6: Chapter 6: The College Entrance Examination Officially Begins

The Ability College Entrance Examination—the most important talent selection system in Huaxia.

If humanity wants to counterattack the ferocious beasts and reclaim their lost heartlands, they must constantly inject fresh blood into their ranks.

Today, everyone and everything in Huaxia must make way for the Ability College Entrance Examination.

After all the examinees entered the testing area, squads of armed soldiers marched in with steady steps.

They stood guard at every intersection surrounding the testing area.

There were also ability user teams patrolling various high points to prevent any ill-intentioned individuals from causing sabotage.

Medical teams stood by at the entrance of the examination grounds, ready at a moment's notice.

Everyone and everything was in place.

There were hundreds of screens in the monitoring room, but two people were focused on only one of them.

Cui Yuyu and Director He Kui watched Su Mu as he charged straight toward the core area.

They sighed inwardly, wondering if he possessed absolute confidence or was simply a newborn calf who did not fear the tiger.

June 6, 2036, 9:50 AM

Ten minutes remained before the start of the examination.

All students had entered the testing area; the final ten minutes were preparation time for the last batch of students to arrive.

The students who had just entered were still looking around, observing their surroundings.

The testing area was a vast stretch of jungle, but upon closer inspection, one could occasionally find a square brick or a tile on the ground.

Although it looked like a desolate wilderness now, it was clearly once inhabited by people.

Looking from the exit into the wasteland, dark shadows flickered from time to time amidst the ruins, accompanied by the various hisses and roars of ferocious beasts.

“So this is our Ability College Entrance Examination area.”

“Holy crap, brothers, I think I just saw a Blood Moon Wolf.”

“Damn, a Blood Moon Wolf? That's a First-Order High-Grade beast. Is the difficulty of this year's exam really that insane?”

“...”

As a talent selection mechanism, the Ability College Entrance Examination naturally couldn't be the same every year.

If the same type of beast was released into the exam area every year, it would inevitably lead to all students focusing solely on one specific type of ability.

For example, if the beasts released every year were Giant Armored Rhinos, then all students would strengthen their offensive capabilities while neglecting other areas of improvement.

Therefore, every year, the Ability College Entrance Examination in Jiang Province had over a dozen beast combination plans, and the beasts would be released into the testing area on the night before the exam.

This ensured the absolute fairness of the examination.

However, in previous years, the beasts released were usually Shadow Cats, Steel-Toothed Rats, and the like.

But this year, they had released beasts like the Blood Moon Wolf. Even among First-Order beasts, the Blood Moon Wolf was one of the best.

In previous years, Blood Moon Wolves were placed in the core area as the 'final boss' questions of the exam.

Now that they were appearing in the outer areas, it meant that the beasts in the core area must be even more powerful than the Blood Moon Wolf.

This meant that participating in this exam involved immense danger; one even had to be prepared to lose their life inside.

Many people felt their faces stiffen and their hearts verge on collapse upon hearing there were Blood Moon Wolves inside.

“A single Blood Moon Wolf has scared the wits out of you? If you're that cowardly, there's no need to take the Ability College Entrance Examination.

Just go home and go to sleep!”

“Exactly! To be this afraid of beasts trapped within a perimeter...

You'll just be deserters when you reach the front lines of the battle between the human race and the beasts in the future.”

Two people stepped out from the back of the crowd, their voices suppressing the discussions of everyone present.

One of them wore a pale green combat uniform with a longsword strapped to his back, looking like an ancient swordsman.

The other wore a deep red combat uniform and held a Tang Dao, his entire body radiating a murderous aura.

The students who originally wanted to retort immediately dropped the idea when they saw who was speaking.

For no other reason than that these two were the recognized top three in Jianglan City.

Jianglan City had 'One Sword, One Blade, and One Fist.'

One of these two was the 'One Sword,' the Qingfeng Swordsman—Zhou Yang.

The other was the 'One Blade,' the Chixia Blader—Wu Shuang.

Both were students of Jianglan No. 16 High School.

That’s right, the best high school in Jianglan wasn't Jianglan No. 1 Middle School, but No. 16 High School.

Every year, the top scorer of Jianglan City also came from Jianglan No. 16 High School.

The students they cultivated were exceptionally outstanding; one year, a student from No. 16 High School even became the national top scorer.

However, that was many years ago.

As for this year, Jianglan No. 16 High School had produced two geniuses at once.

In the monitoring room, seeing the impassioned words of his school's two students,

Principal Wang Defa of No. 16 High School was very proud. He immediately stepped forward to converse with the two admissions directors.

“Directors, these two are the genius students of our No. 16 High School.

It’s no exaggeration to say they are definitely the most outstanding students in our Jianglan City.”

The principals of the other schools looked displeased, yet they had no way to refute him.

The only one who could rival those two was the 'One Fist,' the Arhat Fist—Luo Zhenyue, who did not belong to any high school.

Because he was a monk who had lived in a temple since childhood, raised by the abbot.

The two admissions directors had naturally heard the stirring speeches by Zhou Yang and Wu Shuang just now.

They were quite satisfied with such students, but their gaze remained fixed on Su Mu, who was continuously sprinting toward the center area.

By now, Su Mu had been running toward the center area for over twenty minutes.

During that time, he had casually killed a few entry-level beasts without much effort.

They provided him with a total of 20 conversion points.

Su Mu looked at the Scoring Bracelet on his wrist; it was now 9:59 AM.

One last minute remained before the start of the exam.

Su Mu stopped traveling and stood in place, watching the Scoring Bracelet.

A moment later, the time on the bracelet flipped.

10:00 AM sharp.

A booming, coarse voice echoed from the direction of the exit.

“The 2036 National College Entrance Examination officially begins now!!! I wish all examinees great Fortune in Battle!!!”

As soon as the voice fell, all the students became restless and excited.

Although many complained about the difficulty of the exam, a warrior who has already entered the battlefield cannot complain about the strength of the enemy.

All the students cheered themselves on.

“I’m going to get into Modu Ability University!!”

“Today, I will surely amaze the world!”

“...”

On the main screen of the background monitoring room, the red dots became active, scurrying in all directions.

The corners of Su Mu's mouth curled up slightly; currently, he was the person closest to the inner area.

He was going to start a slaughter!!!

In the testing area, hundreds of drones turned on their cameras, filming video everywhere and transmitting it to the control center.

The control center then processed the video and started a live broadcast.

Every year, Huaxia's college entrance examination is broadcast live to all citizens, and the video data of the entire process is preserved.

The live broadcast was not only to make the examination process public for everyone to supervise,

But more importantly, broadcasting the entire process could instill a sense of urgency in tenth and eleventh-grade students, letting them feel the severity of the Ability College Entrance Examination.

At Su Mu's home,

Leng Jing and Lin Ruoxi sat on the sofa, intently watching the live broadcast of the exam on television.

Both sisters were extremely nervous.

“Sister Leng! Sister Leng! Look! Look! Is that Brother Mu?”

The little girl, Lin Ruoxi, was like a little sparrow.

Leng Jing was much more composed, the corners of her mouth curling into a smile that could topple cities.