Chapter 101: Ah Li is Useless
Translator: Sparrow Translations Editor: Sparrow Translations
Man depended on their armour, while horses depended on their saddle.
Fang Zhengzhi had all along believed that some things had to be given to more suitable people to bring out their biggest value.
…
The entrance of the pocket dimension was a black stone door. The four corners of the stone door were adorned with four different coloured gems, and in the middle of the stone door, the picture of a mini altar was carved.
On the altar was a metal bracelet, its material was unclear.
The stone door opened, and the participants entered.
Everything occurred smoothly and orderly. As usual, Fang Zhengzhi walked shoulder to shoulder with Yan Xiu, and entered the stone door together.
Then, stepping in, he saw a white world. Everything was white, pure and untainted with other substances. However, very quickly, the scenery in front of him changed. When he looked again, a world constructed completely with stone appeared.
A stone table, stone bench, stone trees, stone flowers...
"Stone?" Fang Zhengzhi was somewhat curious. After all, it was his first time entering a pocket dimension. Just as he prepared to go explore, he felt a huge pressure pressing down from his head, as heavy as a mountain.
What was this about? Challenging them once they entered, not allowing people to even breathe?
Fang Zhengzhi instinctively looked at Yan Xiu who was by his side, and realised that Yan Xiu was also frowning slightly. Evidently, he had also felt this pressure.
"It is the world of gravity!" Yan Xiu's knowledge of the pocket dimension was evidently much more than Fang Zhengzhi.
World of gravity? When Fang Zhengzhi heard this, he more or less understood. The increasing pressure on his body should be caused by this world.
He indeed had some understanding of the Dao of All Creations.
Hence, he knew very clearly that to increase the gravity of a world, it wasn't through modifying the mass of matter. After all, there were rules that all creations had to follow.
For example, the mass of a body is always constant.
Hence, the reason for this world of gravity should be due to the fact that underneath the ground, there was an object with a huge attractive force, generating a certain gravitational field. This caused the people and objects above the ground to feel the attractive effects of this gravitational field, becoming a world of gravity completely different from the outside world.
"It is as simple as just increasing the gravitational strength?"
"It shouldn't be just this!" Yan Xiu pointed to a spot a hundred meters in front of them.
That area was filled with countless deep craters, there were big ones and small ones. The big ones were no less than one meter in width, while the smalls ones were as narrow as fingers. Densely packed, nobody knew what were they used for.
A mechanism?
Or was it a trap from the legends?
Fang Zhengzhi was an impulsive person, but this didn't mean that he wasn't intelligent. Hence, he decided to wait and see. The other examinees were also waiting. Nobody wished to be the hero at this moment and everybody seemed to be waiting for others to investigate.
At this moment, what they pitted against one another was patience.
Fang Zhengzhi had this patience, Yan Xiu naturally had it too, hence the two didn't rush. Because, there were many examinees in this venue, there would definitely be someone whose personality was staunch to show off.
Furthermore, in this combat examination, there were over a dozen girls.
As expected, after a round of incitement, a youth stood out. He wore a sturdy, black armour, and held a mountain axe in his hands. One look showed that he was a fierce and murderous man.
"Ah Li, come on!"
"Ah Li, we have faith in you!"
When the crowd saw that someone had stood out, they naturally began to urge him on.
The youth seemed very satisfied with such an effect, this was the feeling of being at the centre of attention he wanted. Hence, he began to flex his muscles towards the crowd, and waved the mountain axe in his hand.
As he did this, he discreetly glanced at a few girls within the crowd.
"Ah Li!" A girl very cooperatively gave the youth a coquettish glance.
"Ha ha ha… let me show you what I'm made of!" The youth was instantly excited. After a wave of laughter, his chest was filled with power, and his entire person rushed in.
One step, two steps…
Very quickly, the youth had charged some distance through the craters of varying sizes, at least ten steps.
This caused the youth to feel somewhat delighted, this was nothing amazing? Under the influence of the gravity, even though his actions were indeed slower, but he was still able to run.
Just as he was about to shout happily, aren't I, Ah Li, very powerful, the crowd of examinees behind began to cry out in alarm. "Ah Li, sky… the sky!"
"Boom!" A huge rock landed on the ground, stirring up a cloud of dust.
On the other hand, the youth named Ah Li carried his mountain axe and stared blankly at the huge rock an inch away from his feet, his face a deathly shade of white.
Just now, if he wasn't reminded, won't this huge rock have fallen onto his head?
"I'm only here to participate in the examination, not to risk my life…" The delight on the youth Ah Li's face instantly vanished, and what replaced it was a sullen and pitiful state.
Turning around, he didn't hesitate and began to retreat.
However, when some things were done, it seemed that there won't be any way to undo them.
For example: Ah Li's current predicament.
The youth Ah Li didn't wish to play anymore, but the people controlling the pocket dimension seemed to not have the intention of letting him off. The second he turned around, another huge boom rang out from the sky.
However…
This time, compared to the previous time, the sight was extremely spectacular. On the sky, pieces of huge rocks appeared in mid-air, each piece as large as a person.
Once almost ten gigantic rocks appeared, they descended from the sky in freefall.
If it was said that the speed of rocks falling from the sky was frightening enough, then, in the world of gravity where due to the huge force of attraction within the ground, the speed of descent undoubtedly increased by many times.
Especially when the youth Ah Li similarly experienced this force of attraction…
The difficulty of avoiding this could be inferred.
"Zoom zoom…"
Every piece of rock was as fast as lightning descending from the Heavens.
"Boom boom boom…" The sound of a wave of huge rocks landed echoed, and new craters began to appear on the ground. At the same time, numerous clouds of dirt were raised.
The huge cloud of dirt blocked the vision of the crowd, but, it vanished very quickly. After all, in this world of gravity, the weight of the dirt had also increased.
The dirt vanished.
But, strangely, the youth Ah Li within the falling rocks had completely vanished. There was no dead body, nor an excruciating cry, and he didn't leave any treasures or wallets behind either.
"Could he have passed?! He passed?"
"Amazing!"
"Ah Li, good job!"
When the crowd saw that Ah Li had disappeared, they all began to cheer.
And right at this moment, a clear voice suddenly sounded out from the sky.
"Chen Youli, eliminated!"
"..."
"E… eliminated?!"
The crowd glanced at one another, unable to come to their senses. What was happening just now? Why did he suddenly get eliminated?
Fang Zhengzhi looked at the slowly disappearing huge rocks not too far away, and the numerous new craters in the ground. The edges of his mouth curved into a faint smile.
"Looks like… Ah Li is useless!"