Songjiang Province provincial capital, Songcheng city.
On the outskirts of the city, a large Garrison Base was embedded in the Wilderness Zone like a steel fortress. In the early morning mist, one floating bus after another was welcomed.
Today is June 10th, Star Calendar 2667, the third day after the Martial Arts Department College Entrance Exam cultural subjects and basic tests have ended. It is also the day when the "practical assessment" that determines the fate of countless Martial Arts Department lives officially begins.
The Antu City No. 8 High School teacher team, headed by principal Wang Binren, led many students of the school off the bus.
In fact, in the "practical assessment" in previous years, Wang Binren, as the head of a school, usually did not personally accompany the team to supervise the examination.
But this year's situation was special, and the amazing strength shown by Chen Mochuan gave him unprecedented expectations.
Therefore, he deliberately put aside some affairs and came here today, wanting to witness the other party's outstanding performance on a higher level stage with his own eyes.
After the screening of the exam on June 7, a total of 58 students in the Martial Arts Department key class of senior high school met the basic qualifications to apply for "Thirty-Six Elite Schools" and "The Big Six", and all of them were very motivated and decided to participate in this more brutal next stage of the "practical assessment". No one chose to abstain.
However, College Entrance Exam's "practical assessment" is completely different from the "practical training" that students participated in before, which has a certain teaching and protective nature.
It has higher requirements, stricter standards, greater dangers, and is closer to real wilderness survival and hunting.
In order to ensure the uniformity of assessment standards to the greatest extent, the "practical assessment" will not be carried out in various cities and county-level units. Instead, it will be based on the province as a unit, and the provincial military region will uniformly plan and set up special "examination rooms" for centralized assessment of candidates across the province.
Although this method will consume a huge amount of manpower and material resources for organization, security and monitoring, it can avoid selfish situations such as local protection and human interference to the greatest extent, and strive to be fair, equitable and open in terms of procedures.
Naturally, the garrison of Songcheng, the provincial capital, is responsible for overall planning, providing venues, and ensuring safety for the Songjiang Province examination room.
As soon as he got off the bus, Chen Mochuan saw the crowds of people in the huge gathering square in front of him.
He roughly estimated that there were at least a thousand candidates gathered here, and this was not the entire number of people at this test site. It was still some time before the exam started, and buses carrying candidates would be arriving one after another.
It is understood that this year Songjiang Province has a total of more than 12,000 candidates who meet the "practical assessment" participation standards and have confirmed references.
Songcheng For this purpose, the military has planned a total of six large-scale Garrison Bases that can accommodate 2,000 candidates as test centers to conduct diversion assessments.
According to the admission data of Songjiang Province in previous years, only about one-third of these candidates who have passed the preliminary screening and are considered the best among their peers in the province can successfully enter the "Thirty-Six Elite Schools" threshold.
Those who can be admitted to "The Big Six" are even rarer, with only more than a hundred people every year.
Due to the huge disparity in strength among the candidates, the weakest is the seventh-level Martial Warrior, while the strongest has exceeded Mortal Shedding. In order to ensure the orderly conduct of the assessment, the military conducted a secondary split for the stronger candidates before the exam began.
They will be sent to an assessment area that is more suitable for their strength and has a higher risk level.
So, Chen Mochuan took a flying car and came to a place where Wilderness Zone was already quite deep into Outpost Camp.
The map provided by the military shows that the strength of the active Ferocious Beast around is at the lowest level and that of Tenth Rank. The distribution density of First-Order Ferocious Beast is also far higher than that of ordinary wilderness, and the degree of danger is quite high.
However, the more than sixty candidates who can come to this highest-level examination center are all top talents among the Songjiang Province and Martial Arts Department students. All of them have the strength of Mortal Shedding level. Naturally, they will not be afraid at all. On the contrary, most of them are eager to try.
In addition to the "Twin Stars" brother and sister Xia Tang and Xia Ze who came in the same car, Chen Mochuan also saw several faces here that he had seen on Yunhai Youth Tournament before.
"Chen Mochuan!" came a familiar voice, and Ding Muzhi was seen running over quickly, with a hearty and emotional smile on his face, "We meet again! Fortunately, I tried my best, and in the last period of time I rushed forward and broke through to Mortal Shedding. Finally, I am not too far behind you."
Chen Mochuan smiled and bumped fists with him, "Congratulations, I knew you would definitely be able to break through."
Ding Muzhi chuckled, then lowered his voice and asked with curiosity, "You were able to defeat that guy An Chiyu when you were Martial Warrior -- now I'm afraid Mortal Shedding is no longer your opponent in the mid-term, right?"
Before Chen Mochuan could answer, Xia Tang on the side had already taken over with a smile, "It's not just that!"
She and Xia Ze had already learned from An Chen from the same school that Chen Mochuan got a perfect score of 2000 in Simulated Combat Assessment, which meant that he defeated the gatekeeper with the strength of Late Mortal Shedding.
Both she and Xia Ze were defeated by the gatekeeper in the assessment, and only scored more than 1,700 points in this category.
Ding Muzhi was slightly startled when he heard this. He was about to ask for details when he noticed someone approaching. He turned around and saw that they were two of his classmates, one of whom was An Chiyu.
Obviously, what he just said about "being a cricket behind your back" was completely ignored by the owner, and he felt a little embarrassed.
"Ahem----Brother An----" Ding Muzhi said with a sneer on his face, "I just said it casually, and I didn't mean to belittle!
An Chiyu glared at Ding Muzhi with a somewhat unkind look, snorted lightly, but didn't say anything. When he turned his head to look at Chen Mochuan, his eyes immediately softened a lot, and he even took the initiative to say hello.
An Chiyu was convinced by this peer who had defeated him head-on. He recognized his strength and was naturally willing to make friends with him.
The other person who followed him was somewhat beyond Ding Muzhi's expectations. He was actually Zhong Xu, who was very indifferent and almost ignored even his classmates.
The stern young man's gaze fell directly on Chen Mochuan, his eyes as sharp as knives, "You are indeed already Mortal Shedding."
Keenly aware of the vague fighting spirit exuding from Zhong Xu, Chen Mochuan remembered what the other party had said to him on Yunhai Youth Tournament: "We will fight again after you become Martial Artist."
He immediately came to his senses, straightened his expression, and responded calmly, "I also want to finish the unfinished semi-finals with you, but now is not the time."
After receiving the reminder from Chen Mochuan, Zhong Xu realized that he was still in the "examination room" and that the time and occasion were completely wrong. His original stern expression instantly turned to embarrassment, and he quickly restrained his fighting spirit.
Observing the other party's subtle expression changes and slightly stiff movements, Chen Mochuan's heart moved, and he couldn't help but doubt An Chiyu's previous evaluation of Zhong Xu's "coldness".
He felt that the young man in front of him was probably not indifferent by nature, but more like a person who was extremely bad at communicating with others and even had some "social fear".
So, he responded with a gentle smile and proactively suggested, "It's okay. After the actual combat assessment is over, if we all have time, we can make an appointment to have a good fight."
Zhong Xu, who had already adjusted his emotions, seemed not to have expected Chen Mochuan to respond so directly and kindly. He was slightly stunned, then nodded, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he only uttered one word. "Okay."
After saying that, he stopped talking, but did not leave. He just stood beside Chen Mochuan quietly, like a silent statue.
Such behavior made Ding Muzhi, who was already a little embarrassed because he said the wrong thing, even more uncomfortable.
He touched his nose, calmed down for a while, then coughed dryly and spoke again.
Perhaps wanting to ease the embarrassment, he changed the topic this time.
"This year, among our Songjiang Province candidates, there are several who have reached the mid-term Mortal Shedding level of martial arts. They are all favorites to be number one."
Seeing that his success aroused everyone's interest, even Zhong Xu looked at him, and Ding Muzhi didn't give in and continued to introduce.
"Did you see that guy over there with short hair and a very eye-catching temperament? His name is Cao Chuyue, a native of Songcheng City. He has publicly challenged and defeated many senior Late Mortal Shedding Martial Artist. His record is very strong. He is recognized as the top pick in our province this year----"
"The beauty over there with long black hair and good temperament is named Zhu Qian, who is also Songcheng. It is said that one time she went deep into the wilderness alone for a day and night and successfully hunted four First-Order Late Stage Ferocious Beast. She is extremely powerful and a strong contender for the top prize----"
"There is also that tall, strong man who looks like an iron tower, his name is Wu Tong, he is from AY City. Rumor has it that he is the only one among the Martial Arts Department candidates in our province this year who has publicly admitted that he has awakened Heaven-Tier Spirit Talent Although 's specific abilities are unclear, and I don't know if they are real or fake, he is indeed very strong and popular----Oh, by the way, he seems to be the defeated opponent of Cao Chuyue----"
At the end, Ding Muzhi's voice was almost inaudible and could only be vaguely heard by a small circle of people around him. Apparently, he had learned the lesson from the previous incident where An Chiyu was caught on the spot for talking behind his back.