"Reporting in? Show me your admission letter."
The young lady at the front desk, who had been playing with her phone, suddenly brightened as she saw him approach, scrutinizing him with interest.
Ye Luo couldn't help but take half a step back.
He advanced half a step again, handing over his phone.
He was also observing his surroundings. This building was located in a prime, high-value area of Baiyun City, occupying a considerable footprint. However, it was surprisingly quiet inside.
He had done some research on this place before coming.
The building belonged to a large company, but that was half a month ago. It had since been transferred, and he couldn't find any more information.
It seemed very mysterious.
"Student Ye Luo, right? A freshman at Baiyun University… Oops, you're a fresh-faced junior."
"Are you a senior from Baiyun University too?"
"I graduated two years ago. I'm an old auntie now."
But you're still a senior!
Ye Luo tried to be friendly, asking about the situation here.
Nan Chaolu, the receptionist, brushed a strand of hair from her ear and said, "Have you looked into the Investigation Bureau's training? It's similar here. New recruits like you will definitely undergo a period of intensive training. The duration of the training and when you can graduate will depend on your performance."
"As for the training content, there's a lot, and I can't explain it all at once. You can check it yourself once you get your student phone."
"Here, this is your student phone. It's not activated yet, so you can't use many of its functions."
Ye Luo took the phone.
Externally, it looked like a regular touchscreen phone with only a few simple apps.
"Personal Panel"
"Mission Module"
"Exchange List"
"Organization Intranet"
Currently, only the "Personal Panel" could be opened. It displayed his name, ID card, report date, and a few other items.
However, more information was blank, such as "Physique" and "Spirit" below.
It felt a bit like a game.
Nan Chaolu said, "Come on, since we're not busy, I'll take you for a physical examination."
Oh, this.
Ye Luo blushed, "Don't you need to stay here?"
The entire hall was empty, with no one else in sight!
"No, no," the senior said, pressing a bell. "We can leave it to others downstairs."
…
"This is our inspection area, and also our training area," the senior, Nan Chaolu, explained.
The first floor of this building was the lobby, and the second floor had reception, rest, and entertainment areas.
The third floor and several floors above were training areas.
He heard that the underground area was also a training area, and the area just in front of him was lined with countless training equipment. Some Ye Luo had seen in the gym, but for many others, he couldn't even guess their purpose from their appearance.
It had a distinctly high-tech feel!
He was surprised but could accept it. The world had changed so much, with awakened ones and monsters, so some advanced technology was reasonable.
Ye Luo also saw a running track located at the back of the building. From its appearance, the entire building and surrounding area belonged to the organization.
"Is our intensive training also held here?"
"Of course not," the senior replied, glancing at him as if wondering why he'd ask such a strange question. "This place is too small for that, and it lacks many training facilities. Real intensive training will definitely take place at our organization's base."
"These machines here are only for people working at the branch office. For example, I come up here to exercise when I'm too idle."
Oh, my.
He felt a bit extravagant. Many of these machines were ones he recognized and wanted but couldn't afford.
Nan Chaolu said, "Alright, stop dawdling. Quickly step onto this testing platform. This is to test your basic two-dimensional stats."
"Basic two-dimensional stats?"
"It's the strength of your physique and spirit. Based on your basic two-dimensional stats, your subsequent intensive training content will vary. In simple terms, it's like sorting into classes, or you can think of it as a pre-test before intensive training, so try your best, junior."
"Oh, oh…"
Ye Luo didn't fully understand. He stepped onto the platform and stood still for two seconds.
The next moment,
*Ding!*
Two numbers lit up on the screen next to it.
"Physique: 4.6"
"Spirit: 2.6"
"These numbers?"
"For a normal person, both physique and spirit would be one." Nan Chaolu circled him twice. "Tsk tsk tsk, I didn't expect you to be an awakened one, junior."
But she didn't seem surprised?
Ye Luo didn't pay much attention. His focus was entirely on the device. He roughly estimated that this physique… was indeed comparable to his own strength and speed.
Although he knew there was advanced technology here, it was too advanced.
It detected this so quickly? It was even more magical than the strange stone he tested yesterday!
"Next, let's test your punching power."
The punching power testing device was much more ordinary, similar to commercial punch machines.
Ye Luo asked with some concern, "Will I break it?"
His strength was not small, but he quickly realized he was being silly. All the equipment here was advanced technology, and since the young lady had asked him to test it, how could there be a problem?
He stood firm, took a deep breath.
Then, he twisted his waist and punched, concentrating all his strength on his fist and unleashing it with a sudden burst.
*Boom—!*
The punch bag vibrated slightly, and a number soon appeared.
—471!
Ye Luo couldn't quite understand this. If it were in kilograms or pounds, he should have far exceeded it.
"The unit for this number is attack power. Generally speaking, if you can achieve one hundred times your physique in attack power, it's considered qualified."
"Then I'm qualified, right?"
His physique was 4.6, so one hundred times that would be 460. His punching power not only qualified but exceeded it, heh heh!
However, the senior shook her head.
"Qualified, yes, but only just qualified. Anything less than an excellent rating is considered subpar. Of course, you haven't undergone the organization's training yet, so you still have a lot of room for improvement."
"You look like you don't quite believe me?"
Nan Chaolu stepped onto the testing platform.
Her physique was 5.5, much higher than Ye Luo's.
Wait, the senior was an awakened one?!
While Ye Luo was surprised, Nan Chaolu stood in front of the punching power testing machine and threw a simple punch.
*Boom—!!*
The punch bag vibrated violently, and soon a number appeared.
—1011 attack power!
Looking at the senior's delicate little fist, Ye Luo couldn't help but take a step back, his eyes wide.
He was questioning his entire life.
…
Second floor, rest area.
Ye Luo sat alone, still replaying the scene of Nan Chaolu punching the testing target in his mind.
There was indeed a strong force in her punch.
He hadn't expected the receptionist who handled registrations and procedures to be a hidden master. It seemed many novel plots weren't made up but had a basis in reality.
Masters liked to hide in inconspicuous positions, playing the pig to eat the tiger!
"Physique is the foundation of punching power, but on top of that, there's your control over your body, your explosiveness, your punching techniques, etc. These constitute a person's attack power amplification—which is the percentage difference between your attack power and the qualification line."
"For someone like me, the attack power amplification is 83.8%! Yours is only 2.3%, still a long way to go."
Ye Luo understood.
However, Senior Nan Chaolu was truly formidable. He hadn't expected to meet an awakened one right after arriving, and a strong one at that!
As expected of a mysterious organization.
After he undergoes intensive training, will he also achieve such high attack amplification?
Ye Luo pondered.
He first took out the student phone provided by the organization and looked up general information about the organization and the arrangements for newcomers.
Then he took out his own phone and sent a message to Wang Fan.
Wang Fan: "Hehehe, I saw an awakened one. The group leader who is our instructor is one, his gunplay is like a rainbow, it's so cool!"
"After that, we had another test for pushing power and speed."
"And tomorrow we'll be heading to the training base in the neighboring province… They say it's a joint training session for Baiyun Province, Yunling Province, and Nanyang Province. More newcomers will be joining later, so the competition pressure is huge."
"But the instructor also said that those who perform excellently will receive rewards. Those who are exceptionally outstanding will have the chance to go to a special place for further studies in the future."
"I'm so excited just thinking about it!"
Especially the quota for further studies in that special place, it was extremely precious. The instructors were all competing for it.
He didn't know the specifics, only heard from the instructor that those who returned from further studies in that special place had their strength at least doubled or tripled.
He, the Great Emperor Wang Fan, was determined to obtain such a study quota!
…
Ye Luo didn't know anything about further studies, and the Investigation Bureau's intensive training arrangements had nothing to do with him.
However,
"Why does the Investigation Bureau's entrance test seem more rudimentary than ours?"
"Cough, cough, maybe because there are too many newcomers in the Investigation Bureau?"
He heard from Wang Fan that there were one to two hundred newcomers reporting to the Baiyun Province branch bureau that morning alone.
And this was just the beginning.
How many people were in their organization? From morning until now, there were only 9 newcomers. Yes, only nine people.
And they weren't all university students; most of them didn't look like it.
Ye Luo settled down in the building.
This was not only an office building but also an apartment building.
They, the newcomers, still had to wait here for a few days.
During this time, Ye Luo plunged into the equipment area, exercising continuously, and occasionally browsing information online.
The top ten trending searches were all related to the 'New World.'
And at least half of them were about the Investigation Bureau.
"Live tracking of newcomer training, revealing the Yunling Province training base."
"What is an investigator? To investigate and eliminate, they are guardians in the darkness."
"Investigator: From Intern to Special Grade."
In the past few days, he hadn't chatted with Wang Fan. That guy was exhausted.
But according to him, just two days of training had yielded some progress. The Investigation Bureau had provided them with a lot of nutritional supplements and medicinal liquids.
Anticipating with excitement, one day, two days, three days.
By the fourth day, there were already 41 newcomers at the Baiyun City branch office.
Led by Nan Chaolu and other quasi-official personnel, the 41 people departed from Baiyun City Airport on a special flight, heading southeast.
White clouds drifted leisurely.
The sky was a clear blue.
A mysterious sea area, shrouded in white mist, appeared before everyone's eyes.
At this moment, the white mist shrouding the island slowly dissipated.
Inside the Pacific Base,
Luo Jianxing controlled the mysterious artifact, the Realm of White Mist, and smiled as he looked at the horizon. "More newcomers have arrived. It's time to show off the prowess of us seniors."