Tigers in the North
It was already late at night, and the temperature difference between day and night in the desert was huge. It was hot enough to drive people crazy during the day, and a chilly wind would blow at night.
Xiao Yu had a coat draped over her as she slept soundly on Xia Fei's lap. Though Xia Fei was also feeling sleepy, he had to persevere. He could never let his guard down in the face of danger.
He took out a bottle of pills from his spatial ring and poured two into his palm before swallowing them with some mineral water. A few minutes later, Xia Fei's eyes regained their vigor, like a wild beast hunting for food in the night, flickering with a vigilant light.
This pill was called Edge, and it allowed a person to maintain a high state of vigilance at all times, not feeling sleepy at all.
Edge was originally a psychotropic drug used to treat narcolepsy. Even the company that developed this drug did not expect its effects to be so amazing. Not only could it restrain narcolepsy, but it could also keep a person awake for three days straight after taking it.
Therefore, this ordinary pill became one of the essential medicines for countless soldiers, especially in battle. Even the armies of many countries would distribute the [Edge Pill] in their battle supplies.
Xia Fei had not closed his eyes for a single moment in the four days since the start of the assessment, relying solely on his willpower to persevere. This was the first time he had taken this drug.
Willpower was something that a warrior could never lack. Xia Fei relying on his willpower to persevere for four days was already a very good result in itself.
Actually, Xia Fei could still persevere for one or two days without sleep, but when a person was sleepy, their mind would become groggy even if they tried their best to hold on, and their judgment and body's rhythm would also experience varying degrees of decline.
Xia Fei was not willing to take the risk of his judgment deteriorating. After all, this assessment was extraordinary. Every detail was crucial, and he needed to maintain a high level of concentration at all times.
All of a sudden, the alarm in his pocket vibrated. His prey was here!
Xia Fei gently placed Xiao Yu on the ground and used the shortest amount of time to reach the predetermined interception point. Using Breath Control, he hid in the bushes and waited patiently. Like an experienced hunter, he was neither anxious nor impatient, and there was not the slightest fluctuation in his emotions.
Looking up at the sky, the long-awaited rain did not fall. Instead, it was getting brighter, and a few stars were faintly discernible in the sky.
From the east, a figure slowly walked into Xia Feis ambush circle. His steps were slow and firm, like a traveler who had been away from home for a long time, maintaining a fixed rhythm.
Very soon, this person walked into the layers of traps that Xia Fei had set up, not noticing anything amiss.
Xia Fei quietly pressed a button on the controller, and a large number of mechanical snakes suddenly emerged from the surrounding bushes.
The mechanical snakes twisted their bodies frantically and chased after the man. Under the cover of the night, these mechanical snakes were almost identical to real snakes, making it impossible to tell them apart.
At the same time, a large number of mechanical bees buzzed and pounced forward! Each mechanical bee had a steel needle tied to its body. The tip of the needle was faintly green. It was the venom of the five-step snake!
As soon as the passerby noticed the abnormality behind him, he immediately sprinted away. In the blink of an eye, he disappeared at a speed of over a thousand meters per second.
Xia Fei pursed his lips. This person was a speed ability user, and he was even at a high rank. He was the type that Xia Fei was unable to deal with, so all he could do was watch him leave.
Xia Fei pressed another button, and those mechanical snakes and mechanical bees returned to their respective positions, waiting for their next prey.
That's the fourth today, right? Phantom asked from behind Xia Fei. Xia Fei had already encountered four prey that he could not catch today. All of them were very powerful, and Xia Fei was not able to deal with them.
"Yes." Xia Fei stood up from the bushes and watched as that speed ability user disappeared into the night. He really wanted to smoke a cigarette at this time, but he endured it, for any light in the night would expose his position.
That guy sure is fast, Xia Fei plainly said. Im afraid that he has already reached the Star Domain rank.
Thats right, Initial Star Domain rank. If you had acted rashly just now, you would have suffered greatly, Phantom said. Those little toys of yours sure are useful. At the very least, you can test out the type and rank of the opponent's ability, so you wont be at a disadvantage just because you dont understand the opponent.
Those mechanical snakes and mechanical bees were quite funny, for they were toys for children on other planets, used for pranks. Xia Fei thought it was interesting, so he bought some, and he did not expect to actually put them to good use.
The candidates who were able to obtain the token and escape here within four days should all be very strong. After all, seizing the token from a hundred thousand people isnt a simple task. According to my calculations, there will be more and more people arriving in the next three days. Furthermore, fighting for the token for a few days in the hilly region is impossible without paying a price. That will be the golden time to snatch the token, Xia Fei said as he walked back to Xiao Yu's side.
Phantom could not help but nod. Xia Fei's analysis was very reasonable. To be able to quickly find or seize the token in the hilly region, then kill their way out of the encirclement and escape five hundred kilometers away, it was impossible to do so without great strength.
By the same logic, the longer one stayed in the hilly region, the more physical exhaustion one would have. There was even a possibility of carrying serious injuries, and after getting injured and rushing another five hundred kilometers away, by the time they reached Xia Fei's ambush, even the strongest candidate would at most be left with half their lives. Xia Fei was waiting for such an opportunity.
Without sufficient confidence, he could not easily make a move. He would rather miss out than put himself in a dangerous situation.
Ill plan to have Xiao Yu cooperate with me tomorrow. Lets let her sleep a little longer tonight. Lack of sleep will affect a child's development, Xia Fei said.
Xiao Haili was sitting in his office, glaring at the screen in front of him. It had been four days since the assessment, yet Xia Fei was still alive and well. This made Xiao Haili feel very uncomfortable. Ever since he saw that wonderful performance between Xia Fei and Ye Xiaohan that night, he had developed a deep hatred for Xia Fei.
He hated that he could not just kill him and be done with it!
However, he was very clear in his heart that he could not do such a thing. The Adjudicator Assessment had a strict monitoring system, and if he were to really make a move himself, he would surely attract endless trouble. More importantly, it would delay his promotion in the Union.
The more he looked at the lively Xia Fei on the screen, the more he felt that it was an eyesore. He gritted his teeth and took out an unlimited communicator from his pocket, his fingers flying across it as he typed.
This old-fashioned communicator used encrypted radio waves to transmit messages. The monitoring system in the examination area could monitor the vast majority of communication facilities, but it was helpless against this old-fashioned radio wave. As the chief examiner, Xiao Haibo was naturally well aware of this.
On the other end of the communicator was a person that Xiao Haili hated, but compared to the hateful Xia Fei, that person was not that hateful.
There are tigers in the north.
It was just five words, but they contained a lot of information. Xiao Haili hesitated for a moment before finally sending the message.
Standing up, Xiao Haili quietly made his way to the ship's garbage disposal area. It was currently nighttime, and the workers in charge of garbage disposal were still resting.
He turned on the incinerator and tossed the communicator inside, and the heat of over ten thousand degrees quickly incinerated the old-fashioned communicator into nothing.
Looking at the flames in the incinerator, Xiao Haili revealed a ruthless smile as he muttered to himself, Ye Xiaohan is mine, and she can only be mine.
East, the hilly region.
Just as Xia Fei predicted, this main battlefield was littered with the blood and corpses of the candidates. Over the past four days, countless battles had taken place in the hilly region, and the number of candidates who had died was as high as 20,000!
There was no doubt that as the assessment deadline approached, there would be more bloodshed here. Those candidates who had yet to obtain the keepsake would have to give it their all in the next three days!
There was a group of people hidden in a narrow valley. There were not many of them, only about seven or eight of them, and every one of them had either light or heavy injuries on their bodies.
There was a young man in his early twenties in the group. He was wearing an expensive yet somewhat gaudy combat suit, which was covered in dust. He was the only one in the group who was not injured, though there were some dirt stains on his face, making him look like he was in a sorry state.
Both he and Xiao Haili were from the Xiao family of the Lombard Empire, so he should even address Xiao Haili as older cousin.
The difference was that Xiao Haili was the most outstanding representative of the younger generation in the family, while he was one of the few scum of the family.
The name Xiao Yong easily made people think of a fierce general who was good at fighting, and Xiao Yong was far from being a fierce general in every aspect. He did not even have a little bit of bravery. Aside from gambling and playing with women, the only thing he had left was his ability to swindle money out of his mother, who had spoiled him to the point of being a complete mess.
He carefully clipped an old-fashioned communicator to his waist, and it was even covered in a sturdy tri-titanium alloy casing, afraid that it would be damaged in the slightest.
From the very first second of the assessment, Xiao Yong had been waiting for this communicator to ring, and as time went by, Xiao Yong's heart sank to the bottom of the ocean.
All of a sudden, the ancient communicator vibrated twice, and Xiao Yong was startled. He quickly pulled out the communicator and held it in his palm like a treasure.
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