Last Totem Novel - Chapter 131

Chapter 131 Essence
The Temple of Ares, also known as the War God’s Hall, was located in the heart of the Central Silver City Military Academy. It was the place where students received missions and exchanged equipment. She and the Northern Military Academy’s Odin Temple, Archimedes Polytechnic’s Hunter Temple (Artemis Temple), and the Starsea Traveller Academy’s Firestealer Temple (Prometheus Temple) are known as the Academics’ Four Great Temples.

For a long time, the Central Silver City Military Academy had been the leader in the academy alliance, and the academy completed the most missions every year. Therefore, the Ares Temple is also known as the head of the four great temples.

Half an hour later, Tie Zha and Bai Xiaoyun arrived at the foot of a low mountain on the middle line of the academy. Looking up, there was a huge ancient Greek temple built on the low hill.

The temple was a rectangular structure with a beam-column style. It was visually over twenty meters tall, and its outer ring was filled with huge stone pillars. Simply put, there was a large stone slab on the rectangular stone pillar.

As Bai Xiaoyun walked, he introduced that the interior of the War God Hall was very spacious. It had an area of about 20,000 square meters, equivalent to three standard football fields. It was divided into several areas. The two largest areas were the Mission Hall and the Credit Exchange Hall. In addition, there were resting halls, mecha simulation training halls, temporary conference halls, team gathering halls, and other areas.

Listen, listen, Tie Zha suddenly remembered if he would encounter any acquaintances here. He immediately interrupted and asked if the students’ union would come here for activities. Without hesitation, Bai Xiaoyun said that those people from the Student Union were all high-ranking officials. They would only send their subordinates over to handle matters, rarely coming directly. Hearing this news, Tie Zha heaved a sigh of relief. He didn’t want to meet You Ge or Mu Yu Ling Lan here. Of course, his clothes, appearance, and temperament had greatly changed. Even if they stood in front of him, they might not be able to recognize him.

As they chatted, the two of them walked along the stone stairs and quickly arrived at the open space in front of the temple. At the front entrance were huge glass doors. At this moment, the glass doors were all open. Standing at the door, he could feel the cold air pounding his face. It was very refreshing and cool. Then, they entered the temple through the glass door.

Standing at the door and looking inside, the hall was paved with water-milled marble. Its surface was as smooth as a mirror, reflecting the bright lights above. Large bronze chandeliers hung from the towering ceiling. Each chandelier had more than a hundred small basins. The basins were filled with tiny bulbs that emitted orange-red, flame-like light. Looking around, the stone pillars of the hall were carved with delicate patterns, and there were large paintings hanging by the wall. Looking around, the decoration of the entire hall was simple and heavy, and it seemed to have a very long history.

After entering, Bai Xiaoyun led Tie Zha to the left. He explained that to the left was the Mission Hall, to the right was the Exchange Center, and to the inside was the rest area and other areas.

Soon, Tie Zha followed Bai Xiaoyun into a semi-circular hall. On the curved wall of the hall, there were huge display screens, on which all sorts of information was beating. People came and went here. Judging from the clothes, most of them were students. Some of them stood in front of the display screen and pointed, while others whispered in groups, causing the entire hall to seem very lively.

Bai Xiaoyun brought the iron slag to the mission area. Iron slag had excellent eyesight and could see the words on the screen from afar. He found a slightly empty spot and looked carefully.

“Your eyesight is so good and you’re still wearing glasses?” Bai Xiaoyun crouched to the side and asked. At this distance, he could not see the information on the screen clearly.

Tie Zha raised his glasses and said that he was not “myopic”, but “hyperopic”. However, he pinched his sweat in his heart and didn’t pay attention for a moment, almost exposing that he was wearing flat-lit glasses, only to conceal his identity.

Bai Xiaoyun nodded in realization. Tie Zha ignored him and continued to look at the screen.

The screen above showed:

[Task Number: 3712s01] [Published by: Staff District 3 Police] [Mission Description: Dr3712-08-20, police release a female corpse in that dormitory of the ninth precision instrument proces plant, initially determined to be a homicide, five suspect have been identified, and there is currently no physical evidence to identify the perpetrator] [Mission objective: to assist the police in gathering evidence] [Prerequisites: human anatomy (senior), clinical medicine (advanced), social psychology (advanced)] [Credit: 3 points]

[Mission No.: 3712s02] [Published by: Ms. Sylembourg] [Mission Description: Dr3712-08-30, Ms. Sylembourg’s cat is missing. Please help this poor old professor find a pet accompanying her lonely old age] [Mission Objective: Retrieve the lost cat, or corpse] [Prerequisite: None] [Credit: 1 point]

[Task Number: 3712s03] [Published by: Exchange Center] [Mission Description: Dr3712-09-2, in the mountains of the northern part of the Far East Continent, there is a plant called ‘Far Mountain White Tea’. The Exchange Center requires a batch of high-grade white tea for students to exchange] [Mission Objective: Return 600 kg of Far Mountain White Tea to Exchange Center within three months] [Prerequisite: 100 gold deposit]

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Seeing this, Tie Zha lowered his head and asked Bai Xiaoyun what 80 credits were. Bai Xiaoyun said 800 to 1000 gold coins was worth. Tie Zha pointed at the third mission and showed it to Bai Xiaoyun.

Bai Xiaoyun stepped forward and looked at it for a while before returning to say that he couldn’t accept such a task. 600 kilograms of Yuanshan White Tea was worth 1100 gold, and it would cost 500 to 600 gold to buy it directly from the Far East. If it wasn’t for the convenience, it would basically be a loss-making business, and it would be very troublesome. Most of the mountainous areas in the Far East could only walk, and buying white tea required a mountain village to walk. Even if everything went smoothly, after deducting the capital and expenses, they might not be able to earn much.

After analyzing, Bai Xiaoyun pointed to the third mission and said that he could try out the mission to find the cat. Tie Zha shook his head. He said that he was only one point, so he wasn’t interested. Moreover, the academy was so big, so where could he find a lost cat? Moreover, if this task was easy to accomplish, it would have been taken away by someone long ago.

After saying that, Tie Zha continued to look at the big screen, searching for a suitable mission for him. As he watched, a message caught his attention.

[Task Number: 3712s21] [Published by: Yoga Lombar] [Mission Description: Dr3712-09-2, according to ancient records, at the ends of the northern world and in forgotten homes in the south, there is a shrub called ‘Ice Plain Red’ whose fruit can be used to brew ‘Ice Crystal Fruit Wine’] [Mission Objective: Return samples of ‘Ice Plain Red’ within a year and method of brewing ice Crystal Wine Wine: Necessary] [Credit: 3000 points]

Tie Zha stared at the reward of 3000 points and unconsciously scratched his hair. He could really complete this task. At this moment, there were three small bottles of ice crystal fruit wine in the storage box of the red comet. As for the brewing method, it was needless to say. Back at the temple, he and Cozan brewed three large barrels, which are still slowly fermenting in the cellar.

3000 credits, this is a huge sum of money, a huge sum that I have never seen before.

At this moment, he suddenly remembered that You Ge was from the Temple! This meant that those who knew how to brew ice crystal fruit wine were most likely the descendants of the Temple of Glory. This mission might be a trap! Thinking of this, he remembered that the day he first came to the academy, he had given Qin Ke’er a small glass of ice crystal fruit wine and immediately broke out in cold sweat.

If Qin Ke’er comes into contact with You Ge and accidentally talks about this …

However, on second thought, this possibility was too low. They were not people from the same world at all, and the possibility of coming into contact with them was practically non-existent. Thinking of this, Tie Zha heaved a sigh of relief and continued to browse down. After a while, he gave up. There was no suitable mission for him here. Either the conditions were too harsh, or the remuneration was too low. The mission was too difficult.

Next, Tie Zha pulled Bai Xiaoyun to the other side and looked at the “scouting type” missions. The narration of investigation tasks is very different from that of life tasks. There is no publisher, no specific description, no task requirements, only objectives and locations.

[Mission No.: 3712z01] [Mission Objective: Nether Sea White Shark Sample] [Location: Western Nether Sea Region] [Credit Reward: 80 points]

[Mission No.: 3712z02] [Mission Objective: Thorn Bug Sample] [Location: Dark Jungle, Central Continent] [Credit Reward: 65]

[Mission No.: 3712z03] [Mission Objective: Thunderous Beast Sample] [Location: Dark Jungle, Central Continent] Credit Reward: 160 points]

[Mission No.: 3712z03] [Mission Target: Corpse Devourer, Skinned Crawler Sample] [Location: Central Southern Continent] Credit Reward: 55 points]

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Tie Zha looked at it for a long time and found that he couldn’t understand it at all. He hadn’t been to any of these places, and he didn’t know anything about these mutated creatures. At this moment, he remembered Huang Yu saying that if he wanted to do scouting missions, he could join someone else’s team.

After searching the hall, he found the information screen about the team.

[Team Rankings]

[Princess Guard] [Guild Leader: Yoga Lombar] [Honor Points: 978] [Team size: 671] [Recruitment: not available]

[Goddess Guard] [Guild Leader: Mu Yu Ling Lan] [Honor Points: 693] [Team Number: 265] [Recruitment: Not available]

[Temple Guard] [Guild Leader: Bi Qinglan] [Honorary Points: 238] [Team size: 127] [Recruitment: Spatial Distortion Expert, Psionic (Tier 3 +)]

[Headless Angel] [Guild Leader: Randy Valentine] [Honor Points: 209] [Team size: 115] [Recruitment: not available]

[Red Lion] [Guild Leader: Quentin Barton] [Honor Points: 181] [Team size: 112] [Recruitment: not available]

[Radiant Night Angel] [Guild Leader: Takeshi Kusaki] [Honor Points: 163] [Team Number: 105] [Recruitment: Psionic (Tier 3 +)]

[Norton Armed Forces] [Guild Leader: Xia Yong, Acting Guild Leader: Chen Yi] [Honorary Points: 126] [Team Size: 87] [Recruitment: Space Distortion Expert]

[Spartan Warriors] [Guild Leader: Hildebrand] [Honor Points: 96] [Team size: 98] [Recruitment: Field Doctor (Senior)]

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Seeing this information, Tie Zha couldn’t help but ask, “There’s no way these students in the student council are short of money. Why do they still need to do missions?”

Bai Xiaoyun said that the main purpose of these people was to form their own team and test the compatibility of the team through the experience of the mission.

Hearing this, Tie Zha finally understood. Before this, he had been puzzled as to why the Central Silver City Military Academy was known as the cradle of the future leadership.

When all the clues gathered together, it was like a flood that broke through a dam, breaking through many obstacles, allowing him to see the nature of the world clearly.

Only at this moment did he truly understand the meaning of the academy.

There are two kinds of people here, one is someone with resources and status, the other is someone with ability …