Chapter 120: Chapter 30: Cruel Reality Chapter 120: Chapter 30: Cruel Reality Editor: Noodletown Translations With the arrival of time, a long chime sounded, marking the official start of the Federation’s most important exam.
The venue where Mu Fan was situated could be said to have no mediocrities present.
If one was not confident enough or did not have the potential of a dragon or phoenix in their youth, no one dared to take such an exam.
“Let me repeat once more, if any basic standards are found to be unmet, you will be immediately expelled, and your eligibility for next year’s exam will be revoked.”
This move was simply too ruthless.
It restricted age and physical fitness standards; if even one item was unqualified, it meant fraud.
Not only was this exam qualification canceled, but even the following year’s qualification was revoked.
The likelihood of still being under 20 by the year after next was minimal.
“Candidates with tail numbers 001—050, please enter the venue.”
Mu Fan looked at his admission ticket, 697, still far off.
“The first item, bone age detection.”
“What?
Wasn’t age already verified through the Identity Card?”
“My age was registered a few months early, what should I do!?”
Mu Fan watched a row of people place their palms into a large metal imaging device.
Then, as a faint blue light band lit up, the screen displayed the candidate’s bone age in real-time.
Sponsored by the Federal military, the level of this instrument was undoubtedly at least a stage higher than civilian use, and under such strict machine testing, everyone’s age was completely exposed.
“Candidate number 1, 19 years and 107 days old, passed.”
“Candidate number 2, 18 years and 311 days old, passed.”
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“Candidate number 44, 20 years and 50 days old, not passed.”
“Beep,” as a warning sounded, a red light blazed.
“I’m not yet 20!
My Identity Card shows 2 months left!!” A relatively burly young man shouted in disbelief, unable to believe that he was being stopped at the first stage.
“Hmph, don’t try to be clever, never question the military’s methods.” As the Lieutenant waved his hand, a group of armed soldiers stepped forward to hold down this candidate.
The candidate struggled desperately, unwilling to be eliminated like this.
With a burst of brute force, he broke free from the soldiers’ control and dashed toward the examiner’s area on one side.
“Look at me, I have nearly a 16-level physique, I’m very capable, I can surely meet your requirements!” The candidate eagerly boasted of himself.
“Hmph!” The Lieutenant, seeing the candidate’s back, showed a cold look, exerting force with his foot, and swept toward him like the wind.
With only three leaps, the Lieutenant caught up with the candidate, twisting his body forcibly in the rapid sprint, and kicked his right leg straight at the candidate’s back.
The candidate also sensed the wind behind him, laughed aloud, and said at the same time: “I knew the examiners wouldn’t give up on me; do you want to test my skills?
I’ll show you.”
The candidate turned around with a crazy braking move, pulling his right fist to his abdomen, launching it with a strange twisting posture and fierce momentum.
“This guy’s impressive, isn’t this the B-level Fighting Skill, Yan Chaoyang?”
A sharp-eyed person below recognized the young man’s maneuver.
To use this move at the moment of being attacked was truly remarkable.
The Lieutenant’s cold face did not waver in the slightest as he drove his right leg forward.
Mu Fan could see the young man intending to avoid the Lieutenant’s leg and punch at his abdomen, but he noticed the faint smirk suddenly appearing on the Lieutenant’s face.
The young man’s face showed a startled expression; he suddenly realized the Lieutenant’s leg had doubled in speed.
Progressive Kick!
Too late, the Lieutenant suddenly erupted with speed twice as fast as before, the military-booted foot viciously slamming into the young man’s abdomen.
The young man spurted a mist of blood from his mouth as he was kicked flying at an even faster speed, landing on the ground ten meters away, his life or death unknown.
“Drag him away for treatment, then let him scram.”
The Lieutenant stood with his leg retracted, and with a command word, a few soldiers stepped forward to drag away the already breathless young man.
The young man, bleeding all over his chest, was now dragged away in such a tragic state, causing chills down the spines of the candidates present.
What rank was this Lieutenant?!
The military dared to use such ruthless measures!
The young ones coming for the exam and those who just turned 18 finally understood that this venue was not the harmonious spectacle they imagined but a military ground full of brutal elimination.
Here, the military did not care about your background—if you were qualified, you went on; if not, you scrammed!
The Observer teams from the Five Great Colleges, no, it should be the Four Great Colleges, showed no reaction on their faces; they had seen such situations many times.
With the limited quota and seeing all kinds of means from people wanting to get in.
But each College only took 10!
As for who, ha-ha, let the last standing remain.
The Lieutenant’s shiny military boots impressed every person present at this moment.
Satisfied with the silent scene, he coldly spoke, “This is the Federation Army’s special recruitment point; if you want to cause trouble, I can guarantee you won’t walk out of here.”
“Testing continues!”
With the Lieutenant’s command, the venue continued with the tense and orderly testing as if the previous scene had never occurred.
In front of Mu Fan, two people were found out, but this time, they followed the soldiers to leave the venue obediently; they didn’t want to go the way of that guy before.
Finally, it was Mu Fan’s turn.
As Mu Fan extended his palm, it was inserted.
“Candidate number 697, 17 years and 190 days old, passed.”
Mu Fan smoothly passed the bone age detection.
Finally, among the 790 people on the scene, 3 were eliminated, 787 passed.
The youngest was 16, and Mu Fan was on the younger side among these people.
“Very well, next is the second test, the physical fitness standard test.
As always, if any basic standards are unmet, you will be immediately expelled, and your eligibility for next year’s exam will be revoked.
As for troublemakers, you know the consequences.” The Lieutenant showed up, continuing to instruct the second test.
“The physical fitness standard test starts; 10 people enter the venue each time.
It will be evaluated by 10 military-invited 18-level Martial Path Masters, and strength testing will be through a 2A-grade 1–25-level strength testing machine.”
When Mu Fan heard that, he was a bit stunned.
The so-called Martial Path Masters truly collaborated with the military…
his title of Master Heifan might have to be borrowed for a few more days, lest any trouble arises.
“Numbers 1–10, enter.”
Ten candidates lined up to enter.
Finally, the academy’s examiners showed interest.
They would rate these people based on performance.
“Strength test begins!”
The ten candidates exuded excitement.
Among them, candidate number one took the lead, launching a heavy punch after accumulating strength for some time.
2780 KG!
Level 15, passed!
All candidates below became interested, finally moving to the main event.
It was an excellent opportunity to observe potential opponents.
Compared to the relatively slim figure of Mu Fan, who appeared inconspicuous, his eyes were like a hawk’s, watching the scene.
His gaze radiated extreme calmness, and at this moment, every action of the examiners and candidates reflected in his mind meticulously.
Dark Breath had already been subtly activated!
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