Chapter 833

Chapter 833: Vol V Chapter 193

After about half a month, there were enough mid-ranked adventurers recruited for the purpose of this experiment .

A total of 49 was recruited—Sui Xiong felt that his value as a “commander” was definitely not a match for Lennard, so he slashed the number he recruited by half . At the same time, he felt that “49” seemed more superior than “50,” so again, he reduced the number by one .

Compared to nearly 500 applications, this admission rate, that was less than one-tenth of the total number who applied, was simply… a matter, of course . Neither the applicants nor the staff of the Republic of Northwest felt anything was wrong .

When a Legendary Master recruited a student with requirements that were lowered to the level of middle rank, the selection should be relatively more demanding . It would not be right if the selection was carried out without appropriate discrimination between the good and bad .

If that was the case, the applicants would be somewhat worried instead . Because that would mean this senior master did not have his heart in this matter and was just casually selecting a few people .

Now, judging from how this senior did not even recruit a whole number of 50 people, it could be seen that he had certainly made the selections very carefully . Out of all the applicants that had been selected, some were outstanding in their own right, and some were not as outstanding; but most likely, they would possess some kind of undiscovered potential . In short, there was definitely not a single applicant who was recruited just for the sake of making up the numbers .

This made the selected applicants swell with confidence instantly while those who were not selected were filled with envy .

As for those who protested or had their suspicions… the standard of living in this world was much lower than that of Earth . A relatively harsh society would not be able to cultivate selfless and hopelessly kind people who were brimming with sympathy . If the weak ones were not humble enough before the strong ones, people would see them as asking for a good beating . No one would show them any tinge of sympathy .

No one would shower any fool who had a mind block with something as precious as sympathy . Like some people on Earth who would climb over high walls and cross barbed wires, run all the way to face a tiger just to deliver something right to the doorstep, in this world, there was no way anyone could get even a little bit of sympathy . On the contrary, people would doubt if this fool had eaten something that would lead him into a state of extraordinary excitement, or if this fool was mentally unsound in the first place…

Benevolence and philanthropism were possible on the premise of comfortable living conditions . This was why in developed areas, the caring Virgin Mary, who loved every living creature, was commonly seen . But in the poor and barren areas, there were only tough men who had to clench their teeth to stomach all their blood and tears . This was nothing acquired or nurtured . It was merely an outcome of being eliminated through a cruel process of natural selection .

As compared to these applicants, the staff of the Republic of Northwest did not put in as much thought . They were just filled with respect for the senior masters from their own countries . From their point of view, it was reasonable for the senior masters of their country to have more demanding requirements when recruiting students . Honestly, an admission rate of about 10% was in fact, quite high .

There was nothing wrong with the way they thought . Assuming a mid-ranked adventurer was the equivalent of a common undergraduate from an ordinary reputable school, then a Legendary Master would be the equivalent of a Nobel Prize winner or the heavyweights in the world of academia who ran large research institutions . When such a person wished to recruit researchers, he ought to select from the top students of a reputable school . And now, since he had lowered his requirements, then the selection should be slightly stricter . This was a matter, of course .

Sui Xiong did, however, felt some sympathy for those who were not selected . After a brief consideration, he decided to give everyone who came to submit their application for some traveling expenses . The reimbursement for traveling expenses was not a lot, just the amount they required to travel from their hometown to the Void City and back again . It was just the expenses for the round-trip journey .

This windfall was a pleasant surprise that made the disqualified applicants overjoyed, while the selected ones were simply elated . It seemed like this senior was a very generous and kind man . To them, this was obviously a good thing .

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Soon, they would realize that they were wrong .

Sui Xiong was indeed a generous and kind man, but that definitely did not mean that he could not transform into a devil instructor .

To avoid being recognized, whenever he appeared before these trainees, he would transform himself into someone with a height of nearly three meters and a weight conservatively estimated to be around five to six hundred pounds . He would be fully-bodied with muscles and looked as ferocious as granite . Only his face would bear some resemblance to that of a normal human so that at least he would not be seen as a monster .

This appearance was inspired by a comic that Sui Xiong had read before he traversed worlds, but he had forgotten the name of the comic . He remembered there was a very handsome young villain with a buzz cut who wore a pair of sunglasses on normal days . But the moment there was an outbreak of combat power, his muscles would undergo an exponential expansion, even to the extent of becoming something like armor .

In that comic, this villain was not actually considered to be particularly strong . According to the later plot of the comic, it seemed he did not even make it to the second line . But his stance as a master was certainly admirable . As compared to another villain who was just as powerful and handsome, but with a split personality, his “power” had a clear positioning . Whether physically or mentally, he was an unassailable character . The feeling people would have upon seeing him would be like “Ah! That’s what a powerful villain should be!”

“Hello,” Sui Xiong greeted . In the guise of an extremely burly man, Sui Xiong looked at the group of trainees who had changed into the same uniform with a ferocious look . Managing to show a trace of “amiable” smile on a face with cheeks that seemed to be bulging with muscles as well, he said, “I abhor nonsense . Whatever you all should know, I will naturally tell you in due time . So, let us first do some warm-ups . ”

With that, he did a few stretches of his neck and made a distinct crack sound .

“Follow me, I’ll take you all to the warm-up grounds . ”

The so-called “warm-up grounds” was an integrated open-air gymnasium . Sui Xiong had put a few sets of every kind of fitness equipment that he ever had an impression in this gymnasium . And along with it, there was running track that was well-made with even finishing and elasticity .

“Start training the way you all are accustomed to, and stop only when you have practiced to the point where you feel exhausted,” Sui Xiong said . “This is a good way for me to see how you all usually train . ”

This request was not demanding . For warriors who had relied on their own efforts to reach the mid-ranked level, warming-up would mean nothing more than practicing to the point of profuse perspiration . This was nothing out of the norm .

The limit of an ordinary person was only up to the junior level . Wanting to break through this limit and comprehend one’s fighting spirit, one would have to experience the tough training . The purpose of the training was to seek out and uncover the internal potential of one’s body when in times of extreme exhaustion or to fight in life-or-death battles to stimulate one’s potential . Generally speaking, the vast majority were in the former situation . Even for the latter situation, there was no lack of tough training . An achievement of such a level had to be extremely tough, even for an aristocratic family .

So not a single trainee made any complaints or raised any doubts . They went straight to the fitness equipment .

The various fitness equipment was generally not complicated . Just by studying them for a while, it was easy to figure out a way to use them . So the trainees soon fell into full swing of their training and were all in high spirits .

The physique of Earthlings was much weaker than that of the warriors in this world . So they paid more attention to the details and comfort of the fitness equipment . As compared to the fitness machines in this world were quite effective but were more cumbersome, the Earth-style machines did not seem to work particularly better in any sense, but their comfort level was completely different .

The moment the trainees began to use the equipment they could feel the quality of these things right away . More than one of the wealthier trainees began to carefully study the equipment as they intended to put together such a set of fitness equipment in the exact same way when they returned home after the training ended .

Naturally, their thoughts were transparent to Sui Xiong and made him laugh . Inwardly . He had already contacted the church staff and given them a set of blueprints for them to make a few samples to be placed in the stores of the Void City . He wanted to see if these samples could be sold or not .

It would be interesting if something like this could be made popular…

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