When system cheat becomes rampant!

At this time, a knock sounded on the office door. Everyone turned to look and found An Xiyu standing there.

"Mr. Ye, I'm sorry to disturb you, I am Professor Guo's assistant. Professor Guo sent me here. I have something I'd like to discuss with Xiang Beifei. May I borrow Xiang Beifei for a moment?" An Xiyu was very polite to Ye Changfeng.

"Sure, Xiang Beifei, you go ahead." Ye Changfeng recognized An Xiyu, a student whom Professor Guo thought highly of; he was aware of that.

Xiang Beifei left the office and followed An Xiyu outside, where they both stood in the corridor.

"What's the matter?" Xiang Beifei asked.

"You are the class representative for the Introduction to Defense of Jiuzhou course this year." An Xiyu said.

"Oh right, seems like that's the case."

Xiang Beifei remembered that this month his role as class representative had been akin to a mere formality, since no practical classes had been organized, and also Professor Guo had hoped he would master the defense skills as soon as possible, so he hadn't brought this up with him.

"Sorry, I forgot."

Hadn't it been for An Xiyu's reminder, he might even have forgotten what the class representative for the Introduction to Defense of Jiuzhou course was supposed to do.

Although he still wasn't quite clear about it now.

"I know." An Xiyu looked at Xiang Beifei indifferently, her reaction revealing no surprise to Xiang Beifei's response, "That's why Professor Guo handed this task to me."

Xiang Beifei muttered, "Then why not just have you be the class representative."

"Professor Guo teaches four classes, from freshman to senior, each responsible for one class. I am in charge of leading the class representatives of these four classes. You are not the only one," An Xiyu said, her eyes fixed on Xiang Beifei.

Fine then.

Xiang Beifei asked, "So what do I need to do?"

An Xiyu explained calmly, "I am responsible for teaching you how to lead your class in facing the beast tide when it comes."

Xiang Beifei nodded slightly and then asked, "So—are we going to the simulation room now?"

"Simulation?" An Xiyu looked at Xiang Beifei, "The class representatives of sophomores and juniors learn in the simulation room. You need to go to the real frontier."

Xiang Beifei: "???"

Sophomores and juniors need to learn in the simulation room, but—

I am a freshman!

"Are you sure you've got the right person?"

"No mistake."

An Xiyu didn't waste words with Xiang Beifei, tossed out an iron ball, and then grabbed Xiang Beifei, immediately pulling him inside.

A whirlwind of confusion later, Xiang Beifei was squeezed out from the air.

He hated this method of transportation by iron ball, especially when unprepared.

An Xiyu stood beside him, without any superfluous explanation, simply saying, "Follow me."

They appeared in a valley. The sound of flowing water in the valley was pleasant, the trees on both sides lush and full of life.

But Xiang Beifei was not fooled by these appearances, as he clearly detected all sorts of dangerous auras throughout the valley, hidden formation patterns, symbols pressed into the ground, and mechanical devices disguised as rocks and trees.

A careless step, and you'd be sent flying.

"It's a bit dangerous here, with all these traps." Xiang Beifei could not help saying.

An Xiyu looked at him with some surprise: "How did you know?"

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"It's quite obvious, isn't it?" Xiang Beifei said.

An Xiyu furrowed her brow, her gaze sweeping over the traps in the vicinity. "Even the usual Meridian Opening cultivators would find it difficult to detect these traps, and you're just in the Qi-Controlling stage. Don't pretend to know more than you do."

"If the ordinary Meridian Opening cultivators can't detect it, then how do you know about it?" Xiang Beifei asked curiously.

"Because I am in charge of this canyon," An Xiyu replied simply.

Xiang Beifei understood; the defensive lessons he had taken over the month were not in vain.

This place must be near the boundary of Jiuzhou, which is the buffer zone between the borderlines and the urban areas. When Jiuzhou's outermost defenses are breached by a monster wave, and as the wave continues towards the urban areas, it would pass through these buffer zones.

The buffer zones would be embedded with a variety of powerful traps. Their role is to delay the advance of the monster wave; they aim to eliminate as many as possible, and even if they can't eliminate them all, they need to buy time for the citizens in those cities to evacuate and grant them more time to retreat.

Nearly the entire periphery of Jiuzhou territory is set up with such buffer zones, and the ones nearby are the responsibility of Liangzhou University. Each university teacher is likely to be assigned an area ranging from ten to several dozen square kilometers, and the teachers need to guide their own outstanding students to lay various defense traps in these areas.

The section An Xiyu was assigned was this large canyon.

"It is indeed rare to be able to set up such extensive defenses," Xiang Beifei said.

The canyon was at least two or three kilometers long. For one person to be able to fill such a vast range with all sorts of dense traps is a time-consuming and technical feat.

This type of trapping isn't just about carelessly burying a landmine here and erecting a thunderball there.

Many desolate beasts have rather peculiar abilities. Some have thick hides and flesh that aren't afraid of bombs. If such desolate beasts trigger bomb mines, then those traps would be wasted.

So, to properly set up the buffer zone's defense traps, one must first consider the trap's triggering method for each kind of desolate beast.

For instance, you could lay down a powerful formation first to identify the types of desolate beasts entering the buffer zone. Only when a beast afraid of thunder steps on a thunderball would it detonate, while for those not frightened by thunder, even if they step on it, it wouldn't be allowed to trigger, for that would waste the traps.

If the traps in the buffer zone were set up without pattern, exploding with any desolate beast's contact, then those iron-armored desolate beasts with powerful defenses rushing at the front would activate and absorb the traps, leaving the pathway clear for the beasts behind them.

When a monster wave erupts on a large scale, the number of desolate beasts can be in the thousands, with countless possessing tough hides and flesh. If they're at the forefront and consume all the traps, then such a buffer zone would essentially be for show, failing to achieve the goal of buying time!

That's why "Introduction to Defense of Jiuzhou" is a profound subject. It's not as simple as slapping on a couple of strong protective shields on the surface.

Traps must be targeted!

They require students to learn well the course "Desolate Beast Cognition and Anatomy," memorize the weaknesses of various desolate beasts, and then learn how to cope with them using various tools.

For instance, to deal with spatial-type desolate beasts, traps that shatter space are necessary; to counter flame-type desolate beasts, one must use ice-type traps. The venoms of some desolate beasts can also counteract one another, making use of natural predatory relationships to restrain each other.

Every level of trap should achieve maximum efficiency, ensuring the killing of the corresponding desolate beasts without interfering with other traps. This is the standard that a qualified defensive buffer zone should have.

It can be said that even many martial arts students who have graduated may not be able to fully grasp the essence of this course.

With the skill Learn by Analogy, Xiang Beifei had strong analytical ability. After scanning the area and pondering for a moment, he roughly understood the method used to lay down the defensive traps in this canyon.

"I suppose it took you about half a year to set everything up? A heavy responsibility and a long road ahead," Xiang Beifei remarked.

"I don't like people who are all talk and no action; you don't understand anything right now. Wait until you've truly learned the essence of defensive courses before you say anything!"

An Xiyu ignored Xiang Beifei's comment, turned around, and continued walking indifferently.

After a while, she added, "Follow in my footsteps. Don't step randomly in other places, otherwise if you trigger a trap, don't blame me for not warning you."

Xiang Beifei shrugged his shoulders, not particularly concerned.

Most SR Awakeners are highly arrogant. So far, only Li Zimu is relatively easy to talk to, as he usually just quietly reads books and doesn't get angry often.

An Xiyu clearly had some aversion to Xiang Beifei, probably because he was Elder Luo's disciple and then Professor Guo went on to teach him his defense formations, which bothered her.

Like the previous case with Wu Shixuan, she was wary of these so-called geniuses, especially since, in her view, Xiang Beifei only received guidance from Professor Guo because of his SR-ranked father.

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