Bi Mo Zhi Jian

Chapter 228 This Slot Was an Excellent Buy

A medium-sized passenger plane flew through the clouds, the sky and white clouds outside the window unchanging.

The exchange students from the Sunset Country on board were somewhat nervous.

This was partly because they were about to travel to the distant and mysterious Bonfire training base, and partly because they were currently at an altitude of tens of thousands of feet.

Air transport was one of the few safe means of transportation in the preceding months, free from interference by monsters lurking deep beneath reality.

But since the Red Moon disaster, the world situation had further deteriorated, and air transport was gradually becoming unsafe.

The number of strange creatures capable of reaching altitudes of tens of thousands of feet was increasing.

Compared to land and sea, strange creatures in the upper atmosphere were still rare, less than one in ten thousand. However, those that could reach such heights were often difficult and powerful. Once encountered, the plane would likely crash!

It was no wonder the exchange students were nervous.

If the plane crashed, their chances of survival as awakened individuals might not be much higher than those of ordinary people.

Fortunately, this flight was protected by a powerful individual from Bonfire.

This person was known as the 'Lightning Thread Hand,' a powerful being capable of manipulating countless threads and lightning. Someone on board had witnessed this individual's power before.

Thinking of this, they felt a lot more at ease.

Besides, this was a Bonfire chartered flight; it should be safe.

And indeed, it was!

At the front of the cabin, the person nicknamed Lightning... cough cough, Luo Rui, sat with great composure, showing no signs of nervousness.

He was a triple awakened one.

Of course, he couldn't fly. If he fell from tens of thousands of feet, he would also perish, with only a parachute to save him at best.

In such an environment, it would still be extremely difficult for him to deal with a three-star flying strange creature.

But Luo Rui was confident.

This was because Bonfire's strange creature radar was protecting them. The passenger plane had avoided areas with flying strange creatures. If any unexpected event occurred and a strange creature approached rapidly, they would receive an early warning.

There was no need for vigilance.

Besides, vigilance would be futile; it was best to stay put.

The cabin gradually quieted down until the crew's announcement was heard.

"Distinguished passengers, our plane will be landing shortly. For your safety, please ensure your seatbacks are in their upright positions, stow your tray tables, open your window shades, and fasten your seatbelts..."

"Our destination, the Bonfire Pacific Training Base, is arriving. We wish you a pleasant training session this term, with ample rewards and improvements."

The Bonfire Training Base, we've arrived!

...

Princess Anna stepped off the plane, and the fresh air that entered her lungs invigorated her.

She was also a little nervous.

What would the Bonfire base be like?

And would she be able to fulfill the mission of her royal family and country?

Anna herself was unsure.

The powerful individual who escorted them to Bonfire smiled and said, "My mission ends here. Someone will guide you through the procedures, issue your student phones, and familiarize you with the base's layout, and so on."

"Here they come, I'll take my leave now."

The reception of new students should have been handled by the 'Newcomer Reception Office.' However, the strongest individual there was only Luo Jianxing.

Sunset, Splashing Waves, and White Bear each had three teams of exchange students, and they had paid a significant sum.

The reception office alone was insufficient.

Therefore, Fang You selected individuals from the instructor team to assist the Newcomer Reception Office in hosting exchange students from different countries.

The person in charge of receiving the Sunset Country students was a female instructor named 'Shi Yunxi,' known for her blend of toughness and gentleness. She was an early graduate of the Bonfire training camp, one of the elites who took the oath in the third batch, and a strong contender for the next 'Torchbearer Medal.'

Shi Yunxi greeted them with a warm smile, "Welcome, Princess Anna and students from the Sunset Country. I will be arranging your accommodation and introducing you to the training camp's schedule and various training facilities. Please feel free to ask me any questions."

"Okay, thank you for your trouble~"

Anna maintained her elegance, her delicate face showing a serious expression, "But please don't treat me as a princess. I am now just an ordinary student here."

"That would be ideal."

Shi Yunxi nodded.

The training intensity at the base was very high, but this princess didn't seem overly delicate; that was good.

She led the Sunset Country students to the Newcomer Reception Office to collect their introductory manuals and student phones.

Then, their accommodations would be arranged.

After that, they would tour various parts of the base and undergo physical examinations. The main tasks for the first day were to familiarize themselves with the base and arrange their schedules; training would begin tomorrow.

Shi Yunxi explained.

Princess Anna marveled, "So, we will be training alongside the students here, correct?"

"Yes, you will be assigned to different training classes based on your individual skill levels. Beyond that, your welfare and benefits will be entirely equivalent to those of our Bonfire's regular students. Our base also has numerous awards, which can earn you a significant amount of student points."

"And these points can be exchanged for various potions, equipment, and training time. I believe Miss Anna and the others have already seen them."

Yes, yes~

Anna nodded repeatedly.

Bonfire was an organization of great spirit and worthy of admiration. From the looks of it, many of their core training secrets were open to them.

Top experts like Shi Yunxi and Luo Rui were said to have emerged from the training camp, having undergone the same training back then.

Did this mean that training here offered the hope of becoming a world-class expert like the great Luo Rui?

Many students from the Night Watcher Organization mused.

Of course, there were differences in talent between individuals. The great Luo Rui and the great Shi Yunxi were undoubtedly geniuses who had trained day and night, through countless seasons, with unyielding persistence, to reach their current positions.

But at least there was hope!

Perhaps one day they too could become great figures?!

This was the thought of many low- to mid-level Night Watchers.

Among them, the very few Night Watchers who were trusted confidantes of the higher-ups focused their attention elsewhere—the exchange list!

As confidantes of the higher-ups, they were aware that many of the potions and equipment provided by the Night Watcher Organization were purchased from Bonfire.

Their equipment was far superior to what they produced themselves, and their potions were astonishing, outclassing their research departments by more than ten streets.

And now, the exchange list they saw on the student phones had a far greater variety of items than what they had purchased from Bonfire.

The standard combat knives and greatswords, which were much stronger than their self-produced equipment and incredibly easy to use, capable of increasing their combat power by a notch, were merely the lowest-tier weapons on this exchange list!

Yes, they rubbed their eyes and asked each other for confirmation; they were indeed the worst, the most common tier.

Above them were white enhanced versions, green grade, and peak green grade.

The purchase prices were also much higher, ten, twenty, or thirty times that of the basic standard weapons!

But this was not an issue!

You get what you pay for; being expensive meant what? It meant such equipment was more powerful, far more powerful than what they currently had!

And then there were the potions.

The five special potions that the Night Watcher higher-ups had purchased from Bonfire previously had already astonished many. Now, the variety of potions presented before them was dazzling; by a rough estimate, there were dozens!

Potions for restoring stamina, relieving fatigue, amplifying strength, amplifying speed, making oneself berserk to multiply combat power... and so on and so forth!

There were potions of every kind.

And among them were advanced versions of stamina secret medicine, mental secret medicine, and energy secret medicine!

Heavens! Bonfire had developed so many special potions!

Just by looking at the exchange list, their eyes glazed over.

If they could exchange for these potions and bring them back, they would be great contributors to the Night Watcher Organization! It was a pity they couldn't buy them, only exchange them with student points.

But it was not an issue!

Didn't Instructor Shi just say that the training camp had various rewards? For the sake of these special potions and equipment, they would give it their all!

This was the sentiment of the mid-level cadres within the Night Watcher Organization.

Princess Anna also had many thoughts at this time. She had considered exchanging for potions, but these were not the most important.

She had not forgotten her core mission: to strengthen the friendship with Bonfire.

Now, their exchange students from the Sunset Country were training alongside the students cultivated by Bonfire's main branch, dispersed into different training classes. Wasn't this the best opportunity?!

Through interaction, there would be opportunities to obtain contact information from Bonfire's experts.

However, they also had to work hard. The students of Bonfire seemed particularly diligent and hardworking.

They had to work hard for friendship, give it their all!

Anna, fight on!

The 50 exchange students from the Sunset Country were all fired up, brimming with fighting spirit.

This was very good.

Shi Yunxi nodded with satisfaction.

After all, she was responsible for the Sunset Country exchange students. If Sunset Country outperformed Splashing Waves and White Bear in training results, she would be greatly honored!

She wondered if there would be contribution point rewards as well.

"Next, I will take you to tour some important areas of the base."

...

Under Shi Yunxi's guidance, Anna and the others were wide-eyed.

The entire Bonfire base was enormous, built on a vast island, resembling a sci-fi city. No, it couldn't be called sci-fi; it had a bit of fantasy to it.

They took orbital transport to different areas and saw many robotic figures along the way.

They were called engineering puppets, capable of cutting trees and crushing rocks, doing everything.

Anna estimated that these puppets were stronger than ordinary awakened individuals, yet these puppets were not for combat.

Arriving at the coast, on a seawall as high as a city wall, Anna saw Bonfire personnel turning soil and planting trees.

However, these saplings were a bit strange, with peculiar appearances.

"Are they mysterious plants?"

"Mmm-hmm, these are special plants cultivated by Minister Liu Shang. Look at that plant that resembles a pea; it's a defensive plant that has undergone directed mutation through infection by mysterious agents."

"Defensive plants?"

Anna was initially puzzled, then saw a dark shadow of a strange creature emerge from the beach in the distance, slowly approaching the seawall.

At that moment, a mysterious pea plant, about waist-high on the seawall, its head pulsed and contracted, firing a green plant projectile.

With a bang, it blasted the small strange creature to death.

And there were many such mysterious pea plants along this seawall.

There could be such an operation?!

Were plants capable of firing projectiles now?!

The Sunset Country students were greatly astonished and their horizons broadened.

The surprises Bonfire brought were truly too numerous; coming here was their good fortune!

That night,

The exchange students from the Night Watcher Organization eagerly reported to their superiors.

Yul and other higher-ups nodded with smiles.

"It seems we can indeed learn many of Bonfire's core secrets."

"It also deepens the communication with Bonfire. Years from now, when this batch of students becomes powerful, and many Bonfire students become pillar experts, this camaraderie will be precious."

"Yes, and the student exchange list contains many unimaginably valuable treasures. Even if we can only bring back a small portion, it's still a massive profit!"

No wonder the student slots at Bonfire were so expensive; it turned out there were so many hidden benefits.

But it was still worth it, incredibly worth it!

The higher-ups thought.