2 Wizard
◎ Preconceived ideas are not advisable◎
The protective layers of the training platform were unfolded. Yan Xunzhi moved his body twice to get used to the connected exoskeleton device, and looked at the actual combat machine opposite that had already started standing.
This is the same model as the machine used for the secondary assessment, making it convenient for students to train at any time. It is slightly weaker than the assessment machine.
The Canxing White Tower is not well maintained and there is a slight lag when moving.
You have to spend money to buy the sets of moves. The good White Towers pay for it, but the marginal White Towers like Canxing have no money and do not pay attention to training, so you have to pay for it yourself, otherwise the actual combat machines will only have a few basic sets of moves.
Yan Xunzhi watched the machine start to move, slightly bent his waist, and tensed his body. The moment it pounced on him, he kicked and shot out at a tricky angle close to the ground!
The third set of moves.
There are many disadvantages to being poor, such as having too few moves. After two years of studying, Yan Xunzhi has already mastered the actual mechanical moves. In fact, it is difficult to improve further in this training.
But she didn't have the money to unlock new moves.
You can only win by quantity on the training bench. Practice more times before the second test to keep your body and mind flexible.
The combat machine threw a punch, but before it could retract it, Yan Xunzhi had already circled behind him and was about to elbow the center of the light when he suddenly saw the combat machine turn around.
The punch had not yet retracted its force, but changed direction in mid-air and swung towards her like a hammer!
“Oh my god!”
This reaction was obviously not part of any set of moves she had ever seen. Yan Xunzhi was caught off guard and wanted to retreat in panic.
However, in her panic, her already unstable mental connection with the exoskeleton was directly disconnected. She didn't even have time to pull herself out and eject the device offline, and was knocked away by a punch from the combat machine.
With two bangs, he fell from the protective cover to the training table.
With the protection of the exoskeleton, Yan Xunzhi only fell and felt dizzy and his nose was covered with dust. He lay on the ground dejectedly for a few seconds and then slowly got up.
Did the last person overcharge and forget to return it, or did the White Tower see they were about to have an assessment and temporarily gave them a new set of free moves? Her head felt dizzy as she glanced at the display screen.
The second assessment certainly didn't test basic moves, but she thought that she would be able to master them after practicing more... Now, watching Arabian Nights, she was so flustered that she even lost the connection with a small surprise attack move.
With her speed, as long as she stays calm and keeps connecting, she will most likely be able to retreat and avoid the attack.
It would be strange if a real combat machine could pass this reaction.
Her nose felt sore, and Yan Xunzhi's vision was blurry. She took off her exoskeleton, lowered her head, blinked hard, took a deep breath, and looked up at the display screen again after a moment.
The words on the screen rotated up and down, left and right. Yan Xunzhi squinted hard, trying to put them together, but when they became clear, he was stunned.
Manual control.
If it’s not a set of moves, then... who is controlling it?
Yan Xunzhi turned around to look for Shu Chi on another training platform. She rolled on the ground to avoid the first movement and was unable to straighten her waist since then. She rolled around on the ground in a clumsy manner while controlling the exoskeleton.
Poof. Yan Xunzhi couldn't help but laugh. Sure enough, the happiest thing in the world was watching a friend make a fool of himself.
Shu Chi couldn't roll anymore, so he kicked his legs and ended the fight.
The protective shield slowly opened, and she took off her exoskeleton and came out. In her depression, she also felt a little ridiculous. She looked at Yan Xunzhi with a frown on her face, "What are you laughing at?"
He walked up to her and waved his hand at her, "At least I lasted longer than you."
"Anyway, I didn't roll around on the ground." Yan Xunzhi bared his teeth at her without any scruples, "I..."
With a creak, the manual compartment of the combat machine opened.
Yan Xun subconsciously turned his head towards the direction of the sound.
There are very few instructors in Canxing White Tower, and the number of instructors has always been hovering on the edge of the required number. No instructor has the time and energy to manually control it.
The manual compartment had not been used for a long time and had not been maintained. Some rust on the joints fell off during opening and closing, and it even got stuck and could not be opened to the highest position.
The door was only half open, and a figure bent over and came out of the warehouse.
Yan Xunzhi felt that face was strange yet familiar at the same time. Shu Chi beside him had already stammered, "Instructor Kong... Instructor Kong..."
Oh my god! Yan Xunzhi suddenly woke up. That golden S-rank instructor!
The introduction on the bulletin board was so dazzling that she was so shocked that she couldn't even remember the face of the famous new instructor.
She tried to gather her thoughts and quickly glanced up and down at her. It was too fast for her to see clearly, but she didn't dare to look again. She bowed her head and greeted, "...Hello, Instructor Kong."
Kong Wei nodded, probably knowing her explosive identity very well. Everyone in the Canxing White Tower knew her. She took out a wet wipe and wiped her hands to remove the rust left by the grip.
She glanced at the two of them several times, then sighed after a moment, "New student?"
"No..." Yan Xunzhi heard her hidden meaning and spoke a little vaguely due to embarrassment. "I have been in the White Tower for two years. The second assessment will be the day after tomorrow..."
Shu Chi acted like an ostrich, shrinking his neck and pretending not to exist.
Kong Wei's comments were merciless. "After two years in the White Tower, your level is still too poor, especially yours. The second assessment will at best just barely pass, and the final differentiation will probably only be C-level."
The instructors who had taught her all had similar opinions about her. When someone is poked so many times, their self-esteem naturally breaks. Yan Xunzhi habitually gathered the fragments together and pretended not to hear.
Anyway, she has talent and has tried hard, so that's it.
It’s better to lie down and rest for a while. At least if you get a bad grade later, you can comfort yourself that at least you didn’t pay any price.
"Raise your head." Kong Wei's voice was very flat, and his tone was full of the commanding feeling of an instructor, straight to the point, without any detours. "Hasn't Bai Ta taught you that? You can't lower your head when an instructor speaks."
Yan Xunzhi had no choice but to look up and listen to the lecture, not daring to look her in the eye, his face unfocused. After a pause, his gaze unconsciously refocused, and he couldn't help but secretly glance over there.
That is a very unforgettable face.
He was extremely thin, with his jawline and facial features accentuated. He had a straight nose, deep eye sockets, and slightly sunken cheeks due to his thinness. A long, light brown scar ran across the bridge of his nose, extending from the center of his brow bone to just below his cheekbone.
The only softness on her face is her almond-shaped eyes, with long lashes and a bright gaze. Isolated, they even look a bit fragile and innocent. It's said that a woman's center of gravity is her eyes, and they set the tone. Her eyes have more than mitigated the murderous aura of her face.
Hidden under the shadow cast by the chandelier, perhaps because of its depth it was spared from being blinded and replaced.
She wasn't tall, a few centimeters shorter than Shu Chi, and had a small frame. She wore a slim-cut dark blue uniform with a wide neckline that made her shoulders appear narrower. Her waist was so slender that she didn't look like an instructor at all.
wrong.
Yan Xunzhi suddenly realized that the S-level instructor in front of her was not the sentinel instructor she often saw in the Canxing White Tower.
She is a guide.
"If you want to see it, just look at it openly."
Kong Wei's voice was light and airy, and Yan Xunzhi inexplicably heard a kind of ridicule from this straight and straight tone. His face flushed and he stumbled, "...No, no."
She was simply curious about what this S-rank instructor, who looked like a gold ingot, looked like. Since she could operate combat machinery, she subconsciously classified her as a sentinel.
And she looks so... so special...
Kong Wei snorted, and Yan Xunzhi felt his whole body tense up.
They weren't usually the kind of well-behaved students who wouldn't dare joke with their instructors, but the other person's level was so high that even the entire Canxing White Tower wouldn't be enough to handle her. She was terrified that she might offend him if she wasn't careful—in that case, there was no need to work hard, just wait for the E rating.
"Does it look good?"
"......?" Unexpectedly, Yan Xunzhi's utterance got stuck in his throat, and he subconsciously glanced at Shu Chi.
Kong Wei's gaze followed her up to Shu Chi, and he raised his eyebrows slightly before repeating, "Does it look good?"
Shu Chi's mind was stuck, and before he could react to what to say, his vision suddenly went dark.
Kong Wei took a step closer, reached out and pinched the name tag on the student uniform, narrowing his eyes slightly, "Shu Chi?"
Her clothes had been soaked in lemon laundry detergent, but when she approached, she still smelled of dust, buried in the wind and sand. Beneath that was a faint fishy smell, and when combined with the scar on her face, it was cruel and shuddering.
Shu Chi exclaimed, thinking, she must have been on the ground.
Kong Wei turned around and asked, "So you are Yan Xunzhi?"
Yan Xunzhi hesitantly agreed, her eyes quickly glancing at her name tag. Yes, she was Yan Xunzhi, that's right.
"Your strong subjects are sprinting and reaction speed?"
Yan Xunzhi was surprised, "How did you know?"
Even if Kong Wei had seen the list in advance, her two items were at most a comparison of her advantages, and she wouldn't even be ranked in the White Tower. There were four or five hundred people in the entire Canxing White Tower, so how could she remember her?
Could this be the advantage of the guide's super high mental power and good memory?
Unexpectedly, Kong Wei's thoughts were completely opposite. "You just disconnected very quickly."
"Ah...?" I made a fool of myself pretty quickly, does that count?
Kong Wei explained clearly, "The disconnection is because your mental power is too weak, and the mental connection with the equipment is unstable. You panic and become confused when you are not in the familiar range. But the disconnection was quick, which proves that you have a quick reaction speed. You panic when you realize that something is wrong and you don't know how to deal with it."
“…”
Yan Xunzhi actually thought that what she said made sense... What should he do if he felt encouraged?
Is this the senior instructor? So capable that he can find the bright spot in every piece of trash?
"Your last reaction before the connection is disconnected is to retreat. When faced with a move you've never seen before, you believe that retreating has the highest chance of avoiding it. The moves you trust most often come from your strongest areas, and you believe your speed is superior to others."
That's true. Yan Xunzhi nodded and said, "Then..."
"Retreating can indeed avoid it." Kong Wei affirmed her reaction, but before Yan Xunzhi could say anything, she was completely poured with cold water. "But the mental connection is so weak that it went offline before she could even move. She would be one of the first to die if she went up."
Before the spark from Student Yan could take root on the firewood, it suddenly exploded and became unburnable.
In the underground era, partiality is of course an advantage. As long as the height of other boards of the barrel is qualified, the longer the better.
The prerequisite is that other heights are passed.
Yan Xunzhi's mental strength is clearly failing.
She was quite aware of her situation and had a simple plan for herself - try her best to pass the second assessment so as not to fall to the bottom, and then differentiate into a C-level sentinel, match a guide, and go to the ground.
If you are lucky, you can retire like those predecessors and get a job in a department doing odd jobs like cleaning or other low-demand work. If you are unlucky... you will die on the ground.
In short, people follow the crowd.
A- and B-level sentries had always suffered many casualties, with higher levels corresponding to more difficult missions. While the probability of death decreased with each level, the difference was incredibly small, leaving only zero and one hundred per person.
So knowing that his talent was limited, Yan Xunzhi just lay down.
When the death rate is too high and too random, it's easy to lose the sense of striving. It's like God throws the dice, winning or losing doesn't make sense. Trying so hard is in vain, so... what's the point of trying?
But some people don't think so.
"Come to the free training room at 6:30 tomorrow morning. I will teach you how to improve your mental strength."
【Author’s words】
Pickled salted fish: ...ah?
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