Chapter 1684: Chapter 4: Mushroom King Zhao Xing! The Beihai Lord’s Expectations! (Part 3)

"Earth Advantage, contestants in the combat division..."

...

The six Zuo Qiyus once again divided the 2,733 people into groups.

Zhao Xing stood behind the Taichu Avatar, glanced around, and found that the number of combat-oriented members of the Self Sect was the smallest.

There were only 49 people, including himself and Liu Tianning.

As for the Self Sect’s support division, a long line had formed, with over a thousand people.

"Splash~"

Vines and leaves stretched out, forming six green passages.

Different avatars led people toward different passages.

Zhao Xing and Liu Tianning kept silent, following Zuo Qiyu’s Taichu Avatar all the way.

Very soon they arrived at a spacious hall made of green leaves.

A portal appeared ahead, with chaotic mist upon it, clearly some Small World used for an exam.

The portal was wooden, set off by unknown violet-gold green leaves, numbered: Man Ya 2436.

Zuo Qiyu stopped and turned to look at the forty-nine people.

"In three months, this gate will open."

"Once you go in, you will know the content of the assessment."

"Remember, once lethal damage appears—whether to the soul or the body—you will immediately be transferred out and returned here."

"If you are transferred out midway, walk back through the passage on your own. Someone will then arrange for you to return to the Beihai Star System."

"If you pass the second stage, you will see me."

A hint of mockery appeared at the corner of Zuo Qiyu’s mouth: "But you people probably won’t have the chance to see me again."

Truly worthy of being the Self Sect’s Minister of Agriculture—what a rotten personality!

If it were someone else leading the way, they might at least offer a few words of encouragement.

But here with Zuo Qiyu, not only did he not encourage them, he even mocked them.

The forty-nine people did not dare show any expression.

In their hearts they were probably cursing Zuo Qiyu’s entire family.

Zhao Xing’s mind was full of the mission instead: "You can tell his character from a single sentence. The mission involving this guy is not going to be easy."

After speaking, Zuo Qiyu directly vanished from where he stood.

...

On the Beihai Border Star, Great Zhou’s high officials had still left a portion of their people here.

Because only on the Beihai Border Star could they use mechanical communication devices to learn information about the Man Ya Star System at the first possible moment.

If they stayed on Great Zhou’s own Fengdu Boundary Star, there would be some delay.

"Mr. Lu, why hasn’t it started yet?" Outside the plaza, there were seas of people; in the plaza stood a huge Water Mirror, only it was still blurry at the moment.

In a viewing shed, Great Zhou’s people were urging Lu Ying.

"Mr. Lu, did you fail to connect to the splitter mirror?"

"Why is it still all blurry?"

"It hasn’t started yet." Lu Ying said helplessly, "My lords, please don’t be anxious."

"Mr. Lu, is your Spell not up to par? How come I already hear cheering from other places?"

"Ye Yuxong, how about you come be the Mechanical Master?"

"Urge, urge, all you know how to do is urge!" Lu Ying cursed, "Even the Beihai Lord won’t be able to watch any earlier than we do."

"You don’t even have this bit of patience. No wonder you got eliminated in the first round."

"Don’t be angry, Mr. Lu, hahaha, I was just joking." Seeing Lu Ying about to snap from being rushed, Ye Yuxong hurriedly laughed it off and shut his mouth.

"There it is! There it is!" Long Xiao suddenly pointed at the Water Mirror ahead.

"Splash~" The flowing water rippled, then quickly calmed, revealing a green world.

...

Man Ya 2436, the gate opened, and a strong light shone into the green waiting room.

The intense light made it impossible to open their eyes. Zhao Xing felt a powerful pull, and in the next second, he appeared in the sky above a green continent.

The Star Mirror trembled slightly; Zhao Xing immediately split off a trace of his mind to read the question prompt.

[Zhao Xing of the Beihai Star System, you have been assigned to the Man Ya No. 2436 assessment Small World.]

[This realm is a ’troop’ Small World, filled with all kinds of plant Life, covering every category of plant.]

[All plant Life is in a ’wild’ state; once you get close, you will be attacked immediately.]

[The second-round assessment is divided into two stages in total.]

[In the first year, you must select and subdue plant troops.]

[There are a total of 1,000,000 contestants in the Man Ya Small World 2436. The number of plant troops at the Great Divine Power Realm is only 1,000, and plants at the Small Divine Power Realm number only 10,000. They are numbered from 1 to 11,000. The remaining Realm plant troops total 1,000,000.]

[After one year, in the Man Ya No. 2436 Small World, the earth veins will undergo a large-scale ’collapse’, and the entire Small World’s space will shrink accordingly.]

[The only things that can resist the ’collapse’ are those 1,000 Great Divine Power Realm plant troops that have been artificially modified.]

[Each person can obtain only one Great Divine Power Realm plant troop, and once subdued its exact location will be broadcast in real time to all participants.]

[Those who remain alive after the collapse ends are eligible to participate in the third-round trial!]

[Countdown: one year]

After reading, Zhao Xing immediately activated Soul Heavenly Vision, amplifying his senses to search for wild plant troops.

Right now he had to race against time!

"A million Ministers of Agriculture, but only 1,000 slots."

"The so-called ’collapse’ means this Small World will continuously weaken and ultimately come to an end."

"By then the space will be unstable to the extreme and will be accompanied by extremely terrifying natural disasters."

"The key now is to seize those 1,000 special plant troops."

"A million people fighting over 1,000 special plant troops. Subduing them isn’t all—you also have to survive with them."

While quickly parsing the prompt, Zhao Xing also began scanning at high speed.

Because during the prior inspection, all the plant troops in his body had been sealed, at the moment he basically had nothing at all.

He could only subdue "competition troops."

No weapons were issued; even the Vestment robe he wore was the kind of cheap junk that shattered at a single touch.