Chapter 169 Monster Shed No.66 (1/2)

At the 100 numbered fences, the 100 partic.i.p.ants who picked the number '1' on the black side of the card quickly gave their Emperor’s Heart Ring and storage rings to the staff. Each of them brought three bronze-level pieces of equipment with themselves. Most of the partic.i.p.ants brought along one piece of armor and two weapons. A couple of them brought two pieces of armor and one weapon. Those who were at the back saw someone putting on two layers of armor and thought it would be a good idea since the defensive prowess of a piece of bronze-level armor was limited and would not be able to defend against the attacks of silver-level rank-3 monsters. It would work better if they had two layers of armor on or at least, that was what most of them thought.

However, when Lin Huang and some of them saw this, they shook their heads as they knew it would not work. When an equipment was in its ring form, it would not weight a thing. However, as soon as the ring was activated, the weight of the equipment would return to normal. Although the armor was made of a special material that was lighter than regular armor, putting on two pieces at the same time would decrease both speed and agility. What this round of a.s.sessment required were speed and agility.

It was impossible for most partic.i.p.ants to defeat silver-level rank-3 monsters. In a s.p.a.ce so small, the only thing they could do was to avoid themselves from getting attacked and leap to the side of the corridor. Such a tactic would not work if they were even one second late. Therefore, putting on two layers of armor was actually pretty stupid, though it may seem like a wise move in their perspective. Moreover, one or two bronze-level pieces of armor would not make much difference when they encountered the monster. Their armor would be like one or two pieces of paper that could be easily pierced with a knife.

Once the first batch of partic.i.p.ants entered, the area behind the fence became crowded. Although they could not see what was happening behind the fence, they could hear the monsters roar from the outside. Within a minute, an announcement was heard from the loudspeaker, ”The partic.i.p.ant No.1 in monster shed No.62 has been disqualified! Partic.i.p.ant No.2 can now enter.” Many of them who were already nervous got even more nervous when they heard the partic.i.p.ant getting disqualified within a minute.

About two minutes later, another announcement came from the loudspeaker.

”Partic.i.p.ant No.1in monster shed No.13 has been disqualified! Partic.i.p.ant No.2 can enter now.” As time pa.s.sed, there would be announcements coming from the loudspeaker every now and then.

”Partic.i.p.ant No.1 in monster shed No.18 has been disqualified! Partic.i.p.ant No.2 can enter now.”

”Partic.i.p.ant No.1 in monster shed No.97 has been disqualified!”

”Partic.i.p.ant No.1 in monster shed No.55 has been disqualified!”

”Partic.i.p.ant No.1 in monster shed No.43 has been disqualified!”

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Many of them lost faith when they heard the announcements coming one after the other.

”Partic.i.p.ant No.1 in monster shed No.66 is dead! Partic.i.p.ant No.2 can enter now.”

Lin Huang raised his eyebrows because the number he picked was also No.66. Many of them were in a panic as someone actually died during the a.s.sessment! Many of them thought that the head examiner was kidding when he said there were no safety measures in this a.s.sessment. Now that somebody had actually died, they finally took what the head examiner said seriously.

After the death of a partic.i.p.ant was announced, a staff ran out and whispered into Jiang Sen’s ear. Jiang Sen nodded and looked at partic.i.p.ant No.2 for monster shed No.66.

”What are you looking at, the a.s.sessment goes on!”

As partic.i.p.ant No.2 walked into monster shed No.66, Jiang Sen frowned. He did not expect the monster in No.66 to go through a mutation out of nowhere. Since the difficulty of the a.s.sessment had been raised, he hesitated for a moment and wondered if he should notify the partic.i.p.ants who had picked monster shed No.66 or if he should sweep the matter under the rug.

Just as he was hesitating, an announcement came from the loudspeaker again.

”Partic.i.p.ant No.2 in monster shed No.66 is dead! Partic.i.p.ant No.3 can enter now.”

Many started to find it odd that there were two consecutive deaths in monster shed No.66. The monster in that particular shed was probably much stronger than the rest.

As the partic.i.p.ant No.3 walked in, Jiang Sen shouted at him, ”Alright, don’t go in.” The partic.i.p.ant stopped walking and stayed where he was. Jiang Sen then took out a loudspeaker and explained, ”Those who picked No.66, the first monster that we placed in the shed had just gone through a mutation which caused major upgrade in its intelligence and ability. Due to special circ.u.mstance, we shall break the rules for this time only. Those of who would like to change your number, please register with our staff here. Those who do not want to change their number, you can proceed with the a.s.sessment.”

Most of the partic.i.p.ants left the queue and rushed to the staff to change their drawn numbers, only a few which included Lin Huang remained in the queue. Lin Huang was initially No.23 but because most of them left to change their number, there were only two partic.i.p.ants before he was scheduled to enter. He was happy because he would only need to wait for an hour to enter. The rest of them who left the queue looked at them like they were idiots.

”You think what you’re doing will make you a hero?”