Matthew Atkinson & Natalie Russell
Oxford
"Everyone. Please be quiet!"
A member of the university staff came up to the stage and shouted.
Then the students all shut up.
The university staff member checked the time and shouted again, "Last minute! Everyone, get ready!"
Upon hearing this, everyone on the training ground grasped their companion's hand.
Matthew also took Natalie's hand.
Even though they hadn't held hands for a month, the girl's hands were still soft just like last time.
It just seemed to have gotten a little warmer, like a hand warmer!
Matthew guessed it was because the Flame-Flame Fruit's power in her body was growing stronger, raising her body temperature.
A girl like this would be so comfortable to use as a bed warmer in winter, right?
After all, this world lacked sunshine. Which meant summers weren't very hot, and winters were even colder.
While Matthew was lost in thought, the one-minute countdown ended quickly.
The next moment, all the freshmen on the training ground vanished.
...
With a flash of white light, they lost their vision for a moment.
When Matthew regained his sight, he realized that the surrounding environment had changed entirely.
Before him was standing an ancient city imbued with the style of the Roman Empire!
At first glance, most of the buildings looked dilapidated. Matthew also noticed that some buildings were severely damaged!
It was probably the work of those monsters.
However, what was attracting his attention most now was the other supernatural individuals who had appeared around them.
There were at least a hundred of them!
Furthermore, these supernatural individuals all have different hair and skin colors.
It was obvious at a glance that they were supernatural individuals from all over the world.
Apart from some special layers of the supernatural realm, in most layers, the teleportation point for entry, as well as the supernatural teams assigned to these entries, were randomized.
At the moment, these supernatural individuals from various countries stood in groups of four, clearly separated from one another.
Everyone remained silent because they were all sizing each other up, and their eyes were wary.
This was the Plundering Supernatural Layer!
Apart from their own teammates, all other superhumans were potential enemies... or potential prey.
Soon, Matthew and Natalie attracted the attention of these people.
This was because everyone else was in groups of four, but they were the only ones in a group of two.
It was very rare for just two people to team up.
Moreover, the two were a handsome man and a beautiful woman, naturally attracting attention.
...
Matthew didn't like being watched by others. So he pulled Natalie along with him and said, "Let's go! Let's find a base first."
Natalie nodded, and the two of them then quickly left the area.
Once, when they were far enough away from everyone, Natalie said, with a serious expression, "Matthew, I just saw a few new celebrities among those people."
The "celebrity" she referred to was a freshman student with outstanding talent and abilities who performed exceptionally well at the first level of the supernatural realm.
In the last ten days of last month.
Both Professor Holland and Professor Grant sent a document that contained important information to their respective students.
The higher-ups gathered that important information after considerable time and effort.
The content consisted of information about the most outstanding freshmen from top universities around the world.
The purpose of distributing this information to the new students was to help them avoid them in the supernatural realm.
Natalie had an excellent memory. She only read the information a few times, but she remembered many "celebrities"!
"Two of them deserve attention!" Natalie said.
"One is Tom Hades from the United States of America. His innate ability is the Paramecia-type String-String Fruit, which is a very troublesome ability that can kill people without them even realizing it. In addition, Tom Hades received an A-Grade mission rating in the first layer of the Supernatural Realm!"
"The other person is Won Sang-Hun from South Korea. He has a special ability. The mutant 'knife-wielding' gene. It is said that he is powerful in combat, his hands can stab people like knives, and he can kill people with incredible speed, making him impossible to defend against."
"Won Sang-Hun also received an A-Grade mission rating in the previous supernatural realm layer."
"Besides their own strong abilities, their teammates are also not to be underestimated."
Matthew was a little surprised when he heard this.
What surprised him was not the two newly emerging celebrities that Natalie mentioned, but that Natalie recognized two celebrities from among hundreds of extraordinary individuals with just a glance.
This girl had an amazing memory.
"Natalie! You have such a good memory!" Matthew couldn't help but sigh.
He had actually seen the document that Professor Holland sent.
However, he only remembered a few of the stronger ones; he couldn't remember the others at all.
"That's not the point!" Natalie corrected, "The main thing is those two guys. If we run into them, we need to be careful."
"Uh-huh…" Matthew nodded, but his gaze was somewhat unfocused.
Natalie immediately noticed his distraction and frowned, asking, "Matthew, have you discovered something? Wait a minute..."
Suddenly, the girl seemed to remember something.
"In addition to the Attribute Points already distributed, we also received an Extraordinary Treasure Chest as a reward from the last Supernatural Realm evaluation. According to Supernatural Realm, it was meant for our main contributor, but I haven't received any items or notifications yet."
At this point, the clever girl had already realized something, and she turned her gaze to Matthew.
"Matthew, have you already received the notification from the Supernatural Realm?"
Matthew looked embarrassed.
He didn't expect Natalie to be so brilliant, realizing it so quickly.
He had just received a notification from the Supernatural Realm, which told him that he could receive the extraordinary treasure chest at any time after confirming that the surrounding area was safe.
"Yeah. I did."
As soon as Matthew finished speaking, he immediately chose to accept the "Extraordinary Treasure Chest".
Instantly, the void in front of him flickered, and then a golden box appeared out of thin air, enveloped in a ball of light, floating in front of Matthew.
Upon seeing the extraordinary treasure chest, Natalie's expression grew complicated, and she turned to Matthew.
"So, the reason we were able to break the record in the first layer of the supernatural realm was actually because of you!"
She muttered to herself, "I knew it, with just my abilities, it was impossible to create such a record."
Matthew took the extraordinary treasure chest in his hand and then said, "Natalie, actually, the Kryptonian Bloodline is not a useless ability."
Now that things have come to this, he had no choice but to confess to the girl.
Fortunately, Natalie was a good and trustworthy person.
Hearing Matthew's words, Natalie nodded. "I can see that. With the power to break records in the first layer of the supernatural realm, it must be an extraordinary ability."
But Natalie's following words made Matthew pause for a moment.
Natalie suddenly lowered her head and asked softly, "So, when you exchanged the Flame-Flame Fruit for it, it wasn't actually for me. You had already discovered the secret of the Kryptonian Bloodline at that time, right?"
This was a big problem, and Matthew was instantly drenched in sweat.
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