Hunter x Hunter: Card Master, the Strongest in the World.

The following day, at 3 PM.

The afternoon sun shone brightly on the sparkling sea. Ship No. 7 sailed through one stretch of sea after another, finally stopping at the shore of an island.

According to their location, the island in front of them was their destination.

Lynn was the first to land. As far as the eye could see, there was a sparse forest, and a little further away, there was a tall wall with several buildings hidden inside.

A small island in the wild, surrounded by walls... Could it be a military base?

After disembarking, the group looked around but didn't see any other boats or examinees. Perhaps they were the first group of examinees to arrive?

It's not impossible.

Last night, after Lynn killed the people on two ships, they seized two boxes of oil and later collected another half box.

With plenty of fuel, Mark drove at full speed, which is why he was able to arrive here at 3 p.m. the next day.

The group instinctively walked deeper into the woods and soon approached the tall wall. At the same time, a broadcast came from the loudspeaker on the wall.

"Congratulations, you are the first group of candidates to land on the island."

"The third round of exams will begin once the remaining four groups of candidates arrive. You can rest here until then."

After only two sentences were spoken, the broadcast went silent.

Seeing this, they stopped worrying about everything else and waited there for the other candidates, while secretly planning their third round of exams.

Clearly, the upcoming exam will require them to go inside the walls and do something, but what exactly they will do, whether it's an individual battle or a team battle... is completely unknown.

For the next period of time, a ship would come every now and then.

Three hours later, at 6 p.m., the last boat docked at the shore, after the previous five groups of people had all arrived.

Lynn looked around and saw that the number of people had decreased significantly in this round, far fewer than when the first round of exams began.

There weren't many acquaintances. Apart from Tonpa, Amori, and Tomon, the only other acquaintances were a handful like Hisoka.

It's worth mentioning that Hisoka was on Ship 4. There were no casualties on the ship, making a total of ten people including him. However, the other nine people looked terrible, and it was unclear what they had gone through.

Hisoka met Lynn's gaze with a sly smile, waving his hand like a familiar old friend.

Lynn remained expressionless and turned her head away as if she hadn't seen anything.

Hisoka curled the corners of his mouth.

He's incredibly thirsty right now!

The broadcast started as scheduled, the mechanical voice indistinguishable between male and female.

"The third round of exams is about to begin; there are 43 candidates."

"Let me introduce myself first. I am Boots, the examiner for this session. The island you are on now is a military base. Next, you will explore it in groups according to the order of your arrival."

"There are a few special items in the base. They are marked with numbers of different colors, which represent points: white items are worth 10 points, blue items are worth 30 points, and gold items are worth 100 points."

"This round of exams lasts 48 hours. Those who collect 100 points before the deadline and bring the item to the entrance will pass."

After hearing the rules, Lynn raised an eyebrow. Wasn't this just a search, attack, and withdrawal?

The test takers enter to search for items, then fight and struggle with each other, and finally return to the entrance to evacuate.

"Now, please welcome the first group of candidates to enter. The second group of candidates will enter in ten minutes."

As soon as he finished speaking, the previously closed door slowly opened, revealing the interior to everyone.

"Haha, how lucky! We'll be going now." Dongba couldn't resist making a sarcastic remark before leaving.

It was dusk, and the sky was ablaze with fiery clouds, with the last rays of the setting sun casting their glow upon the island.

Lynn and the others walked towards the door, their shadows stretching longer in the setting sun... The others watched their backs with longing eyes; the advantage of being in the lead was evident at this moment.

The essence of this test is search, raid, and withdrawal. Going in to explore earlier will definitely give you an advantage, especially for the fifth group, who were already a full forty minutes behind others before the test even started.

As soon as they entered, Dongba, Amori, and the others couldn't wait to disperse.

It doesn't matter which way you go, the important thing is not to go in the same direction as Lynn.

The other groups didn't know how terrifying Lynn was, but they knew it all too well.

Even Takumon, who was knocked unconscious by the tranquilizer arrow, later learned what had happened from Mark... His first reaction was disbelief.

Who could take down twenty people in an instant with their bare hands?

Is it a movie shoot?

superpower?

But the others had no reason to lie to him, and given the enemy's overwhelming force, it was impossible for them to escape unscathed. In the end, he reluctantly believed them.

In short, the further away from Lynn the better, this is the consensus among Dongba and the others.

With Chopper by his side, Lynn randomly chose a building on the left to explore. Judging from its structure, it was a dormitory building with six floors.

The first floor was a lobby with nothing much. He glanced at it briefly and then went up to the second floor.

"Chopper, you search for single-layer, I'll search for double-layer."

"OK."

Chopper took small steps up the stairs to the third floor, while he stayed on the second floor; it would be more efficient to search separately.

He then explored each room, which seemed to have been deliberately messed up, with bedding, clothes, and other personal items scattered everywhere—something a normal soldier wouldn't do.

After searching for a long time without finding anything, he thought it wouldn't be appropriate to leave empty-handed, so he took a backpack and went to the restroom.

"Um?"

Lynn suddenly looked up and saw a rag stuck to the bathroom ceiling with transparent tape. The rag had a white "10" written on it, which was obviously a white item representing 10 points.

Was it hidden that well?

Lynn lightly leaped up, grabbed the rag firmly in his hand, and casually put it into the backpack behind him. Finally, he had made his money.

90 points short.

Afterwards, he and Chopper searched the entire dormitory from top to bottom, only finding three white items with a total value of 30 points.

In just a short while, more than half an hour had passed, and it had become completely dark. Fortunately, the base was brightly lit, there were streetlights outside, and most of the rooms were under default lighting.

Under these circumstances, no one dares to turn the lights on or off casually, otherwise it would be blatantly telling others that there is prey here.

Yes, prey.

For many, searching is too difficult, while killing is easy. Lynn guessed that someone was already lying in ambush near the entrance, just waiting to kill others when they returned after collecting their points.

However, none of this mattered to him; he didn't care as long as his opponent wasn't Hisoka.

Lynn glanced at the rags, clothes, and washbasin in his backpack and fell into deep thought... Perhaps there are fewer recyclables on the outer buildings, and their value is also low. Maybe he should explore the center instead.

……

At this moment, in the underground monitoring room of the military base.

The lighting was dim, except for the light emanating from the screens, which illuminated the examiner, Boots, in front of the monitoring console.

"Two Nen users? Their qualification is a sure thing." Boots pushed up his round glasses and muttered to himself as he looked at Lynn on the screen.

Boots scratched his receding hairline in frustration, losing a few more strands, and said worriedly, "Will we even get to see them fight?"

He is a hacker hunter with a talent for manipulating technology and enjoys watching intense battles, so he set up this test.

He didn't explain the rules completely; in fact, the threats in the base didn't just come from the test takers...