Become a god from scratch

Chapter 75: Nanmu Town, evil thoughts from all directions!
After hearing Hu Shan say that even if he went to the old land every time, he could not guarantee that he could come back alive, the people in Group 3 did not think he was exaggerating.

Because for the Earth Origin Star, even today, the old land is still mysterious and dangerous.

People like Vice President Pei or Hu Shan who are strong enough to be in the second echelon on the Earth Origin Star are certainly not weak in the Old Land, but at best they are still extraordinary creatures of the "war general level".

In the Old Earth World, although there are far more extraordinary professions than in the Earth Origin Star, each profession also has its own system and level.

But for extraordinary creatures, there is a unified standard of personality.

From low to high, they are: soldier level, general level, commander level, monarch level, and domain king level which is enough to control a large domain!
Regarding the life status in the Old Earth world, Li Qiao also mentioned it in general when he was teaching Lin Xuan and the others the Old Earth language and common sense.

If we use the realm of martial artists to compare with the life status in the Old Earth World, the first to third realms can be roughly regarded as the soldier level.

As the name suggests, this rank is the most common and the least valuable in the Old World, so this rank is also called miscellaneous soldiers.

The fourth to sixth realms correspond to extraordinary creatures at the level of generals.

With this status, one can have a certain foothold in the old world. If it is in a smaller realm, one can barely be considered a well-known figure.

Therefore, according to the status standards of the Old Land, Vice President Pei and several mentors including Hu Shan should all be extraordinary beings at the top level of generals!
With their strength, in some small areas, as long as they don't take the initiative to provoke the local big forces, they can basically bully others.

Even in a larger realm, under normal circumstances, if you don't seek death, you won't die.

But to guarantee that one will not encounter any trouble or even lose his life is definitely impossible, let alone the top generals. Even the top warriors who have already entered the commander-level rank on the Earth Origin Star do not dare to say so.

Most of the students who come to participate in the Spark Program come from extraordinary backgrounds, and even without Li Qiao's popular science, they have a basic understanding of these things.

Originally, when they were in the Forgotten Wastes, those seemingly terrifying ogres they faced were almost all soldier-level extraordinary creatures.

In that situation, even if they were temporarily unable to fight due to lack of experience or some other reason, at least they would not have a problem keeping their lives.

But if this practical class is really as Hu Shan said, it means that the dangers they may encounter may no longer be limited to miscellaneous soldiers.

If they really encounter troublesome general-level enemies, or a group of more than one general-level enemies, even the mentors may not be able to save them.

Under this circumstance, naturally some people have begun to back down.

"Teacher...I want to quit."

A chubby boy slowly raised his hand.

Lin Xuan glanced at the fat boy, but he was not surprised.

This chubby boy's name is 'Jin Buhuan', and he is about the same age as Xing Yan. He was also eight years old when he passed the assessment, and now he is both nine years old.

As three groups of students, no matter whether they have any unpleasant experiences in the past, they are definitely not strangers to each other.

Therefore, Lin Xuan was also aware of Jin Buhuan's situation.

Jin Buhuan was born in the Jin family of Jinhai.

Jinhai has always been the financial capital of Taixia. Six of the top ten multinational groups in Taixia have their headquarters in Jinhai.

The Jinhai Jin family, where Jin Buhuan came from, controls one of them and is one of the richest families in the world.

Someone once jokingly called Jin Hai's surname Jin.

This Jin refers to the Jin family’s Jin.

Of course, the originator of this heart-piercing remark was eventually ruined by the Jin family and ended up living on the streets, with an extremely tragic end.

But no matter what, the Jin family is definitely one of the richest families in Taixia.

The current head of the Jin family is Jin Buhuan’s biological grandfather, so he will definitely not be short of resources.

Although Mr. Jin had twenty-three children and more than a hundred grandchildren, Jin Buhuan was just one of them.

However, given the Jin family's incredible wealth, even if Mr. Jin had hundreds of grandchildren, they would not worry about things like cultivation resources.

Jin Buhuan did not come to participate in the Spark Project for the resources here, but his family just wanted him to make more friends.

After all, anyone with a discerning eye can see that anyone who can participate in the Spark Project, no matter what their background is, will definitely not be an ordinary person in the future.

For businessmen, personal connections are always the most important resource.

Therefore, Jin Buhuan had a very good relationship with the three groups during the past six months, and he also made many friends in the other groups.

If the special training continues at Taiyuan Base or the Forgotten Wasteland, he is willing to persevere even if it is hard and tiring.

But now, he suddenly had to go to the Baichuan Domain, and he had to go through the Baichuan Domain to get to the Banlong Domain. There were too many possible accidents along the way.

Jin Buhuan came here to expand his network, not to risk his life for such a small amount of cultivation resources.

So when Hu Shan said he could choose to quit, he raised his hand without much hesitation.

Hu Shan was obviously no stranger to Jin Buhuan, and waved his hand at him: "I see, I see, put your hands down... You little brat, you really are worthy of being a member of the Jin family. When you heard there was danger, you ran faster than anyone else."

It is obvious that Hu Shan must have had dealings with the Jin family, so it is not surprising that Jin Buhuan chose to withdraw.

Jin Buhuan was not angry when Hu Shan said this. He just scratched the back of his head and chuckled.

After Guo Duan expressed his intention to withdraw, Jin Buhuan immediately began to say goodbye to the three groups, and Lin Xuan was the focus of his greetings:

"Brother Xuan, Brother Liuzi, if you go to Jinhai to play in the future, don't forget to come find me. I promise you will have a great time!"

Lin Xuan and Xing Yan naturally would not refuse Jin Buhuan's kindness. They both nodded and said that they would definitely go and have a look if they had the chance.

"Then take care of yourselves." Jin Buhuan clasped his fists and bowed.

"Brother Jinzi, you too."

Lin Xuan said with a smile.

"What I mean is, can you change the way you address me? You can call me Brother Jin or Brother Buhuan." The smile on Jin Buhuan's face froze.

"Okay, Brother Jinzi."

"..."

When Jin Buhuan began to say goodbye to everyone in advance, several other students followed suit and raised their hands, indicating that they wanted to withdraw.

This time, Hu Shan didn't say anything more, just nodded.

It is obviously not Hu Shan's own decision to explain the situation in advance and allow withdrawal from this stage. I think the other groups are doing the same thing at this time.

After all, the Spark Project is a genius training program, not a suicide squad, so it is impossible to force students to make a choice.

……

Like Taiyuan Bridge, Nanmu Bridge also has a base at the entrance of Taixia, but it is much smaller than Taiyuan Base. After arriving at Nanmu Base, Hu Shan took out the confidentiality agreement he had prepared long ago.

After Jin Buhuan and the others signed the agreement, they sent someone to take them to the nearest airport so that they could return home.

Including Jin Buhuan, a total of four students in the three groups chose to withdraw from the subsequent practical class.

But the impact is not that big. The only one among these four who is relatively outstanding is Jin Buhuan.

The other three boys were of average ability to begin with, and it would be the same whether they were there or not.

"Just as I thought before, there is indeed a problem with the Taiyuan Bridge." Standing in front of the entrance of Nanmu Bridge, Lin Xuan thought to himself.

The entrance to Nanmu Bridge is a green vortex, which is probably only about a quarter of the size of Taiyuan Bridge. According to Xing Yan's impression, it is still larger than the entrance to Sanshui Bridge that he had seen before.

As far as these three "bridges" are concerned, Taiyuan Bridge is undoubtedly the earliest to appear, followed by Nanmu Bridge, and Sanshui Bridge appears the latest.

The size of the three is also proportional to their existence time.

This also confirms Lin Xuan's previous guess... The reason why the Taiyuan Bridge became unstable and even attracted the dangerous creature called the Dark Ruins Worm was most likely because it had existed for too long.

However, a single piece of evidence is not enough. If you want to verify this speculation, you still have to wait until you have seen the other nine "bridges" that were discovered earliest like the Taiyuan Bridge.

Soon, everyone followed Hu Shan into the entrance of Nanmu Bridge.

The scene inside was not much different from the Taiyuan Bridge that they often traveled across, except that the color of the bridge was different.

There was still endless darkness all around, as if it could swallow everything.

"This Nanmu Bridge was only discovered after the end of the land reclamation period. However, since the Baichuan Domain it connects to is right around the Half-Dragon Domain, it is now considered a relatively valuable 'bridge' that Taixia has..."

After stepping onto the Nanmu Bridge, Hu Shan put his hands behind his back and introduced Lin Xuan and the others.

With Hu Shan's introduction, everyone soon passed the whirlpool on the other side of Nanmu Bridge.

After walking out of the whirlpool, Lin Xuan looked back immediately and found that this end of Nanmu Bridge was indeed similar to Taiyuan Bridge.

On the old soil side, the entrance and exit of the "bridge" cannot be directly seen.

Even though these 'bridges' leading to the Earth Origin Star will not exclude the people of the Earth Origin Star, if you have never been here and don't know where the entrance and exit are, it will not be easy to find the entrance and exit of the 'bridge' even if you have a rough idea.

"Is this the Baichuan Realm? It feels a little different from the Forgotten Wasteland, and it seems more comfortable here than on the Earth Origin Star, just like in the high tower during the assessment?"

Lin Xuan took a deep breath and gradually noticed something strange here.

Although the Forgotten Wasteland is also a part of the Old Land World, when Lin Xuan was in the Forgotten Wasteland, he did not feel anything special.

However, the first moment he arrived in the Baichuan Region, he had the feeling of being in the dilapidated space in the high tower before, and this was most likely not an illusion.

"Captain Hu, you are finally here!"

When Hu Shan led Lin Xuan and others out of Nanmu Bridge, a middle-aged man with a smile on his face walked towards them quickly from a distance and shook hands with Hu Shan.

"Brother Duanmu, please come here in person." Hu Shan said with a smile.

After exchanging a few pleasantries with the other party, Hu Shan also introduced this smiling middle-aged man to Lin Xuan and the others. His name was Duanmu Ci, and he was the mayor of the small town of Nanmu where they were currently.

Unlike the Taiyuan Bridge, since the other side of the Taiyuan Bridge is in the worthless Forgotten Wasteland, there is no need to build a gathering place on that side of the Taiyuan Bridge. Only a small group of people are sent there occasionally to take turns on duty.

Nanmu Bridge is different.

Just as Hu Shan had said before, Baichuan Domain was not a very large domain, and the connection point of Nanmu Bridge in Baichuan Domain was somewhat remote.

From this perspective, the value of Nanmu Bridge is also limited.

After all, there are at least a thousand "bridges" discovered on the Earth Origin Star, and there are as many as two or three hundred in Taixia alone.

It is impossible for Taixia to have so much energy to turn every connection point of the "bridge" into a gathering place.

What's more, the number of "bridges" is still increasing, and if you spread your business too wide, you might really get into trouble.

This is also the reason why many countries have long ended land reclamation.

With the current strength of Diyuanxing, it can only expand its business to this extent. If it is any bigger, it will not be able to defend it.

But for any country, the main city is the most valuable asset!
Since the connection point of Nanmu Bridge is relatively close to one of the main cities, [Talong City], its value will naturally increase.

That’s why we have the Nanmu Town today.

"Let's not talk about useless things for now. I have prepared a welcome dinner for you. How about we talk while eating?" Duanmu Ci said with a smile.

"Isn't this a bit bad?" Hu Shan hesitated.

"What's wrong with that? It's just a meal." Duanmu Ci immediately added, "Besides, there are so many future pillars of Taixia here. I'm not inviting you here, so don't be so self-indulgent."

"Okay, then let the host do as he pleases. But we can't waste too much time, it's just a meal." Hu Shan thought about it and finally agreed.

"Hahaha, don't worry, it won't take up much time." Duanmu Ci laughed when he saw Hu Shan finally agreed, "Let me tell you, I've prepared a lot of good stuff this time, I guarantee you'll enjoy it!"

Duanmu Ci began to whisper something in Hu Shan's ear, until Hu Shan's eyes lit up and he asked, "Really?"

Duanmu Ci said: "You will know if it is true after you try it yourself later. This is a delicacy that cannot be tasted on Earth Origin Star!"

Hu Shan licked his lips and said with a chuckle, "Then I'm going to enjoy myself today."

……

Under the arrangement of Duanmu Ci, the mayor of Nanmu Town, Hu Shan and the three groups of students soon arrived at a banquet hall of a restaurant in the town.

The preparations made by Mayor Duanmu Ci were indeed sufficient. Many of the dishes contained ingredients that Lin Xuan had never heard of before, and they were obviously all from the old land.

"How about it? I didn't lie to you, did I?"

Duanmu Ci said to Hu Shan with a chuckle.

"Eat, eat, eat, don't just stand there!" Hu Shan was the first to pick up his chopsticks.

Most of the students didn't think much about it and started eating right away.

Someone invites you to dinner, and the food is "old-fashioned wild game" that is hard to find on Earth. How can you refuse?

However, Lin Xuan's heart was already extremely heavy at this moment!

Because in his perception, there are evil thoughts everywhere, and the biggest evil thought comes from the Mayor Duanmu in front of him!

(End of this chapter)