Douluo Continent: The Peerless Tang Sect, Angels and Rakshasa Return

Chapter 351 391392—Shrek Park, where you have to fight for toilets with hundreds of people every day.

it is a pity…

The results of the second experiment were exactly the same as those of the previous body composition testing machine.

Watching Huo Yuhao's frustrated expression as he looked around from a distance, Jing Hongchen couldn't help but smirk. He thought to himself with disdain:

"I spent two hundred million and countless rare metals to purchase these 20,000 mental shielding soul tools to guard against you. You think you're a tech thief? Don't you even look at your own weasel-like face in the mirror? Do you even deserve to be called one?"

"Just wait! All the fun is ready for you, and the real show... is yet to come!"

After completing a series of tests with a dark expression, Huo Zhongxian's face seemed to scream "frustration."

After so many tests, he was able to detect not only the low-level soul tools that Shrek Academy also had, but also the level four and above soul tools, as well as the more sophisticated ones, all of which righteously rejected his usually invincible mental detection!

"Alright, that concludes today's test. Shortly, your teachers will guide you to your dormitories. The college has assigned each of you a helpful roommate to guide you through campus life, and each room also has its own bathroom. We hope you'll enjoy your time here over the next two and a half years. Your school uniforms will be distributed to you tomorrow."

Upon hearing that there was a roommate, Huo Zhongxian's expression changed again. He pretended to be calm and raised his hand to ask, "Doesn't your school have single rooms?"

Upon hearing this, the other exchange students from Shrek Academy all turned their attention to Jing Hongchen, seemingly wanting a reasonable explanation.

"Of course not!"

Outside the door, Meng Hongchen, with a stern face, explained coldly, "Let alone ordinary students like us, even the Empress and Princess of our Sun Moon Empire live in double rooms at the school!"

"..."

Silence fell upon the Shrek Academy exchange students.

Now that things have come to this point, what else can they say?

It's unacceptable for a queen of a country to stay in a double room and for them to complain about special treatment!

As far as they knew, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy was the most xenophobic school on the entire continent (only referring to Shrek Academy). Let alone giving special treatment to outside students, the fact that they weren't beaten up when they entered was already a testament to the school's strict discipline and the students' extremely high quality.

The dormitory area is located behind the teaching area. Compared to Shrek Academy, the dormitory area here is much larger. The map shows the various facilities in the dormitory area in detail. The most interesting one is a place called the Auxiliary Training Room.

According to the annotations on the map, there is a fee to use this auxiliary training room, and the price is quite high.

The ten students were assigned to the second floor of the sixth-grade dormitory area, which was a fairly quiet place.

As Director Lin Jiayi said, each of them received a dormitory room of 20 square meters.

Meanwhile, due to the Empress's perverse sense of humor, Mingdetang assigned each of them a muscular man with a very rugged appearance, a height of two meters, and a weight of two to three hundred kilograms as their roommate.

Fortunately, they have a toilet where they can shower and relieve themselves.

While not luxurious, it was quite clean and tidy, much better than the outer dormitory of Shrek Academy, which was comparable to the Triangle Trade Zone of Blue Star.①

Back in his room, Huo Zhongxian pulled out a chair and sat down. He closed his eyes and released his first soul skill, Spirit Detection.

Since receiving Rong Nianbing's help, Huo Zhongxian's mental detection has reached a level of subtlety, making it difficult for even objects the size of dust to escape his detection.

The entire detection process lasted a full minute. After opening his eyes again, Huo Zhongxian couldn't help but nod in satisfaction. The Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy hadn't installed any surveillance equipment here, which was quite commendable.

Outside the room, a tall, upright young man silently stared at the tightly closed door. He took a deep breath, took out a soul-guided communicator, and whispered:

"My lord, my roommate has been assigned. He's the Huo Yuhao you mentioned! This Shrek Academy scum, should I..." As he spoke, a fierce glint flashed across the young man's face!

"No, no, no! As the host, we must be magnanimous and not petty! Please follow the rules as much as possible! As long as he doesn't break school regulations, let him study hard!"

"Yes, I understand!"

"Get busy! Bye!"

At this point, Qian Lingyun's voice abruptly stopped in the soul tool.

The young man put away his communication device, forced a warm smile, took out his key, pushed open the door, and greeted Huo Zhongxian 'enthusiastically':

"Hello, fellow student from Shrek Academy, it's a pleasure to meet you. I am Tuoba Xi, a student in the Practical Control Department of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, and a junior researcher at the Mingde Hall..."

……

"Xiao Lin, what do you think of Huo Yuhao?" Jing Hongchen asked.

Lin Jiayi thought for a while and analyzed:

"He's quite extraordinary. Especially during the physical tests, his resilience and physical strength were excellent, although his performance in the subsequent reaction tests was only average."

"I observed him carefully, and he probably didn't do it on purpose. Moreover, this young man actually has as many as four soul bones. When our soul conductor probe examined his soul bones, the data became distorted. I suspect that he has external soul bones."

"He doesn't seem like a Soul Master mentor; he's more like a genius Soul Master. His Soul Power is at level 40, which suggests he didn't add a fourth Soul Ring to break through. That's also highly suspicious."

"Hahaha!" Jing Hongchen laughed three times and said, "That's more like it. Huo Yuhao is originally from the Martial Soul Department of Shrek Academy. The more important reason he came with the team this time is to serve as an equal hostage to Her Highness the Princess."

"However, this young man shouldn't be underestimated; after all, he's Shrek's prized possession. According to our information, he should be an orphan, but his origins are unknown. Have the 'study companion' closely monitor their every move, and make sure they don't cause any trouble!"

"Yes!" Lin Jiayi bowed respectfully and took his leave.

"Jiayi, wait a minute."

"Yes, is there anything else you need, Master?" Lin Jiayi asked respectfully.

Jing Hongchen asked, "How is our Project Number One progressing?"

Lin Jiayi said, "There's some trouble. The problem mainly lies with the core formation. Based on our design strength, even a Title Douluo-level expert would likely have their soul destroyed if they tried to withstand such a strong mental impact from the core formation."

"Unless we can find a Title Douluo with a spiritual ability to try, there's only a 30% chance of success. Hall Master... should we try looking for someone from the Holy Spirit Cult? Most of them are traditional Soul Masters, who knows..."

"The Holy Spirit Cult? Perhaps they do have Title Douluos with spiritual attributes, but... never mind!"

After much deliberation, Jing Hongchen sighed and said helplessly, "It's not impossible if it really comes to that. After all... I'm under a lot of pressure regarding Project Number One!"

"His Majesty may be young, but we can't fool him! The Emperor Emeritus inquired about this several times before his passing. We must produce something as soon as possible, otherwise, I fear His Majesty..."

"Master, why don't we ask the Empress for her advice?"

The quick-witted Lin Jiayi suddenly had a brilliant idea and clapped his hands, saying, "My friend in the palace said that His Majesty always listens to the Empress. If the Empress can mediate for us, we should be able to have more time and budget!"

"That's one way!" Jing Hongchen pondered for a moment, agreeing with this unreliable idea. He turned his back to Lin Jiayi and said, "When Her Majesty the Empress returns, let's ask her to take a look at Laboratory Number One!"

"Okay!" Lin Jiayi nodded in agreement.

At noon, Qian Lingyun received a message from Lin Jiayi, the director of the Academic Affairs Office, who claimed that Jing Hongchen invited her to come over for a visit.

Qian Lingyun gladly accepted Jing Hongchen's invitation, after all, this old man had the Mingde Hall, which had far more strange and fancy things than the Holy Spirit Sect.

She just wanted to borrow some new toys to play with!

"Your Majesty, the Hall Master has been waiting for quite some time. This way, please!"

In front of the elevator at Mingde Hall, Lin Jiayi smiled and reached out to open the elevator door for Qian Lingyun.

The two slowly made their way through the labyrinthine underground.

Soon, a small door suddenly appeared on the wall of a passageway on the left.

Behind the small door, a large, black metal door stood silently open, revealing a spacious interior—a laboratory.

At this time, the laboratory was frequented by Mingdetang's most valuable researchers.

Judging from their aura, even the assistants were all Soul Masters of Level 7 or above, and there wasn't a single Level 6 Soul Master among them.

Now that we've come in with Lin Jiayi, there's no reason for us to leave empty-handed.

This laboratory is very large; the circular laboratory is over 100 meters in diameter and 30 meters high.

As Qian Lingyun stepped inside, she was immediately drawn to the enormous object before her. It was a gigantic humanoid metal form.

It stands a full fifteen meters tall, its massive body entirely cast in metal. Although it appears somewhat rudimentary, the overall structure is complete, with its chest area open, suggesting the presence of something like a chair inside.

Qian Lingyun didn't just use her eyes to see; she used mental detection to scan directly.

After a quick scan, Qian Lingyun discovered that the giant metal figure had thousands of core magic arrays on its body.

Moreover, the precision of many of these core magic arrays is so high that she finds it too troublesome to draw them even after just one glance.

Even more terrifying is that this enormous metal figure seems to contain an extremely terrifying energy. This energy is the manifestation of the power of the metal itself.

"Your Majesty, would you like to come closer?" Lin Jiayi asked cautiously.

"Hmm!" Shocked, Qian Lingyun quickly took a few steps and came to the huge metal man.

The closer she got, the more she could feel the sheer size of the metal man, unrelated to soul power or anything else, simply the sheer power of technology.

He scratched the metal man's foot with his hooked fingernail, sparks flew, but only a white mark remained.

Although Qian Lingyun did not unleash stronger soul power, the sharpness of her hands was comparable to that of the top twenty engraving knives in the rankings.

This thing is interesting!

Putting aside her curiosity, Qian Lingyun continued to observe the laboratory.

The giant metal figure has platforms at different heights around its body, which were obviously cast for its production.

Not far away, there was a metal platform that was moving slowly.

On this platform, a Soul Master is connecting some strange things to this metal man.

"Director Lin! This must be Mingdetang's greatest masterpiece!" Qian Lingyun snapped out of her daze, looking at Lin Jiayi with ill intent, and said mockingly.

"You and the Hall Master invited me here, surely not just to broaden my horizons!"

"Cough cough cough, as expected, one can't hide it from Her Majesty the Empress!"

After a few light coughs, Jing Hongchen walked out of the shadows and generously introduced this masterpiece, which brought together the hard work of all the senior researchers of Mingde Hall, to Qian Lingyun!

"Master of the Red Dust Hall, if I may be so blunt, your Project Number One is a bit too advanced. Even if the research is successful, it is impossible to deploy it as a standard army on a large scale, or even to produce a sufficient number of troops."

"And as far as I know, you have already wasted too much manpower, material resources, and financial resources on Project One."

"I think if you lower the standards of the plan, or temporarily shelve the plan, would the chances of success be higher?"

"After all, top-tier military strength is important, but a force that can be formed on a large scale is even more terrifying on the battlefield."

Lin Jiayi stared at Qian Lingyun in astonishment, clenching his fists in excitement.

You should know that he had thought about this idea before, but he just hadn't found the opportunity to tell Jing Hongchen yet.

Who would have thought that this young empress would share the same idea as him? She truly is a visionary and heroic woman!

Jing Hongchen frowned and said in a deep voice, "I have thought about this problem. However, even if we lower the difficulty, the chances of success are still very small. The key lies in the design of the core magic array. The reason I have always insisted on using the highest standards is because once the highest standards are met, the chances of success in other areas will be much greater."

"In fact, that's exactly why I invited you here!"

As he spoke, Jing Hongchen led Qian Lingyun onto the metal platform, where they slowly floated to the open area on the metal man's chest.

"Look, this is the control room. The main reason why our Project One has been stalled is because we don't have a suitable driver."

"Without drivers conducting the experiments, we cannot obtain more accurate data during the experimental process!"

"Hey, there's only one chair here. Are you planning to have one person operate it?" Qian Lingyun frowned and thought for a moment before calmly replying:

"In my opinion, only a Title Douluo can withstand the load of this thing, and it has to be a Title Douluo with a mental cultivation ability! Anyone less capable would probably die instantly..."

"That's right, we've assessed it. Even for Title Douluos with a mental cultivation ability, the success rate is only thirty percent..."

"This low height seems normal to me!" Qian Lingyun stepped into the driver's seat, pointed to her head with her index finger, and teased:

"Humans have left and right hemispheres of the brain. Have you ever considered splitting a driver's seat into two, so that two people can share the workload? That would probably make it more feasible!"

Jing Hongchen was stunned; Qian Lingyun's words had opened up a brand new path for him.

Yup!

If one Title Douluo can't handle the load, why can't they let several people share it?

Just as he was so excited he was about to jump up and down on the metal platform, the metal man, driven by Qian Lingyun, moved!

Although it was just a pose, it still terrified Jing Hongchen and the group of researchers!

He muttered, "How is this possible? Even a level nine Soul Master can't control this! How could the Empress..."

"This thing really does have a lot of load!"

Inside the driver's cab, Qian Lingyun climbed out with a frown. She rubbed her temples and sighed:

"This thing's just gathering dust anyway, might as well lend it to me and play with it for a bit. In a few years, I should be able to drive it around and have fun with it!"

"You...do as you please...but once you can fully pilot this thing, please come back and bring it back for us to perfect!"

Jing Hongchen swallowed hard and hurriedly took something off a platform.

Given that the School of Foreign Languages ​​has 5000 students, after deducting the 1000 new first-year students admitted each year, the average number of students per year is 800.

Considering there are two grades on each floor, but only one gender, we'll calculate it as if it were one grade.

That is to say, around 800 to 1000 people.

Following the old man's directions, Huo Yuhao quickly found his dormitory. The student dormitories were a series of tenement buildings, with long corridors lined with individual dormitory doors, each marked with a number. The interior of the dormitory building was clearly old and worn, its age unknown. [At the end of each corridor was a communal restroom.]

There are only two bathrooms on one floor.

That means at least 800 people per floor can only share two toilets for showering, excretion, and brushing their teeth.

Horror!

(End of this chapter)