Beast Patrol

After successfully passing the review and sitting on the seat in the floating transport vehicle, Lin Su subconsciously looked at the other people sitting around.

This time, no one he knew appeared, and the floating transport vehicle that was already almost full was filled with unfamiliar faces as far as the eye could see.

"Hello."

While Lin Su was looking around, a female examinee beside her suddenly said, with a strange expression on her face, she pointed to the ball lying on Lin Su's head, "Is this your pet beast?"

"Yes, what's the matter?" Lin Su nodded slightly, the ball on his head turned to look at the female examinee, and let out a lazily "Mi".

This "mi" stopped the whispered discussions around, so many candidates cast their eyes on Lin Su's side. When they looked at the ball on Lin Su's head, their expressions became strange.

"Why did you summon the pet beast in advance?" The female examinee looked around and lowered her voice slightly, "This will let other candidates know the relevant information about your pet beast in advance, which is not good for your actual combat assessment."

"Oh, you mean this?" Lin Su was stunned, and hugged Qiuqiu who got into his arms uncomfortably because of being stared at by many people, and said with a smile, "It's okay."

As a man determined to win the championship, Lin Su doesn't mind other people knowing what his beast is in advance, he just wants Qiuqiu to come out and breathe.

Anyway, the actual combat assessment didn't stipulate that pet beasts couldn't be summoned in advance from the Beast Familiar Space.

"Okay." Seeing that the young man in front of her still insisted, the female examinee stopped persuading her, her eyes fell on Qiuqiu in Lin Su's arms, she hesitated for a moment and then said, "That...forget it, it's all right."

She wanted to say something else, but after thinking about it, she finally gave up.

She didn't recognize the race of this beast.

If it was any other time, she would take out the communicator to scan and check immediately when encountering such a situation, but before getting on the bus, all the candidates' communicators had been confiscated.

So out of curiosity, she wanted to ask what race this beast was, but considering that they were both competitors in the actual combat assessment, it didn't seem very good to ask like this, so she gave up.

This female candidate is obviously a careful girl who considers other people, but other candidates may not be so considerate.

The next moment after the female examinee finished speaking, a male examinee not far away suddenly said, "Student, what race is your pet beast? Why haven't I seen it before? Is it an evolutionary type of pet beast?"

The sound broke the silence, and there were whispers all around.

"Have you ever seen this race?"

"I haven't seen it before, it should be an evolutionary type, right?"

"Huh? Have you noticed that this beast looks a bit like another kind of beast?"

"You mean the snow marks are light? It does look a bit like it, but it should be just a coincidence, right?"

"No, no, don't you guys recognize who that boy is? He is Lin Shu!"

"What? It's Lin Shu? It's true when you say that."

"..."

Hearing the whispered discussion faintly, Lin Su blinked, but didn't mean to hide it, just smiled lightly, "This is the evolution type with light snow marks."

With Lin Su's own acknowledgment, after a short period of silence in the car, the pot suddenly exploded.

Snow mark light actually has an evolutionary type? This is big news!

I didn't expect these candidates to participate in an assessment, and they would encounter such a thing.

Even the candidate who didn't know who Lin Su was in the car was shocked by the brief introduction of other candidates.

This is a big scientific researcher, but he didn't expect to participate in the entrance examination of Shancheng University with himself and others.

There was a lot of excitement around Lin Su, and many candidates were particularly interested in the evolutionary type with light snow marks, asking whether the race level was low, medium, or high.

Thinking of the misunderstanding caused when Qin Nan asked the same question before, Lin Su became playful for a while.

"Inferior." Lin Su's expression was sincere, with an expression of "you believe me, this is really an inferior leader race", "After the assessment is over, you can look up the encyclopedia of pet beast races, and then you will know."

He had already begun to look forward to the shock of seeing this group of people get their own communicator after the assessment, check it out immediately, and then find out that Frost Flower Mengying is a low-level monarch race.

The other candidates wanted to ask something, but they heard a low voice, "This is the actual combat assessment of Shancheng University! Do you think it's an outing? Who allowed you to whisper?"

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound, and they all became honest after seeing the sound, and they all kept silent.

It was the invigilator standing outside the car who was reviewing the candidates and came in.

Just as everyone was talking, the remaining vacancies had been completely taken up, and the floating transport vehicle was already full.

Seeing that everyone was completely quiet and there was no more noise, the tall male teacher's expression softened a little, "The transport vehicle hasn't left so fast yet, before I leave, I will tell you about the key points of this assessment. "

As soon as these words came out, everyone's attention was immediately drawn back to the actual combat assessment.

No matter how big the news about the snow-scar light evolution type is, it is not as important as the entrance examination related to one's own future.

The male teacher cleared his throat, and then he said, "First of all, for this actual combat assessment, the assessment location is in an area between the 11th and 12th districts that was marked out by the strong fighters from the combat department of Shancheng University. Yes, you didn't listen Wrong, the assessment location is not in the safe zone."

"What? Not in the safe zone? What if you encounter a beast tide?"

"That's right, it's just why do you go to such a dangerous place for the entrance examination?"

"..."

With just one sentence, many candidates couldn't help complaining.

Sitting in the seat, Lin Su's expression was slightly startled, and he regained his composure immediately.

The candidates who complained probably didn't have a detailed understanding of the previous entrance examinations of Shancheng University, because in the past entrance examinations, similar situations had occurred several times.

Although relatively rare, it is not without precedent.

Just keep listening.

Seeing a lot of candidates clamoring, the male teacher showed a half-smile expression and didn't speak, just looking at the few talking candidates.

It wasn't until the candidates who opened their mouths realized that the atmosphere was not right, their voices gradually became smaller and finally fell silent, that the teacher snorted coldly, "This is not a peaceful age, if you want to be an excellent beast master, you must see blood, Meet the cruelty outside the safe zone!"

"Until now, there are thousands of Beast Familiar Envoys outside each safe zone in charge of daily guards to prevent alien beasts from organizing beast swarms to attack the city. Your peaceful life is because someone is carrying the weight forward!" The male teacher said solemnly, "My Shancheng University does not accept cowards! No matter whether you apply for the combat department or the research department in the future, at this moment, there will be no difference in the combat assessment items."

Seeing that the candidates were silent and thoughtful, the male teacher's tone softened a bit, "Of course, it is impossible for Shancheng University to not care about the safety of the candidates. The assessment area has been cleaned, leaving only the young and old students. For the elite-level alien beasts, there are also many teachers who are within the scope of the assessment and are responsible for security and security work."

"So far, if there are still candidates who think it's dangerous, they can get out of the car and leave now, which will be regarded as a waiver of the assessment." The male teacher said, focusing on the few candidates who were clamoring just now.

However, those candidates all lowered their heads and remained silent at this moment, as if they were not the ones complaining just now.

"Cherish your own life, I'm not joking, if you think it's dangerous, the transport vehicle hasn't left yet, there's still time to go!" The male teacher repeated again, seeing that the candidates still didn't speak, he nodded slightly, "Since no one quit , let me tell you about the content of this assessment."

"This time Shancheng University's entrance examination, the number of beast masters who signed up is 10,232." The male teacher paused slightly, "But this year's enrollment plan of Shancheng University only recruits 4,000 people!"

"So, although it's a pity, 60% of the candidates will be eliminated, and they can only choose to transfer to other Beastmaster universities." The male teacher's voice was slightly regretful, and his eyes subconsciously looked somewhere.

Lin Su blinked, a little confused.

What are you looking at me for?

There are too many applicants and I don't have...

Wait, it doesn't seem like it's all unrelated?

Thinking that he helped Shancheng University take the first place in the breeding achievement competition, Lin Su's expression became slightly strange.

Maybe... it really matters?

This is a bit embarrassing...

Forget it, just pretend nothing happened.

Lin Su coughed lightly and continued to listen.

And the male teacher didn't intend to continue to struggle with this issue, he continued, "In the area of ​​the actual combat assessment, we have hidden a large number of customs clearance jade in advance."

"This is the Guanguan jade." The male teacher took out a shimmering, finger-sized jade from his pocket, "There are 20,464 pieces of this kind of jade hidden in the actual combat assessment site, and the number is the number of candidates participating in the entrance assessment." twice as much."

"From the name of this jade, you can also guess that it has something to do with passing the assessment." The male teacher handed the customs clearance jade in his hand to a candidate next to him, motioning everyone to take turns to check it, and then said loudly, "The first one in the assessment Rule, you listen to me clearly!"

"At the end of the actual combat assessment, if you don't have a customs clearance jade in your hand, it will be regarded as zero points in the actual combat assessment. Even if you perform well in other aspects, you will get zero points if you don't have a customs clearance jade."

As soon as the words came out, the candidates' expressions suddenly became serious, and they passed the Guanguan jade silently, trying their best to keep its characteristics in mind, for fear that they would not find one piece at that time, which would lead to the failure of the assessment.

Lin Su frowned slightly.

It sounds not difficult.

On average, one examinee can get two pass jades, and there is always hope of finding them.

Moreover, more than 20,000 pieces are hidden in an area, so it is impossible to find them all.

Is the actual combat assessment so simple?

But just as he was thinking this way, the male teacher spoke again.

"The second rule of the assessment! At the end of the actual combat assessment, if the total points are ranked below 6,000, the actual combat assessment will be counted as zero." The male teacher's eyes were a little more than a smile, "And customs clearance jade, one piece counts as Ten points, no upper limit."

Lin Su's eyes widened, with a look of astonishment on his face.

So cruel!

He was going to take back what he said just now. The two rules were superimposed on each other, and he could already see the cruelty of this assessment.

In order to enter the top 6,000, candidates naturally have to collect as many pass jades as possible. Ideally, it is impossible for everyone to get it.

Not far from him, a boy wearing glasses suddenly raised his hand, and after receiving the teacher's nod, he said, "Teacher, besides clearing the jade, is there any other way to get the points?"

"Good question." The male teacher laughed, "In addition to clearing the jade, you can also get points by hunting the beasts in the actual combat assessment area. The young class and the leader race are counted as 20 points, and the young class and the monarch race are scored as 30 points. 100 points for the elite rank and ruler race, and 200 points for the elite rank and monarch race.”

"The points are divided into two types: fixed points and hunting points. The points for clearing the jade are fixed points, and the points obtained by hunting strange beasts are hunting points."

Hunting and killing beasts?

Lin Su thought secretly in his heart.

Even if it is a young beast, the points obtained are higher than a piece of customs clearance jade, and the elite level is even higher. This is a good way. For stronger candidates, it is more cost-effective than spending time looking for customs clearance jade higher.

As for whether hunting alien beasts would be cruel...

Even in Shenwu, many alien beasts will take the initiative to attack when they encounter human beings, let alone the blue star humans who are already confronting the alien beast Immortal Nation. Lin Su naturally cannot have such an idea.

It's just that Lin Su doesn't think so, it doesn't mean others don't think so either.

After the invigilator finished speaking, several of the candidates showed unbearable expressions.

The teacher looked at the unbearable expressions of some candidates, and raised his voice a little, "The alien beasts in the assessment area are not artificially raised, but live outside the safe zone. Beasts restricted by the beast ban, don't show mercy to your enemies, when you are weaker than them, they will tear you apart without hesitation!"

Seeing that some of the candidates were still hesitant, the teacher didn't say anything.

He invigilates the exam every year, and he has seen too many candidates like this.

Candidates who are soft-hearted towards alien beasts are basically impossible to pass the actual combat assessment, and no amount of persuasion will help.

The male teacher continued to introduce the assessment rules, "You should pay attention, these alien beasts are all within the ban on alien beasts, which means that they are at least the existence of the middle-level commanding race, and even the monarch race may appear among them. It must be dangerous, so the assessment allows team hunting!"

"Team formation is voluntary, but the distribution of points after team killing is not voluntary." The teacher shrugged. "According to the assessment rules, all the points obtained by team killing are equally distributed among the participants."

Such rules...

interesting.

Lin Su frowned.

Such a rule greatly limits the possibility of strong candidates bringing weak candidates to score points. If they have to score equally regardless of their strength, candidates will naturally give priority to opponents with similar strength to themselves when forming a team, unless they are big or weak. Injustice.

It's just some simple rules and restrictions, but it ensures the fairness of the actual combat assessment as much as possible.

"In addition, candidates can fight with each other, and the winner can get half of the hunting points of the loser." The teacher added.

Hearing this, Lin Su couldn't help but gasp.

It seems that I want to get the first place and make a fortune, otherwise everyone will stare at my points and challenge myself.

to finish.

Never expected that there would be such a rule in the actual combat assessment.

"Next is the issue of safety." The teacher smiled, "In the sky above the examination room, there are man-made supernatural omnics responsible for overall surveillance, responsible for confirming the status of your points for killing alien beasts, and monitoring your safety at the same time. , there will be a teacher in charge of security on duty within a certain range."

"Although examinees are not restricted from taking action against each other during the exam, they must not intentionally endanger the lives of the beast masters and beasts, or they will be eliminated directly." The teacher's tone was a little serious, "Once there is a life-threatening situation caused by a strange beast attack, you can I called for help from the security teacher nearby, but if the security teacher made a move, it was considered eliminated in the assessment, and the points were emptied."

"Did you hear clearly?" After talking about the safety rules, the teacher let out a low voice.

"Listen clearly!" The examinees in the car quickly replied.

Lin Su pinched his chin, thinking about another thing.

In order to ensure safety in the actual combat assessment, even man-made supernatural omnics were used...

Fortunately, I didn't bring Guigui with me, otherwise I wouldn't be able to escape the detection.

With the advent of the era of beast control, the combination of Blue Star's technology and supernatural resources has gradually evolved some special products. By artificially stimulating the power of some supernatural resources, it can achieve the effect similar to the release of skills by strange beasts, and in this way The combination of scientific and technological products and artificial intelligence technology is a man-made supernatural omnic.

Strictly speaking, it can be regarded as a man-made alien beast, whether it is useful in the battle with the alien beast army or in some relatively large special occasions, but the difference between it and the alien beast is also obvious, that is, it cannot According to the contract, it is managed by the sub-intelligence brain separated from the central intellectual brain.

Man-made supernatural omnics specially used for monitoring must have the most advanced energy detection devices. If the shadows of ghosts want to escape this level of detection, there may be some hope for level IV.

"Okay, that's about it for the assessment rules." After all the candidates nodded to indicate that they had remembered it, the teacher nodded with satisfaction, "Next, let's talk about the actual combat assessment process."

"Our floating transport vehicle is about to leave for the destination, and the assessment will officially start at nine o'clock. At that time, different floating transport vehicles will randomly land in different areas within the assessment area, and put the candidates down at a certain distance from each other. From nine o'clock to three o'clock in the afternoon, it lasts for six hours and is the first stage of the assessment."

"At this stage, the broadcast will remind the time every hour. After six hours, it will be the second stage. In the second stage, the names and points of the top 100 candidates will be broadcast, and..."

The teacher smiled, and suddenly there was more maliciousness on his face, "During the second stage, which lasted for three hours, the top 100 candidates with total points will be continuously marked by a man-made supernatural omnic projecting a tracking spotlight suspended in the sky, ranking The closer it is to the front, the brighter the light, that kind of spotlight is very conspicuous even in daytime, and can be seen in the entire examination room."

Lin Su: "???"

He was in a bad mood when he was about to make a fortune in silence and take the first place.

You don’t do any of the things people do, do you?

The teacher didn't notice Lin Su, who was suffocated, and the teacher said again, "After six o'clock, there will be the third stage of the last half hour. To be found, this is also the last chance for candidates who have not found the pass jade."

"At the end of the three stages, according to the final points ranking, determine the points you get in the actual combat assessment." The teacher asked loudly, "Does anyone have any questions?"

"No!" The candidates replied.

Lin Su's voice was mixed in, appearing weak.

He hasn't recovered from the deceitful second-stage rules.

So... if I want to take the first place, I need to be besieged for three hours? !