Chapter 75: What Bad Luck
Chapter 75: What Bad Luck
This new recruit assessment was far too easy for Xu Yan,
who already had all three levels of his Tree World skills unlocked.
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The Power of Tree World Fruits
With Tree World Fruits,
Xu Yan could produce 48 fruits per day.
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Each fruit could grant a friendly unit immunity
to all curses and poison effects for four hours.
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During this period,
if the unit was attacked by poison or a curse,
they wouldn't just resist it—
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All the damage would be converted into healing instead!
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Even more absurd,
there was no level restriction on enemies.
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Even if the opponent was Level 100…
as long as their attacks were curse- or poison-based,
they would heal Xu Yan instead of harming him.
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An Unkillable Tank
With so many poisonous beasts around,
Xu Yan felt like he was surrounded by moving healing fountains.
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He couldn't die even if he wanted to.
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With this setup,
all he needed to do was choose the most poisonous beasts,
kill 500 of them,
and rack up 5,000 points to pass the recruit assessment.
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It was as easy as breathing.
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They had two months to complete the assessment,
but in Xu Yan's mind,
ten days would be more than enough.
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Randomly Assigned Teammates
Xu Yan's team was randomly paired with another team
for the first day of the recruit assessment.
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This assignment wasn't permanent.
After the first day,
recruits were free to form their own teams.
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The instructor finished explaining the assessment rules,
and each recruit was given a special bracelet
to track their kills and points.
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Under the instructor's orders,
the recruits were split into groups
and sent to different camps.
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Due to a shortage of personnel
on the fourth line of defense,
Xu Yan's batch was assigned to Recruit Camp No. 36
in the south of the city.
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Arrival at Camp No. 36
Upon arrival,
Xu Yan's team realized just how many recruits
were in this camp—
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nearly a thousand.
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The four of them found an empty spot,
set up their tents,
and waited for their recruit assessment to begin the next morning.
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The Instructors' Concerns
As the new recruits settled in,
several instructors gathered around a roster
and immediately frowned.
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"Since when was there a rivalry
between Dayan City and Baitan City?"
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"They sent FOUR recruits…
"And THREE of them are LIFE professionals!?"
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"And they're only Level 12!?"
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"Even though this is just a recruit assessment,
"this is also considered SUPPORT for Baitan City."
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"Is the Dayan City Military Region trying to be perfunctory?"
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Doubts About Xu Yan's Team
"At first, I thought they were just younger than the other recruits."
"I didn't pay much attention."
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"After all, special recruitments happen sometimes."
"But I didn't expect THIS."
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"And they didn't even request veteran supervision?"
"That could be dangerous. There have already been accidents in this recruit assessment."
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"If something happens to them, the higher-ups will hold us accountable."
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Another Perspective
"An accident?"
"It's actually the opposite.
"Out of everyone, THEY are the LEAST likely to have an accident."
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"At most, they'll just stand on the city wall
"and refuse to go down."
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"Yeah, that's probably it."
"A lot of recruit teams don't request veterans
"because they just want to gain experience safely."
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"Whatever, let's not worry about them."
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"Besides, Dayan City has suffered three major beast sieges.
"Most of their elites have died.
"Just sending ANYONE to support us is already good enough."
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A Very Unhappy Team
Meanwhile,
the team that was paired with Xu Yan's group
was in a bad mood.
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Unlike Xu Yan's team,
their four members came from different cities
but were all strong recruits.
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They had expected to be paired with another capable team
so they could aim for a top 100 ranking.
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Instead,
when they saw Xu Yan's roster,
they were completely dumbfounded.
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Even after setting up their tents,
they were still grumbling.
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Complaints from the Other Team
"What terrible luck.
"How did we get randomly assigned to a team like THIS!?"
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"I've NEVER seen a team that dared
"to take THREE life professionals."
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"They even brought a COOK!"
"Do they think this is a PICNIC!?"
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"And their average level is only 12!?"
"I was already Level 12 when I was a freshman!"
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"They look young."
"They're probably special recruits."
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"But which military region has such LOW standards!?"
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The "Backdoor Theory"
"Probably got in through connections."
"It happens in some poorly regulated military regions."
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"Still, if you're going to cheat your way in…
"At least have COMMON SENSE!"
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"They're so weak, but they didn't request veteran supervision?
"Now they're just dragging US down!"
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"If they were under veteran supervision,
"they wouldn't even be ALLOWED to go down the city wall."
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"But now WE have to supervise them.
"And they won't listen to US recruits."
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Dreams Crushed
"I originally thought we could complete the recruit assessment in TWO WEEKS,
"break into the top 100,
"and get our names on the recruit leaderboard."
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"Now, on the VERY FIRST DAY,
"we get paired with dead weight."
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"I just hope they don't get themselves killed."
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"Because if they do, we won't be allowed to act alone."
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"Damn it… the recruit assessment rules force us into random teams for the first day."
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"We can't even swap them out!"
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"This is just BAD LUCK."
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"Forget it. Let's just sleep."
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"Tomorrow, we'll swap them out."
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End of Chapter.