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Chapter 616 Daily Test
I have to say, here, there are obviously more passers-by players.

Although this game will give priority to matching friends, it does not completely match friends. There will probably only be a few friends, and the rest will be mostly passers-by. There is a certain degree of randomness.

Chen Tingquan strolled around and saw that many players had already entered a state of serious training.

Some people were pounding wooden stakes, some were meditating in the training room, and some were even just sitting on the ground, all of them seemed to be racing against time.

This branch covers a very large area. Whether it is training rooms, martial arts arenas, or alchemy rooms and other buildings, they are more than ten times larger than before and are distributed on different hills.

So even if there are a lot of players, these facilities are still barely sufficient.

In most cases, there is no need to queue.

"Why do I feel like I walked into a gym by mistake?"

Chen Tingquan walked around the wooden stakes for training and found that all the wooden stakes were being used by players, and each of them was playing very seriously.

It's quite embarrassing, like wanting to do a bench press in the gym, but finding that the bench press rack, squat rack, and Smith machine are all occupied.

It's really unfriendly to socially anxious people.

"Forget it, let's practice Qi for a while first."

The training room is very large, and each person only needs to occupy a cushion when meditating. There are still many empty seats at this time, so Chen Tingquan came to the training room on a flying sword, preparing to meditate for a while at a different time from other players.

Anyway, he is not in a hurry. Even if he wants to achieve the best training speed in the game "Against the Heaven's Path", he only needs to play it for about two hours a day. The character will practice on his own during the rest of the time.

However, not long after he started meditating, he saw the sect’s voice coming from the screen.

This was a bit like some kind of announcement, similar to the voice transmission that Lecturer Ding had paid to shout out before, except that the range could cover the entire Songyang No. 3 Middle School of the Henggang Sect.

[The daily test is about to begin! Please go to the test site! ]

At the same time, a prompt message about the "Daily Quiz" appeared on the screen.

"Ah? What is this?"

Chen Tingquan clicked on it with some confusion and quickly figured out the relevant rules.

Simply put, after arriving at the intermediate branch, there will be two tests every day, at 12 noon and 9 pm.

These are the two peak periods when players go online.

The content of the test is divided into two parts. The first part is an attribute test. Players do not need to do anything. They just need to stand in the designated area and be detected and scanned by specific equipment to get specific values.

The second part is a practical test, where players need to continuously fight with enemies in the arena. The attributes of enemies in different waves will continue to improve, and scores will be obtained based on the time and waves that players persist.

The full score of each part is 50 points, and the total score is 100, which is the score of the daily test.

Players must complete at least 10 daily tests each month and calculate a comprehensive score based on the test results.

The monthly comprehensive performance ranking will determine whether the player is promoted or eliminated.

Chen Tingquan was a little speechless: "Why is it becoming more and more like high school?

“And high schools basically have weekly and monthly exams, I’ve never heard of daily exams!

“Forget it, fortunately I only need to test it 10 times a month, which is acceptable.

“I’ll test it today.

"Hmm? Wait, that doesn't seem right.

“How is the comprehensive performance of each month calculated?

“I see that the rule states that the average score of all the tests is taken.

"Then if I test it now, wouldn't it be a disadvantage?"

Li Wenhao beside him asked curiously, "How could it be a loss?"

Chen Tingquan explained: "You see, we are still in the novice stage, and our daily practice progress is very fast.

“Suppose, this month has 30 days. On the first day, I am at the second level of Qi Refining. On the last day, I become the third level of Qi Refining. My attributes have increased significantly.

“If I take ten tests evenly distributed throughout this month, then the scores on the first few tests will be very poor, and the scores on the later ones will be better.

“On average, it’s relatively low.

"But if I put all ten tests in the last five days, and take them on time every day at noon and evening, then the test scores will definitely be higher."

Li Wenhao couldn't help but be shocked: "Ah? There is such a saying? I didn't expect it at all!" Chen Tingquan said earnestly: "How could I not expect it?
“This game is full of traps. As free players, we don’t have as many resources as the big spenders, so we have to be thrifty!

"Look, if there really is a trap here, this one rule alone would have screened out a lot of idiots."

Liang Chun said: "Well, I just read the detailed rules of this daily test. Brother Quan's worries are not unreasonable. We really need to consider the specific time to take the test. However, this rule may be more complicated than we thought.

“Because when the number of tests exceeds 10, there will be a special screening algorithm in the rules.

“There is one point that needs special attention: when the test scores improve significantly within a month, it will be judged as ‘significant progress’ and will receive additional points.

“So, if we want to get the best score, we have to plan our practice schedule and the time to apply for the test carefully.

“We must ensure that we select nodes with better performance, and also try to get extra points for ‘significant progress’.”

Li Wenhao was simply dumbfounded: "...I never thought there would be such a trick.

"This is all written in the rules? Why not give a plot introduction?"

If Chen Tingquan and Liang Chun had not been more careful and paid special attention to this aspect, Li Wenhao would never have realized this.

Liang Chun thought seriously for a moment: "It feels like Ni Tian Tang deliberately hid it in the rules.

“It’s a bit like an exam. The exam rules and key points are clearly stated, but whether the candidates can patiently read every detail is also part of the screening process.

“It’s impossible to give a detailed explanation to each person.”

Li Wenhao suddenly felt that this game was a bit brain-burning.

Brother, what are you doing? Is this still the fairyland?

I just wanted to play a cultivation game to relax, but how come it feels like I’ve traveled back to high school?

"Why do we have to take the average score? Wouldn't it be enough to just take the latest score or the highest score?" Li Wenhao suddenly thought of this question.

Liang Chun pondered for a moment and said, “Well… I think it’s possible that the players’ scores will not only improve significantly, but they may also decrease significantly.

"If we take the latest or highest score, it won't be a fair representation of the players' training results for the past month."

Chen Tingquan suddenly realized: "Yes, it is very likely to be the case!

"If you lose your physical body here, you can only reincarnate. After reincarnation, your results will be reset to zero.

"Taking the average is fairer than taking both the latest and highest values."

Li Wenhao felt his scalp itchy: "Okay, okay, let's not discuss this anymore, we have to test it once today, right?

“Although we are rookies now, we will take the first test today and keep the weakest score. The next nine tests will be kept until the end of this month.

"This way, whether we measure the average or take into account the extra points for 'significant improvement', we will have an advantage."

Liang Chun thought for a moment and said, "Well... that's fine.

"If we want to be more rigorous, we still have to look at the specific triggering conditions for the extra score bonus of "significant improvement". If possible, we can start from the edge.

"But there really isn't that much data right now, so we can only study it slowly."

Li Wenhao: "Let's go, there are still a lot of people in line, it's too late to catch up."

The three of them hurriedly rode on their flying swords to the test site.

The test lasts for half an hour, which means it ends at 12:30 noon and ends at 9:30 pm.

In the game "Against the Sky", there is one thing that is quite inhumane, that is, you have to queue up to do many things.

For example, to complete the daily task of piling, you need to queue up. And the test also needs to queue up.

If it is any other game, just make copies that do not interfere with each other.

"Against the Heaven's Path" has even specially optimized the queuing system. Players must first go to the NPC to get a number. After getting it, the current calling number and queue status will appear on the screen.

After your number is called, you must arrive at the designated location within the specified time to complete the test, otherwise you will have to retake it.

The only somewhat humane setting is that players can do other things while waiting in line, such as meditating, refining qi, sparring, visiting the auction house, etc.

Chen Tingquan and three others each took a number, and then regretted it on the spot.

“There are 57 people in line ahead of me and the estimated waiting time is 32 minutes. What the hell is that?
"Doesn't this crappy test only last 30 minutes in total?"

(End of this chapter)