“Mr. Horus, you’re way too fast! I just went to buy water and almost missed you…”
Meimeike exclaimed in awe.
“Well, well~ This level of testing is still pretty easy for me.”
Su Xinran wiped the nonexistent sweat from her forehead and casually accepted the bottle of water from Meimeike.
On the surface, she looked cool and carefree, but the real person inside the suit was already so smug her nose could touch the sky.
As expected, I’m a genius!
“Yeah right, get over yourself.”
As expected, Raphael immediately mocked Su Xinran for her self-congratulation.
The two made their way down the stairs to the examiner standing nearby.
The examiner kept checking his wristwatch, visibly anxious.
“Excuse me, do we register our results with you?”
Su Xinran asked, which finally made the examiner notice their presence.
“Ah… yes, yes. Please give me your wristband.”
The examiner pulled out a scanner similar to those used by supermarket cashiers and scanned Su Xinran’s wristband.
[Result registered. Long-distance running test score: 30 points!]
“Full score, 30 points! Congratulations on breaking the historical record. There are still four more tests to go, so don’t let your guard down!”
The examiner clenched his fist in encouragement.
Judging by the way she performed with that explosive jumping ability just now, the upcoming tests shouldn’t be a problem for Su Xinran.
If she scored full marks across the board, she might even become the first person ever to be directly rated as an S-rank honorary officer upon completing the entrance exam.
He’d now have one more epic story to brag about at the midnight snack table.
“Let me see…”
Su Xinran picked up the test flow card.
The next trial was a punching test.
Naturally, this wouldn’t pose any difficulty for her powerful mechanical exoskeleton.
Even though the tentacle form wasn’t specialized for raw strength, it would be more than enough for this.
With Meimeike leading the way, Su Xinran walked toward the test site—meanwhile, the examiner’s pager beeped in his pocket.
“Hello?”
“It’s time.”
“Already? That’s earlier than planned. The long-distance test hasn’t even ended yet.”
“Heh, we need the element of surprise. Besides, no one else is showing up. The front gate’s already closed.”
The voice on the other end was cold and detached.
The examiner’s eyes narrowed as he took off his vest, placed the test documents aside, and turned to walk toward a shadowy area.
As he walked, he loosened his collar and tie, looking visibly uneasy.
This was a narrow area between the outer and inner testing halls.
The entrance was camouflaged with greenery, making it easy to miss unless you were looking for it.
It was a hidden alley usually used to house air conditioning units—normally a secret hangout for delinquent students to smoke, fight, and avoid school rules.
A lawless zone within the campus.
The examiner stepped over the bushes and entered the alleyway, kicking aside some cigarette butts on the ground.
A foul smell of mold and damp moss filled the air.
He waved his hand in front of his nose, as if trying to swat away flies along with the stench.
Then, he suddenly froze in place.
The sight before him made his pupils dilate sharply.
His mouth opened slightly, as if to scream.
The Chief Examiner lay in a pool of blood, eyes wide open in rage and horror, his face twisted as if he had seen something terrifying before death.
“No way… This isn’t funny…”
The examiner whispered in disbelief.
“Guhk…”
The Chief Examiner suddenly twitched on the ground—he wasn’t fully dead yet.
His mouth opened and closed, struggling to speak.
He coughed out his final words:
“The plan… has changed… sorry…”
The examiner suddenly felt something push him from behind.
A chill ran down his lower back.
He reached toward his waist—and his hand was instantly soaked in dark red blood.
“No way… Not my kidneys, man…”
A wave of weakness washed over him, and he collapsed to the ground with a thud.
A figure in a black robe, face painted with eerie runes, pulled a dagger from the examiner’s back.
Pressing their hands together in a ritualistic gesture, they muttered:
“Let it begin. Speaking languages from other worlds is prohibited.”
…
Meanwhile, Su Xinran and Meimeike hadn’t noticed anything unusual when the examiner left.
They headed straight to the punching strength testing arena.
“MUDA!”
A burly man with muscular build, yellow hair, strange green lipstick, and a bizarre heart-shaped head accessory punched the padded testing wall.
Boom! The shock transmitted through the padding launched the iron ball inside the machine high into the air.
The ball soared all the way to the top and struck the ceiling with a loud clang, then rebounded violently.
“Whoa~!”
A wave of gasps swept through the crowd.
The two-story-high indicator measured over 3,000 kilograms of force.
With a red line marking at just 800 jin (~400kg), this man had unleashed a punch of more than 2,000 jin (~1,000kg)!
For context, an average adult male’s punch force is about 60kg.
Boxing legend Mike Tyson’s full-force punch was about 800kg—strong enough to pierce an 8mm steel plate and kill a bull with one hit!
3,000kg of force? That could probably crush a diamond!
“WRYYYYY~! Boxer shorts! Boxer shorts! Why does the indicator max out at just 3,000 kilograms?! This can’t even begin to show the terrifying power of the mighty vampire race!”
“Lame, so lame. Everyone here is way too weak.”
The burly man flicked his fingers dismissively and walked off without even looking back.
“So strong…”
Su Xinran sighed in genuine admiration.
Although the guy was annoyingly arrogant, she couldn’t really fault him.
A 3,000kg punch?
She honestly wasn’t sure she could reach that level.
“Next up, Horus!”
Hearing her alias called over the loudspeaker, Su Xinran steeled herself and stepped forward.
Time to test the maximum output of her mechanical exoskeleton!
“High-performance mode, full power output!”
With a thought, the exoskeleton entered preheat mode.
Hissss…—a quiet sound of coolant running through the heat dispersal modules.
“What… is this aura coming from the minotaur…?”
The sound was soft, but those nearby heard it clearly.
They mistook the strange hissing noise for a terrifying, otherworldly aura!
It was like the warning hiss of a cobra before it strikes—like the heartbeat of a sovereign king!
[High-Performance Module Activated. Full power preheat complete.]
[Warning: Full-power output can only be sustained for 3 minutes. Please shut down manually before time expires. If not, the power core will overheat and force shutdown, entering low-performance mode.]
[Overheat Countdown: 2m59s… 2m58s…]
“Huuu…”
One punch wouldn’t take that long anyway.
Su Xinran raised her fist—her tentacle—high above her head.
“ORA!!”
PONG!!!
Her punch broke the sound barrier!
The moment her fist struck the padded wall, a visible shockwave exploded outward.
Those nearby were blown off their feet.
Even the observers sitting high on the platform gripped the railings tightly to keep from falling.
The platform’s sunshade?
It got blown away completely!
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