Combat Assessment: Battle Royale Mode

About two hours later.

The bus carrying Lin Zichen finally arrived at the forest that would serve as the examination venue.

Shen Qinghan, who had been watching news videos with headphones on, was now fast asleep, her head resting sweetly on Lin Zichen's shoulder.

He was sleeping soundly, and drool was even coming out of his mouth.

He's either wetting his pants or drooling; he's been incredibly viscous since he was a baby...

Lin Zichen shook his head helplessly, reached into his bag and pulled out a tissue to wipe the drool from Shen Qinghan's mouth.

He then poked her cheek with his finger and whispered, "Hanhan, we're in the exam hall, wake up."

"We've arrived..."

Shen Qinghan woke up groggily, looking at someone with sleepy eyes.

Soon, everyone got off the bus, and as soon as they did, they heard someone shouting through a megaphone.

"Those entering through entrance number 29, come this way!"

"Those who come through Entrance 3, come this way!"

"Candidates from Entrance 18, please assemble here!"

"Entrance number 78 is here..."

There were many Combat Assessment, nearly 100,000.

Having only one entrance is obviously not enough.

To allow candidates to enter the forest in a more dispersed manner and achieve better assessment results, the teaching department specially set up 100 entrances to the forest.

Before long, the candidates found their respective entrances and groups based on the announcements made over the loudspeaker.

Then, they left the transfer station in batches by car and headed to their respective entry points.

Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan entered through the same point.

Both of them were at entrance point 9. After finding their group, they took a car and left the transfer station.

It only took ten minutes.

The car then arrived at its destination and stopped.

As soon as Lin Zichen got out of the car, he found that Entrance 9 was already packed with people.

At a glance, there were at least several hundred candidates.

Besides the test takers, there were also a dozen or so food vendors selling food at their stalls.

"In this Desolate Mountain wilderness, someone actually sets up a food stall here?"

Shen Qinghan was very surprised.

Lin Zichen explained, "That's normal. There are nearly a thousand test takers at just one entrance point. If you set up a booth here for a few hours, you can probably earn several thousand."

Shen Qinghan looked puzzled. "But logically speaking, the teaching department shouldn't allow these vendors to come in."

Lin Zichen smiled and said, "Who knows?"

Shen Qinghan quickly had a new question, "So many people are buying food from these stalls. It's the college entrance exam period, aren't they afraid of getting sick?"

"The hygiene of the food sold by these vendors is definitely not an issue; otherwise, the relevant authorities wouldn't dare let them in to sell food."

Lin Zichen offered an explanation.

After saying that, he quickly added, "Let's go find a quiet place to sit down and get something to eat."

"Good."

Shen Qinghan responded.

Before long, the two walked to a big tree, found two stones to use as chairs, and sat down. They ate the food they had brought from home and chatted idly.

During those times when I was bored.

With his exceptional sensory perception, Lin Zichen listened intently to the conversations of the other test-takers.

Some test takers felt nervous.

Some test takers were excited.

Some test takers were happy, relieved that they had acquaintances at the entrance, so they would have company and wouldn't be lonely once they entered the forest.

Other test takers noticed Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan, attracted by their good looks, and whispered that they were so handsome and beautiful.

About ten minutes later...

The person in charge at the entrance walked up to the platform and emphasized the rules of the Combat Assessment to the candidates present.

The conversation lasted for a full half hour.

Lin Zichen summarized the content, which can be summarized into the following eight points.

1. There are many scoring cards placed in the forest. Each card is marked with a number. The number indicates how many points you can get by getting that card.

2. These scoring cards were placed in very tricky locations: some on treetops, some on cliffs, some on ferocious beasts such as black bears, tigers, rhinoceroses, crocodiles, and pythons, and some on the Exotic Beast deep in the forest.

3. Each ferocious beast and each Exotic Beast is guarded by a dedicated safety officer so that if any examinee challenges these beasts or Exotic Beast and danger arises, the safety officer can provide timely assistance.

4. The few Exotic Beast deep in the forest are designed to give geniuses points. Ordinary candidates are not advised to join in, lest something unexpected happen. Ordinary candidates are too weak to deal with the Exotic Beast, and they may die in the Exotic Beast' mouths before the safety officer can even come to their rescue.

5. The results of the Combat Assessment will be based on the individual's score. In addition, the assessment will also use cameras to observe other abilities demonstrated by the candidates during these seven days, such as leadership skills.

6. Nearly 100,000 candidates participated in the Combat Assessment, but the total value of the scoreboards was only 50,000, which means that more than half of the candidates will not get any points.

7. The Combat Assessment encourages both cooperation and competition. Players can cooperate to score points and distribute the points to their teammates according to their contribution ratio. Conversely, players can also directly steal points from others.

8. There are cameras and safety personnel everywhere in the forest. You can seek help if you encounter danger, but the price is immediate elimination.

"Dear candidates, these are the rules for this Combat Assessment. We will enter the forest in one hour to begin the assessment. Please prepare well."

After saying that, the person in charge at the entrance quickly left.

The person in charge had barely left when a fat examinee shouted:

"My dad is a senior executive at the Nanguan City branch of the Machine God Group. Are there any top students who can tutor me after the assessment starts? I'll definitely repay them handsomely afterwards!"

"Me! I'll take you! I'm a top student in the Talent Class at Changzhou No. 1 High School! I guarantee I'll help you soar!"

A top student responded to the overweight test-taker.

Unfortunately, the two were warned by the teaching staff on site before they could even make contact.

They said we can't be so blatant; if we're going to form a team, we should do it discreetly and privately.

On the other side, Lin Zichen was eating and chatting with Shen Qinghan when several students from the same school came over to find him.

They asked him if he could help out his classmates after they entered the forest.

Lin Zichen refused the request without even thinking.

The reason for his refusal was simple: he wouldn't share the score cards he collected along the way with anyone else.

Upon hearing this, those men abandoned their idea of currying favor with a powerful figure.

Lin Zichen ignored the others and continued eating and chatting with Shen Qinghan.

About twenty minutes have passed.

A well-built young man walked up to the two of them and stopped, politely asking:

"Hey, I'm feeling a bit hungry, but I didn't bring any food with me. I see you guys have a lot of food in your bags, could you sell me some?"

"No need for the money, you can have it."

Lin Zichen took a loaf of bread and a pack of cookies out of his bag and casually tossed them to the boy.

Anyway, there's so much food in my backpack that I can't possibly finish it all, so giving some to others won't hurt.

"How could I possibly take your stuff for free?"

"How about this, in return, once we enter the forest, I'll team up with the two of you and help you get points."

With that, the boy said confidently, "By the way, let me introduce myself. My name is Hong Junping, and I'm a student in the rocket class at Qianzhen No. 1 High School. I can run 100 meters in 6 seconds and lift a 750-kilogram barbell with one hand. Once we enter the forest, I can at least help you get 5 points."

Lin Zichen politely declined, "Thank you for your kindness, but it's alright."

The boy was stunned for a moment, not expecting to be rejected.

After a moment's realization, he smiled somewhat awkwardly and said, "Oh, okay then, buddy, thanks for the bread and cookies."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Once the boy had walked a little further away, Shen Qinghan couldn't help but complain:

"This person is so strange. There are so many food stalls here, but he doesn't buy from them. Instead, he comes all the way here to buy food from us."

"The real purpose of our visit isn't the wine, but rather the presence of an incredibly beautiful woman here."

Lin Zichen smiled and said.

He knew perfectly well that the boy had come to chat up Shen Qinghan.

Seeing that Shen Qinghan was pretty, he wanted to get to know her, so he made up a lame excuse to ask her to join his team.

"Oh? So you came here to chat me up? That's a clever tactic..."

After hearing Lin Zichen's explanation, Shen Qinghan belatedly realized this.

Just then, a girl nearby said with a smile, "That's not necessarily true. Maybe that guy came over to chat up because he saw a handsome guy here."

Lin Zichen: ""

The girl walked over and, with an outgoing personality, struck up a conversation with Lin Zichen: "My name is Zou Wenjuan, and I'm a student in the Talent Class at Changzhou City No. 1 High School. I think you're so handsome, can I add you on WeChat?"

"I don't use WeChat."

"How about we add each other on QQ?"

"I don't even use QQ."

Lin Zichen politely declined again, saying he didn't want to add the contact information of a strange girl.

The girl understood what he meant, so she stopped trying to embarrass herself and turned to leave.

In the time that follows.

The test takers at the entrance were all eating.

If we don't eat now, there won't be any left to eat once we enter the forest.

While you can eat now, eat as much food as possible so that even if you don't eat anything for the rest of the day, you can get through it without any pressure.

Most test takers were constantly observing the other test takers around them while they were eating.

Let's see if we can distinguish between the top students and the struggling students, so we can make corresponding strategies in the Combat Assessment later.

If you encounter a top student, avoid them to prevent them from stealing your scoring cards.

Conversely, if you encounter a struggling student, try to steal their scoring cards.

They play the bully game, picking on the weak and fearing the strong.

During this time, the top student from Qianzhen City who had previously asked to team up but was rejected by Lin Zichen, was still persistent and came over again to ask if he wanted to team up.

This time, instead of asking Lin Zichen, he went to ask Shen Qinghan.

However, Shen Qinghan didn't even try to be tactful; she refused quite bluntly:

"I'll only team up with him, not with other guys. You should go chat up other girls."

"Don't get me wrong, I wasn't trying to hit on you. I just don't like owing people money."

"I took your bread and cookies for free before, so I was thinking of forming a team and helping you guys out as a way of repaying you for taking your bread and cookies for free."

"Since you don't need it, then forget it."

After saying all that, the boy left looking embarrassed.

He hadn't expected to be rejected again, and so directly, without any tact. He thought to himself that these two were incredibly stupid for not knowing how to curry favor with powerful people.

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