The second round of selection by the chosen ones has begun.
Lian Han was teleported to a forest. Selection criteria: The first 1000 people to obtain 1000 points will advance.
Points can be earned by defeating monsters and killing other contestants. However, defeating monsters generally yields 5-10 more points than killing contestants, so initially, defeating monsters should be the primary method.
This round has no time limit; the selection will end once the 1000th person reaches the required ranking. It's a one-man show, relying purely on individual ability.
Thinking this, Lian Han began to survey her surroundings. After confirming that no one was around, she didn't mind using her "water control" ability, since there was a good chance someone was watching her through a screen.
Lian Han is quite responsible in this regard; his disguise is spot-on.
Then she met Li Yingmo?
The girl blinked, seemingly a little confused that they could be grouped together, but her acting was already on point. "Hi! Tu, let's be together."
Li Yingmo seemed a little surprised, but he quickly nodded, "Okay."
Seeing the young couple on the screen walk together again, the three people in the monitoring room were certain of their guess.
"It really is true." Luo Houyang exclaimed in surprise, "This little girl is really lucky to have been chosen by her master."
“In that case, that young man is too much of an eyesore,” Zuo Liuteng said softly.
Xia Guo smirked, "This is only the second baptism. Don't make any rash moves yet. If it's confirmed to be her, then taking down that kid in the sixth round will be the perfect solution."
Zuo Liuteng stopped talking. That's true. After all, because of their binding relationship, they would be grouped together for the first five rounds.
Luo Houyang said helplessly, "I don't know how many people the master chose. We've been searching for three days and only found this one. It's so boring."
"Continue to observe," Xia Guo, the eldest of the three, spoke. How could they possibly fathom their master's thoughts? Honestly completing the task was better than anything else.
Understanding his unspoken meaning, Zuo Liuteng and Luo Houyang exchanged a smile and said nothing more. The room fell silent once more…
Lian Han was unaware that they had been the subject of attention from the very beginning. She was currently nestled on her "boyfriend's" shoulder, directing him to bustle around preparing dinner.
Yes, dinner. After the two hunted down more than a dozen strange beasts and each earned over two hundred points, night fell in the forest.
Thus, the two tacitly established the way Shui Yiyue and Fan Tu got along: one was bossy and the other was hardworking and endlessly tolerant.
"Hurry up, I'm hungry." The girl's appearance still carried some of the sharpness she had developed over the years, but her tone had softened, not much different from a typical girl's coquettishness—heaven knows how much self-hypnosis she had put on herself to make her expression natural.
"Almost done." The young man reached out to ruffle the girl's hair, but then, realizing his hands were greasy, he changed his mind, his gaze filled with affection. "Good girl~"
The three people behind the screen, forced to watch the dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing public displays of affection): ...
"Ahem, let's take a look at the situation of others." Xia Guo coughed lightly and turned the screen around.
Unaware that the other had already shifted their attention, Lian Han and Fan Tu continued to get along harmoniously, almost as if Fan Tu was about to personally feed his girlfriend. Xing Yucheng, watching from the sidelines, felt a pang of envy.
Wow! I never would have guessed. This girl has gone from just pretending to be an innocent, naive girl to a fully-fledged actress.
Xing Yucheng felt a pang of sadness as he silently invaded Lian Han's AI and recorded this. He was absolutely not doing this to provoke his brother, really.
After finishing dinner, Lian Han felt that his performance today was enough, and waved to Li Yingmo, "You keep watch for the first half of the night, and wake me up when it's midnight."
"Okay." Li Yingmo washed his hands using her "water control" technique, then rubbed the girl's head. "Go to sleep."
Lian Han leaned against the tree trunk and closed her eyes. She was indeed tired after a day of hunting strange beasts and acting.
As expected, the girl with her eyes closed didn't see the complex look in Major General Li's eyes, nor did she see Lian Han—
When Qianya mentioned her, Li Yingmo's first reaction was to wonder what the Ice Clan's purpose was. He was also curious about the girl the general valued, so he went along with it and arranged the negotiation. The negotiation went smoothly; the girl seemed to have a clear purpose—to get something from the Ice Clan—and successfully boarded their ship.
Even though she gained the attention of the general and the Ice Clan, the girl's age was a factor; he always felt she was a child who needed his care and protection. However, the child's thoughts were also disregarded.
It was clear that Lian Han had wanted to beat him up after understanding his attitude. And she did; with her S-rank strength and excellent fighting skills, she defeated him, a 2S-rank fighter. Although it was somewhat unbelievable, the girl's power throughout the fight never exceeded the S-rank range, leaving him with no choice but to admit defeat. This fight finally made him take his partner seriously.
As the selection process began, Li Yingmo discovered that Lian Han was a natural-born soldier, obedient to orders yet not without her own opinions, and willing to trust and tolerate her comrades. At least if Lian Han and Xi Yao switched roles, she wouldn't do anything underhanded.
As for what she seemed to be hiding at Feng'an Mall, it no longer mattered after Li Yingmo realized that they seemed to have dragged the girl into a big trouble.
The power that appeared at the end of the first round of selection, appearing in her body so early, seems to provide a reasonable explanation for the girl's fierce physique, but it also means that she came into contact with darkness far too early.
After communicating with the general, Li Yingmo understood what this selection represented—a girl with a tragic past but a very upright worldview and strong self-control.
If she joined the army after graduation and chose the northern border, Li Yingmo felt he would definitely try to recruit her from the general. Turning his gaze away from Lian Han, Li Yingmo thought, she would certainly be a competent comrade-in-arms.
Aside from prodigies like Lian Han and Li Yingmo who amassed over 200 points a day, most participants only had brief rests at night before diving back into the battle. They were truly giving it their all for the power advancement rewards for the top 1000.
For example, this mercenary brother.
As Xie Shi crept through the forest, he couldn't help but glance behind him, then sadly thought that he was all alone now.
Xie Shi wasn't originally alone; he had an older brother, Xie Mu, who was born only a few seconds earlier. From vying to be the elder brother as children to supporting each other as adults, the two were inseparable. The elder brother wasn't skilled in combat, but he possessed unique abilities, making their partnership extremely harmonious. It has been said that twins understand each other best.
But now the person who knew him best is gone, having died in the first selection.
Thinking of this fact, the young man's gaze turned even colder. He would not let either the murderer or the organizer, who was the mastermind behind it all, get away with it.
Upon suddenly noticing someone not far away, the young man's eyes immediately lit up with excitement.
He had tried it during the day; although the points awarded for killing a competitor were limited, it allowed him to directly gain the opponent's points. This was undoubtedly a shortcut.
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