San Tian Liang Jue

Chapter 865 Hero Rank Test (Part 2)

Yu Chao Lian, Celestial Bridge.

This was the connecting area between the asteroid and the Supreme Council's assembly hall. Standing on this bridge, one could see the vast starry sky (most of the living areas of the Yu Chao Lian were located inside the planet, so only artificial sky views could be seen).

"What are you looking at?" A man wearing a full-body tinfoil armor suit walked leisurely and said to the other person in front of him.

"The latest set of data refreshed in the testing area shows…" The Toad Knight didn't even turn his head as he looked at the miniature display screen on his forearm and said, "That 'Poker Knight' has reached the standard of a planetary-level hero in the physical fitness test."

"Oh? Not bad." The Tinfoil Knight said, "It seems that this Earthling from a parallel universe is really capable."

"Do you know what this means?" The Toad Knight replied in a deep voice.

"What?" The Tinfoil Knight wasn't that he couldn't think of the answer, he was just too lazy to think.

"If he breaks through to the fifteenth level in the written test… or rather, answers more than a hundred questions, then…" The Toad Knight finally turned his head and looked at his old friend, "Even if he doesn't do anything in the 'special ability test,' he can still be among the 'galactic level.'"

"So what?" The Tinfoil Knight shrugged, "A high-IQ hero… isn't that exactly what we're looking for?" He paused for a moment. "Old buddy, you know better than I do… these days, smart people all go to be 'villains.'"

"That's right." The Toad Knight replied, "That's why I saw at a glance that Poker Knight… no, I should say… that Feng Bujue is definitely not a 'hero.'" His tone was resolute, "In his eyes, I can't see a trace of motivation to sacrifice or fight 'for justice.' On the contrary, I see 'doing things his own way, crazy and unpredictable'… I know this kind of person too well. He reminds me of an old opponent…"

Speaking of this, the Toad Knight was silent for two seconds before continuing, "To achieve his goals, he can be unscrupulous and use any means necessary. He seems to have no principles in the face of commonly accepted moral concepts; but in front of a set of his own reasonable and inexplicable theories, he will stick to his principles and never yield." His tone became more and more激烈, "In the eyes of this kind of person, there is no right or wrong, black and white. He only does what he wants to do, and uses a subjective and egoistic philosophy to decide everything…" He stared at the Tinfoil Knight, "Kertas, you should understand the consequences of allowing such an extremely dangerous element to obtain galactic-level hero qualification… Can you imagine how terrible it would be to have such a person involved in handling 'B-level' or even 'A-level' crises in the future?"

"Hmm…" The Tinfoil Knight heard the words and didn't speak for a long time. After a while, his expression changed slightly, and he replied, "Enwei… maybe everything you said is right, but…" He shook his head, "From the current stage, Feng Bujue hasn't shown any hostility towards us. On the contrary, he helped霹雳舞侠 Pili Wu Xia (Breakdance Knight) and踢踏怪客 Ti Ta Guai Ke (Tap-dancing Weirdo) solve the crisis on Scumscumscumscum Star, and clearly expressed his willingness to join the alliance."

The Tinfoil Knight's personality was more cheerful and tactful than the Toad Knight's. His starting point when considering things was also different from the latter's: "Let's not talk about the fact that he hasn't done anything yet, even if he's secretly plotting something, you can't just put him on the opposite side of us based on your own feelings and prejudices without evidence, right?"

"Hmph…" The Toad Knight snorted unhappily, "Of course I know this, and I don't intend to push him to the opposite side of us."

"Oh? What do you mean then?" The Tinfoil Knight asked.

"If he really wants to be a 'hero,' then I sincerely feel gratified." The Toad Knight said, "However, it's probably difficult to see his 'true nature' if he gets very high authority from the beginning…"

"Oh~" The Tinfoil Knight immediately understood, "So that's what you mean…"

…………

On the other side, the written test venue.

"This… this is too much…" Feng Bujue was holding a pen, looking at a question on the metal table with a constipated expression.

His current state was exactly the same as when he couldn't do a question on an exam when he was a child.

"Draw a structural analysis diagram of the DNA of any native life form on Planet Mahat…" After repeatedly reviewing the question, Brother Jue gave up, "How could an Earthling know this question?"

Not to mention Earthlings, even if you find a Mahat person, they may not know. Only biology practitioners on Planet Mahat or some cosmobiologists from other planets… might be able to draw it.

"Hmm… if I can't answer this question either…" Feng Bujue then said, "Including the previous two questions, there are already three questions in this stage of seven that I can't do…"

In the previous hour or so, he had already answered a total of ninety-eight questions on the fourteenth level, and in this fifteenth level, he had already reached the fifth question, with two wrong and two correct answers for the first four questions. In other words… he had barely broken a hundred questions.

"Tch…" Seeing that he couldn't continue answering, Feng Bujue muttered quite unhappily, "Using the method of drilling into the blind spots of knowledge to increase the difficulty, that's all you are… If I could live for hundreds of years like you, and my brain capacity didn't decline, this kind of question would be child's play."

That's right, Brother Jue… also has this kind of "petty temper" sometimes. He never regrets important things in life. But on some less important things, he especially likes to find excuses for failure. For example, "The guys who say my handwriting is ugly don't understand the soul in my handwriting," "Passersby don't dare to look me in the eye because I'm too handsome," "I'm born with bad luck because God is jealous of my talent," "What's wrong with a man being chuuni!" and so on.

Getting back to the point…

Since he couldn't continue answering the questions, Feng Bujue simply went all out and drew a middle finger in the answer section of the one hundred and third question and clicked submit.

[Incorrect answer. You have answered three questions incorrectly in this stage. The written test has been terminated.]

Voice prompts and text appeared at the same time, announcing the end of Brother Jue's written test.

[Please proceed to the next testing location via the security channel. Please see the map below for the location of the channel. If you need help, please communicate with the uniformed staff nearby.]

Then, a mini-map of the written test venue quickly appeared on the metal table, showing Brother Jue's current location and the location he should go to, and even marked the shortest route.

Feng Bujue glanced at it, stood up, and went along that route.

After more than an hour of rest, his physical strength had recovered a lot, and his steps were lighter. However, the fatigue and soreness accumulated from the previous aerobic and anaerobic exercises had not been relieved. On the contrary… it felt like it was gradually spreading out, and he didn't know if it would have an adverse effect on the next test.

…………

Five minutes later, Feng Bujue arrived at the special ability testing area.

This time, the staff member who came to meet him was a… or rather, "a" zombie.

"Poker Knight, right?" Zombie Bro was also wearing a staff uniform and holding a tablet (this was their standard equipment). "The first two scores are good. From the current point of view, planetary-level is a sure thing."

Hearing him say this, Feng Bujue breathed a sigh of relief. "Planetary-level" was the lowest value that Brother Jue had expected. If he didn't even reach this level, then there was no need for him to train to level fifty before coming to test.

"Uh…" Brother Jue then said, "This handsome guy…" He looked at the zombie man with pale skin and half of his face rotten, and still called him "handsome guy" without changing his expression or heartbeat, which showed how strong his nerves and how thick his skin were, “…I don’t know what to call you?”

"Easy ~" Zombie Bro replied, "My name is [Qian Gu Lu Bu Zhuan Hou Gu Lu Zhuan Chi Nao Ji Kuai Wang Ji Dai Shao Zi De Gan Ga Ma La Ji Si. Han Lin Zuo Wan Ni Zai Chuang Shang Ke Bu Shi Zhe Me Shuo De Hai Jia Le Hen Duo Te Ji Ren Sheng He Qi Duan He Bi Ku Ku Lian Lian Ai Ai Qing Gan Dong Dong Wu Wu Li Li Ke Sheng ABBA Jiu Neng Fu Huo Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Si Shi Nao Nan (The front wheels don't turn, the back wheels turn, eating brains quickly, forgetting to bring a spoon's awkward spicy chicken shreds. Han Lin, you didn't say that last night in bed, and you added a lot of special effects. Life is so short, why bother loving so bitterly. Love, affection, emotion, moving animals, physics, science students, ABBA can be resurrected, hiss hiss hiss hiss hiss hiss hiss hiss brain-eating man)]"

Ten seconds…

It took Zombie Bro ten full seconds to say his name.

And it felt like… this was already considered fast.

"Holy crap…" Ten thousand alpacas instantly ran through Feng Bujue's heart. He thought to himself, "Your name is quite sensational… witty remarks, personality traits, ancient memes, song lyrics, word association, and the resurrection cheat code from '怒 Nu (Ikari Warriors)' on the NES platform are all there! Not counting the English, there are eighty-seven characters! What the hell is the last 'hiss hiss hiss'! Did Musashi Koganei give you this name!"

"Heh… hehe…" The corners of Feng Bujue's mouth twitched twice, and he replied with a dry laugh, "That's really a good name."

"Everyone who's heard it has said that ~" Zombie Bro said with a smile, "I have to thank my parents for this… On our 'Environmental Protection Star,' a short, powerful, and catchy name like mine is indeed rare."

"After the roll call in your planet's school every day, you can dismiss class…" Feng Bujue complained again in his heart.

"Ah ~ speaking of parents… my girlfriend has agreed to come home with me to meet the elders in the next cosmic era (just consider it as celebrating the New Year), thinking about it makes me a little excited ~" Zombie Bro showed a self-intoxicated happy expression and took out a photo from his arms, "Look, isn't my girlfriend beautiful?"

What Feng Bujue saw in the photo… was a cactus…

He seemed to understand something…

"I wish you two have a baby soon…" Two seconds later, Brother Jue replied with a dead face.

"Hahaha, thank you, thank you." Zombie Bro laughed happily, then his expression changed, "Oops! My old problem has relapsed. I accidentally started chatting about my own affairs and showing off my girlfriend. I'm sorry."

"It's okay… I don't mind." Feng Bujue replied woodenly.

At this moment, if he could use an action to express his mood, he would cover his crotch and roll on the ground.

"That's good." Zombie Bro then said, "Then… come with me. After completing this last round of testing, you can go to the resting area to wait for the evaluation results."

"Hmm…" Feng Bujue responded and followed the other party forward.

…………

Special ability testing is undoubtedly a very dangerous test, so each person's testing environment is completely closed.

Before conducting this test, heroes need to fill out a form listing their special abilities.

The Yu Chao Lian does not force heroes to write out all their abilities in detail, but usually… the more abilities you show, the higher the rating will naturally be. If you want to hide your strength, you have to be mentally prepared to be underestimated.

Of course… there are exceptions. For example, 【Black Hole Queen】 in the Supreme Council only showed one of her many abilities and was rated as cosmic-level. Another example is another member of the Supreme Council – 【Monkey Hunter】. This guy didn't show anything in the special ability test because his abilities are basically expressed through physical fitness. He also almost monopolized the best records in all physical fitness test items. In the written test, he successfully lowered the average score of the entire alliance… Even so, he is still a proper cosmic-level hero.

Feng Bujue knew that among the players in Thriller Paradise, he was considered quite strong, but in this superhero universe, there were many existences who could秒杀 miaosha (instant kill) him in terms of force. If he wanted to obtain the "galactic-level" status he desired, he couldn't hold back.

So, Brother Jue filled out a bunch of messy things on the ability declaration form… He almost described the effects of all his equipment and skills as his own "abilities", and also wrote down strange skills such as "being able to recite the last few hundred digits of pi", "being able to not sleep or go to the toilet for a long time (a unique advantage of players)", and "being able to pass any polygraph test without the aid of any props" to make up the numbers.

When Zombie Bro took his form, his expression was very awkward because many of the contents had no value or need for testing. But considering that he had a pleasant conversation with Brother Jue earlier, Zombie Bro was embarrassed to say this in person… He could only input the form into the computer with a smile on his face and select some "meaningful" abilities to formulate the testing process.

After that, things were relatively simple. Feng Bujue only needed to follow the other party into one testing room after another and show the abilities he had filled out one by one. There was no need to test again for some abilities that had already been demonstrated in the physical fitness test, such as "walking in the air" and "ultra-high-speed movement."

More than forty minutes later, Brother Jue finished the process. Then, he said goodbye to Zombie Bro and came to the "resting area."

The resting area was not as finely divided as the testing area. Except for a few non-physical and unstoppable creatures, the physical creatures were basically mixed together.

Whether it was a "small and medium-sized physical creature" like Brother Jue, or some little guys less than fifty centimeters tall, or giant life forms up to twenty meters tall… when they arrived at the resting area, they gathered together.

There was a very eye-catching line of large characters marked on the wall here: 【Please be careful of your feet and avoid trampling accidents.】

Thinking about it carefully, this sentence is really meaningful…

During the half hour of waiting in the resting area, Feng Bujue observed the heroes around him with great interest. He also tried to talk and chat with many other testers.

Although Brother Jue is not a very sociable person, he didn't want to miss this opportunity to collect information. Being able to communicate with these high-level life forms from different planets and different races and learn about bizarre interstellar cultures made Feng Bujue extremely happy. If there weren't regulations saying that he couldn't stay in the resting area for more than thirty-five minutes, Brother Jue would have really stayed here for three or four hours.

…………

Finally, after a full four cosmic weeks.

Feng Bujue passed through the exit channel and came to the card collection office, ready to receive his "graded certification" hero ID card.

But before taking the card, he had one more thing to do… that was to pay ten seconds of attention in front of a statue in front of the exit.

The image of this statue looks ordinary. He has a round head, facial features similar to humans, and his figure doesn't look very tall.

He was one of the original founders of the Yu Chao Lian. In the last and only 'S-level' crisis in this universe, he almost single-handedly turned the tide and saved the entire universe.

And he himself paid the price of his life.

He is known as the greatest hero in history, but for some reason, his name is unknown. It is said that it was "erased from this world by God."

However, people still remembered his image.

Every hero of the Cosmic Superhero Alliance must come to this statue and let this "senior" take a look before officially embarking on the path of a hero.

This is a tradition passed down from generation to generation among heroes.

The last time he came to this universe, the Tinfoil Knight and Doctor Eternal had seriously told Feng Bujue about this tradition, so Brother Jue naturally wouldn't forget it.

"Hmm… I always feel like I've seen this guy somewhere." Feng Bujue complained in front of the statue, stood disrespectfully for ten seconds, and then went to get his card.

After passing through another "checkpoint" device for identification, Brother Jue took his hero ID card from the card slot.

But… when he saw the level on the card, he was instantly stunned.