Chapter 343 Practice Assessment Task_1

Under the scorching sun, Fang Yuan and his team had finally disbanded after sorting into groups, and then they collectively headed to the cafeteria for a meal.

The food in this cafeteria... It's difficult to describe, Fang Yuan suspected they had just boiled some vegetables in salt water.

In the afternoon, the classes were reorganized, and 8 teams of 5 students each were called together.

"Listen up! Tomorrow, you will undergo your first team training exercise. The only time you have to get used to working with each other is this afternoon. If you have any questions, you can only ask me today!"

"Once you enter the mountain range tomorrow, if you don't want to come back disabled at level one or two, you all need to take this seriously!" their instructor shouted loudly at Fang Yuan and his group.

His name was Yue Xiong, an instructor from First Police School who had taught both newbies and experienced students, rich with experience.

Yue Xiong's gaze was sharp. As he scanned the students below, anyone who accidentally made eye contact with him would subconsciously look away.

Except for Fang Yuan...

Staring...

When Fang Yuan's gaze met the instructor's, he did not avert his eyes but kept on looking at him because he felt the presence of a Pokemon's wave motion coming from the instructor.

With concentrated spirit, Fang Yuan could subtly sense the variation in the emotions of the Pokemon, even though he was quite distant from the instructor.

Fang Yuan's superpower couldn't sense the emotions of a Pokemon through a Poké Ball, but if the Pokemon was outside, he should not be mistaken in his perception.

"The instructor's clothes aren't very big... What kind of Pokemon could be hiding inside his clothes without feeling suffocated?"

Fang Yuan suddenly realized that his superpower could also potentially be used as a Pokemon detector.

"You have one minute to choose a leader for each team, the requirement is that they must be a student from the Research Series. The team leader will then draw the task for the training exercise and register it. You only have one chance, and once chosen, there can be no exchanges," Yue Xiong continued.

A Research Series student as the team leader?

It seemed like some research task was about to be undertaken.

As the words fell,

Fang Yuan, Liang Shi Ran, Lin Sen, Cheng Lin, and Wang Xianchong, the group of five, huddled together.

Knowledge of outdoor survival is taught in the Research Series, and needless to say, the Combat Series as well. At this point, everyone was theoretically adept, lacking only in practical experience.

Of course, it didn't necessarily mean a lack of experience. Even an average city like Pingcheng had programs like the Newcomer Plan to develop the outdoor survival skills of new Trainers. Other freshers from Demon Capital University might already have some practical experience with the wilderness.

For families that could afford it, getting their children who are Trainers to go through such training wasn't a difficult task.

Lin Sen looked confident, apparently not too worried about wilderness training. The other two Trainers, Cheng Lin and Wang Xianchong, also seemed quite eager.

"You go ahead," Fang Yuan said to Liang Shi Ran.

There might be extra points for the team leader, but he did not want to compete with the ordinary students for that role. Such roles were no longer of much use to students at his level...

"Uh... But you would be more suitable to be the team leader..." Indeed, Liang Shi Ran really wanted to be the team leader, which was evident from her competition for the class leader position. For an ordinary student, taking on more roles in a prestigious school like Demon Capital University was indeed very challenging.

Fang Yuan said indifferently, "Alright, off you go."

"If he doesn't want to, then you can go." Lin Sen also chimed in, suggesting that having a girl issue orders was definitely better than letting Fang Yuan, that bastard, boss everyone around.

Cheng Lin and Wang Xianchong nodded as well, indicating they didn't care. After all, only Fang Yuan and Liang Shi Ran were Research Series students; no matter who was chosen, the team leader had nothing to do with them.

"Thank you, I'll treat you all to a meal when we get back." Liang Shi Ran's spirits lifted again. Though she verbally declined, her body honestly sprinted forward.

Then... she returned with a slightly shattered demeanor.

"My hand... is a bit unlucky." Liang Shi Ran showed everyone the result of the draw she had retrieved.

The dangerous training task was... to observe the hunting process of Nidoking and Nido Queen preying on other Pokemon, record it with photos and videos, and submit an observational research report.

"Damn..." Lin Sen cursed under his breath. The Nidoking and Nido Queen elf clans were undoubtedly some of the stronger ones in this mountain range. This task was probably one of the hardest.

Whether it's observing hatching, hunting, or extracting their poison pins or venom, it's all playing with fire, and one could easily be attacked if not careful.

Liang Shi Ran was just too unlucky.

"Well, at least it's not observing... um... their mating." Fang Yuan said, "Still, everyone should prepare themselves mentally. The process of Nidoking hunting might be quite brutal."

The food chain among Pokemon in the wild can be extremely cruel. A Trainer might capture Pidgey and Caterpie without issue, and they could coexist harmoniously, but in the wild... as soon as the Pidgey gets hungry, it could eat the Caterpie in a matter of seconds.

Of course, if the Caterpie was stronger than the Pidgey...

But such a scenario is unlikely in the wild; otherwise, the Pidgey would have a very hard time.

...

"This time's danger experience will pose an interesting challenge to the students. Let's wait and see."

Meanwhile, in a conference room at the training base, Master Zhuang Rui, the person in charge of this round of Demon Capital University freshers' danger experience, disclosed the arrangements for the experience to fellow teachers from Demon Capital University that hadn't been made public to the students.

The only information students were aware of included the three training assessments and the specific content of the training.

With lessons learned from the past, the new students had already inquired about everything from their seniors, knowing that the training wouldn't lead to serious injuries. There weren't any wild Pokemon in the Muhai Mountain Range that would pose an insurmountable challenge, even for five combined Trainers. So, most freshers' mindset was that this was just an outdoor field test with little danger, as teachers would protect them.

Clearly, Master Zhuang Rui did not want the new students to participate in the training with such an attitude.

"Is everything arranged?" asked a Trainer instructor from Magic City University.

A group of instructors from the First Police School had planned to release a batch of Pokemon, specially trained by the police school and their own Pokemon, into the Muhai Mountain Range. These Pokemon were to be disguised as wild Pokemon to scare the students and add some pressure.

The Pokemon trained by the police school are naturally much more difficult to deal with than wild Pokemon. If students participated in the training with a slack mindset, this year's assessments could prove to be too tough to handle.

"Everything is arranged, and there won't be any issues. If necessary, we will even stage some life-or-death situations to give these students a taste of real danger. To be honest, normal training assessments are fine for the first few times, but after that they become too predictable. Changing the pattern will definitely yield better results," Master Zhuang Rui said calmly.

He was quite eager to see some of the Demon Capital University freshers panic under the salivation of professional-level Pokemon, barely escaping with their lives.