Volume 2: The Growing Flame Chapter 101 Assessment before awakening
There are more than three hundred students and investigators who meet the basic registration requirements.
Among them, most of the official investigators from the Investigation Bureau have reached the two-dimensional standard - they are not weak in the first place, and they have experienced rapid progress in the past three days. Among them, those who have improved quickly have increased their physical strength by 0.7 or 0.8 units.
It’s not difficult to meet the standard.
Xinhuo recruited new people from all over Donghuang. Most of them came from ordinary people, and some of them were in sub-healthy conditions due to lack of exercise.
But with the training of Heidao and the assistance of Yinling's nutritious medicine soup, the physical progress is still visible to the naked eye. Some old students have trained for more than ten days, twenty days, or even longer.
The number of people who registered was more than the number of investigators.
Zhou looked at the crowd of people around him and swallowed.
There were many faces he was not familiar with. They might be relatively new students who had not participated in the previous entrance examinations, but they were satisfied at this time.
There may be many who have caught up and surpassed him.
The pressure is huge.
Fortunately, there is no need to compete for ranking this time, and passing the assessment is a victory.
"Now we will proceed to the first assessment, the basic skills assessment."
In training ground No. 6, Xu Tian stood on the platform.
In front of him, on the open training ground, were some puppets with a metallic luster. These were masterpieces of the forging workshop, but not entirely.
The main body originated from a certain advanced equipment provided in the training ground, and after being modified by Wang Chui, it became the current test puppet.
For a second-awakening master like Xu Tian, these puppets are too weak to be used for training, but for ordinary students and investigators, such puppets are more than enough for testing.
Xu Tian continued , "There are four basic test puppets in front of you, namely knife, sword, gun, and fist puppets. You can choose one of them to compete with based on the basic skills you are good at. Before the competition, the strength of the puppet will be set according to the two-dimensional settings you tested today."
"To put it simply, the puppet's strength and speed will be slightly stronger than yours. As for basic skills... if you can withstand the puppet's attack for 20 seconds, you will pass the test."
Is this the assessment of basic skills?
Zhou was excited, but after the excitement he had to... line up obediently.
There is no way. There are only a dozen or so test puppets in total, and there are more than three hundred students who have signed up for the assessment.
In particular, those who learn swordsmanship like him account for the largest number among the students. Fortunately, there are also quite a few swordsmanship puppets, and tests are constantly being carried out.
"Li Er."
"Physique 2.9, Spirit 1.5, good at swordsmanship."
"Testing begins."
The puppet holding a knife approached quickly, and chopped down with the unsharpened sword one after another, like a violent storm with great force and heaviness.
At the 15th second, the student named Li Er couldn't hold on any longer, his knife was knocked away, and he was chopped away by the knife puppet the next second.
He fell to the ground and coughed up blood.
Physical injuries are secondary, the sadness of the soul is greater.
“Don’t be discouraged if you don’t pass.”
"Keep working hard and keep training. You can still sign up for the next awakening assessment."
"certainly……"
Xu Tian added, "Whether the standards for the next assessment will be raised is hard to say."
If you don't add this sentence, you can still call it comforting!
The students who had already lost became even more depressed.
Many investigators failed.
But in general, the passing rate is higher than that of Xinhuo students, and many investigators choose boxing, which is a military style.
Whether it's holding on for twenty seconds or hitting the puppet's "vital points", those who defeat the puppet have passed the test.
At first, some people exclaimed in surprise when they saw some students defeat the puppets.
But gradually, after seeing it more and more, I got used to it.
"After all, according to Instructor Xu, the sword and boxing techniques set by the puppets are only at the proficient level. They are not very strong. It is normal for someone to defeat them."
"But why did my knuckles go numb after I took the blow from that puppet? I only lasted less than ten seconds before I was defeated?"
"This is a problem of exerting force. The sword skills are not sophisticated enough and the response is too hasty, which is also the reason for the defeat."
“Why is there such a big gap between people?”
Zhou also went up.
He maintained a steady fighting style and easily lasted through the twenty seconds. If he wanted to "defeat" the puppet, he estimated that he could do it, but there was no need.
That would involve certain risks, but it wouldn't allow you to stand out.
After all, there are too many monsters.
"It's just that after this assessment, it seems that we have fewer people than the investigators over there."
Originally they had more people, but more were eliminated.
Much more.
I was outshined by the foreign students from the Investigation Bureau.
The Xinhuo students who failed the assessment lowered their heads, their faces filled with shame.
Not far away,
The official investigators couldn't help but show joy on their faces.
Today, they have indeed restored the glory of investigators.
"But it seems that we only defeated some ordinary people?"
"Well……"
An investigator said.
The others were stuck on the spot. After thinking about it carefully, they were investigators, professionally trained investigators, so why were they so happy just because they won the assessment against some ordinary people?
Maybe it’s because…
The elites of Xinhuo are so powerful. Not to mention the elites, even these students who come from ordinary backgrounds, obviously many of them were just high school students, or sub-healthy otakus, or office clerks, but they are very fierce in training. Sometimes, their fighting spirit is so fierce that even their investigators are afraid of it.
I heard that they are all outstanding talents selected by Xinhuo from all over the country, and many of them are from overseas.
They are all geniuses.
Thinking of this, many investigators couldn't help but feel proud even though they knew they had only defeated a group of ordinary people.
The assessment of basic skills takes a lot of time. After more than 300 people were tested, it was already late, but no one showed any impatience.
Including the eliminated students, no one left, wanting to take a look at the next assessment.
Broaden your horizons and accumulate experience.
On the podium, Xu Tian spoke, "After this basic skills assessment, there are 179 students left. Next, you will take the will test. Those who pass will be arranged by the organization to awaken."
"Don't worry, this test will be quick."
He squatted down, clicked open a black box beside him, and took out a blood-red ball that was beating .
[Weapon: Bloody Heart Core]
[Grade: Purple]
[Ability 1: Blood Evil Shock]
[Ability 2: Blood Absorption]
It was like a terrifying monster had emerged from a cage. Just one look at it made many students feel as if their hearts were being clenched and a chill ran through their hearts.
"This strange weapon is quite practical."
In the distance, on a tall building, Fang You was looking at the training ground below.
The strange weapon was one of the very few high-value treasures drawn from the previous large extraction of more than 2,000 destiny points.
A precious high-level weird weapon.
The first ability is range attack, and the second ability is range protection. It can not only absorb blood evil, but also the evil influence on reason, murderous intent, and large-scale mental oppression.
It can be called a magical weapon to protect ordinary people.
It is also quite good for testing and assessment - he originally planned to use Guixie to test will, or let Black Knife come forward to conduct a killing intent test.
However, it is more difficult to accurately adjust the strength when testing with Guixie.
Brother Black Knife is quite accurate, but his talent is wasted.
"If the effect is good, after slightly modifying this strange weapon, it can be used as a 'will-tempering venue' in the training base." This is what he wanted.
Today's assessment was quite grand, and he was not the only one watching.
An Jianyou and Yi Luoxi were also there.
Iroshi sat on the edge of the rooftop, her feet swaying in the evening breeze, "This year's new students are really energetic."
She wanted to recruit some people for the Witch Sisterhood.
But when she thought of Baishuang, Ziluo and the other two, Yiluoxi felt like crying but had no tears.
They were obviously my sisters, and they had become stronger and made breakthroughs. This should have been a happy thing, but how come they suddenly...
I was sent out by my mentor to carry out a mission!
She is obviously her man, but suddenly she is bullied by the tutor. How hateful!
"Teacher, mentor, when will you assign talents to me?"
She glared and pounded on the bricks.
Fang You glanced at her and thought for a moment, "You want to develop a sisterhood, that's not impossible. I have a suggestion. You can develop it abroad. The environment abroad is more suitable."
"If you agree, this will be considered an organizational mission. We can give you a sum of development funds and a small number of personnel. You can also apply for organizational support when necessary."
It seems good.
There are many more civilian awakeners abroad, and the environment is chaotic, which is a good place for her, Yiluoxi, to show her talents.
but,
You have to pay more!
Ilosi started bargaining for personnel support, she wanted to have more basic team.
Finally, she agreed to send, in addition to Bai Shuang and the other two, several other awakened people with good strength to support her. They were early graduates with good strength and professional ability.
Irohi smiled widely, "Can you pick some newcomers for me tonight?"
Fang You said, "Except for a few people and the students who have been booked in advance, all others are welcome."
He doesn't mind.
I hope Ilohi will be full of energy.
What workers want is motivation.
If Yiluoxi doesn't work hard, how can a boss like him have more outstanding employees?
Sister An is less motivated and too Buddhist.
She slowly brewed a pot of tea, which was a unique experience in the evening breeze.
"Teacher please."
He then asked curiously, "How many of these 170+ people can pass the will test?"
“Probably less than half.”
"Is the elimination rate so high? I think they are already very strong."
She is much stronger than before she awakened.
If she had taken part in this kind of test before she awakened, An Jianyou felt that maybe, perhaps, probably... she would not pass it.
Newcomers are scary.
The instructor is really strict.
"After all, the environment is different now," Fang You said.
Moreover, he also set high standards. A high elimination rate is better than passing easily but failing and dying during awakening.
Strictly, this is a must.
As he was speaking, irrelevant personnel had already retreated to the outside of the venue. At the same time, Xu Tian controlled the strange weapon "Blood Evil Heart Core" and slowly floated into the air.
A faint red area covered all 179 assessors.
