Chapter 4 Selection of Newcomers
Since he became sensible, everyone around Mo Zihan knows that this boy in his early twenties has almost nothing to fear except for fainting blood, and he is always full of adventure and exploration spirit every time he faces an unknown environment.
Because in his unpreserved mind, he is full of curiosity about the unknown.
Imagination, adventurous and cool head are synonymous with Mo Zihan, and of course, low blood sugar is also one.
The picture returns to this dream-like scene.
"Knock knock, knock knock. The sound of messy and hurried footsteps resounded in a long corridor, and Mo Zihan was pulled by the fat boy and ran all the way.
"Who are you? where are you going to take me?"
The question that burst out of Mo Zihan's mouth couldn't get into the ears of the fat boy in front of him at all, he just dragged Mo Zihan forward vigorously, and the fleshy hand was held at Mo Zihan's wrist, and the touch was extremely real.
"This is a dream, how can there be such a real feeling in a dream?" Mo Zihan thought to himself, and during this short run, he looked to the left and right sides of the corridor from time to time, trying to find a clue on the dark walls on both sides.
However, on the walls on either side of this long, narrow corridor, there is no decoration other than the green light of the safety lights.
Suddenly, not far ahead, in a slender crack in the door, silver-white light shot straight into Mo Zihan's eyes.
After a brief period of darkness, this dazzling white light is like the door of heaven that has been opened.
"Could it be that I've crossed over? Is this another world!?"
In addition to being frightened, Mo Zihan didn't know why, but there was an unprecedented sense of excitement in his heart.
Running forward, the fat boy stretched out his hand and pushed, and the "bang" light door opened in response.
Of course not.
Although what Mo Zihan saw in front of him at this moment was not as good as the other world he had guessed, it was enough to make him dumbfounded.
Not to mention that Mo Zihan was also a person who had been to a big city before this, and he had also visited a lot of famous mountains and rivers in China, so he could be regarded as having seen a big scene. But it is such an experienced Mo Zihan, and at this moment, his mouth is also huge, so big that he wants to swallow an apple in one bite.
Because he had never seen a building with a floor height of hundreds of meters, and he had never seen a venue that could accommodate so many people at the same time as the place in front of him.
Is this a venue, a shopping mall, a vegetable market?
Everything in front of him refreshed Mo Zihan's perception of the original city at this time, and he didn't know how to name the huge assembly hall in front of him.
However, there are no vegetable vendors and shopping guides, some are just people in gray or green suits walking around, and most of them are gray clothes, perhaps because of the uniformity of clothing, so even if there are many people and people, there is an inexplicable sense of neatness when you look at it.
Mo Zihan looked up at the top of the venue, and in the center of the top was a glazed stone with colorful light spreading out from the center to all sides, looking up from below, it was like a colorful stone in the myth of Nuwa mending the sky, exuding a brilliant and dazzling colored light.
However, except for this one, the top of the other positions of the venue is without exception, all of which are sealed by dark steel, and as far as the eye can see, this crowded venue is completely enclosed, but it gives people the feeling that there is no trace of darkness, and the artificial lighting in the hall is impeccable, and there is no darkness when you glance around.
"Don't look at it, it's not the first time I'm here, let's go, the selection is about to begin. ”
Before Mo Zihan could finish admiring it, the fat boy pulled him and ran towards the bottom of the hall again.
But at this moment, Mo Zihan couldn't help himself, and after being pulled by the fat boy and running into a transparent elevator, he found that he was on the second floor of the hall, and when he fell, the structure of the hall was seen more clearly by him.
This unknown venue is roughly divided into two sections, higher near the edge and gradually lower down by a staircase.
Instead of being more than a meter long like an apartment hallway, this staircase wraps around the entire hall.
The people standing on the top of the stairs were different from the crowd below, they were all dressed in black and white tight-fitting uniforms, with various instruments pinned to the belts around their waists, black berets on their heads, their postures were erect, their eyes were determined, and their hands were behind their backs, standing motionless.
On the stairs of the venue, there are people dressed like this every five meters or so.
Near the center of the venue, a large screen hung from above, and directly below the screen, at the end of the staircase, was a place that resembled a podium, which was so high that it looked like it was often being spoken.
And directly behind the podium and the screen, at the top of the staircase, the distance between the two men in black and white uniforms was very long, because between them, there was a large, closed stone door.
"It's here!" The fat boy's voice became more and more excited, and unconsciously, he had already pulled Mo Zihan to the center of the venue.
"Boom. In the sound of neat footsteps, the crowd of people dressed in gray clothes gradually approached Mo Zihan's position in groups from all directions for some reason.
The more concentrated the crowd became, the louder the noisy discussions that lingered in Mo Zihan's ears.
The sound of thousands of people gathered together really made Mo Zihan secretly have some hairs in his heart.
Because after he circled around, he found that all these people in gray clothes showed a disdainful expression towards him. It seems that most of these people have some kind of discordant relationship with themselves.
"Ahem"
Suddenly, a cough interrupted Xiao Mo's conjecture, and the sound full of electricity instantly echoed throughout the hall.
The hall was still full of people, and everyone stopped at the bottom of the stairs, as if waiting for something to happen.
"Dear new apprentices, welcome to the Explorer's House to participate in the annual Explorer Apprentice Selection Competition, I hope that every candidate here today can show your best side to meet the competition, and go all out to become a qualified explorer!"
The voice from above was sonorous and powerful, and every word was unequivocal.
"Next, newcomers, please use your fullest enthusiasm to invite the vice president of the Explorers Association, who is also the chief instructor of this explorer newcomer selection, to introduce the rules of the competition to you!"
As soon as the words fell, there was thunderous applause from the audience, and the atmosphere in the venue, which had just been quiet for a short time, became lively.
"It's like the opening ceremony, look at this posture, it's the leader's turn to speak next?" Mo Zihan was muttering to himself, but the fat boy on the side turned around, stretched out his right index finger and put it to his mouth, and made a shushing motion. And this action only brought Xiao Mo a roll of his eyes.
"Boom~~"
A muffled sound echoed throughout the hall, accompanied by the sound of "clang" gears turning, the closed stone door just now slowly opened, and everyone in the venue looked forward to it, and invariably locked their eyes on the direction of the door.
I saw a dazzling light shot out of the door, and five black shadows could be faintly seen in that golden light, as the light faded, the body outline of these five black shadows gradually became clear, and the first of the five people was a man wearing a dark gold trench coat, followed by four people, who were also in fluttering clothes, but compared to the dazzling dark gold of the first one, the black trench coats of these people seemed much more low-key.
"This is the general teacher?"
"Yes, it's him, you can't be wrong, it's exactly the same as in the last live TV. ”
"Be quiet, be careful to be heard"
There were whispers from the crowd, as if talking about this unusual man.
The man stepped on his boots and walked straight to the podium without saying a word, while the four people behind him stopped at the same time and stood straight on either side of the podium. The moment the man stepped on the podium with one foot, the screen hanging in the air lit up at the same time, and it was the man on the stage who appeared on the screen.
When the screen lit up, Mo Zihan saw clearly that the man's age was roughly forty to fifty years old, with a strong figure, even if it was covered by clothes, it was still not difficult to see that the well-developed muscles, the head was black and bright, strong and powerful short hair, and the thick eyebrows exuded a formidable heroic spirit, the high nose bridge made the entire facial features look extremely three-dimensional, the two eyes were radiant, and in the face of the gaze of everyone in the audience, there was no trace of hesitation and stage fright in the man's firm eyes.
And what impressed Mo Zihan the most was a ten-centimeter-long scar on the man's left cheek under his left eye, and I don't know which battle was left by the enemy in the "military merit medal", which made this middle-aged man with extraordinary spirit more deterrent. But the longer he watched it, the more he felt the clues, although in his daily life, he had never met such a general, but the middle-aged man in front of him gave Mo Zihan an extremely familiar feeling.
"Rookies~~!" the man's heart-to-heart opening remarks instantly broke the silence of the venue and interrupted Xiao Mo's thinking.
"I've never been a person who likes to go around in circles. The man clenched the microphone on the podium, "I believe that every candidate who is here today has entered this hall with a heart that is keen to explore this mysterious new world." Your trust in the Explorers Society is a great honor for me, as Vice-President. ”
As he spoke, the man stretched out his right hand and put it on his left chest, his eyes were firm, and he bowed his head slightly towards everyone, making a look of respect.
After five seconds, the man looked up and continued, "But today, as your head teacher, I'm going to announce some bad news. With as many as 3,000 people signing up for the election this year, the Explorer's House is big, but we only need the truly strong. Therefore, the selection rate for the first round of this selection competition is one percent, that is, only 300 people are left after the first round out of 3,000 people. ”
"Three thousand, three hundred?"
"More than 2,700 people were eliminated in the first round, what are you playing?"
As soon as the words fell, everyone in the hall exchanged their heads and talked about it, and the quiet atmosphere in the hall was instantly broken by the man's words in the last second, and almost all of the questions that came into Mo Zihan's ears were questions about the men on the stage. However, this state of simultaneous discussion of 3,000 people only lasted for a short period of ten seconds.
Ten seconds later, I saw the middle-aged man on the stage raise his right hand above his head, clenched his fist suddenly, and slammed it on the podium.
In an instant, no one in the hall of 3,000 people dared to make any sound.
"If any of the friends present have any objections to what I just said, you may wish to come to the stage and talk about it. The man pointed to the podium, but his face and tone were surprisingly calm. But even so, through the "dismount" just now, I believe that no fool will really dare to come to him.
Seeing that there was silence in the audience, the man continued: "Very good, then please prepare for the next, from now on, everything will be arranged by the on-site staff." Good luck. ”
Mo Zihan saw from the screen that the man touched his forehead, waved his long clothes, turned around and walked into the open door with the four people waiting behind him.
"Bang!" The door closed, and the big screen turned black, and everyone present seemed to be relieved, and the venue became lively again.
"I haven't seen you for a year, and the vice president is still so domineering. The fat boy muttered to himself. Turning to look at Mo Zihan, who was thinking hard, he said, "I really envy you, Xiao Mo." ”
"Envy? Mo Zihan didn't know what this fat boy was talking about.
"All the newcomers in the venue, please follow the guidance of the staff and go to Training Ground 1. The same voice floated from above the venue. All walked in the same direction under the command of the black-and-white uniformed man.