It was without a doubt that their families were proud.
Whether it was the honor of entering the inner city or their children qualifying for the semi-finals, it was the highlight of their lives.
Their passionate and lively gazes made Tang Ling feel a little sad.
If his grandmother and San Shan were here today, how would they react?
Cheers sounded. It turned out that the giant screen was slowly rising from the inner city wall. Through the giant screen and the other seven viewing points in the outer city, almost everyone in Safety Sector No. 17 could witness the important exam in real time.
A live broadcast? The shadow of the old civilization was still everywhere and had yet to fade away.
It provided Tang Ling with an unknown sense of security even though he could not explain it.
However, the enthusiasm and respect for a potential powerhouse that had yet to be born was enough to prove how unstable the era was.
The people's cheers continued. It was a grand celebration, but Tang Ling could not join in. He walked towards the inner city in silence, his back looking a little lonely.
**
The summer gale came as it pleased.
It stirred up a gust of wind that was mixed with the scent of soil and leaves, ruffling everyone's clothes wildly.
"Is it going to rain again?" Tang Ling was a little absent-minded as he looked at the gloomy morning sky, but he did not see any dark clouds.
After that night, he was afraid of the sound of the rain, but he picked up the scent of the settlement from the wind.
"As an instructor, I hate those who are absent-minded." Slow footsteps sounded in Tang Ling's ears, followed by a shadow covering him.
Tang Ling came back to his senses and looked up.
He saw a tall man in a blue uniform. Even though he was not as tall as Su Yao's oppressive body, compared to the scrawny Tang Ling, he was considered huge.
Curling his lips into a cruel smile, the tall man leaned over and whispered into Tang Ling's ear, "I mean, anytime."
The moment his voice subsided, Tang Ling felt an excruciating pain in his abdomen as if he was hammered by a giant hammer. He could not help but bend over.
The iron thorn bird egg that Rona had given him in the morning started to rumble in his stomach, followed by a sour, sweet, and fishy taste. It was about to gush out of Tang Ling's throat.
There was a burst of discussion in the surroundings.
Even though the venue of the second round, the Glory Square in the inner city was completely surrounded, it did not stop everyone from seeing the scene.
The biggest screen of Safety Sector No. 17 was in front of Glory Hall in Glory Square.
"Silence." A cold voice rang out. It was clearly not a shout, but it resounded throughout the entire Glory Square.
No one dared to talk anymore, because it was he, Ralph, who had spoken.
He was the captain of the Purple Moon Battle Squad's first squad.
Today, they were responsible for maintaining order.
Glancing over at the man in the scarlet mantle who shouted, Tang Ling mustered all his strength and quietly swallowed the tumbling lump in his throat.
In this era, it was shameful to be wasteful — that was what Su Yao told Tang Ling.
That was why he couldn't spit out the food he ate, not to mention that it was Rona's kind intentions.
As for the man in the scarlet mantle, he was not the Purple Moon Warrior who commanded them that night.
However, based on the discussions in the crowd, he knew that only the captains of the Purple Moon Warriors could wear the mantle.
Strenuously, Tang Ling straightened his body and wiped the faint trace of blood from the corner of his mouth as if nothing had happened.
As if he was satisfied with Tang Ling's performance, the man who claimed to be the instructor swung his fist at Tang Ling and chuckled darkly before he turned around and left.
The whole Glory Square returned to silence.
The second round would officially begin at 9 am
Out of the 45 reserved warriors who participated in the second round, only 43 of them had arrived.
Who was the arrogant one? It was almost time for the second round, yet no one was here? Many of the students who stood straight had their doubts.
It was at that moment that a series of heavy footsteps sounded in the square, causing the whole square to tremble.
The crowd was silent. Out of fear, they automatically opened up a path.
Then, at the end of the path, a gigantic beast appeared.
A blue-striped giant rhinoceros!
Rising and falling deep breaths echoed in the group of reserved warriors. Almost instinctively, Tang Ling tensed his body.
Even though he had never been to the library, he had heard of the infamous blue-striped giant rhinoceros.
Once upon a time, Safety Sector No. 17 had experienced a small-scale beast horde, but the Purple Moon Warriors managed to stop it at the Safety Zone.
However, the most powerful of them all, the blue-striped giant rhinoceros, still took the lives of more than a hundred people from the settlement.
It was a king beast, the only king beast that Tang Ling had ever seen.
Compared to the young reserved warriors, the Purple Moon Warriors were much calmer. When they saw the blue-striped rhino appear in Glory Square, their expressions did not change at all.
As the blue-striped giant rhino approached the center of Glory Square, Tang Ling felt like he could feel its oppressive aura.
"Judging from the sound of its footsteps, if this blue-striped giant rhinoceros were to charge, it would probably produce a force of 5,500 kilograms." Instinctively, his Precise Instinct started to calculate the combat strength of the giant beast, and the result shocked him.
"It's late, but I don't think anyone will blame me, right?" While Tang Ling's heart skipped a beat, a casual, rough voice entered everyone's ears from above.
Looking towards the source of the voice, it turned out that there was a young man sitting on the blue-striped giant rhinoceros. He was the one who had spoken.
Even though they tried their best to hold it in, some of the reserved warriors still gasped in shock. What kind of person could ride a mutated beast to participate in the exam?
The instructor who punched Tang Ling turned a blind eye to the whispers. He stood in front of the group with a gloomy expression.
"That punch just now might be detrimental to your performance in the upcoming exam," a short guy beside Tang Ling suddenly said to Tang Ling amid the commotion in the group.
Tang Ling nodded at him in a friendly manner and calmed down.
He did not know what the exam would be. However, it did not mean that others did not know. Even so, it had already happened, so he did not want to speculate or complain about it. For example, he might have been targeted.
What reason did he have to be targeted?
At that moment, a light breeze blew over and the young man on the blue-striped giant rhinoceros jumped down.
Unlike the others who were dressed in black uniforms neatly, the young man's uniform only had three buttons buttoned up, revealing his muscular chest.
On his chest was a tattoo of a black sun. It looked extremely arrogant, just like his temperament.
He walked into the group in a sloppy manner and pushed the person at the front of the line aside before he joined the line himself.
Among the group of young warriors who were preparing for the exam, he stood out like a crane in a flock of chickens.
"I'm at the front of the line. Are there any objections?" He turned around and taunted everyone before he fished out a red apple.
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