the academy alone after a long journey.
"yes."
Following Chen Mo's response, the woman took him aside.
This is a mysterious instrument like a nuclear magnetic resonance machine, but it seems to be even larger in size, and its appearance is full of science fiction. It is incompatible with the rough and crude bones of the disaster world, and it is really a bit abrupt.
Under the woman's control, Chen Mo was locked into the instrument.
"Data creates value, Tianhua Quantum Technology."
After the instrument was started, an advertisement played. Chen Mo was confused for a moment. He seemed to be in a modern hospital full of science fiction atmosphere. Then, red light strips began to rotate around Chen Mo, seeming to be scanning his body.
Condition.
"A new file is being created, what is your name?"
After Chen Mo hesitated for a moment, he thought that he was no longer just himself, but a combination of himself and the stone. He also thought of the former Apocalypse, who had almost given him a second life, and responded: "Traveler."
From now on, this will be our common name!
Buzz.
The blue-white halo gradually enveloped Chen Mo.
A robotic arm suddenly pressed on the back of his neck, accompanied by a low-frequency buzzing sound. Chen Mo, who was slightly nervous, noticed that the people outside seemed to be accustomed to this, and finally relaxed a little.
A curtain of light gradually emerged on the transparent glass of the instrument.
Name: Traveler.
Level: Starving ghost.
Talent: Stoneskin.
Qi and blood:140.
Defense:6.
Speed:6.
Strength:8.
Physique:14.
Spirit:23.
Energy:10.
Basic boxing skills: Lv1.
Basic chopping: Lv1
Basic block: Lv2.
Equipment: None.
Skills: None.
"The initialization of body function data is completed, and the implantation of optical brain chips has begun."
Accompanied by a slight sting on the back of the neck, the robotic arm retracted into the blue light of the instrument again, and the instrument gradually stopped functioning.
Chen Mo instinctively touched the back of his neck, and there seemed to be something extra inside.
From now on, I will write two chapters at 6:00 pm every day in a low-key manner and steadily finish writing this new book.