"Although I said before that this year's exam would be completely different from last year's, this is probably the biggest difference." Hoshinomiya Chie opened a concept map displaying the complete map of the exam site.
Just by looking at it, everyone could tell that this island was more than twice the size of last year's Uninhabited Island.
"Besides the change in size, the number of participants is also different." Hoshinomiya Chie paused slightly, a playful smile appearing on her face. "You should understand by now, right? All three grades in the school will be participating."
In terms of duration, scale, and number of participants, this exam far surpassed last year's Uninhabited Island Exam in every sense.
"However, considering that upperclassmen have advantages in physical development and past experience, this exam also has protective measures for lowerclassmen. Upperclassmen will receive less reward than first-years, while the penalties they face will be harsher."
First-years did not have the savings that Second Years and Third Years had, and they had only gone through a Special Exam at the end of May, so such preferential treatment was understandable. As long as there would not be another huge disparity in the rules, like Second Years being expelled while first-years merely lost points.
Although the three grades would be opponents in this exam, competition for Class A seats was limited to students within the same grade. There would be no differences in rewards or penalties between students of the same grade.
"You all saw the process just now, right? The complete rules will not be introduced until the day the Special Exam begins. There are not many rules I can tell you today, but they are still very important~" Hoshinomiya Chie displayed the rules that could be announced during this class meeting on the blackboard.
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