The recruitment process was very simple. First, they filled out a form with their name, age, and background, then went to the testing grounds to have their physical qualities assessed.
Once their physical abilities met the requirements, they could basically join the Navy.
Of course, they would only be the lowest-ranking Navy soldiers, third-class recruits responsible for carrying fireguns and cannon barrels.
To become an officer, they generally had to spend several years in the Navy. Only after their backgrounds had been thoroughly investigated would they be eligible for promotion.
"Take this. Fill it out and hand it back to me." A Navy soldier in charge of registration handed Yun Ye a form without even looking up, telling him to fill it out nearby.
Yun Ye took it and gave it a glance, finding that it only contained some simple questions.
Things like name, background, and identity.
Yun Ye pondered over the name for a while before ultimately writing down Yun Ye.
After thinking about it, he decided to add a surname.
Patino Yun Ye, then.
The reason he chose that surname was because Yun Ye recalled a time before his transmigration, when he had slept with a pale-skinned, long-legged foreign girl. Her surname had been Patino...
As for the original Yun Ye, he no longer retained many memories. The only thing he remembered was a massive fire that had once swept across the entire country.
So he knew nothing about his name, origins, or anything else.
As long as he was not some notorious criminal, it would be fine.
Even pirates could turn over a new leaf and join the Navy, so Yun Ye figured his identity would not be much of a problem.
After filling it out simply, Yun Ye handed it to the Navy soldier who had registered him earlier.
The soldier merely looked it over briefly before waving Yun Ye away. "All right, go wait over there. You'll be tested shortly. If you pass, you'll become a reserve Navy recruit on the island."
Yun Ye nodded and headed straight for the testing grounds.
With a sweep of his senses, he saw that the area was already packed with people.
Many of them were preparing for the tests.
The tests themselves were quite simple. They only measured physical fitness, jumping ability, speed, and strength—things directly tied to physical qualities.
As long as two or more of those categories met the standard, they would pass.
The testing proceeded quickly, and before long, it was Yun Ye's turn.
As for Yun Ye's physical abilities, how should he put it? Two words: utterly pathetic!
At his current stage, without activating Instant Burst, his physical abilities were probably inferior even to a Germa clone soldier's.
The reason he had slaughtered clone soldiers like chopping melons and vegetables before was because his swordsmanship was formidable. As a swordsman capable of launching slashes, ordinary people simply could not dodge his attacks easily.
Not to mention anyone else—among the people taking the test right now, Yun Ye felt that some of them had stronger physiques than he did...
That burly young man he had seen at the entrance was definitely stronger than Yun Ye in terms of physical ability!
But if they fought, Yun Ye could finish him with a single sword strike...
Yun Ye did not perform too conspicuously. He only did better in speed and jumping, ranking among the strongest in this group.
This drew repeated exclamations from the others:
"Damn, look at that guy's speed! It's absurdly fast!"
"He's a whole lap ahead of everyone else!"
"And his jumping ability is terrifying too! He can jump more than twice as high as the others!"
"It's already certain that this guy will join the Navy!"
"So strong! And so young!"
"..."
Yun Ye's performance drew some attention, mainly because he was too young, looking only around his teens.
That was why people gave him a few extra looks.
In the following strength and endurance tests, Yun Ye only performed ordinarily.
But taken as a whole, Yun Ye was still among the top performers.
Naturally, the Navy personnel in the branch noticed his performance and were inwardly surprised. He was a pretty good prospect.
Meanwhile, the burly young man who had greeted Yun Ye outside stepped up as well.
His massive, muscular body immediately attracted plenty of attention, and many people looked at him in surprise.
But when they saw his vicious-looking face, they all froze for a moment, and the same thought arose in their hearts: Where did this gang boss come from?
Yun Ye looked over as well. Earlier, he had already sensed that this man's physique was far stronger than the others'. It was obvious from that upper body packed with bulging muscles.
He was probably the naturally gifted type.
People like that were not uncommon in the world of pirates.
Some people were born with Observation Haki, while others could slaughter giants at the age of five. How could anyone make sense of that?
"Is it my turn?"
The young man grinned and stood before a machine.
This machine was used to test striking power.
"Ha!"
The young man shouted. The muscles in his right arm knotted and swelled rapidly, veins protruding across them, making it look ferocious and terrifying.
He threw a punch, the force of it sending out a whistling gust.
With a bang, the young man's fist struck the machine in front of him.
The number on the machine began to jump before finally stopping at 120!
An uproar immediately broke out around them:
"Am I seeing this right? 120? I only got 70, and someone actually scored 120?"
"Getting 70 is already pretty good. That's a passing score. I only got 50, not even enough to meet the standard."
"Damn, what's with these people? First there was someone ridiculously fast, and now there's someone with monstrous strength. Are ordinary people like us supposed to live?"
"..."
Clearly, the number produced by the young man's punch shocked many people.
120 was already the highest score among everyone present!
It was more than twenty points higher than second place!
Yun Ye looked over and nodded slightly. This man's physique truly had something special about it.
From the way he punched, it was obvious that he had never received professional training. Yet he could still produce such force. He could only be called naturally gifted.
Even the nearby Navy soldiers were surprised. Some of them could not even achieve that number!
"Very impressive!" said a Navy officer wearing a cape.
"Indeed. Two good prospects appeared this time. Let me see, what are their names?" Another Navy officer nodded and looked at the notebook in his hand. "Oh? One is Patino Yun Ye, and the other is Lun Lian'er. One is from Donzuke Island, while the other came from Fei Lun Island."
"They're both good prospects. Work hard and strive to meet the standards for entering the Headquarters Training Camp!" Another Navy officer said with a smile. "A Power Level of 300... I wonder how many people will manage it this time?"
Doriki Value was a standard used by the Navy to assess strength.
An ordinary soldier had a Doriki Value of 10. Once someone exceeded 500, they could be considered superhuman.
At the very least, one had to be a lieutenant junior grade to have such a value.
However, this method of calculation was not widely spread, mainly because this world had things like Devil Fruits.
Some Devil Fruit abilities simply could not be used to measure strength through Doriki Value.
It was more often used for testing strength and as a point of reference.
There was a saying in the Navy: as long as your Doriki Value exceeded 500, you were qualified to be called a Navy officer—the kind with a cape on your back!
Of course, that was only a rough comparison. The real Navy did not use Doriki Value as the sole standard for determining combat strength.
Combat was not judged purely by who had higher fighting power; many factors were involved.
A simple bit of setup. The pace would pick up later.