Fate Reignites: My Rampage in a World Where Time Stops-Chapter 98: The Eleventh Advanced Demon Beast?!
Within the main surveillance room.
As the two-hour assessment time gradually drew to a close, the staff members who had initially been intently and fixatedly watching every monitoring screen finally got some time to breathe.
On one hand, this assessment was unlike the last, with anything possible happening within Qingwang Mountain, so there were continuous interruptions in the assessment process due to unexpected events involving the examinees.
Now, with only ten minutes left until the end of the assessment, the number of examinees still undergoing assessment had dropped below 300.
Fewer examinees meant fewer screens to monitor.
On the other hand, and more importantly, there weren't many Demon Beasts left inside Qingwang Mountain.
These Demon Beasts had been deliberately left by the Special Affairs Group for the assessment, and the limited number wasn't just of Advanced Demon Beasts but normal ones as well.
At this stage, the examinees were much safer, with fewer chances of combat, and there had not been an interruption in the assessment for a good ten minutes.
It could be said that the ranking by points was about to solidify.
So much so that the staff responsible for watching the screens and tallying the scores began to engage in idle chat while keeping an eye on the monitors.
"That examinee called Song Ling is really something else. She's still going all out to track down Demon Beasts even though her score has already exceeded the second place by nearly 200 points."
"She doesn't know her score ranking, so she probably wants to seize first place with all her might," another surveillance staff member smiled, "That student called Qin Chuan is also very efficient at killing Demon Beasts; it's pity, though."
Everyone knew what he found pitying.
If Qin Chuan had a detection skill, first place might not belong to Song Ling.
When facing normal Demon Beasts, Qin Chuan's killing efficiency was too high.
Weaker beasts didn't even need him to draw his knife; as long as they entered the range of Frost Cold, they'd be frozen to death in the extreme cold, and slightly stronger ones were nothing more than a matter of a single slice in his hands.
Such killing efficiency was not only unmatchable by Song Ling, but even Chu Zhou, known for his more explosive dual-outputs of Thunder and Fire, couldn't compare.
"Skills are also a part of one's strength," a scorekeeper nearby chuckled, "Although Qin Chuan lacks detection abilities, his evasion ability is extremely rare; it's downright enviable to watch."
This remark resonated with many.
Although the newly emerging Extraordinary Theory strove to explain all things related to the Transcendents through science, some abilities of the Spiritual Beasts exceeded the current scope of explanation. These abilities were relatively uncommon but coveted by all Transcendents.
Qin Chuan's Seek Frost Trace was precisely one such ability.
While the staff in the main surveillance room continued their chatter, a sudden exclamation rang out at that moment.
"What the hell?!"
Everyone quickly quieted down and turned their heads in a particular direction.
A young man was seen pointing at a monitor, his mouth agape and expression extremely surprised.
Another staff member next to him took a glance, and as his expression changed, he issued a low command, "What are you stunned for? Switch!"
"Oh, oh…" The young man, coming back to his senses hastily, pressed the selection button, which would instantly switch the screen to the large display in the conference room.
In the conference room on the other side, the atmosphere was similar to the main surveillance room; as the assessment drew to an end, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Although many examinees had to stop the assessment, the personnel arranged by the Special Affairs Group had reacted very timely, and presently, there were no cases of examinee deaths.
There were two serious injuries, but they were also rescued in time by treatment-type Transcendents who had been rapidly dispatched.
On the big screen, the battle screens of the examinees were still being switched, though the ones in the screens took their opponents down with ease.
Their combat literacy was visibly improving during the assessment process.
However, when the next monitoring screen suddenly flashed onto the display, the atmosphere in the conference room instantly froze.
"What's going on?" Lan Cheng stood up abruptly, his eyes wide as he stared at the Demon Beast confronting Qin Chuan on the screen, his expression extremely animated, "How could there still be an Advanced Demon Beast in Qingwang Mountain?"
Those ten Advanced Demon Beasts had been planted one by one by Lan Cheng himself after the Special Affairs Group had turned the entire mountain upside down in a thorough sweep!
With such meticulous preparation, there shouldn't have been an oversight.
Sporting an equally animated expression was Zhou Zixiu, standing behind Lan Cheng.
Because he recognized that Demon Beast.
Also recognizing the beast, and with a strange look on her face, was a short-haired woman standing beside Zixiu.
She glanced at the screen, then at Zixiu, seemingly hesitant to speak.
Both of them recalled an incident that had previously not been taken seriously.
On the first day after the Blue Star 2.2 update, mutated animals began to appear worldwide.
The Special Affairs Group immediately noticed and temporarily locked and blocked the related posts on the Dream Realm Forum, awaiting further policy decisions from above.
Among those posts was one shared by Qin Chuan, who had witnessed a mutated black cat and recorded a video.
After contacting Qin Chuan and blocking the post, Zixiu was ready to capture the black cat, whose location was determined.
But when he arrived at the scene, he came up empty.
The black cat was nowhere to be seen, and not even Zixiu's detection skills could capture its trace.
Since it was late at night by then, and to avoid staying up too late and encountering danger in the Dream World, Zixiu reluctantly gave up the search.
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Since there were no further incidents of the mutated black cat harming people, and with more mutated animals emerging, causing a shortage of personnel in the Special Affairs Group, Zixiu gradually forgot about the incident.
Until now when he saw the black cat again.
Although its appearance had changed significantly from before, Zixiu was certain he was not mistaken.
He was about to share this information with Lan Cheng when the vice-principal of the Second Middle School spoke up even faster.
"Since it's an Advanced Demon Beast, it should count towards the assessment points, right?" the vice-principal of the Second Middle School was visibly exhilarated, raising his voice a few notches.
At the moment, Qin Chuan was in second place, trailing the first-place Song Ling by 187 points.
This Advanced Demon Beast looked unassumingly strong—if its defeat could be included in the kill points, Qin Chuan had a chance to surpass Song Ling and become the first-place winner of this assessment!
At this moment, the vice-principal of the Second Middle School felt a surge of unexpected delight, as if the tables had unexpectedly turned.
He had completely given up hope, yet a turnaround in the race for first place in the assessment came out of nowhere!
As for whether Qin Chuan would be in danger...
What a joke. Qin Chuan could easily kill a level 20 Advanced Demon Bear, so this Demon Cat definitely wouldn't be any match for him!
"This..." Lan Cheng nodded, "It counts."
Having an additional Advanced Demon Beast was the negligence of their Special Affairs Group; they couldn't make the examinees pay the price.
Killing Advanced Demon Beasts' points, of course, had to be counted.
The next moment, however, a slightly solemn voice sounded.
"I think, the issue right now isn't about whether or not this Demon Beast's points should count," Fan Gang spoke with a serious expression, "This Demon Beast has characteristics of a second advancement."
"It's about to reach level 21."
