Warrior Assessment

Main Mission:

Main Mission: Path of the Strong① Completed

Congratulations! You have received the mission reward—Ultimate Guiding Technique: Supreme Induction

Host: Lin Yan

Realm: Beginner Warrior

Soul Power: 332

Skills: Guiding Technique: Supreme Induction (Ultimate), Sword Skill: Thunderclap Sword (D-rank) (Fifth Level), Data Hit (E-rank)

Passive Skill: Firearms Specialization (F-rank)

Equipment: None

Main Mission:

Path of the Strong②: Raise realm to General level

Mission Reward: Second Skill Tree unlocked (Mental Master)

"Finally, I'm a warrior."

Lin Yan let out a breath. After withdrawing from the defensive line, he first went to the cafeteria for dinner, then immediately came to the military district's administrative office to apply for the warrior assessment and obtain the Gene Energy Cultivation Method.

The Guidance Technique was meant to be used alongside the Gene Energy Cultivation Method. Without obtaining the cultivation method, his Guidance Technique would be useless as well.

Now, he was sitting in the administrative office's lobby, waiting.

If he were at school, he would need to undergo the Quasi-Warrior assessment at Limit Martial Hall, then pass the practical warrior assessment before earning warrior certification.

The practical warrior assessment was held twice a year.

Limit Martial Hall was one of the world's top powers. In terms of high-end combat strength, it even far surpassed Huaxia's government and military.

The warrior certification it issued carried the highest authority in the world. Some military warriors even went to Limit Martial Hall for assessment.

But Lin Yan did not care about authority or any of that. If one day I stomped my foot and made a building collapse, would anyone still question whether my warrior qualification was authoritative enough?

One slap from me might kill them!

Mind your own business in your next life!

The military likewise had the authority to assess warrior qualifications, and with his rank of Second Lieutenant, they would arrange his assessment as soon as possible.

Looking at the second stage of the Main Mission, Lin Yan could unlock the Second Skill Tree by advancing to General level. He could not help recalling the scene from the battlefield earlier that day.

Six throwing knives moved like extensions of their wielder's arms. The Frost Xuan Bird, which had emerged unscathed even amid a torrent of bullets, was left covered in blood beneath the flying knives.

"Mental Master?"

He was truly looking forward to it.

"Lin Yan!"

A staff member from the administrative office called his name.

Lin Yan walked over. The staff member led him into an elevator and pressed the button for the third floor. When the doors opened, they looked directly into an enormous training hall.

Dozens of large instruments had been set up inside.

Lin Yan was no stranger to them. He had seen testing equipment like this at both Limit Martial Hall and his school.

"Please wait a moment."

The staff member went to the control console, activated and calibrated three different testing machines, then turned on the training hall's surveillance cameras to record the entire testing process and results from every angle.

Before long, several uniformed soldiers emerged from the elevator, files in hand.

Leading them was an elderly man with graying hair. He wore silver-rimmed glasses and looked quite amiable. "You're Lin Yan?"

Lin Yan stood at attention and saluted. "Yes, sir."

With his eyesight, he could tell that the examiners responsible for assessing his Quasi-Warrior qualification were all warriors.

"Good. Xiao Tong, go check whether the instruments have been calibrated properly. If everything is normal, we'll begin the tests."

As soon as he finished speaking, a middle-aged man behind him walked over to inspect the calibration results. He returned shortly afterward with a positive answer.

The old man nodded and said to Lin Yan, "Begin."

"First, fist strength."

Lin Yan stepped before the punching target. The blood and energy within him trembled as his waist and hips moved as one. His limbs and spine were like five fully drawn greatbows, and his fist shot out like an arrow.

Bang!

The test result lit up on the display.

"1182 kg!"

The passing mark was only 900 kg.

The group nodded in satisfaction. The old man said, "Fist strength test passed. Next, speed."

As a well-known student at National Defense University with an obvious weakness, speed had always been Lin Yan's shortcoming. Only when faced with life and death, under the threat of the Frost Xuan Bird, had he made a breakthrough and reached warrior standards.

Lin Yan stepped onto the track and began the speed test. His expression was calm, but the instant his feet moved, he explosively accelerated.

He recalled the Frost Xuan Bird chasing him across the battlefield during the day. In that moment, he had overcome his psychological fear and broken through his physical limits, achieving a transcendence of life on some level.

The warrior's path was the path of evolution.

His body seemed to merge with the gale. He was incredibly fast, soon rushing out of the speed testing area.

Large red numbers filled his vision on the display.

"27.3 m/s"

Lin Yan had only felt that his speed had improved. Combined with the certification from that High-level General Mental Master, he had been convinced that he had reached warrior level.

After all, Mental Masters possessed incredibly powerful mental strength. They would not make a mistake over something like this.

Besides, the system had already given him the Warrior Level reward.

But without an official test, he had not known exactly how far he had progressed. Seeing the number on the screen now, he could not help feeling delighted.

This was already well above the 25 m/s passing line.

He had not expected this brush with death to improve him so greatly.

"Very good." The old man recorded the result and immediately announced, "Pass. Next, neural response test."

The neural response testing instrument was much larger than the other two. There were several fist strength machines and speed testing machines in the training hall, but only one neural response testing room.

It was like a separate room within the training hall.

Lin Yan entered the neural response testing room. It contained roughly one hundred square meters of space. At the far end stood a massive cannon-shaped instrument, with dozens of gun barrels inside its muzzle.

Once the test began, the cannon would rotate. According to its programmed settings, it would fire red rubber "bullets" from its dozens of barrels at irregular speeds and along irregular trajectories.

"Please stand within this circle. We will begin the assessment."

Lin Yan stepped into the circle directly in front of the gun barrels, which had a diameter of 3.6 meters.

Seeing that Lin Yan was ready, the old man said, "Begin."

The switch was immediately turned on.

A hazy red light shot upward from the edge of the circle, trapping Lin Yan within it. If his body touched the red light during the test, points would be deducted. If he stepped outside the circle, he would automatically fail.

This was a standard testing rule, something taught at schools and martial halls alike, so they did not elaborate further.

The cannon had already begun to rotate.

At that moment, Lin Yan's Data Hit skill began calculating furiously.

From the instant each bullet left its barrel, he could analyze its flight trajectory and speed. Countless streams of data entered his mind, where they were processed to provide him with the most effective evasive method.

Only bullets that he truly could not evade due to insufficient physical reaction speed struck his body.

The examiners watched Lin Yan's performance in the field and exchanged looks.

One of them asked, "Is that even neural response?"

Another said speechlessly, "I've witnessed over a thousand warrior assessments, but this is the first time I've seen someone turn a neural response test into this..."

The group began discussing among themselves.

"What kind of brain does that take?"

"Do you admit defeat? I do."

"How could I not? If it were me, I couldn't do it!"

Damn, they made it sound like something to be proud of!

In the end, the old man made the decision. "I observed that his own physical reaction ability is also excellent. This testing method may be rare, but it still proves his ability. There's no reason to be overly critical of his score."

"Within 60 seconds, hit twice, no contact with the red light."

"Perfect score for Intermediate Warrior level, excellent for Advanced Warrior level."

Even Lin Yan was stunned. During his school test, he had only barely met the standard in neural response. Yet with the boost from Data Hit, it was as though he had been reborn, achieving such a perfect result.

When he walked out of the testing room, one of the examiners even gave him a thumbs-up.

"Lin Yan." The old man walked over and shook his hand. "Your test results have been recorded in the files. Your Quasi-Warrior status will be entered into your citizen information shortly. I hope you continue striving in the days ahead and become a powerful warrior with a will of steel!"

"Thank you, sir!"

"It is our duty," the old man said. "Director Liu from the administrative office is waiting for you in his office. Go quickly."

"Yes, sir."

Lin Yan saluted.