The sun is rising, and the day of the merit selection examination has finally arrived.

The sky was slightly bright, Yang Ming formed a team, and a group of five people came to the foot of the mountain early, only to see that there were already many students gathered here, and everyone was nervous, this was a common illness before the exam.

After arriving, Yang Ming reported the situation of the team to the examiner in charge, and the five people, Yang Ming, Jiang Xin'er, Lin Dong, Wang Shi, and Ye Zhanfei had all arrived. For this team that was temporarily formed last night, the young man was barely satisfied, and the main reason why he said it was reluctantly was that the last person in the team, Ye Zhanfei, was a famous fat worm among the nobles.

Speaking of Ye Zhanfei is also a "celebrity" in Shangcai Academy, eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, proficient in everything, when it comes to cultivation, he immediately stops cooking, and when he is eighteen years old, he barely reaches the power of Xingyao, and this is also forced out by his family, it is said that his family gives him all kinds of precious medicinal materials every day, and the "medicine" When the meal is eaten, only to eat a force Xingyao, this student is a headache for the teacher, as long as he is not careful, he sneaks out of the academy, visits the Qinglou, drinks flower wine, if you calculate the time, he has more days in the Qinglou than in the academy, but because he is afraid that Ye Zhanfei's father is a palace minister, the college teacher also turns a blind eye, so that he can get by, I just hope that he will graduate and leave early.

Ye Zhanfei wanted to mix like this for another two years and stay up until he graduated at the age of twenty, but he didn't expect that last night the county lord of Xin'er suddenly told him that King Jiang was about to implement a new policy, and he would revise the hereditary system and re-stipulate that the children of the nobles, who could not be rated as excellent scholars before the age of twenty, would be canceled from inheritance, which was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for Ye Zhanfei, but it was not too much to say that the hereditary system was the life of the children of the nobles, and if the inheritance of the nobles was cancelled, it would be equivalent to his life.

Ye Zhanfei didn't sleep all night, and he was still in a trance, and the first thing he said when he saw Xin'er this morning was, "County Lord, what you said last night, really didn't you lie to me?"

Xin'er was impatient with his entanglement, she raised her little hand, and finally said solemnly: "As the county lord of Jiang Guo, I tell you that I didn't lie to you. ”

Seeing that the county lord had sworn an oath, Ye Zhanfei believed it in despair.

On the way here, Yang Ming also asked Xin'er in a whisper, "Xin'er, you really didn't lie to him?"

Xin'er raised her hand to cover the corner of her mouth, leaned over the young man's ear, and whispered: "My father did have this plan, but it was opposed by the ministers, but my father's attitude was very firm, and the hereditary system must be modified. If Jiang Guo wants to become stronger, he must modify the hereditary system......"

After listening to Xin'er's words, Yang Ming couldn't help but be in awe of King Jiang in his heart, "King Jiang is really wise." If this new policy can be implemented, Jiang Guo will inevitably have a new look. ”

Imagining the future Jiang Guo, Yang Ming's heart is full of longing and hope, only under fair rules, competition will be motivated, and the originally calm lake water has begun to make waves.

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After the examiner confirmed the five Yang Ming, he led them to a waiting area to wait. At this time, Yang Ming found that the entire venue was divided into four areas with red ropes, and a small flag was inserted in front of each area, with the words "Southeast, Northwest" written in turn. Yang Ming and the others were assigned to the waiting room in the eastern region. After the position was settled, the examiner did not say anything superfluous, but just made them wait.

"What are you doing, last night was a team, and today it's a region?"

"Is it the division of war zones by region?"

The students began to speculate about what was the purpose of such a division?

Soon, all the students who took the exam were gathered here.

Wu Jian once taught that before fighting, you must first learn to observe, one understands the opponent, and the other understands the surrounding environment.

Yang Ming first carefully glanced at the waiting area they were divided into, Yang Ming's waiting area is east, and there is a banner with the word "East" in front of the left, in addition to Yang Ming's team, there are twelve teams in the east waiting area, Rongguo students and Jiang Guo students, among which Liu Qianyu is also here, he and Yan Zhendong and others are a team.

After observing the east waiting area, Yang Ming's eyes moved to the other three areas, Zhu Lianying was divided into the west waiting area, and the two brothers Gao Li and Gao He were in the south waiting area.

Seeing that the students had arrived, an examiner walked to the high platform in front of him, looked around at the students below, and announced loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, I announce the official start of the excellent selection examination, the examination location is the mountain of no return behind me, last night you have been divided into teams according to the 'army', everyone should be clear that the army often has the vanguard in front of the march, to explore the way for the large army, this time, the identity of each team is the vanguard of the army, your task is to survey the terrain of the mountain of no return, and then draw a map, the time is seven days. Within seven days, drawing a complete topographical map of the Mountains of No Return and bringing it back here is the question of this exam. ”

After listening to the examiner's words, everyone was stunned, and immediately began to discuss,

"What is this exam, drawing a map?"

"I heard that this mountain of no return is a deep mountain and old forest, there is often fog during the day, the direction is not clear, and anyone who has been in it has never come out, let alone drawing a map, it is very difficult to get out of the mountain in seven days. ”

"We're not hunters, what kind of merit selection exam is this?"

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In the face of one question after another, the examiner shouted: "Quiet, although the question of this exam was proposed by Mr. An Shice, it has also been recognized by the commissioners of Jiang Guo and Rong Guo, if the students have any questions, they can ask Huang Zheng and Jiang Zi'an." ”

After saying this, the students of the two countries quieted down, and since the commissioners of the two countries had agreed, the students naturally had nothing to say.

Glancing at the students who had quieted down, the examiner nodded with satisfaction, and then shouted: "Then, now that the exam begins, please ask all teams of students to come out according to the names I called, and we will have someone to take you into the Mountain of No Return." ”

After that, the examiner took out the roster, this is the list of each team registered last night, and then shouted a team of students, and only one team at a time, after the five-person team came out, and then a special person led them to the foot of the other side of the mountain, the strange thing is that after the examiner shouted a team, he would wait a long time to call the next team, such an action caused the dissatisfaction of the students.

There were many complaints in the field, and Yang Ming couldn't help but be curious, but the young man felt that there must be a lot of trouble in this arrangement, and it was okay to wait anyway, so Yang Ming took the opportunity to observe the situation of the surrounding students.

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After waiting for a long time, the examiner finally called Yang Ming's team,

"Jiang Guo students, Yang Ming, Jiang Xin'er, Lin Dong, Wang Shi, Ye Zhanfei, out of the ranks. ”

Hearing his name, Yang Ming, Xin'er and the others glanced at each other, then took a deep breath and strode out.

It's finally getting started......

Yang Ming couldn't hold it anymore, and he was eager to try.

Under the guidance of the special person, Yang Ming's team came to the other side of the foot of the mountain, and the strange thing is that the special person did not rush to take them into the mountain of no return, but walked to a tent.

Although his heart was full of doubts, Yang Ming still opened the curtain of the tent, and as soon as the five of them entered, they saw a long table, which was full of various items, and on the opposite side of the table, there were two men who were also wearing the clothes of the examiners.

"Hello Jiang Guo students. Before you enter the Mountain of No Return, this is part of a map of the Mountain of No Return, so be sure to keep it and use it as a reference to complete the rest of it. An examiner handed a roll of parchment maps to the five and said.

Yang Ming took the map, and then unfolded it, and the map was drawn with mountains and woodlands, which were very detailed.

After seeing the boy accept the map, another examiner continued: "In addition to a part of the map of the Mountain of No Return, in order to facilitate your actions in the Mountain of No Return, you can choose three items from the table to use. “

With that, the examiner pointed with his right hand to the items placed on the long table.

Yang Ming walked to the long table and checked the items on the table, "Pen, ink, parchment, a bamboo tube of water, a package of dry food, trauma medicine, a compass, a fire fold, armor, and the rest are some weapons." ”

After Xin'er looked at the items on the table, she immediately said: "We want to draw a map, pen and ink must be needed, and then parchment." ”

The girl frowned while folding her fingers, "Pen, ink and paper, this is already three things." ”

After Xin'er counted the necessary pen, ink and paper, she was shocked to find that there was no choice at all.

After recognizing this fact, Lin Dong's face sank, and he shouted a little angrily: "Then what else to choose, isn't this an extra move?"

The examiner's face was indifferent, ignoring the teenagers' questions, and then asked, "Pen, ink and paper, have you decided to choose these three?"

Several people glanced at each other and exchanged opinions.

"You still need to think about it, you must use pen, ink and paper to draw a map, otherwise how can we draw it?" Lin Dong said immediately.

However, Ye Zhanfei raised an objection, he held his fleshy chin, and said: "If pen, ink and paper are necessary, then why should we choose?" I think there must be something wrong here, it is not as simple as it seems on the surface. ”

Xin'er nodded and agreed with Ye Zhanfei's words, but what is the mystery of this?

Yang Ming shifted his gaze from the items on the table to the map in his hand, the question of this exam was drawing a map, so the boy thought that the problem should be on this map. After a closer look, the boy turned the map over again, only to see that on the back of the map, there was a word "East" written in ink.

Yang Ming immediately remembered that the waiting area in front of his team was Dong, and the boy looked at the map again, and found that this part of the map depicted the terrain of the east side of the No Return Mountain.

"Is this a coincidence? No, this should be deliberately arranged by the examiner, if our team in the east waiting area gets the east map of the mountain of no return, then the team in the west waiting area should get the west map, so ......"

Thinking of this, Yang Ming's mind flashed, and he immediately said: "I understand, we were all deceived by the questions of this exam, this exam is not for us to draw maps at all, but for us to snatch maps from other teams." ”

Yang Ming held up the reverse side of the map and continued to explain to everyone: "You see, the back of this map has the character Dong written on it, and the map depicts the terrain on the east side of the Mountain of No Return, and our previous waiting area is also east, which was deliberately arranged by the examiner. ”

Hearing this, his little eyes rolled, and Ye Zhanfei immediately understood what Yang Ming meant, "Oh, I also understand, we are the team in the east waiting area, and we got the map from the east, and so on, the team in the west waiting area got the map from the west...... In other words, the map of the Mountain of No Return is actually divided into four parts, south, east, west, and northwest, and is given to each team separately, and the so-called task of drawing the map is actually to snatch the maps of the other teams. ”

After listening to Yang Ming and Ye Zhanfei's analysis, the other three people understood that the real intention of this exam, drawing a map is just a trap, and the real exam is a map battle.

Seeing that Ye Zhanfei could react so quickly, Yang Ming was also a little impressed, and thought to himself, "Although this fat man has average strength, his brain is very flexible." ”

"Oh, I see, so to speak, the three things of pen, ink and paper are actually the most useless. Xin'er clapped her little hands and realized.

"Huh, it's so dangerous, we were almost fooled, Yang Ming, you are so smart. Lin Dong and Wang Shi couldn't help but admire.

Yang Ming smiled faintly and said, "Okay, let's hurry up and pick out other items." ”

Since pen, ink and paper were no longer needed, Yang Ming and others discussed it, and finally chosen: water, compass and trauma medicine.

This exam will be in the mountains for seven days, water is very necessary, there is a lot of fog in the mountains of no return, the compass can judge the direction, and the trauma medicine can heal the trauma, because this competition will be a battle, and it will definitely be a fight.

After Yang Ming and the others selected the items, they were about to leave the tent, when an examiner suddenly looked serious and said solemnly: "Fellow students, I want to remind you that this excellent selection examination, all life and death are conceited, once you enter the Mountain of No Return, it means that you have signed a life and death certificate, the loser has no words, and the dead have no regrets, you have to think about it clearly, and it is too late to regret now." Let me ask you again, did you really decide to take this exam?"

Yang Ming, Xin'er, Lin Dong, and Wang Shi glanced at each other, and then replied seriously: "We want to participate, and we have no regrets." ”

Only Ye Zhanfei was a little hesitant, and muttered resignedly: "Uh, that, I want to think about it......"

But Yang Ming and the others didn't give him time to think about it, Xin'er made a look, Lin Dong and Wang Shi immediately understood, the two of them left and right, directly set up Ye Zhanfei, and then dragged him out of the tent, not listening to his shouts at all.

"Ah...... Wait a minute, I'm still thinking about it...... I'm afraid of death......"

Yang Ming walked out of the tent, looked at the Mountain of No Return, straightened his chest, raised his head high, like a soldier ready to go, with high morale, and walked towards the Mountain of No Return.