Mechanical Flesh

Three days passed in a blink of an eye.

With the coming of the assessment day, the gathering point became more lively, and many hunters who wandered in the wilderness all year round rarely appeared at the gathering point.

Among these unfamiliar faces, there were even a few wild hunters who were at the peak of the third order.

Although the Black Steel Shelter only recruits a few people at each gathering point, people always have dreams, and stepping into the Shelter is the ultimate dream of most wilderness hunters.

However, it was soon discovered that the assessment this time seemed to be somewhat different from the previous ones.

In previous assessments, the Blacksteel Shelter sent only one staff member to each gathering point, and no more than two at most.

But this time, three staff members from the Black Steel Shelter stepped into the steel chariot together.

As the chief examiner, Kou Haitao walked in the front with a blank face. He didn't hold back his aura. The powerful aura unique to the fourth-order powerhouse made the hunters around him bow their heads and dare not look directly.

Behind Kou Haitao, Sun Jia and Pei Zongyan walked slowly side by side, their deputies were obviously much weaker, but judging from their expressions, they didn't have much respect for Kou Haitao who was walking in front .

Because the three represent the three forces, Kou Haitao represents the Risk Management Department, Sun Jia represents Tan Qiu, and Pei Zongyan represents Ke Shoulin.

"We have already entered the steel chariot, and no one came to greet us. This Lingyou is really arrogant!" Pei Zongyan said with a smile.

Sun Jia raised his eyebrows and said, "After seeing Ling You, you can say this sentence to her again in front of her!"

Pei Yanzong shrugged: "I don't want to be hung on the city wall outside by her."

"Since you know you're afraid, why do you take on this errand?" Sun Jia asked.

"I can't help it, who made people sell so generously!" Pei Zongyan laughed.

Sun Jia shook his head upon hearing this.

"Ke Shoulin is already the deputy director of the war department. A boss of this level condescends to deal with a second-level wilderness hunter, and he is not afraid of losing his identity!"

"Since you know that Ke Shoulin doesn't want this wilderness refugee named Qi Yuan to enter the shelter,

Why did you follow here, and offended a deputy director of the War Department for no reason! "Pei Zongyan said with a smile.

Sun Jia looked ahead and didn't answer. Ke Shoulin was indeed high and powerful, but he was still far from being able to cover the sky with one hand.

Pei Zongyan came over and said in a low voice: "Tan Qiu's side promised you many benefits, but Ke Shoulin's side promised me two opportunities for glory trials."

"Ke Shoulin is so generous!" Sun Jia pretended to be surprised and said, "Tan Qiu is too stingy, and only allowed me a custom-made fourth-order mechanical weapon!"

Tan Qiu's customized Tier 4 mechanical armament!

Pei Zongyan's eyes straightened immediately. As long as you have enough contribution points in the Glory Trial, you can always queue up for yourself. The customizable Tier 4 mechanical armament is different. It's something you can't buy with contribution points, and the authority is below M5. People with advanced abilities can't enjoy the treatment of custom-made mechanical weapons at all, let alone Qiu's custom-made fourth-order mechanical weapons, which are the best of the best!

The two chatted with each other one sentence at a time, without paying any attention to Kou Haitao who was not far ahead.

Before arriving at the assessment point, Kou Haitao finally couldn't bear the anger burning in his heart. He stopped and stared at the two of them angrily: "Shut up, both of you!"

"Don't think that with someone behind you, you can trample on the rules of the Risk Management Department unscrupulously. Just relying on the messy things the two of you just said, you will have to accept internal investigations after you go back, and you will not get any chance of promotion for at least ten years! "

"Old Kou, don't be so angry!" Pei Zongyan said with a smile.

"Actually, we don't want to wade into this muddy water, but the higher-ups didn't withstand the pressure and forced us in. There's nothing we can do about it. Everyone is your master."

Kou Haitao snorted coldly.

"I don't care who you put in, but this time I'm the chief examiner. If anyone of you dares to act recklessly, get the hell out of here! It's my bottom line not to break the examination rules!"

"Don't worry, I know what to do!" Sun Jia said.

"The rules have been set. I came here not to break the rules. I just don't want Pei Zongyan to break the rules. If Qi Yuan can pass the examination within the rules, that's his ability. If he fails to break the rules I won’t make it difficult for you if you pass the assessment within a few days.”

"I think so too." Pei Zongyan smiled.

"Although I don't want to see Qi Yuan pass the assessment, I won't break the rules. Although the two chances of glory trials are valuable, they are not enough for me to put myself in."

Hearing the two's statements, the chill in Kou Haitao's eyes dissipated a little. The people above didn't want to offend Ke Shoulin or Tan Qiu, so they pushed themselves out and put them on the fire.

If Sun Jia and Pei Yanzong were too presumptuous, they would inevitably push them into an embarrassing situation.

In this assessment, as long as the two of them don't break the rules, they can do whatever they want within the limits allowed by the rules.

Seeing Kou Haitao turn around and continue walking.

Sun Jia and Pei Zongyan looked at each other, and finally restrained their smiles. Their probing just now was to force Kou Haitao to express his opinion. Although they came to the steel chariot, there was only one examiner, and that was Kou Haitao. Failure to pass the assessment depends entirely on Kou Haitao's attitude.

Now that Kou Haitao has stated that he will not favor anyone, the rest is the two of them fighting within the rules.

In any case, after this mission is over, there must be someone between the two who fails the mission.

No one wants to fail their mission. No matter how generous the reward for this mission is, the price to be paid for mission failure will be heavy!

"How do you say it?" Pei Zongyan looked at Kou Haitao's back and said each word in a low voice.

"Are you really going to fight me to the end?"

"It's not that I want to fight you to the death, it's that the two above are unwilling to give in!" Sun Jia said slowly.

"It's just a wilderness refugee, and it's not common for several big figures in the shelter to fight for him!"

Pei Zongyan sighed, and said with a sad face:

"If this mission fails, I will probably be dispatched to Xinzhou to open up wasteland with those guys from the Exploration Department! I don't think I will come back alive in this life!"

"What's the use of you acting miserable in front of me? If I fail, the outcome will not be much better than yours." Sun Jia sneered.

"P2 like us who live at the bottom of the shelter, how can we climb up if we don't risk our lives?"

"To be honest, I'm quite jealous of that Qi Yuan." Pei Zongyan said.

"As a wanderer in the wilderness, he can get on the legs of Tan Qiu and Ling You at the same time. If he can cross this threshold, he will definitely be able to climb faster than us in the future!"

"Then he has to survive." Sun Jia glanced at Pei Zongyan.

"He was being watched by Feng Gan and Ke Shoulin before he entered the Black Steel Sanctuary. Even if he survives today's calamity, there are still a few ghost gates waiting for him."

While talking, the three of them finally arrived at the assessment point. Although they still didn't see Ling You's shadow, the two hunting teams of Spike Fang and Thunder Scorpion still arranged everything and waited for the arrival of the three of them.

As before, the huge square in front of the Hunter's Guild has been emptied and used as a place for assessment.

The only difference is that Ling You was not seen in this assessment.

Kou Haitao was obviously displeased by Ling You's avoidance, but before he left, he had already been instructed by his superiors, and he also knew that Ling You's background was not simple, so he just sat aside with a straight face, waiting for Sun Jia and Pei Yanzong to negotiate.

Since these two people got involved, let them fight. I just need to keep an eye on them and keep them from fighting beyond the rules.

With the cooperation of the Wolf Fang and the Thunder Scorpion hunting team, everything was quickly arranged, and wilderness hunters who were qualified for the assessment entered the arena one after another.

The assessment process and recruitment criteria were displayed in front of everyone in the form of a holographic projection.

This time, the Black Steel Shelter gave Iron Chariot five recruitment places for the first time. Although there are two places for drug testers, the three places for the war department, the wild exploration department, and the biological and mechanical research laboratory are also available. The atmosphere in the arena became warm.

"How about it, are you sure?" Qu Shi asked in a low voice.

"Don't worry, there is only one way to make me fail the assessment, and that is to make mistakes in the dark."

"But since three examiners made an exception today, one of them must be Tan Qiu. I don't expect him to help me too much, as long as he can block the black box operation is enough."

"Don't underestimate the energy of those people." Qu Shanhai whispered.

"What they want to do, all they need is a word, and many people will do it at any cost. Since Ke Shoulin has made a move, your assessment today will definitely not be smooth. Even if there is Tanqiu among the three examiners, he may not be able to do it." Block the opponent's black hands."

"Then each will use his means!" Qi Yuan smiled slightly.

I have a talent tree and a seraphim. If the other party really wants to play tricks, I can also cheat. Unless the person sent by Tan Qiu turns against him, there is no way I will lose the election.

After arranging the matter, Sun Jia and Pei Zongyan sat to the left and right of Kou Haitao.

"It's ready, let's start!" Sun Jia said.

Kou Haitao nodded, a flash of lightning flashed in his eyes, and a transparent crystal the size of a fist suddenly appeared in his hand.

Kou Haitao threw the crystal into the air, and the wild hunters around the square felt a blur in front of their eyes. A circular blue light curtain appeared in the originally empty square, like a sea bowl turned upside down, covering the entire square, letting People can't see clearly what's inside.

Two opposite doors appeared on the left and right sides of the circular light curtain, one was pure white and the other was pitch black.

Liao was still receiving treatment at the Black Steel Shelter and could not come, so Lei Scorpion stood up and said loudly:

"All the hunters who participated in the assessment heard clearly. This is the first level of the assessment. A group of ten people enters through the black gate and walks out through the white gate within ten minutes, it is considered a pass!"

Many people here have gone through multiple assessments and are no strangers to this assessment item, but when they heard the ten minutes, they were obviously taken aback.

"Why is it ten minutes!"

"Isn't it usually 20 minutes? Why is the time cut in half this time!"

"In the last assessment, 60% of the hunters were eliminated in 20 minutes. This time it is estimated that 90% of the hunters will be eliminated. This is sincerely preventing us from passing the assessment!"

"The number of recruits this time is a few more than before. I thought there would be a chance, but I didn't expect that I couldn't even pass the first level!"

The hunters talked a lot, so naturally they couldn't hide it from Kou Haitao and the other three.

Kou Haitao gave Pei Zongyan a gloomy look.

"Ten minutes! Are you crazy! If there is a vacancy in this assessment recruitment, even Ke Shoulin can't save you!"

"Don't worry." Pei Zongyan said nonchalantly.

"According to the regulations, the assessment standard for the time of the first test is between ten minutes and thirty minutes. The exact time can be controlled by the examiner according to the situation. I set the time at ten minutes, which is not in violation of the regulations!"

"As for how many people can pass the assessment, don't worry at all. The five recruitment places given this time will definitely be filled!"

Kou Haitao glanced at Sun Jia, seeing that he didn't seem to have any objection, his brows were slightly frowned, and he was a little elusive about what he was thinking.

According to common sense, it would take about 30 minutes for an ordinary third-tier wilderness refugee to pass the first test, and about 20 minutes for a powerful third-tier.

For each assessment in the past, the time standard set was basically 20 minutes, which was enough to eliminate most fish in troubled waters.

As for the ten-minute standard, even if it is the third-level peak, it may not be sure to pass it. This is the standard line set for the elite third-level fighters in the war department.

If one is unlucky, the assessment of the first level may even wipe out all the wilderness refugees on the scene.

With Sun Jia's attitude, did he already favor Ke Shoulin, or was he very confident in that guy named Qi Yuan, convinced that he could pass the examination?

No matter what Sun Jia thought, since the time setting was within the allowable range and the two had reached an agreement, Kou Haitao would naturally not object.

The ten-minute time limit made many hunters feel desperate. Many hunters who had tried it turned around and left in despair after thinking for a long time.

The originally bustling square was mostly deserted in an instant, and most of the remaining hunters were powerful people.

Among the crowd, Qi Yuan vaguely sensed that someone was spying on him, Qi Yuan did not change his face, turned on the area detection, and quickly locked on several targets who were spying on him.

Those were three strange faces, surrounding him. Although they didn't stare at him, the peripheral vision from the corner of their eyes fell on him frequently, obviously observing him.

Qi Yuan was keenly aware of their malice, and more importantly, all three of them had peak third-level strength.

Members of the Xu family, or Ke Shoulin and Feng Gan's followers?

Qi Yuan had a thought, although he had offended many people during the battle in the old city, except for the Xu family, there were not many people who dared to take revenge on him. In addition, Heisha and Golem had killed a group of powerful hunters. There are even fewer people who have the strength to seek revenge on themselves.

The Xu family has suffered several big losses in a row in their hands, and now that they are about to enter the Black Steel Sanctuary, it is not impossible for them to seize the last chance to kill themselves.

However, the Xu family has already torn face with Ling You, and even Xu Yue, the fourth rank, died in Ling You's hands. If they are really the Xu family's killers, then as long as they do it, no matter whether they succeed or fail, they will never leave the steel chariot alive .

The Xu family is now dying, and the possibility of sending three peak third-orders to be buried with him at a time is not high.

Therefore, these three people were most likely to be Ke Shoulin and Feng Gan's followers.

Their purpose may not be to kill themselves, it may be to sabotage and prevent themselves from passing the assessment.