Glimpse of the true strength
" Vice Head, do you know someone we don't know of ?"
"No, it's just that I was curious if there was any surprise this year. "
" Anyway, let's look at who can topple everyone in this assessment? Show me the inside simulation of the tower . Only display section no.1 to no.10"
Following his command, they live streamed what was going on inside the tower to him.
Outside the Artificial Tower, students were whispering among themselves.
" Who do you think is gonna reach the farthest room this year between us?"
"I don't who is it, but I am certain that it will be someone from those top five cities."
" Oh , you don't know. Let me tell you about who has the better chance or you can say that it's a done deal."
" You see those three standing at the edge, they are the top contenders. They had the strength to fight against a 'Rank 3 Late Stage Beast' when they were on rank 2 peak stage.As for now , we don't know how much they can leapfrog."
" The girl's name is Aurora, she comes from the Riverra City. Her grandfather is a Rank 7 Martial Artist."
" And the two boys beside her are Chu Zhou and Michael. Chu Zhou is from the Tristan City, as for Michael, he is from the same city as Aurora."
" There are two more who can be said equal to them. They are already inside the tower. You will know their name soon . "
" Oh, I forgot to ask you something. How can we even know our rankings when we can't see the simulation?"
"You don't have to worry about that. Look at the section interface the students had entered before. There is a points tally displayed on them ."
"The section is divided in many rooms , but if you pass a room and enter the next , you will not be going forward but upward. This is because of the mechanism of the tower."
"So , we can identify the rooms as different floors."
Everyone present there had their eyes locked on the tower.
Students are randomly selected by the tower to participate in the assessment from the two divided sides.
Beep!! Beep!!
Two beeping sounds came from Bai Feng and Hang Dong's watches.
They were with Xin Yan and Ye Tian at the moment.
" It looks like it will be our turn next."
" We got a slight advantage as we can know how much to score to get into top fifty from this round of students."
Then , they also moved their attention towards the Artificial Tower.
A while later , there was a change on the section no. 1 and section no.3 interface.
[Section 1: Li Xingshi : 1st floor : 1 min
2nd floor: ----
Total points: 20 ]
[Section 3: Sid : 1st floor: 59 seconds
2nd floor:-----
Total points:20 ]
" Woah!!"
" These two passed the first floor within one minute. Those robots on the first floor have the strength of Ran 3 Early Stage. It seems they are the ones that comrade was talking about."
Fifteen minutes later.
[Sid: 2nd floor : 12 min; Points: 60]
[Li Xingshi: 2nd floor: 13 min ; Points:60]
An hour later , everyone came out except Li Xingshi and Sid. They were currently on the fourth floor . After a quarter of an hour, they too exited the tower.
The ranking from the first round was :
1.[Sid : 1st floor: 59 sec.
2nd floor:12 min.
3rd floor: 50 min.
4th floor: 11 min(inc.)
Total points: 156 ]
2.[ Li Xingshi: 1st floor: 1 min.
2nd floor:13 min.
3rd floor: 58 min.
4th floor: 8 min (inc.)
Total points: 148 ]
3.[Kim Park : 1st floor: 2 min.
2nd floor: 24 min.
3rd floor: 38 min(inc.)
Total points: 104 ]
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10.[Russel: 1st floor: 4 min.
2nd floor: 35 min.
3rd floor: 25 min(inc.)
Total points: 72 ]
" They are really out of our league!. We all are Rank Early Stage, but we can at most kill Rank 3 Late Stage. We can literally see the gap between us and them just through this ranking."
" Being able to destroy a single robot on the fourth floor means that you have the strength of Rank 3 Peak Stage."
"Is this the standard of this year's top students ? There are still those three left who are said to be somewhat stronger than Sid and Li Xingshi."
The students were shocked when they imagined the intensity of this year's assessment.
Bai Feng and Hang Dong were also discussing something regarding the points system alongside Xin Yan and Ye Tian.
" It seems that we have to atleast destroy more than 10 robots on the third floor to secure our place in the top fifty."
" Bai Feng, can you reach the fourth floor with your current strength? "
" I can try my best ,but I am not sure. What about you?"
" Me too."
" Let's go. It's our turn. "
" Do your best and forget the rest."
Xin Yan and Ye Tian wished good luck to Bai Feng and Hang Dong before they went inside the tower.
Hiss!!!!
It was not even a minute since this round's students went in, and the crowd gasped in surprise at the sight of the interface of section no.5 which showed:
[Section 5 : Michael: 1st floor : 42 sec
2nd floor: ----
Total points: 20 ]
" I mean ,we were anticipating this, but isn't it too damn fast?"
"We can't even sigh in relief . It's too hard for us to continue standing here .
We have to stay true to our heart and find peace within."
Everyone shocked tried to hold their calm and kept up with the passing time.
Soon, the second round also went by and everybody in came out.
The previous ranking got updated and a new name came into sight on the top it.
1.[Michael : 1st floor: 42 sec.
2nd floor: 8 min.
3rd floor: 40 min.
4th floor: 19 min(inc.)
Total points: 180 ]
2.[Sid : 1st floor: 59 sec.
2nd floor:12 min.
3rd floor: 50 min.
4th floor: 11 min(incomplete)
Total points: 156 ]
3.[ Li Xingshi: 1st floor: 1 min.
2nd floor:13 min.
3rd floor: 58 min.
4th floor: 8 min(inc.)
Total points: 148 ]
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6.[ Bai Feng : 1st floor: 1 min 46 sec
2nd floor: 21 min.
3rd floor: 49 min(inc.)
Total points: 124 ]
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8.[Hang Dong: 1st floor: 2 min.
2nd floor: 22 min.
3rd floor: 47 min.(inc.)
Total points: 120 ]
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20.[Bucky: 1st floor: 4 minutes
2nd floor: 32 minutes
3rd floor: 15 min(inc.)
Total points: 68 ]