Chapter 62: Volume 1, Chapter 62: Violent Alphax Gentle Soft Beauty Omega (2)

The next day they went to Clear Marsh Forest for the trial; this year's new students were many, they arrived at the destination by floating airship, and were split into five teams entering from different entrances.

The beta teacher leading the team introduced this trial; because ABO physiologies differ, the places Omegas go to are relatively simple, whereas the Alpha trial locations have a high difficulty coefficient, and the beta trial difficulty is equal.

In the forest, obtaining ten red flags means passing the trial, and the red flags must be taken from mutated animals of rank E or higher.

Each team will have an upperclassman nearby protecting them, so they need not fear danger.

They had to wait for the upperclassman to arrive before they could enter the forest.

After waiting about ten or so minutes, they finally saw the upperclassman who would protect them arrive.

Dressed all in black, with his cap brim shading half his face, he stood upright leaning against a sturdy tree trunk nearby, silent and speechless.

Seeing the person arrive, the beta teacher couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat beading on his forehead.

He himself hadn't expected that, in this draw, their group would end up drawing a big shot.

All he wanted was to finish the trial quickly, and hopefully nothing would go wrong.

Jiang Zhi, standing in the crowd, slightly tilted her head up, looking at the blurry figure on the treetop, and felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

Following the crowd through the entrance, they immediately began to disperse, each searching for their own red flag.

The girl with maxed-out reverse navigation skills stood before the landmark towering tree, holding a map tightly in her slender white fingers, and carefully looked left and right.

After finding the ten red flags, she needed to pass through the forest to reach the endpoint.

But the forest covered a large area, the paths were winding, and the map was densely marked with locations; she flipped it back and forth but still couldn't make sense of it.

Jiang Zhi hesitated a moment, then picked up a twig from the ground, spun it, and let it fall where it landed.

Seeing the direction it pointed, the corners of her eyes slightly curled, and under the dappled sunlight a bright gleam appeared.

She followed the direction indicated by the twig.

The dense woods blocked the sky, pale gold sunlight filtered through the leaves in weak, slanted rays, casting mottled shadows that flickered here and there.

The air was filled with the fragrance of grass and earth, refreshing the spirit.

The leisurely strolling girl gripped a small twig, occasionally glancing at the map as she walked through the verdant forest.

Her luck was also excellent; as she walked, a mutated animal delivered the bright red flag straight into her palm.

The mutated animals were generally large; the mutated rabbit before her had big, glossy black ears, and it flattered by lying at her feet, begging to be petted.

Since she was little, she had noticed that animals instinctively felt strong affection for her, no matter how ferocious the beast.

So for this trial, she wasn't worried.

"Big Bunny, can you tell me how to get out of the forest?"

Upon hearing that, the big bunny nodded its head and was about to lead her out.

But suddenly at that moment, the big bunny, as if frightened, sprang up with its fur on end and scrambled away.

Jiang Zhi saw this, glanced around, and caught a black shadow in her peripheral vision—half-crouched on the branches of a towering pine not far away, its cap brim slightly lifted to reveal a sharp, fierce jawline.

He emanated a dangerous aura, and the nearby animals dared not approach him.

He must have been the one who scared the big bunny away.

Jiang Zhi's expression went blank for a few seconds; she lightly pressed her lips and, with hesitant steps, walked to the base of the pine.

She slightly tilted her head, hesitated, then raised her hand and gave him a small wave.

"Can you not stay here?"

"You don't need to protect me; you could go protect others instead."

"Otherwise, the mutated animals that want to get close to her will all run away."

Just as she finished speaking,

The black-clad figure suddenly leapt down, landing squarely before her, and the strong wind from his descent ruffled the girl's slightly curled black hair at her forehead.

Jiang Zhi was startled by him, took a step back, and her clear voice carried a hint of faint admiration.

"You… how did you jump down?"

"Jumping down from such a high branch and being completely unharmed—no wonder you're the team's upperclassman!"

The black-clad person's eyes were deep and black, his voice sounded as if processed by some special device, a strange mechanical tone.

"I can take you out."

Jiang Zhi's eyes slightly curved as she softly refused: "No need."

As the words fell, the girl's pure face flushed with a rich red hue, and she excitedly said: "Senior, you're amazing—jumping down from that height and being fine."

She suddenly stepped close; her falling black hair brushed his chest, her bright, captivating eyes sparkling like stars scattered across the heavens.

Threads of peach blossom fragrance seeped into the fresh breeze, drifting to his nostrils.

The black-clad person stepped back one step.

In the blink of an eye, he vanished completely from before her.

Jiang Zhi looked back, searched, but could no longer find his trace.

"Won't you let me praise you?"

{Villain Jing Cang Favorability 60}

This time, raising the villain's favorability is unusually easy, completely different from the previous world with Xie Wuchen; it's stingy, and even a little favorability takes a long time to earn.

777 suddenly appeared: "Host, the easier it is to raise a villain's favorability, the more dangerous they are!"

Although the villain's memories are sealed, after experiencing so many Bad Ending worlds, his feelings for the host have been etched into his bones and soul.

What will first be exposed is only a morbid, crazy possessiveness.

Put simply, the faster the favorability rises, the crazier the villain becomes.

Jiang Zhi shrank her thin shoulders, let out a light sigh: "Brother Seven, don't scare me, I'm afraid."

777 paused: ". Don't be afraid, the villain won't hurt you for now."

But after that, I don't know.

Having smoothly reached the end of the trial, many people had arrived; most Alphas were there, all Omegas had arrived, and the rest were almost all betas.

As the first beta to reach the finish line, Jiang Zhi had no presence, found a cool spot, lay down and waited.

Not long after lying down, a voice fell upon her head.

"Are you a beta?"

Jiang Zhi lifted her eyelids, clearly seeing the boy before her.

His silver-white short hair was especially striking, his features deep and mixed-race, his skin pallid to the point of near-transparency, a pair of slightly hooked peach-blossom eyes exuding an indeterminate, alluring, otherworldly charm; his visage was captivating like an ancient Greek sea siren. He wore a deep black military-style uniform, attire reserved for the imperial royalty.

Silver hair, blue eyes, prettier than any girl.

Then only the cannon fodder Rong Qingzhou remained.

Jiang Zhi stared for several seconds before coming to, then tapped her head.

"I've seen, you're the first beta to reach the finish line, not bad." Rong Qinghe's every gesture exuded nobility and elegance, resembling a European vampire clan.

One could hardly tell he would be a ferocious, white-cut-black Alpha.

Rong Qingzhou doesn't have much screen time in the plot.

As a newcomer, and also the least favored imperial prince of the empire, everyone was deceived by his appearance until the insectoid army pressed the border; led by the cannon fodder Rong Qingzhou raising troops in rebellion, cooperating with the insectoids nearly drove the empire to desperation.

But Jiang Zhi couldn't fathom why he would greet her, given that in the plot they had never interacted.