Chapter 117: Arrival! The S-Class of Qingjing Energy University!

Guizhou Province, Shun'an Supply Base.

Unlike Yuan Shui Supply Base, which consists of only one building, this place has an entire complex of structures!

Here, there is a series of buildings!

Walking among them are not only energy users from all over Daya Nation, but also large groups of battle squads and guild members.

Second- and third-rank energy users, rare sights in other cities, are everywhere here.

In front of the main building of Shun'an Supply Base lies the largest fountain square in all of Shun'an City.

The vast fountain square has been artificially divided into two sections by armed soldiers and powerful energy user squads.

One side is bustling with people; the other is extremely empty.

Only a handful of men in suits stand there solemnly, as if waiting for something.

"They've arrived."

The woman at the front, plump and beautiful, dressed in urban professional attire, looked up at the sky.

A black dot appeared on the horizon, growing rapidly closer and larger.

Eventually, a massive airship appeared in everyone's view!

The airship's exterior is black and gold, with a sword-and-knife emblem wrapped in rose thorns painted along its side.

"The Metropolis Energy University has arrived. Everyone, prepare for reception."

In the midst of curious glances from passing energy users, neatly uniformed staff emerged from the base's main building in rows.

They respectfully stood by.

Boom—

The massive airship landed on the square; the front hatch opened, and Vice Principal Ling Shuang and a group of instructors stepped out.

Immediately after, the midsection hatch opened, and students descended the stairs.

"Hello, Vice Principal Ling!"

"Welcome, esteemed guests from Metropolis Energy University, to our Shun'an Supply Base."

The base supervisors, already waiting nearby, immediately stepped forward.

"This way, please."

"We have prepared dormitory buildings for the students from every school."

"Students may first go to deposit their luggage and equipment; Vice Principal Ling and the instructors, please follow us to the banquet hall."

"The teachers from Qingjing Energy University have already arrived; we have prepared a welcoming banquet for everyone."

The plump woman, clearly the lead supervisor, introduced.

Meanwhile,

Uniformed staff began guiding the arriving students.

Vice Principal Ling Shuang gave a slight nod.

Thus, the large group split in two.

Vice Principal Ling Shuang and the instructors were taken to the banquet hall.

Meanwhile, the many new students were led to the dormitory buildings to store their luggage and equipment.

"Shun'an Supply Base has arrived."

Xu Jingming stepped down from the airship and curiously surveyed his surroundings.

This side of the supply base is a vast cluster of buildings.

But beyond the wilderness entrance, forests and Dashan stretch for countless kilometers.

"By the way, this airship is incredibly fast."

"In less than two hours, we've flown from Metropolis to Guizhou Province."

Qi Dongxia exclaimed.

"How could it not be fast? We didn't dodge a single flying beast the entire way—it was a straight-line arrival!"

Liu Wentao exclaimed excitedly, "Vice Principal Ling is truly a master of the eighth rank with spatial energy—amazing!"

Hearing this, Xu Jingming's expression turned wistful.

During flight, the entire airship seemed to exist independently of this space.

Various flying beast predators along the route tried to attack the airship.

Yet none could land a single blow!

But what he yearned for was not this spatial ability—it was the feeling of freely soaring through the sky.

"After the Thunder Unyielding Body reaches its sixth level, you randomly gain one ability from refining a beast's essence blood."

"I refined the Thunder Tyrannosaurus essence blood—I wonder if I'll gain flight ability when the time comes."

Xu Jingming felt hopeful inside.

"Classmates, please follow me."

At that moment, a uniformed staff member approached with a warm smile.

"Let's go—first to the dorm to drop off our luggage."

Xu Jingming and the others followed the staff member forward, entering the cluster of buildings ahead.

A few minutes later, they entered a scenic artificial lake area.

Finally, they stopped before a tall building beside the lake.

Around it, there were six such tall buildings, each enormous.

The six tall buildings occupied most of the area surrounding the artificial lake.

Under the staff member's explanation, Xu Jingming and the others learned.

Every university has two residential buildings; for Magic City Ability University, they are Buildings 1 and 2.

On the way here just now, the staff had already completed identity verification using the student IDs of Xu Jingming and the others.

Their rooms were all in Building 1 — the one right in front of them.

"These are your room cards. Every dormitory building has a cafeteria on the 1st, 3rd, and 6th floors."

"The cafeteria serves food 24 hours a day, free of charge."

"Also, there's a large training ground next door where you can warm up and train."

The staff gave a few brief instructions, handed the room cards to Xu Jingming and the others, then left respectfully.

In front of the building, aside from the Magic University students who had just arrived,

the adjacent Buildings 3 and 4 also had plenty of young students coming and going.

Those were the freshmen from Qingjing Ability University — they had arrived a bit earlier.

"Let's go, let's head in too."

Xu Jingming and the others entered Building 1.

Magic City Ability University had sent over eight hundred people in total this time.

Even split between two buildings, each one had to house over four hundred.

With such a huge number, staying at an ordinary hotel would definitely be very cramped.

But the dormitory buildings provided by the Shun'an Supply Base were extremely spacious — the first floor alone had over twenty elevators.

Each elevator even had a dedicated elevator attendant on duty.

The four of them had different rooms — Liu Wentao and Qi Dongxia were on the 2nd and 4th floors respectively.

Xu Jingming and Song Qiuyun's rooms, however, were both on the 5th floor, and happened to be right across from each other.

Xu Jingming was in 504, Song Qiuyun in 505.

The dormitory naturally couldn't compare to the villas back at Magic University, but the rooms were still a bit larger than an ordinary hotel — roughly thirty square meters.

Xu Jingming took his daily necessities out of his spatial ring and put them away, changed into a loose training suit, and stepped out of his room.

However, the moment he stepped out the door,

he saw Song Qiuyun walking out of the room opposite, also wearing a simple training suit.

"Where are you going?"

"Just heading to the training ground to take a look."

"I knew it."

A hint of mischief flickered across Song Qiuyun's pretty face as she said with a smile, "I'll go with you."

The large training ground was right next to Dormitory Building 6. Xu Jingming and Song Qiuyun had just stepped inside

when they noticed the common area of the first-floor lobby already had quite a few people training on their own.

Among them, a tall, dark-skinned youth drew waves of cheers from the surrounding students with every training move.

"Is that the S-rank from Qingjing Ability University?"

His distinctly Indian features let Xu Jingming recognize him at a glance.

It was none other than that Kiran Rao.

Kiran also seemed to sense this unusual gaze, turned his head instinctively, and spotted Xu Jingming not far away.

"Xu Jingming from Magic University?"

Surprisingly, Kiran actually spoke fluent Chinese.

And unlike a typical Indian, he carried none of the usual curry accent — he sounded just like a native of the Great Xia nation.

The next moment,

Kiran's figure vanished on the spot, and when he reappeared, he was right in front of Xu Jingming:

"Hello, I'm Kiran Rao from Qingjing Ability University.

Pleased to meet you — just call me Kiran."

A friendly smile on his face.