After finishing a day's tasks, another wave of urgent assignments came in just as they finished eating.
Or rather, getting to finish a meal was already a good outcome. If Rangers and Island Guard members received a mission notification just as they picked up their bowls and chopsticks, they could only grab a couple of packs of portable food and head out.
Heading back into the mountains to search for lost trialgoers, Shen Qi realized that the current assessment had already been simplified considerably compared with a Ranger's daily work.
The trialgoers taking part in the Island Challenge had sensor devices and could send distress signals, giving the search a very clear objective compared with heading into the mountains aimlessly.
By the time Shen Qi returned to his guest room in Iki Town, it was already 11 p.m.
There was nothing more to say. He washed up, took out the [Slacking-Off Sleeping Bag], and hurried to sleep.
The next day, Shen Qi woke up and checked the Island Challenge advancement list. There were 103 trialgoers left on Melemele Island.
Originally, 139 trialgoers had signed up. Yesterday's two wilderness outings had eliminated about a quarter of them.
Over the two days from noon today through tomorrow, the advancing trialgoers would battle the captain and vice-captains in the order determined by drawing lots.
"Melemele Island... does it have enough captains?"
Yesterday, Shen Qi had met Captain Ilima, while the vice-captains included Hau and two others.
How could three people possibly handle successive assessments for over a hundred trialgoers?
Checking the registration details, he found that the Island Challenge's examiners were not limited to the current captain and vice-captains. Those who became Rangers or staff at the Island Chief's Residence after turning twenty could also serve as examiners.
Counting them, they could indeed