"...Third platoon, second squad!"
Upon hearing the na of his squad, Chen Rong's expression imdiately beca serious. Like a basketball coach, he clapped his hands at Zhao Pinglei and the others:
"Everyone, line up quickly, it's about to be our turn."
About thirty seconds later, the silver door opened from the inside, and another squad of warriors filed out.
They were the warriors of the third platoon, first squad, who had undergone 'sensory testing' just before Chen Rong and his companions. They were elites among elites.
Chen Rong and his group exchanged nods with a few familiar faces from the first squad as a greeting, and then, under the guidance of the testing personnel, they entered the detection room.
The interior of the testing room was over 300 square ters, sowhat resembling a gym equipnt room, with two square areas marked by lines near the doorway, one white and one red.
At the end of the two areas was a sealed room.
It was clear that the testing would take place inside the room.
Once the entire third platoon, second squad was in position, a man in a white coat slowly approached.
The man in the white coat had a square face and a burly figure, resembling soone who would remain composed even if Mount Tai were to collapse before him.
Such people were quite common in the military. They might not be particularly handso, but they gave off a sense of reliability.
The man in the white coat was holding a list. After approaching Chen Rong and the rest, he spoke:
"Those who haven't been tested, please stand in the white zone for now. After testing, stand in the red zone. You may leave once all testing is complete. Who is Lin Hua?"
Upon hearing the na called by the white coat, a dium-height warrior in the group stepped forward:
"I am Lin Hua."
The man in the white coat nodded, gesturing for Lin Hua to follow him.
When the two reached the outside of the sealed room, another staff mber handed Lin Hua sothing resembling an eye massager and guided him to put it on.
After about twenty or thirty seconds of fiddling, Lin Hua was guided into the room, with soone supporting him by the shoulder.
Two minutes later, the door opened, and Lin Hua walked out of the room looking normal.
He walked properly to the red zone, then winked and raised his eyebrows at the crowd, indicating that the testing process was very simple and not difficult at all.
However, since there were outsiders present and the surroundings were relatively empty, Lin Hua limited himself to those gestures and didn't verbally communicate the process.
Next, the man in the white coat called out:
"Zhao Pinglei!"
"Here!"
....
"Fan Aisheng!"
"Here!"
.....
"Chen Rong!"
Upon hearing his na, Chen Rong quickly stepped forward:
"Here!"
Then, like the rest of his squad, he was taken to the entrance of the room and fitted with a chanical eye shield.
Just as Chen Rong put on the eye shield.
Inside the testing room, a female researcher looked up and said:
"Biological light-blocking feedback from experint target 1205 has been received. Confirmation that the target has been blinded by the light shield. He can be brought in now."
Soon, Chen Rong, wearing the eye shield, was guided into the room by the staff.
The room was tiled with non-slip ceramics, which offered excellent grip, but the downside was that walking on it made quite a bit of noise.
Da-da-da—
"That's enough, stop."
Upon hearing the stop command, Chen Rong imdiately halted his steps.
Then, he heard further instructions from the staff:
"Comrade Chen Rong, there is a table about 20 centiters in front of you. Please reach out and feel it... very good.
Soon, several glass objects will appear on the table. After touching them, describe their shapes and sizes.
The relevant experint comprises five rounds, with ten seconds of contact ti per round.
Additionally, none of these objects have sharp edges; feel free to touch them without worrying about hand injuries. Do you understand the rules?"
Chen Rong nodded: "Understood."
"Now please hover your hands above the table without touching it. In three seconds, the table will open and the objects will rise."
Chen Rong obediently complied.
Soon, a slight clicking sound ca from the table.
Soon, an object slowly rose from within.
"Comrade Chen Rong, you may start touching."
Following the prompt, Chen Rong tentatively tapped down with his index finger first.
After feeling sothing cold, he covered it with his entire palm.
Ten seconds flew by.
"Ti's up, please let go and describe the shape of the object."
Chen Rong released his hand and organized his words:
"Report, this should be a human-shaped glass sculpture, about thirty centiters tall, uh... it seems to be a female figure; I felt hair."
The tester's voice remained steady and didn't indicate whether Chen Rong's assessnt was correct:
"Please prepare to touch the next item."
Another ten seconds went by.
"A wine goblet commonly seen in Western dining, the kind used for red wine, about twenty centiters tall, with a base diater of five or six centiters."
"Continue."
With the touching of the first two objects, Chen Rong's initially tense mood was completely relaxed.
Indeed, just as the instructor had ntioned before the physical exam, this was essentially a basic assessnt test, only slightly more challenging than a colorblindness test.
To understand better,
the colorblindness test was arguably the easiest part of all physical exams, where reading numbers from a booklet was all it involved.
Soon, the third object slowly rose.
Chen Rong extended his hand to touch it once more.
As he touched it, a hint of a smile involuntarily tugged at the corner of his mouth.
The third item was even simpler than the previous two; it was a very regular circle, slightly larger in diater than his palm.
Thus, before the ten seconds were up, Chen Rong was ready to give his answer:
"This is a ball..."
Bang—
Right before he could finish speaking, about four or five ters away from him—where Chen Rong judged there to be a wall—a loud crash suddenly echoed.
It sounded like so piece of equipnt had dropped to the floor.
Out of instinct, Chen Rong wanted to remove his chanical eye shield to see what was happening, but imdiately rembered that this was the system's hospital, noted for its security and responsiveness.
In theory, nothing particularly serious could have occurred.
Based on the sound of the crash, it was probably just sothing like a laptop falling to the floor.
Such incidents, though rare, could indeed occur in certain confined spaces.
If he rashly removed his eye shield, it might affect his test results.
Thus, he restrained the urge to take off the eye shield and instead called out to the square-faced man in the white coat beside him:
"Comrade, did sothing happen?"
"It's nothing major. Don't remove your eye shield. Xiao Ming, stay with this comrade. I'll go check it out."
It was clear that the last part of the white coat's statent was directed at another staff mber.
No doubt about it.
The white coat spoke with a strong, powerful voice filled with conviction.
It was as if everything was under control, instilling a sense of trust in Chen Rong.
An undeniably reliable comrade.....
Chen Rong remained standing there, listening to the steady footsteps of the man in the white coat.
A mont later, the sound of a door opening reached his ears.
After another thirty seconds,
Chen Rong suddenly heard a dull thud again, this ti louder than the first.
It was like soone had accidentally bumped into the wall.
Fifteen minutes later.
At the Modu Base Camp, an urgent phone ring pierced the air.
As Qin Zhendong picked up the receiver, he heard a hurried male voice:
"Boss Qin, a warrior has tested positive for a singular spiritual root—the first native, non-mutated singular spiritual root to appear here!!"
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