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Chapter 319: Cruel Competition System, Sea of ​​Steel Trees, Students' Plans (4K)

Zhuang Qiu was lying on the ground almost naked, his skin covered with spiral lines starting from the palm that he had just held with Xue Jing, which made people's scalps tingle.

Everyone at the scene saw this scene, including the members of the Zhige Base who were watching nearby, all had strange expressions on their faces.

I felt like laughing, felt a little embarrassed for the vice-captain, and was amazed at the young man in front of me.

The result of this contest of strength was an undoubted crushing victory.

There is no sign of any equal strength, which is a result that only occurs when there is an absolute gap in strength.

Although it is just a competition of strength...but strength itself is a very important part of martial arts ability.

There is such a huge gap in the most basic "hard power", no one would think that Zhuang Qiu has the possibility of beating Xue Jing if they really fight.

Not to mention, everyone present was a master of martial arts with extraordinary eyesight. Xue Jing's exquisite control of the force that made Zhuang Qiu spin like a gyroscope with just a twist of his wrist showed that he was extremely good in other aspects besides his great strength.

"……sharp."

Squadron Leader Yang Yingyu looked at Xue Jing and couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

As a master of breaking limits, he was the only one present who almost saw through Xue Jing's move.

In terms of pure basic strength, Zhuang Qiu, who has practiced new forbidden martial arts and alienated his body, is superior to this young man.

However, this young man displayed irrationality in the way he used his strength that was difficult for him to understand.

Compressing force to increase output... This is not a rare skill. Any master who has some understanding of the use of force can basically do it, but the degree of proficiency varies.

But no matter how proficient you are, you have to follow the basic rules.

The human body has its limits. No matter how proficient one is in exerting strength, dangerous operations such as compressing strength must also take into account the body's ability to withstand strength.

But this boy is... weird.

If the maximum force compression that an ordinary person can achieve with his physical strength is theoretically 1, this young man can at least achieve 3...

It far exceeds the theoretical limit of a normal human body.

If it weren't for the fact that the information clearly stated that he was practicing old martial arts and his body alienation rate was less than 1%, Yang Yingyu would have thought that he was practicing some perverted new forbidden martial arts.

"But I heard that he is also a son chosen by God... maybe that's the reason."

After thinking for a while and finding a reason to make the unreasonable thing reasonable, Yang Yingyu shook his head and kicked Zhuang Qiu who was still lying on the ground motionless.

"You're just pretending to be a ball here? Why don't you get up?"

Yang Yingyu spoke calmly.

Hearing this, everyone's eyes turned to Zhuang Qiu.

"..."

After several seconds, his fingers moved slightly, then he groaned, and as if he had just woken up, he slowly propped up his body, sat up, and covered his head with his hands.

"Ah...I feel dizzy."

"Snapped--"

Yang Yingyu slapped him on the head, causing Zhuang Qiu to stagger:

"Why pretend? If you lose, you lose. If you embarrass yourself, you embarrass yourself. None of these matters. What's important is that you have to face your shame when you embarrass yourself. This is what a man from the seventh metropolitan area should be like."

Zhuang Qiu's mouth twitched: "I just want to take a break."

As he said that, he stood up and limped to Xue Jing, gasping for air as he walked: "Hiss... It hurts so much."

The skin all over my body was burning and tense, as if it was being bitten by countless pliers and twisted hard...

Zhuang Qiu gave Xue Jing a thumbs up, trembling slightly.

"This level... is absolutely enough. I recognize you!"

Xue Jing glanced at him and said, "I don't really need your approval... Deputy Captain Zhuang, do you have any other advice?"

Zhuang Qiu was a generous man, and seemed to have let go of his shame after saying it. He stood naked with his hands on his hips and said carelessly:
"What kind of advice do you want? In our Seventh Metropolitan Area, the strong are respected. There are no other lousy rules. You are better than me... you are better than me. It's time for me to ask for your advice."

Xue Jing nodded and smiled: "That's good, I like it this way too... I feel like I would be a good fit for this place."

……

Afterwards, Xue Jing communicated with the people from the Zhige Base for a while and found that these people in the Seventh Urban Circle seemed to be the kind of people with relatively straightforward minds.

What they think in their hearts and what they say are all straightforward. It is not that they are stupid, but a way of thinking that is influenced by the overall atmosphere.

This way of thinking also makes them generally more xenophobic, and they are very contemptuous of outsiders who always like to beat around the bush and have too many rules when speaking and doing things... Of course, the most crucial reason lies in the crushing overall military strength.

The Seventh Metropolitan Circle is a very closed and extremely inward-looking environment. In terms of martial arts, there is almost no communication with the outside world, and it is high and mighty.

Honors gained outside the circle are of no use here. Even for Xue Jing, who is known as the strongest champion in the history of U19, people in the Seventh Metropolitan Circle instinctively look down on him when they hear about his reputation.

It's just like being the king of a monkey mountain where there are no tigers. It's nothing.

That's why Zhuang Qiu provoked Xue Jing. An underage outsider actually rebelled against Tian Gang and ran to the Seventh Metropolitan Circle to be an examiner for the martial arts exam. Who could tolerate this?

However, the stereotypes of people in the seventh metropolitan area towards people outside the circle are all based on their crushing martial arts skills.

A beating will cure it.

Zhuang Qiu really helped Xue Jing this time, allowing him to inadvertently establish his authority and gain recognition from all the personnel at the Yincheng Zhige Base, thus avoiding a lot of subsequent troubles.

After moving into the Zhige base and being assigned a single-family villa, Xue Jing and Ning Yuantai went to the 'Examination Room No. 9' together.

This time, Ning Yuantai was driving a black SUV with a special license plate with military characters. I don’t know what brand of car it was, but it looked very high-end.

On the way, Ning Yuantai asked casually while driving:
"Brother Xue, the details of the exam should have been sent to you, what's the situation?"

Xue Jing was sitting in the passenger seat, flipping through his phone. He nodded and said:
"It has been sent... Just as you thought, it's the 'Joint Examination'."

Ning Yuantai scratched his head: "As expected... I knew that your transfer to the Seventh Metropolitan Circle was not a good thing."

The joint exam puts students from multiple exam rooms together in a controlled area to conduct a battle royale-like activity.

Although the rules of each joint exam are different, they are all cruel and dangerous tests with extremely high casualty rates.

"There are a total of 79 examination halls in Silver City for this martial arts exam. Halls 9, 29, 36, 41, and 52 will be used together with the examination halls in other cities in the inner ring to conduct a cross-city joint exam."

"The location is... the junction of G651 - 'Sea of ​​Steel Trees'."

Xue Jing was looking through the information sent on his mobile phone and reading.

"Ah? It's this place?" Ning Yuantai asked in surprise.

"Oh my god... the government of the Seventh Metropolitan Area is going to play some ruthless tricks."

Xue Jing had not yet reached the back of the page where he could find information about the "Sea of ​​Steel Trees". Upon hearing this, he looked at Ning Yuantai and asked:
"Why, is this place special?"

Ning Yuantai nodded and said, "To be precise, each border area is actually quite special... The Steel Forest is one of the most harsh environments among them."

Xue Jing put his hand on the window sill and tapped it with his index finger: "Tell me about it."

"This place... the environment is not as extreme as the Burning Garden where the temperature is over 300 degrees. The climate is even quite suitable for human survival." "But the key point is that there is nothing in that place that people can eat."

Ning Yuantai sighed.

"The Sea of ​​Steel Trees is a world filled with 'iron'... The land is a collection of metallic minerals, and all the creatures are 'iron-based creatures' whose existence is difficult to understand. There are Transformers-like things everywhere..."

"Even the plants are all 'iron-based plants'. You can easily see the miracle of iron trees blooming there, which is also the origin of the name 'Sea of ​​Steel Trees'."

Xue Jing looked strange: "If it is already 'iron-based', can it still be called a 'plant'?"

Ning Yuantai explained: "After all, their appearance is very similar to the plants on Earth... There is no other suitable name for them at the moment."

"Anyway... that place is not suitable for human beings to stay."

"In other words, any carbon-based organism that requires a metabolic cycle is not suitable for the Sea of ​​Steel Trees. There is nothing that a carbon-based organism can eat or digest."

Xue Jing thought for a moment, "So that's it."

He vaguely understood what the person who designed this exam was trying to do.

"Since the Sea of ​​Steel Trees has been chosen as the exam location, there must be a rule that prohibits bringing too much food in."

Ning Yuantai asserted.

"It will probably be a situation where each person can only bring one portion of food, which will be eaten up quickly, and then they will have to steal other people's food."

"This is forcing the students to kill each other... The martial arts exam in the seventh metropolitan area is really like this."

Xue Jing flipped through a few pages of information and saw the entry on the rules page that said, 'Each candidate and examiner is only allowed to bring one official portion of food and is not allowed to privately possess any edible substances. A thorough body search will be conducted before entry.'

Xue Jing pinched his chin, his eyes flickered, and he thought of something...

But without thinking about it for now, Xue Jing said:

“This arrangement is very interesting.”

"When food is completely inadequate, it exacerbates so many problems."

"It's not just about how to get enough food, there are also various choices that test your mind and wisdom. It's very good for training people. The martial arts exam of the seventh metropolitan area is really something."

The martial artist's appetite is extremely exaggerated.

Energy does not disappear or appear out of thin air. A martial artist's performance, which is as powerful as that of a superman, requires a huge supply of energy.

Some powerful warriors who have reached a high level can survive without food, water or sleep for ten days, half a month or even several months, but the premise for doing so is - no consumption.

That is to say, no use of force.

Once a warrior fights with others, the energy in his body will be consumed quickly. Even if he is a very strong warrior, if he does this kind of fasting after fighting with all his strength, he will starve to death in no time.

Under normal circumstances, bringing some special high-nutrition and high-energy pills or potions would be enough, but the examination rules require that students and examiners are not allowed to bring any edible substances without permission.

As a result, the candidates in the Sea of ​​Steel Trees have to make a choice.

When facing other candidates, if you take action, is the food you get worth the energy you need to consume in fighting?

What will the other party think if you don't take action?

Food, consumption, scoring, suspicion...all kinds of complicated situations, even the most straightforward candidates from the seventh metropolitan area would have to rack their brains to think about it.

"But... my situation is a little different."

Xue Jing smiled.

"We'll see when the time comes... Let's meet these students first."

The car drove smoothly to examination room No. 9.

According to the information Xue Jing saw, this joint exam will start tomorrow.

After the start, the examiners will first train the students for three days to develop tacit understanding, discuss and make plans, and so on.

Three days later, it will be time to officially enter the Steel Tree Sea at the border, where a seven-day long examination will be held.

At this point in time, the students who attach great importance to this martial arts exam should have arrived at the examination venue in advance.

……

Yincheng, the ninth examination room for the military exam, Xuanwu Mansion.

This is a mansion built by the Yincheng government, specifically for the annual martial arts exam candidates to live in. At the gate stands a more than three-meter-high basalt statue, with a tortoise and a snake entwined together, which is quite artistic, as if it was created by a master.

At this time, several young boys and girls were gathered together on the open space of the training ground inside the mansion.

"How about my plan?"

One of the round-faced boys looked around at everyone and spoke.

"Are you sure you can do it? He's known outside as 'the strongest in history', so it won't be easy, right?"

The girl with thick eyebrows said with a worried look on her face.

"Humph, it's just a competition of 'The Strongest in History'. If this kind of competition were held in our Seventh Metropolitan Area, no one would even look at it. It's not worth mentioning at all."

"This exam is obviously very important to us, but the higher-ups suddenly arranged for someone from the outside circle to be our examiner, and he's a minor... This is really crazy. I thought it would be at least Wu Yinglong, or Gongsun Cheng... At the very least, it would be Ye Tianling!"

The round-faced boy said dissatisfiedly.

"Without good examiners, we will definitely not get good scores and will not be able to enter those universities... This is simply playing a joke on our future!"

"We must prove that this Xue Jing is incapable of leading us and force the higher-ups to change the examiner, otherwise we will be delayed for life!"

He looked at another boy who looked a little shifty, glared at him, and asked:

"He Han, what do you say?"

The boy named He Han said innocently: "Can I not participate?"

After a pause, he explained, "It's not that I'm afraid, it's mainly because I just started a new round of Bodu 3, it's urgent, can we do it tomorrow?"

The round-faced boy narrowed his eyes and said, "What nonsense are you talking about... Never mind, I didn't count on you anyway, if you don't want to do it, just leave."

Hearing this, He Han stood up without hesitation and walked out: "Then I'll take you guys out first~"

"Wait a moment."

The round-faced boy looked at his back and squinted his eyes and said:

"You won't tell on me, will you?"

He Han turned around and said, "What are you talking about? I, He Han, am very tight-lipped, even tighter than Zhou Gongjin. I have a good reputation in the martial arts world. How could I do such a thing!"

The round-faced boy nodded and said, "That's good."

……

(End of this chapter)