Chapter 1 What is This?

"No way? What is this?"

From the moment Mingmei entered the game, she felt like she had entered the land of giants.

Towering trees were everywhere. Familiar plants were not only enlarged proportionally, but the unfamiliar ones, Mingmei could only say, were uniquely gifted, each ridiculously large.

These were just the stationary ones. The moving ones, like insects and animals, directly stunned Mingmei.

Especially when a dinosaur head with eyeballs bigger than her own head suddenly appeared in front of her, Mingmei's mind was filled with "This is outrageous!"

This game's simulated environment even includes dinosaurs?!

Mingmei remembered that her uncle had not come to the Second Military Academy this time. He seemed to have been invited by the Central Military Academy and would be staying for some time.

At this moment, Mingmei had reason to suspect that the reason he didn't come was probably because he was afraid of being ganged up on by these students.

No wonder the Second Military Academy had been giving them courses on combat, fighting, toolmaking, and a series of courses that were not so technologically advanced these past few days. So this was what they were waiting for?

*Wilderness Civilization* was a new game created jointly by the Empire's Second Military Academy and her uncle for these students. This time, it was a team competition.

Everyone had to survive on this simulated primitive planet, with no time limit.

Only when everyone created civilization points during the survival process, the total score reached 16,000 points, and at least a quarter of the players remained, could the game be considered a success.

Otherwise, the game would be a failure.

Before entering the game, when Mingmei only read the game rules and requirements, she thought it was just a version of wilderness survival. Easy peasy!

But now, Mingmei was crouching on the branch of an unknown giant tree, looking at the ground more than twenty meters below, and seeing that there were dinosaurs here, her brain completely crashed!

Could people really survive here?

Just getting down from the tree was a problem.

Mingmei lowered her head and looked at the score recorder on her wrist. It showed "10" above and "1600" below. She sighed.

Everyone was given ten points by the system, so the total score showed 1600 points. They could also see the overall score changes through this recorder.

But knowing was one thing. When she looked up again and met the giant eyes of the dinosaur looking at her, Mingmei was silent again.

Fortunately, this guy seemed to be just here to eat the leaves on the tree.

Just as Mingmei breathed a sigh of relief, she suddenly felt a tightening around her waist. She looked down and saw that the leaves wrapped around her were being sucked up by the herbivorous dinosaur with one lick of its tongue!

Mingmei: !!!

"Hey, hey! Ah... ah?"

Mingmei, who originally wanted to shout "Get away from me," opened her mouth but found that she couldn't seem to speak?!

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What the heck is this!

[Guigui! Guigui! My voice! My voice!]

Just after Mingmei eagerly called out to Guigui, she remembered that she had sent Guigui to the main brain for further study after Guigui wrote her a 2000-word essay. They agreed that she would return after she came home from the Eight Schools Exchange!

"Ahhhhh!"

This time, Mingmei completely flipped out!

Not only was there no one to confide in, but the dinosaur seemed to have discovered that the leaves on Mingmei's body were delicious, and it actually wanted to take a few more bites!

It was only then that Mingmei clearly felt that she really only had leaves on her body. If this thing was eaten by the dinosaur, wouldn't she be naked?

It would be better to just jump down and die!

But then she thought, if she died, wouldn't it be even more embarrassing if this "naked female corpse" was discovered?

With that in mind, Mingmei's eyes turned fierce, and she raised her foot and kicked hard at the bottom of the dinosaur's tongue.

With a roar of pain, the dinosaur retracted its tongue. Mingmei immediately grabbed her leaves, turned around, and ran towards the trunk of the giant tree.

Mingmei had forgotten that this was more than twenty meters high. Without any fear, she directly pulled on the vines wrapped around the tree trunk and climbed a few meters higher, finally hiding in a tree hole on the tree that was big enough for two people. Only then did she stop.

"Whew—"

After hiding in the tree hole, Mingmei looked up and looked around, reached out and touched the inside of the tree hole, and confirmed that it was not an animal's nest, nor was it formed by some artificial damage. It was more like some kind of accident or disease. She could even feel the rough bark inside.

Soon, Mingmei repeatedly confirmed that there was no danger, and then breathed a sigh of relief and sat down in the tree hole.

Her leaves were saved, and her reputation was saved!

[Congratulations to the player for awakening "Shame," reward one point~]

As soon as the game background sound rang, Mingmei's eyes lit up. She looked down at her wrist. Sure enough, the number representing herself had become 11.

So, this is how you accumulate points?

But when Mingmei saw that the number below 11 was still 1600, she knew it wasn't that simple.

Especially after waiting another two minutes, not only did the 1600 not become 1601, but it actually became 1597. Mingmei really wanted to shout, "Why?!"

Unfortunately, she was now just carrying a mouth for show!

So this game not only adds points, but also has a point deduction mechanism?!

Who gets points deducted right from the start?!

Who?!

Just as Mingmei was racking her brains, the teachers from various schools, who were once again gathered in the online virtual conference room, couldn't help but doubt their lives when they saw their students' various "wilderness escape" scenes.

"It doesn't make sense. We taught everything we should have taught in the past few days. These kids are really... theoretical experts, practical noobs?"

Several teachers from the Second Military Academy couldn't help but click their tongues. They even saw the questioning gazes of the teachers from other schools and asked, "Don't you usually teach these things?"

"We did. But practical courses similar to wasteland star operations usually start after the third year." The teacher from the Empire's Third Military Academy sitting next to him thought for a while and still wanted to explain.

"Moreover, the necessary survival equipment will be prepared in advance. How can it be like in this game, where you start with nothing?

Also, what exists with these ancient behemoths isn't called a wasteland star, it's called a primitive star, okay? Primitive stars don't have the conditions for the birth of civilization, and the degree of danger can't guarantee their safety. Our school would never choose this kind of planet for student training, okay?"

In response, a certain teacher from the Second Military Academy who probably participated in the game design secretly rolled his eyes.

That's why there's this online game!

"But this isn't a reason for some students to relieve themselves anywhere, is it?"

Compared to the students who only knew about their own score increases and decreases, the teachers present could see the reasons for the score increases and decreases of the players in the background game at any time.

Therefore, when they saw that two players had been deducted 2 points each for relieving themselves anywhere, they were completely dumbfounded!

Ah!

Which school's students are these?

No school teacher admitted it!

Especially when they happened to see on the live broadcast screen in front of them that their student was the one relieving themselves anywhere, their expressions were quite wonderful.

Can't be angry, can't be angry. Getting angry will change my face, and if other schools find out that they are students from my school!

These teachers don't even understand! What do you mean by wanting to poop as soon as you enter the game?!!