The Otherworldly Adventures of a Super Naive Girl

430: Mice

We can see the contestants are safely on their way. . . ”

The viewing screen opened to show people screaming as they fell from the sky.
They landed with a thud in a variety of different positions.
Had this been in the real world, 80% of them would have been seriously injured.

They landed in a dilapidated and deserted old mountain village.
The buildings were decaying and clearly rotted through.
Every now and again, skinny little mice would scamper across the ground as if the new human intrusion was alarming them.

Feng Wu controlled her descent and landed without any issues.
Though her strength was sealed, she still had good muscle memory and thus was able to land easily enough.

Aside from Feng Wu, fifth-year Ober and fourth-year sword user Xinda also managed to land safely.

There were groans of pain all around the village from those who didn’t land well, but they quickly faded as people adjusted themselves.
They regrouped and began looking around the village.

The village was deserted and the houses were so damaged they weren’t habitable.
It was doubtful there would be any food in any of them.

The group didn’t see anybody from any of the other teams around so the arena itself had to be large.

“Haha! Look at them all fall one by one! So fun!”

“Haha! Fortunately I was smart and didn’t sign up, otherwise, with my lousy physique, I would have probably fallen to my death.”

“What kind of place is that? It looks so dead.
I don’t see any people, only empty, rickety, old houses.
Even the plants look malnourished!”

The contestants didn’t know their performances were directly projected on screen for the audience.
It wasn’t just the image, but the sound as well.
Because there were so many participants, the screen only highlighted a few individuals at a time for direct observation.

“No way! Junior Ming Xi and Junior Tian Ya are on the same team?! That team is an overpowered team!” Tamansha whispered in shock.

Tian Ya just became a fifth year and Ming Xi just became a sixth year.
People familiar with the school knew the higher the grade, the slower the leveling.
It was difficult to break through to the next level because the exam difficulty increased so much.
You had to study for three, or sometimes, four years if your strength was too low.

If you knew you couldn’t make it into the seventh-year class, you could request early release and the school would issue a graduation certificate.
The certificate wasn’t the same as a diploma earned through normal graduation though.

Both Ming Xi and Tian Ya were geniuses and important figures at school.
Provided there weren’t any accidents, both would surely graduate normally and not have to repeat any of their courses.

“Dang! That is one lucky team!”

“The other teams aren’t so bad off either.
Some of them have seventh-year seniors leading them.
I don’t care how strong Ming Xi and Tian Ya are, there’s no way they’d be stronger than a seventh-year senior.”

On the screen now were Ming Xi and his Extreme Challenge team.
Ming Xi and Tian Ya were pretty lucky.
Out of the hundred people in combat, they managed to get the only girl in the pharmacy division.[notes] They would be able to rely on her ability to refine medicine and assist with injuries.

The other members of Ming Xi’s crew weren’t so lucky.
Take Elena.
She was assigned to such a weak team that she saw red.[notes]

The challengers didn’t know this, but the screen followed their teams around because they were all mismatched in terms of strength.

Feng Wu’s team walked around the village but didn’t find anyone.

A group of starving mice ran out in front of Feng Wu looking dizzy and pitiful, so she took out a steamed bun and fed them a little bit.

“Senior Ober, look! Feng Wu is feeding the disgusting rats!” The shrill cry suddenly cut through the air.

It came from Camille, the female magician who was in the same year as Feng Wu.
She pointed a finger at Feng Wu in shock.
Her exaggerated expression, if you didn’t know the situation, made you think Feng Wu had done something monstrous.

“How can you feed food to the rodents?! We only have three days worth of food to eat! Don’t expect any of us to share our food with you if you run out early!” Camille said righteously.

The others nodded in agreement as they also didn’t like Feng Wu’s practice of wasting food.

“This is mine.
I won’t ask to eat yours.” Feng Wu said seriously as she looked at Camille.

Translation: I’ll feed myself and even if there isn’t enough food, I won’t ask for yours.
So me feeding the mice with my food is none of your business.

Camille’s eyes turned red when she understood Feng Wu’s meaning.

“You say that, so don’t regret it!” Camille turned away angrily.

The others didn’t intend to interfere.
As long as she didn’t ask them to share their food with her, they didn’t care who she shared her food with.

Feng Wu wasn’t fond of animals like mice and didn’t normally interact with them, but these mice were so pitiful she couldn’t ignore them.
Plus, she could ask the mice questions and learn from them.
Those were the two reasons why she shared her steamed bun.

The mice ate the fragrant steamed bun happily and finally regained some strength.
They thanked Feng Wu for the food because they were polite mice.

“Thank you, little beauty.
We would probably die like those humans if you didn’t feed us.”

They seemed to have some kind of lingering fear when they talked about dying.

“Are all the people in this village dead?” Feng Wu asked.

“They all died long ago.
There’s no one left.”

“Why did they die?” Feng Wu asked suspiciously.

“They died from the plague.
All the people died.
The city lord gave the order to lock all the infected people in their homes until they died.
Fortunately, we were clever and hid away in time, otherwise we would all be dead of the plague too.”