Keep attacking girls and try not to be killed by them

Enemies above level 100 are at least level 4, maybe even level 5, and there are as many as five of them, which puts Jiang Ran under great pressure.

If there is no way to escape and they have to fight head-on, then Jiang Ran and the others' current strength is definitely not enough.

At this time, Jiang Ran couldn't help but think of the purple advanced trial located in the cave.

8.29 - Decision Moment (Part )

(If I can pass the purple trial and reach the third level, then I might be able to break through the situation...)

Under such heavy pressure, Jiang Ran couldn't help but have this beautiful fantasy, but he also knew that this was just the "good possibility".

Another "bad possibility" is that he fails in challenging the purple trial, and then both the Earth World and the Prison Star World are doomed.

In this situation, in order to avoid the risk of failure and death, Jiang Ran had no choice but to find a way to obtain "confession points" and then use the ability to predict future death to determine whether he could pass the purple advanced trial.

However, in this desolate mountain area, the only people around Jiang Ran were Heloise, Shirley, Captain Pride, and Branch Chief Pame.

Jiang Ran has already obtained Heloise's points. Captain Pride and Branch Chief Pam are not feasible, so the only remaining candidate is Ice Star Shirley.

To win over Shirley and make her confess her love to him in such a short time, Jiang Ran thought that this was even more difficult than "directly defeating the werewolf army" or "passing the purple advanced trial".

(Or else, they could find a way to trick the werewolves into skipping Mount Camille and continuing their search northwards...)

Jiang Ran used a telescope to look at the demon wolves lying on the ground and sniffing for a while, and knew that it was almost impossible to avoid being tracked by the werewolf army.

The only good news Jiang Ran got was that the werewolf troops were advancing very slowly in order not to miss any traces or clues.

At this rate, they would arrive near the foot of Mount Kamil by daybreak at the latest.

(After daybreak, the werewolves who have been working all night should go to sleep and rest... In other words, tomorrow's daytime is our last chance.)

There are two options before Jiang Ran. One is to take everyone away from Mount Camille during the day tomorrow and then make other plans. The other is to use the daytime to challenge the purple trial and gamble on his own possibilities.

Jiang Ran pondered for a while, unable to make up his mind.

He finally decided to go back to the cave for the time being, and then wait until tomorrow morning when Shirley woke up. If her magic-banning state was lifted, he would lead everyone to escape. If the magic-banning state was still there, he would have no choice but to take a gamble.

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The next morning, Jiang Ran was extremely concerned about Shirley's situation. In fact, except Jiang Ran, everyone else was also waiting for good news from Shirley.

Unfortunately, after several attempts at chanting, Shirley shook her head with a distressed look on her face.

"It's okay, Lord Bingjixing. Maybe it will be lifted tomorrow."

Branch Chief Pam stepped forward and patted Shirley on the shoulder, and everyone tried to comfort her, but Shirley was tired of being a burden.

"How about this, the werewolves are targeting me, it has nothing to do with you. I will stay here to attract the werewolves' attention, and you guys can take this opportunity to leave quickly."

Shirley finally said what she had been holding back for two days. Although she was known for her sharp tongue, no one was surprised to hear such self-sacrificing words from her.

Because after spending these days together, everyone actually knows that she is a person who is cold on the outside but soft on the inside.

"If I do something like this, the Evil Tiger King God will haunt me with nightmares every night."

Heloise was the first to stand up and raise objections. Although she had been "bullied" by Shirley's arrogance several times, she did not bear a grudge at all, which made Shirley feel a little ashamed.

Then, Branch Chief Pame and Captain Pride also expressed their opposition, and Jiang Ran took the opportunity to make a summary.

"Master Bingjixing, since everyone is against it, why don't you just stick with us? Who knows, maybe you'll be able to use your magic power in the next minute, right?"

Shirley was speechless, but what silenced her was not the four-to-one vote, but the warmth shown to her by these people whom she had only known for a few days.

These people are much more human than the "adults" of the Snow Deer family.

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"You guys...don't think I'll be grateful to you for doing this."

Shirley was touched in her heart, but she remained harsh in her words. Everyone seemed to have expected this reaction and laughed at the same time, which made Shirley feel embarrassed and shy.

Seeing that the team had settled down, Jiang Ran immediately seized the opportunity to propose going out for "reconnaissance" first, because only by figuring out the number and movements of the enemy could they formulate an evacuation plan.

"If you hear the enemy before I come back, then don't worry about me and just evacuate. Do you understand?"

Before leaving, Jiang Ran made some explanations, and Shirley agreed immediately. However, Jiang Ran was still worried, so he walked up to Heloise and Pride.

"Heloise, you really don't have to wait for me. Your safety is the greatest help to me. Remember?"

Jiang Ran held Heloise's hand, looked into her eyes and repeatedly gave her instructions.

Heloise's eyes flickered. In her heart, she really wanted to go on the investigation with the young man in front of her, but in order not to cause trouble, she had to nod and agree stiffly.

Then, Jiang Ran gave Pride another order, telling him that if the enemy came and Heloise did not evacuate, then he would forcibly tie her to the motorcycle and take her away.

"As you command, Master Fike, I will live up to your trust in me."

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Jiang Ran said he was going to investigate, but it was actually a lie.

According to the decision made last night, since Shirley is still unable to use magic today, Jiang Ran has no choice but to try the advanced trial.

On the way to the cave, Jiang Ran first used a telescope to find the werewolf troops from last night. They were currently sleeping and resting in the woods at the foot of Mount Camille, which was basically the same progress as Jiang Ran had estimated.

Moreover, with the bright light of the day, Jiang Ran could clearly see that there was a guy with sea-blue hair all over his body among the werewolf army. His aura was completely different from that of the other werewolves.

—(The blue hair... this guy must be the member of the werewolf royal family Vanessa mentioned.)

Fortunately, Jiang Ran only saw one such guy. If there was one more, he would have no chance of success even if he advanced successfully.

What Jiang Ran also found a little funny was that if he hadn't been challenging the advancement trial this time, he would have almost forgotten the fact that his combat profession was only "Level 2".

(Stupid Loli: Yeah, today you lied to Vanessa that you were level 4, tomorrow you lied to Shirley that you were level 4, plus you deal with level 4 and 5 enemies every day, you’ve tricked yourself into it hahahahahahahahaha)

No matter how ridiculous it is, the fact that Jiang Ran can have such an illusion fully demonstrates that he has mastered the ability to gain extraordinary strength by taking the shortcut of improving his skill proficiency.

Jiang Ran is now almost invincible among his peers. It is a little difficult to win by jumping one level, but he has a chance of winning if he jumps two levels. He can even barely survive if he jumps three levels... He is really no longer the same as before.

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After confirming the situation of the werewolf troops, Jiang Ran hurried to the cave where he had discovered the purple trial before.

This time, he not only had to successfully pass the trial, but also had to compress the time as much as possible, so that when he came out of the trial, everything would not have changed.

(The speed of time in the trial space is twenty times that of the outside world. No problem, I can do it...!)

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[The screenshot above is from chapter 5.37 - Farewell Trial]

Jiang Ran glanced at the word "Jiang" on the palm of his hand, then took a deep breath and walked straight into the purple glowing object.

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8.30 - Re-entry Trial

Since Jiang Ran came to the Prison Star World, he has experienced transferring through various luminous portals many times.

Gradually, he began to get used to this feeling. After entering the purple light body of the advanced trial this time, he felt that he just blinked his eyes, and then he came to another world.

(The time now is... 8:19 AM.)

The first thing Jiang Ran did was to write down the time he entered the trial, so that he would know later how long he had been in the trial space.

The ability of the Super-Dimensional Divine Eye to obtain time information is particularly convenient at this time, otherwise Jiang Ran would really have no way out.

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[The screenshot above is from "3.12 - Super Dimensional Divine Eye Lv3"]

After confirming the time, Jiang Ran turned his gaze to the space in front of him. He found that the scene this time was very similar to the last time. It was still a stone wasteland. There was only a gray sky above his head without any clouds.

However, there are some differences. There is a row of stone steps about a hundred meters ahead, and at the top of the steps there is an extremely spacious floating platform. I don’t know what is on it.

Jiang Ran retracted his gaze to a nearby area and looked at a stone pillar standing in the open space in front of him.

There was a similar stone pillar in the last trial, with the words "Face your fear, live towards death" engraved on it.

This time, there were also inscriptions on the stone pillars, but the content was changed to:

"Insatiable desires and unrestrained pursuits"

To be precise, what was engraved on the stone pillar were not these eight words, but a passage of text from the Prison Star World.

For ease of understanding, the above text describes the result after Jiang Ran's translation.

The result of the translation strangely coincided with this sentence in Zuo Zhuan, so Jiang Ran quoted it directly.

The general meaning of "insatiable desire and limitless pursuit" is that the desire for encroachment will never be satisfied and the ambition for greed will never be limited - the implication is to advise people not to be too greedy, to know when to stop and to be content with what they have.

Jiang Ran wouldn't care at all if these words were spoken elsewhere, but it was different in this trial space.

With the lessons learned from last time, Jiang Ran knew very well that this text was an important clue to passing this trial.

(Last time, it reminded challengers to be brave, while this time, it reminds them not to be greedy...)

But how can we avoid greed during trials?

Jiang Ran wrote down this sentence, then walked around the stone pillar and headed towards the stone stairs in front.

Not long after walking, Jiang Ran understood the meaning of the prompt text, because he saw a "universal raw stone" dropped on the ground...!

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Jiang Ran initially thought he had seen it wrong. The 'Universal Stone' was a precious item that could be used in place of confession points. How could it appear on the ground so casually?

But just when he was about to pick up the "Universal Stone" to see if it was real, the reminder words on the stone pillar flashed in his mind, waking Jiang Ran up.

(Insatiable desires, boundless pursuits...!)

Jiang Ran stopped his evil hands in time and warned himself not to be greedy, not to be greedy. Then he stood up and continued to walk forward, pretending that he had not seen the "universal rough stone" just now.

But what he didn't expect was that on the road ahead, there were more and more "universal raw stones" scattered on the ground, and they were even piled up into a pile, directly tempting Jiang Ran in a naked form!

(Stupid Loli: I... I... Oh my god!)

(Stupid Loli: How many "Universal Stones" does this require?)

(Stupid Loli: There must be at least several thousand, right?!)

The silly loli's exclamation was not an exaggeration. As Jiang Ran continued to move forward, it would not be an exaggeration to say that there were tens of thousands of these "universal raw stones" piled up like a hill.

Faced with so many versatile raw stones, and the stupid loli's yelling, Jiang Ran's mentality gradually changed.

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Jiang Ran knew very well that these versatile raw stones would definitely be a test for him.

"Insatiable desires and unlimited demands" means that you must never be greedy.

But since there are so many versatile raw stones, would it be considered greedy if I only take one?

Jiang Ran didn't want to take more, he just wanted to take one, because there was only a little experience left to upgrade the "Super Dimensional Divine Eye".

If Jiang Ran could use a universal stone, he would not only be able to predict future death scenes to help himself pass this trial, but he would also be able to gain new abilities after upgrading to the "Super-Dimensional Divine Eye".

The cost-effectiveness of this versatile rough stone is really too high.

The more Jiang Ran thought about it, the more he felt that he could try to pick up a universal rough stone.

He began to think that since this was a test, there should be a threshold, such as picking up ten or twenty universal stones before being punished. He only picked up one, so there should be no punishment, and even if there was, it should not be too serious.

As he was thinking like this, Jiang Ran gradually became unable to walk.

He stopped beside a small hill made of all-purpose raw stones. As long as he raised his hand and grabbed a handful, he could easily grab four or five all-purpose raw stones.

(Stupid Loli: Take it, Jiang Ran! Take one and try it!)

Encouraged by the silly loli, Jiang Ran's hand slowly reached out for the universal stone, but just as he was about to touch it, he suddenly stopped.

The reason for stopping was that Jiang Ran saw the word "Jiang" carved on the palm of his hand through the reflection on the universal raw stone, and then he woke up instantly.

(No, not even one!)

Jiang Ran hardened his heart and withdrew his hand, tensing his nerves and continuing to walk towards the stone stairs.

At this moment, he just felt that it was a close call, and he almost fell into this trial.