"There are really a lot of people."
Xia Ping looked around and saw that the plaza was packed with people everywhere, dense as a sea, the lines stretching almost into dragons.
He grabbed someone nearby and asked, "Excuse me, where is the assessment being held?"
"Right here. See those lines? Everyone taking the assessment is queuing up. Once it's your turn, you can take the assessment right away."
The man answered patiently.
Xia Ping looked over and saw line after line across the plaza, with plenty of people waiting in them. The assessment had yet to begin, so the examinees in the plaza were mostly waiting quietly.
"With this many people, how long will I have to queue?" Xia Ping looked at the endless lines. Every one of them held hundreds, even thousands of people. By the time it was his turn, it would probably be dark.
He had no patience for such a long wait.
All of a sudden, he noticed that near the front, there seemed to be a line with very few people in it. It formed an open patch of space, clearly distinct from the crowded surroundings, with only a few dozen people.
If he joined that line, it was estimated that his turn would come very quickly.
"Isn't there a line over there with hardly anyone in it? How strange. Why isn't anyone queuing there? What idiots." As if he had discovered buried treasure, Xia Ping immediately headed over.
"Wait, that place!"
When the man saw Xia Ping trying to approach that line, his face changed drastically. He wanted to stop Xia Ping, but it was already too late. Xia Ping was simply too fast, reaching that area in an instant.
Whoosh!
Xia Ping's figure flickered, and he immediately arrived at the back of that