Chapter 212: The Army of Pets
What Chu Yi didn't expect was that the difficulty of the first round of trials was quite simple. The gatekeeper was just a huge giant phantom, and he would pass the level by defeating it.

This is a purely numerical level. There is no skill involved. If you don't have enough hard power, you will not be able to pass it no matter what.

Although this giant is ten meters tall, his speed is not slow at all. Anyone with less strength has no room for resistance and will basically be sent out of the examination room by the giant with one punch.

Even if their strength reaches the passing requirements, the contestants still need to be extremely cautious and can only defeat the opponent after revealing all their cards.

Of course, most people can still pass it relatively easily. After all, this is only the first round of the Emperor Trial. It would be too exaggerated if most of the contestants were stumped right away.

Because he was taking the trial alone, Chu Yi didn't know the situation of others.

Anyway, he found it quite easy to deal with it. He didn't even need to activate all three skills. He could just crush it with his basic attributes.

Unfortunately, the one killed was an illusion, so the increased attributes were only a few dozen, not very much.

What made Chu Yi sad was that he was only assigned one opponent in the martial arts test and he would pass after defeating him.

Then everyone is an opponent, how can I widen the gap with others in this subject?

Thinking of this, there was no trace of the smile on Chu Yi's face after he passed the level.

But when he got to the written test, he immediately started laughing again.

The task of this test is to cross a valley occupied by insect swarms.

The players need to use their intelligence and wisdom and take advantage of the valley's terrain to cross this dangerous canyon. These insects are not much weaker than the giants in the previous level, and there are thousands of them.

If an ordinary player makes a little too much noise and attracts more than ten bugs, it basically means he has failed to pass the level.

It's not impossible to kill him by force, but you need to have at least the strength of the peak of the sixth level, and that can't be just an ordinary peak of the sixth level.

Anyway, it is very difficult to get through by force.

When Chu Yi heard that it was a latent test, he also became interested.

Assassin's Creed is one of his favorite games. It's all about crouching down and moving around to see the field of vision. He can try to do that!
Then he was stopped just at the first intersection.

There are seven bugs patrolling this intersection, and each one has a different speed and the distance between them.

It is known that this intersection is two hundred meters long, and the insect will go back and forth after reaching the end.

The speeds of bugs numbered one to seven are different, so let's set them as xyzabcd, and find the time when these seven points are facing away from the middle intersection at the same time.

Chu Yi started to set up equations on the ground with his fingers.

The idea of ​​disintegration is very simple, just take into account variables such as the insect's field of vision and turning rate.

But after listing the equation, he had no idea how to calculate it.

Thinking that the following levels might all be like this, or even more difficult, Chu Yi hugged his head uncomfortably.

"Wow, my head is about to explode."

Chu Yi looked at the half-solved equation with a sad face. He felt that this task was more torturous than a fight to the death between him and Brighton. The degree of pain was second only to absorbing the star core.

After thinking for a few seconds, Chu Yi slapped all the equations on the ground flat.

"Untie your cow, no more!"

Chu Yi stood up suddenly and rushed towards the swarm of insects.

According to the settings, these bugs will immediately call their friends once they find an enemy, so they must be killed immediately if discovered to avoid failure in the level.

The first three bugs that discover the player are very fragile and can be killed with a light punch, which gives the player some room for error.

However, Chu Yi wanted to be discovered by the insects, so he let them roar to the sky while he scanned them.

"Race: Zerg
Scientific name: Knifeworm

Strength: Early Stage 4

Special: hard shell, great strength...

Can a contract be signed: Yes

…………”

The system's detection results surprised Chu Yi a little. The previous attributes were normal, but he didn't expect that these insects could also be signed and become his pets.

Does that mean it can make contracts with any non-human creature in the universe as long as you can defeat it?
It is worth mentioning that his current beast taming power has far surpassed the top existence on Earth.

According to historical records, the person with the most contracts on Earth owns thousands of pets.

If it were me, wouldn't it be easy to get a contract of around 100,000?
He doesn't require all of these 100,000 to reach the same strength as Monkey King and Little White Dragon. As long as they are one or two levels weaker than them, their combat effectiveness will be considerable.

Moreover, as your level increases, the number of pets that can be contracted will also increase rapidly, and by then you will have an army of millions, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of pets.

Wow, just thinking about it makes me excited.

Looking at it this way, I really should go to the border to join the army instead of taking part in the trials here. It would be fine if the rewards were small, but half of the content would test things I'm not good at at all.

Thinking of this, Chu Yi just wanted to quickly open the Wushuang level and pass it. If he couldn't pass it, he would be eliminated as soon as possible so that he could join the army.

If he can pass the first round, he plans to do the same for the next written test. If he can pass it, he will do it. If he fails, forget it!

While he was thinking, the knife worms had completed their call, and thousands of them were rushing towards him.

These three-meter-tall insects look like mantises, and their arms are like folding knives, sharp and explosive. Chu Yi used his arms to test their strength and found that they were indeed quite strong.

It is said that the Zerg is now the biggest enemy of the Empire, and the Sabreworms are cannon fodder units second only to the Zerglings. Once they appear, they are boundless and their number is impossible to count.

In most cases, the Empire's warriors have to fight against higher-level elite Zergs while clearing out these cannon fodders, which shows how difficult the battle is.

Now he was only facing a mere thousand-odd cannon fodder, which could be considered a very simple task.

Thinking of this, Chu Yi did not delay any further, but swung his fists and rushed into the insect swarm, releasing all his true energy and sweeping across all directions.

There is no skill involved in fighting these simple-minded insect swarms, just plain and simple hard punches.

His fist was so strong and powerful that it could directly create a road of flesh and blood and kill dozens of knife worms.

Although the attack power of these knife worms was great, they could not cause him any trouble at all, so after only ten minutes or so, all the more than a thousand knife worms were killed by him.

The system prompts that he has gained 30,000 attribute points and 500 draws in this battle.

Just one trial was more than what he had experienced before he was seventeen.

It was indeed more exciting to train in a high-level world. If he was born in the empire and spent eighteen years here, he couldn't believe how strong he would be now. But it was a good thing that he didn't do that, otherwise he wouldn't have met his parents, Lin Siyao, Ji Chen and the others.

This can be considered a blessing in disguise.

After all the guards were killed, Chu Yi finally crossed the canyon smoothly and completed the lurking mission.

In the previous martial arts test, Chu Yi scored 100, a full score.

This time, his score in the written test was 60, which was just a passing score.

I originally thought I would get at least 70 or 80 points, but I didn't expect that after killing so many bugs, I didn't even get a single point.

It seems that the condition for getting full marks in this level is that not a single insect must be disturbed.

From this perspective, getting 60 points in future written tests would be considered very good.

The good news is that the scores of both liberal arts and martial arts do not need to be divided by two, but rather accumulated to see which one has a higher score in the end.

This gave Chu Yi room to perform well in the military subjects and improve his grades.

Of course, the prerequisite is that there is space for him to raise it.

Soon, the results of the first round came out. There were a total of one thousand contestants in Chu Yi's group. Three of them scored full 200 points, and more than 180 scored above 30 points.

Chu Yi's score of 180 was just on the line, barely making him the second best.

As for those who scored below 160 points, they were all eliminated. Players of this level did not perform well in either liberal arts or martial arts subjects, so there was no need for them to continue competing.

After the contestants advanced, they were immediately interviewed by reporters.

According to common sense, the three geniuses with full marks in two subjects should have the largest number of interviews, but this time the reporters all gathered in front of Chu Yi.

"Contestant Nero, may I ask why you chose that method to clear the second level? Can you tell me the reason?"

The question was asked by a contestant from the Empire Daily, a middle-aged woman in her forties, with the temperament and charm of a mature woman.

And perhaps because the people of the Empire generally have a long lifespan, she looks quite young.

Because she is good-looking and surrounded by male reporters, she got the first chance to ask questions.

Chu Yi replied with a smile: "I am not very good at liberal arts. I calculated the round trip time of the insect, but I couldn't figure out the result in the end, so I could only rely on force to get through.

Fortunately, my fighting power is not bad, and these insects are no match for me. I wiped them all out. Unfortunately, the liberal arts teacher did not approve of my way of passing the level and only gave me a passing score. "

"It has always been like this in the humanities. If you don't solve the problem according to the questioner's thinking, you won't get full marks even if you come up with the answer."

The female reporter defended Chu Yi and then said, "This is only the first round of trials. The following liberal arts trials will become more and more difficult, and will be more and more targeted at those contestants who want to force their way in. I wonder how you plan to deal with it, Nero?"

Chu Yi spread his hands helplessly: "It depends on the situation. If you can use your brain, then try to use your brain. If it doesn't work, you can only use your fists."

After saying that, he looked at the referee and said, "Excuse me, can the Emperor's Champion Trial continue to the next round like the Loyalty Test?"

"Of course." The referee nodded.

When everyone heard this, they immediately knew what Chu Yi wanted to do.

As a rising star who has gained popularity recently, reporters and viewers who were watching the live broadcast all knew something about Chu Yi's deeds.

This is a genetic warrior with an extremely strong body.

In the Empire, gene warriors and psionic mages belong to two major categories of extraordinary beings.

The former are generally responsible for charging into battle on the battlefield, while the latter provide long-range fire support in the rear.

Of course, as long as they are strong enough, there is not much difference between warriors and mages in essence, and each has the ability to destroy the other easily.

Chu Yi's performance is quite different. He has the ability to easily destroy any opponent, but he has never been injured so far.

A scar to be exact.

The golden true energy that filled his surroundings was so strong that even the knife worm's terrifying power, which was enough to cut through the energy shield of a warship, could not do anything to Chu Yi.

His punch seemed so light, but the knife bugs would be smashed to pieces if they just touched him.

It seems that he had been quite reserved when he faced off against that group of players.

This is just the strength he has shown, God knows what other strength he has hidden.

Thinking of this, the audience began to cheer: "Let him continue to fight!"

"In principle, it is not allowed." The referee said to Chu Yi, "But if the audience is willing, because it will help your popularity, I can arrange for you to go directly to the next round of the game. You can only play two rounds a day at most!"

Chu Yi nodded: "That's enough, please let me proceed to the next round!"

Seeing Chu Yi being so confident, the referee didn't waste any more words and directly pressed the button to enter the next level.

The second level of the Emperor's Champion Trial, this level is role-playing.

Chu Yi has now become an emperor, and his country is full of treacherous and powerful officials.

Now there are eight letters in front of him. He needs to consider how to gain as many friendly forces as possible under limited conditions, and then eliminate all the rebels entrenched outside the royal city.

At present, the only people who are confirmed to be loyal to him are the Royal Guards and the 20,000 troops of the two ministers.

In addition, there are eight ministers whose attitudes are unclear and each person’s situation is different.

As a king, Chu Yi needs to think about his wording based on the past of these ministers so that they are willing to serve him.

There were 100,000 rebels outside the city.

So as long as all eight of his letters worked, the pressure of victory would be much less.

For every failed letter, the friendly army will lose 10,000 soldiers and the enemy will have 10,000 more soldiers than ours.

If all of them fail, it would be 1 versus 9, a : ratio.

Chu Yi took a look and saw that it was only 1:9.

At the Battle of Julu, the King of Chu defeated the Qin army of 400,000 with only 40,000 soldiers.

His surname is also Chu, so it should be no problem for him to replicate the story of a decisive battle.

As for asking him to talk to these insects who were still thinking about neutrality at the critical moment, he had nothing to say. Either surrender or die.

So Chu Yi immediately wrote a letter, ordering these eight ministers to lay down their weapons and roll into his palace within fifteen minutes, otherwise he would kill these ministers who held heavy troops before charging into the rebels!
(End of this chapter)