High-Martial World: System Arrives 30 Years Late-Chapter 77: Battle for Dormitory Number One, Instant Defeat

Chapter 77: Chapter 77: Battle for Dormitory Number One, Instant Defeat
Su Mu?
The brother and sister murmured the name once, quickly recalling seeing it on the list.
"Su Mu, is he the most inconspicuous one among the four talented from Shenjiang City?"
"They say Shenjiang City got lucky this time, getting a spiritual talent like Tantai Yan. Who would have thought they had another hidden gem, with no mention in the records that Su Mu mastered Sword Momentum."
"Looks like Shenjiang City is going to rise this time. First Tantai Yan, and now another Fourth Level monster like Su Mu who has mastered Sword Momentum."
"Let’s go back too, it will definitely be exciting later!" suggested Ling Xiaoyu.
The brother and sister quickly agreed, fearing they might encounter another tough opponent if they stayed. The chubby guy next to them snapped out of it and jogged after them.
Ling Xiaoyu turned to glare at him, calling him a traitor.
...
With three more people around him, Su Mu didn’t mind; having someone to lead the way was convenient.
Ling Xiaoyu was quite excited and full of anticipation along the way.
She certainly anticipated some unfortunate souls would be ignorant enough to provoke Su Mu later on.
It wouldn’t be good if her brother and she were the only ones to suffer; happiness is better shared, after all.
However, this thought came to nothing.
On the way to the dormitory, Su Mu and his group encountered several groups of people.
Seeing Su Mu’s group large and intimidating, these people immediately retreated, making Ling Xiaoyu pout, "What a pity."
"Do you know who the leader among them was?"
"Never seen him before, seems unfamiliar."
...
"Is there any difference among the dormitories?" Su Mu asked.
"The token is the dormitory key. According to the news spread recently, the difference should mainly be in size and ranking?"
"However, the most obvious is that the top hundred dorms are singles, while the rest are five-person rooms. People with tokens 141-145 share a dormitory," Ling Xiaoyu explained.
Su Mu nodded. This training camp encourages competition, believing that strength is everything.
In a race against the current, if you don’t move forward, you will fall back.
If you don’t become stronger in the training camp, unless you are number 300, you won’t have peace even in your dormitory, potentially changing dorms and roommates multiple times a day in awkward scenarios.
"Currently, all single rooms are taken. Do you know who is living in Dormitory One?"
Tantai Yan?
Su Mu thought of this name immediately. Before reaching Grandmaster level, spiritual talents were overwhelmingly powerful, as Teacher Wang Shuheng said, those with such talents can almost easily leap over great realms.
"Your other monster from Shenjiang City hasn’t arrived yet. The first dormitory has changed owners several times, about three, I think?"
"It’s four," the chubby guy who hadn’t spoken corrected.
"Initially, it was Lu Qing from Shenjiang City who lived there for two days. He has lived there the longest and was the first owner of Dormitory One. He uses a spear."
"On the morning of the third day, he was defeated by Fu Ying from Qianhai City, followed by Zuo Hao from Gaoshan City who narrowly defeated Fu Ying, and now it’s Ming Jie from Qianhai City."
"This Ming Jie from Qianhai City has a power talent and uses a staff, his staff technique is fierce and ruthless."
Su Mu was slightly surprised, realizing the competition for the dorms was even more intense than he thought.
The training camp hadn’t started yet, but the talented from Shenjiang City had already made their appearance, unfortunately, they lost. But You Ming, the speed talent highly regarded by Wang Heng, hasn’t shown up yet, nor has the much-anticipated Tantai Yan.
Back then, Wang Heng spoke highly of You Ming, saying that except for being restrained by Tantai Yan, others were difficult to deal with.
At this moment, Su Mu felt the token in his hand tremble, noticing others had the same reaction.
"The token trembling means changes in the top ten dorms,"
Upon hearing this, Su Mu took out his token to check, and on the back appeared a conspicuous golden ancient character: One.
"One, this means Dormitory One has changed owners again!" The chubby guy was somewhat excited, "Besides Tantai Yan from Shenjiang City, there’s also You Ming, the speed talent who uses dual blades."
"Gaoshan City also has Gao Xiaoyu and Cui Jian, worth mentioning is that Cui Jian also has a speed talent, using a sword."
"Qianhai has two other talented martial artists, but there’s not much information at present."
Su Mu glanced at the chubby guy with some surprise, realizing his information network was even more extensive than Wang Heng’s.
...
Shortly, a five-story fortress emerged amidst the yellow sand, resembling an ancient fierce beast crouched on the ground.
The fortress’s dormitory area prohibited private fighting; the arrival of the four did not attract much attention. Meanwhile, many were gathered in the first-floor lobby, crowding around the central display screen.
The display showed the names of the current owners of the top ten dormitories.
The first line read: One, Qianhai City, Xing Fang.
"I’ve heard before about non-talented martial artists living in Dormitory One, but that was often because they arrived early. I didn’t expect to personally witness one this time."
"This Xing Fang is impressive, and he even beat Ming Jie head-on!"
Xing Fang!
Su Mu secretly remembered the name, blood slightly boiling within; a non-talented martial artist defeating a talented one was indeed remarkable.
Additionally, Su Mu noticed that Lu Qing from his city, Shenjiang, was ranked fifth and was currently the last among the featured talented.
The chubby guy was enthusiastic about gathering intelligence and quickly blended into the crowd, while Su Mu waved to the Ling siblings before leaving on his own.
Watching Su Mu’s departing figure, Ling Xiaoyu sighed, somewhat disappointed, "What a pity, we missed Xing Fang challenging Ming Jie earlier. I thought there might be another one, but he didn’t try for Dormitory One."
"If I had his strength, I’d probably be looking to challenge Xing Fang right now!"
"Everyone thinks differently, it’s normal."
Their conversation naturally reached the ears of others, and some followed the siblings’ gaze to Su Mu’s receding figure, noticing he didn’t match any of the notable ones in the records, they couldn’t help but taunt the Ling siblings.
"Do you really think just anyone can challenge Dormitory One?"
"Ignorant, you think he’s Tantai Yan or Cui Jian?"
"I bet they’re from Shenjiang City. They’ve been at the bottom for three consecutive training camps, surely they don’t really think Tantai Yan is from Shenjiang City?"
"Humph, you don’t know Su Mu’s true strength..."
"You’re all right, we were ignorant indeed."
Ling Xiaoyu was about to argue for Su Mu, but Ling Jun interrupted and pulled her away, noticing that Su Mu didn’t seem like a person who relished trouble.
Perhaps he is Shenjiang City’s secret weapon for this training camp, with Tantai Yan merely being an unexpected bonus.
If they exposed Su Mu too soon, it would be equivalent to opposing him, and Ling Jun didn’t want to completely offend such a monster.
After the siblings left the hall, someone murmured Su Mu’s name.
"Su Mu, that name sounds familiar."
"I remember now, he’s one of this time’s talented martial artists from Shenjiang City, with a power talent. Isn’t he that talented martial artist who hasn’t reached Fifth Level at 33?" The latter half of the sentence tinged with sarcasm.
"Truly laughable, and they talk about true strength. They really are from Shenjiang City; it all makes sense now."
The room was instantly filled with a burst of laughter and joviality.
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"The training camp consists of geniuses from various bases, and talented martial artists aren’t necessarily stronger than ordinary ones!"
"I need a single dorm to cultivate Blade Qi."
Feeling the pressure, Su Mu decided to find a dormitory on the third floor.
The fortress’s top floor only had ten dormitories, the fourth floor housed dorms 11-50, and the third floor had dorms 51-100.
"Let’s go for 100."
Su Mu had already learned from the chubby guy that the challenge had its limits; you could only challenge those within fifty ranks ahead or behind. Since not all trainees had arrived, relying on Sword Momentum to challenge the 100th rank should hold a decent chance.
To trigger a challenge was simple: use the token to touch the corresponding dorm door; if the key doesn’t match, an alarm is triggered.
Clang!
An urgent bell tolled throughout the fortress, and the content on the first-floor lobby’s central display changed accordingly.
[Number 143 challenges Number 100!]
"Someone’s challenging the 100th dorm, this should be good to watch!"
The crowd in the lobby discussed, glancing towards the third floor, eagerly anticipating the showdown between the two.
The individual in Dormitory 100 woke up abruptly to the alarm, frowning and opening the door in anger.
Several breaths later, another bell sounded, though this time it was prolonged.
[Number 143’s challenge was successful!]
[Dormitory 100’s residency information has been updated!]