Disaster Strikes - Chapter 5:

“Alright, alright.”

Just as Kuno was about to counterattack after avoiding a fatal blow from Lu Yi, one of the adult calamity survivors suddenly stepped forward.

He seemed to want to act as a mediator, to reconcile the tense atmosphere.

This person appeared fair, but in reality, he leaned towards Lu Yi.

After all, Kuno was about to counterattack immediately after avoiding Lu Yi’s strike. This person stood up at this moment, stood between the two, and skillfully resolved Kuno’s attack.

“Today is just the first day, let’s just get to know each other. There’s no need to fight to the death.”

This was a seemingly gentle and elegant man in white clothes, with a kind of inexplicable affinity, who appeared directly between the two.

Facing the other two members of the abyss calamity group who were staring fiercely, he still smiled back, looking extremely calm.

“This is the academy. Killing other students in broad daylight will be investigated by the patrollers. You wouldn’t want to be implicated, right?”

His words immediately calmed both sides down.

With a fierce expression, Lu Yi, knowing that the other’s basic strength was still above his own, only lacking in combat skills and weapon equipment, said sinisterly, “We’ll see.”

After leaving a harsh remark, Lu Yi returned to his own bed.

His forehead was still bleeding continuously, looking quite miserable.

“Hmph.”

Kuno wiped the scar on his chest, snorted coldly, and also returned to the side of the two abyss starving ghosts.

“Gao Shu.”

This mediator’s name, Chen Mo, had a deep impression of him at the banquet.

Du Qingqing lowered her head beside her, tears rolling in her eyes.

Du Fangyan kept comforting her in a low voice.

Han Xue, passing by Charcole and Chen Mo, didn’t even look at them, and walked straight towards the trio where Kuno was, and the four of them began to whisper.

Chen Mo felt a little sad about this, while Charcoal had no psychological burden at all.

“It seems that besides Lei Wu, the strongest person in the class should be Gao Shu.”

Charcoal seemed completely indifferent to Han Xue’s disdain.

“If these adult starving ghosts have one or two pieces of green-quality equipment in their hands, combined with the combat skills they master, the abyss starving ghosts are simply not opponents. Offend them, hmm, when the starving ghosts go through the trial, they won’t even know how they died.”

Noticing Charcoal’s gloating, Chen Mo, who had some goodwill towards him, also calmed down.

Although he was a little clever, he was far from being able to compete in high society.

As the temporary team leader, since he could casually give up on Han Xue, what about when things happen to him in the future? After all, he is theoretically the leader of this temporary team now, but he is completely unaware of his responsibilities.

If one day he became the leader and took on the responsibility of leadership, he would never let his team members be treated like this, let alone gloat over their misfortune.

Time quickly passed into the late night.

The large dormitory gradually quieted down, everyone had fallen asleep, and Chen Mo tossed and turned, unable to sleep.

The experiences of these two days as a transmigrator had been too great a turn of events.

He must adapt to this cruel world as soon as possible!

The Disaster academy, where he will undergo a 100-day basic training, will be followed by the starving ghost trial they mentioned.

If successful, he will be promoted to a Level 1 Calamity Predator, becoming the lowest-level warrior in the disaster world. If he fails, he will be eliminated and face certain death.

Next is his current class.

Apart from the instructor Qing Hong, there are a total of fourteen starving ghosts, who are now divided into four small groups.

The mysterious Lei Wu is a group unto himself.

Five adult starving ghosts all have considerable strength.

In addition to the conflict with Lu Yi, the other two, a man and a woman named Gui Tu and Tao Zi, although they have not yet made a move, their fierce eyes indicate that they are not easy to mess with.

Now, Han Xue seems to be interested in joining this group.

The remaining Charcoal, Du Fangyan, Du Qingqing, Han Xue, and himself are at the bottom of the dormitory.

Han Xue and himself are better off, probably considered orphans, feared for their potential by the two, while the others are still somewhat wary.

But Charcoal, Du Fangyan, and Du Qingqing, in the eyes of these guys, are probably already lambs to be slaughtered, objects that can be bullied and ravaged at will.

And from the perspective of these starving ghosts’ criteria, they really do carry the principle of survival of the fittest to the extreme.

As long as he does not show enough potential and the corresponding strength and courage to resist, not to mention the starving ghost trial, whether he can survive the 100-day enlightenment training alive is probably a question.

Taking a deep breath.

Chen Mo slapped his cheeks, determined to take emergency measures to avoid danger, temporarily forgetting the socialist and harmonious values he once adhered to, and quickly adapting to this cruel world.

“Get stronger!”

To adapt to this world, to become stronger, the first thing Chen Mo had to do was to understand this world.

When weak, try to keep a low profile as much as possible, avoid unnecessary trouble. However, this kind of low profile should not be like a turtle hiding its head, otherwise, it will only make the aggressor more unscrupulous. Therefore, even when he is weak, he must not let the enemy suspect whether he has the courage to fight for himself rather than surrender.

Thinking of this, Chen Mo’s mind moved, and his eyes once again showed his digitized panel.

Name: Traveler.

Level: Starving Ghost.

Talent: Stone Skin.

Health: 140.

Defense: 6.

Speed: 6.

Strength: 8.

Constitution: 14.

Spirit: 23.

Energy: 10.

Basic Boxing: Lv1.

Basic Chopping: Lv1.

Basic Blocking: Lv2.

Equipment: None.

Skills: None.

This kind of attribute panel was not unfamiliar to Chen Mo as an amateur online gamer. It should be the data chip implanted in his neck, which digitalized his physical functions.

The name Traveler undoubtedly referred to his ID.

Strangely, this kind of technology, compared to the rough style of this world, could be said to be completely out of place. Even if it was explained by looting mechanical devices, it seemed a bit far-fetched.

There should be some hidden secrets here.

Level: Starving Ghost.

When Chen Mo focused his attention on the level in the data panel, corresponding data information came to mind.

“Starving ghost is the term for level 0 enlightened natural disasters in the Disaster world. After the starving ghost trial at the Disaster academy they will be promoted to Calamity Predators, gaining the basic rights to external contract tasks and war plundering in the disaster world.”

A brief explanation made Chen Mo understand.

In this world, strength is the only standard.

As for the so-called enlightenment, it should refer to the process of transforming from ordinary people to warriors, and the trial of the starving ghost should be to determine whether they have this potential.

Talent: Stone Skin.

This should be the ability that the data panel said was the stone-like skin he had shown before, giving him additional defense power.

The attribute values below should be the basic numerical values representing his physical fitness and strength.

As for basic boxing, chopping, blocking, and the rest, they should be the basic combat skills he had learned through the bodybuilding training manual.

As for equipment and skills, they were indeed blank, which also made Chen Mo realize that his current situation was very dangerous.

In this world where the weak and the strong are prey to each other, without corresponding equipment and combat skills, it is undoubtedly a sheep entering the tiger’s mouth.

For example, Charcoal, who was earlier than him, only showed one skill, but that skill could determine his life and death in the starving ghost trial.

In addition, the most important thing for a warrior is not strength, but courage and wisdom.

Just like now, if he dared to attack Charcoal directly, even if he could not kill him, he could seriously injure him and take away his only skill, which would undoubtedly greatly reduce Charcoal’s chances of survival in the starving ghost trial.

This was also the reason why Chen Mo was eager to increase his strength.

For the first time, he felt the danger of this world and the importance of becoming stronger.

After taking a deep breath, Chen Mo also quickly made a decision.

“Increase strength!”

His eyes locked onto the word “strengthen” on the panel, and he tried to focus his mind on it.

However, what made him somewhat surprised was that there was no prompt for the current strengthening conditions.

But Chen Mo didn’t care about that much, and he directly selected “Strengthen.”

After selecting “Strengthen,” a prompt appeared.

“Please select the attribute you want to strengthen: Health, Defense, Speed, Strength, Physique, Spirit, Energy.”

Seeing the various attributes that could be strengthened, Chen Mo pondered for a moment before decisively selecting “Strength.”

He felt that in this world where strength was respected, increasing his physical strength should be the most direct and effective way to improve his combat effectiveness.

After making the selection, a prompt appeared.

“Strengthening requires energy. Please confirm the energy consumption and strengthen.”

Seeing the energy consumption required for strengthening, Chen Mo hesitated for a moment.

His current energy value was only 10, and it was not clear how much energy was consumed for each strengthening.

Chen Mo hesitated for a moment before finally deciding to strengthen.

In this dangerous world, strength is the key to survival.

After confirming the strengthening, a prompt appeared.

“Strengthening completed. Strength +1. Energy -1.”

Seeing the prompt for the successful strengthening, Chen Mo felt a slight increase in his strength.

He then opened the attribute panel to check.

Name: Traveler.

Level: Starving Ghost.

Talent: Stone Skin.

Health: 140.

Defense: 6.

Speed: 6.

Strength: 9.

Physique: 14.

Spirit: 23.

Energy: 9.

Basic Boxing: Lv1.

Basic Chopping: Lv1.

Basic Blocking: Lv2.

Equipment: None.

Skills: None.

Seeing that his strength had indeed increased by one point, Chen Mo couldn’t help but feel a sense of accomplishment.

In this world where strength was respected, any improvement in strength was a step towards survival.

Feeling the slight increase in his strength, Chen Mo also felt a little more confident.

He knew that he had to become stronger as soon as possible to survive in this cruel world.

With this determination in mind, Chen Mo finally fell asleep.

The next day, when Chen Mo woke up, he found that the atmosphere in the dormitory had changed.

Charcoal, who had been the focus of attention yesterday, was now lying on the ground, covered in blood, with a look of despair on his face.

Standing beside him were Gui Tu and Tao Zi, with cold and cruel smiles on their faces.

It seemed that Charcoal had indeed suffered a lot last night.

Chen Mo couldn’t help but feel a chill in his heart.

He knew that in this world where the weak were prey to the strong, if he wanted to survive, he had to become stronger as soon as possible.

With this determination in mind, Chen Mo stood up and walked out of the dormitory, ready to face the challenges ahead.

(End of chapter 5)