Fifteen minutes later.
The airship began to stop intermittently. Every time it stopped, a dozen or so students participating in the trial would be ejected out of the cabin at random.
When the airship docked for the third time, the chair that Yang Fan was sitting on suddenly disintegrated, and a circular hole full of suction suddenly appeared under his feet. After that, he slipped out of the airship through the hole without any resistance.
The airship didn't land, but instead hovered a hundred meters above the ground. When Yang Fan fell, he saw a few students from other classes being ejected in the same way.
Ejecting in different directions could ensure that these students wouldn't land at the same place, so as to avoid being ambushed by competitors who landed first.
A hundred meters wasn't too much of a problem for Martial Disciples of the eighth and ninth ranks. Everyone had their own methods to alleviate the acceleration of the fall.
The physical fitness of the Transcending Mortality Realm wasn't just for show. Even if they didn't make any preparations and fell straight to the ground, these students wouldn't have any major problems. At most, they would just get a few scratches or a broken arm.
Yang Fan wasn't like the other students who borrowed the surrounding trees for support when they were about to land, nor did he directly use a light body technique to reduce the acceleration of his body. He simply released a trace of spiritual energy and easily controlled his own weight. His body was as light as a swallow as he floated down.
As soon as he landed, Yang Fan's personal AI was controlled by the large A.I. on the airship. With a shake of his wrist, a voice automatically broadcasted: "Student Yang Fan, it is now May 4th, Year 111 of the Federation Calendar, 8: 05 in the morning. From the moment you step into the trial grounds, the trial officially begins."
"In order to facilitate the point calculation and prevent students from colluding with each other to cheat, during the trial period, all communication signals will be blocked. The student's personal AI will also be temporarily controlled by the Yunleng Type I Airship. I hope student Yang Fan can strictly abide by the rules of the trial and obtain excellent results!"
Yang Fan lowered his head and looked at his personal AI. He discovered that it couldn't be turned on normally. He could only see the time and the points he had from the AI's primitive little screen. Even the map that Huang Zhong sent them couldn't be opened.
Without a map to guide them, how could they know where they were now?
How many people could memorize the entire map of this canyon with just a few casual glances from the airship?
"Interesting. This is just a test of the student's memory and ability to adapt?"
The corners of Yang Fan's mouth curled up slightly. It was just a memory. For a level-three telekinesis master, anything he saw would be stored in his mind.
Therefore, even though Yang Fan had only casually glanced at the canyon map and did not look at it in detail, he could recall the entire three-dimensional map at any time if he wanted to.
However, at the beginning of the trial, it didn't matter if they had a map or not, because no matter where they landed, their first priority was to hunt Demonic Beasts.
As long as he earned enough points, even if he had to give up on the trial and wait for the guardian teacher to pick him up, it would be enough.
Moving his gaze away from the AI, Yang Fan began to look around his surroundings. At the same time, he sent out a trace of his spiritual energy to search for Demonic Beasts nearby.
In the northeast, a thousand meters away, there were five large brown wolves that seemed to be attacking a student who had just landed.
In the west, three hundred meters away, two big-eared rabbits were eating grass with their heads lowered.
In the southwest, six hundred meters away, three Penetrating Bone Beasts were digging underground.
… …
In just a moment, Yang Fan had grasped the information of all the Demonic Beasts within a kilometer radius. His expression changed, and he immediately flew towards the northeast.
Over there, the level-nine Martial Disciple who was being attacked by the five brown wolves was clearly exhausted. It seemed that he was already planning to give up.
"How can this be? If I get eliminated without earning a single point, how am I going to eat a big meal in the afternoon? How am I going to harvest the crops?"
Yang Fan sped up and rushed to the side of the ninth level Martial Disciple in less than ten seconds. In front of his face, he slapped the five brown wolves one by one. Pa, pa, pa, pa, all five brown wolves were killed.
Then, Yang Fan grinned at the student who was still in a daze. With a wave of his sleeve, he disappeared in a flash, not taking a single cloud with him.
"Isn't that the 'Shame of South China' Yang Fan?"
The student who was saved had a dull expression. Looking at Yang Fan's back, he was a little confused. "When did he become so awesome? Also, did I get saved or did someone steal my kill? "
However, no matter what, he was finally alive again. He would not become one of those unlucky bastards who turned into a box as soon as he landed.
Therefore, whether Yang Fan saved him or killed him maliciously, this student cast a trace of gratitude towards Yang Fan in his heart.
Yang Fan moved like lightning, shuttling back and forth in the forest of the canyon. The system's warm notifications kept ringing in his ears.
"You have successfully slain a level-one brown wolf. Spirit and Willpower + 1, Blood Qi + 5."
"You have successfully slain a level-one big-eared rabbit. Spirit and Willpower + 1, Blood Qi + 6."
"…"
"You have successfully slain a level-one Penetrating Bone Beast. Spirit and Willpower + 1, Blood Qi + 4."
"…"
In a short ten minutes, Yang Fan had already killed more than twenty level-one Demonic Beasts and saved ten students who were alone from the jaws of the beasts.
In order to ensure that the students who had just landed would not be accidentally eliminated, Yang Fan ran after the airship in the sky until the end.
Whenever a new student was ejected, Yang Fan would immediately rush forward to escort them, ensuring that they could safely land and not fall into the jaws of the beasts.
Fortunately, the canyon was not large and the airship's flying speed was slow. Yang Fan did not have to expend too much effort to chase after them.
He was a level-three telekinesis master and had the Proficient Turtle Breathing Technique to conceal his presence, so he did not have to worry about being discovered by the Demonic Beasts along the way.
In a short ten minutes, he had already received more than ten groups of students who had been ejected and landed on the ground. The number of students he saved from the beasts had also increased from the initial ten to more than thirty.
This kind of rescue efficiency made the guardian teachers who had been hiding nearby exclaim in admiration.
This guy was so diligent. Was he trying to steal the business of the guardian teachers?
On the Cloudedge Type I Airship, in the headmaster's private cabin.
Chen Guang crossed his legs and hummed a little tune. He held a cup of spirit fruit wine in his hand as he looked at the green scenery outside the airship. He drank mouthful after mouthful, feeling very satisfied.
This was a rare moment of leisure for him.
Although this was the wilderness, the peak Martial Masters of West Chu City had already cleaned this place up for the competition for resources. All the high level Demonic Beasts of the fourth rank and above had been killed on the spot.
In order to prevent the high level Demonic Beasts from accidentally entering, the school had also put in a lot of effort. A simple Spiritual Array was specially set up around the canyon to conceal the aura of the spirit blood and the radiation of the nuclear energy, ensuring the safety of the elite students in the school.
Therefore, to Chen Guang, invigilating the exam this time was simply a vacation. He did not have to worry about the threat of the Demonic Beasts outside.
"Little Wisdom, have all the students been ejected?" Chen Guang took a sip of the fruit wine and casually asked the nearby Wisdom Brain in front of him.
"Respected Headmaster Chen Guang, just a minute ago, all the students participating in this trial had been ejected!"
Chen Guang nodded his head in satisfaction. "How is the elimination rate? Is it more than thirty percent?"
According to past experience, the elimination rate during the ejection phase was between twenty-five to thirty percent. Because the forest was big, there were bound to be some unlucky students who fell into a group of Demonic Beasts as soon as they landed. Elimination was inevitable.
The Wisdom Brain replied, "Currently, the elimination rate is 0.969%."
"Hmm?" Chen Guang was stunned. He could not help but straighten his body and ask in astonishment, "It's not even one percent. Why is it so low?!"
There were a total of two hundred and nine students participating in this trial. With an elimination rate of 0.969%, didn't that mean that only two people had been eliminated? How was this possible?
Could it be that this batch of students were all possessed by the God of Luck?
That shouldn't be the case. There were many Demonic Beasts in the canyon and they were densely distributed. They had already done their calculations. Even if they were randomly ejected, with over two hundred students, there should be at least a few dozen unlucky ones who stepped on the mine.
So how come there were only two?
Chen Guang was shocked. He simply could not understand.
According to the previous situation, the elimination rate in the process was basically between 20% to 30%. After the students explored by themselves and formed teams, the elimination rate was between 15% to 20%.
Then, during the hunting phase, another twenty percent of the students would be eliminated.
When it came to the final phase, when the students began to compete for points, the remaining students would not exceed forty percent of the total number of participants.
In other words, only two fifths of the participants would be able to reach the final phase. Those who could accumulate more than a hundred points might not even reach two fifths of the total number of participants.
As for the requirement of ten thousand points, it was mostly just a decoration. There were very few people who could gather so many points.
After all, the school's resources didn't just fall from the sky. If all the students could meet the minimum resource allocation requirements for each trial, or if there were champions every time, the school's funding department would have gone bankrupt long ago.
The Wisdom Brain did not answer Chen Guang's question. Instead, it played the surveillance footage of several groups of students falling into danger.
Then, Chen Guang naturally saw the wonderful scene where he would always appear at the most crucial moment to lend a helping hand to the students in distress.
Chen Guang was instantly speechless. His hands trembled a little.
Why was there this scoundrel brat everywhere? Every day, would he be unhappy if he didn't cause some trouble?
It was fine when he was in school and in the Xia Residence, but now, he was actually able to cause trouble in a competition!
"So," Chen Guang's voice trembled as he pointed at the smiling Yang Fan on the screen and softly asked the Wisdom Brain, "the reason why the elimination rate did not reach expectations was all because of this Yang Fan?"
"How many people did he save? How many points does he have now? "
"Yes, Sir Principal!" The Wisdom Brain's voice was calm, without any fluctuation in emotion. "This student Yang Fan made a total of seventy-two moves in a short twenty minutes, killed ninety-eight demonic beasts, and saved sixty-two students in danger! Since he has fulfilled the hidden reward of caring for his fellow students and taking pleasure in helping others, he will be awarded five hundred points as a reward! "
"Because of the ninety-eight demonic beasts that Yang Fan killed, ninety of them were Class One demonic beasts and eight Class Two demonic beasts, Yang Fan currently has 606 points."
Caring for his fellow students and taking pleasure in helping others? And he was even rewarded with five hundred points?!
Hearing the Wisdom Brain's evaluation of Yang Fan, the corner of Chen Guang's mouth twitched. He almost smashed the wine glass in his hand onto the screen.
What the hell was going on?
Others might not know what kind of person Yang Fan was, but how could he, Chen Guang, not know?
He came to participate in the competition this time for the reward of being the champion.
This little bastard must have discovered the hidden loopholes in the trial and knew that with just him and a small portion of the surviving students, he would definitely not be able to gather 10,000 points. That was why he spared no effort in saving people.
Did you really think he was doing it for the sake of helping others?
Nonsense!
Saving people at this time was so that he could harvest more points from more people when the competition between the students began!
Chen Guang saw through Yang Fan's hypocrisy with a single glance. He was furious, but at the same time, he had a headache.
The elimination rate did not meet his expectations, and it even dropped by so much. This meant that the school would have to fork out a large amount of resources at the end of the competition.
What made his head hurt even more was that everything Yang Fan did was within the rules of the competition. Furthermore, this was also the best strategy that the old principal had set. He could not stop it at all.
"The old principal's original plan was to let the students help each other during the competition. This was to cultivate the true character of being selfless and taking pleasure in helping others."
Thinking about the hidden settings in the Wisdom Brain, Chen Guang gloomily muttered to himself, "But this Yang Fan is doing it for his own selfish reasons. He treats all the students like sheep in his pen, waiting for their fur to grow long enough for him to harvest it!"
"This kind of person is selfish, wretched, and shameless. What kind of character does he have?"
"I shouldn't have agreed to let him participate in the competition!"
Chen Guang was so angry that he slammed the table. He felt that he had invited a wolf into the house.
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