We're Already In Close Combat And You Still Say You're A Mage?

After receiving the prompt, Xu Bai checked the storage space and waited for the transmission from the Court of Origin.

30 minutes passed quickly.

"Tip: Enter the world this time - Mo Lingxing"

"Number of walkers entering: 300"

"Transmission is about to begin"

The space around Xu Bai was once again filled with cyan, and strange and bizarre scenes passed before Xu Bai's eyes.

After a moment, the strange scene in front of him disappeared, and Xu Bai appeared in a dark and damp cell, with several other walkers like him around him.

"Tip: The transfer has been completed and the world data has been opened to you."

Mo Lingxing

Difficulty: lv.7

World data:

Humanity has been born on Mo Ling Planet for thousands of years, and civilization has continued to develop.

When the first steam engine appeared, the wave of the Industrial Revolution continued to this day. Huge steam machinery galloped across the land, creating a brilliant steam civilization.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. A meteorite from the sky fell to the earth, interrupting the development of civilization. Countless terrifying alien beasts poured out from the inside of the meteorite that exuded a purple light, preying on all life in this world.

Cities and towns have become the nests of alien beasts, and humans have become the nourishment for the alien beasts to reproduce their offspring.

In the face of a formidable enemy, the politicians had no time to take into account the internal disputes of interests. They formed a coalition government and built high steel walls to isolate the alien beasts from the outside.

Relying on the high wall, humans successfully resisted the advance of the alien beasts, silently accumulating strength and waiting for a counterattack.

Under the pressure of survival, human wisdom is always infinite. In just ten years, people in the steam civilization discovered nuclear energy and successfully conducted the first nuclear explosion test outside the high wall.

The clouds of destruction rising into the sky gave mankind a glimmer of hope.

"Tip: The identity replacement of the walker has been completed. The replacement identity is: a soldier of the punishment battalion who will be sent to the front line."

"It has been detected that you do not master the language of this world, and it has been automatically mastered for you."

"Cognitive blur is on."

"The trial merit ranking list has been opened."

"The top 100 in this ranking will receive basic rewards, the top 50 will receive additional rewards on top of the basic rewards, the top 20 will receive double rewards, the top 10 will receive triple rewards, and additional top 10 ranking rewards will be given. "

Basic reward: Small crystal core × 10

Additional rewards for the top ten:

First place: Dragon Hunter’s Will (Silver Level Suit)

Second place: Charming Feather Blade (Silver level dagger)

Third place: Blue Flame Domain (Silver Level Skill Scroll)

Fourth place: Basic electromagnetic sniper rifle (Bronze level firearm)

Fifth place: Thorn Winding (Bronze Level Skill Scroll)

Sixth to tenth place: Small crystal core × 40

"The trial merit rankings are updated in real time and will be settled after the end of the world."

"The main mission has been started, with a total of three rings."

"The first stage of the main mission: kill 100 strange beasts."

"Reward for the first round of the main mission: Bronze-level treasure chest x 3."

"Until the first ring is completed, the next two rings will be invisible."

"Time limit for main mission: 15 days."

"Penalty for failure of the main mission: forced execution!"

"The World Contact Channel has been opened, you can speak freely in it."

"The trial begins!"

"Is failure in the formal trial mandatory execution?"

Xu Bai looked thoughtful at the four large bloody characters "Forced Execution" that were different in color from other fonts. They were red and black.

After checking the instructions from the Court of Origin, Xu Bai looked around and found that the "prisoners" around him were also looking at each other with their eyes.

These prisoners did not wear prison uniforms, but instead wore various equipment, armor, windbreakers and robes.

There seems to be the same symbol on the clothes, like a black door.

There is no doubt that these people are not prisoners from the original punishment camp, but walkers who have replaced their identities.

Several people ignored Xu Bai and talked quietly.

Through their conversation, Xu Bai learned that these people knew each other and were all from a guild called Black Gate.

"Da, da, da~."

There were footsteps outside the corridor.

A prison guard came over, opened the door, waved to several people, and motioned to follow him.

.......

After passing through the prison corridor filled with steam pipes, several people came to a square.

At this time, many prisoners had gathered in the square, including aborigines from this world and walkers who came for the trial.

After walking out of prison, Xu Bai saw clearly the architectural styles of the world.

Steam pipes are coiled outside tall buildings, and high-pressure steam is transported inside, which is the main source of power in this world.

At this time, thousands of people had gathered in the square, including all the 300 walkers who entered this time.

For a moment, the colorful clothes looked out of place among the uniform prison uniforms around them.

However, because of the disguise of the Court of Origin, these are the same as prison uniforms in the eyes of the natives.

Seeing that the crowd had almost gathered, an officer stepped onto the makeshift podium, holding a simple loudspeaker, and shouted to the prisoners below.

"You have all made mistakes, both big and small, and that's why you are serving your sentence here. Now I give you a chance to clear your name! Go to the front line and resist the beast tide for mankind! If you can survive, then congratulations, You will regain your citizenship!"

As soon as the speech ended, the prisoners below made a commotion, and the situation seemed to be getting out of control.

Obviously, they would rather spend the rest of their lives in a cell than fight that damn beast.

Several prisoners with thorny heads had already rushed out of the crowd, intending to attack the surrounding soldiers on guard.

These soldiers carry a huge steam-powered backpack on their backs, and a hose extends from the backpack to connect to the firearm in their hands.

This world did not invent gunpowder and electricity, but directly used the simplest compressed steam as the kinetic energy to drive bullets.

Seeing that several prisoners with spiked heads had rushed out of the crowd, the soldiers on guard around them immediately opened the valve of the steam backpack on their backs.

High-pressure steam is poured into the firearm through the pipe as the power source for the bullet.

"Bang, bang, bang~"

The soldiers aimed their guns and fired at the stabbed prisoners who rushed out of the crowd.

The power of these firearms was no worse than that of gunpowder weapons, and they directly killed the few thornheads who rushed at the front.

After killing several stab-headed prisoners who rushed out of the crowd, the remaining people calmed down.

Seeing that the crowd was no longer commotion, the officer on the stage waved his hand and the prison door opened.

Several huge steam-powered personnel carriers drove in, each of which could carry hundreds of people, like giant steel beasts.

The most conspicuous thing on the personnel carrier is a huge steam engine, which is constantly spitting out black smoke.

The shape of the entire car reveals a strong steampunk style.

Soldiers in the square began to herd prisoners into cars.

Xu Bai and other walkers mingled among the prisoners and were also herded into the troop carrier.

Soon, thousands of prisoners were all aboard.

After the officer gave the order, the steam engine on the personnel carrier roared ferociously, expelled a thick black smoke, then slowly started up, and drove towards the high steel wall.

Sitting in the troop carrier, Xu Bai clicked on the World Contact channel on the terminal and found that it was busier than he thought.

Black tank (Black Gate Guild): "The top tank dad will bear your injuries for you, so you can deal damage without worries. If you want to find a guild, come to Black Gate!"

Lujiao (Sanren): "Will the guild give me a girl?"

Heitan (Black Gate Guild): "..."

Ruby (Rose Guild): "Brother above, does he want to come to Rose?"

Lujiao (Sanren): "I am mentally ill to join a crazy guild like you. I have heard of the evil things you have done."

Ruby (Rose Guild): "Don't let me see you on the high steel wall."

Mu Yu (Sanren): "Brother, you are shocked. Last time I saw Hongyu castrating someone who offended her in public."

Hongyu (Rose Guild): "Mu and you also want to be my sister?"

Mu Yu (Sanren): "(Begging for mercy) (Kowtowing)"

...

From the chats of these people, Xu Bai discovered something different from himself.

This is his first official trial world.

Others in the world channel have obviously experienced several worlds, and some of them even know each other.

There are also guilds formed by people, who gather together to keep warm.

After all, the trials of the heavens in the Court of Origin are not a game, death here is real death.

There will definitely be people who form a team to complete the trial, and over time it evolves into a guild.

After thinking for a moment, Xu Bai decided to try to cooperate with these guilds.

After all, this was his first time experiencing a formal walker trial.

However, Xu Bai is not willing to join the guild. His character is somewhat of a loner, otherwise he would not rent a house by himself after graduating from college.

Being able to cooperate with each other is better than groping alone in the trial world.

Xu Bai wrote a random nickname and sent a message in the contact channel.

Mo Xiu (Sanren): "Sanren mage, looking for teammates to cooperate with."

Heitan (Black Gate Guild): “Would you like to join a guild?”

Mo Xiu (Sanren): "Thank you. I won't consider joining for the time being. We can work together."

Heitan (Black Gate Guild): "Okay, let's talk in detail after arriving at the mission location."

Mo Yu (Rose Guild): "Join Rose and come to my sister's arms. I can satisfy some of your special requests."

Mo Xiu (Sanren): "Thank you, Brother Heitan. I will contact you after we reach the Steel Wall."

He didn't want to be sisters with Hongyu.

Ruby (Rose Guild): "Brother, don't you think about your sister?"

Mo Xiu (Sanren): "I don't want to have a harem."

Antlers (Sanren): "(laughing) (laughing) (laughing)"

Closing the contact channel, Xu Bai leaned on his seat and closed his eyes to rest, preparing for the subsequent battle.

It is not difficult to tell from the reminder of entering the world this time that the punishment battalion he is in is about to be dragged to the battlefield.

...

The scenery outside the window continued to recede, and three hours later, a huge city wall made of steel appeared in front of the troop carrier.

The wall is covered with winding and twisted steam pipes, and underneath are huge steam-powered furnaces that transport compressed steam to the city wall through the pipes.

That was the destination of this trip, the steel wall.

As the motorcade approached, the high steel wall gradually occupied Xu Bai's field of vision.

The entire high steel wall is a hundred meters high, and the wall extends into the distance with no edge visible.

Approaching the high wall, the troop carrier made a screeching brake sound, and the steam engine on the vehicle spewed out a large plume of thick black smoke before slowly stopping under the high wall.

Compared with the high steel wall, the huge steam troop carrier that can carry hundreds of people is as small as an insect.

The baffle at the rear of the vehicle was opened, and several officers walked up, followed by a group of soldiers holding steam rifles, looking around at the people in the vehicle.

"You, you, and the rest of you, all come with me."

The officer began to select people.

Many of those chosen were walkers.

The contact channel suddenly exploded.

Wufeng (Black Gate Guild): "What should I do, boss? They seem to be trying to break us up."

Heitan (Black Gate Guild): "Don't worry, I'll go talk to them now"

Wufeng (Black Gate Guild): "How to talk about it?"

Heitan (Black Gate Guild): "Give them a little shock of strength."

Ruby (Rose Guild): "I'm in the third car from left to right. I'll go with you."

...

After a while, Xu Bai vaguely heard a commotion coming from several steam cake trucks on the left, which then calmed down.

Not long after, a man with a build as strong as a tower, led by an officer, boarded the troop carrier where Xu Bai was.

The man raised his arm as thick as an adult's thigh, showed his personal terminal, and shouted to the people in the car: "I am Heitan. Anyone who knows this thing should follow me."

I don’t know what method he used to really convince those officers.

Seeing the personal terminals of the Court of Origin, including those who had been selected before but did not leave, Xu Bai and a dozen walkers stood up and also showed the personal terminals on their wrists.

"Come with me, let's go to another place."

Heitan greeted them, turned around and led the way away.

After getting out of the troop carrier, Xu Bai saw people walking out of other troop carriers.

Everyone came to the high steel wall and, led by an officer, stepped onto the lifting platform leading to the top.

Wait on the platform for walkers from other troop carriers.

When everyone arrived, the huge steam engine under the lifting platform began to work, and the high-pressure steam generated pushed the platform upward through the pipes.

After a while, everyone climbed onto the high wall.

Looking out from the high wall, the world outside the wall is just monotonous gray and white.

It was a hell of bones composed of countless bones of alien beasts.

On the side near the Bone Hell, heavy machine guns driven by high-pressure steam stood in rows on the city wall.

The muzzles of these machine guns, without exception, were pointed toward the outside of the wall.

This machine gun is connected to the steam pipe against the lower base.

The high-pressure steam generated by the steam engine under the city wall directly pushes the bullet in the gun chamber through the steam pipe, which is even more powerful than gunpowder weapons.

It was they who turned the original wilderness into a hell of bones.

Relying on these strange steam technologies, humans in this world can resist the invasion of alien beasts, recuperate behind high walls, accumulate strength, and prepare to take back their homeland.

...

"Don't worry, don't worry, leave it to us. It's not like you haven't seen my strength. I can smash the heads of alien beasts in minutes."

Heitan's voice came from behind Xu Bai.

Previously, Heitan showed his supernatural strength to the officers stationed here and gained the opportunity to gather all the walkers.

The physical quality of humans in this world is similar to that of ordinary people in the real world, and they have no special abilities.

Therefore, under the guise of the Court of Origin, the power of the extraordinary side of Black Tank shocked these steam civilization humans in another form.

"I have already told you that if you can't hold on, fire this red signal flare immediately and another force will come to support you."

The officer opposite Heitan looked serious.

"After all, high walls cannot be breached."

While several people were talking, footsteps like thunder suddenly came from the distance.

"The beast tide is coming."

The officer's expression changed greatly.

Heitan immediately turned around and shouted to the walkers behind him: "The people of Heimen come out and prepare for battle according to plan B formation!"

Nearly half of the 300 walkers immediately came out and formed a well-trained battle formation.

The gunmen among them even took over the steam machine guns on the city wall and began to prepare to fight the alien beasts.

Looking at the neat movements of his men, Heitan raised his eyebrows at the officer proudly.

Hongyu, the president of the Rose Guild, saw Heitan's proud look on his face and was not to be outdone. He ordered his subordinates: "Prepare to restore spells. Always pay attention to the status of friendly forces. The mage gives priority to cleaning up the strange beasts that have climbed up the city wall. The traffic in the distance is To the people of Black Gate.”

At this stage, the mage cannot cast spells across too long distances, but it is more than enough to clear out the strange beasts that climb up the city wall.

After hearing her words, the originally only about half of the crowd split into a large group of people again, mostly girls.

The rest are just some individual people who have not joined the guild.

Xu Bai walked out of the crowd and asked, "Are you willing to cooperate?"