Disaster Strikes - Chapter 15:

Chapter 15 Three Months Later

Unknowingly, Lu Ye had been at the Disaster Academy for over three months.

Unlike other students who were nervous and anxious about facing the starving ghost trial, Lu Ye, as one of the five adult starving ghosts, was looking forward to the trial.

This was not because of her strong strength, which already gave her confidence for the trial.

It was because of her dream.

Lu Ye’s dream was simple, to see the flower sea her mother had talked about with her own eyes.

In the world of disaster, there were no sun, moon, stars, or any signs of life. There was only the barren and desolate desert of bones. Lu Ye had only seen a dried rose specimen. Shortly after entering the world of disaster, it was eroded into ashes by the energy here.

Unlike those cruel and fierce natural disasters. Lu Ye had always liked a quiet life since she was a child, which also led to her unassuming character. Despite having good qualifications, she did not show much brilliance during her time at the academy due to her personality. The impression she gave was that she was the weakest among the five adult starving ghosts in the class, which led to Gui Tu attempting to intercept her, triggering a series of subsequent struggles.

“The trial is coming soon. Are you ready?”

The speaker was Feixiao Jiang.

Compared to Gao Shu and Lu Yi, Feixiao Jiang was not someone who liked to stand out. He was a down-to-earth and honest person. He liked Lu Ye, which was already an open secret in the class.

As one of the five who excelled in physical fitness, he had been quietly observing this quiet and elegant girl for the past three months, and his heart was full of love for her. This was the first time in his life that he had realized how wonderful it was to like someone.

Therefore, he was happy every day at the academy.

“Of course, I’m ready. How about you?”

Lu Ye’s smile was like a spring breeze, melting Feixiao Jiang’s heart.

“Me too.”

Feixiao Jiang replied in a low voice.

The two strolled through the corridors of the academy, quietly enjoying this warm moment.

…

Huff, huff, huff.

Behind him, Tao Zi’s intense panting could be heard as Ku Wu, who was running ahead, slowed down slightly. They then transitioned from running to walking, taking a short break.

After a while, Tao Zi finally adjusted her breath.

“Her basic stepping technique has probably reached Lv6, right?”

The “her” in Tao Zi’s mouth naturally referred to Han Xue, who had surpassed the two of them.

Tao Zi remembered that at the beginning of the school year, the other party’s basic stepping technique had already reached Lv4. After such a long time, everyone had seen Han Xue’s hard work. Improving two levels should be the most conservative estimate.

“Yeah, it should be.”

Ku Wu estimated Han Xue’s speed and nodded in response.

Since the death of Gui Tu, the two of them had become more diligent compared to the beginning of the school year, and they had formed a group of three with Han Xue, competing and helping each other in their daily lives.

As a woman, Tao Xi naturally began to compare herself with Han Xue.

Two months had passed since then.

Although her progress was quite significant, compared to Han Xue, it seemed that she was still a little lacking.

…

In a secluded corner.

Gao Shu held a sword in his hand. With the consumption of energy in his body, his body speed suddenly increased and with his dancing posture, the sword in his hand continuously slashed in a mysterious way.

After a moment.

As the skill ended, Gao Shu sheathed his sword and exclaimed, “My proficiency has finally reached Lv4.”

This was one of the two combat skills he mastered, the D-level skill, Seven Step Sword Kill Lv4.

Compared to E-level skills, D-level skills required higher learning requirements, longer cooldown times, higher energy consumption, and also had stronger attribute bonuses.

For example.

The damage of an E-level skill is: (10-20) + basic attribute coefficient * 0.5 + related basic skill level + weapon * 0.2 + skill proficiency level * 1.

D-level skill damage is: (30-50) + basic attribute coefficient * 0.6 + related basic skill level + weapon * 0.4 + skill proficiency level * 1.

Not only was the basic damage greatly increased, but also the bonuses from basic attribute coefficients and weapon attribute coefficients were all significantly increased, making the strength significantly higher.

At this moment.

As his proficiency in Seven Step Sword Kill reached Lv4, in addition to the proficiency level damage increase of 1 point, the most important thing was that this D-level skill finally reached the additional attribute of Lv4.

Prompt: Your Seven Step Sword Kill proficiency level +1.

Prompt: Your Seven Step Sword Kill proficiency level has reached Lv4, gaining additional attributes. Speed +1 after the skill is activated, lasting for 30 seconds, stackable.

The so-called stackable means that by continuously using this skill, the basic attributes can be continuously increased, and the duration of the buff can be extended.

“This is great.”

After seeing the specific additional attributes of Seven Step Sword Kill proficiency level Lv4, Gao Shu couldn’t help but murmur excitedly.

“With my own strength, plus the assistance of thos four people, it should be enough to pass this trial and become a formal natural disaster.”

…

In the past two months, Chen Mo had been growing rapidly under the care of instructor Qing Hong.

Qing Hong’s care was not limited to class, explaining more techniques for basic psychic power, but also included separate training for basic blocking at night.

In the past two months, except for a few days due to special reasons, Qing Hong had guided Chen Mo for about two hours almost every day. This undoubtedly made his progress rapid.

It was time for night training again.

Chen Mo arrived at Qing Hong’s office on time, skillfully cleaned the office, and then began to deeply practice basic blocking techniques under Qing Hong’s guidance.

Now he could use this training compression suit proficiently, and his basic blocking had already been raised to Lv5 a month ago.

Feeling Chen Mo’s tremendous progress over the past two months, and seeing this obedient student who had been raised by herself, Qing Hong was quite satisfied. She hadn’t poured so much emotion into her students for a long time. The last time was over two years ago, when she had a student with the Black Flame talent, a student she had high hopes for.

“Come over here.”

Qing Hong suddenly spoke, motioning for Chen Mo to come over.

“The trial is about to begin. Starting tomorrow, you will have several days of free time. During this time, you can leave the academy, go outside to shop, trade, or practice, and make final preparations for your starving ghost trial. I also need to take back these two student training props.”

Chen Mo heard this and quickly took off his training suit and placed the gyro for practicing basic psychic power on the desk.

“I am grateful for your care all these days. If I can pass the trial successfully, I will definitely come to see you often in the future,” Chen Mo sincerely expressed his gratitude. These days, the care of the Qing Hong mentor had finally made Chen Mo feel a warmth that was indescribable in this strange world. This kind of feeling, he had rarely experienced even in his previous world before crossing over, except from his grandmother, no one would help him so wholeheartedly and take care of him.

Seeing this, Qing Hong smiled and took out four things from the storage space. They were a scroll, and three stones of different colours.

“What is this?” Chen Mo was puzzled.

Qing Hong explained, “These are gifts for you. The E-level skill scroll ‘Psychic Bullet,’ the mysterious stone, the mind stone, and the light stone.”

In Chen Mo’s astonished expression, the Qing Hongcontinued, “In fact, the so-called trial of the starving ghost is just a term used by the disaster world for the first mission of the natural disasters. This is your starting point from scratch. If you can survive, it proves that you have the potential to become a higher-level natural disaster, able to adapt to various situations, execute complex tasks, and continuously become stronger during the process.”

Chen Mo listened solemnly.

Qing Hong pointed to the gifts. “You are the child I have cultivated with all my efforts among this group of students. These gifts are also my final help to you. Your future depends on yourself.”

“Mentor…” Chen Mo had never experienced such emotions. Even in that world, since his parents divorced, except for his grandmother, no one would help him and take care of him so wholeheartedly.

Chen Mo suddenly felt that although the disaster world was full of barrenness, violence, and ugliness, it also had efforts, purity, and beauty. In the disaster world, the emotions between people were often more direct. It did not require constant probing and grinding like that world, until various complex relationships became impure.

“This Psychic Bullet skill scroll can be used as your basic combat skill in the future. But now there are only a few days left before the trial. You don’t have time to raise its proficiency to level 4 and get its extra attributes,” after introduing the “Psychic Bullet” skill scroll she then pointed to the three stones saying, “As for the mysterious stone, mind stone, and light stone, they can allow you to identify alchemical items, skill scrolls, and dropped equipment in the mission world without returning to the disaster world for the light-brain identification. This will increase your adaptability and improve your chances of survival.”

After she finished, she pushed these four items in front of Chen Mo.

“Take them.” Chen Mo saw the tenderness and sincerity in the eyes of the Qing Hong and took them.

At this moment, instructor Qing Hong in Chen Mo’s eyes was no longer the fierce mentor who lifted Du Qingqing and threw her out of the classroom, nor was she a woman who accepted bribes from adult starving ghosts and was selfish. She was a natural disaster with complex emotions, an ordinary human living in the disaster world.

Not every natural disaster was sinister, violent, and ugly. They had disdain for the weak, desire for profit, but also yearning for beauty, all due to the environment.

“Remember, only the starving ghosts who successfully pass the trial can be promoted to become a Level 1 disaster hunter and have the qualification to survive in this world. But your goal is definitely not just to survive, but to become stronger and live better!” Qing Hong emphasized.

“I understand.” Chen Mo looked at instructor Qing Hong and said solemnly, “No matter when, I will never become a parasite in the disaster world, living by cowardice and theft.”

Hearing this, instructor Qing Hong smiled with relief.

Late at night.

After leaving the office of instructor Qing Hong, Chen Mo came to a corner of the training area. After putting the mysterious stone, mind stone, and light stone into the storage space, he took out the E-level skill scroll “Psychic Bullet” that had been identified.

The scroll was only the size of a palm and was semi-transparent. It was very light, as if it had no weight. Chen Mo even felt that it might not have any weight, just because it had been added some weight by the identification of the light-brain in the disaster world, but it was only about ten grams.

From the state of this skill scroll, it was easy to judge that this should be a skill scroll that a natural disaster obtained by dissipating the soul of a creature from another world and absorbing it through the light-brain chip.

Chen Mo looked at the properties of “Psychic Bullet” through the light-brain chip.

Notification: Psychic Bullet.

Quality: E

Learning requirement: 10 points of spiritual power, Lv1 basic psychic power.

Skill attributes: Release an energy bullet enveloped in psychic power, dealing 20 points of basic damage to the target, cooldown time of 5 seconds, consumes 1 point of energy.

Skill introduction: This is one of the most basic applications of psychic power.

After seeing the properties of this Psychic Bullet skill scroll, Chen Mo was shocked, because when compared to the range of E-level skill properties mentioned in the book this was a perfect E-level skill.

Generally speaking, the basic damage range of conventional E-level skills was usually between 10 to 20 points, and the cooldown time was between 5 to 10 seconds. This referred to direct attack skills, excluding those with special attributes and continuous damage skills.

As a result, everyone naturally pursued higher damage and shorter cooldown times.

This also led to the differentiation of E-level skills, even if they were both E-level skills.

And this skill scroll was undoubtedly a perfect E-level skill.

According to probability calculations, this kind of perfect E-level skill only appears once every fifty scrolls. It was quite precious, and its price was probably not lower than some D-level scrolls, or even higher.

“Instructor Qing Hong…,” Chen Mo felt even more grateful in his heart. He knew that the Qing Hong must have spent a lot of effort on this.

Without hesitation, Chen Mo immediately mobilized the disaster energy and enveloped the skill scroll.

Prompt: Do you confirm to learn the E-level skill “Psychic Bullet”?

“Yes.”

With the prompt sound of the light-brain data chip, a skill technique about the Psychic Bullet surged into Chen Mo’s mind, similar to the way the stone’s soul memory was instilled back then. At the same time, he also felt a slight warmth on his neck, as if this learning method also imposed a certain burden on the light-brain data chip.

Notification: You have mastered the Psychic Bullet skill.

At the same time, the skill column on Chen Mo’s attribute panel added the Psychic Bullet.

(The end of chapter 15)