However, it was made of ordinary metals, and with the development of time, it gradually became outdated.
When he cut monsters' shells and bones, it was very easy for his blade to bend or even crack.
In the 55th year of the New Era, the most advanced cold weapons were usually mixed with a lot of monster bone powder and metals from the Other World. Some of them were even embedded with crystals. Nanotechnology and memory metal folding technology were used to create the most advanced cold weapons. They broke through the boundaries between cold weapons and firearms.
In the hands of superhumans with great spirit energy, this sort of super saber would not only be able to release sword glares and saber flames that were dozens of meters long, it could even unlock different forms and deliver different attacks.
The price was naturally astronomical.
Lightning Saber did not require a lot of skill, but it was cheap. It was popular among the Red Dragon Army and the people.
In the practical test of the college entrance examination, its exchange price was also the lowest, only requiring 60 points.
"Meng Chao, you were very forthright when you bought the grenades just now. You didn't even blink when you spent four or five hundred Credits on them. Why are you so hesitant when it comes to cold weapons, which are the most important?"
Chu Feixiong chose a Megalodon Saber that was created in the Year 45 of the New Era. He looked at the gleaming, sawtooth-shaped blade in satisfaction, but he did not agree with his best friend's choice. "The Rapid Biting Rats might be small, but their spines are really sturdy. If I use such a cheap saber, the blade will become blunt after I cut down two of them. If I can't kill them in one slash, it won't be considered a result."
Bullets were limited. Even if he exchanged all his points for guns and ammunition, it was impossible to get a high score just by shooting.
In the latter half of the journey, they still had to rely on cold weapons to kill.
Everyone placed a lot of importance on cold weapons, and the Big-toothed Shark Saber was already their limit. No one was like Meng Chao and chose the cheap Lightning Saber.
Meng Chao thought about it. "As long as I'm careful and cut through the gaps in the spine, I won't touch any sturdy bones and just cut through the central nervous system. Then, I won't have to worry about the blade bending."
Chu Feixiong said, "I wasn't paying attention and gave you another chance to show off. Let's see what you can do!"
"Examinees, please make your own choice. Do not whisper to each other!" The invigilator standing in the corner said sternly.
However, the invigilator's eyes were filled with curiosity. He did not understand why this high scoring candidate would make such an absurd choice.
After taking care of the grenades and sabers, he still had around 200 points left.
Everyone thought that Meng Chao was going to choose a gun this time.
Since he couldn't afford a semi-automatic rifle, he could at least buy a small pistol for self-defense.
But when Meng Chao swiped around on the tablet, he found the support item column and chose the highest grade field first aid kit for medics.
"What are you doing?"
The examinees were baffled. 'Is this boy afraid of being bitten by the Rapid Biting Rats?'
But the more Meng Chao bought, the more excited he became. Once he carefully examined a few types of military food, he exchanged for four bags of the highest-grade food.
"…"
This time, everyone was even more speechless. Exchanging for a battlefield first aid kit could be said to be prudent, but what was the point of buying rations?
It was just a short six hours, and he was killing Rapid Biting Rats, which were small monsters that were not too threatening. Just how bad was this guy's stamina? He couldn't even last for half a day?
Exchanging for a few energy gels, chocolates, high-calorie nutritional supplements, and so on was very normal. Who would be like him, preparing to eat a feast in the examination room!
Meng Chao ignored the people's shocked gazes and used the last of his points to get a multi-purpose military shovel. Then, he stuffed all the miscellaneous items into his backpack. "I'm done. Let's go!"
"You … really don't want to exchange for guns and ammunition? It's not too late for you to change your mind! "Chu Feixiong looked at him in shock.
"Everyone has their own way of killing." Meng Chao smiled.
The examinees were all armed to the teeth. Aside from the childish look on their faces, they really did look like ruthless soldiers.
They walked out of the equipment room valiantly and in high spirits and entered the final waiting room.
Meng Chao was a little surprised that he would run into the principal of Ninth High School.
Principal Sun was usually sleepy and looked old, but today, he was dressed in a murderous camouflage uniform. He even had guns and swords on his back, which was a rare sight. He looked even more mighty than when the fog descended a few days ago. "Hello, principal!"
Meng Chao and Chu Feixiong were both very surprised.
It was only when they asked that they learned that Principal Sun was also an invigilator and a patrolling officer. He was in charge of protecting the examinees' safety.
"With your age and status, you have to personally patrol the field?!" Meng Chao gasped in amazement.
"Everything during the national college examination is militarized. I'm the principal in the school, and you're my students. When it comes to the national college examination, I'm a military officer, and you're my soldiers. There's no way I would send my soldiers to the frontlines while I'm left alone at home," Principal Sun explained with a smile.
"This is a tradition of Dragon City's national college examination. Every year, during the national college examination, the leaders of the school have to personally go to the frontlines and fight alongside the children. Otherwise, your parents won't be at ease."
"Then, you'd better be careful. You were injured pretty badly during the monster ambush three days ago, right?" Meng Chao lowered his voice.
On the night the fog descended, Principal Sun's "cannon" roared for an entire night. When he returned, he was sent straight to the hospital. It seemed like his organs were all damaged.
Meng Chao had been thinking about visiting Principal Sun in the hospital after the national college examination, so he did not expect that he would appear here as if nothing had happened.
"It's all thanks to your reminder that day. The evolved Demonic Air Ripping Eye is really cunning! Fortunately, it's just a small injury. It's healed a long time ago! "Principal Sun patted Meng Chao's shoulder.
Meng Chao really wanted to get closer to the heroic citizens so that he could gain some of their heroic spirit.
However, the invigilators could not have too much contact with the examinees. Principal Sun had a sense of propriety. After giving a few words of encouragement to the Ninth High School students, he moved to the side and refused to say anything else.
Under the orders of the main invigilator, the fully armed examinees sat down cross-legged and used Dark Tortoise Stance to regulate their breathing.
As they breathed in and out, they gradually imagined themselves as hibernating tortoises. They focused and calmed their breathing while they nourished their blood vessels and waited for the final battle.
Time ticked by.
11: 55 PM.
The army surrounded the dozens of examination areas at the edge of the fog. Through special equipment buried underground, they released chemical substances and infrasound waves into the depths of the examination areas.
The combination of chemical substances and infrasound waves would cause the Rapid Biting Rats' central nervous system to go haywire. They would think that an earthquake was about to happen, and they would rush to the surface.
The army then poured a large amount of adhesive liquid with irritating scents around each examination area.
Most of the adhesive liquid was collected from the Rapid Biting Rats' natural enemies, snake-type monsters. It made the Rapid Biting Rats think that there were a bunch of snakes outside the examination area with their mouths wide open, waiting for them to walk right into their trap.
Because of it, a large number of Rapid Biting Rats could only flee madly in the examination area. They did not dare to take even half a step out of the examination area, which made them perfect targets for the examinees.
11: 57 PM.
The invigilators and patrolling officers entered the examination area to ensure the examinees' safety.
11: 59 PM.
The network connection was completed, and a large amount of data was transmitted. All the examinees' physiological parameters and the pictures captured by the cameras were instantly sent into the superbrain. Through infrared rays and image analysis, it calculated just how many prey they killed and how many points they should get before it was sent to the examinees' communicators.
Each examinee could check their scores and ranking in real time to predict whether they would be able to get into the university they wanted. Then, they could choose whether they should use conservative or radical tactics in their subsequent hunts.
Aside from the recruiters from the universities, many of the powerful fighters from the Red Dragon Army, the Supernatural Tower, and the higher ups of the mega corporations were in the monitoring center at the back. They were paying attention to the practical test to choose the talents they wanted.
Strength, speed, spirit energy, and dazzling killing moves were all things that could be cultivated or forcefully instilled into a person.
Before they awakened to supernatural abilities, the intelligence and courage they displayed with their normal human bodies were the foundation of a powerful person.
It was midnight.
It was a new day, and the practical test for the national college examination began.
A loud horn to charge rose into the sky from the military's command vehicle.
Countless impatient examinees in the dozens of examination areas rushed into the most important battlefield in their lives.
In the former Liming Machine Factory.
After decades of assimilation, the place had been ravaged by the creatures of the Other World.
Thick vines grew out of the cracks in the ground and wrapped around the buildings. They tore through the cement and even snapped the reinforced concrete pillars, causing most of the buildings to collapse.
The originally flat ground collapsed to reveal black holes. There were also cracks that intersected with each other like spiderwebs. No one knew where they led to.
In fact, there were more than one hundred stone pillars that originally belonged to the Other World that had been corroded into the shape of fangs. They shot out of the depths of the machine factory and formed a stone forest that looked like a maze.
"Squeak!"
Countless Rapid Biting Rats the size of cats fled madly in the ugly space.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
Many of the examinees jumped over the walls of the machine factory and eagerly opened fire. The dense firepower turned quite a number of Rapid Biting Rats into beehives, but they also wasted a lot of bullets.
The examinees from the key high schools ignored the Rapid Biting Rats running about under their feet and focused on advancing into the depths of the machine factory.
Since the military had placed the irritating scent of their natural enemy outside the examination area, there were naturally fewer Rapid Biting Rats at the perimeter.
Staying at the perimeter to fight was the stupidest choice.
They had to go to the center of the machine factory and search for the place where the Rapid Biting Rats gathered to maximize their hunting efficiency.
Dawn Machine Factory was huge. It had more than ten workshops and all sorts of auxiliary facilities. More than one thousand examinees wandered about in there, but it did not seem crowded.
But the map provided by the military was the version from before they transmigrated.
After going through sixty years of changes, the place had long since changed beyond recognition. The original tunnel and stairs no longer existed.
Besides, it was dark, and visibility was incredibly low. It was like a shattered maze.
Only a few examinees were able to instantly find a path that led to the core of the collapsed space.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
While most of the examinees were still fumbling around the perimeter, and some of them even slipped and fell into the depths of the collapsed area and sprained their limbs, three figures moved like weightless smoke. They stepped lightly on the strange, intersecting stones or broken pillars and moved dozens of meters forward. Then, they charged into the core area.
First High School's Fang Da.
Second High School's Xie Feng.
Construction High School's Luo Hai.
The three elites looked at each other and smiled.
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