Chapter 229: Chapter 196: Requesting a Spot, Reward in Hand
"In the past, the Divine Dice trial had a total of 45 slots. The Sovereign Country would keep 35 for itself, releasing only 10 for our six nations to compete over. But this ti, they supposedly added 18 extra slots. In the end, the Sovereign Country gave 10 of those new slots to our six nations and only kept 8 for themselves!"
Gu Chengguang picked up the thread. "That’s what I’m worried about. The Sovereign Country gave over half of the 18 new slots to our six nations. That’s not like them. It must an that, in their assessnt, this Divine Dice trial is extrely dangerous and a lot of people are going to die."
"By reducing their own number of participants, they’re reducing their risk."
Hearing Zhou Wenshan and Gu Chengguang’s analysis, Ning Yushen and Li Fayi finally began to take the matter seriously. They realized sothing was very wrong.
"But we’ve already accepted the slots—four of them! We can’t just not go, can we?" Ning Yushen said.
"Go? Of course we’re going!" Gu Chengguang said, his voice firm as iron. "The greater the risk, the greater the reward. The other nations are all choosing to brave the danger for a chance at a great opportunity. If we shrink back, we’ll fall even further behind. Dongli is already at the bottom of the six nations; we can’t afford to get any weaker!"
"What’s important is that we choose the most suitable candidates!"
Zhou Wenshan said, "The four of us will compile a list of all the Butterfly Stage individuals under our command. We’ll post it in the group chat, and tomorrow we’ll hold another eting to finalize the four candidates."
The others nodded in agreent. "Then it’s decided."
As the eting concluded, Zhou Wenshan shared a piece of news with the other three. "During my recent trip to Island University, I had a chat with their headmaster, Mr. Jin. He ntioned that the day before the anomaly with the Divine Dice, there was a huge disturbance in the waters near Peninsula Country. Soone saw a tree-like Spiritual Plant burst from the sea and vanish in the blink of an eye."
"Also, I managed to get so information from the delegation from the Sovereign Country. They said this Divine Dice anomaly seems to be connected to that incident in the ocean."
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「The next day.」
Su Ze went to the headmaster’s office early in the morning to see Zhou Wenshan.
"Sit." A kind smile spread across Zhou Wenshan’s face when he saw Su Ze. ’The more I see of this boy, the more impressed I am,’ he thought. ’My decision to recruit him to Dongli University was absolutely the right one.’
Su Ze didn’t stand on ceremony. He made himself at ho, sitting down and casually pouring himself a glass of water.
"Alright, what can I do for you?" Zhou Wenshan knew Su Ze wouldn’t just drop by for a casual chat, so he got straight to the point.
Su Ze went straight to the point as well. "Mr. Zhou, I want a slot for the Divine Dice trial."
Zhou Wenshan froze. A few seconds passed before he replied, "But you’re only at the Cocoon Stage."
"I’ll complete my third evolution before the Divine Dice trial begins," Su Ze stated confidently.
Zhou Wenshan mulled it over for a long mont before speaking. "Technically, you won three slots for Dongli, so it’s only right that you get one. In fact, back during your freshman assessnt, Mr. Gu even had the idea of having you represent Dongli in the Divine Dice trial."
"But this year’s trial is different. We believe the level of danger is far greater than before. Even if you complete your third evolution, you’ll only be at the very beginning of the Butterfly Stage. Going into the trial would be too risky. You could die."
They were willing to part with a slot, but they weren’t willing to lose Su Ze in the process.
If Su Ze were to die in the Divine Dice trial, it would be a catastrophic loss for Dongli.
Su Ze did his best to persuade him. "Mr. Zhou, I took first place in the individual tournant, which earned
entry into the Royal Hunting Ground. If I reach the Butterfly Stage and then absorb a vial of Tier 4, S-rank extract, where do you think I’ll stand among others in the Butterfly Stage?"
"Well..." Zhou Wenshan thought back to Su Ze’s performance in the exchange tournant. He had been invincible against those at his own level and had even defeated Yarlin, who was a full stage above him at the Butterfly Stage.
He was already certain that once Su Ze stepped into the Butterfly Stage, he would be far from weak. If he also managed to absorb a vial of Tier 4, S-rank extract...
Zhou Wenshan hesitated. It wasn’t that he doubted Su Ze’s strength; rather, he couldn’t even begin to imagine how powerful Su Ze would beco under those circumstances.
’How would he stack up against soone at the Peak of Butterfly Transformation?’
’Even if he couldn’t win, surely he’d have the strength to protect himself, right?’
Thinking it over, he suddenly felt that letting Su Ze participate in the Divine Dice trial wasn’t out of the question.
Besides, Su Ze was only turning eighteen next month. Among all the participants in the Divine Dice trial, there likely wouldn’t be anyone younger, nor anyone with more talent.
The Divine Dice always seed to show special favor to those who were exceptionally young and talented, like Su Ze.
The only condition was that Su Ze had to actually do what he claid: complete his third evolution and absorb the Tier 4, S-rank extract before the trial began.
After a long pause, Zhou Wenshan gave his answer. "I will hold a slot for you. However, when the ti cos for the Divine Dice trial to begin, if you haven’t t the conditions you laid out, I’ll have to give it to soone else."
"You’re still young. I would rather you wait another five years than see you die in that trial."
"Thank you, Mr. Zhou."
Su Ze was more than satisfied with Zhou Wenshan’s promise.
With that settled, Su Ze prepared to leave, but Zhou Wenshan brought up another matter.
"Since you won both the individual and team championships, the university has rewards for you. For the team championship, the reward is a vial of Tier 3, S-rank extract or other resources of equivalent value. For the individual championship, it’s ten billion worth of resources. If you decide to take the resources, I can send you a list from the national treasury for you to choose from."
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