Close your eyes and become the strongest adventurer.

Chapter 38 Assessment Traps and Adjustments

Xuan Yuan settled down.

Find yourself in a primeval jungle.

The only difference is that there are only various towering trees in this primeval jungle, as well as various large or small archery targets hanging on different parts of the trees.

There are many tables in front of Xuanyuan, and quiveres are hung beside the tables, and the arrows in the quiver are all full.

Behind him is a towering tree hundreds of meters high and tens of meters wide. There is a wooden door at the bottom of the tree, and there is a wooden hut inside.

Just finished observing the terrain.

Xuan Yuan heard a voice from which he could not find the source, and explained on his own.

"You will spend 30 days in this ordeal."

"The ratio of time here to the outside world is 10:1, and 10 days spent here is about equal to one day outside."

"Every day, the hut will show you the daily tasks that need to be completed that day. When you complete the daily tasks in advance, you can choose to press the blue button on the big tree behind you to skip the waiting time directly. Enter the daily task of the next day."

"After completing 30 daily tasks, it is considered as passing the entrance test of the Archer Guild, and can be transferred to a trainee archer."

"Besides, there is a status restorer with a yellow button in the hut."

"When you feel tired, hungry, sleepy, or lack of energy, press the yellow button to instantly restore your physical condition and retain your exercise effect."

"The yellow button can be used every hour."

"The actionable area of ​​this forest is limited. When you encounter an air wall, it means that you have reached the edge of the actionable area. Please turn back immediately and don't waste time."

"There are multiple shooting stands in the jungle. The arrows in each shooting stand will be replenished automatically after they are used up. The arrows fired will disappear after 10 minutes."

"Do not damage the shooting table and quiver maliciously, otherwise you will have to pay for it."

"If you want to get out of here, you only have two options."

"Either complete 30 daily tasks and successfully change jobs, or directly fail in any of the daily tasks, which is regarded as a failure of the test and will be sent away immediately."

"The green button in the lower right corner of each shooting platform will provide you with a projection analysis function, which can help you correct your shooting movements. Please experience the specific functions yourself."

"The function instructions of the buttons of different colors are engraved in your cabin, so you don't have to worry about forgetting or remembering wrongly."

"Finally, I wish you a smooth pass and a successful job transfer!"

After speaking, the voice completely disappeared.

Let's take a walk around this primitive jungle first.

Xuan Yuan counted and saw a total of seven different shooting platforms.

The target position and distance in front of each shooting platform are completely different.

Take a look inside the hut.

The hut was bare, not even a bed.

There is only a wooden table with a yellow button inlaid on it, and there is a huge display screen on the wall inside the wooden house, which shows:

【Day 1】

[Task of the day: Complete 1000 arrow shooting]

For 1000 arrows, if only the speed is drawn, it only takes about 4 hours to complete all of them.

However, Xuan Yuan did not forget.

This is the test set by the Archers Guild, and it is still the first day of the test.

Get out of the cabin.

To be honest, after coming to this primeval jungle, there has always been something that makes Xuan Yuan feel uncoordinated.

At first, Xuan Yuan didn't react yet.

It didn't take long for him to realize that there was no "life" in this jungle, and everything was lifeless.

There are no birds, no insects, no gnats, no life of any kind.

The only thing there is the isolated silence.

Taking a deep breath, Xuan Yuan adjusted his state.

There is only one test for the Archer Guild, if you fail to pass, you cannot participate again.

First find the nearest shooting platform. The target in front of the shooting platform is a ten-meter target.

Xuan Yuan tried to press the green button.

Next to the shooting platform, a three-dimensional muscle model of the same size as himself emerged.

This muscle model keeps repeating the standard shooting posture of drawing arrows, bowing, and shooting, standing sideways, and the action posture is extremely standard. Unlike Xuanyuan's previous practice of archery, the opponent did not use bow return.

Xuan Yuan imitated the action of this model and shot an arrow. He obviously felt that the movement was more standard, and his body was much more comfortable when he shot the arrow.

After shooting an arrow, two muscle models that repeatedly repeated the same movements appeared in front of Xuan Yuan.

It's obvious.

Among them is a muscle model with very non-standard movements, which is my archery movement just now. On this model, all the parts of the non-standard movements are marked in white.

Xuan Yuan followed the model, trying to improve the quality of his last shooting action.

An arrow shot.

Sure enough, the accuracy improved.

The previous arrow was still on the edge of the target, and this arrow finally hit the target.

Try each of the seven shooting stations one by one.

Xuan Yuan found that the training content of each shooting platform is different.

There are three shooting stations for training standing standard shooting, including left and right bows.

It's just that the shooting distance is different, one is 10 meters, one is 18 meters, and the other is 30 meters.

Moving target shooting: Standing in front of the shooting platform, the target 10 meters away will start to move irregularly.

Running shooting: The target does not move, but Xuanyuan needs to shoot the fixed targets on the left and right sides while running.

Crouching Shooting: Let Xuan Yuan squat in a very awkward position, and try to shoot left and right.

The last shooting platform is a bit interesting.

Every time Xuanyuan stood up, the field of vision was dark, leaving only the faint moonlight, and he needed to shoot a few fixed targets in the dark.

As soon as you leave the shooting range, it's bright day again.

Having understood the mechanism, Xuan Yuan started shooting training directly.

He didn't choose to take off the equipment on his body, because Xuan Yuan knew that what he needed to practice was the archery that could be used in actual combat, not the archery that required taking off the equipment during the battle.

He didn't practice indiscriminately.

Sink your temper and start practicing from the first shooting platform.

Neither rush nor slow, try slowly, arrow by arrow, and gradually adjust the movements so that they fully reach the standard level.

With the bow again and again.

Arrows will automatically recover, no need to pick them up.

The personal terminal cannot be turned on, just a dark brick.

It won't be dark here.

Every time you feel hungry, sleepy, or tired, you can restore your physical condition by pressing a button, and even your equipment will be refreshed.

There is no need to eat, sleep, or even bathe and defecate.

Gradually, Xuan Yuan lost the concept of time.

It was silent here, there was no one to communicate with, and apart from the sound of his own shooting arrows, he couldn't hear any other sounds.

If it weren't for the tasks in the hut, they would be regularly updated every day.

Every time, no more, no less, just added 100 arrows to the mission requirement, so that Xuan Yuan could count how many days had passed.

I am afraid that Xuan Yuan is about to fall into some kind of unconscious chaos.

Such a place is a huge spiritual torture for people.

It is equivalent to locking a person in a prison that is completely closed and cannot even be released.

Except for archery, there is no entertainment.

No cell phone, no computer, no one to communicate with you.

People who are not mentally strong will soon be troubled by loneliness and desperately want to get out of this environment.

however.

Even though Xuan Yuan felt more and more irritable in his heart, his mood became negative and depressed.

He still didn't use the blue button on the tree to skip any day.

There is plenty of time, why not use it wisely?

Every day, he spends 24 hours in full, all of which are used to practice archery.

Every day, he struggles to endure the irritability and anxiety that arises within him.

Gradually, when the daily task becomes 2000 arrows.

In Xuanyuan's mind, a desperate thought suddenly arises:

Actually, it's only been 10 days?
How does it feel, as if a century has passed?

Immediately, he woke up suddenly.

Waking up from a depressed state of unconsciousness.

Sitting on the ground, covered his head and let out a long breath.

He found that the past ten days.

I have unknowingly fallen into a fuzzy dream, and I can't tell the difference between dream and reality.

Even during these ten days.

I don't remember exactly what he did.

I only vaguely remember completing the daily tasks, and then mechanically drawing the bow and shooting arrows.

Shaking his head, Xuan Yuan chose to stop.

Throwing the bow aside, lay down directly on the ground and began to rest.

Although he felt a little tired, he didn't press the yellow button to recover, because he wouldn't be able to sleep after pressing it.

He has reacted now.

The test of the Archers Guild was really hidden.

Although the yellow button can instantly restore the physical state.

However, the mental state cannot be restored by pressing the button.

If you ignore mental fatigue, you will gradually lose your self-awareness in the excitement and fall into an unconscious inertial reaction.

The brain is also becoming more and more dull, less and less thinking.

The more this is the case, the more uncomfortable I feel psychologically, and the more I like to frantically press the yellow button.

The more you press the yellow button, the more you will feel depressed after a short period of excitement, gradually reducing the efficiency of practice and the quality of life without knowing it.

I took a look inside the hut.

Find out that today's 2000 archery shots have been completed.

Then, rest assured to lie on the ground.

Close your eyes and fall asleep soundly.

I don't know how long I slept, but when I woke up again, I felt refreshed.

The whole person seems to be renewed again.

Xuanyuan realized that only sleep can restore his mental state.

There is no bed on purpose in the hut, just to mislead myself and make myself think that I don't need to sleep.

Entering the hut, the daily task on the display is still 2000 arrows.

After a few seconds.

Just in front of Xuanyuan, it turned into a 2100 arrow, indicating that a new day has entered.

After waking up from sleep, Xuan Yuan's mind is clear.

He got it.

Yellow buttons are an addictive thing.

The more you press, the more addicted you become, the more addicted you are, the more you can't control yourself, and the more you can't control yourself, the more you will fall into a state of confusion.

In this state, he doesn't even want to pay attention to the daily tasks.

After completing the daily tasks mechanically, wait next to the yellow button, just wait for it to refresh and press it quickly.

The whole person has almost become a useless person.

If this continues, it will be a matter of time to give up the daily task.

He took the booklet out of his pocket.

Re-read the test requirements of the Archers Guild.

[Requirements: will, patience, self-control, psychological endurance]

Xuan Yuan suddenly woke up.

yellow button.

The corresponding test is - will.

There is no food, no toilets, and no way to take a shower. Everyone who participates in the test must use the yellow button.

The hourly refresh rate of the yellow button is much higher than it really needs to be.

It's great to feel refreshed.

But if it is not restrained, it will soon become muddled and cause serious addiction.

Every time the state slipped a little bit, I would desperately want to press the yellow button to restore myself.

The yellow button is a necessity again, without using the yellow button, it is impossible to live in this place.

Reasonable arrangement of the frequency of use of the yellow button, self-restraint, is the key!
blue button.

The corresponding test is - patience.

In this place there is no entertainment, no personal terminal, nothing to do except archery and tree climbing.

If you have no patience, you will only want to leave urgently.

Once the blue button is pressed, the days will fly by.

Blindly increased firing speed.

But in fact, archery didn't get any improvement.

Xuan Yuan would not think so naively.

The final test of the Archers Guild can be easily passed after shooting 4000 arrows in a day.

Although 4000 arrows a day is very tiring, it is definitely not too difficult.

Otherwise, why would the guild set up seven different types of shooting stations?

when a certain node is reached.

Daily tasks will definitely change, and the assessment will definitely be related to the technology of the shooting platform.

A test of self-control and mental endurance.

It's painful enough to shut someone up for a day in a place where there's no entertainment and no one to communicate with.

What's more, shut down for a whole month?
Moreover, it gave the other party the right to end it voluntarily in a vicious way.

Without strong enough self-control, it is really unbearable.

Want to understand this.

Xuan Yuan began to readjust the daily schedule.

According to the seven shooting stands, different sets and times are set for each shooting stand, and a reasonable rest time is set between each set.

After that, in addition to normal hunger, and recovery of muscle state.

At other times, Xuan Yuan would not use the yellow button too much.

After completing the daily set training volume, Xuan Yuan will choose to sleep to recover.

After waking up, use the yellow button to update the muscle status, so as not to affect the training intensity of the next day.

In addition, I also arranged meditation for myself.

Whenever he completes a series of training on the shooting range, Xuan Yuan will sit cross-legged for about half an hour in deep meditation, to rest and calm down the mental agitation caused by no one communicating with him.

In order to restrain the desire to use the yellow button, Xuan Yuan chooses to use it with a fixed frequency instead of blindly refusing or indulging.

Gradually, Xuan Yuan became more and more calm.

Begin to put more and more attention into each shot.

Start to enjoy the physical feeling after each arrow is shot, make each arrow more comfortable, and no longer focus on the improvement of archery performance blindly.

He doesn't even use the green button on the shooting platform.

Just an approximate standard for maintaining posture.

Turn off the model character, focus entirely on the inside of the body, try to explore the most comfortable archery posture for yourself, and no longer copy the standard posture of the muscle model.

Through constant exploration and research, Xuan Yuan gains more and more every day.

Also gradually entered a timeless state of concentration.

The flow of time becomes faster and faster.

Instead of feeling like years, he felt that each day was getting shorter and shorter.

In a blink of an eye, the time has come to the 29th day.

Xuan Yuan woke up from sleep.

Just when he subconsciously thought that today's task was to shoot 3900 arrows.

Daily tasks, have changed.

【Day 29】

[Mission of the day: Each shooting station shoots 10 arrows according to the action requirements. It is required that no arrow misses the target. Each shooting station can only try three rounds of shooting. Failure in any shooting station is considered a failure of the entire test. 】

Xuan Yuan was taken aback for a moment, then smiled, it was exactly as he had guessed before.

today's task.

The most difficult is the 30-meter standing shooting.

There is also running shooting, shooting at moving targets, and night shooting.

After this period of systematic training, Xuan Yuan's bow skills have undergone qualitative changes.

Not to say how strong, but definitely not weak.

A 30-meter target, although it is not a bullseye.

But Xuanyuan hit the target easily with 10 arrows for the first time, and did not miss the target.

Shooting a moving target is just as easy as clearing the level.

Running and shooting, this project is something that Xuanyuan has been intentionally strengthening.

He simply used the fastest running speed to complete the gorgeous quick-fire in one go while running at high speed, and hit all 10 arrows.

Finally, there is Night Shot.

Every time the target appeared in a different position, Xuan Yuan accidentally dropped the target and shot an arrow.

Fortunately, the second successful completion.

After completing the daily tasks, he was not impetuous.

Continue to polish your skills with peace of mind, and complete the plan for the last day step by step according to the previous daily schedule.

Finally, the time came to the last day.

Xuan Yuan, who woke up early, just sat and waited for the task refresh of the last day.

【Day 30】

[Mission of the day: hit the target 60 times, no limit to the shooting method, and ensure that the movement does not exceed [-]% of the shape. 】

See this task.

He quickly wrote down the calculation formula with his hands on the ground.

The fastest time to shoot one arrow by yourself is 2 seconds, and the minimum time for 20000 arrows is [-] seconds.

It can be done in about 6 hours.

But in fact, the muscle soreness is very fast.

The yellow button can only update the body status once an hour, plus the time wasted by missing arrows.

Calculated by continuous shooting for one hour.

Choose the nearest 10-meter target, and on average, about 1 arrows will hit the target in one minute, which is an ideal situation.

The mission requires [-] hits, not just [-] quick shots.

Even so, after careful calculation, 24 hours is almost enough to shoot [-] arrows.

Calculated from the time, 15 arrows per minute is enough to hit the target, so don't worry.

The next thing to test yourself is probably endurance and persistence.

thought here.

Xuan Yuan grabbed the longbow, ran to the shooting platform, grabbed a large number of arrows from the quiver, and turned on the rapid-fire mode.

Increase the shooting speed while increasing the target rate as much as possible.

I even tried to shoot two arrows at the same time, but unfortunately the hit rate was too low, so I had to reluctantly give up.

I kept shooting and adjusting the frequency, gritted my teeth and kept drawing the bow and shooting arrows, until my muscles were so sore and my hands trembled that I could barely pull the bow, then I ran back to shoot the yellow button.

Immediately after the status update, come back and keep shooting.

When you are exhausted and the yellow button is still cooling down, take a break and continue shooting.

It was too late to count how many arrows I shot.

Fortunately, every time I run back to the cabin to update the status, I can see the progress bar at the bottom of the display.

A thousand times, two thousand times, five thousand times...

There is no time reference, and it is not clear whether I have wasted the number of updates of the yellow button.

Not sure how much time is left.

I only know that I am racing against time. This process is a huge test of willpower.

I could only grit my teeth, endure the sore muscles, and continue to draw the bow and shoot arrows.

Until the fingers were covered with blood, he also endured the pain and insisted on drawing the bow.

Finally, [-] hits were completed.

Xuan Yuan fell to his knees suddenly, panting heavily.

His hands trembled uncontrollably as if cramping, and he could hardly hold the bow, and the blue bow was also stained with his blood.

If it wasn't for the yellow button that can restore the injury, I'm afraid even the finger was broken.

In the ear, a long-lost voice came:

【Congratulations, apprentice adventurer Xuanyuan】

【You have successfully passed the membership assessment of the Archers Guild】

(End of this chapter)