Alliance Calendar, January 1st, 178, 7:00 AM.

Eastern Ancient Kingdom, Gu City, outside the Lotus Lake Arena examination center, the gate finally opened, and the examinees surged in with a "whoosh".

The scene was lively and extraordinary, with mostly young people, but also some middle-aged individuals who had come to gamble for a diploma or a dream.

"Ah..." At this moment, the buzz-cut and crew-cut cousins felt itchy in their hearts as they watched Shi Yu leave.

Too damn regrettable.

They weren't in the same examination venue as Shi Yu, so they probably wouldn't be able to see Shi Yu's Green Silkworm show off its skills and shock the examiners.

They felt like they had lost a billion.

At this time, Shi Yu looked at the sector displayed on his admission ticket and walked haphazardly with the crowd and signposts.

"This feeling is really like the college entrance examination..."

"Too bad, besides the written test, I'm well-prepared this time!"

Shi Yu chuckled.

Lotus Lake Arena, Examination Venue 10.

Before long, Shi Yu arrived here.

Honestly, he felt a little off because it wasn't Venue 11. He was a little disappointed that his lucky number was gone.

…

The basic test was conducted together in many examination venues, which ensured that the candidates could finish the test in the shortest possible time.

The basic test was held outdoors in the morning, and the indoor written test was held in the afternoon, making the examination extremely efficient.

In just one day, two assessments could be completed, and the written test was graded entirely by machines, with the results announced the next day.

On the day the results were announced, the examinees rested for one day, and then the third assessment immediately followed!

At this moment, Shi Yu and 79 other candidates stood around Examination Venue 10, surrounding the cordon of a huge testing platform.

This testing platform was not built directly here but was transported here. It was similar to a boxing ring but larger, less than a meter high, but ten meters long and wide. It was an energy detection machine with extremely high precision.

Standing on it could not only detect pet energy data but also directly detect the pet's race, height, weight, physical development, and age.

Currently, three tables were placed directly in front of the testing platform, within the cordon. Behind the tables, two male and one female examiners were calmly operating computers and reviewing materials.

"It's the annual professional assessment again." The female chief examiner looked up at the examinees who had mostly arrived outside the cordon and sighed.

Every year, some people were happy and some were sad during these few days. She wondered if anyone would lose heart this year...

"I'm a little curious about the quality of this year's candidates."

"Is there even a need to think about it? It's definitely getting better year by year."

The other two male examiners chuckled.

They were all professional Beast Tamers from the Gu City Beast Tamer Association. The grassroots examiners for the annual professional assessment were randomly selected from professional Beast Tamers.

Although it was only for a few days, the compensation was very good.

At this time, seeing that it was almost time, the middle-aged female examiner in a professional black skirt stood up, opened the cordon, and said, "Alright, quiet down."

She looked at everyone with a dignified gaze.

"I am Zhuang Ping, your chief examiner for the basic test. Next, I will be responsible for your basic test. This test is very simple. When you hear your name later, just step onto the testing platform and summon one of your pets."

"This basic test will not be ranked. Passing the line means you pass. However, the pet you summon may affect the topic of your field trial assessment based on its race and attributes. So, if you have multiple pets, think carefully before deciding which one to summon."

"You must have learned about the third field trial assessment yourselves. At that time, you will be put into a wild area, and you will be required to survive there for a period of time. During the survival period, you will be assigned some assessment tasks, such as hunting a certain fierce beast or collecting certain resources."

"The assigned tasks will, to a certain extent, restrain the pet you send out for detection next. Do you understand?"

The 80 prospective professional Beast Tamers under the stage listened quietly and then nodded in unison.

They understood.

For example, if they sent out a fire-type Moon Flame Beast to participate in the basic test now, the task in the third level would be to deal with water-type fierce beasts and collect water-type resources.

It was deliberately making things difficult.

Although it was difficult, the Beast Tamer Association didn't hide this rule. It directly reminded the examinees on the surface.

Most candidates had contracted two pets. If both pets had reached the Extraordinary level, then, in a sense, this also gave the candidates the power to choose the type of task in the third assessment.

Candidates could completely use this rule to make their third assessment easier.

After all, you can restrain one of my pets, but can you restrain both?

Of course, this rule was not very friendly to those who had only contracted one pet or only had one pet that had reached the Extraordinary level...

…

"Time's up. Next, let's start the basic test. Examinees whose names are called, do as I said before. Be quick."

As soon as the chief examiner Zhuang Ping finished speaking, a male examiner holding a roster cleared his throat and called out, "Examination number 1439, He Yu."

The first candidate whose name was called was a ponytail girl who was less than twenty years old. When she heard her name, her heart thumped, and she nervously raised her hand and shouted, "Here!"

"Go up and test." Zhuang Ping, who was also holding a roster, nodded.

She looked at the information in her hand, which recorded information such as the photo, name, age, gender, and origin of the girl named He Yu...

Under the gaze of the entire audience, the first examinee, He Yu, trotted onto the testing platform. The moment she stepped on the testing platform, the glass-like venue immediately lit up, scaring the little girl.

However, she quickly stabilized her emotions and cautiously looked at the examiner.

"Just summon your pet after you go up." Zhuang Ping said.

"Okay." The girl nodded, took a deep breath, and in the next second, a gray, huge array that flickered with countless light spots and resembled a star map appeared in mid-air not far in front of her.

Then, ripples like the surface of water appeared on the array, and a cute little creature with a standing posture, light blue body, clear blue eyes, purple pupils, and an appearance similar to a flying squirrel floated out of the summoning array!

[Name]: Psychic Flying Squirrel

[Attribute]: Psychic

[Race Level]: High Extraordinary

[Race Skills]: Telekinesis Wave, Clone, Barrier

It was a relatively rare psychic pet!

As everyone watched the Psychic Flying Squirrel, the testing platform automatically announced the test results.

"Race Name, Psychic Flying Squirrel."

"Race Level, High Extraordinary Level."

"Growth Level, Extraordinary Level."

"Energy Value, 599 points."

After the voice broadcast was completed, the girl He Yu blushed and clenched her fists excitedly. Good, not bad!

Below, a small number of people looked confused, while most people nodded secretly. Obviously, not everyone knew what this value represented.

At this moment, the examiner in front of the computer also received other more detailed data about the Psychic Flying Squirrel and uploaded it seriously. The examiner who called the name began to record the information on paper.

As for the chief examiner Zhuang Ping, she added an explanation:

"Energy value represents the amount of energy in the pet's body. A pet in the Awakening period has an energy value of basically less than 100. As for the standard for passing the line for this Extraordinary level, it is 500 points. This value largely determines whether the pet can use high-level skills and whether it can use skills multiple times. You can use it as a reference to judge the strength of your pet."

After the pet's growth level entered the Extraordinary level, there would be no more awakening transformations like in the Awakening period. The strength would not change qualitatively at a certain point but would have to be accumulated slowly.

Because pets at this level had passed the stage of rapid growth, and the race skills were basically awakened.

Next, the entire Extraordinary level would only have this one large level, without small level divisions.

As for the pet's next growth transformation, it would have to wait until the Overlord level.

At this time, the pet's strength would have a relatively large qualitative change. The pet could even release energy and solidify it to condense energy crystals!!!

In the wild, some Overlord-level creatures relied on this method to nurture their clansmen. The difference in strength between a clan with Overlord-level creatures and a clan without Overlord-level creatures would be very obvious!

…

"Examination number 1440, Jin Fei."

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"Race Name, Shadow Leopard."

"Race Level, High Extraordinary."

"Growth Level, Extraordinary."

"Energy Value, 761 points."

…

"Examination number 1441, Ji Yuan."

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"Race Name, Gathering Wind Vine."

"Race Level, Medium Extraordinary."

"Growth Level, Extraordinary."

"Energy Value, 524 points."

…

Next, one examinee after another was called by name and then went on stage to test.

However, the testing process was basically uneventful and there were no exciting moments.

Until…

"Examination number 1461, Xiong Xing."

"Race Name, Thunderous Lion."

"Race Level, Low Overlord."

"Growth Level, Extraordinary."

"Energy Value, 1214 points."

At this moment, the bland atmosphere of the basic testing process was directly broken.

"Damn, it broke 1000???"

"Damn, it's twice my Earth Crystal Butterfly's..."

"It's outrageous, Overlord race is really amazing..."

Everyone looked at the youth on the testing platform and the golden electric lion beside him and was shocked.

Low-level Overlord race, Thunderous Lion!

This energy value was almost double that of the previous examinees' pets!

"Roar—" On the testing platform, the Thunderous Lion roared, enjoying the feeling of being watched with its Beast Tamer.

The Beast Tamer named Xiong Xing had a calm expression, but his heart was exceptionally satisfied.

He was the focus of attention!

"Not bad." Facing the first candidate to break 1000, the three examiners nodded silently, but didn't show much expression.

Under the Extraordinary level, what determined the pet's combat power was actually the pet's race, skills, and its own training.

Through daily training, pets could slowly increase their energy上限 and improve their skill proficiency. What was being compared in battle was this.

Among them, high-race pets definitely had a natural advantage. Their physical上限 was naturally higher than that of low-race pets. There was no way around that.

It was normal for high-race pets to have high energy values.

But that didn't mean anything.

As long as the energy difference between Extraordinary creatures wasn't too large, this gap wasn't impossible to make up for.

If the skills of a high-race pet weren't proficient, it wouldn't be able to use its energy advantage at all.

On the contrary, if a low-race pet trained a skill or a combination skill to a very proficient level and could instantly unleash all its energy, then it wouldn't be weak either.

Although the pet's energy value reflected the pet's strength to a certain extent, the key was the performance of the skill that materialized the energy.

These three examiners were all advanced Beast Tamers, so they naturally wouldn't be as surprised as the examinees.

They were just a group of prospective professional candidates. They could judge the pets' conditions even without testing them. That was experience!

At this time, Shi Yu watched silently from the crowd of candidates.

It seemed like it was almost his turn?

He wondered how much Eleven's specific energy value would be…

Although its race wasn't high, and none of the previous candidates who summoned mid-level Extraordinary race pets had an energy value exceeding 700, his Eleven was obviously extraordinary…

The Evolution Holy Spring had enhanced its physique once, and the feedback that the transcendent-level race skill Hardening gave to its body, as well as the feedback that a bunch of race-external skills gave to its body, could all increase the energy上限…

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"Examination number 1464, Shi Yu."

As Shi Yu was thinking, his name was called.

At this time, the first candidate to break 1000 had just appeared, and the surrounding candidates were still in a state of excitement.

They felt a little bored, like their limelight had been completely overshadowed.

Damn it, to contract an Overlord race creature at this stage, he was rich and willful.

Next, Shi Yu went on stage.

The male candidates were fine, they just glanced at Shi Yu and lost interest.

Shi Yu, wearing a short-sleeved Iron-Eating Beast shirt, was too ordinary. He didn't look very strong.

"His pet is probably just an Iron-Eating Beast, right?"

Otherwise, what normal guy would wear an Iron-Eating Beast short sleeve!

At this time, the female candidates were commenting on Shi Yu's looks in their hearts.

"Finally, there's a relatively handsome candidate."

Just like that, Shi Yu stepped onto the testing platform under the gaze of the candidates and three examiners around Venue 10.

"Summon your pet." Below, the chief examiner Zhuang Ping said.

On the testing platform, Shi Yu nodded. In the end, he decided to summon Eleven.

An Extraordinary-level insect was too outrageous. He'd better not stimulate everyone. Be low-key, be low-key.

"Eleven."

Shi Yu communicated with Eleven, who had been waiting for a long time in the Beast Taming Space.

In the next moment, a gray summoning array instantly appeared on the ground in front of him.

Under the illumination of countless light spots, Eleven, who was a little over a meter tall, appeared on the field.

The small Iron-Eating Beast, which was a little over a meter tall, was obviously not an adult yet. Its eyes were firm, and it stood chubby on the field. Its smooth black and white fur fluttered in the breeze. From a breeding perspective, it was very perfect.

"As expected, it's an Iron-Eating Beast…"

However, perfect was perfect, but the race of the Iron-Eating Beast completely matched the predictions of the other candidates.

Shi Yu's clothes gave it away too obviously!

Next, next, even if a medium-race Iron-Eating Beast reached the Extraordinary level, its energy value wouldn't be high.

Around 550?

The candidates judged.

Not only the candidates, but even the three examiners, who were bored, glanced at it and started to estimate.

Just then.

The testing platform automatically announced Eleven's energy situation…

"Race Name, Iron-Eating Beast."

"Race Level, Medium Extraordinary."

"Growth Level, Extraordinary."

"Energy Value, 3186 points."

Energy value, 3186 points!!

At this moment, the whole place suddenly fell silent.

Everyone's pupils dilated slightly. One of the male examiners responsible for recording stopped his hand on the keyboard, and the other's pen heavily poked the paper. Their expressions were rich.

They looked like they were in love.

…

Around them, all that remained was the sound of breathing.

3186???

Was it definitely not 586? Not 1186? But 3186?!

This number was a bit outrageous!

For a moment, the people present couldn't process it.

The testing platform's voice echoed in everyone's ears, and their mouths were slightly open.

How was that possible!

Had something gone wrong!

One had to know that the energy value of an Overlord race pet just now was only 1214!

How could a medium-race Iron-Eating Beast have such a high value!

At this time, the three examiners were even more shocked than the examinees.

Because they knew that, normally speaking, the energy上限 standard for an Extraordinary-level creature of the Overlord race was only 3000 points…

The value of this Iron-Eating Beast should definitely not be what a medium-level Extraordinary race creature should have!

On the contrary, even a monarch race cub would have to undergo some training after breaking through to the Extraordinary level to reach it!

In short, how was this value possible—this was Unscientific Beast Taming!!!

The two male examiners paused for a second when they uploaded and recorded data.

The chief examiner Zhuang Ping looked incredulously at Shi Yu and the small Iron-Eating Beast on the testing platform with calm expressions.

They… didn't seem surprised at all???

Did they already expect this value?

The chief examiner was silent, unable to understand.

"Age, less than two years old?"

At the same time, a male examiner looked at the other detailed data about the Iron-Eating Beast on the computer with a dumbfounded expression and was shocked again.

Damn it, did it have to be so outrageous? Even training from the womb wouldn't be this fast. Moreover, it was the Iron-Eating Beast, which was famous for being lazy!

At this moment, the entire Examination Venue 10, after a sudden silence, showed no signs of recovery.

Around the testing platform, whether they had been tested or not, the examinees were all wide-eyed at this moment.

Especially the Beast Tamer of the Thunderous Lion, he was a little dizzy and felt a little confused.

Compared to this, why did he feel like the Thunderous Lion was trash?

Was this definitely an Iron-Eating Beast? Or was it a monarch race cub in an Iron-Eating Beast costume?

"Is that all?"

On the testing platform, Shi Yu asked.

Eleven was really fierce…

"Y-yes, that's all." Below, the chief examiner Zhuang Ping took a deep breath and tried hard to remember Shi Yu's appearance.

At the same time, she judged in her heart that after Shi Yu's basic test information was uploaded, Shi Yu would probably receive a lot of attention.

This was also the purpose of the first test, to allow the Beast Tamer Association to pay attention to promising examinees in advance!

At this time, she didn't think that the machine was broken or that Shi Yu and the others had cheated, because this machine could never have a problem. Even if the pet used amplification skills, even if the pet used shrinking skills, even if the pet was in bad condition, this machine could perfectly detect the pet's true condition.

This was specially made for the professional assessment and had been adjusted by countless mechanics… Therefore, this value was probably real.

Moreover, judging from Shi Yu and the others' calm appearance, one could tell that this value was probably the Iron-Eating Beast's true energy value!

This was an Iron-Eating Beast whose race level was clearly medium-level Extraordinary, but it was comparable to a monarch-level pet cub!!

Outrageous!!!

If it wasn't a race mutation, then this Beast Tamer named Shi Yu had definitely invested a sky-high amount of resources into this Iron-Eating Beast to strengthen its potential!!

That was the only possibility.

Even so, the three advanced Beast Tamer examiners couldn't calm down for a long time and lost their composure and calmness, because it did break their understanding.

Not to mention them, even Lin Hongnian, a master-level Beast Tamer who specialized in Iron-Eating Beasts, had always thought that Shi Yu's small Iron-Eating Beast was outrageous. Even though his Iron-Eating Beast had evolved, he always felt that it was lacking compared to Eleven…

"Come back, Eleven." At present, Shi Yu probably knew Eleven's energy situation.

It was a little lower than he expected.

But it was still passable.

After all, its true strength lay in those highly proficient skills.

With the same energy value, other pets might not be able to perform as well as Eleven in terms of combat power.

"Ying!"

Eleven nodded and drilled back into the Beast Taming Space. At the same time, Shi Yu walked down.

As expected, after testing Eleven's energy value, Shi Yu began to be curious about Wormie's energy value…

When he returned to the research institute later, he would ask if Gu City University had this kind of machine. He felt that it should!

"This is your information card. Please go to the designated location for the written test in the afternoon. The examination website should also refresh your examination information later. You can look at either one."

After Shi Yu came down, the male examiner responsible for recording the data gave Shi Yu the follow-up examination information card. At the same time, he raised his head curiously and sized up Shi Yu.

Icefield City, Pingcheng? This was the birth place of Shi Yu displayed on the information. It sounded a little familiar. It seemed that Iron-Eating Beasts were indeed abundant there…

In short, he had to pay attention to this monstrous examinee later.

"Thank you." Shi Yu took the examination information card, glanced at it, put it in his pocket, and then walked directly out of the cordon.

The moment he returned to the examination crowd, dozens of examinees around him suddenly became noisy!

"Damn, brother, what's wrong with your Iron-Eating Beast!!"

"3186, is that fake?"

"Brother, can we exchange contact information?"

"Can I touch your Iron-Eating Beast?"

Even the examinee with the Overlord race Thunderous Lion just now didn't enjoy Shi Yu's treatment. Shi Yu's scalp went numb, and then he looked at the bespectacled girl with a red face who wanted to touch the Iron-Eating Beast, and his vigilance increased to the extreme.

Did this guy also have some copying talent? He couldn't let her touch it!

"Quiet!!!"

At this time, the chief examiner Zhuang Ping said with a black face, "It is forbidden to make noise here. Violations will be regarded as giving up the examination. Now, stop communicating. The examination continues."

The chief examiner spoke, and the examinees smiled awkwardly. Then, the next examinee went on stage to take the test.

In fact, they could leave directly after the test.

However, most people stayed in place out of curiosity after the test and wanted to see how the test results of others were.

At this time, Shi Yu felt the gazes of the people staying on him, and he was silent for a moment. Although he also wanted to continue watching… However, he felt that this place was not suitable for staying for long.

Should he leave first?

…

Shi Yu left, and he left without anyone noticing.

Not long after he left, two crew-cut youths rushed to Examination Venue 10.

They raised their heads and looked for something in the crowd, but they didn't find anything.

Buzz-Cut Elder Cousin casually poked an examinee.

The examinee turned his head in confusion.

Buzz-Cut Elder Cousin said in a low voice, "Brother, did you have an Extraordinary-level Green Silkworm here before!"

"Are you surprised? Are you surprised?!" Crew-Cut Younger Cousin said in a low voice.

The examinee looked confused. He was retarded. Where did these two idiots come from?

"Are you sick? Can your Green Silkworm reach the Extraordinary level?"

He turned his head annoyedly. He hadn't finished the test yet and didn't have time to pay attention to the idiot.

"Why are you scolding people?" Crew-Cut Younger Cousin said dissatisfiedly when he heard that.

He had been beaten by the insect. Why couldn't the Green Silkworm be Extraordinary?

Not only could it be Extraordinary, but it could also be very strong. The energy value was at least 666, and it couldn't be lower.

At this time, the cousins looked at each other in surprise after being rejected once. They always felt a little strange. It was strange. Shi Yu should be in this venue.

It was fine if they didn't find Shi Yu, but how come the surrounding examinees hadn't heard of him either.

The smart cousins changed someone to ask.

This time, they picked a girl who looked easy to talk to. Buzz-Cut Elder Cousin said, "Beauty, did you have an examinee named Shi Yu here before?"

The girl turned her head and was slightly stunned. "Are you talking about that Iron-Eating Beast…"

"Yes, yes, yes, it's that Beast Tamer wearing an Iron-Eating Beast short sleeve!" The cousins said excitedly. They finally asked the right person.

"Did he finish the test?"

The girl looked around and said, "He finished the test. Do you know him?"

"Kind of…"

"Then do you have that handsome guy's contact information?? He left too quickly…"

"He's so powerful. How was that Iron-Eating Beast with an energy value of more than 3000 nurtured…" the examinee muttered to herself.

Eh?

The crew-cut cousins were stunned. What the hell? What Iron-Eating Beast with an energy value of more than 3000?

"What are you talking about?" They asked.

"Don't you know that Shi Yu? I'm talking about his Iron-Eating Beast."

The cousins' hearts skipped a beat. They always felt that something was wrong.

"Isn't the pet he mainly nurtures the Green Silkworm? Extraordinary-level, Green Silkworm, didn't you see it?"

Female examinee: "???"

"Iron-Eating Beast with an energy value of 3000, where did the Green Silkworm come from!" She rolled her eyes at the two of them and said, "Do you two have his contact information?"

Ding Yao and Zhao Rui, the cousins, smiled awkwardly and retreated embarrassedly. Damn it, something seemed wrong.

Where was their huge Extraordinary-level Green Silkworm?!!!

What about shocking the audience with the Green Silkworm!

However, what the hell was an Iron-Eating Beast with an energy value of more than 3000? The two of them looked confused.

…

Noon.

After leaving the Lotus Lake Examination Center, Shi Yu casually found a place to have a bowl of beef noodles to make do.

The basic test had just ended, and no one called to bother him.

However, Senior Lu, the Beast Ear Senior, the Panda Senior, the curator Lin Hongnian, and the Seven Heroes of Archaeology had all sent him messages yesterday to wish him a smooth examination.

Fortunately, he wasn't completely treated like an orphan…

"Hmm—" After eating and drinking his fill, Shi Yu fell into a great reflection on life.

The written test, the written test, it was finally coming!

Shi Yu became slightly nervous.

"Why don't I… look at a few more questions?" In the small private room, with the air conditioner blowing, Shi Yu felt quite comfortable and felt that it didn't matter if he stayed here until the afternoon… He took out "5 Years of Professional Examination, 3 Years of Mock Exam" and casually looked at a question.

[The Green-Backed Eagle has an extremely fast flying speed and performs well in combat and reconnaissance. May I ask, in general, what is the fastest speed that a Green-Backed Eagle with an Extraordinary growth level and has mastered the Wind Wing skill at the proficient level can reach?]

"… Simple, I know this question. Choose C."