Chapter 72: Everything I Studied Appeared, Everything I Guessed Was Right!

At the same time, a Captain of the Vanguard Team hurried over and whispered a few words into the ear of Long Aofei.

Long Aotian's brows furrowed, and his expression instantly turned grave.

The next moment, Long Aofei kept his gaze on Zhou Chu for a while, as if he were pondering something.

Immediately after, he used the excuse of an emergency meeting to leave the base by helicopter.

Zhou Chu watched the helicopter disappear into the sky, his own brows also furrowing slightly.

From the look in Long Aofei's eyes just now, he seemed to have seen a complex expression; he just felt something was a bit strange.

However, Zhou Chu thought about it again and felt he was just overthinking it.

Perhaps there was indeed something at headquarters that required his attention, and he had intended to take him back to headquarters but felt it might be inconvenient.

But it was actually quite good not to be dragged back to headquarters; this made Zhou Chu feel much more relaxed.

Zhou Chu toyed with the card in his hand and asked Chu Shuangshuang with some curiosity, "Aunt, you should also have a card like this, right?"

Chu Shuangshuang nodded and said in a grave tone, "I do. But Xiao Chu, you must know that most officers who obtain this card end up treating it as a simple pass."

"Oh, is there some story behind it?" Zhou Chu raised an eyebrow, feeling even more curious all of a sudden.

Chu Shuangshuang sighed softly and said, "A Chu, don't look at the benefits this card can bring; it also implies greater risks."

"The Demon Suppression Tower is not a place you can just challenge casually. The monsters inside are all more formidable than those on the front lines. The tower is filled with evil spirits and demons from the Calamity Abyss, and even the lowest-ranking ones are at the Lord level."

"Therefore, even if many officers have this card, they dare not try it easily, for fear that one careless mistake will cost them their lives."

"Moreover, once something happens to you inside the Demon Suppression Tower, it's not like on the battlefield outside where teammates can look out for you in time. Most importantly, you cannot form a team to challenge the Demon Suppression Tower; you can only challenge it solo."

"To put it bluntly, the Demon Suppression Tower is a place for high-ranking officers to prove their Dao with their own lives. If one doesn't have one hundred percent certainty, no one is willing to spend precious military merits to gamble with their life."

So that was it!

It seemed that this Demon Suppression Tower was indeed not very friendly to most people.

It was no wonder it was called a forbidden area within the Exorcism Army.

Without a certain level of strength, one really wouldn't dare to rashly enter to challenge those evil spirits and demons.

Not to mention what the rewards are after a successful challenge, the key is that one would have spent military merits and still be highly likely to lose their life.

There were very few people who would do such a thankless job.

To use Chu Shuangshuang's later words, the Exorcism Army encourages officers to challenge themselves, but does not advocate it.

After all, every officer of the Exorcism Army is the future of Shenxia in resisting the Calamity Forces, and their lives are quite precious.

"Aunt, what happened to the few people who challenged the Demon Suppression Tower? What rewards can one get if the challenge is successful?"

Hearing this, Zhou Chu suddenly felt an urge to give it a try.

Moreover, what he was most concerned about was what kind of reward he would get after a successful challenge.

Chu Shuangshuang couldn't help but roll her eyes at Zhou Chu and said in a tone meant to dampen his enthusiasm, "I advise you best not to set your sights on the Demon Suppression Tower. Although I don't know what crooked methods you used to wipe out those four Demon Caves."

"But I warn you, the strength of the monsters inside is, to a certain extent, higher than what their rank should be. It is absolutely not something you can withstand."

"Although the condition for a successful challenge is not just about killing them, I think with your current ability, you wouldn't last more than five minutes at most."

After hearing this, Zhou Chu couldn't help but mutter, "Lasting five minutes, that shouldn't be hard..."

When Chu Shuangshuang heard Zhou Chu actually say such a boastful thing, she instantly got angry: "Five minutes isn't hard?! What kind of flippant remarks are you making, kid?"

"Do you know how painful it was for me to last those five minutes back then? Every single minute and second was a torment!"

"No way? You actually challenged the Demon Suppression Tower too?" Zhou Chu's eyes lit up, and he said with some surprise.

Only then did Chu Shuangshuang realize she had let it slip, and she could only roll her eyes at Zhou Chu in annoyance: "It was all for that graduation gift for you; I almost lost my life because of it. Thinking back on myself then, my brain must have been fried!"

No wonder!

Zhou Chu now realized that the Epic-grade Skill Scroll Chu Shuangshuang gave him was actually obtained by challenging the Demon Suppression Tower.

Recently, Zhou Chu had almost scoured all the major online trading platforms, and he hadn't even spared the Soul Profession Office.

Except for a few Epic-grade pieces of equipment, the presence of Epic-quality Skill Scrolls was almost extinct.

So that was it; such a high-quality Skill Scroll actually came from within the Exorcism Army, which made sense.

Of course, that was only the lowest-level challenge.

If one were to challenge higher levels, the items obtained would surely be even rarer.

It had to be said that this was a huge temptation for Zhou Chu.

This also made him more determined in his heart to go and challenge the Demon Suppression Tower.

But now was not the time.

After all, he didn't know the situation inside the Demon Suppression Tower particularly well, and with his aunt still recovering from her injuries, he planned to stay at the base for two more days.

Zhou Chu knew that with Chu Shuangshuang's personality, if something happened on the front line again, she would definitely go while injured.

So his current task was to watch over Chu Shuangshuang until she recovered.

Of course, the time for the College Entrance Exam was also drawing near.

Next, it would be time for him to fulfill his promise of getting into Shenxia University.

In the following few days, the Southern Front was quite calm.

Because the two Demon Caves, No. 15 and No. 18, had been successfully eradicated, there were no more instances of the base being ambushed by monsters.

And these two days were the most leisurely days Zhou Chu had spent on the front line.

Usually, besides taking care of Chu Shuangshuang, he would take a few low-level servants to wander around the front edge of the Calamity Land.

Suddenly having no battles made Zhou Chu feel a bit empty inside.

Chu Shuangshuang had also recovered most of her injuries during these few days.

Just today, Chu Shuangshuang received a transfer order from headquarters, telling her to take the Xiaolong Squad back to headquarters to report and to give a report on the battle on the Southern Front.

Because the Xiaolong Squad had suffered significant losses in the battle, Chu Shuangshuang had to personally handle the recruitment of new team members in addition to making the report.

There would be plenty to keep her busy for some time to come.

If there are no major changes in the war at the front, she should not be participating in any combat for a short period of time.

In order to pick up the Xiaolong Squad and return to headquarters quickly, a transport helicopter arrived at the base early in the morning.

Before leaving, Chu Shuangshuang did not forget to instruct Zhou Chu, saying: "Little Chu, yesterday I received a message from your homeroom teacher, Teacher Su, saying that you have obtained the qualifications for the College Entrance Exam. Actually, this surprised me quite a bit, but I feel even more gratified."

"The College Entrance Exam is tomorrow, and Auntie won't be able to accompany you. Regardless of whether the results are good or bad, just do your best."

Zhou Chu nodded confidently and said: "Don't worry, I definitely won't let you down. I am serious about applying to Shenxia!"

Chu Shuangshuang pursed her lips and smiled, squeezed Zhou Chu's hand firmly, and only then led the team away with a hint of reluctance.

Watching the helicopter gradually disappear into the distance in the sky, Lin Yue'er, who was standing beside Zhou Chu, cheered him on: "I wish you all the best tomorrow; may you know all the answers and guess correctly on everything you don't!"