As is customary.
Whenever they arrive at a New Land, the clones will whine and complain for a while.
But the clone isn't responding at all.
Not only that, Qin Ze discovered that he couldn't contact Brother Devour and the others either.
In other words, the Local Area Network was blocked.
Qin Ze frowned.
For the first time, he felt a little panicked.
This Otherworld is truly bizarre.
Why sever his connection with his clone?
[Please be prepared, all candidates]
[The guardian beast will begin to be deployed in thirty seconds.]
[Countdown begins...]
Before Qin Ze could think any further, the notification that the Otherworld Exam had begun rang in his mind.
As the countdown ended, a flash of red light appeared, and the guardian beast materialized.
Qin Ze's eyes widened. "This is... the head of the proctology department?"
The gatekeeper was a Hyena that was nearly two meters tall.
The moment he was thrown into the room, the Hyena immediately attacked Qin Ze.
Qin Ze instinctively threw a punch.
With a muffled bang, the head of the proctology department exploded into a cloud of blood mist in mid-air.
That's it?
Qin Ze raised an eyebrow.
The director's strength, when converted to a martial arts level, is at most level 0.3.
After defeating the guardian beast on the first floor, Qin Ze quickly ascended the stairs to the second floor.
The red light flashed again, and a short, honey badger was launched.
Brave with a buzz cut, unafraid of difficulties.
The honey badger is even more formidable than the proctologist on the next floor.
They immediately began attacking Qin Ze's lower body.
Qin Ze lifted his foot and "smack!" The honey badger instantly went from three-dimensional to two-dimensional.
"That's all there is to the martial arts exam?"
"The intensity is too low."
Qin Ze shook his head.
Honey Badger is slightly better than the director, at level 0.4.
Looking at the stairs leading to the next floor, Qin Ze's eyes flashed with lightning.
"Boring."
"Let's finish this game quickly."
Although Qin Ze usually felt that his clones were nagging in his head, which was very annoying.
But now that they've all suddenly gone silent, Qin Ze feels uneasy.
Enveloped in lightning, Qin Ze transformed into a bolt of lightning and swiftly rushed towards the third floor.
As soon as he passed the three thresholds, the guardian beast was immediately deployed.
However, before this unlucky fellow could even get his footing, he was smashed to pieces by Qin Ze, who had transformed into Thor.
Qin Ze didn't stop at all and continued to accelerate upwards.
Fourth floor, fifth floor, sixth floor...
Qin Ze never stayed on any floor for more than five seconds.
The guardian beast was no match for the thunderous power emanating from him.
In just one exchange, his body was instantly torn to pieces.
And just like that, Qin Ze rushed straight to the ninth floor in one go.
Only two minutes had passed.
"This is the last level, can we increase the difficulty a bit now?"
Qin Ze extinguished the lightning on his body.
Meanwhile, inside the meeting room of the bigwigs.
Everyone was focused on the situation at the martial arts exam site.
The reason why all the city's top experts are stationed here is because they are worried that they will not be able to intervene in time to resolve any unexpected situations.
"Do you think anyone will be able to clear the ninth level this year?" the judge asked curiously.
The Vice Minister of Education nodded. " Fang Songhua and Zhang San have a good chance, after all, they are already formal martial artists."
"I doubt it," said the City Defense Bureau. "Even if they are formal martial artists, they haven't seen blood yet. The ninth level isn't just about fighting strength."
" The Heaven-Reaching Tower can read the mental world of those who attempt it, conjuring up their deepest fears."
"This little guy who's never seen blood is too naive. He'll be completely overwhelmed on the ninth floor, and might even wet his pants in fear."
The others nodded in agreement, agreeing that the City Defense Bureau made a lot of sense.
A warrior raised in a greenhouse will never grow; only through countless bloody battles can one truly mature.
[ Qin Ze, a student from No. 2 Middle School, passed the test successfully. Candidate number: 203507269327]
[Completion time: 2 minutes and 17 seconds]
Upon hearing the announcement from the examination hall, everyone in the meeting room was momentarily stunned.
The city lord, in particular, spat out the mouthful of tea he had just drunk.
"How many?"
"Two minutes and seventeen?"
Did I hear that right?
The expressions on the other people's faces were equally incredulous.
In the fifty years since the Heaven-Reaching Tower selection system was introduced, no one has ever been able to pass through it in less than three minutes.
Or rather, very few people even manage to get out of the ninth floor successfully.
The city lord exclaimed excitedly, "Quickly ask the Ministry of Education if there's a problem in the Mystic Dream Otherworld!"
If there's a problem with the Mystic Dream Otherworld or the Heaven-Reaching Tower, you just need to take the test again.
But if this result is true, then Jiang City will have a peerless genius.
Two minutes and seventeen seconds will become the fastest completion record in history.
The deputy minister made a phone call immediately, and the result was obtained quickly.
"The minister said that both the Otherworld and the Heaven-Reaching Tower are fine; this result is genuine and valid."
Upon hearing this, everyone in the meeting room began to breathe rapidly, and the city lord even unconsciously clenched his fist.
"What was the fastest clear record before?" the city lord asked.
"Six minutes," the deputy minister replied. "That achievement was set twenty years ago by Yao Yuan, the Human Race's Number One Sword."
The city lord laughed loudly, "Hahahaha!"
"Our Jiang City prodigy is already half again as fast as the Executive Officer's record from twenty years ago!"
"It has to be the Executive Officer; he's never misjudged anyone!"
"Report this to the education headquarters immediately!"
Everyone in the meeting room was extremely excited.
What they saw was not some unparalleled genius, but four large characters. "Promotion and wealth."
Qin Ze was completely bewildered when he heard the announcement that he had passed the test.
So we've passed the ninth floor?
But he didn't do anything!
He looked down at the "Black Cthulhu " before him, a creature with seven or eight arms and legs, three eyes, and a face that changed like a kaleidoscope, and fell into deep thought.
When Qin Ze arrived at the ninth floor, he felt a force probing his mental world.
He thought this level was a test of mental strength, so he didn't stop it, because he also wanted to see where his mental strength was at its limit.
The detection power quickly disappeared, and then the red light reappeared, releasing a very abstract and distorted guardian beast.
Black Cthulhu tripped and fell as soon as it appeared because its legs were tangled together, and then its body writhed like a maggot, trying to stand up.
After several attempts, it ultimately failed.
Then, something happened that left Qin Ze speechless.
The guardian beast's arms started fighting each other.
One eye shoots out lightning, the other shoots out a destructive red light.
Instead of attacking Qin Ze, they all landed on their own waists.
In less than a few seconds, the guardian beast was charred on the outside and tender on the inside, and committed suicide.
Qin Ze remained completely still throughout the entire process.
As the guardian beast gradually disintegrated and disappeared, a notification from Otherworld sounded in Qin Ze's mind.
[Assessment complete, teleportation in progress]
Qin Ze's vision went black for another second.
He opened his eyes and found himself transported outside.
Meanwhile, the Local Area Network was finally unblocked.