Chapter 62: Chapter 62

"Hahaha, we won, I won." The students below burst into cheers. The veteran soldiers next to them watched, their eyes filled with contempt and satisfaction.

"Tsk, rookies are rookies. This tiny skirmish is nothing. Hurry up and clean up the bodies."

Bodies? The students, once slightly calmer, finally realized that many people had died here. Yes, people, not something else. A girl’s face changed color, and she suddenly bent over and started to throw up.

This immediately set off a chain reaction, and many around started looking for spots to vomit in. ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs, ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴠɪsɪᴛ 𝖓𝖔𝖛𝖊𝖑~𝖋𝖎𝖗𝖾~𝖓𝖊𝖙

"You’re all such cowards. It’s just killing a few people. Look at me, I’m perfectly fine, I didn’t, ugh..."

Lao Er was shouting loudly when he suddenly bent over and threw up. Du You found it absurd to see Lao Er, who was so fierce during the fight, feeling so unwell now.

However, Du You himself was also feeling a little worse for wear. Not because he was uncomfortable after killing, but because of the smell here. The stench of blood mixed with the scent of vomit made Du You feel slightly nauseous.

"It’s normal to feel off after killing for the first time. It will get better. I’m going to leave for a bit," said the leader as he walked towards the upwind direction, apparently also feeling uncomfortable.

"Lao Er, you stay here and throw up. I’m leaving too," Du You hastily moved away, worried that if he remains there, he would also throw up. This was no joke.

Xi Qianxue’s face was turning pale and red alternately, appearing to be very discomforted. However, in order to keep her composure, she managed to suppress it for a long time before finally relieving herself from feeling nauseous.

"Let’s step away for some fresh air," Xi Qianxue suggested to Daniu, who promptly followed.

The environment here was no big deal for Daniu. He was a follower brought in by Xi Qianxue. His family were butchers back home, and even bloodier scenes were a daily affair for him, so he was unfazed.

"These rookies aren’t worth their salt until they’ve been in a fight. But after this, they’ll be just like us," the veterans opined on seeing this, shaking their heads. But it also reminded them of their own rookie days: weren’t they also just like them? So, they decided to let them clean up the mess of bodies and vomit.

The corpses were quickly looted, their heads chopped off and everything else thrown into the sea. These heads were their trophies and they wouldn’t discard them casually.

The vomit on the deck was to be gradually cleaned and washed with water.

Everyone used seawater; they weren’t extravagant enough to use freshwater to clean the deck. After all, they didn’t know that within less than a day, this world would restore itself to its original state.

As the students started settling down, Teacher Li jumped down: "How does it feel, the aftermath of your first fight? Open up your light balls," he instructed.

The light balls were a peculiar thing. Whichever one dealt the final blow to the target, that person would earn the light ball. Others usually couldn’t snatch it away.

If not cleaned up in time, it would disappear, and non-natives couldn’t see the light balls. That was another rule of the Derived World. Each person’s light ball had a unique signature that only they could recognize.

But there seemed to be too few light balls. Du You had killed so many pirates but ended up with just two light balls. These yielded three crystal coins - a gain that left him almost speechless. Many others didn’t even explode a light ball. This rate of return left Du You rather speechless.

"What does it feel like to earn your first crystal coins, pretty good, huh? But remember, the fewer people involved, the higher the drop rate. That’s a rule. As such, what you’ve gained is already quite minimal," Teacher Li grimly commented, seemingly pleased by their deflation.

"Today’s first lesson is to make you understand what combat is like. In the Derived World, everything is quite brutal. If you don’t fight, you die. Now, the second lesson, is about personal space," Teacher Li continued.

"We Awakeners can’t carry a lot of things on us, it would be too taxing. Our precursors hence allocated us personal spaces. To open it, you must use a crystal coin that you earned yourself. Combined with a special magic array, you can achieve this. I’ll teach you now," he stated.

Teacher Li quickly drew a special magic array on the ground with chalk. It was pretty simple, not at all complicated. After all, it was always there, just not yet activated.

"Wow, there’s personal space too. I never imagined."

"Humph, I knew about this long ago. There’s no need for you to say it," Lin Feng said in disdain.

Du You’s eyes were shining. During the last fight, he had suffered enough from not having a personal space. Now that he had something to replace a backpack, he couldn’t help feeling excited. He then figured, "No wonder many people at the market walked around empty-handed, they all had personal spaces."

"Only Awakeners have personal space. Semi-Awakened can’t open one. You hold an edge over them in this aspect," Teacher Li reminded the class.

He went on in his unique tone: "Everyone’s personal space is of one cubic meter; no more, no less. Every time you rank up significantly, the space size increases. Apart from this, there are only some special ways to increase its size."

"Teacher, what are these special ways?" a student asked loudly.

"Don’t ask me, I’ve never encountered them. You’ll know it when you do," Teacher Li responded, successfully piquing their curiosity.

Teacher Li seemed to get better at arousing people’s interest. Du You didn’t pay much mind to it and instead turned his attention to drawing the magic array. What he drew was indeed different from others, which was the power of the panel.

Placing a crystal coin in it activated the magic array. Immediately, the panel displayed a personal space.

Personal Space: One cubic meter

Du You tried to put a sword into it, and as expected, the sword disappeared, and the item undeniably appeared in the space. Several others were amusing themselves, exploring the possibilities of their personal spaces, with even Lin Feng fiddling with it.

Lin Feng, who came from a sophisticated family, had tons of crystal coins. However, this was the first time he had his hands on coins obtained through his efforts. Even Lin Feng, who had been panting from the fighting earlier, could not mask his joy at this moment.