Rise of the Zerg in the World of Gods

"Hello, Xu Luo!"

On this day, Xu Luo saw an ordinary-looking but very confident girl at the gate of No. 1 High School.

"Hello!" Seeing Qianqian waiting for him outside, Xu Luo quickly greeted her.

No matter what, he was already taking advantage by coming here for training. Now that others were treating him like this, it would be too insensitive to take it for granted.

Qianqian, walking in front, was actually quite curious about why Xu Luo would still come to No. 1 High School for training.

She, like most people, thought Xu Luo should be well-rounded, excelling in everything.

Because they weren't very familiar with each other, and Qianqian wasn't a talkative person when facing strangers, the two walked in silence. Fortunately, they quickly passed through the large playground and came to a group of buildings, entering a venue.

"This is our training ground. Everyone usually trains here!" Qianqian swiped her personal assistant at the door and led Xu Luo in.

"Are you pig-brained? Is that how you fight? Do it again! You can't even control your strength freely. Has all that training time gone to the dogs?" As soon as they entered, the two heard an irritated roar.

Qianqian acted as if she hadn't heard anything, walking calmly forward. Seeing her like this, Xu Luo also pretended not to hear.

"Coach Zhang, I've brought the person," Qianqian reported to a middle-aged man who was passionately spraying his saliva.

The group of young people opposite the middle-aged man looked gratefully at Qianqian.

Among their group, probably only Qianqian dared to speak to Old Demon Zhang like this.

"Oh? He's here?" Zhang Jian, who had been scolding the group until they were like quails, stopped when he heard Qianqian's words and glanced at Xu Luo.

"Alright, everyone pay attention. From now on, we have a new member in our team. Now, all of you go to the track and run ten laps to cool off! I see you all have too much free time every day, especially you, Huang Xuan. You even have time to chase girls, impressive! You run fifteen laps!"

"No, Coach!" Hearing this, Huang Xuan's face turned green!

Ten laps were already very difficult for them, let alone fifteen laps!

"Stop wasting my fucking time, run for me! Those who don't finish can't rest or eat. Hurry up and run!"

Zhang Jian glared, and the group scattered like startled rabbits.

Faintly, their shouts could still be heard.

"Damn you, Huang Xuan! You chase girls on your own, don't fucking drag us into it! After we finish running, we brothers will have some extra practice with you."

"No, I was wrong!"

"These stinky brats!" Zhang Jian cursed with a laugh, then turned to look at Xu Luo.

"You're Xu Luo, right? Well done, taking down all those little bastards by yourself."

"You're too kind, teacher," Xu Luo calmly accepted.

"I know the strength of this group from No. 1 High School, it's not an exaggeration at all. Also, let me correct you, I'm not a teacher, just a trainer hired by No. 1 High School for you guys. You can call me Coach. My name is Zhang Jian!"

Zhang Jian seriously corrected Xu Luo.

"I've watched your competitions. You're very smart, knowing your Demi-God strength isn't good, but not trying to hide it. Instead, you acted as if you were very strong, but when it came time to fight, you directly let yourself be eliminated by the giant snake, effectively hiding yourself."

"Coach has keen insight," Xu Luo nodded.

He never thought he could fool these old hands.

"What?" Qianqian, on the side, was shocked when she heard this.

"His personal strength isn't good?"

"Indeed, it's not very good," Xu Luo smiled.

"Oh my, if I had known this earlier, I would have fought you no matter what!" Qianqian's face was full of regret.

At the time, she thought she couldn't beat Xu Luo anyway, so rather than clashing head-on and consuming her strength, it was better to conserve energy to deal with others later. So she directly conceded to Xu Luo's challenge. She didn't expect that this guy's Demi-God strength wasn't actually good!

"Girls!" Zhang Jian glared at her.

Qianqian stuck out her tongue, not daring to speak anymore.

"I'm not too clear about your strength now, so later let Qianqian take you for a basic test. Afterward, I'll give guidance based on your situation. We only have a month, so we need to hurry," Zhang Jian glanced at Qianqian.

"You take him for a simulated trial, record all the data and give it to me. Also, take him to get an access card and a meal card."

"Yes, teacher!" Qianqian quickly agreed, then led Xu Luo upstairs.

"You're so afraid of the coach?" Xu Luo was puzzled. It seemed everyone was quite afraid of Zhang Jian.

"It's not fear, it's awe!" Qianqian turned back and mumbled quietly.

"Who isn't afraid of the devil coach?"

"Qianqian, everyone else is running, you can't be an exception. So after you finish the test, go run ten laps to make up for it!" Zhang Jian's voice drifted from behind.

Qianqian's body stiffened, then she silently quickened her pace.

The two quickly arrived on the second floor via the stairs.

At this time, a group of people were lying in game pods, their faces covered in sweat. On a projection screen nearby, their figures could be seen running hard on a track, sweating profusely.

"This is the simulation training ground. It can simulate various real-life scenarios. The required training equipment can also be obtained through simulation, and the training effect is equivalent to reality," Qianqian explained the training ground to him.

"The most expensive thing in the entire training ground is actually this game pod. It's different from the ordinary game pods we usually use to log into our Divine Domains. This is specially made, with added training ground functions. In the entire Tianhai City, only No. 1 High School has this."

"What's the use of such a training ground?" Xu Luo didn't understand.

Exercising the body in a game was truly hard for him to comprehend.

"Of course it's useful," Qianqian answered firmly.

"Ordinary people cultivate in their Divine Domains, improving their strength and practical combat ability, but this power is only within the Divine Domain. In reality, you are what you are, still a weakling."

After a pause, Qianqian continued.

"But training through the training ground is different. These game pods are specially made. When you train in the simulation training ground, electric currents in the game pod stimulate your body, and nutrient fluids repair damaged bodies and replenish consumed energy, keeping you in peak condition. The results achieved in training here are brought into reality."

"The training results can be brought into reality?" Xu Luo's eyes lit up.

"That's quite good."

"There's more!" Qianqian smiled slightly.

"Physical training is just the most basic. Here, everyone can practice against each other to improve their practical combat level. If that's not enough, you can also connect to the arena and compete with others from the city, region, globe, and even other planets or alien races. It's quite beneficial for self-improvement."

"So the training game pods have the functions of ordinary game pods, plus arena functions?" Xu Luo's eyes brightened. Saying that, it was no wonder the training ground was so expensive. Equipment connecting so many functions must not be cheap to produce.

"Yes, here you can connect to your own Divine Domain, but usually people don't connect to their Divine Domains much. They mostly exercise. There's no need to come here for unit battles and such."

Qianqian walked to a device and started it with her information.

"I've first opened one for you with my authority. Come and test your situation. After you finish, I'll take you to get a meal card, access card, and other relevant permissions."

"What should I do?" Hearing about the test, Xu Luo asked in confusion.

He still didn't understand the situation and didn't know what the training involved.

"Lie down inside. There will be prompts, just follow them!" Qianqian gestured for him to lie down.

Seeing he couldn't get any more information, Xu Luo lay down in the game pod, letting various tendrils in the device cling tightly to his body.

Xu Luo's consciousness arrived at a place similar to a school playground.

"Is this the new Rookie King? Wonder how his strength is."

A group of people had gathered around Qianqian, curiously watching the images on the projection screen.

These people, who had just undergone intense exercise, were all sweaty and without any composure, sprawled on the ground or nearby chairs.

Having been tortured by the devil coach often, they were already used to this life. Ten laps were terrifying, but with a tenfold time difference, they directly finished it.

"Yes!" Qianqian glanced at Jiang Xintong beside her, who wasn't red-faced or panting, then looked at the others without composure and shook her head.

"I heard Coach Zhang say he hasn't trained at all, so his results will probably be very average."

"Hasn't trained?" Jiang Xintong, the top student of the second year, was very surprised.

During the previous competition, she had paid some attention and knew that a genius who surpassed Qianqian had emerged from the first year. Now she was told that this guy hadn't trained?

Didn't this mean his Demi-God strength would be very weak?

"Let's see his performance!" Everyone curiously watched the screen.

In the entire No. 1 High School, except for Fang Shuo, everyone else had to train. And not everyone could go; Zhang Jian was just one person and naturally couldn't handle three grades. So only ten people from each elite class could receive his special training.

"I didn't expect him to be so powerful!" Xiang Lu in the crowd panted heavily while marveling.

"Hey, Little Lu, are you familiar with him? I remember you have a good relationship with Wang Xiaoling from No. 6 High School?" Pan beside him asked curiously.

"Don't call me Little Lu, my name is Xiang Lu!" After correcting their address, Xiang Lu spoke.

"We're not very familiar. We just drank together once. At that time, his eyesight was quite good. He had some grudges with Xiang Xun, but I didn't think he was that powerful then. Later, my brother told me to maintain a good relationship with him and warned Xiang Xun. That's when I knew this person was very powerful. I just didn't expect him to be this powerful, directly taking all of us out!"

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but sigh.

Actually, there were some things he couldn't say. His brother had told him about Xu Luo's terrifying nature before, especially having Gold-tier units. In the previous avatar battle, that female warrior should have been the Gold-Tier Monarch in his hands.

But in the competition, the Gold-tier units didn't appear at all. The gap between him and them was simply immeasurable.

He swept them all using just Silver-tier.

"He even has connections with your brother? But isn't your brother in university now?" Someone beside asked in confusion.

"Stupid, when Ying Yinglo ascended to godhood, didn't they mobilize powerful students from various schools to help?" Someone else reacted quickly.

"It must have been then, meeting on the battlefield. But being able to meet Xiang Wang proves that Xu Luo charged quite far forward. With this kind of strength, it's no wonder."

Hearing this, the others also realized. At that time, all of them had been mobilized. Although they only got a few or a dozen or twenty points, they at least helped and contributed, destroying quite a few alien Divine Domains.

But they knew their place and always stayed on the edges, not venturing deep into alien territory.

That wasn't a place they were qualified for. Even someone like Fang Shuo would be in great danger in the heartland, with returning safely being a question.

"Alright, stop chattering, watch the test quietly!" Seeing the scene become as chaotic as a vegetable market, Jiang Xintong frowned and directly interrupted them.

Seeing the big sister speak, the others immediately dared not talk anymore.

Xu Luo, who was in the test, was a bit dazed at this time.

[First test, 100-meter sprint!]

This was the only sentence he heard after entering that scene that looked like a school playground.

Looking at the track in front of him, was this the so-called test?

[Please run to your heart's content within three seconds!]

After Xu Luo stood still, a mechanical voice began to urge.

Taking a deep breath, Xu Luo could only start moving.

Although not a professional athlete, Xu Luo's body was still in good shape. Over these few months, he had been paying attention to his exercise.

After the countdown ended, he shot forward like the wind. At this moment, his mind was blank, thinking of nothing, just directly running forward.

What score, what test, all were secondary. He just needed to cross the finish line now.

[100-meter sprint completed, time 9.98 seconds!]

When Xu Luo crossed the finish line, the mechanical voice directly gave the score.

A row of numbers appeared in the void.

Testee: Xu Luo!

First test item: 100-meter sprint, time 9.98 seconds!

[First test completed. Testee rest for three minutes, calm down and prepare for the next test.]

While Xu Luo was waiting for the next item, the result was to let himself rest first, calming down the discomfort after the intense exercise.

He felt a bit like he was back in his student days, participating in a sports meet.

He really didn't expect to come for practical combat special training, but the first thing was to test his 100-meter sprint speed.

No matter who it was, they probably wouldn't have expected such a result!