On the day of the assessment, nearly a thousand explorer trainees put on the clothes prepared for them by the fortress - robes made of unknown materials with a white background and gold patterns on the front and a swirling galaxy pattern on the front. They entered the Babel Tower in an orderly manner with solemn expressions.

The interior of the Tower of Babel is a completely hollow structure. The surrounding silver-white walls are carved with complex and mysterious patterns. All kinds of colorful lights converge and surge toward the top.

This is a large-scale transmission device. Through such a Babel, the vast star field of the Human Federation can be connected to form a star field grid. A large amount of materials and personnel can be transmitted to various galaxies through this device, ultimately achieving cross-regional interoperability. .

In a bright and spacious hall on the lowest floor of the tower, thousands of people gathered here, discussing something in low voices.

At this time, the door on the side suddenly opened. A man wearing the same clothes as them, with a thick build and a beard, walked quickly to a platform one meter above the ground in front of the hall, took a deep breath and let out a thunderous sound. Yelled: "Everyone shut up! You rookies!"

The hearts of everyone who was looking at him curiously jumped, and their voices stopped.

The man with the beard had a pair of yellow eyes, like a tiger that chooses people to devour. He slowly swept across the crowd, a ferocious smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and shouted in a loud voice: "I am your examiner for this assessment. , Colonel Layton, one of the one hundred and eight bronze-level explorers of the Iron Fortress. Welcome to the Death Trial Field, rookies!"

"Buzz buzz..." Following Layton's words, steel columns rose up in front of all the students, with a silver-gray metal watch placed on the top of each column.

"Now, pick up the terminal recorder in front of you."

Everyone picked up the metal watch. The surface of the watch was a square crystal mirror with operation buttons on both sides. The chain strap was made of soft memory metal and could be completely fitted on the wrist.

"This terminal recorder will record all the information during your assessment, including your merit points related to whether you pass or fail the assessment. Don't worry about it being damaged. It is made of super titanium steel alloy and can withstand the power of a large-tonnage nuclear bomb explosion. . Of course, if you encounter an enemy that can destroy it, then congratulations, you are dead."

"The terminal will immediately record everything you do during the assessment and upload it to the central optical brain of the base simultaneously. So remember! During the assessment, you can form teams with each other, fight together, and even fight against each other, but you must not kill intentionally. Once discovered, all other assessors will be deemed to have failed the assessment."

There was a commotion in the crowd, but it quickly subsided. They had already understood the corresponding rules before arriving and were not surprised.

Layton was obviously aware of this, and said with his hands behind his back: "Very good! It seems that you all know what to do and what not to do. Rookies, activate your terminals next."

Upon hearing this, Alex tapped his finger on the only human-shaped icon in the center of the terminal mirror, and then felt a slight pain in his wrist as if he had been stung by an insect, and a small metal probe stained with blood retracted back.

A burst of digital turbulence was displayed on the crystal mirror, and a soft electronic prompt suddenly came out, "Hey, student Alex, welcome to use the Steel Fortress terminal recorder, please choose the interface style."

At the same time, a shadow projection appeared above. It was a three-dimensional image of Alex. Next to the image, there were several background styles for the user to choose from.

Alex casually selected the background of the starry sky. The graphics in front of him changed, and the three-dimensional image suddenly changed. He put on a set of high-tech clothes and walked among the stars in the universe. At the same time, a blue light flashed from his wrist. Sweeping all over the body quickly.

“Student’s name: Alex

Age: 20 years old

Origin: Alpha Galaxy Daystar Klein Academy

No.: EB505

Physical condition: healthy

Status: Assessment student

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Merit value: 0 points. "

After the blue-ray scan is completed, a line of basic information suddenly pops up next to the character projection. If you click on a specific item, it can be expanded again to provide more detailed and accurate information.

For example, in the health section, one can measure one's heart rate, blood pressure and various basic values in detail. Furthermore, even DNA-level information can be analyzed in detail.

After confirming that everyone has been activated, Leiton nodded with satisfaction, a smile on his big bearded face: "This terminal recorder will accompany you throughout the assessment process and record your corresponding results. Now, you Final preparations can be made, and the specific assessment tasks will be released after arriving at the destination.”

After Layton finished speaking, he suddenly waved his hand, and a team of robots slid out from the walls on both sides, guiding everyone according to their respective colleges.

Alex and more than 20 students from Klein College took the elevator nearby. Various electronic blue lights flashed inside the elevator. Not long after entering, everyone only felt a slight shock in their bodies. When the elevator door opened again, it was already outside. A spacious hall.

In the room, Dean Rossbeard stood solemnly and had been waiting for a long time.

"Very good, you are all here." Rothbeard said with a calm expression.

"President!" Everyone bowed and saluted.

Rothbeard said in a deep voice: "The explorer assessment is very dangerous. You must go all out. If you encounter extreme circumstances, you can choose to give up this assessment. Rescuers will be there to search and rescue you."

Only a small number of students can pass the explorer assessment every year. The extremely high mortality rate is an unnecessary loss. Each assessment student can give up the assessment at any time. Of course, the assessment area is very dangerous, and it is very likely that when the search and rescue personnel arrive, they will only bring back the remains of the students' bodies.

Later, Rothbeard explained in detail what needs to be paid attention to in this assessment. Most of them are precautions summed up by previous students when they took the assessment, as well as emergency methods for unexpected changes.

Given Dean Rothschild’s usually indifferent and taciturn character, it is hard to imagine that he would talk so much at once.

All the students were moved and silently took notes.

Finally, Rothschild put his right hand in a hollow hand across his chest, looked solemnly, glanced at everyone, and said in a deep voice: "Gentlemen, may the light of the stars shine on your path forward."

All the students present stood upright and saluted together: "We will never stop!"

…

There are three shuttle ships that pick up and drop off the students for assessment. The 100-meter-long battleship is wide in the middle and narrow at the ends, like a silver-gray spindle. One thousand, five hundred students are evenly distributed on the three shuttle ships, and they go to three places at the same time. Trial location.

everything's ready.

"Shuttle ships FB15, FB16, and FB17, requesting sortie orders!"

"The order is confirmed, the shuttle ships FB15, FB16, and FB17 are allowed to attack. I wish you good luck!" A signal came from the control tower.

The next moment, with a buzzing engine sound, the tails of the three warships ignited with a "boom", and the anti-matter engines stimulated pale flames and shot out rapidly.

After the shuttle ship passed through the long indoor apron, its speed suddenly increased. The bow of the ship drew a large curve and suddenly headed upward, shooting straight along the passage of the Tower of Babel!

"The engine power is approaching its peak..."

"Sublight propulsion and super-light acceleration..."

"Stimulate... wormhole reaction..."

"Get ready to jump..."

"Countdown 3, 2, 1..."

"shuttle!"

A black "hole" suddenly appeared on the top of the Babel Tower, and the shuttle ship plunged into it.

The surrounding airflow was extremely unstable, and there was a violent jolt that almost threw people out of their seats. When everyone came to their senses, the shuttle ship had completed the "jump" mission and was in the dark universe.

Behind the shuttle ship, a black hole visible to the naked eye was "closing" rapidly. After a while, no trace could be seen anymore.

In the shuttle ship, many students experienced this space shuttle technology for the first time. They whispered to each other and looked excited. Some students had calm expressions and closed their eyes to rest.

After a while, everyone's excitement gradually calmed down. Perhaps due to the upcoming explorer assessment, another tense atmosphere filled the air among everyone.

The shuttle ship adjusts its position in the universe and flies towards its distant destination. Through the portholes on both sides, you can see countless shining stars in distant time and space.

A few hours later.

"Didi..." Suddenly, a rapid signal sound attracted everyone's attention, and a light screen automatically popped up above the watch on the wrist, with a line of large characters appearing on it:

"Destination: Four, the fourth resource planet in the Gema star system, Humanity's No. 3 mining base.

Mission description: A small psionic crystal mine was discovered on Four, the fourth resource planet. A branch of the Zerg tribe focused on the planet and launched a crazy attack. Their offensive was in full swing, and various human bases experienced a large number of attrition. Phenomenon.

Warriors, your mission is to support each mining base, eliminate the Zerg's effective forces as much as possible, and at the same time accumulate enough merit points.

Calculation method of merit points: Killing engineer bugs will get 1 merit point, killing war bugs will get 5 merit points, killing saberpods will get 10 merit points, killing flying bugs will get 50 merit points, killing fire bugs will get 50 merit points. Obtain 100 merit points, kill tank bugs to get 500 merit points, kill plasma bugs to get 1,500 merit points, kill tiger leapers to get 5,000 merit points, and kill zerg warlords to get 10,000 merit points.

Note 1: The amount of merit points required for the explorer assessment is 10,000. Merit points cannot be traded. After expiration, those with insufficient merit points or death will be deemed to have failed the assessment.

Note 2: Merit points can be exchanged for base equipment and supplies.

Mission duration: 1 year. "

Everyone was shocked when they saw the mission information.

At the same time, a huge earth-yellow planet appeared outside the window in everyone's field of vision. The huge celestial body lay across one side of the spacecraft, slowly rotating in the dark and endless space...