Chapter 23 Virtual Reality (2)

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Hollis's virtual reality space was truly advanced. Everything that happened in here felt incredibly real. It almost perfectly mimicked all of the human senses. Even pain was no different from real life.

I wasn't surprised by any of this. After all, I had entered the virtual space quite a few times when I was studying in Hollis in my previous life.

Without hesitating for too long, I determined my position and started moving, looking for the first flag. Of course, I had to move carefully, I also had to avoid combats.

I was also spammed into this area in my previous life, and there were no changes. From there, I could be sure that I was in the south of the forest.

While moving, I called up the map interface to look. It showed a blank map and a green dot representing myself. As I moved, the area around me would gradually appear on the map.

Based on it, I could locate and find the flag more easily and efficiently.

And according to what the novel mentioned, Karen and Ellie would be spammed in the northern area, Briar and Livy in the eastern area, and Kai would be spammed alone in the western area. During the move, they would encounter each other and decide to form a team, an unstoppable team and head towards the center of the forest, where there were the most monsters.

I planned to just wander around looking for flags in the southern area. I just needed to find enough flags, I wasn't interested in killing monsters. So I didn't need to head towards the central area.

"Let's see, if I remember correctly, there was a flag near where I appeared..." I muttered and carefully moved around.

I moved while observing the map interface. It didn't take me long to find the suspicious place.

I searched completely based on the original novel. In my previous life, I only wanted to live as a background character, I just did something normally and got kicked out very early, I didn't even pay attention to the flag's location. So now I have to confirm the information myself with my own actions.

Whenever I think back to my previous life, I see how naive and stupid I was. And now I have to suffer like this.

"Haaa...". I sighed and walked towards the tree that I thought was suspicious.

It was a tree that didn't have much difference from the surrounding trees. The only thing that made it noticeable was that on its trunk there was a fist-sized hole. The hole looked extremely suspicious.

Surely many people would think that the flag would be hidden in that hole. But no, the hole was just a trick. The flag was hidden somewhere else.

I rolled up my sleeves, started to cling tightly to the tree and climbed to the top. I rolled my eyes, looking around constantly in the hope that I remembered correctly.

Since my regression, I have never trusted my memory completely. It is really too bad now.

I kept looking around, straining my eyes to observe. But the result was still zero.

"It must not be this tree." I sighed.

Just as I was about to give up and look for another tree, a red color flashed before my eyes. I was startled and turned my eyes in that direction.

What caught my eyes was a red flag the size of a palm, hidden behind the dense foliage.

"There you are." I was extremely excited when I saw that flag.

Quickly and without hesitation, I went forward and grabbed the flag. Satisfied with the result in my hand, I slowly climbed down to the ground.

"Alright, there's not much time. Let's go to the next target."

I excitedly headed towards the next flag.

"Huh?"

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"You're Livy Hadley from class 1-B, right?"

A boy with fiery red hair was with a petite girl with orange hair.

"That's right, I'm Livy. And you're Briar Sharron from class 1-A, right?". She smiled and replied.

Hearing that, the red-haired boy didn't hesitate to answer her.

"That's right. I'm Briar. Nice to meet you." He replied with a big smile.

"Me too. Please help me."

Both of them appeared in the same area. While heading towards the central area, they accidentally bumped into each other, leading to this conversation.

After Livy's reply, the atmosphere immediately became deadlocked as neither of them said anything.

Briar felt a little suffocated so he took the initiative to break the silence.

"Um... do you want to form a team with me? Having teammates to fight alongside will increase your monster killing efficiency a lot." As he spoke, he scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed.

Livy saw this and replied with a happy expression.

"Good idea, I want to form a team too..."

Hearing this, Briar immediately showed joy. But Livy's next words were like a bucket of cold water splashed straight into Briar's face.

"... but I can't form a team with you. I have already decided to form a team with my friend. I'm really sorry." She put on an apologetic expression.

Briar was a bit speechless and just looked at Livy. After a while, he sighed and replied with a bitter smile.

"What a shame. But you have already decided, so what can you do?"

"Um, what a shame."

The atmosphere once again became extremely awkward. And this time Livy was the one to break it.

"Well, I have to go find my friend. Good luck with your survival." After saying that, she quickly walked away, leaving Briar standing there alone.

Briar was a bit speechless and just looked at Livy's back.

The image of her leaving him behind and leaving quickly reminded him of someone. A classmate who had also left him behind and left like that.

'What was his name again? The one who used Rapier'. Briar didn't really pay attention to that guy, it was just that the current situation reminded him that he still didn't know his name.

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Livy was moving quickly and heading towards the center. She remembered the red-haired boy from earlier.

He was also one of the few people who didn't have any bad intentions when approaching her. She trusted her ability to read people.

To be honest, teaming up with someone who ranked second in the entrance exam wasn't a bad idea. Especially since he simply wanted to cooperate with her, nothing else. But her priority wasn't on him, but on Danz.

To her, Briar was someone strong enough to pass this class. He could even team up with other strong people like Karen or Zheng Kai.

As for Danz, she didn't think he could survive in this forest with his F- rank. She also didn't think anyone else would team up with him. After all, he was currently considered an eccentric, stubborn person with a weapon that was considered useless.

"From what I understand, he would definitely avoid the central area where there were the most monsters..." Livy muttered.

She hadn't been in contact with Danz for long, but there was one thing she was sure of. He didn't like getting into trouble. And the central area had too many troubles that Danz couldn't handle.

She assumed that Danz would be in one of the three remaining areas except the central area and the eastern area. After all, she had already searched the eastern area, so she could rule it out.

'The problem is where would he be?' She frowned and thought.

"I don't know, I'll just go with my hunch."

After thinking for a while, she decided to rely on her intuition. She was quite confident in her intuition.

"Wait for me Danny, I'll find you soon." She muttered and continued to glide through the forest.

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"Here it is, the second one!"

I emerged from the water, holding a red cloth flag in my hand. My mood was extremely good at the moment.

Two hours had passed and I had successfully found the two flags without any major problems. Using the information I remembered from the novel and the knowledge of monsters I had learned, I was able to choose the shortest path to the flags, while avoiding most of the dangers along the way.

Why did I know where the flags were even though none of the main characters were spammed in the south? Well, thanks to the students who found the flags in the original novel, I knew where they were and had an easy time finding them. However, I also felt a little guilty for taking something that should have belonged to them and not me.

Well, it couldn't be helped. For the greater good, I had to take them and receive the contribution points.

"Alright, I should find the last flag."

After a short rest, I stood up and headed towards the last flag. But as soon as I took my first step, my body stiffened.

'Wait, the last flag seems to be guarded by a monster, right...'

I don't remember very well, my memory of this part is quite fuzzy. I only remember the general location, but the way to get it is quite vague. What I can be sure of is that it is guarded by an F+ rank monster. As for what kind of monster it is, I don't remember anymore.

"Damn it... how do I get the flag while avoiding it..." My face couldn't help but show a troubled expression, I scratched my head trying to think of a solution.

"Aghhh, I don't know. I'll think about it when I get there!"

No matter how I thought about it, I couldn't come up with a solution, I decided to give up and head towards the flag. Let's just get there first, I'll think about the solution later.

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