Chapter 52 (1/2)

“May all candidates please take note. The first round of the Crisis grade assessment has come to an end. May everyone please return to the base camp and report. From this point onward, no candidate is allowed to use any means of attack any longer; Anyone in breach would lose their qualifications to continue. Injured candidates, please press the yellow button on your communication device and await medical treatment.”

Just as the sun came up, the white watch which Xia Fei had on him began broadcasting the news regarding the end of this assessment over and over again. Xia Fei spat and proceeded to run in the direction of the assembly point.

Xia Fei had a bad feeling about Xiao Yu’s mysterious disappearance. He had been trying his best to control his emotions and avoid thinking about the worst-case scenarios.

Right now, all he could do was to put his hope in the power of the Adjudicator Union. After all, the chance of finding anything out just by his own strength was far too slim.

Maintaining a speed of 180m/s, Xia Fei could soon see the four massive black spaceships in the distance parked in a row on the clearing.

There were many candidates around, and most looked to be bearing injuries of different varieties, all looking tired, and their bodies were covered in dirt and sand. They no longer showed the enthusiasm they had when the assessment first started. Whether they had managed to obtain a token or not, these last seven days had been hell, and each and every one of them was looking forward to a hot bath and a sumptuous meal.

Over a thousand staff members from the Adjudicator Union had formed a row and were in charge of registering the returning candidates.

In the distance, two candidates suddenly started fighting each other over a token. The adjudicator who was closest to them instantly stepped in and stopped their altercation, even teaching them a little lesson at the same time.

As for how things stood, it was already too late for any of them to put in any additional effort. The moment the broadcast played earlier in the morning, the fate of each and every candidate had already been sealed.

Xia Fei swept his gaze through all the union’s staff present, and a pair of attractive legs caught his eye. They belonged to a female adjudicator who had first received Xia Fei and Xiao Yu, Ye Xiaohan.

“Do you still remember that little girl from Earth back then, just like me?” Xia Fei asked in a hurry after coming to an abrupt stop near Ye Xiaohan.

Ye Xiaohan had an emotionless expression on her face as she used the device in her hand to scan Xia Fei’s watch to verify his identity.

“Do you need any medical attention?” Ye Xiaohan asked in an icy tone.

“I’m fine. But the girl I was with might be injured, or to be precise, she has been kidnapped!” Xia Fei shouted loudly.

Yelling at a beauty was clearly not an honorable act by itself, as the colleagues and candidates around Ye Xiaohan all threw cold glares at Xia Fei.

“Did you obtain a token to get to the next round?” Ye Xiaohan continued to ask, her attitude completely business-like and neutral.

Xia Fei pulled out a token from his spatial ring and handed it to Ye Xiaohan. Actually, Xia Fei had another token inside his ring, but that belonged to Xiao Yu.

“Xia Fei, registration number 70563. You are permitted to participate in the second round of this assessment,” Ye Xiaohan did what she was supposed to do before she looked toward other candidates, hinting to Xia Fei that he should leave.

“I still have an important matter to inform you.”

“What is it?”

Xia Fei gave an account of Xiao Yu’s disappearance to Ye Xiaohan in a relaxed tone as best as possible.

“It is common for candidates to disappear or die during the assessment. You have all signed a life and death contract before participating. The contract clearly stipulates that the Adjudicator Union shall not be held responsible for any accidents during the assessment,” Ye Xiaohan very calmly answered.

Xia Fei’s eyes stared right into Ye Xiaohan’s two eyes, and for some unknown reason, Ye Xiaohan felt slightly panicked by what Xia Fei did. However, her expression remained as stern as ever, not outwardly showing any change at all.

“Believe me, this is not an accident,” Xia Fei solemnly remarked. “First, the person who kidnapped Xiao Yu had a speed of over 4,600m/s. Considering that they were carrying Xiao Yu, it clearly meant that their top speed was over 5,000m/s.”

“A speed of over 5,000m/s meant this is someone who had achieved the Star River rank. Since this assessment’s rank requirement is between Star Light and Star Domain, it is evident that this person isn’t a candidate.”

“Secondly, this person was not concerned about the token needed to qualify for the second round. Just this alone showed that his goal was to kidnap Xiao Yu, so he or she isn’t a candidate who was hiding their strength.”

“Thirdly, I have been following their tracks, and I discovered that the footprints suddenly disappeared in the west. Tell me, if this person were a candidate, why would they suddenly disappear from the designated venue? Why would they just give up on the assessment?”

“Fourth, Xiao Yu’s special ability is the Amethyst Guard. You should know just how powerful the Amethyst guard is as a special ability. Could a candidate who isn’t higher than the Star Domain rank be able to kidnap a candidate with the Amethyst Guard ability without causing any conflict?”

“Just from these four points alone, I can tell that the person who abducted Xiao Yu was most definitely not someone taking part in the assessment and was an unaffiliated interloper! Someone from the outside who was at least the Star River rank!”

Xia Fei became more and more agitated as he spoke, his voice involuntarily growing louder and louder. The hundreds of people around him who were unaware of the truth had all been quietly listening to their conversation.

Ye Xiaohan was quiet hearing Xia Fei’s analysis but she gave an emotionless reply after, “This is just your deduction. It cannot be admitted as evidence. Unless you can effectively prove that an interloper had kidnapped a candidate from this assessment, we would not be accepting your complaint as fact.”

Xia Fei took a few deep breaths and kept his inflamed emotions in check.