CHAPTER 1001: CHAPTER 999: THERE ARE 666 MORE AS AWESOME AS ME

"What’s the Legend of the Soldier King?" Gou Dan asked, puzzled.

"I told you to read more novels and not just watch useless livestreams. It’s so cool to dominate the battlefield, make your own people admire you, and scare the enemy to the point they wet themselves!"

"Dean, you’re almost 30. How can you still be so childish?" Gou Dan couldn’t help but roll his eyes. Pretending to be impressive seemed to be something engraved in the Zhang Menglong family’s DNA, so Gou Dan wasn’t surprised.

"A man remains youthful until death, you know nothing!" Zhang Menglong retorted.

...

"Officer, let’s start, how do we choose?" Some people in the crowd couldn’t hold back any longer.

Xinuoke walked to a machine and patted it casually, "Do you see all these? This is our latest strength and speed testing instrument. The requirement is simple, if your strength and speed values exceed 100, you qualify for service. Does everyone understand?"

"It’s that easy?"

"I thought with so many of us we’d have to hold a tournament or something."

"This thing looks so fragile, won’t we break it with one punch?"

Hearing this simple requirement, everyone suddenly felt as if this exam was somewhat easy. They were all selected from various cosmic empires and were very confident in their strength and speed. Moreover, the number 100 didn’t seem very difficult.

"You can use your maximum strength and freely demonstrate the martial arts techniques you have learned in any form: fists, legs, Cosmic Origin Energy, all are allowed!" Xinuoke said.

"According to the numbers you’ve received, every 100,000 people form a group. Those who pass can board the spaceship behind me, those who fail, go back directly! Let’s start now!"

"The first group, prepare!"

"Xinas, go for it!"

"Jietuo, you’re the strongest in our civilization, you can definitely do it!"

Those waiting in the holding area were cheering for their companions.

"Strength test, begin!"

"Bang!"

Powerful crashing sounds echoed across the square, with everyone watching the numbers on the instrument. However, the results left everyone dumbfounded.

The first group of 100,000 people, and not a single person scored over 100. The highest number, pitifully, was only 68! As for the lowest, only 27!

"Impossible!"

"Why is it so low?"

"Xinas is the strongest among our Level Five life forms. He can even exert twice the strength of a typical Level Five peak life form. How can he not even reach 60?"

"If he can’t make it, we might not even hit 50!"

"Is there something wrong with this machine?"

"I’ve already used a Level Five martial art secret technique, how can I get just this score?"

But Xinuoke didn’t seem surprised at all. He shook his head, muttering to himself, "Level Five elementary civilization-selected people are just at this level. Hopefully, out of the billions here, at least 10 can meet the standard, and I’d be thankful."

"Second group, prepare!"

"Wait!" A contestant from the first group was evidently not satisfied with their results, "Officer, is there a problem with this machine?"

Xinuoke didn’t want to entertain his question, "Next group!"

"Officer!" The contestant continued, "Even if we are to be eliminated, at least let us understand how far we are from the standard. Giving us a cold, hard score without knowing what the numbers mean is frustrating."

Xinuoke laughed, the scars on his face twisting with the smile, but it was clear the words convinced him, "Since you want to know the gap, let’s give you a chance."

Xinuoke gestured to another warrior beside him. In that outer battlefield, a Level Six elementary life form could be a squad leader with up to 1000 Level Five life form team members. Every level higher increases by tenfold.

As a Level Six peak life form, Xinuoke commanded 1 million Level Five life form warriors. For this recruitment, he just brought a 10-member squad to assist him.

One of the team members stepped forward, Zhang Menglong could feel his life level was also at Level Five peak, yet he evidently had a different aura than 99% of the Level Five peak life forms present.

"Can you confirm that he’s also a Level Five peak life level like you?"

"Yes!"

"Since he can join your army, his strength must exceed 100, right? Let him try?"

"If he can do it, we’ll be convinced!"

"Okay!" Xinuoke gestured to the team member to give it a try.

The team member walked to the machine with an air of arrogance, "Anyone else want to test it again to avoid claims of tampering?"

"I’ll do it!" The prior Level Five life form stepped up, again scoring 57, but no one laughed because in that first batch of 100,000, a score over 50 was already in the top 20%.

"Watch closely." The team member lowered his center of gravity, using no Cosmic Origin Energy to enhance his strength. This punch was purely raw physical power.

"Bang!" The entire machine vibrated violently, and the numbers on the screen skyrocketed, finally stopping at 118.

The crowd gasped in shock as the pure physical strength surpassed by far what many achieved using Cosmic Origin Energy or special force techniques!

"He’s just an ordinary warrior in my unit. This is the most basic requirement for this recruitment. Any more questions?"

The whole arena was silent. Most understood they had no chance of getting that one-star Cosmic Coin retirement bonus.

"Second group!"

"Third group!"

Eight consecutive groups, yet no one passed the test, until the ninth group finally had someone whose strength barely reached 100 points.

"Number 783626 passed the strength test, please wait for the speed test after the strength test is complete!"

As the first to pass the strength test, that individual instantly gained attention and envious glances.

"10th group!"

"11th group!"

...

"32nd group!"

"It’s my turn!" As the numbers were randomly generated, people from the Twin Whales Cosmic Empire weren’t in the same group. This candidate was Liu Yunyi’s cousin, Liu Yunhao, aged 19, having been at Super God Academy for more than 4 years, where he studied at Theological Academy, majoring in combat skills.

"Boss, should I use full strength?"

"Nonsense, if you’re showing off, it has to be impressive, but no need to reveal all your cards, half strength is enough."

"Got it!"

Liu Yunhao walked to the machine, while others were focused, he seemed absent-minded, mumbling to himself.

"How should I attack? With combat skills? Would that be too ostentatious?"

"If I don’t use them, would I be too low-key and not cool enough?"

...

"Begin!"

"Whatever, just hit it casually!"

"Bang!" With a loud crash, the machine shook violently, even dragging a track several centimeters on the ground, an effect even the soldier under Xinuoke hadn’t achieved!

"237 points!"

"What the hell?"

"What kind of monster is that?"

"Who is that?"

The crowd gasped in shock.

"237 points?" Even Xinuoke’s pupils dilated several-fold upon seeing the number.

Out of the tens of thousands of batches of warriors recruited so far among Level Five life forms, the highest score was only 162, and Liu Yunhao surpassed it by 75 points!

Xinuoke personally moved from his supervisory position to Liu Yunhao’s side and said, "You... are quite impressive!"

"It’s nothing!" Liu Yunhao touched his nose, "I’m just moderately awesome. With me this awesome, there are 666 more to come."