Chapter 266 A-Level Exploration Certificate Exam
In a few days, Zhou Lu went from an unknown person to a unique genius in history.
The key is that his genius has been proven in actual combat and is not the product of deliberate hype.
This made him directly become the target of many forces.
However, Zhou Lu rejected all these solicitations.
He doesn't have the time to get involved in this kind of thing now.
Hanabi's improvement in strength is the top priority.
After several days of preparation, Zhou Lu finally waited for the day of the A-level exploration certificate exam.
The A-level exploration certificate examination did not bring the intensity to a quasi-god level.
After all, it is an exam, so how can it be possible for everyone to fail.
However, even if the target of the battle is a third-level spiritual pet, it is still the top being of the same level.
In this exploration certificate exam, the enemy Zhou Lu and Hua Huo Suo had to face was the third-level two-winged Charmander.
As a rare dragon-type spiritual pet, the strength of the small fire dragon cannot be underestimated.
Although Hua Huo was already a fourth-level quasi-god, Zhou Lu still tried his best to formulate plans and tactics when facing a battle with conflicting attributes.
The exam location is located in a limited-open A-level volcanic secret realm.
When Zhou Lu arrived, there were not many people in the entire exam preparation hall.
This is not because he came late, but because the threshold for the A-level exploration certificate exam is so high.
There are only a few third-level beast masters who dare to challenge the A-level secret realm.
And how could a fourth-level beast master be common?
Therefore, very few people actually take the Level 4 Exploration Certificate exam.
Not long after Zhou Lu sat down, he heard a call.
Then he saw a man being taken out of the secret realm in a very embarrassed state by the security teacher.
"Is this a Charmander?"
"Who raised this little fire dragon?"
He was in shock and cursed.
Zhou Lu watched the other party leave, and couldn't help but become interested in the little fire dragon inside.
I don’t know if I can give Hanabi some surprises.
The A-level volcano secret realm is much hotter than the volcano during the last B-level exploration certificate examination.
Zhou Lu stood there and could feel his lungs being burned just by breathing.
He raised his eyebrows slightly.
It seems that this exam will test not only the spiritual pets, but also the beast masters.
If the beast master does not make enough preparations, no matter how powerful the spiritual pet is, it will easily be in vain.
Fortunately, since Zhou Lu suffered a loss in the Snow Mountain Secret Realm last time, he has made adequate preparations for almost every secret realm exploration.
He quickly took out the fireproof suit he got from Li Yi.
The moment his respiratory system opened, Zhou Lu felt that his breathing became much easier.
Although Hanabi on the side is a plant, she is much stronger than Zhou Lu.
It gathered its leaves and covered its body with mucus, stupefyingly resisting the critical attack from the environment.
"Very good, let's go up then." Zhou Lu picked up the temperature detection instrument in his hand and said to Hua Huo.
When it comes to the A-level exploration certificate exam, the rules no longer completely prohibit the use of beast-controlling technological props.
If someone can really pass the A-level exam by relying on technological products alone, then this technology can definitely lead human technology to soar - and that's without the assistance of mythical beasts.
Although human beast control technology is developing rapidly at present, there are not many key breakthroughs in terms of strength. Therefore, in battles with high-end combat power, it can only exist as an auxiliary at most.
Although Charmanders live in volcanic areas, they do not like boiling magma themselves, but prefer to survive in cooler areas near volcanoes.
Given a choice, no creature would actively put itself in a dangerous situation.
Zhou Lu soon discovered the tracks of the small fire dragon on the volcanic ash.
He knelt down and took out the Ghost Heart Purple Mushroom.
With the liberation of the Ghost Heart Purple Mushroom, the trajectory of Charmander's actions in the past period of time was revealed in front of Zhou Lu.
Zhou Lu did not hesitate and decisively pursued Hua Huo.
"Wait a minute!" But at this moment, Hua Huo seemed to have discovered something and called out to Zhou Lu.
"What's wrong?"
"The volcanic ash here seems to be very good!" Hanabi used her roots to stomp on the thick layer of volcanic ash on the ground, and then gave a perfect evaluation, "Shall we dig some and mix it back with nutrient soil?"
Although Hanabi is now completely free from the constraints of the soil, it still retains the habit of soaking in nutritious soil at night.
Zhou Lu didn't think there was any problem, so he squatted down with Hua Huo to collect the volcanic ash on the ground.
"President, why are you here?"
At this time, an uninvited guest was welcomed outside the Examination Hall of the Explorers Association.
His name is Ma Degong and he is the president of the New Guangdong Explorers Association.
The main purpose of coming here this time was actually for Zhou Lu.
Unfortunately, Zhou Lu happened to be taking an exam on the day he came.
So Ma Degong came to the Explorers Association without stopping.
Just like the previous Explorer Certificate Examination, in order to avoid anyone taking advantage of the mechanism and bugs, the content of the Explorer Certificate Examination is made public to the entire network, allowing all discerning people to check whether there are any violations.
As soon as Ma Degong arrived, he saw Zhou Lu digging volcanic ash with fireworks in the live broadcast.
no!
The promised quasi-god?
Where's the big fight I'm looking forward to? Why are you digging?
Zhou Luke didn't care about the opinions of outsiders at all.
After checking the state of the volcanic ash, he came to the same conclusion as Hanabi.
The quality of these volcanic ash is excellent, and somehow it is full of all the basic nutrients needed for the growth of Hanabi. It can be said to be the perfect nutrition for Hanabi.
In a short time, Hanabi dug a lot.
At the same time, Charmander, who was waiting for the candidates to come over, was feeling depressed.
If I remember correctly, should I have received notification of the entrance of the candidates?
Why hasn't anyone come yet?
Could something happen?
Charmander, who was ready to fight, left his place out of worry and began to look for traces of Zhou Lu and Hua Huo.
Their traces are not difficult to find. After all, a flash of green suddenly appears in the crater. Unless the Charmander is under the eyes, it will be discovered at once.
When he saw Zhou Lu and Hanabi digging the soil, Charmander suddenly couldn't hold himself any longer.
no!
Taking the exam now!
Can you be more serious?
Charmander was about to give them a good look, but found that his body suddenly couldn't move.
Several vines suddenly sprang out from the void, binding the little fire dragon tightly in the sky.
no?
What ability is this! ? Charmander looked at the vines on his body in surprise.
Space system?
This was Charmander's mistake.
Although Hanabi has absorbed some space-based abilities, the move she used to tie up Charmander was just a little bit of his creativity.
The branches of the little grass can now shrink to the size of mosquitoes.
Hanabi only needs to control the intensity of the vines released by these branches to create the effect of a vine being ejected from one branch.
Judging from the picture, it seems as if vines appeared out of thin air and wrapped him tightly.
Charmander tried to break free.
It unfolded its complete form, and at that moment the flames lit up the sky.
The huge little fire dragon basically appeared in a way that covered the sky and the sun.
With such a size, it is definitely considered huge among the Charmanders.
However, this struggle is in vain.
In fact, the battle ended the moment Hanabi caught Charmander with a vine.
Although there is a restraint relationship between the two parties in terms of attributes, Hanabi has a higher rank and is blessed by mucus. Ordinary flames cannot enter its body at all.
The gap between the third level and the fourth level is like a chasm, and not all spiritual beasts can cross it.
Even Hanabi, after accumulating so many attribute bonuses, has never been able to fight from level 3 to level 4.
At least in terms of the position of spiritual pets, it is almost impossible to challenge someone above level three.
However, Zhou Lu was not in a hurry to let Hanabi defeat Charmander directly, but controlled it temporarily.
Zhou Lu would never give up on such high-quality soil materials.
Even if it is not added as a soil material, there is no problem at all as a natural fertilizer.
Once Charmander is defeated, their temporary infiltration qualification will be instantly canceled, and even the characters will be ejected out of the secret realm.
Zhou Lu didn't want to leave the secret realm so soon.
With this thought, Zhou Lu hung the little fire dragon there like a kite.
Seeing this scene, Ma Degong was a little nervous.
No, can it still be like this?
This is an exam! Have you considered this as a test?
But Ma Degong couldn't say anything about this, because theoretically, the trapped Charmander was indeed not defeated, because it still had a chance to resist.
This damn mountain is the mountain of our association!
What really made Ma Degong feel pain was Zhou Lu's crazy digging behavior.
No. 3 volcanic ash, as a very high-quality fertilizer raw material, can be said to be famous throughout the world.
This is an important source of income for the Explorers Association.
"Quick, give the notice! Tell them that the exam time is almost over!" Ma Degong looked at the rapidly decreasing volcanic ash and said anxiously to the staff.
When the staff heard this, they were slightly startled: "Is there such a rule?"
"Of course, Article 323." Ma Degong said quickly.
This rule requires that the exam be limited to five hours.
Although as an exam, it is normal to have a time limit.
But the reasons for the birth of these 323 are somewhat abstract.
Before this rule was born, many beastmasters would actually study some underworld routines to skip classes and obtain exploration certificates.
The most inhumane among them is Gou Huoliu.
The bosses in the exploration certificate exam are not real wild spiritual beasts. As long as they are spiritual pets, their owners will have some use for them.
At that time, as long as the opponent takes back their spiritual pets, these surviving beast masters will be able to pass the exam.
This urination-holding tactic is very time-consuming.
The most exaggerated time was when someone stayed in a temporary copy of the exam for a whole month, just to survive until the opponent's beast master couldn't help but take back his spiritual pet.
At that time, some people even threatened: "What's so difficult about the A-level exploration certificate exam? After entering the exam, just survive until the opponent's beast master dies suddenly, and you can pass the exam."
This is how the law of Article 323 was created.
Of course, after today, Ma Degong plans to add a new rule in the law that prohibits mining in exams.
Unfortunately, the regulations that appeared later did not apply to Zhou Lu.
According to the provisions of Article 323, anyone who has spent five hours safely in the examination copy can directly obtain the Discovery Certificate.
After all, anyone who can survive for five hours in that kind of environment is still a capable person.
In the real secret realm, they will not touch ruins that are too dangerous.
Of course, in order to prevent anyone from going deeper into Gouhuo Flow because of this law, all the spiritual pets tested after that were shown to be extremely aggressive.
Just like the little fire dragon this time, once the candidate does not appear in front of the spirit beast at the scheduled time, it will look for you.
Of course, all this has nothing to do with Zhou Lu.
After he came out of the secret realm, he met Ma Degong head-on.
Holding Ma Degong's business card, Zhou Lu greeted the other party in a gentle manner.
"I see that your new fourth-level spiritual pet hasn't been decided yet?" During the small talk, Ma Degong actually said clearly.
Hearing Ma Degong's words, Zhou Lu immediately knew that some people were taking action. He directly asked: "Are there any good options?"
Ma Degong then explained his intention: "Are you interested in representing New Guangdong Province in the competition organized by the Invalides?"
A competition organized by the Invalides?
When Zhou Lu heard this, he immediately became energetic.
Such competitions are often prepared by the mythical beasts in the Invalides to find suitable beast masters. ,
Is there another mythical beast planning to audition its master?
Zhou Lu thought about it and declined with a smile: "No need..."
"Aren't you interested in contracted beasts?"
"The main reason is that I am from Xin'an, so I can't sign up for the competition here?"
Hearing Zhou Lu's words, Ma Degong laughed loudly and repeatedly said no problem, no problem.
Zhou Lu didn't know how to refuse this attentive attitude.
However, Zhou Lu thought twice and rejected Ma Degong's invitation again.
It's not that he isn't interested in the contract with the divine beast.
He was just too interested.
If there is a divine beast by his side, Hanabi will be able to avoid many detours when evolving into a fifth-level true god.
But Zhou Lu always remembered Wu Sicheng's help to him.
If you really want to participate in the mythical beast contract competition, you should participate as a student of Xin'an Beast Control Academy, not as a student who is doing exchanges and learning without embarrassment.
Of course, Zhou Lu quickly put this matter aside.
For him, the matter of stacking attributes and growth of fireworks is more important.
Zhou Lu, who had this idea, basically came to the front desk of the Explorer Association as soon as the exploratory certificate exam was over and the certificate was officially issued.
He planned to first see what new additions there were to the A-level secret realm. There was no complete information on these on the Internet. They were "new games" that had just been launched. They were in a state of development and were considered the fastest way for novices to become stronger.
Zhou Lu was not in a hurry to open up wasteland, but found a secret place with a clear group of ruins, and planned to go there first to see if there was any "food" for fireworks.
(End of chapter)