Chapter 164 - The Ridiculous Final Test (2/2)
After some considerations, Zhang Che decided on the five beast cards to use. They were the two-star gold-quality Fiery Scorpion, two-star gold-quality Mutated Puffersword, three-star gold-quality Swamp Crocodile King armor, three-star gold-quality Gale Wolf King, and the three-star dark gold-quality Dark-Scaled Lizard Commander. It was decided on after considering the balance of the composition.
The Mutated Puffersword’s Sonic Wave skill could deliver unexpected results when dealing with low-tier exotic beasts. It was no weaker than a three-star gold-quality Original Combat Body-type beast card.
Also, Zhang Che had achieved minor accomplishment in swordsmanship. After equipping the Swamp Crocodile King armor, he could also exhibit combat strength no weaker than a three-star gold-quality subdued beast.
Now that he possessed herculean strength, Zhang Che didn’t have to act so cautiously when facing larger exotic beasts. He could just face them head on!
-But, the beast cards I’m bringing out seems to be a little too freaking intimidating?- Zhang Che suddenly realized there didn’t seem to be a difference whether he concealed his strength as a Tier Four beastmaster or not.
Four gold-quality and one dark gold-quality beast cards. Perhaps only those from large influential households could match that…
“It’s okay, it’s okay. My future father-in-law is behind me. There probably wouldn’t be much suspicion on me. At the most, others would think that these beast cards were specially prepared for me by the Huang family for the examination.”
When the staffer who was in charge of registering the examinees’ beast cards was processing Zhang Che, who knew whether he was doing it intentionally or not, but he kept gasping softly as he registered the beast cards and muttered out all of Zhang Che’s beast cards’ level and quality.
With that, the news of a Tier Three examinee owning five beast cards with at least gold-quality quickly spread out to the entire plaza silently.
The gazes of the examinees from Qian Wei City became different when they looked at Zhang Che.
-This guy’s bowl of soft rice was actually so freaking huge!-
-If I knew this earlier, I should have tried to court Huang Tielan myself! With that chubby chick’s shape and height, she’d surely wouldn’t say no. Although I would be sacrificing a little of my innocence, the advantages in exchange are far, far too much…-
After registering all the required information, the organizer finally announced the specifics of the content for the examination.
As everyone had expected, they truly were going to split everyone into small groups and send them into the beast world. In there, the organizers would define a designated area, and all the groups would take part in a exotic beast hunting competition within the area. Their final ranking would be calculated based on the scores attained there.
As for the argument some of the examinees brought up regarding unfairness of the weaker examinees being able to rely on their stronger teammates to enroll into better universities, the organizer’s answer for this was very simple.
Every time the exotic beast swarm attacked Mercury, the danger they faced wasn’t resolved by any single heroic figure.
Only by nurturing everyone into small cooperative teams, and from there expanding into larger squads, could they exhibit greater strength when facing the endless waves of attacks.
As such, only those who knew how to cooperate in a team were given the opportunity to enter into better universities to better themselves.
Regarding the argument where the weaker examinees being truly able to rely on luck and follow an expert and grow stronger, there was no problem with that. Luck itself was part of your strength.
In their fight against exotic beasts for the last thirty-some years, those with greater chances of survival usually weren’t those who were stronger, but those who were luckier.
Everyone was speechless against such an argument.
-Since you already put it this way, what else can we do?-
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After that, the organizers announced the rules regarding the exotic beast hunting competition.
First, benign competition was allowed. You could snatch prey from the hands of other teams, but it was strictly forbidden to snatch obtained beast cards from others. Those who were reported and found out would be severely punished!
At the same time, considering that there would certainly be conflicts arising among teams, the organizers had stated that the examinees mustn’t cause any injuries to others, or they would be disqualified. Not only that, they would also be responsible for their actions.
If you inflicted death on others, then congratulations to you. Your life would similarly be over.
Of course, if anyone dared to falsely accuse others and was found out, the consequences would be even worse than killing others.
Second, although the more threatening exotic beasts within the designated areas had been slain or driven off by the experts sent in by the organizers previously, no one could guarantee there wouldn’t be any accidents.
Therefore, in the case of examinees encountering exotic beasts which they couldn’t defeat, they could send out a signal for help. The invigilators patrolling around in the examination hall were also acting as rescue teams at the same time, and would rush to the location as soon as possible.
However, once you sent out the rescue signal, the entire team would be disqualified, and your prior results would be disregarded and awarded zero marks.
Third, if you discovered other teams in trouble and assisted them, you could obtain a certain amount of extra points, depending on the severity of the situation.
Other than these three main rules, there were also some minor details which they would be informed of when they entered the beast world.
Going forward, their team distribution would be randomly assigned in the plaza.
After completing the grouping, the rest of the day would be left to the examinees to get acquainted with their new teammates and preparations. They would set off for the beast world tomorrow morning.
-Mmm, it’d be best if I were placed into a team by myself.- Zhang Che wasn’t interested in babysitting others. He immediately started praying in his heart…