The Western Rong general who had been complaining, seeing that the king had made his point clear, dared not say anything more and immediately left the tent to inform the soldiers present of the king's decision.
Seeing that more than half of the people had been eliminated in the first round, the remaining people didn't dare to breathe, their eyes fixed on Su Wan. Then, hearing the promise of a promotion from the King, many became even more nervous.
"Forked branches".
Sixteen hundred forked branches were raised into the air almost simultaneously to signal, and then handed to the person holding the flag in front of them.
This time everyone was fully focused, and no one failed. Su Wan was very satisfied and decided to increase the difficulty.
“Red pebbles, barkless branches,” she said quickly.
Then came the sound of plates clattering to the ground. Many people were so nervous that while holding up a red pebble with their left hand, they instinctively reached for a twig with their right, causing the plates to fall. Others tried to grab both at once, ending up picking up unrelated objects as well.
Su Wan shook her head: "What are you panicking for? Hold up the pebbles to signal, hand them to the flag bearer, and then go get the branches. I didn't tell you to take two at the same time."
She didn't know if the soldiers were just too nervous, but there was no way around it; when choosing assistants, she couldn't afford to make a mistake.
As a result, more than a thousand people were eliminated.
When only 500 people remained, before Su Wan could even call out, she noticed that over 200 people were experiencing trembling legs and were unable to stand. Upon closer inspection, it turned out that this was due to a rapid heartbeat and prolonged breath-holding.
They get this nervous just from playing a simple game of fetching things; if this happened during surgery, they'd probably faint on the spot.
Their mental fortitude is too poor; they're eliminated.
In the end, only a little over two hundred people remained. After observing everyone's spirits, Su Wan found that many were already quite tired due to the intense tension, so she decided to stop here for today and continue the next round of selection tomorrow.
She also needs to take this opportunity to familiarize herself with the various items needed for the surgery.
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