Rules, Giant City Ruins

Dungeon Hall.

During the college entrance examination period, this hall, capable of accommodating hundreds of thousands of people, was divided into four areas.

The accuracy zone and three examination room waiting areas.

The examination room waiting areas were arranged at the very front, entered by candidates after drawing lots.

The three examination rooms corresponded to different martial arts examination secret realm spaces.

They were the Giant City Ruins, Geland Forest, and Shili Slope.

These three secret realms were the same for all cities across the country.

After entering the examination room secret realm, one needed to stay for ten hours.

The exam started at nine o'clock.

It was currently eight o'clock in the morning.

Lin Xuan first queued up to enter the preparation area.

The queue was not only for checking if candidates carried prohibited items but also for testing each candidate's card slots.

The testing room was a series of sealed rooms resembling phone booths.

Lin Xuan queued up and entered.

It was a bit dim inside, barely allowing one to see clearly.

There were two examiners, one male and one female.

In the middle was a pillar over a meter tall, with a crystal ball the size of a human head placed on top.

"Student, please place your hands on the crystal ball and open your card slots."

"The crystal ball will display the number of Magic Cards in the card slots not obtained through personal means. If a non-zero number appears, please consciously remove the Magic Cards."

After listening to the examiner's explanation, Lin Xuan nodded silently.

He waved his hand, revealing his Magic Card wheel.

After a week's time.

He had now fully equipped all nine card slots.

In the very center was the talent card.

Two purple epic cards, four blue attribute cards, and one green attribute card.

In fact, he still had a purple card in his backpack.

That was a skill slot expansion card.

Since it was obtained through trade, Lin Xuan planned to use it after the college entrance examination.

The wheel appeared.

Eight Magic Cards rotated around the talent card in mid-air.

Upon seeing this, the two examiners' pupils instantly contracted.

The female examiner among them almost cried out.

Talent card!

And all nine cards were present, none obtained through non-personal means!

The examiners looked at each other, both seeing shock in the other's eyes.

The two of them, the male was a Jiangcheng teacher, working at the Professional Association, surnamed Zeng.

The female was an invigilator from the neighboring Jiangning City, surnamed Hu.

During the college entrance examination, each city would implement a ratio of one-third from their own city and two-thirds from other cities, exchanging teaching and examination teachers.

Before coming, Teacher Hu was not interested in Jiangcheng.

This city had been at the bottom of the college entrance examination results among several surrounding main cities for several years.

Unexpectedly, a talent user actually appeared here today!

"Jiangcheng really hid it well, not a single bit of news leaked beforehand."

The female examiner surnamed Hu curled her lips and looked at the male examiner surnamed Zeng opposite her.

And Teacher Zeng was even more shocked at this moment.

"A talent user, there's actually a talent user!"

"No wonder this Lin Xuan could reach the top. Before today, many people suspected he paid others for a four-person carry to level up so high, and I also suspected it."

"Now it seems all of that was wrong!"

"I just don't know what level his talent is." Teacher Zeng thought to himself.

Lin Xuan stood still at this moment, a little bewildered.

No numbers were displayed on the crystal ball.

Normally speaking.

They should have issued him supplies and a scoring bracelet by now.

"Teacher?"

Hearing Lin Xuan's words, the two examiners also reacted.

Examiner Zeng quickly pointed behind him.

"After you exit, take a tactical backpack for loading supplies from the left rack in the passage, and a scoring bracelet and teleportation rod from the right rack."

"Also, one more thing, you are not allowed to open your personal panel before entering the examination room. If found, performance points will be deducted."

"Alright, student, your test has passed."

"Thank you, teachers."

Lin Xuan expressed his gratitude and exited the testing booth.

This was a passage over a hundred meters long, with a row of cabinets on each side.

Lin Xuan retrieved his tactical backpack, put on the bracelet to bind his personal information, and clipped the teleportation rod to his waist.

The teleportation rod was an emergency evacuation item arranged for candidates.

After activating it in a non-combat state, if undisturbed for five seconds, one could exit the martial arts examination secret realm.

Exiting also meant giving up.

A large amount of performance points would be deducted.

The martial arts examination was different from the written examination.

There would be combat points for the number of monsters killed inside.

There would also be performance points related to the individual, such as team coordination and combat proficiency.

The sum of these two scores was the final score.

With everything ready, Lin Xuan exited the passage.

At the exit, there was also a pillar.

On the pillar was a fish tank, with three white ping-pong ball-sized small balls inside.

A teacher dressed in black and white stood beside it.

"Student, please draw your examination room."

Lin Xuan nodded, reached out, and casually picked a small ball.

Then, following the procedure he had been informed of at school long ago.

He brought the small ball close to his scoring bracelet.

The next moment.

The bracelet emitted light.

Casting a screen in mid-air.

【Candidate: Lin Xuan】

【Candidate ID: 20250503……】

【School: Binjiang No. 1 Middle School】

【Examination Room: Giant City Ruins · Zone 016】

【Current Score: 0】

【Ranking: None】

……

"Damn it, I actually drew the Giant City Ruins!"

As soon as he walked into the waiting area for the Giant City Ruins examination room, he heard someone complaining.

This was mainly related to the monsters in that examination room.

In fact, the difficulty of the three examination rooms was basically consistent.

But within the Giant City Ruins, there were various types of giants.

These giants had high attack and thick health.

More crucially, they could use weapons.

Although they were just bone clubs and stone hammers.

But with weapons, close combat would be very difficult.

And the red potions and blue potions prepared for candidates in the college entrance examination were limited.

"I knew I should have formed a team before coming in, but now it's too late."

"Yeah, I also made the wrong gamble. I can only hide on the outskirts and kill monsters. I originally hoped to get into a B-class university."

"B-class, buddy, you really dare to dream. Assigned here, you, a melee fighter, should be satisfied if you can score a C-class."

"Hmph, you're already scared before even entering the examination room. Is this how your school teaches a bunch of cowards?"

A sudden remark immediately drew everyone's gaze.

They saw that the speaker was a man dressed in ancient attire.

He had a ponytail, a center part, and carried a sword in his hand.

"It's him, Chen Yao from Jiangdu No. 1 Middle School, his profession is Sword Cultivator!"

"No wonder he talks so big. It's said that he greatly admires General General Li and has been practicing sword since childhood."

"And this year, when he changed professions, he was lucky enough to become a Sword Cultivator. With the enhancement of martial arts, his strength is simply like a tiger with wings."

"Now, he is the second ordinary professional, besides Lin Xuan from Binjiang No. 1 Middle School, to enter the top one hundred of the newcomer level rankings."

Jiangdu No. 1 Middle School was the highest-ranked middle school besides Jiangcheng No. 1 Middle School.

The students there all came from above-average family backgrounds.

Lin Xuan was quite moved by this person's attire.

A sword, it was still cool.

But he was a mage, not suitable for using a sword.

However, what this person just said was not entirely correct.

Lin Xuan noticed that most of the candidates were very calm.

Sitting on the chairs in the waiting area, closing their eyes to rest.

It was obvious that although the Giant City Ruins examination room seemed more difficult.

Everyone had already prepared themselves mentally.

"What a pity, I have the title of Goblin Slayer. If I were assigned to Geland Forest, it would be easier."

Thinking of this, Lin Xuan chuckled twice, feeling a bit greedy.

In the martial arts examination secret realm, killing monsters did not drop items well, nor did it grant experience.

Ease or difficulty seemed to make no difference.

There were no familiar students around.

And he couldn't open his panel.

So Lin Xuan casually found an empty seat and sat down.

And also closed his eyes to rest.

Before closing his eyes.

He suddenly noticed three familiar people walking not far away.

"Heh, I didn't expect to be assigned to the same examination room as them."

It was indeed Liu Ruyan and the man in the suit.

Lin Xuan had also seen him at Binjiang No. 1 Middle School.

Binjiang No. 1 Middle School had awakened one hidden profession and three rare professions this year.

The hidden profession was Liu Ruyan's Aura Master.

Of the rare professions, one was his friend Zhang Fan's Flowing Wind Knight.

Another was the Wanderer of the man in the suit before him.

As for the last one, it was a Shadow Dancer named Cai Kun.

Aura Master belonged to support, Wanderer belonged to marksman, and Shadow Dancer leaned towards light-armored warrior.

The three of them should have teamed up for the college entrance examination.

However, this configuration was clearly not perfect.

As Lin Xuan observed, the man in the suit also noticed him.

This time, the man in the suit did not approach again.

Lin Xuan clearly noticed.

The moment the other party saw him, there was a hint of panic.

"Heh heh, are you scared already?"