Chapter 194 - 124 Examiner: Is this the fourth generation?_1
It was just past six in the morning.
Lu Ran and several others met outside the newly constructed "Jinling Beast Training Arena" in Jinling.
"I was so nervous I didn't sleep all night."
"Me too, more or less."
The folks from Lu Family Village were at a loss.
Beside them, Lu Ran and Fang Lan remained silent.
They had also been busy all night.
One of them studying "Thunder God Tactics," and the other "Fusion Skills" for a long time.
Fortunately, they were Beast Trainers with abundant energy, plus they had resources to keep them alert, so the lack of rest didn't bother them much.
"Let's go in," Lu Ran said with a yawn.
The Jinling Beast Training Arena had seating for an audience of fifty thousand people, but the number of candidates from Jinling didn't even reach one-tenth of that capacity, so it looked quite empty when they entered.
After all, the only ones sitting in the stands were the candidates themselves.
This preliminary evaluation was not made public; only related staff and candidates were allowed inside.
"These people really radiate energy," someone commented.
The number of people currently in the arena was quite exceptional because the assessments were scheduled in different time slots. Candidates with later numbers could come in at noon, afternoon, or even the next or third day. The Beast Training University's app already provided estimated times for the evaluations.
However, it seemed many candidates wanted to come early to scout out the situation.
At that moment, among Lu Ran's team, Lu Ran walked in front leading the way, with Fang Lan and Lu Bing following slightly behind on his left and right, and the remaining four trailed even further behind, resembling their approach to entering a Secret Realm where the strongest, Lu Ran, would charge ahead wreaking havoc while they gathered materials from behind...
"Candidates who have entered, please find your seats quickly without wandering around the field or corridors."
"Candidates with earlier evaluation numbers, please take seats at the front."
"The assessments will officially start at seven o'clock. Candidates who hear their number called, please quickly proceed to the combat area for Pet Beast Summoning. The next candidate should also reach the waiting area promptly…"
The Jinling Arena's broadcasts repeated the instructions non-stop. Lu Ran glanced at his watch, which showed six forty, so he spoke, "I might as well go wait in the candidate area now, it's only 20 minutes away."
"You guys find a place to sit."
"Sure," the few from the pig farm nodded.
"Go, Boss Lu!"
"I'll come with you," said Fang Lan. It was her turn right after Lu Ran was done.
"All right, then wait for me over there, I'll go to the restroom first…"
Fang Lan, speechless, said, "I'll wait for you outside the restroom then."
By now, at the candidates' waiting area leading to the central battle arena, a worker in uniform was already waiting.
Seeing Lu Ran and Fang Lan approach, he asked, "Are you candidate number one and candidate number two, right?"
"The evaluation will start soon. Please wait a moment and then you can pass through the gate with a facial scan."
"Thank you," Lu Ran and Fang Lan responded briefly.
Soon enough, the examiners took their places as well.
Three people wearing formal attire of various ages began to take their seats on the main podium, which had the best view in the entire venue. They were temporary third-generation Beast Trainers from the Stone City Association within the vicinity of the Infinite City number one.
For the sake of fairness, there were hardly any local second or third-generation Beast Trainers from Jinling present at the venue.
Then, a young man wearing a blue windbreaker also headed towards the arena.
These four individuals constituted the examiner team for the assessments. The man in the windbreaker was another third-generation Beast Trainer responsible for overseeing the battles, while the other three would sit on the podium to watch the contests and evaluate the candidates' strength.
If the battling examiner needed to rest, they would be replaced by another third-generation Beast Trainer from Stone City, where many backup examiners had been brought along.
"Candidate number 0001, please enter the arena for evaluation within two minutes."
"Candidate number 0001…"
After a while, the arena's PA system began announcing the progress of the evaluations.
"Good luck!" In the waiting area, Fang Lan waved her clenched fist, cheering Lu Ran on.
Although Lu Ran was strong, his opponent was a third-generation Beast Trainer, and Fang Lan worried he might get nervous; it was quite common for fourth-generation Beast Trainers to have difficulty defeating the third-generation ones.
"Yeah," Lu Ran replied with a smile lifting the corners of his mouth.
As Lu Ran stepped out, the battle examiner, the three scoring examiners, and the candidates sitting in the stands all turned their attention toward him.
"Lu Ran???" In the stands, Beast Trainers from Green Sea City gasped in surprise, causing a chain reaction as many other Green Sea Beast Trainers stood up to look towards the field.
They had come together in a group since they were from the same city's candidates pool, and the only ones absent were Lu Ran and Fang Lan, who had been quickly teleported by cats…
Seeing Lu Ran be the first to take the stage, they were all exceedingly surprised.
"He's actually the first one to be evaluated," Yang Xishuai said in astonishment, "Damn it, my lifetime rival—"
"The first one is our Green Sea City's 'Strongest Beast Trainer'," Lu Teng commented with a sneer. There was a constant debate among the fourth-generation Beast Trainers from Green Sea City about whether Lu Ran or Fang Lan was the strongest in the city.
Some firmly believed in the King of Sudden Death's overwhelming power, convinced that he might belong to a Dominator Species, and considered him stronger than the Five Poison Saintess.
Others argued that the Five Poison Saintess had once been on the Divine Pet List, deeming it unlikely that the King of Sudden Death was of a Dominator Species, and thus regarded her as stronger.
Regardless, these two were undoubtedly the strongest among Green Sea's fourth generation, and the Beast Trainers from Green Sea City were exceptionally eager to see how Lu Ran's evaluation would pan out.
Beyond them, there weren't many who recognized Lu Ran.
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With Infinite City number three spanning several provinces, even the explorers familiar with Lu Ran, who were also Beast Trainers from the third Infinite City, were not assigned to Jinling as their evaluation site.