989 Test 1 (1/2)
The so-called reward quickly reached the hands of everyone. It was a small pink test tube and in it, was a pink liquid that was constantly effervescing. Outside the test tube was marked a line of words – Standard Nutritional Liquid.
'This is a Nutrient Liquid that is consumed to quickly restore physical energy. It can be consumed immediately or be kept for another time. '
The invigilator explained simply.
The second speed test started soon.
One after another, the obelisks rose from the ground and gradually erected in front of the crowd.
Yiling coldly eyed Dragon Eye's Beast. The other party's injuries had fully healed and was showing her a provocative look.
”Want to compete?” She lifted her eyebrows and raised her voice.
”You think I'm afraid of you?” Beast was previously entangled and could not get even. Now was the time to collect some interest.
The two entered an obelisk one after another and disappeared.
After that, March and Nora walked into an obelisk together, clearly still in diametric opposition to each other. Nine Owl Sect's Wade entered one of it alone.
Joey, however, scanned the crowd and found Garen, who was mingling in a group from other sects.
”This kid actually passed? How lucky.” He couldn't help smiling. ”He really thought we were looking for him to cooperate?”
”What happened, Joey?” A fair-skinned beautiful woman by his side whispered.
”Nothing. Only an overreaching idiot.” Joey was unimpressed. However, he began to secretly take note of Garen.
The woman followed his previous sight of line and spotted Garen immediately.
”It's him,” she said bluntly. ”I heard that he was a genius originally recruited by Central, but he hasn't performed brilliantly for so long. Those who initially paid attention to him have given up. If he had broken through in three years, he might have been taken in as a Three Hearted Disciple prep. Unfortunately, he spent five years.”
The woman's intelligence seemed to be rather powerful as she casually revealed Garen's details.
”That's already quite good. Five years to reach Level Four.” Joey said lightly, ”The average person needs more than a decade.”
”You have also said that that was the average person, so the standard is different. Also, he is now over twenty five years old.” The woman shook her head. ”The initial genius had now become an ordinary person. This is life. If you and I do not work hard, very soon we will be like him.”
”Come, let's go and have a look.” Joey took a step toward Garen's position.
It so happened that Garen went right into an obelisk near his side, so they both followed him with interest and entered the stele.
The speed test was a somewhat similar space and it also had the same large piece of crystal stone wall. Green fluorescent light were glowing faintly on it, casting a pale green over the entire black stone hall.
As the people came in, the surface of the stone wall also showed a line of instruction.
'The moving speed that reaches the standard can pass. From any point in this space, move one standard meter toward the crystal.' There was no standard value for reaching the target, nor did it give a specific limit, just such a sentence.
One standard meter was two hundred meters in length.
Without any delay, the first person began and rushed directly to the crystal with a quick sprint.
The crystal wall he sprinted toward clearly showed a value, 0.5m/s.
”Failed.” The man also seemed to have expected it and was not surprised. He just sighed and stood to a side to wait for his companion to continue testing.
Garen stood amongst the crowd and watched the Energy Machinists went out one by one. Many passed. This was because most of the Energy Machinists placed an importance to their speed in order to be able to flee for their lives. This was totally different from strength.
Only about twenty people came into this obelisk. However, only two people failed for not reaching the standard while the rest passed.
Garen was also the same. He just managed to reach the standard of clearance with a 1.1 standard point.
Joey and his companion also appeared, but their speed was much faster than Garen's, attaining two standard degrees.
Turning back from the front of the crystal wall, Joey again glanced at the expressionless Garen and shook his head.
”I was still worried there was something remarkable about him, but now it seems to be superfluous.” Thinking back to the two space rings he had previously obtained, the various resources contained in it were sufficient for him to break into the next level. Once he reached Level Five, he would once again increase the distance between him and Garen. If Garen wanted to catch up, without a seven or eight-years span he could never succeed.
Joey immediately felt that his previous worry was a bit redundant.
”Forget it. Let's go. Looks like this guy is also about the same as those from Central; only doing well at the beginning but failing afterwards,” he said plainly.
The woman nodded and looked at Garen in disdain.
Civilian Energy Machinists such as them made it through step by step by themselves. They might be worse off at the beginning compared to Energy Machinists of the likes of Garen this kind of squanderer who relied on talent, but they would outdo them at the end. Regardless of whether it was perseverance, experience, or combat awareness, et cetera, they would surpass these twee-mannered so-called geniuses.
Garen gently wiped the sweat from his forehead with a paper. The full speed that he burst out just now only managed to make it through, as he had expected.
His speed had only reached the critical point. The vast majority of these Energy Machinists around him were faster than him. This was also a matter of course.
As for Joey and his companion, he had also seen them. But, it did not matter. Although he was unhappy with Joey's previous robbery, there was no chance of revenge in this moment. Obtaining the reward first was the best gain.
The third stage was Resistance. Almost none of the Energy Machinists failed.
All Energy Machinists lived in an environment of coming in contact with radiation for a long time. There was no doubt that there was no problem with their bodies' resistance. That Biochemical Pool used for testing had what seemed like a horrific bubbling corrosive fluid. But for Energy Machinists, it was just like having a bath with clothes on. That was all.
Only the last item left, Regenerative Power.
”On regenerative power, it seems that the winner will be determined between the three of us.” March smiled and looked at the other two.
Inside the space of the silver sphere, the people of Scarlet Snow Sect gathered in a group, and was in opposition with the people of Dragon Eye Sect and Nine Owl Sect.
”That best essence must be mine.” Nine Owl Sect's Wade's facial expression was the same, chilled and relaxed, except that that his tone had a trace of absolute confidence.