Chapter 257: Rules of the Competition (2/2)

”I will now explain the task and the rules of this competition,” the man said.

”Behind every one of you is a curtain hiding a hoard of ingredients that will remain invisible to you until you cross a certain line. Once you go past the line, you will have exactly 5 seconds where you can pick an ingredient.”

”Each ingredient will give you points of anywhere from 10 to 1 points. How do you know which ingredient is cost what? Easy. All you have to do is look at the list of names hung in the sky when you enter the curtain.”

” You can only pick ingredients that are in the list. Picking up any ingredients, not on the list will result in you earning negative 5 points.”

”You will go 5 at a time and you will have to cross the line on my command. Speaking at any moment throughout this competition will have you immediately disqualified.”

”Not physically touching the ingredients, and choosing more than 1 ingredient at a single turn will have you disqualified.”

”Delaying to return back after the 5 seconds have passed will have you disqualified.”

”There are exactly 100 ingredients on the list, and the exam will end when all the ingredients on the list are gathered,” the man said.

Everyone nodded once they understood what the competition entailed and got in a single queue, waiting for their next turn.

The ones at the front of the queue had a higher advantage than the ones at the back, but the competition holders didn't seem as worried about that for some reason.

'There must be some level of difficulty in this exam that going first won't give a large enough advantage,' Alex thought.

With 5 people going in every turn, Alex was in the 4th group, while Zhou Mei was in the 2nd. The last disciple was around the 11th group, but they didn't care about that.

Soon the competition started. The first 5 people walked past the curtain and no one on the other side could see what was inside.

”Go,” the host said and the people in the queue could hear some scurrying. After 5 seconds passed, 5 dejected young men and women walked out from behind the curtain.

They weren't allowed to speak so they couldn't vocalize their current feelings, but if they could, they would surely say the words like 'Hard' and 'Difficult' for sure.

Maybe some would even use the word complicated.

'It isn't so simple after all,' Alex thought.

Next up was Zhou Mei's group. They too went in and were given the signal to proceed. 5 seconds later, all 5 disciples came out with similar emotions on their faces.

Zhou Mei was clearly frowning from the difficulty of the task. The same was the case for the 3rd group of disciples as well.

Next up was Alex's turn.