Probationary Warrior Assessment

Nearly half a month passed quickly amid Xiao Yu's constant training with his father. He gradually adapted to his current body and began integrating the combat experience from his previous life into it.

In fact, he had already adapted to his current body three days after the Gaokao. It was just that turning much of his combat experience into bodily instinct truly took some time.

During that period, he had gone out to meet with some friends and classmates once. It was a farewell after three years of high school, as everyone would go their separate ways after the Gaokao.

Those with good Gaokao scores who passed the undergraduate cutoff, especially the outstanding ones, would go to Jiangnan First Military Academy. Those with slightly lower scores could still attend a decent university.

Those with decent strength, such as Xiao Yu and Xiao Ling, would basically choose the path of a warrior.

Those with poor Gaokao scores but wealthy families would either use connections to enter relevant organizations or simply take up a position in their family's company.

Those who lacked strength, studied poorly, and came from bad backgrounds could only look for work everywhere. Fortunately, society nowadays was never short of jobs, though the pay might be somewhat lower.

July 1.

Today was the day of the monthly Limit Martial Arts School Probationary Warrior Assessment. After breakfast, Xiao Yu went to the Limit Martial Arts School headquarters in Yangzhou City, the Limit Martial Hall beside the Warrior Residential District.

"Xiao Yu, are you here to take the Probationary Warrior Assessment?" a sweet-looking girl asked with a smile in the hall. "Why did you come so early? The Probationary Warrior Assessment won't begin until ten this morning, when everyone will take it together."

"Yes, Sister Lin Ting! Isn't the assessment about to begin?"

Xiao Yu was fairly familiar with this place. He had come here several times with his father before. He walked toward a small bar beside the hall, where there was a server and a bartender.

Xiao Yu swept his gaze over the bar. Four people were scattered around it. Two were chatting with each other, while the other two sat silently apart. He knew one of them: the famous Luo Feng.

"Hey, Luo Feng, you're here for the Probationary Warrior Assessment too!" Xiao Yu called out to him.

"Yeah, Xiao Yu. I didn't expect you to come too." Luo Feng smiled.

"Did you figure out why you fainted during the Gaokao? It couldn't have had something to do with me hitting you, could it?"

"It was an old problem. I'd fainted inexplicably several times since I was little."

As time passed, three more people arrived in succession. All three were fairly old, at least in their thirties. This showed just how difficult it was to become a warrior and how much people yearned for the privileges warriors possessed.

"Ha, Luo Feng!" a loud voice rang out.

Xiao Yu turned to look and saw a lean man with a hideous scar on his face walking over. This should be Yang Wu.

"Brother Yang?" Luo Feng hurriedly stood up to greet him. "You're here for the Probationary Warrior Assessment too?"

"It's embarrassing to say, but I came here for a test last month. Unfortunately..." Yang Wu said helplessly. "My speed only reached 24.9 meters per second. I was just a tiny bit short. I didn't pass!"

Yang Wu had actually long since passed the Punch Force Test and the Neural reaction speed test. Speed was simply his weak point.

Xiao Yu was somewhat curious about Yang Wu, so he moved closer.

"Brother Yang, this is my friend, Xiao Yu," Luo Feng introduced.

"Xiao Yu? I remember that not long ago, someone under eighteen years old passed the Warrior assessment at our Yangzhou City Limit Martial Hall, and his surname was Xiao!" Yang Wu said, frowning in thought.

"You mean Xiao Ling? She's my sister!" Xiao Yu said gloomily. Wherever he went, he heard Xiao Ling's name.

"Ah! A strong sister and no weak younger brother!" The people around them began to chatter. Clearly, several of them knew Xiao Ling.

"Quiet down." A cold shout came from the center of the hall.

At once, all nine people present turned to look. A middle-aged man in loose training clothes glanced at them. "Come on, follow me upstairs. You're about to take the Probationary Warrior Assessment. Remember to behave yourselves once we're upstairs. Our Chief Instructor's old friend has come to Yangzhou City today. Don't cause trouble."

"Yes." The nine people present answered respectfully.

After entering the elevator, the middle-aged man in loose sportswear pressed "6."

"Ding!" The elevator arrived at the sixth floor.

Whoosh!

When the elevator doors opened, they were greeted by an enormous Training Hall filled with more than a dozen people.

"The people are here. Stop chatting." A middle-aged man with loose, long hair spoke up. The dozen or so people in the Training Hall all turned to look at Xiao Yu and the other eight. Facing their gazes, Xiao Yu's heart tightened and he felt somewhat nervous. Although he was completely confident, this concerned the path he would take in the future, after all.

Xiao Yu knew this middle-aged man with loose, long hair. He had met him several times before when accompanying his father. He was Wu Tong, the master of the Limit Martial Hall and the Chief Instructor of Yangzhou City.

"Prepare for the tests," Wu Tong ordered.

"One at a time. Give me your identity cards first." Meng Jun, the warrior who had led Luo Feng and the other seven upstairs, took the identity cards from the nine people and handed them directly to Chief Instructor Wu Tong. He smiled and said, "Chief, there are quite a few people today. Nine of them, including the little fellow from the Xiao Family!"

"Hmm." Wu Tong deliberately took out Xiao Yu's identity card and swiped it across the device opened beside him.

Beep!

A crystal-clear, almost transparent screen popped up from the device. A large amount of personal information appeared on it.

"First, Xiao Yu." Wu Tong said indifferently, "Take the Punch Force Test. Take it seriously. Don't disgrace your father, Xiao Dingguo."

"Don't worry, Uncle Wu. I'm confident." Xiao Yu nodded seriously.

He immediately stepped forward. His body gathered strength like a fully drawn bow, and his right fist struck the punching target in a flash. The target trembled slightly.

The screen of the Punch Force Tester immediately displayed a number: "991 kg."

It seemed that his punch force had also increased quite a bit during this month of training.

"Pass. Next, Tong Guan." The Chief Instructor casually swiped the second identity card across the device and glanced at the detailed identity records. "People from the military like you actually come to my Limit Martial Arts School for an assessment. Interesting."

The bearded man immediately stepped forward. His eyes suddenly widened, his left hand rose before his face, and his right fist traced an arc before smashing into the huge punching target. The target only trembled slightly. The screen of the Punch Force Tester immediately displayed a number: "986 kg."

"Pass. Next, Luo Feng." Wu Tong glanced at the identity information and was startled. "Hmm? Eighteen years old? Old Jiang, this is someone from your Yian District, right? When did such a talented young man appear?"

Although Xiao Yu was also eighteen, his household registration was still in the main urban district rather than Yian District. He had only attended Yian First High School due to a chance twist of fate.

Luo Feng stood before the punching target. His feet suddenly exerted force, and his body turned slightly as tremendous power burst from his waist and hips. In an instant, the force traveled through his entire body and into his arm. He threw a punch, and the screen displayed: "1101 kg."

"Good!" Xiao Yu cheered.

"Not bad." Quite a few of the warriors present immediately began praising him.

Wu Tong stroked his chin and nodded. "Not bad, young man. You're a good seedling. Hmm, pass. Next, Bai Yang."

The nine people quickly finished the Punch Force Test. Only one was unlucky: his punch force was just 892 kg, a hair's breadth below the passing line, so he was eliminated. Only eight people remained for the next stage, the Speed Test.

"One at a time. The order is the reverse of before. First, Yang Wu," Chief Instructor Wu Tong instructed.

Xiao Yu had been the first to take the previous test, but he was the last for the Speed Test.

Yang Wu took a deep breath and walked to the Speed Tester.

"Yang Wu, good luck," Xiao Yu encouraged him.

"Brother Yang, good luck." Luo Feng also gently patted Yang Wu on the shoulder.

Even Jiang Nian, the instructor from Yian District standing nearby, looked somewhat nervous. Yang Wu had taken the assessment many times, and each time he fell just short in speed. It was truly unfortunate.

This time, Yang Wu gave it everything he had. His face contorted, the veins on his forehead pulsed, and he gritted his teeth as he sprinted madly toward the finish line.

"25.1 m/s. Yang Wu, your luck is pretty good. You actually crossed the line." Jiang Nian laughed heartily.

"Whew, that was close." Yang Wu himself laughed. This time, he had truly run with all the strength he possessed.

"Hmm, pass!" Chief Instructor Wu Tong also smiled. "Next."

One person after another took the test, and soon it was the last person's turn: Xiao Yu.

"Xiao Yu," Wu Tong called.

"Good luck, brother. Madman's Speed Test is already over, so you have to do your best. The three of us are going to take the Warrior Practical Assessment together," Yang Wu encouraged him.

"That's right, Xiao Yu. The three of us are going to take the Warrior Practical Assessment together!" Luo Feng came over and said solemnly.

Xiao Yu nodded and walked onto the track. After slightly adjusting his breathing, he made no unnecessary movements. His body was already prepared at every moment.

Whoosh!

Xiao Yu shot forward like a leopard, moving with astonishing speed. He was clearly faster than the people before him; even Luo Feng was no match for him.

Xiao Yu looked back and saw Luo Feng and Yang Wu giving him thumbs-up.

"Not bad, right?"

"29.5 m/s. That's even a little faster than Luo Feng's 28.6 m/s." Yang Wu praised him.

"Yeah, Xiao Yu. I didn't expect you to be so fast!" Luo Feng also praised him. In his view, Xiao Yu's strength was lower than his own, yet his speed was greater. That was truly impressive.

"Your speed is excellent. You actually exceeded the passing line by so much." Wu Tong smiled and nodded. This assessment had produced two good prospects, which counted as a decent harvest.

Another two people were eliminated in the Speed Test, leaving six.

"Next, follow me to take the Neural reaction speed test." Wu Tong led everyone to the nerve reaction test room.

It was a spacious room of about a hundred square meters.

A tall, expensive device stood on the floor. At its front were dozens of firing ports, resembling the barrels of a six-barreled Gatling gun, though there were far more ports than a Gatling gun had.

"First, Xiao Yu," Wu Tong said.

Xiao Yu immediately walked to the front of the test machine's gun ports and stood inside a circle with a diameter of 3.6 meters.

"Click!" The switch was turned on.

Red lasers immediately shot upward from the edge of the 3.6-meter circle, forming a hazy ring.

"Xiao Yu, remember, no matter what happens, you can't leave the circle. The moment you step outside it, you'll fail. If your body touches the red light, points will be deducted." After speaking, Wu Tong walked to the Neural reaction test machine and pressed several buttons to adjust the test's intensity.

"Rat-a-tat... rat-a-tat..." The huge gun ports of the Nerve reaction test machine began to rotate. Dozens of gun barrels fired red lights almost simultaneously. Their speeds varied, and even their trajectories were extremely erratic.

Xiao Yu stared intently at the gun ports ahead. Although he knew the machine was firing rubber bullets, he still treated them as real bullets.

His gaze tracked the trajectory of every bullet, while his body shifted naturally forward, backward, left, and right, as though acting on instinct.

Several times, he narrowly slipped through the gaps between the bullets. Of course, some were simply too fast to dodge, leaving him no choice but to take "a shot."

"This young fellow is impressive. His reaction speed seems even better." The warriors watching from the side began discussing him.

"This kid's movement technique has already reached the Microscopic level." A smile appeared on Wu Tong's face as he thought silently.

In reality, Xiao Yu's movement technique had already reached the Perfect level. Due to the limitations of his current environment, he could only display this degree of ability, barely qualifying as an advanced Microscopic level.

"Wooo..." After Wu Tong pressed a button, the Nerve reaction test machine gradually slowed and stopped rotating. A long string of numbers appeared on the screen.

"Within 60 seconds, hit eight times, with no contact with the red light. Excellent!" Wu Tong smiled. "Not bad, Xiao Yu. You didn't disgrace the Xiao Family."

The first step after my soul transmigration is finally complete. Next comes preparing for the Combat assessment.

"Hmm." Xiao Yu replied.

"Congratulations, Xiao Yu!" Luo Feng congratulated him.

Xiao Yu also said quietly, "Luo Feng, with your strength, you'll definitely pass too."

Yang Wu also said excitedly in a low voice, "Congratulations, Xiao Yu. You're a Probationary Warrior now. Once you pass the Warrior Practical Assessment, you'll be a warrior!"

Xiao Yu also said quietly to Yang Wu, "There's no way you'll have trouble with the Neural reaction test. Then the three of us can take the Combat assessment together."

"Good. Next, Tong Guan." Wu Tong said beside the Nerve reaction test machine.

Tong Guan's Neural reaction speed assessment was not good. Within 60 seconds, he was hit 57 times and touched the red light three times. He failed and was eliminated.

"Next, Luo Feng," Wu Tong said.

Before the Gaokao, Luo Feng had generally been hit 50 to 55 times within 60 seconds. Now that his physical attributes had improved, his nerve reactions were faster.

"Within 60 seconds, hit 28 times, with no contact with the red light. Excellent!" Chief Instructor Wu Tong smiled. "Not bad, Luo Feng. Congratulations. Once the official documents are issued and your information is entered into the Citizen identity information system, you'll be a Probationary Warrior!"

Only after their information was entered into the Citizen identity information system could warriors truly enjoy their various privileges. This usually took no more than seven days.

"Next, Bai Yang."

Soon, two more people completed the test in succession, and both failed.

"Last, Yang Wu!" Wu Tong called.

Yang Wu's results soon came out as well.

"60 seconds, hit 52 times, with no contact with the red light. Pass. Qualified!" Chief Instructor Wu Tong announced.

"The Warrior Practical Assessment will be held on August 1. Gather at the Limit Martial Hall that morning. Under the instructors' leadership, you'll go with the other Probationary Warriors outside the Human base city area to hunt monsters! Once you pass the Combat assessment, you'll become true warriors." Wu Tong addressed the three people who had passed the Probationary Warrior Assessment.