Swallowed Star - Chapter 29 Monster town
Afternoon.
1680 fighters stood in an open plaza. At a reception desk in the plaza sat some high authorities of Jiang-Nan cityâs northern military sector and some high authorities of the thunder dojo and the dojo of limits.
âProspective fighters whose names are called, come up and retrieve your uniforms and weaponsâ
âYan Zhuoâ
âHe Fengâ
âWang Bing Jiangâ
âŠ..
There were at least ten officers at the desk yelling names one by one. Prospective fighters whose names were called all went to pick up their uniforms and weapons.
âLuo Fengâ
That ringing sound, right when Luo Feng heard it he sprinted up there.
âThis is your battle uniform, your battle boots, and the 2nd series ghost blade you need. The heaviest one we prepared was 98 kg, we donât have any heavier onesâ the officer passed a set of objects to Luo Feng, âHere is a communication watch, which can send mail and has GPS. This is a hexagonal shieldâ
While the officer was saying that, he was a bit suspicious as he looked into Luo Fengâs eyesâŠ.. a prospective fighter actually asked for such a heavy ghost blade, quite weird.
Luo Feng slightly smiled and sprinted away holding the near 200 kg load of items.
âŠ..
In the plaza, each of the 1680 fighters received their requested weapons that were most suitable for them. Each of them used cold weapons! This was the requirement for the fighter combat exam; heated weapons were banned. After they received their things, everyone returned to their own resting areas and changed into their battle gear.
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There was laughter all over the open plaza.
At this time, Luo Feng was equipped with his metal alloy battle boots, military standard trousers, and a battle vest with some special Ke-Luo alloy material inside. He also had his hexagonal shield and ghost blade on his back, and was happily talking with the fighter beside him.
âIf you put down everything I have equipped, itâll be worth at least 7-10 thousandâ a crew cut teenager excitedly pointed to his uniform, âThis trouser and vest arenât the best fighter equipment. Theyâre only lent to us for the fighter combat exam. However, it can defend against the weakest H grade monsterâs claws, which is much better than the bullshit bullet proof vests back at town. A regular bullet will never be able to pierce this, and a H grade monster will never be able to rip this apartâ
âYou canât rip it apart!â
A girl with a stern expression laughed coldly on the side, âEven if the monster canât rip apart the uniform, just the impact itself can break your bones and damage your internal organsâ
âThis big brother isnât so weak and fragileâ the crew cut teenager sneered and glared at the girl, âHow about, little girl, we go over there and test this brotherâs strength?â
âThatâs enoughâ Luo Feng frowned.
âYes, brother Luo. Weâll listen to brother Luoâ the crew cut teenager laughed.
The news of Luo Feng being scouted by the dojo of limits was spread from one to ten, and ten to a hundred in the prospective fighter community. Out of the 1680 prospective fighters, only three of them were recruited by the dojo of limits and the thunder dojo! The prospective fighters knew that these three people were special.
âLuo Feng, Luo Fengâ a yelling sound from far away was heard. It was the limit hallâs chief instructor, Wu Tong.
âUncle Wuâ
Luo Feng ran towards him after telling Yang Wu and the others beside him. In the past month, Luo Feng lived in the Ming-Yue sector, so naturally he would be close to chief instructor âWu Tongâ, who also lived in the same sector. He called familiarly, âUncle Wuâ.
âLuo Feng, come with meâ after Wu Tong said that, he started to lead the way.
Luo Feng was full of doubts but didnât say anything. They quickly arrived at the second floor of a quiet apartment. In the living room on the second floor, there were lots of people seated together. Luo Feng looked aroundâŠ.. out of all of these people, he only recognized one: one of the Big Four of the Jiang-Nan cityâs dojo of limits headquarters, Zhu Ge Tao!.
âChiefâ greeted Luo Feng loudly.
âHm, Luo Feng, go sit over there with Wu Tongâ Zhu Ge Tong, wearing a dark battle uniform with faintly glowing silver pieces, said as he laughed quietly.
âZhu Ge, this is the Luo Feng you talked about? Let me see, compared to our Thunder Dojo, he isnât that good isnât heâ a burly man wearing a dark, purple battle uniform sat across from Zhu Ge Tao. When he spoke, the sounds seemed to echo within his chest, âOur thunder dojo recruited two people early, one whose fitness level is on par with your Luo Feng, and another who is a firearms geniusâ
The burly man looked to the two young men on his side, who immediately stood up in response.
âMy name is Wan Dongâ said a teenager who seemed solemn and had a purple birthmark on his face.
âMy name is Ma Xiaoâ another teenager was smiling and looked beautiful! Yes, we can use the word âbeautifulâ for this teenager. If he was born a girl, it would probably be the kind that would bring calamity.
Luo Feng smiled and nodded: âLuo Feng, you already knowâ
âLuo Fengâ the solemn teenager spoke, âDo you have any balls to compete? Tonight at the fighter combat exam, letâs see who can get first place!â The solemn teenagerâs eyes flashed, as if he saw the most delicious kind of food, full of desire.
âNot interestedâ Luo Feng shaked his head.
The solemn teenager was startled, but then laughed coldly and didnât say anything further.
Zhu Ge Tao and the burly man from the thunder dojo laughed on the side: âZhu Ge, your little kiddo seems quite interesting. Heâs quite calm, didnât let his head get hot when provoked! I kind of like this young man. Luo Feng, any plans to join my thunder dojoâŠ..â
âGo, go, goâ Zhu Ge Tao glared.
âIâm just joking. Man, you arenât interestingâ the burly man laughed.
Zhu Ge Tao glared: âWe should go too. The fighter combat exam is going to start soon!â
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Luo Feng and the 1680 powerful prospective fighters, walked for at least half an hour under the lead of a soldier. They reached the outer part of a town. It was already evening at this time, and the sun has dropped.
[Roar~~~]
Various howls that makes your heart skip a beat could be heard in the town. The town was surrounded by barbed wire and had a large amount of soldiers patrolling with guns.
âHurry, there arenât enough monsters inside. Bring another 1200 Iron fur boars, 300 Zhi shadow cats, and another 500 mastiff tigers.â As the command went through the town, Luo Feng and the others didnât have to wait much longer until they saw huge trucks coming. Each of the trucks had angry howling coming from them.
Luo Feng and the large amounts of fighters went to look closelyâŠ..
In each of the trucks were cages, and in each of the cages were locked up monsters. Those angry howlings made some inexperienced prospective fightersâ hearts tremble.
âLuo Fengâ
Chief instructor âWu Tongâ laughed beside Luo Feng, âEven if youâre skilled and strong, that doesnât mean you can kill the monsters! When some people see blood and are faced with a chance of death, they wonât even be able to bring out a tenth of their strength. So for this combat exam, the main goal is to train your mind. You have to get used to fighting to the death with monsters and be mercilessâ
âUnderstoodâ Luo Feng nodded.
âHmâŠ.. these monsters are all the weakest H level monsters. Theyâre equivalent to a âBeginner warriorâ level fighterâ said Wu Tong, âTheir weak point is their low intellect. However, their strong point is that they are very aggressive and cruel. So in every fighter combat exam, thereâs always a cruel case where a prospective fighter that diesâ
Luo Feng nodded, thereâs no way that fighting to the death with real monsters could be safe.
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After a bunch of weak H level monsters have been imported into the town, the amount of monsters in the town have reached a startling amount.
âEveryoneâ
A ringing voice carried to every prospective fighterâs ears. Luo Feng and every prospective fighter raised their heads to look, and they saw a military officer standing on a ruined three story apartment in the middle of the town as he spoke to all the prospective fighters, âThis timeâs combat exam will have the same rules as the past ones! From 6:30 PM tonight, we will begin. The exam will end at 6 AM tomorrow!â
âThe more monsters you slaughter, the more points you get. For each monster you slaughter, cut the monsterâs left ear off as proofâ
âRemember, prospective fighters are not allowed to fight each other. Your movements and actions are all under our surveillance. Those who break the rules will immediately be shot and killed!â
âOut of you 1680 prospective fighters, the top 60% will earn the right to become a fighter! The other 40% will fail and will have to take the next fighter combat examâ the officerâs voice suddenly became cold, âIn other words, out of the 1680 of you, 1008 will pass and 672 will be disqualified!â
The prospective fighters who were listening below couldnât help but to start talking, an unbelievable 40% will be disqualified!.
âHereâs a reminder, usually if one can kill three monsters, they pass. If you can only kill two monsters, itâll be up to luckâ the officers voice resonated in everyoneâs ears, âWhen scores are the same, we use the amount of time used to kill the monsters and how injured you are to determine the rankings. So, when you finish killing the amount of monsters required, hurry and come out of the townâ
âRemember, if you receive a heavy wound, press the emergency help button on your communication watch. Someone will immediately come and save youâŠ.. however, that moment also represents the end of your fighter combat examâ the officer leaped.
[WHOOSH!]
From the top of the apartment to the ground was at least a height of around 10 meters. And with two more consecutive leaps, he was already outside of town.
âAll prospective fighters, move out, and enter monster townâ the officer waved his hand.
The 1680 prospective fighters were like a raging wave, and poured into monster town.
âShut the door!â ordered the officer.
[RUMBLE~~~] the only gate closed shut.
The fighter combat exam, officially begins!