In the monitoring room, the instructors were perplexed.
'Among Veridia's Great Families of Martial Arts, none are named Sinclair. So where did this girl learn her skills?'
"Stop chatting. They're about to enter the forest."
The virtual world's forest was filled with towering trees, their dense foliage blocking out the sun.
The archaeology students moved cautiously through the trees. The surrounding sounds of birds, insects, and dripping water seemed especially loud.
Seth Sterling was terrified of places like this. 'Who knew if a horde of zombies would suddenly appear and surround them?'
"Sterling the Rat, your cowardice is something else," Danny Archer jeered, his voice jarringly loud in the open space.
But Seth Sterling still stuck close behind Aurora Sinclair, fearfully tugging on Danny Archer's arm. "This place is just like a scene from a horror movie."
"There are only some wild animals here, not all that other weird stuff…"
