Grade A Trial

The Nine-Story Tower at the Elite Training Camp and the Small Nine-Story Tower at the Basic Training Camp looked much the same on the outside. The main difference lay in the ancient civilization's equipment inside: the Trial Room, the Challenge Room, and the Gravity Chamber.

Su You's Grade A Trial would take place in the Trial Room. The Trial Room was closed for a break from 12:00 to 13:00 each day. If a new student needed to be tested, the test would take place during that hour.

After entering the Nine-Story Tower, Yang Hui and Su You took the elevator straight to the ninth floor.

It was a spacious hall, with a few mats scattered around. Young men and women sat wherever they liked, chatting. At the far end of the hall was a corridor, with rooms lining both sides.

Yang Hui smiled at Su You. "It's only eleven now. Let's wait here for a while."

Yang Hui found a mat and sat down. Su You followed his example and sat beside him.

Since Su You had been recruited, the Extreme Martial Arts Hall naturally wanted to spread the word. As soon as Yang Hui sat down, he pointed to Su You beside him and said:

"Let me introduce him. This is Su You. He's already signed a contract with the Extreme Martial Arts Hall. Once he passes the Grade A Trial in a little while, he'll be a student at the Elite Training Camp too."

"A contract with the Extreme Martial Arts Hall?"

"Su You? Isn't he from the Basic Training Camp?"

The young men and women in the hall all looked at Su You in surprise. Every student admitted to the Elite Training Camp was a prodigy, and it was perfectly normal for the major powers to try to recruit them.

But the Two Great Dojos were different. Their requirements for recruiting full members were very high, and they rarely invited ordinary geniuses.

While they waited in the hall, Su You got to know some of the students from Huaxia Country. They were all very friendly.

As soon as it turned twelve, Su You followed Yang Hui to a room at the end of the hall's corridor. The room was small, even a little dim. There were only two sofas, each with a dark-blue helmet resting on it.

Yang Hui turned on the lights and pointed to the helmets on the sofas.

"These two helmets are Consciousness Sensors. Our human scientists spent a great deal of effort copying the virtual-space equipment.

"As for the virtual space's mainframe, our scientists can't understand it at all, so we still use the ancient machine that's been sleeping underground for who knows how many years."

"Virtual space..." Su You murmured, feeling a little excited. He'd read plenty of online-game novels in his previous life and had long looked forward to experiencing a virtual world.

Thinking Su You was nervous, Yang Hui smiled and explained, "Once you put it on, your consciousness will enter a virtual space with a 100 percent simulation rate. The Trial Tower is in there, and you'll enter it to take the Grade A Trial.

"Come, follow my lead. Lie down on the sofa and put on the helmet. Your consciousness will go straight into the virtual space. Don't panic."

As soon as Yang Hui finished speaking, Su You picked up a helmet, lay down on the sofa, and put it on, barely able to contain his impatience.

Yang Hui chuckled, then put on his helmet too.

His head gave a sudden buzz, and Su You found himself on an endless silver plain. Above him stretched the boundless starry sky, countless stars shining and casting a dreamlike glow across the silver earth.

Su You hopped up and down, tried knocking on the ground, and even tugged at his pants.

"If a game like this had existed in my previous life, it would've been a victory for the Pants-Off Party!"

Yang Hui pointed into the distance and said, "That's the Seven-Story Trial Tower. It's where you'll take your trial."

Su You followed Yang Hui's gesture. Three or four hundred meters away stood a towering structure that seemed to reach the clouds. He could just make out its seven stories.

"Su You, you've probably noticed that your physical abilities have changed, right?"

Su You nodded. Only their consciousnesses could enter the virtual space, so everyone had exactly the same physical abilities: punch strength in kilograms, a speed of 150 m/s, and neural reaction speed at the upper level of the Elementary Warlord Level.

Su You already knew this, but he still listened carefully as Yang Hui explained.

Soon, the two of them reached the entrance to the Trial Tower. A black stone pillar stood on either side of the entrance.

Su You looked to the left. Engraved words appeared on the black stone pillar—

Name: Su You

Sex: Male

Identity: Prospective student of the Elite Training Camp

Trial Tower Level: 1

The black stone pillar on the other side displayed a different set of words—

Name: Yang Hui

Sex: Male

Identity: War God

Trial Tower Level: 3.1

"Huh, 3.1? That makes sense—he won't meet Luo Feng for several more years!"

Su You was a little surprised. Yang Hui, standing beside him, began to explain.

"Your Trial Tower level reflects how far you've managed to get. My 3.1 means I've made it to the third level. You haven't tried it yet, so you're still at the original level of 1.

"This Seven-Story Trial Tower is extremely difficult. Even our head has only reached the sixth level, making him the only person on Earth to have done so."

Su You nodded. The Trial Tower really was difficult. He guessed that most Planetary Level fighters on Earth hadn't even reached the fifth level.

In his memories of his previous life, one of the rewards for raising your Trial Tower level to 5 was the position of Inspector at the Extreme Martial Arts Hall, along with several other extremely generous rewards.

Suddenly, an electronic voice echoed through the entire virtual space. "Su You, choose your combat suit and weapons. Once you've made your selections, enter the Trial Tower within one minute to take the Grade A Trial!"

Items and weapon designs immediately appeared before him. Su You hurriedly chose a combat suit that fit him and two Baihong Swords.

The two swords and the combat suit appeared on the ground in an instant. Su You took less than five seconds to put everything on.

Yang Hui smiled. "Su You, with your abilities, you'll have no trouble passing the Grade A Trial. Stay calm and don't get careless. I'll wish you success in advance!"

Su You nodded slightly and walked straight into the dark entrance ahead.

The surroundings changed in an instant, and Su You found himself on a vast grassland.

"Su You, your Grade A Trial is to kill fifty Elementary Beast General Level Mangniu that will attack you, within twenty minutes! If you die at any point, you fail!

"If you haven't killed all fifty Mangniu within twenty minutes, you fail! Since this is your first time entering the Trial Tower, you have five minutes to prepare."

"Only fifty?" Su You scoffed and stretched a few times, getting used to this body.

Five minutes later, the electronic voice rang across the grassland. On the grass a hundred meters ahead, a herd of nearly three-meter-tall bull monsters appeared. Each one was far larger than a tank from his previous life.

"Moo—"

All fifty Mangniu bellowed in unison. Their eyes reddened, white breath poured from their nostrils, and they charged at Su You.

Holding a Baihong Sword in each hand, Su You darted into the herd. He blended seamlessly into his surroundings, using the Mangniu themselves to dodge one attack after another. At the same time, his swords flashed in succession, and with every strike, a Mangniu fell.

The electronic voice sounded again. "Time: 1 minute, 54 seconds. All fifty Mangniu have been killed. Grade A Trial: passed! Congratulations, Student Su You!"

"That's it?" Su You shook his head helplessly. He hadn't even gotten warmed up. How had it ended already?

"Student Su You, you'll automatically leave the virtual space in five seconds. 5, 4..."