Chapter 126 Special Number
Barritt watched the scene become increasingly chaotic, with candidates scrambling for numbers like crazy, and shouted, "Hurry up, you bunch of noobs!"
When the crowd was not so crowded, Lu Shaoang stepped forward and protected Su Jin in front of him to ensure that she would not be touched by others. Then he said softly: "Come and draw one, Yi Yi, help me draw one too."
"Are you sure?" Su Jin raised his eyebrows.
"Well, I want to pick them all myself."
Su Jinyi reminded him: "My luck has always been bad, aren't you afraid of drawing a special number?"
"As long as I draw one by one, it is a lucky number for me." Lu Shaoang said seriously.
"Row"
Su Jin stretched out her hand and seemed to touch a few pieces of paper, but she felt that the surface of the paper was too rough and she didn't like it. She turned her hand in another direction, picked up two pieces of paper next to each other, and put her hand back.
"Here, this is yours." Su Jin handed one of the notes to Lu Shaoang.
Lu Shaoang: "011, what about you?"
"I'm 539." Su Jin spread out the note and showed it to Lu Shaoang, wondering, "Could it be a special number?"
"It's definitely not a special number, don't worry about it being 001!" Su Jinyi said with certainty.
"Okay, I believe 539" Lu Shaoang looked at her.
Su Jinyi looked away somewhat unnaturally. Ever since Seldora came back, the relationship between Lu Shaoang and her became a little subtle. She herself couldn't explain what it was.
I just clearly felt that Lu Shaoang's eyes seemed to be always on me, and this feeling was especially strong whenever I looked into his eyes.
Lu Shaoang's eyes were full of her, as if... not only her in his eyes, but also in his heart and eyes? Su Jinyi didn't understand.
"Boss, you've adapted to the assessment content so quickly and started calling out numbers? I think I'm still a little uncomfortable with it. You used to call out everyone's names, but now suddenly I have to change to calling out a string of meaningless numbers. It feels so weird? Don't you feel awkward?" He Xiao asked puzzledly.
"You have to get used to it from now on. It's just like in the Flying Eagle Army, except that a different person is giving orders." Lu Shaoang taught.
"Oh, I got it, boss." He Xiao agreed immediately.
"But boss, I still don't know your number. What's it?" He Xiao asked curiously, as if he had forgotten that he had just been scolded a second ago.
Lu Shaoang said helplessly: "001, adapt as soon as possible."
"Oh, okay 001!" He Xiao said excitedly: "I am 142, please call me 142 from now on"
"Okay, got it. 142." Lu Shaoang cooperated.
After everyone got their numbers, Barritt continued: "Whether the numbers in your hands have any meaning depends on your future performance!"
"If you die, your number will disappear from here. Only those who are alive are entitled to numbers. Numbers of outstanding performance will be recorded on the honor roll."
A huge projection instantly appeared behind the candidate, recording the numbers of all the outstanding candidates in history, but there were only a few in recent years.
But a name suddenly appears in the string of numbers, which is very abrupt and can attract people's attention at a glance.
"Instructor, who is Hadrian? Why does he have a name?" Someone noticed the abnormality and asked puzzledly.
"Humph, that's Professor An. You don't deserve to mention his name. He is a great man who has made great contributions to the world. The academy changed the rules specifically for him and restored his name so that the world will remember him."
If any of you make great contributions to the world, you can restore your name, but this has nothing to do with you new recruits!"
"We're going to announce the special numbers now!" Barritt said excitedly, "Let me see who the unlucky ones are."
"I hope it's not me..." He Xiao prayed while clutching his number.
"First……"
"62"
"61"
"Luckily it wasn't me, don't choose me..." Everyone else became nervous. They wanted to see who the two unlucky people were, but they didn't see anything unusual at the scene, as if these two people didn't exist.
"The last two are 001 and 539"
"These two people are so unlucky, aren't they? Why do they have to choose numbers next to each other? So unlucky. Fortunately, it's not me..." He Xiao said luckily.
Suddenly his face froze, and he said with difficulty: "Um... Boss, Miss Su, these two are not you, right?"
"Yes, it's us." Lu Shaoang said lightly.
He Xiao:……? !
"This year's four unlucky ones have been selected. Enjoy your time now, because soon you will have a wonderful death," Barritt joked.
He had expected that after the special numbers were announced, they would wail in pain, but now the scene was quiet. No one collapsed except for those who were glad that they were not selected. Barritt frowned slightly and looked at the candidates. Could it be that they were not there?
"Um... Boss, you have chosen special numbers. Will it be difficult? What if you...what if you are eliminated, what should we do?" He Xiao said worriedly.
Lu Shaoang: "Don't worry too much. I never thought I would be eliminated. Don't worry about the exam. You will definitely pass it."
"This assessment has four parts. Those who reach the final destination fastest and alive can pass the assessment successfully." Barritt began to announce the specific content of the assessment.
"We will not be responsible for anyone who dies during the assessment. If you want to quit, you can leave now. This is your only chance. Anyone wants to quit?"
"I'm not afraid of death. If I were afraid of death, I wouldn't come here!" a man shouted.
"Yes! Don't insult us. We would rather die in battle than be deserters!" someone said.
"Okay, you'd better remember what you said now!" Barrett said viciously.
Accompanied by a deafening gunshot, the sky seemed to be ruthlessly torn apart by an invisible giant hand, revealing a huge crack, and a huge forest suddenly appeared before everyone's eyes.
Before the candidates could react, everyone seemed to be sucked in by a mysterious and powerful force. Their bodies flew as fast as an arrow, and in the blink of an eye, they were thrown into the woods by the mysterious force.
Only dull crashing sounds were heard, and the candidates fell heavily to the ground one after another, some even fainted.
Su Jinyi quickly opened his eyes, only to find himself in the depths of a forest, with no sign of a living being around.
The towering trees blocked the sky, all kinds of strange plants grew here, and the roars of monsters could be heard from time to time.
Only then did Su Jinyi see clearly what was in front of him and instantly took a few steps back.
It is a highly poisonous seaweed growing on the edge of the cliff. If the skin touches it, the skin will ulcerate at the least and die on the spot at the worst. Su Jinyi frowned slightly. This kind of poison is rare. Why does it appear here?
Su Jinyi picked a wild flower from her feet and gently touched the seaweed with its petals. The originally red petals instantly turned black.
Sure enough, this poison was more powerful than she had imagined.