“Good question,” the male teacher laughed, “In addition to the passing jade, you can also earn points by hunting alien beasts in the real combat assessment area. Juvenile class beasts of the Leading species are worth 20 points, Juvenile class beasts of the Monarch species are worth 30 points, Elite class beasts of the Leading species are worth 100 points, and Elite class beasts of the Monarch species are worth 200 points.”
“Points are divided into fixed points and hunting points. The points from the passing jade are fixed points, and the points gained from hunting alien beasts are hunting points.” freewebnvel.coɱ
Hunting alien beasts?
Lin Su quietly pondered this.
Even the points for juvenile alien beasts were higher than for a single passing jade, and much higher for the elite class. This was indeed a good method— for the more powerful candidates, the cost-effectiveness was much higher than painstakingly searching for passing jades.
As for whether hunting alien beasts would be cruel…
Even in Shenwu, many alien beasts would attack humans on sight, let alone the humans of Blue Star who were already at odds with the Immortal Country and its alien beasts. Naturally, Lin Su didn’t harbor such thoughts.
However, just because Lin Su didn’t think this way didn’t mean others didn’t think so.
As the proctor finished speaking, several candidates showed expressions of reluctance.
The teacher glanced at the reluctant expressions of some students, raising his voice, “The alien beasts in the assessment area are not artificially bred, they live outside the safety zone and are highly aggressive towards humans. Plus, they are alien beasts under the Alien Beast Ban. Do not show mercy towards your enemies. If you are weaker than them, they won’t hesitate to tear you apart!”
Seeing that there were still hesitant expressions among the candidates, the teacher didn’t say anything more.
He had seen too many such students during his years of proctoring exams.
Candidates who were soft-hearted towards alien beasts virtually had no chance of passing the real combat assessment, and no amount of persuasion would help.
The male teacher continued to introduce the exam rules, “You should note that all these alien beasts are restricted by the Alien Beast Ban, which means they are at least at the medium Leading species level, and it is possible for Monarch species beasts to appear too, which poses certain dangers to you. Therefore, team hunting is allowed during the assessment!”
“Team formation is based on willingness, but after a team kill, the allocation of points cannot be decided by yourselves,” said the teacher with a shrug. “According to the assessment rules, all points gained from a team kill will be evenly distributed among participants.”
Such a rule…
Interesting.
Lin Su raised an eyebrow.
This rule greatly limited the possibility for strong candidates to carry weaker ones to farm points. With points being split equally regardless of strength, candidates would naturally prefer to team up with those of similar strength, unless there was a large discrepancy in abilities.
Just some simple rule restrictions, yet they maximized fairness in the real combat assessment.
“In addition, candidates can fight each other, with the victor receiving half of the defeated candidate’s hunting points,” the teacher added.
Hearing this, Lin Su couldn’t help but inhale sharply.
It seemed he would have to keep a low profile to aim for first place, otherwise everyone would be targeting his score and challenge him.
That’s bad.
He never expected the real combat assessment to have such a rule.
“Next up, safety concerns,” said the teacher with a smile. “In the sky above the examination area, artificial supernatural machinery is responsible for overall surveillance, confirming your individual alien beast kills and monitoring your safety. Additionally, within a certain range, there will be a teacher on duty responsible for protection.”
“Although we don’t limit candidates from fighting each other, intentionally endangering the life of a Beast Tamer and their beast will lead to immediate disqualification,” the teacher’s tone became more serious. “If an alien beast attack threatens your life, you may call for help from a nearby protective teacher, but intervention by a protective teacher will result in disqualification and loss of all points.”
“Did you all get that?” After stating the safety rules, the teacher barked.
“Understood!” the candidates inside the vehicle quickly responded.
Lin Su pinched his chin, his mind on another matter entirely.
To ensure safety during the real combat assessment, even artificial supernatural machinery had been deployed…
Luckily, he didn’t bring Ghost along; otherwise, there was no escaping detection.
With the advent of the Beast Taming era, Blue Star’s technology had merged with supernatural resources, gradually evolving special products. By artificially stimulating the power within certain supernatural resources, effects similar to the abilities released by alien beasts could be achieved. Combined with artificial intelligence technology, this led to the creation of artificial supernatural machinery.
Strictly speaking, it could be considered a type of artificial alien beast, used in battles against the Alien Beast Army and in some larger special events. However, it differed from alien beasts in that it could not be contracted and was managed by a sub-brain distributed by the central intelligence.
The artificial supernatural machinery dedicated to monitoring would definitely have state-of-the-art energy detection devices. Ghost’s Shadow Concealment would be hard-pressed to escape such detection, perhaps a Rank IV might stand a chance.
“Alright, those are the rules of the assessment,” the teacher said, nodding with satisfaction as all the candidates indicated they had understood. “Now, let’s talk about the process of the real combat assessment.”
“Our air transporter will depart shortly for the destination. The assessment will officially begin at nine o’clock sharp. At that time, different air transporters will descend randomly in different areas within the assessment zone, dropping off candidates at intervals, and from nine o’clock until three in the afternoon, for six hours, this will be the first phase of the assessment.”
“During this phase, every hour a reminder of the time will be broadcasted. After six hours, we will enter the second phase. In the second phase, the names and points of the top one hundred candidates in the points ranking will be broadcasted, and…”
The teacher chuckled mischievously, his face suddenly taking on an unkind expression, “During the three-hour second phase, the top 100 candidates in total points will be continuously highlighted by tracking spotlights projected by artificial supernatural machinery hovering in the sky. The higher the rank, the brighter the light. Even during daylight, these spotlights are very noticeable, visible across the entire examination area.”
Lin Su: “???”
The one who was about to discreetly aim for first place was completely taken aback.
Do you even have to do anything?
Without noticing Lin Su’s confused state, the teacher continued, “After six o’clock, the final half-hour phase will begin. During this phase, all the hidden passing jades will emit a distinct glow, ensuring they can be found. This is also the last opportunity for candidates who haven’t found a passing jade.”
“Once the three phases are over, the final point rankings will determine each candidate’s score in the real combat assessment,” the teacher asked aloud, “Does anyone have any questions?”
“No!” the candidates replied.
Lin Su’s voice was mixed in, sounding listless.
He still hadn’t recovered from the shock of the second phase’s treacherous rules.
So… if he wanted first place, would he need to withstand being pursued for three hours?!