Chapter 79 The Third Exam

The third exam will be held at another location, and the Hunter Association has sent an airship to take away the remaining ninety-six candidates.

"The airship will arrive at the examination venue at 7:30 tomorrow morning. All candidates can take care of themselves in the rooms inside the airship."

The Hunter Association thoughtfully prepared a variety of delicious food, and the candidates returned to their rooms to rest after eating.

Kuroro was checking emails on his phone. An assistant from Meteor Street had sent him some documents, requiring him to review them and make a decision.

At first, Meteor Street was a lawless place, and its land rights were vague. Although the local residents of Meteor Street would not allow outsiders to interfere in the governance of Meteor Street, if Kuroro wanted to make a big move on this land, he had to figure out the land rights of this land in order to avoid being caught by anyone and causing trouble. Kuroro also spent several years to determine the land rights. Part of it was in his hands, part was given to the Council of Elders and the Meteor Street government, and part was in the hands of the residents.

In recent years, the internal responsibility allocation, resource management, and residents' rights and interests of Meteor Street have been rewritten, and some content has been deleted and added.

Meteor Street was truly opened to the public only after that. Kuroro thought about it carefully, and it was actually only three or four years ago. Not everyone outside might be willing to come, but it was already prepared to communicate with the outside world.

The system gave them a garbage cleaning technology at the beginning. While they were cleaning the garbage area of ​​Meteor Street, they clearly refused to allow the outside world to dump garbage in this place. Thanks to the existence of the system, otherwise the outside world would not have any reaction to the resistance of a weak region, and it would be very difficult to get them to give up this garbage dumping site.

"Are you still watching? Kuroro, do you want to take a break?" Sawada Tsunayoshi put his hand over the phone. "Or go out with Tetsuya and the others to see the night view. The view from the airship is beautiful."

Kuroro gets easily addicted when doing these things, and once he starts, he will be completely immersed in it, even stopping to eat or drink, and getting dark circles under his eyes. He has never changed since he was a child. When Sawada Tsunayoshi is next to him, he also has the habit of staring at him to prevent him from being too obsessed with his work.

Kuroro pinched the base of his nose, "Right away, I'll take a break after I finish reading this."

This document is to license Meteor Street's garbage disposal technology to other companies. The story of Meteor Street's 'rise' actually had a great impact. There were many forces that suppressed it at the beginning, and then they were beaten up by the system one by one. Only after they behaved themselves, Meteor Street was able to develop steadily.

Unable to suppress it, they quietly observed Meteor Street. Someone had long been interested in the garbage disposal technology given to them by the system. The reason why they let go now is that after Meteor Street dealt with its own garbage, it also established an external cleaning company. After gaining a firm foothold, it plans to license this technology to other companies.

This technology may sound unglamorous, but it is a huge profit maker for companies that need it.

Sawada Tsunayoshi moved his hand away from the phone, glanced at the phone interface, and was hit in the brain by the densely packed words. He looked away with a headache.

After reading the document, Kuroro sent the decision to his assistant and followed what he had just said and lay down to rest.

The airship was sailing smoothly in the night sky. No one made any big noise that night. While they were sleeping, the sky gradually turned blue.

At half past seven, the airship rang a reminder bell on time, and the voice of the loudspeaker asked everyone to gather at the entrance hatch.

Kuroro and the others got up early, had breakfast in the restaurant, and followed the ringing of the bell to the entrance hatch, where many people were already waiting.

When everyone was present, the bean-faced man opened the cabin door. Below was a desert filled with yellow sand. Strong winds carried the sand, sweeping up into the sky and then heavily falling down. The buzzing and vibrating sound was audible, telling the candidates how harsh the environment below was.

Bean-faced man: "The association will provide you with the tools. Now, all you have to do is land safely, and then-"

The bean-faced man pointed to the southeast, where a tall building was faintly visible in the yellow sand.

"To that tower."

The sound of the howling wind showed no sign of abating, and it was so close that it seemed as if it would pull the airship down with it.

"Hiss, can't you wait until the wind dies down before you go down? If you jump now, you don't know where you'll be blown to."

"Don't be unlucky enough to fall into quicksand."

"…Please don't be such a pessimist."

"It's over. I'm afraid of heights."

"What are you afraid of? It's just a desert. You won't die if you fall from this height."

"If you have the guts, just jump without any tools."

Candidates have different opinions on this exam, but no matter what their opinions are, they cannot change the exam venue confirmed by the association.

Watching the candidates get their tools, Doumianren continued, "Don't worry about getting lost in the sandstorm. The association has placed road signs in this area to point out the direction. There are some supplies at the location of the road signs."

"Is it strong? What if the road sign is blown in a different direction or falls down?"

Bean-faced man: "Don't worry, this will never happen."

After getting dressed skillfully, Milna was thankful: "Milya and I have both experienced the desert, so we are quite familiar with this kind of area. Milya is best at finding directions in the desert. She has just seen the location of the tower. Even if there is no sign, Milya can find the tower."

"Yes." Mirya pulled out a buckle from the belt around her waist. "Everyone has one on their landing equipment. This can connect us together to prevent us from getting lost."

Myrna asked, "Has anyone ever done this kind of landing?"

"I've tried skydiving before, but this is my first time landing in this kind of environment." Looking at the flying sand, Tsushima Shuji could imagine how painful it would be to have his skin cut, and he felt sympathetic. He is a weak brain person, and he is most afraid of pain.

Wo Jin had a headache. He thought it might be better to just jump down: "I've never done that before."

Only the five of them, Kuroro, had studied and practiced in the system space. Other than them, the others had no chance at all, or had never thought about learning these things. Who knew they would come in handy?

Milna and Milya explained in detail on both sides, and helped those who didn't know how to put on their equipment. "It's okay. Just like what the guy just said, if we jump from this height, no one will die with our strength."

The first two exams were not difficult for the dozen or so of them, and they passed them by running and stopping along the way.

However, the third exam was different from the previous two, and the test on physical strength was more obvious.

After making preparations, they jumped down one after another.

Although there is no special training for landing, people with strong body control and mentality can also land safely. In addition, the soft ground in the desert also reduces the impact of landing to a certain extent.

Thanks to the high quality of the Hunter Association's equipment, the cloth was not cut by the sand.

All landed safely.

Kuroro squinted his eyes and looked up. There were more than a dozen candidates descending from the sky, and some were unfortunately blown away by the wind.

"Let's go."

Parachutes are large and inconvenient to carry while walking in the desert. Moreover, they had a clear destination and estimated that the journey would not take long, so they left the parachutes there.

Just as Milna said, Milya was very good at identifying directions. With her leading the way, they saw the tall tower hidden behind the wind and sand in just half an hour.

They found two supply points along the way, which provided them with water, medicine and food, which was enough for them to reach their destination.

On the way to the tower, we encountered two groups of examinees fighting for resources, and they seemed to have totally ignored such a large group of people.

Throwing the man aside, Nobunaga brushed the sand off his hands.

The knight manipulated the others to run away and complained: "Do they think we were just brought in to win by chance? They attacked me right away."

Even though they didn't perform well in the first two exams, it doesn't mean they are useless.

Pike: "Maybe it's because there are so many of us that they think we're easy to bully."

After all, in the general perception, the strong should be self-admiring, standing silently among the crowd, and disdain to associate with the weak.

Gathering together like them is more like weak people huddling together for warmth, trying to defeat quality with quantity.

Among the many examinees, there were only three people at most. When there were more than a dozen of them, it didn't look like they were taking the Hunter Exam, but more like a family out for a vacation. Throughout the dozens of Hunter Exams in the past, this kind of situation had never occurred before.

When people see this kind of combination, they would take a second look at them.

The whistling sound of the wind and sand gradually subsided, and the tower became clearer and clearer in sight.

After walking for about three hours, they finally reached their destination.

The tower is hexagonal in shape, black and gray in color, and covers a large area. They walked around for a while before finding the door. They opened the door according to the instructions, and found the empty hall deserted.

A pre-recorded voice sounded from the speaker in the corner, "Three people can enter each room. There are watches in the room. Please put them on immediately after entering. Don't lose them during the journey. After putting them on, you must pass the level in the tower within forty-eight hours."

It’s a bit like the first level, but behind the door is not a maze, but a series of rooms.

They talked in a circle. Kuroro said, "We can't get together at this level. Everyone, be careful. Safety is the most important thing. Whether or not you can get a hunter's license is a small matter."

But it is fortunate that with the addition of Milya and Milna, there are exactly eighteen people, divided into six groups. They do not have to team up with other unfamiliar candidates, nor do they have to wait here for the next candidates.

Kuroro divided the groups according to their abilities. After making sure that no one had any objections, the six groups chose adjacent rooms to enter.

Kuroro, Sarasa and Pike were in a group. After they entered the room, the door closed automatically. There were tables and chairs for rest in the room, as well as some resources, which gave the candidates who had just hiked in the desert some time to breathe.

They put on the watches on the stage as instructed.

Sarasa: "The room seems to be moving left and right."

The feeling of movement is so slight that you won't notice it unless you feel it carefully.

When the room stopped, the door opened automatically, revealing a dark corridor outside. Kuroro could see wall lamps on the wall near them, but they were all off.

The loudspeaker in the room sounded again, "After the first examinee enters the corridor, the mechanism will be automatically triggered. Every time a mechanism is triggered, the light will automatically light up."

"Select the first candidate to enter and click confirm on the watch."