The Trial Begins
As night fell, Xiao Yu had already fallen asleep, but Xia Fei could not fall asleep no matter how he tossed and turned.
After putting on a full set of combat equipment, Xia Fei pushed open the door to the desert to familiarize himself with the environment.
There were quite a number of people in the open space outside the spaceship. These people were gathered in twos and threes, either conversing with each other or testing each other's martial arts.
Tomorrow was the day of the trial, and it seemed that Xia Fei was not the only one who could not fall asleep.
Xia Fei ran a hundred kilometers in one go and arrived in front of a dirt hill. This place looked rather secluded, and there was no one around.
After getting into position, Xia Fei practiced the Crafty Thrust technique twice under the moonlight. All of a sudden, there was a melody coming from the foot of the hill.
The melody was melodious, sometimes high mountains and flowing water, and sometimes light clouds and breezes.
It sounded like a flute, but it was a little deeper than a flute, as if listening to a memory from a long time ago.
The mellow and moving melody entered his ears, and he could not help but be intoxicated.
Xia Fei simply sat on the ground and lit a cigarette, quietly listening to the melody.
A moment later, the melody ended, and Xia Fei could not help but clap as he listened.
"Who is it?!" A cold female voice asked uneasily. The voice sounded familiar, but he could not recall who it was.
"No one." Xia Fei blurted out, but he immediately regretted it. How could he say that? If there was no one, then who was he?
* Whoosh! *
In an instant, a woman appeared in front of Xia Fei. Her speed was much faster than Xia Fei's, at least a kilometer per second. She should also be a Speed Ability User.
She was wearing the uniform of the Adjudicator Union, and her blonde hair looked especially beautiful under the moonlight. Her figure was curvaceous, especially her pair of slender legs. They were like two white lotus roots that made people want to touch them.
Xia Fei could vaguely see her face under the moonlight. It turned out that this was the 4-star Adjudicator Union that received Xia Fei and Xiao Yu during the day, Ye Xiaohan.
"So it's you." Ye Xiaohan said, "No wonder your Earth's civilization rank is only 0.5. Don't you know that it's rude to eavesdrop on someone playing the flute?" Her voice was still cold, but she no longer had that unapproachable aura she had during the day.
Xia Fei smiled as he got up from the ground and patted the dust off his butt.
"In all honesty, I really didn't eavesdrop. I heard it clearly."
Ye Xiaohan took a good look at the Windshade Mark IV combat suit Xia Fei was wearing and was suddenly stunned, her eyes seemingly turning a little moist.
She took two quick steps toward Xia Fei, her lily-white hands constantly stroking Xia Fei's body.
Uh.
Xia Fei was very embarrassed. All he could do was stand there and let this long-legged beauty do whatever she wanted to him.
Though the concept of men and women was becoming more and more open these days, Ye Xiaohan had touched him without saying a word the moment they met. This was something that Xia Fei could not stand. After all, he was a man, and he had normal bodily functions.
Xia Fei could only feel his blood and Qi churning. The heat in his body was unable to disperse, and it was unbearably hot.
He secretly used the Breath Control Technique. Breath Control could make people silent and calm their minds.
After a few cycles, Xia Fei's impulsive urge finally subsided a little.
However, he could not keep touching like this. Xia Fei was wondering if he should cooperate a little, so his two hands moved toward Ye Xiaohan in an unruly manner, aiming for that pair of round and supple buttocks.
* Whoosh *
Ye Xiaohan noticed Xia Fei's strange movement. Like a startled rabbit, she instantly retreated several dozen meters away, her gaze toward Xia Fei becoming unfriendly.
Xia Fei's two hands were still awkwardly suspended in the air, so he could only take the opportunity to stretch his body. He casually said, "The moon is really round tonight."
Ye Xiaohan was about to explode in anger, but when she thought about it, she realized that she, a lady, had been touching Xia Fei's body for quite a while. It was impossible for any man to not have their imaginations run wild.
Xia Fei had endured for so long before making a move, so it was clear that this young man was not a bad person. It was she who had been too frivolous.
With that thought in mind, two beautiful peach blossoms immediately appeared on that charming face of hers, making her feel warm.
"How did you get this combat suit?" Ye Xiaohan asked in a deep voice.
"I bought it. Do you think I would steal it?"
"You're just a citizen of a 0.5 civilized planet. How could you afford such an expensive combat suit?" Ye Xiaohan furrowed her eyebrows as she asked.
Xia Fei was speechless. This question was indeed hard to explain. Say that he had earned a lot of money by selling poems? No, the copyright of the poems did not belong to him, after all. It was better to keep a low profile. Say that he had obtained a bunch of treasures from exploring the Atlantis civilization? That was also not appropriate. The Atlanteans had a grudge with a certain universe rank expert. If this matter were to spread, he might even be implicated.
"So what if I'm a 0.5 civilized planet? Who made the rule that citizens of a 0.5 civilized planet have to be paupers? I bought this combat suit a few days ago at the Summit Auction. If you don't believe me, you can go and check, "Xia Fei said. He directly skipped the topic of money and changed the topic to the origin of this Windshade Mark IV.
The Summit Auction was rather famous in the Endaro Star Region, so Ye Xiaohan had naturally heard of it. She saw that Xia Fei was speaking so calmly, so she accepted the fact that Xia Fei was a tycoon from a backward planet.
"This combat suit is very precious. You're on your own." Ye Xiaohan looked at the familiar combat suit that Xia Fei was wearing with some reluctance. She coldly said this before her figure disappeared into the vast night. Her speed was extremely fast, like a fading ray of light.
Xia Fei smacked his thigh in annoyance. "Sigh! What a loss! I actually got touched by her. "
A dark cloud floated in the sky out of nowhere, blocking the originally bright moonlight. The dark clouds rumbled as if it was about to rain.
After being teased by Ye Xiaohan for no reason, Xia Fei was no longer in the mood to continue his training. He quickly strode back to his living quarters.
Just as Xia Fei left, a figure slowly walked out from the shadows at the foot of the mountain. He had been hiding there all this while, so neither Xia Fei nor Ye Xiaohan had noticed him.
This person was about twenty-four or twenty-five years old. His handsome face had turned a little green from anger. His mouth was mumbling something that seemed to be related to the Three Character Classic.
* Bang! *
His fist slammed into the mountain wall, and the originally smooth mountain wall was now a deep pit with a diameter of more than a meter. Countless rocks and dirt were sent flying.
Early in the morning, before the sky had even brightened, the loudspeaker in the spaceship began to broadcast again and again.
"All candidates participating in the Crisis grade assessment, please take note. Please gather at the examination venue within thirty minutes. The assessment will begin soon." The broadcast system was a cold and mechanical electronic voice. Xia Fei felt that this voice was as cold as Ye Xiaohan's.
He shook his head and sat up in bed, but he quickly lay back down. He fiddled with his blanket for a long time before getting out of bed again.
Xia Fei had a habit of sleeping naked. Normally, it would not be a big deal, but there was a little girl in the room now.
After a full forty minutes, Xia Fei held Xiao Yu's hand and got out of the spaceship. Mingling with the crowd, Xia Fei only took a minute to brush his teeth and wash his face. The rest of the time was taken up by Xiao Yu.
Xia Fei was very helpless about this. He only knew that women needed to do their makeup over and over again in the morning, and it was a very troublesome matter.
Who would have thought that a twelve-year-old girl like Xiao Yu would be no less troublesome than those women?
She needed to wash her face twice with facial cleanser, moisturizer, sunscreen, and other creams that Xia Fei could not name. There was an entire row of them, making it look like a skincare exhibition.
Xiao Yu's figure was already showing signs of puberty. Coupled with her already pretty face, she would definitely be the type that could bring disaster to countries and people when she grew up.
Looking at his surroundings, Xia Fei realized that the spaceship had already left the original campsite and arrived at a completely unfamiliar place.
To the east of this place were endless hills, to the west was an endless desert, to the north was a flat Gobi Desert, and to the south was a messy pile of boulders.
Estimating the number of candidates, there were about eighty to one hundred thousand people. A large portion of them were gathered in groups, most likely from the same country or from the same clan.
The larger groups could reach up to a thousand people, while the smaller groups only consisted of three to five people. They were all wielding all sorts of weapons, looking very aggressive.
A young man like Xia Fei holding the hand of a child was a unique combination in the crowd.
Xia Fei furrowed his eyebrows slightly. If these candidates from the same region were to band together, they would surely form quite a formidable force. He was only one person, and he was also carrying a little girl whose strength was unknown. It would be too disadvantageous for him to encounter such a large group of people, so he needed to avoid them. Even if he had to make a move, he had to pick those candidates who were alone.
That was when a young man in his twenties or twenties stood at the top of one of the spaceships, looking down at the many candidates on the ground. He was wearing a well-ironed uniform and had a smile on his face, giving off a trustworthy vibe.
Everyone, please be quiet. I am the chief judge of this Crisis grade assessment, Xiao Haili. I will now tell everyone the rules of the first assessment round, Xiao Haili said loudly.
The candidates all raised their heads and looked up. Xiao Haili seemed to like it when people looked up to him, so he purposely paused for a few minutes before saying, In the first round, we will eliminate ninety-nine percent of the candidates.
The crowd began to clamor. The ninety-nine percent elimination rate had obviously made many candidates feel uneasy. Xiao Haili's eyes flickered, enjoying the panicked looks of the candidates. He suddenly realized that it was very interesting to observe the pain of others.
In the hills to the east, there are a thousand tokens that will allow you to enter the next assessment round. Those who obtain the tokens will be able to participate in the second assessment round in ten days. The first assessment round will last for seven days, and the surrounding three million square kilometers will be your battlefield!
The special assessment wristwatches in your hands will indicate the range of your battlefield. Once you step out of this range, then I'm sorry, but we will immediately disqualify you!
You may use any means at all! You may even directly kill your opponent! Remember, only those who obtain the tokens after seven days will have the chance to become an Adjudicator!
"Alright! The Adjudicator Union's Crisis grade assessment, the first round, will now officially begin!
Just as Xiao Haili finished speaking, the four gigantic spaceships suddenly exploded with a sound like an earthquake as they took off into the sky.
The strong airflow caused the sand to dance wildly, and the candidates on the ground were in a mess, all using their hands to cover their eyes to avoid being assaulted by the sandstorm.
When the sandstorm subsided, the candidates suddenly realized that a portion of them had already disappeared.
Only then did the tens of thousands of candidates come to their senses, all of them rushing toward the east where the tokens were hidden.
The assessment had just begun, so everyone was on high alert, and no one made a move.
Very soon, the powerful candidates began to purge the weaker candidates along the way. After all, these people were all their opponents, and the more they killed, the more chances they had of winning would increase.
The atmosphere of slaughter quickly spread, and a few minutes later, it finally turned into a frenzied massacre. Wherever the teams passed, there were broken limbs and blood flowing like a river!
In the blink of an eye, the beautiful Australia had turned into an Asura hell!
At this time, Xia Fei and Xiao Yu were nowhere to be seen in the crowd.
Actually, after listening to Xiao Haili's explanation of the first round of the assessment, Xia Fei had only used a few seconds to make a decision. Furthermore, he had taken advantage of the chaos when the spaceships took off to immediately execute his plan, not hesitating for even a fraction of a second.
The speed at which he made his decision and the resolute manner in which he carried it out made even some of the more powerful experts feel that they were inferior.
After all, not everyone possessed such exceptional analytical abilities, and even those with such abilities might not necessarily dare to make a decision immediately.
Therefore, by the time the massacre took place, Xia Fei and Xiao Yu were already dozens of kilometers away.
Xia Fei carried Xiao Yu, using a thick overcoat to cover her body, protecting her from getting hurt by the strong airflow. His feet maintained a speed of about 100m/s the entire time. Running at this speed would maximize Xia Fei's endurance, and it would not be a problem for him to continue running for several hours.
Big Brother Xia Fei, the tokens to enter the next round are in the east, so why are we going north? Xiao Yu asked in confusion while hiding in the overcoat.
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