Everyone: You're a Farmer, WTH is with the Tree Realm Descending

Chapter 1: Damn It! Captain, You Chose the Wrong Dungeon!

Oiwa City, No. 8 Middle School – Entrance to the Dungeon

Early in the morning, nearly a thousand high school sophomores lined up in an orderly manner, waiting to enter the dungeon for their final exam of the year.

Among the crowd, a sixteen-year-old boy sighed quietly.

"If you're going to make me transmigrate, at least give me a decent class! Why a farmer?!"

His name was Xu Yan. The moment he woke up, he found himself in this parallel world.

In this world, disaster beasts ruled the food chain.

Even though every person could awaken as a "Professional," gaining talents and powerful skills, humanity still struggled to survive against the overwhelming might of these beasts.

For millions of years, no matter how hard they tried, humans could only barely cling to existence.

As Xu Yan reviewed the memories of his predecessor, he felt utterly helpless.

Before he had even transmigrated, his predecessor had already undergone the awakening ceremony—and had completed his awakening.

He had become…

A farmer.

Talent: Plant Affinity

Planting Skill: Accelerates the Growth of All Things

Completely useless.

Compared to the powerful warriors, knights, cavalry, archers, and assassins, he was nothing.

In a world where strength determined status, being a farmer was practically a death sentence.

The only reason he hadn't been ridiculed into oblivion was because of his good looks and decent popularity.

Today was the last day Xu Yan would endure the mockery of his classmates.

After this final exam, he wouldn't even qualify to continue to senior year.

Dayan City had limited resources, and there weren't enough high school education spots for everyone.

To preserve resources for those with true potential, all high schools eliminated underperforming students at the end of sophomore year.

Lifestyle professions were the primary targets for elimination.

Farmers, the lowest-ranked life profession, were at the top of the cut list.

The assessment rules were simple:

Students formed teams of four

They entered a dungeon of their choice

Ranking was based on team performance

The bottom 30% of teams were eliminated

The method was unfair, but it also created a form of absolute fairness.

After all, like-minded people formed groups.

Those with talent and strong family backgrounds naturally joined forces, ensuring their continued survival.

Meanwhile, the weak teams were pathetically weak.

Only the privileged and the strong had a real chance to change their fate.

Xu Yan's team consisted of:

A farmer (Xu Yan himself)

A mason

A tailor

A chef

Four level 2 students.

Nobody else wanted them.

They had randomly grouped together, and Xu Yan was assigned as the captain by pure luck.

A farmer as captain? Ridiculous.

But his teammates had already given up.

"Who cares? We're getting eliminated anyway."

"Might as well let the farmer be the captain."

Xu Yan didn't argue.

He knew their chances of survival were nonexistent.

Just as Xu Yan was about to accept his fate, a mechanical voice rang in his mind.

[Ding! Shennong System Successfully Bound!]

[Complete system tasks to earn massive rewards!]

[Ding! Novice gift pack obtained! Planting Skill has mutated!]

[Original Skill: "Accelerates the Growth of All Things" → Mutated Skill: "Wood Release: Tree World Descent!"]

An attribute panel appeared in Xu Yan's mind.

Name: Xu Yan

Level: LV2

Profession: Farmer

Attack Power: 10

Health: 200

Mana: 200

Strength: 8

Constitution: 6

Agility: 4

Spirit: 6

Equipment:

No. 8 Middle School Uniform (Black) – Defense +5

Mutated Planting Skill: Wood Release – Tree World Descent

Summon a forest to bind all enemies within a 20-meter diameter!

No upper limit on the number of enemies controlled!

Melee enemies are completely immobilized!

Ignores immunity effects—even BOSSES can't break free!

Restriction: Can't affect enemies more than 10 levels above you.

100% success rate, lasts 6 minutes, cooldown 6 minutes.

Mana Cost: 20 MP.

Xu Yan was stunned.

"Wait… What??"

"Wood Release? TREE WORLD DESCENT!?"

"Ignores immunity? Binds BOSSES? 20-meter area? UNLIMITED targets??"

More importantly—

Melee enemies lose all resistance!

Duration and cooldown match perfectly!

Low mana cost—he could cast it ten times in a row!

At level 2, he could restrain enemies up to level 12!

The highest level disaster beast in this exam was level 5…

"Doesn't this mean I'm completely unstoppable?"

With this broken skill, Xu Yan only needed one thing:

A dungeon filled with melee enemies.

If he chose correctly, he could easily dominate the exam.

The only issue? Mana recovery.

His solution?

The chef in his team, Gao Yang, could cook mana-restoring dishes.

Problem solved.

"This wave is stable."

When it was their team's turn, Xu Yan carefully reviewed the available dungeons.

His teammates, however, wanted the easiest one.

"Pick the level 1 dungeon! It's safe!"

"No way. The score is too low. We'll be eliminated even if we pass!"

"So what? We're getting eliminated anyway."

"Agreed. Level 2 dungeons are too dangerous for us."

Xu Yan ignored them and focused on the level 5 dungeon.

The Wild Wolf Den.

It was classified as hell difficulty.

The teacher had warned students to never choose this dungeon.

It was designed for geniuses only.

But Xu Yan noticed something crucial—

Every single enemy was a melee-type wolf.

Even the level 6 boss was melee.

Tree World Descent could restrain them all.

"This isn't the hardest dungeon—it's the easiest one!"

Xu Yan immediately locked in the choice.

His team panicked.

"Damn it, Captain, you picked the WRONG dungeon!"