Virtual Reality
The next day, I was sitting on the battlefield with Donna training my mana. Kevin asked a few questions about my hypothesis yesterday. He even told me that I could get the Nobel because of it. But I told hi m it wasn't a big deal.
That day, the whole class started peeping at me. Every now and then Melissa would look at me as if she could see through me. But I still didn't care. I was particularly intrigued by today's lecture. Because they had a more advanced field of engineering than my previous world. Then my class was over, and one of the highlights was about to start the virtual reality exam.
.........
I was in the virtual reality cabin right now, I couldn't even compare it to the previous world.
[Processing student information...]
[Retinal scan... control and]
[Fingerprint scanning... Check]
[Genetic data testing... Check]
[Load time...57%...87%...94%...]
[User information loaded]
[Rank 1750, Rhine Dover, Rank Ten Years Y/N]
The helmet's screen gradually lit up, revealing the sequence of information. I took a moment to familiarize my mind with the sudden changes, searched for information, and pressed Y. After I confirmed, a vivid melody that sounded strangely familiar began to play, echoing in my ears.
Then I was met by my teammates. I saw 3 quite familiar faces. I had 3 people on my team who had tried to bully me before.
"Rank 834 William K. Johnson, nice to meet you"
The first person who greeted me was a young man of very short stature, brown hair, with a somewhat lively temperament.
"Rank 623 Rosaline Tluve"
"Level 739 Edward Smith, greetings."
"It's time 956 Park Jinho, nice to meet you"
After William, I was greeted by a beautiful red-haired girl who stood proudly like a gorgeous peacock. There was an air of apathy around him that seemed as if nothing interested him. His voice was cold and gave the impression that he hated everything around him. He liked me and so I didn't know anything about him, which led me to think that his cold demeanor was due to some kind of past trauma. He had probably met Amanda's likeness, cold like herself.
After Rosaline, a black-haired young man with square glasses and neatly combed hair greeted me in a solemn tone. Judging by his humor and the way he speaks, I made a mental note not to interact with him in the near future. I don't really like this type of straight-laced individuals.
Finally, Park Jinho, who is of Asian descent and probably Korean, greeted me with a modest attitude. He seemed a little wary of me, I'm not sure why...
I tried to greet him by turning my head to the last person who ignored my presence from the beginning, but I was immediately ignored.
He was Arnold Kane, quite tall and with a muscular upper body that no professional bodybuilder in my world had to beat. He carried a frightening aura around him, reminding people of a ferocious gorilla that attacked everyone at the slightest sign of provocation. Her hair was curled and her eyes were tightly braided together with a frown.
I nodded my head and introduced myself to the others.
I didn't need to greet him as I already knew who he was, but I made sure to at least greet him so I wouldn't sound too disrespectful. If I had ignored him, I could have been the target of his bullying, which I didn't even want to be a part of.
'Rank 75, Arnold Kane'
This person, Ren, was normally a bully here, but now I'd better turn things around a bit.
"Nice to meet you folks, I'm 1750. Ren Dover is next."
"..."
It took the rest of them a few seconds to digest what I said before losing all interest in me.
Shrugging my shoulders at their reactions, I could only sympathize with them because I understood where they were coming from. I mean, there was quite a difference of 800 places down from the second lowest of the group.
This was a society where power ruled everything. If you weren't that strong, you'd be looked down upon by everyone. This was mainly true of the lock, where individuals were still young and proud. When they enter the real world and fight against demons, only then will they realize how immature they are.
"Rubbish"
The first to speak, of course, was Arnold, who looked at me with disgust.
Even if I didn't care about him, he started looking at me with even greater anger. Anyway, I will keep quiet for now and wait for the professor's instruction.
「Ehm... Ece... Group 7 can you hear me?]
Disrupting the strange atmosphere created by the announcement of my rank, Professor Thibuat's voice echoed throughout the room.
[If you can hear me say 'Check']
"Check"
"Check"
"Check"
"Check"
"Check"
"Check"
[1... 2... 3... 4... 5... 6, Great view as if everyone was there. Okay, now I'm going to explain the rules, so listen carefully. Be careful because I'm only going to say these things once.]
[Since most likely some of you are your first foray into the virtual world, today's lesson will be on the lighter side.]
[The people around you right now will be the group you'll be working with in today's lesson.]
[Before you say anything, your group is computer-balanced, and for the most part, each group is evenly matched. There are some exceptions, though, that I can't really do anything about.]
[Each of you will be dropped off in a remote area that will be randomly generated by the computer.]
[Your goal today is to survive for 1 hour]
[Extra points are awarded to those who manage to complete certain secret missions]
[As long as you manage to survive for 1 hour, this will count as a pass, extra points will be awarded to each teammate who survives next to you.]
[I'll give you 2 minutes to discuss your plans with your group.]
「Good luck!」
「Ah~ I forgot to mention before leaving. The last group will automatically fail this class]
Oh, of course, no one will fail, that was a complete lie. Oh, but of course it drew the attention of the others to me, the other 3 people on my team were looking at me with fear. But Arnold started looking at me with disgust, then grabbed me by the shoulder and started pressuring me. But he was momentarily surprised to see that I did not move from my seat.
Then he started looking at me with greater anger. Then the sound of the simulation start was heard.
[Well! simulation ready]
[Simulation 3... 2... I'll start it at 1]
Then, suddenly, my view began to change. I found myself in the Woods.
"Hmm, if I'm not mistaken, Kevin and Jin were born in the mountains on the north side, while Emma is on the south side of the desert... Melissa and Amanda should both be close to the ocean in a westerly direction, which doesn't sound like signs of a prominent figure in my area."
Then I started walking towards the undercover area. I was going to do exactly what the original Ren did.
.............
[Rank 1750 Rend Dover +1 point (Lake trial): Team points: 5]
All right!
Even if I die now, Arnold won't do anything to me because I've crashed the team.
[Teammate Arnold Kane dies - Team points: 4]
That retarded dude had the same thing happened with Roman, he went and got himself killed. At that moment, I decided to move around a little to find Kevin.
..........
"How are you?"
Standing on a large rock, Kevin looked behind him where a small group of people had gathered.
"Could have been better"
-Noise!
Emma grunted and jumped from the top of a tree.
"We have to be safe for now, so let's act."
Walking in front of Kevin, Emma turned her attention to Amanda, who was quietly observing the area a few feet away.
"What are you doing?"
"... He observes"
"What am I observing?"
"Everything"
Emma sighed and walked over to Amanda, whose face was expressionless, and wrapped her arm around her beautiful, slender neck.
"What am I going to do with you?"
At that moment, Amanda shot an arrow forward. He then continued to look ahead, frowning. He was sure he wasn't wrong, there was definitely someone in the area where he threw it. But as soon as the arrow came out of his bow, he got rid of his arrow by moving with a speed that was invisible to the naked eye.
...........
Kevin: I made my way to the area where he was. But for a moment, Amanda noticed me. His perception was really good. Then, with my keiki style, I quickly moved out of his space and into a place where he couldn't see it.
He was a really interesting person: as soon as I walked into the space, even Kevin could notice me without me noticing.
Then I started following them without getting out of their sight.
I saw Ava leafz, one of the members of the mercenary unit that Ren would establish in the future. In this way, I saw his face and engraved it in my memory. I had achieved my original goal, it was time for me to leave this place.
..........
「Ehm... Ece... Can you hear me?]
Suddenly, Professor Thibaut's voice rang in his ears, prompting me to listen attentively.
「Well, I want to say a few things before I take you out of the capsules.」
[First of all, I would like to congratulate you on passing this test. This test is specifically designed to test your ability to adapt to alien environments and how well you can survive your wild pursuits.]
... That's right.
Even though this bastard was using this test to disrupt some students, the test was still very good.
Although he changed some things here and there to create some disagreements among the students, the test was indeed a good way to help students adjust to unfamiliar environments. In fact, in my opinion, this test was better because it made this test a little more useful in real life, because one day you too could be hunted by humans.
No, it would be more accurate to say that being hunted by other people, such as the bad guys, would be the most likely scenario.
The fact that students were 'indirectly' allowed to kill each other raised the challenge to another level. Because you had to be careful not only with the animals, but also with your classmates.
This little 'detail' made training much more efficient for me.
That didn't mean the professor was a good guy.
I was taking advantage of his programs to improve myself even more.
[Although most of you have survived either by sheer luck or some kind of plan, at the end of the day, what really matters is not how you win, but whether you win. So I congratulate those who were able to hold out until the end. Given how difficult this exam is, surviving this simulation is an achievement to be proud of. Inflate your chest and exit the capsule with your head held high.]
「That's enough, now... When you exit the capsule at the top of the class, you will find a large monitor on which to display the group ranking]
[Although there won't be any extra prizes this time because it's still your first week, you can still brag to your friends that you were first in your class.]
... I think a lot of students would brag about it.
Considering that most people in this world are proud and arrogant, I would expect the egos of the top 5 members of the group to go through the roof over the next week.