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Chapter 317: The Sky is Wide and the Ocean is Deep ①

The huge lake surrounded by distant mountains is boundless, and sparkling light is dancing under the midday sun.

"Okagon Lake, a large octagonal freshwater lake with a side length of about 1 kilometer and a total area of ​​4.82 square kilometers..." said Kurapika.

"Huh? How do you know the data?" Jing Yang was looking at the scenery by the lake.

Xiaodi pointed to a place not far away, not far from the entrance of the valley, where there was a sign. Jingyang looked closely and saw that the map data of Bajiao Lake was indeed written on the sign.

The 37 candidates who advanced to the second exam gathered there, but Nakulu, who had brought them to the valley, had already retired and disappeared.

"Quiet!!" A roar from a huge lung capacity suddenly exploded.

The candidates made way, revealing a tall man wearing sunglasses, with long hair draped over his shoulders, a rough face, and a sturdy physique that made his suit and shirt bulge out, giving people a feeling that he was not someone to be trifled with.

Jing Yang glanced at the giant pipe that the man with sunglasses and long hair was holding like a pillar, and recognized that it was the one-star ocean hunter Mo Laowu, who was also the master of Naku Lu who had led them to the sprint marathon before.

"In the state of suppressed thoughts, Mo Laowu's aura seems very strong. I remember that his total thoughts are about the same as mine at full state now?"

While Jing Yang was thinking this, Mo Laowu shouted to the 37 candidates with great lung capacity: "I am the examiner in charge of the second exam! Now, I will introduce the content of the second exam!"

He grabbed his big pipe and tapped the bottom horizontal line of the map of Octagonal Lake on the sign.

“This is where you are now.”

The big pipe slid up and tapped the horizontal line at the top of the map. "This is the final location that candidates who want to pass the second exam need to go to. It is directly opposite to where you are now."

Mo Laowu swung his pipe, making a whirring sound, and directed the examinees to look directly across the Bajiao Lake. The examinees calculated in their heads that the straight-line distance across the lake was about 2.4 kilometers.

"And then? What will we be tested on?"

"swim?"

"Swimming sprint competition? Spare me some slack! Could it be that the Hunter Exam is actually a sports meet?"

"Hahaha……"

The examinees murmured, some burst into laughter, and some asked, "Should there be conditions?"

Mo Laowu was not annoyed, and said in a deep voice: "On the other side, there is a temporary newly built hotel for candidates to rest and wait for the third exam to begin. If you want to stay in the hotel, that is, to pass the second exam, there are two conditions. The first one is to get the key to the hotel room."

He flipped his hand, took out a key and showed it in front of the 37 candidates.

The key was of ordinary style and size, and no different from an ordinary house key. But the material was very strange, like cotton wool or solidified smoke...

Jing Yang remembered that Mo Laowu was a manipulation system, and his ability was to control the smoke coming out of his big pipe. He could control the shape of the smoke at will, and even create a smoke cage that even the three guards of the Ant King could not break through with brute force. The rogue nature of the manipulation system as a rule system was clearly revealed.

"If I just control the big pipe and the smoke, it seems that I can't control myself to defend against the enemy's telekinetic ability..."

Jing Yang had been trained by Bisiji for a while after all, and now he subconsciously began to ponder Mo Laowu's ability of mind. "In the comics, Mo Laowu's Purple Smoke Robot Troops puppets, which are like shadow clones, can be scattered throughout an entire city for control. It seems that he has also practiced the release system adjacent to the control system well... I remember that he can control more than 50 Purple Smoke puppets at most? For precise control, it seems that the number must be reduced to about ... So his control system training level is about [Excellent] or above, but not [Excellent]."

"Look carefully and remember the keys of this shape and material. There are 50 keys scattered throughout the Octagonal Lake!"

Mo Laowu showed the smoke key and said loudly, "Within 5 days, the examinee who has the key and arrives at the hotel on the other side will pass the second test! Do you understand?"

"50? In this lake?!"

"Hey! Do you know how big this lake is? Based on the area, it is at least six or seven hundred football fields! 50 such small keys, it's like looking for a needle in a haystack, right?!!" One candidate was immediately shocked and shouted.

Mo Laowu was unmoved: "If you feel it is difficult and want to quit, you can hand in your number plate now and leave the valley."

No one left. But someone asked, "Didn't you say there were two conditions?"

"Idiot! I told you to find the key within 5 days. 5 days is the second condition! This is a time-limited competition! Otherwise, do you have to fish in this lake for a year?" Someone said disdainfully and they almost started a fight.

One candidate said speechlessly: "It seems that we have to solve the problem of food and accommodation in the five days by ourselves."

Mo Laowu said, "There are a lot of aquatic products in the lake, and there are also islands, reefs, and shallows. If that doesn't work, aren't there mountains and forests around? The only limitation is the time, not the venue and distance. According to the rules, it doesn't matter even if you take the airship home to sleep and eat every day, as long as you can hand in the key after 5 days."

The candidates fell silent at the same time.

Everyone was probably thinking the same thing... The examiner of the sprint marathon said that at most the top 40 would be admitted, but the examiner of the second test prepared 50 keys... This damn heavy-smoking examiner obviously wouldn't be so kind as to allow all the candidates who passed the first test to pass the second test...

The second test only said that candidates with keys would pass once they arrived at the hotel on the other side, but it did not say that a candidate was only allowed to carry one key... There were only 37 candidates present...

"If I find all 50 keys and get into the hotel on the other side first, wouldn't I become a hunter in advance?"

One candidate thought so and turned around and ran without hesitation, jumping into the lake.

"Plop", "plop", "plop"... one after another, candidates jumped into the Bagua Lake, like a school of released fish, diving into the deep water, and then scattered around cautiously.

"I can't use the 'circle' when my mind is suppressed... My total mind power is over 7, and it will take more than five hours to release the suppression..."

Jing Yang thought so, there were not many candidates left on the shore. Xi Suo looked at his palm thoughtfully, as if trying to see how far the love that can stretch freely can stretch under the restrained state... Xi Suo put one hand in his pocket, did not go into the water, and walked away along the shore of Bajiao Lake.

"He plans to go directly to the hotel on the other side..." The remaining candidates on the shore could see Hisoka's plan, "While waiting for his mind to recover, he also waited for the candidate to come ashore and put the key in his mouth..."

With a "plop", the doll girl jumped straight into the lake and disappeared. Machi followed closely behind. Pariston looked around and asked Mo Laowu: "I guess the examiner should be able to sense the location and number of keys at any time? If he controls you, can he find all the keys immediately?"

Mo Laowu held the big smoking gun and said, "If you control me, I can make a hundred keys for you on the spot. The question is, can you do it?"

Pariston smiled frivolously: "That's right, after all, my thoughts are still suppressed! The examiners are so thoughtful, it seems they are also afraid of being killed by the candidates!"

Mo Laowu was unmoved, and he didn't show any anger. Pariston suddenly felt bored, and walked away along the lakeshore in another direction with his hands in his pockets, and he didn't know when he met Xi Suo.

Mo Laowu looked at Jing Yang and the other two who were the only ones left on the shore.

After hearing Jing Yang say that the smoke key was made by Mo Laowu using his telepathic ability, Xiao Di was a little disappointed: "What a pity! If there was telepathic ability, the bulge-eyed fish couldn't have sucked it away."

  Are you going to stand on the shore and vacuum up all the keys in the lake?

Kurapika sweated profusely and said, "Wait a few more minutes... According to what Menqi said, if I wait a few more minutes, my thoughts will be unrestrained."

At that time, we can use the fourth volume "Revelation" to directly divine the location of the smoke key.

Suddenly, Kurapika felt a push on the back, and he was lifted into the air and became weightless.

  "Pfft"!

When Kurapika fell into the water, he saw Jing Yang, the instigator, smiling on the shore, pulling Xiao Di Jin and jumping into the water. "What are you waiting for! Let's go play in the water!" Jing Yang's voice sounded very far away from the water.

Mo Laowu smiled, picked up his pipe, and walked along the shore towards the finish line.

(End of this chapter)