Chapter 2: Preliminary Assessment

【Deceased begins preliminary trial.】

【Xianghua Village】

【Trial Introduction: Xianghua Village has three sights: the Village Guardian at the entrance, the Falling Flower Cave behind the mountain, and the White Dragon Fish in the river.】

【Trial Mission: Survive for 7 days.】

【Trial Difficulty: F-Tier (Extremely Easy)】

【Trial Reward: Obtain Dimension Apostle Reserve qualification.】

(Note: During the mission, additional side missions, chain missions, hidden missions, and other types of missions can be activated.)

【Warning: It is forbidden to mention or reveal anything related to Dimension Paradise during the preliminary trial; otherwise, the trial qualification will be stripped.】

【Hint: Do not leave the trial mission area at will; otherwise, it may lead to unknown situations such as an increase in trial difficulty. You are responsible for the consequences of such behavior.】

【Hint: You have mastered the language of this world and obtained an identity disguise: Passing Traveler.】

As the countdown ended, Chu Danqing opened his eyes again and noticed the changes in his surroundings.

He was now leaning against a tree, having changed into a set of clothing similar to ancient attire.

He carried a bundle on his back containing some copper coins, a few pieces of dry rations, and a flask of water.

He tidied himself up briefly, stood up decisively, and fixed his gaze on the two skills and one item he had obtained.

【Basic Summoning Studies: LV1】

【Skill Effect: Increases all attributes of summoned objects by 1%; summoned objects enjoy a 10% bonus from the Apostle's average attributes.】

【Basic Summoning Art: LV1】

【Skill Effect: Increases the effect of summoned objects' talents and skills by 1%; increases the potential and growth of summoned objects.】

(Note: No summoned objects, no effective knowledge transmission medium, basic skills not activated.)

【Type-I Standard Summoned Object Contract Scroll】

【Type: Contract Item】

【Quality: Common】

【Durability: 1/1】

【Effect: After use on a target, it depends on non-distorted self-will, favorability, and attribute gap for judgment. After a successful judgment, the target is converted into a permanent summoned object.】

(Note: Permanent summoned objects contracted through forced judgment due to attribute gaps may have issues such as low loyalty.)

How to put it? Chu Danqing felt the future was promising, but the immediate path was bleak.

The two skills were completely useless without summoned objects.

Fortunately, the trial difficulty was extremely easy, and it only required him to survive for 7 days.

Aside from not being able to reveal anything related to Dimension Paradise, everything else depended on his own operation.

Theoretically, as long as he didn't court death, the possibility of passing the preliminary trial was very high.

As for the outcome of failing the trial, it was obviously death; even Dimension Paradise hadn't given a penalty for failure, which was self-evident.

"It's dusk; I must reach Xianghua Village as soon as possible."

It didn't take much thought to know that the end of this road was his mission objective, not to mention the existence of something like a signpost nearby.

So there was no need to worry about taking the wrong path.

He had estimated that the dry rations and water in his hands could not sustain him for seven days.

There was indeed danger in Xianghua Village, but he also knew that danger and profit were equivalent.

Dimension Paradise had trial evaluation standards, and higher evaluations would inevitably lead to richer rewards.

Furthermore, staying in the wilderness wasn't a good thing.

From his clothing, one could guess that this trial world was an ancient one, where snakes, insects, rats, ants, jackals, wolves, tigers, and leopards could all appear.

As a modern person, he had absolutely no experience in wilderness survival; only places where people gathered gave him a sense of security.

He stretched his legs and started jogging, trying to reach Xianghua Village before nightfall.

But soon, he couldn't help but stop in his tracks.

An old wolf was lurking in the haystack by the side of the road.

Although his major was paleontology, it didn't mean he didn't deal with modern creatures.

So Chu Danqing identified the state of this wolf from its messy, faded fur and the loose skin around its eyes and mouth.

The old wolf sensed someone approaching, lunged out of the haystack, and began baring its teeth to warn Chu Danqing.

Judging by its thin physique and the relatively short teeth due to wear, it was undoubtedly an old wolf.

Chu Danqing didn't want to have any conflict with this old wolf.

Therefore, he tried his best to avoid eye contact to prevent provocation, while shouting and clapping to create noise.

If he were bitten, without modern medical treatment, dying in this ancient world was a possibility.

The old wolf's gaze was fixed on the departing Chu Danqing, its eyes gradually becoming sharp.

Its posture also became fierce and focused; from afar, it looked like a mad dog.

Obviously, it was starving.

Its aged body could no longer hunt effectively, and for a bite of food, it was even willing to risk attacking a human.

The size of a human far exceeds that of a wolf, so wolves usually don't choose humans as hunting targets.

However, this also exposed another weakness of the old wolf: its left hind leg seemed to be injured.

So its movement was affected.

Chu Danqing's first thought was to turn and run, but he stopped abruptly.

This old wolf could be killed without injury!

Especially since its left hind leg was inflexible, and it was hungry and aged; he just needed to find a handy self-defense tool, like the pitchfork half-exposed in the haystack.

The trial difficulty was extremely easy, and having an old wolf blocking the road to Xianghua Village made Chu Danqing think this was also part of the trial.

He estimated his speed and the old wolf's speed in his mind.

Then, his figure moved abruptly, rushing toward the pitchfork by the haystack.

This action of his naturally startled the old wolf.

Consequently, its speed decreased significantly, and a cunning look flashed in its eyes.

It seemed to be allowing Chu Danqing to go and take the pitchfork.

Chu Danqing didn't notice this problem; his mind was filled with accelerating and reaching out.

The next moment, the pitchfork was in his hand.

Before he could be happy, the haystack behind the pitchfork suddenly bulged, and a more ferocious wolf head poked out from within.

It opened its wolf jaws and bit toward Chu Danqing's neck.

Chu Danqing was startled but not stunned; instead, he held the pitchfork horizontally, jamming the wooden handle into the wolf's mouth.

At this very moment, adrenaline surged, and he erupted with strength far exceeding his usual level, dragging the wolf out of the haystack and forcibly throwing it away.

The wolf didn't bite the wooden handle of the pitchfork and was thrown away directly, rolling several times before stopping.

Only then did Chu Danqing see clearly that the adult wolf hiding in the haystack had both hind legs broken at the root, and one front claw was also crippled.

Its figure was also quite thin, with only the wolf head looking relatively normal; obviously, it was also quite hungry.

"One old wolf, one crippled wolf."

"They coordinate quite well; it seems this isn't the first time you've attacked passersby," Chu Danqing said in a cold tone.

On the other side, the old wolf was crawling, having already approached Chu Danqing.

Taking advantage of Chu Danqing's attention being on the crippled wolf, it lunged at Chu Danqing from the side.

(End of chapter)