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Chapter 219: The Rules for Practical Assessment?

"Tsk, barely making it," Immy watched with her arms crossed. "How boring. My carefully prepared words of comfort (with added sarcasm) are useless again."

"I was lucky," Li Guanqi said with a relieved smile.

I barely passed the difficult written exam, and only the final practical assessment remained.

It shouldn't be a big problem in actual combat.

[Ding—] Another crisp notification sound rang on the wrists of some test takers.

Li Guanqi looked down at the supercomputing ring; it was a notification for the practical assessment.

Congratulations on passing the written test! Your score is 258, and you have been awarded a practical credit line of 60.

The actual combat quota is allocated based on the written test scores and is used to purchase the initial card deck in the actual combat assessment or as duel chips.

The card sets are purchased using the striped pricing method, meaning that an UR card requires a limit of 10, an SR card requires a limit of 1, an R card requires a limit of 2, and an N card requires a limit of 200.

"The starting point is a bit low, but it's alright." Li Guanqi was neither happy nor sad when he saw the credit limit of 60.

With 600,000, it seems like you could build a decent deck, at least you'd have UR ​​and SR cards available.

"What's your credit limit?" he asked Tang Xin.

Tang Xin turned her head and said, "780,000. It seems that if you score higher on the written test, you'll get an extra 10,000 in credit."

"78!" Immy's eyes lit up. "Xin, listen to me, play [Phantom Spirit]!"

"The entire family only has one type of extraordinary card, and 78 is more than enough!"

Tang Xin pursed her lips and shook her head: "I like angels."

Her gaze suddenly hardened: "I was personally taught by the Dean; I'm a master of [Puppet Desserts]!"

A sweet love story between fairies and magical puppets, and an attraction between angels.

"Is it expensive?" Li Guanqi asked succinctly.

“Uh—” Tang Xin was speechless for a moment, then turned her head away, “The main family’s rank 4 has three types of extraordinary cards.”

Li Guanqi paused, feeling a little sorry for the child, and comforted him, saying, "Keep it up."

In Yu-Gi-Oh!, there are always some poor little trash characters who are both expensive and bad.

"Hmm!" Tang Xin nodded vigorously, then looked a little deflated, "I just don't know how the practical test will be conducted. What if it's a direct elimination round..."

Before the words were even finished, the sunlight above the square suddenly disappeared, and an enormous, indescribable shadow enveloped the entire area, accompanied by a deep and loud hum, and the air itself trembled slightly.

Everyone in the square looked up at the same time and saw a huge, silver-white spaceship with a futuristic design hovering silently in the air. The metal shell at the bottom of the spaceship was as smooth as a mirror, reflecting the astonished expressions of the crowd below.

"Wow—" Tang Xin's eyes widened, and she excitedly tugged at Li Guanqi's sleeve, "It's here, it's here, the spaceship is here!"

Immy loosened her arms, looked up at the giant ship, and clicked her tongue: "The Soul Control Division really knows how to spend money on this."

Li Guanqi was also amazed; it was truly breathtaking.

Ordinary transport agencies don't use spaceships; they only use them to transport these chosen ones who have passed the open selection and written test.

A thick blue beam of light was projected from the bottom of the spaceship and landed precisely on a cleared area in the center of the plaza. Energy flowed within the beam, emitting a slight buzzing sound.

A lifeless, mechanical voice echoed across the square.

[Candidates who have qualified for practical combat, please enter the traction beam in an orderly manner and proceed to the practical combat assessment site to repeat...]

"Let's go, let's go!" Tang Xin started running, pulling Li Guanqi, who hadn't fully recovered, towards the pillar of light. "Brother Ba, hurry up!"

Li Guanqi was led by her, following the sparse crowd toward the pillar of light.

Looking around, the square, which had been packed with thousands of examinees, now had only thirty or forty people walking toward the pillar of light.

Most people stood still, their faces showing envy, disappointment, or resentment, watching these lucky ones leave.

"Hey, you line-pressing guy!" Immy's voice came from behind.

Li Guanqi turned around and saw Yimi standing there, waving at him with a teasing smile: "Remember to take care of Tang Xin! Develop your relationship."

The next sentence was shouted very softly, only he could hear it.

"Understood." Li Guanqi smiled and waved his hand.

He and Tang Xin stepped into the range of the blue pillar of light. Suddenly, their feet left the ground, and a gentle yet irresistible gravitational force came from above, slowly lifting them into the air.

The ground receded rapidly from view, the figures in the square grew smaller and smaller, their faces gradually blurred, and finally they became a dense mass of tiny dots, like a swarm of ants.

The feeling of weightlessness lasted only a moment; in a few breaths, they were inside the spaceship.

The space suddenly opened up, far exceeding Li Guanqi's imagination. At a glance, there was no boundary in sight. The dome was extremely high, and the air was filled with a fresh scent similar to that of an air purifier.

Some people are eating, some are dueling, some are working out, and some are chatting.
The entire hall was divided into six areas, with clear virtual signs floating at the entrance of each area, indicating the different fortress names.

Bian Yuelong, Jiwangxiang, Shengwangzhai, Da Rihe, Biluoshan, Qianquegong.

These six level-four fortresses were under the jurisdiction of the Fifth Department of Shen, and a total of 21864 people passed the written test.

The pass rate for the preliminary selection is 5%, and the pass rate for the written test is 10%. However, the actual test is the most brutal, with only 200 out of more than 20,000 candidates being selected to enter the reserve force, resulting in a pass rate of 1%.

As everyone adjusted to the magnificent space inside the spaceship, they curiously looked around, searching for the area marked "Bian Yuelong".

Just then, an unfriendly voice, tinged with obvious contempt, came from not far away.

"Hey, it's Byun Yue-taki."

"Tsk tsk, what's going on with this year's contestants? Only 2,500?"

The six fortresses had a total of 21,000 people, while Bian Yuelong had only 2500, which was clearly the lowest level.

Dozens of Bian Yuelong examinees, including Li Guanqi and Tang Xin, turned their heads at the same time, their eyes filled with displeasure, and all looked at the source of the sound.

The speaker was a woman dressed in a tight-fitting outfit, with a small blue snake tattooed on her collarbone, and a mocking smile on her lips.

It was Qing Ji, the captain of Qian Que Palace, who had previously lost to Li Guanqi in the league.

Several other examinees from Qianque Palace followed behind her, their faces also showing expressions of anticipation.

Tang Xin's temper flared up instantly. She couldn't stand anyone belittling Bian Yuelong. Before anyone else could react, she immediately put her hands on her hips, took a step forward, and retorted without backing down, "Oh, who do we have here? Isn't this Captain Qian Que Palace who came home crying back then?"

She mimicked the other person's tone, drawing out her words in a sarcastic tone: "Oh dear, you've already forgotten the feeling of being swept three times in the league after just a few days? You've already forgotten the pain so quickly?"

"That's right! A defeated opponent!" The examinees on Bian Yuelong's side chimed in.

"You were numbered and you took down three people in one go. As the team leader, how dare you stand here and talk?" One of the boys directly reopened Qingji's most painful wound.

"You!" Qing Ji was so angry by the series of taunts that her face turned pale and several veins popped out on her forehead. She took a deep breath, suppressed her anger, stared at Tang Xin who was at the front, and sneered: "Do you have the right to speak? A small fry who doesn't even dare to step on stage and hides in the back looking for a substitute."

"Who said it's okay!" Tang Xin was not intimidated at all; instead, she became even more self-righteous. She turned around abruptly, grabbed Li Guanqi's arm tightly, and, as if showing off a treasure, raised her chin at Qing Ji and shouted loudly, "My eighth brother! It was my eighth brother who defeated three of them!"

"Eighth Brother?" Qing Ji's brows furrowed instantly, and following Tang Xin's movement, her gaze slowly shifted to the young man whose arm was being tightly held.

Her gaze lingered on Li Guanqi's face for a moment. At first, he seemed vaguely familiar, but then, as if remembering something, her pupils contracted sharply, and her eyes widened in disbelief. She instinctively raised her hand, pointed at Li Guanqi, and her voice trembled slightly, "You... how did you get here?!"

It's no wonder she didn't recognize him at first.

What was Li Guanqi like during the league? He was always disheveled, with numbered markings on his face, and during duels, he was even more ferocious and monstrous.

But what about the person in front of me?
Dressed in clean and tidy casual clothes, with a fair and smooth face and thin-rimmed glasses perched on her nose, she exuded a calm and refined air.

You're saying these two are the same person? "Oh—" Li Guanqi looked enlightened as she pointed at him, his tone calm, "You're the one who plays with the reptile demon."

His way of remembering people is very "earthly"—he doesn't remember names, but rather card decks.

"They would say they like using my weird stuff."

"Then I kindly sent you a [Undead Torture Giant], but after I sent it to you, you were unhappy about it."

"Oh, woman."

Li Guanqi's calm yet reminiscent tone sounded to Qingji no less than another public execution.

The bluish tinge that had just subsided on her face returned, even tinged with a blush of embarrassment and annoyance.

"You—" Qing Ji's throat seemed to be blocked by something, and she couldn't speak for a long time. Finally, she managed to squeeze out a question, "How did you, a numbered citizen, get here?!"

The sharp, howling voice echoed through the empty hall, drawing the attention of other examinees from nearby fortresses who turned to look at the scene with curiosity.

Even the local test-takers from Bian Yuelong looked on in surprise: "Holy crap, I didn't recognize him at all!"

"Hehehe—" Tang Xin stuck out her tongue at Qing Ji, "Why should I explain to you?"

She glared at him fiercely, "We'll see each other on the battlefield!"

"Little thing, you've gotten quite bold!" Qing Ji grinned, revealing a ruthless smile, her gaze sweeping over the sparse crowd around Bian Yuelong. "Hmph, two thousand five hundred people, I'd like to see how many are left in the end."

Her words were no longer just directed at Tang Xin and Li Guanqi, but encompassed the entire Bian Yuelong, making a quick and accurate sweeping generalization.

The students at Bian Yuelong's school were already holding back their anger, and now they were in an uproar.

"So what if there are fewer people? Are they bothering you?"

"Exactly! We may be few in number, but our quality is high!" A boy puffed out his chest and said in a loud voice, "The highest score on the written test was 299, and that's our Bian Yuelong! Can your Qianque Palace achieve that score? Huh?"

The people from Qianque Palace were naturally not going to back down.

"So what if you get the highest score? Real-world testing is about real skills, not just rote memorization!"

"Ha, skill? The skill of being defeated by our Eighth Brother in one fell swoop?" Tang Xin immediately seized on the opportunity and retaliated mercilessly.

"You!" Someone from the Thousand Palaces was furious.

"Bian Yuelong? He's always at the bottom of the class, and he still dares to talk about quality?"

"If you're so capable, come and have a go at the duel arena right now?"

"Who is afraid of whom?"

The two sides argued more and more fiercely, their voices grew louder and louder, they pointed and gestured, their faces flushed, and the whole area was filled with the smell of gunpowder, on the verge of getting out of control.

Just then, a deep voice, like a thunderclap from a clear sky, instantly drowned out all the noise: "What's all the noise about!"

"I really hope that you can maintain this spirit when you go to work and carry out your tasks in the future."

The noise stopped abruptly.

The crowd looked in the direction of the sound and saw a middle-aged man in a crisp green military uniform with a serious expression, and a woman in a white uniform with a capable demeanor, leading a team of patrol robots in a marching procession.

Both of them exuded an undeniable sense of pressure.

The previously tense atmosphere between Bian Yuelong and the candidates from Qianque Palace immediately fell silent and subconsciously made way for each other.

Tang Xin released Li Guanqi's arm as if she had been electrocuted, her cheeks slightly flushed and her eyes flickering.

Thinking back to my sarcastic and shrewish behavior just now, I'm not sure if I should have said, "I'm not usually like this."

Li Guanqi, oblivious to her embarrassment, focused his gaze on the two approaching figures and asked in a low voice, "Who are they?"

“The woman in the white uniform is Lanley, the leader of Group Two,” Tang Xin said, composing herself and lowering her voice. “The man… I’ve never seen him before.”

The man in the green military uniform and Langley walked between the two groups of people and stopped.

Langley raised her hand in a gesture, and at the same time, countless virtual screens popped up throughout the spaceship, displaying her image.

"I'm Langley, the leader of Group Two." She glanced around, her tone tinged with a hint of helplessness. "Everyone, just a heads-up: after you pass the assessment, there's a very high chance you'll become colleagues, and you'll see each other all the time."

She paused, her gaze lingering briefly on Qing Ji and Tang Xin's faces. "If there's a real conflict, and we have the energy, we can settle things with a duel, understand?"

Many people lowered their heads, looking somewhat embarrassed.

After Langley finished speaking, he took a half step back.

The man in the green military uniform stepped forward, and his voice was clearly transmitted to everyone's ears through various projections.

"I am Deng Jun, the leader of Group Seven."

"This practical assessment will be supervised by me and Team Leader Langley throughout the entire process."

His sharp gaze swept across the entire room, and the invisible pressure made everyone hold their breath.

"Next, we will announce the basic rules for the practical assessment."

As he finished speaking, a huge virtual projection unfolded in the air, clearly displaying densely packed rules and text.

The more than 20,000 candidates who had been in a commotion fell silent instantly. Everyone instinctively straightened their backs, immediately took screenshots of the rules and saved them, and began to read them with focused attention.

[Detailed Rules for Practical Assessment in August 1067]

1. Please use your credit limit to configure your initial deck before starting the actual battle.

2. The actual test is a sandbox survival test. 21864 candidates will be simultaneously placed in the Youlan Islands. The last 200 candidates who survive will be considered to have passed the test. Please choose your landing site half an hour before the actual test. The test will be in a safe state before it begins.

Map of the Youlan Islands.

3. Each candidate will be equipped with a special duel board and an arsenal gun. The bullets have five power levels: 10,000, 20,000, 50,000, 100,000, and 200,000. After a bullet hits, both sides will be marked and must wager the corresponding level of power to duel. If the attacked side does not have enough power, they will be eliminated on the spot. The side that fired the shot will receive 5,000 power. Please note that you need to have enough power in your account to wager the corresponding level of power.

4. Credits and cards are non-transferable. Once the practical assessment begins, two people who have already dueled cannot duel again. Being shot or hit is invalid.

5. The assessment has multiple safe zones. During the assessment, purchasing food, water, medicine, bullets, and cards, as well as staying in safe zones, will consume your quota. Prices vary depending on supply and demand. For details, please inquire through the store.

Details – Credit Limit Mall.

6. Violent private fights between candidates are prohibited. Any conflicts should be resolved through duels.

7. There are third-party enemies in the examination room. Please be vigilant. If the number of survivors remains unchanged for a long time, the strength of the third-party enemies will be further increased and they may even use domain cards. Defeating the third-party enemies will grant you corresponding rewards.

8. You may withdraw from the assessment at any time; withdrawal will be considered a waiver.

9. There are task checkpoints in the examination room. Completing the tasks will earn you a corresponding reward.

10. Victory gained by abandoning your partners may be recognized, but it will not be respected.

Note: You cannot use the included cards unless you encounter a domain duel.

[Time remaining until the start of the practical assessment: 13:44:56]

"Hiss—" Li Guanqi gasped.

I thought the 60 credit limit was just for buying the initial deck, which was quite enough. This practical test is pretty easy, huh?

He was stunned when he saw the fifth item, browsing through the exorbitantly priced food and water in the online store.

(End of this chapter)