The technology of the new era had solved many problems that couldn't be solved in the old era, but some problems were still insurmountable, such as genetic stability.
Genetic stability was closely related to the probability of awakening an ability, but even the most advanced genetic medicine couldn't improve the genetic stability of an ability user.
To a certain extent, genetic stability was an important parameter to measure an ability user's talent.
The pollution index had a greater impact on an ability user.
Being polluted meant that one's lifespan was reduced, and it meant that one's ability could easily go out of control.
Although God's Sanctuary had surgery to remove pollution, the surgery was not only expensive, but it would also reduce the genetic stability of an ability user to a certain extent.
Therefore, it wasn't very practical.
The wilderness of the new era was full of all kinds of radiation pollution. Hunters who made a living in the wilderness must have accumulated a lot of pollution in their bodies.
The residents of God's Sanctuary had a natural advantage in this regard. God's Sanctuary had all kinds of radiation filtration devices that could protect them from radiation pollution.
Therefore, for most of the residents of God's Sanctuary, being transferred to a wilderness stronghold meant being exiled.
Looking at Kou Haitao, who was going through the tests one by one, Sun Jia's mood gradually became anxious.
Although Sun Jia didn't know Qing, he vaguely guessed that Qing was most likely from God's Sanctuary and was another backup plan for Ke Shoulin.
Since Ke Shoulin sent Qing as a trump card to stop Qi Yuan, he must have done these two tests in advance.
Although Qi Yuan was overflowing with talent, it was almost impossible for him to close the score gap with Qing through these two tests. It was very likely that Qing would continue to widen the gap.
The four-point gap was already very big. If this gap continued to widen, even if there was an additional test for the assistant researcher test, Qi Yuan's total score would be very difficult to catch up with Qing.
If the interfered willpower test was a heavy blow to Qi Yuan, then this Qing from God's Sanctuary was very likely to be a fatal blow to Qi Yuan.
Once the gap between the two of them was ten points, even if Qi Yuan got a full score in the final test, he wouldn't be able to surpass Qing.
Kou Haitao walked in front of Qi Yuan and was about to start the test when he suddenly stopped.
"Don't worry, wait for me to test the others, then you can test them!" Kou Haitao said.
Sun Jia's face sank. He knew that this was Kou Haitao's explanation to Tan Qiu. There was no strict standard for the scoring of these two tests. As the chief examiner, Kou Haitao had absolute authority. As long as there was no obvious deviation, no one could say that he had made a mistake.
Of course, Kou Haitao wouldn't do something that would ruin his own future for Qi Yuan. However, if he gave Qi Yuan one point for every project, even he wouldn't be able to find fault with it.
Although giving Qi Yuan two extra points wasn't much, if he gave Qing two less points, it would be a difference of four points.
The reason why Kou Haitao had left Qi Yuan to the end was obviously to wait for Qing's test results before making the final decision!
Soon, everyone else was done with their tests. Only Qi Yuan and Qing were left.
Kou Haitao opened the petri dish and stood in front of Qing.
"I don't care who's behind you or why you're here, but this is my test. Whoever dares to ruin it will pay the price!"
Facing Kou Haitao's threat, Qing suddenly laughed.
"Are you picking on me?"
"I'm not picking on people!" Kou Haitao said.
"Then why is Pei Zongyan fine?
He broke your rules and didn't pay the price. "
Qing was full of confidence. He wasn't afraid at all just because the person in front of him was a Tier 4 Mechanic who was far stronger than him.
Qing's arrogance towards Kou Haitao made Sun Jia even more certain that he was from the combat division.
In the Sanctuary, the status of the Hazard Management Department wasn't high to begin with. Compared to the strongest combat division and the Biological and Mechanical Research Laboratory, it was on a completely different level.
Therefore, when the people of a combat division faced the staff of the Danger Management Department, they had a natural sense of superiority. A P3 of a combat division would usually look down on a P3 of the Danger Management Department, look down on a P4 of the Danger Management Department, and look up on a P5 of the Danger Management Department.
This was the awkward position of the Hazard Management Department in the Black Steel Shelter. It was also why Tan Qiu and Ke Shoulin dared to send people into this test so openly and why the higher-ups didn't reject them.
Facing Qing's arrogance, Kou Haitao only said coldly, "Pei Zongyan will pay the price.
If you want to go to the wilderness with him to maintain the nuclear reactor, you can continue to break the rules. Let's see how much Ke Shoulin is willing to pay to protect you! "
Qing smiled and didn't say anything else. After all, Kou Haitao was a P4.
If a head-on conflict really broke out, he would be the one at a disadvantage. Although the Hazard Management Department was weak, it was still a huge department. Ke Shoulin could influence the Hazard Management Department to a certain extent, but he couldn't be the head of the Hazard Management Department.
Qing extended his right hand and squeezed a drop of blood into the petri dish.
The dark red blood slowly spread out.
Compared to the other hunters, Qing's drop of blood didn't have any obvious changes. Although the color was slightly darker, it was obviously much lighter than the dark red of the other hunters. This meant that there wasn't much pollution accumulated in his body.
Other than the change in color, the shape of the petri dish was also clearly different from the others. As the blood soaked into the petri dish, although the petri dish shrank slightly, this shrinkage was not obvious. When it finally stopped squirming, the petri dish had only shrunk a little. Compared to the strange shapes of the other hunters, Qing's petri dish was the most well-preserved.
Qing smiled and looked at Kou Haitao, waiting for him to grade him. Although the head examiner had a certain degree of discretion when grading, he couldn't do as he pleased, especially when Pei Zongyan was watching from the side.
Pei Zongyan also smiled. According to the normal grading standards, Qing's genetic stability index and pollution index should be able to reach nine points. Even if Kou Haitao deliberately lowered his score, he could only get eight points at most.
Based on the previous tests, the wilderness refugees usually scored around twelve points in these two tests. Very few people could break the high score. Even if Kou Haitao lowered Qing's score to sixteen points, it would still be a high score that the other hunters could only dream of.
Moreover, Kou Haitao might not dare to do so.
Qing's score in these two tests was definitely higher than Qi Yuan's, even if his score was lowered. Even if it was only two points higher, as long as the previous four-point lead was added, there would still be a huge gap of six points.
This meant that Qing's victory was almost certain. In the last test, how many points could Qi Yuan, a wilderness refugee, get?
Qi Yuan wanted to make a comeback in the additional test. It was completely impossible.
Although Kou Haitao wanted to give Tan Qiu an explanation, things had already come to this. Qi Yuan's elimination was already a foregone conclusion. He might not continue to secretly help Qi Yuan.
If he continued to secretly help Qi Yuan, and Qi Yuan was still eliminated in the end, Kou Haitao would face a lose-lose situation of offending both Tan Qiu and Ke Shoulin.
Although Kou Haitao was very principled, as long as he was not a fool, he would know what to do at a time like this.
Kou Haitao looked deeply at Qing. After going through a mental struggle, he finally chose to surrender to reality.
"Genetic stability, nine points!
Pollution index, nine points! "Kou Haitao calmly reported Qing's score. He did not choose to lower his score.
Qing grinned, and Sun Jia laughed as well. If it were not for Kou Haitao's reputation, the two of them would have laughed out loud.
"It's over!"
Sun Jia's face was pale. Kou Haitao had already made his choice. He did not choose to continue supporting Qi Yuan. Without his support, Qi Yuan had lost his last chance to surpass Kou Haitao.
The combination punch that Pei Zongyan had unleashed right under his nose had almost completely extinguished Qi Yuan's hopes, as well as his own.
Although Qi Yuan could still choose to take up a position in the Wilderness Exploration Department, Mo Sheng happened to be recuperating during this period and would not pay attention to a rank 3 Wilderness Hunter.
Without Mo Sheng's support, and without the home field advantage of the Biological and Mechanical Research Laboratory, even Tan Qiu would not be able to stop Ke Shoulin and Feng Qian working together.
Sun Jia glanced at Qi Yuan and suddenly realized that Qi Yuan, who should have been the most desperate, looked normal. There was not a trace of anger or fear on his face.
Did he still have a trump card to turn the tables?
Or was he scared silly by this hopeless situation?
Tan Qiu had given Qi Yuan the greatest trust.
Although Sun Jia wanted to tell himself that Tan Qiu rarely made mistakes in such matters, he could not convince himself to continue believing in Qi Yuan.
In this situation, even if he was the head examiner, he could not help Qi Yuan turn the tables.
Kou Haitao walked in front of Qi Yuan with a petri dish and looked at the calm young man.
Qi Yuan's talent was so strong that it surprised him. With Tan Qiu and Ling You's protection, Qi Yuan's rise was almost at hand. However, with Ke Shoulin and Feng Qian's interference, Qi Yuan's path forward was forcibly cut off.
"I'm sorry, I've tried my best!" Kou Haitao sighed.
Qi Yuan smiled and asked, "Do you believe in miracles?"
"Miracles?" Kou Haitao shook his head.
"I've seen miracles happen before, but miracles don't favor wastelanders. Even Mo Sheng relied on his own strength to get to where he is."
As Qi Yuan squeezed out a drop of blood from his finger, he said silently in his heart, "Now it's time to witness a miracle!"
As the blood dripped down, a dark red color slowly spread out like a halo. The bright red color was like cinnabar and did not dim at all for a long time. The solid sol-like petri dish did not move at all, as if it had been frozen.
This was!
Kou Haitao's expression was a little regretful at first, but slowly, his expression became sluggish and a trace of disbelief appeared in his eyes.
How could Qi Yuan's blood not trigger any reaction when it dripped in?
Could the petri dish be broken?
As long as there was a trace of contamination in the blood, the color of the blood would darken. Just like Qing, although the contamination in his body was very weak, the color of his blood had changed.
Kou Haitao glanced at the time. Half a minute had passed since Qi Yuan's blood had dripped in, but the color was still as bright as before.
If the petri dish was not broken, then there was no trace of contamination in Qi Yuan's blood.
But how was that possible?
Even if the shelter had all kinds of pollution and radiation purification devices, and they could enjoy pollution-free water and food, the pollution in the air could not be completely purified.
This was also the reason why there was a weak accumulation of contamination in the bodies of the shelter residents.
Qi Yuan was a wilderness resident. His food, clothing, housing, and transportation would inevitably be contaminated by radiation. How could there be no contamination in his body?
Although there were "clean" humans like Qi Yuan in the shelter, they were all new humans.
Some new humans had the ability to automatically purify pollution, so their bodies could be "clean" without a trace of contamination.
How did Qi Yuan do it?
Was he also a new human?
Kou Haitao was shocked. He felt as if he had accidentally touched on a secret.
Although no one in the shelter was against the existence of New Humans, it did not mean that everyone was willing to accept the existence of New Humans. It was just that the higher-ups had changed the plan of promoting New Humans from the public into a covert infiltration.
In the normal shelter residents, there was another level that they could not come into contact with. The conflict between the new humans and the old humans had never stopped.
Qi Yuan's blood was "clean" and had all kinds of powerful non-standard abilities. This reminded Kou Haitao of some rumors about new humans.
Was Qi Yuan's real identity a new human?
Was the root of this conflict not because of Qi Yuan's powerful talent, but because of Qi Yuan's identity as a new human?
But why would a new human with such perfect talent wander into the wilderness?
Kou Haitao was puzzled. If the struggle between Tanqiu and Kou Haitao was a small scale battle, then the struggle between new humans was a large scale war.
The strength of a rank 4 Walker Mechanic could barely maintain a neutral position in the struggle between Tanqiu and Kou Haitao, but he definitely did not have the qualifications to be involved in the war between new humans.
As long as he thought that Qi Yuan could be a new human, Kou Haitao's heart could not help but twitch a little.
After a minute, the blood in the petri dish had already spread to the entire culture medium. Although the color had faded a lot, there was not a trace of darkness. This meant that Qi Yuan's blood was not contaminated at all.
Other than that, the culture medium that had turned light red did not have any changes in shape. This meant that Qi Yuan's genes were not affected by the culture medium and still maintained a strong stability.
An ability user that lived in the wilderness definitely could not have these two characteristics at the same time.
Kou Haitao had already found the answer in his heart. Qi Yuan was a new human!
The struggle between new humans went from light to dark, avoiding the eyes of the majority of the shelter residents. However, Kou Haitao could still feel that the new humans were slowly gaining the upper hand. This point could be seen from the shelter's increasingly gentle attitude towards new humans.
Kou Haitao looked deeply at Qi Yuan. Was this the miracle you were talking about?
After a few seconds of silence, Kou Haitao's right hand flashed with a blue light, and a destructive energy instantly entered the petri dish, destroying the blood, culture medium, and petri dish.
"Gene stability, 10 points!
Pollution index, 10 points! "This was the first time Kou Haitao had obtained a perfect score in these two tests.
Sun Jia and Pei Zongyan looked at Kou Haitao at the same time, their eyes filled with different kinds of shock.
Pei Zongyan's shock was mixed with a hint of anger, while Sun Jia's shock was mixed with a hint of ecstasy.
They obviously did not realize what had just happened. They only saw Kou Haitao, whose back was facing them, go silent for a minute before unexpectedly giving Qi Yuan two perfect scores.
"Kou Haitao!
What are you trying to do? "
After recovering from his shock, Pei Zongyan gritted his teeth and said.