pjbooks Chapter 156 Creation of Shadow, Is This a Raven?
Chapter 156 Creation of Shadow, Is This a Raven?
The verdict on the "malfunction" of the proctoring center.
It was like a torpedo thrown into a pond, causing the entire examination hall to boil over.
At this moment, Chen Yifan's name is inextricably linked with labels such as "behind-the-scenes manipulation," "nepotism," and "incomprehensible."
He ignored the piercing gazes that seemed to see right through him and walked straight back to the line of students from No. 1 High School.
"Fanzi, what...what exactly is your talent? You've even managed to burn out the machines?"
Wang Fugui came closer, his honest face flushed red with extreme excitement.
The way he looks at Chen Yifan now is no different from how he looks at a blessed deity in a temple.
"How would I know?"
Chen Yifan shrugged, looking genuinely puzzled.
"Perhaps it's because my F-level hand speed boost has taken its toll and caused a mutation."
"Mutation? An F-rank talent can mutate to the point of crashing the system?"
Wang Fugui racked his brains, which were not big enough, and felt that his worldview had been shaken.
"Who knows?"
Chen Yifan casually brushed it off, his gaze falling on Lin Xiaoyu not far away.
The girl had her head down, her fingers nervously twisting the hem of her clothes, her face pale, clearly still reeling from the ordeal.
Chen Yifan walked over.
"What are you thinking about? You've completely lost your mind."
"Ah...no, it's nothing."
Lin Xiaoyu was startled by his sudden voice, her cheeks flushed instantly, and she stammered.
"I just... I just think, Brother Fan, you're... amazing."
Her voice was barely audible, but the light in her eyes was astonishing.
"Alright, stop thinking about useless things."
Chen Yifan withdrew his gaze, his tone becoming serious.
"Get ready, this last item is where the real difference lies."
These words instantly tensed up Wang Fugui and Lin Xiaoyu.
That's right.
The total score for academic subjects and talent/level assessment is no more than two hundred points.
And in the final comprehensive practical test, he scored a whopping 400!
That was the real battlefield that would determine their fate.
"Don't worry, Brother Fan!"
Wang Fugui puffed out his chest and patted his breastplate, making it clang loudly.
"This body of mine is just a shield for you and Xiaoyu! Anyone who wants to touch you will have to step over my dead body first!"
"Um."
Lin Xiaoyu nodded vigorously, her bright eyes burning with an unprecedented determination.
Chen Yifan smiled at their inexplicably ignited passion and said nothing more.
What he needs to do is not to incite with words.
Instead, he showed them, through his actions and with an unattainable score, just how high they could go by following him.
Attention all candidates! The comprehensive practical assessment is about to begin!
"All candidates, please proceed immediately to your designated areas and enter the 'virtual pod'!"
The loudspeaker suddenly blared.
Tens of thousands of examinees surged toward the massive gate deep inside the stadium.
Beyond the gate lies an even more expansive, pure white space.
Tens of thousands of sleek "virtual pods" are neatly arranged, resembling a silver-white steel forest that stretches as far as the eye can see.
"Brother Fan, are we in the same exam room?"
Wang Fugui nervously clutched his examination admission ticket.
"Yes! However..." Chen Yifan shook his head, "The practical assessment is an individual battle. Everyone will be randomly scattered and placed in different corners of the map."
"Huh? What do we do then?" Wang Fugui was dumbfounded. "How are we supposed to form a team?"
"rest assured."
Chen Yifan patted his shoulder, his calm gaze seemingly possessing a power to soothe the soul.
"As long as it's on the same map, finding you isn't difficult for me."
After saying that, he stopped explaining and walked straight to the virtual pod with his assigned number.
Wang Fugui and Lin Xiaoyu exchanged a glance.
Although they were still uneasy, Chen Yifan's composure in controlling everything made them feel inexplicably at ease.
Chen Yifan lay down in the virtual reality pod, and the pod door closed silently.
A soft blue light shone, and an irresistible drowsiness swept over me.
[Connecting to the virtual combat system...]
[Identity confirmed: Candidate Chen Yifan.]
[The spiritual connection structure is under construction... 100% complete!]
Welcome to the 2124 Dragon Kingdom Advanced Professional Selection Examination - Comprehensive Practical Assessment!
The cold, automated voice echoed deep within my consciousness.
[This map is: The Lost Amazon (Simulation)]
[Map area: 1000 square kilometers]
Number of test takers: 87,543
[Assessment duration: 36 hours.]
[The pain simulation level is 50%. Death is not a real death, but it will directly deduct 50% of the current examinee's points and teleport them out of the examination room.]
That's interesting; the death penalty isn't considered fatal.
We can now operate more freely.
Chen Yifan thought to himself.
Defeating other candidates will allow you to seize 50% of their points.
This is the real core rule.
Hunting exotic beasts is the basic score, but hunting other test takers is the key to differentiating yourself from the competition.
This examination room encourages the cruel law of the jungle from the very beginning.
[There are special 'beacons' hidden within the map. Finding and successfully activating them will earn you a large number of points.]
[After 10 seconds of countdown, random distribution will begin... 10, 9, 8...]
Chen Yifan's consciousness plummeted rapidly amidst a dazzling white light.
When I opened my eyes again, a humid, hot air, mixed with the smell of grass, wood, and decay, first filled my nostrils.
Before me was a massive canopy of trees that blotted out the sky, cutting the sky into fragmented bright spots.
Beneath our feet lies soft, slippery humus soil, where we sank deep into the ground and then sank shallow into it.
All around were the noisy cries of various unknown insects and wild beasts, composing a wild symphony.
He was thrown into the depths of a primeval jungle.
"Random distribution, huh...?"
Chen Yifan first looked at his hands, and after realizing that his abilities had not changed at all.
He then began to look around, his expression remaining completely unchanged.
He did not rush into action.
Instead, he found a giant tree tens of meters tall, and with his body like a shadow clinging to the trunk, he silently climbed to the top of the canopy in a few leaps.
He needs a full view of the map.
He needs to lock down his two teammates.
Chen Yifan closed his eyes.
His spiritual power spread outwards from him like mercury, reaching out in all directions.
The veins of trees, the course of the stream, venomous snakes lurking in the bushes, and a group of low-level saber-toothed monkeys foraging for food in the distance...
Everything within a hundred meters radius was constructed in his mind into an incredibly clear three-dimensional sand table.
This is more detailed and comprehensive than the [Mind's Eye] ability gained from breaking through 1000 points of mental strength.
But this is not enough.
A map of 1,000 square kilometers—this area is like finding a needle in a haystack.
He needs a "signal amplifier".
Chen Yifan opened his eyes, a playful smile curving his lips.
It's time to try out the skills that this new profession offers.
He spread his hands.
A thought crossed my mind.
The shadows cast by the leaves in front of him began to writhe and rise like living things, radiating pure darkness.
"Amazon jungle... let's get an eagle."
He muttered to himself as he manipulated the shadow.
next second.
Under his will, the shadow was stretched, compressed, and shaped, eventually becoming a completely black... crow.
"Huh? Why is it a crow?"
Chen Yifan stared blankly at the "work" in his hand for a moment.
He clearly wanted the bird of prey that best suited the environment.
It seems I'm not very familiar with this newly acquired [Shadow Creation] technique yet.
But it doesn't matter anyway.
Crows are fine, even if they seem a bit out of place here, as long as they can fly.
He imprinted a wisp of his spiritual energy onto the Shadow Raven, establishing a strong connection.
[Spiritual Connection]
One of the recorded abilities in the Luo Tian Outer Path inheritance.
"Go."
"Ah...ah..."
The Shadow Raven let out a silent hoot, flapped its wings, and instantly disappeared into the dense jungle.
Through the shared vision with the crows, Chen Yifan's "eyes" were instantly elevated to a height of a thousand meters.
The entire jungle rushed past him.
The winding river is like a giant silver python, the deep valleys are ugly scars on the earth, the dark green swamps exude the aura of death, and there are ruins of abandoned temples covered with vines...
The outline of the entire map became clearer in his mind at an unprecedented speed.
"Found it."
In less than five minutes, from an aerial view, he spotted two familiar figures being attacked by a group of "piranha crocodiles" in a river valley about ten kilometers to the east.
It was Wang Fugui and Lin Xiaoyu.
Their luck wasn't particularly good, but it wasn't particularly bad either.
Unfortunately, I fell into a monster's lair right at the start.
Fortunately, the two of them were together and not too far from him.
At this moment, Wang Fugui was holding a heavy shield, like a rock firmly nailed to the riverbank, with several bloody marks already on his body.
Behind him, Lin Xiaoyu continuously sprouted resilient vines to fight against the monsters that frantically rushed up from the water.
The situation looks a bit tricky.
After observing them carefully for a moment, Chen Yifan determined that the two were simply flustered because they had been suddenly attacked.
After a brief period of adjustment.
They have stabilized the situation and have begun an effective clearing operation.
He didn't rush over.
Given their current strength, this kind of situation is only a matter of time.
He has more important things to do now.
Scoring fraudulently.
His gaze, through the vision of the Shadow Raven, coldly swept across the vast jungle.
Countless mythical beasts representing "points," along with lone, smug examinees, roam freely in every corner of the map.
They are all prey.
"Since it's a hunting ground..."
Chen Yifan leaped down from the treetop, his figure silently disappearing into the shadows on the ground.
A cold flame ignited deep within his calm eyes.
One of his purposes in coming here.
It was to pave the way for Wang Fugui and Lin Xiaoyu.
Therefore, simply getting them into Wuhan University is not enough.
If you're going to give, give them the most secure and indisputable future.
He recalled the whispers of the examinees in the examination hall.
Behind the scenes?
A person with connections?
Eighteen is the age when a teenager is most passionate and loves to "fight for justice".
And himself, the officially certified "connected person".
Wouldn't that make them their most natural and perfect target for conquest?
well.
The last trace of warmth in Chen Yifan's eyes vanished.
He needs to establish an overwhelming points advantage in the shortest possible time.
Then, she used herself as bait...
Turn all 80,000 self-righteous "hunters" into your own "points ATM"!