"Since you can't come to an agreement, then each of you will eliminate one project."
Kou Haitao looked at Qing and said coldly, "Which project do you want to eliminate?"
Qing glanced at the still angry Qi Yuan, the smile on his face growing wider.
Among the Tier 3 members of the combat division, he wasn't the strongest. Ke Shoulin had chosen him because he was the most suitable candidate.
Not only was he at the peak of Tier 3, but his various test results were also excellent. At the same time, he had awakened several support abilities and was far more familiar with machinery and energy than others.
Because of his special support abilities, Ke Shoulin had once considered sending Qing to the biological and mechanical research laboratory. Unfortunately, all his efforts had been for naught.
Although Qing hadn't entered the biological and mechanical research laboratory, he was very familiar with the tests for laboratory assistant researchers.
The matrix maze, Steel City, and the Rubik's Cube — he was completely familiar with these three projects and was more skilled than most Tier 1 researchers. This was the main reason Ke Shoulin had sent him.
Although Qing didn't believe that a Wilderness Hunter could rely on an ability awakened by chance and without any training to defeat him in the Steel City project, Qi Yuan's information and his stunning performance in the first test made him extremely vigilant. Thus, he decided not to give Qi Yuan any chance and immediately eliminated Steel City.
Not only did Qing want to defeat Qi Yuan, he wanted to crush him!
He wanted a complete victory!
"I'll eliminate Steel City!" Qing said confidently.
After speaking, Qing stared into Qi Yuan's eyes. He wanted to see Qi Yuan's expression of despair, but after he made his choice, Qi Yuan suddenly calmed down. Not only was there no trace of despair, there wasn't even any anger.
Let's see how long you can pretend to be calm!
When you're crushed by me, you'll taste despair!
Qing thought coldly in his heart.
"Which project did you eliminate?" Kou Haitao asked expressionlessly.
Qi Yuan shrugged.
"I'll eliminate the matrix maze!"
Qing, this self-righteous deduction master, had successfully dug a deep hole for himself through the little information he had. Qi Yuan didn't mind taking advantage of the situation to add a kick.
With Energy Control and Area Detection, the Rubik's Cube posed no difficulty to him.
When Qing heard this, he was obviously stunned. Qi Yuan's choice was somewhat out of his expectations.
Was he bluffing or hiding his trump card?
Although Qi Yuan's choice was unexpected, Qing was not worried. He had experience in restoring the Tier 1 Tesseract and had defeated many Tier 1 researchers. Regardless of whether Qi Yuan had a trump card or not, he was confident that he could crush him.
Both of them eliminated one item each, leaving only the Tesseract as the final item for their duel.
Kou Haitao took out two Energy Rubik's Cubes that had been messed up and quickly attracted the attention of Qing and Qi Yuan. However, the two of them had different thoughts.
This Rubik's Cube seemed much simpler than the Tier 3 Energy Rubik's Cube in Qu Shi's Laboratory.
Was this a Class 1 Tesseract or a Class 2 Tesseract?
Qi Yuan thought silently.
Qing's expression became gloomy.
"Why use the Tier 2 Tesseract?
This was a test for Tier 2 researchers!
Why don't you use Tier 1? "
"Because I only brought Stage Two!
Because I'm the head examiner! "Kou Haitao said confidently.
Qing fell silent. Kou Haitao was the head examiner. When he started being unreasonable, no one could do anything about it. After a while, Qing said with a mocking expression, "How much time do you intend to give us?"
"Two hours," Kou Haitao said.
Qing almost laughed out loud when he heard Kou Haitao's words.
"A Tier 2 researcher needs half a day to barely complete this Tesseract, and you're only giving us two hours?"
"If both of us can't complete the Tesseract in two hours, what do you intend to do?"
Kou Haitao said coldly, "If you can't complete it in the allotted time, you'll get zero points!"
Qing raised an eyebrow, his original anger instantly showing.
Although this rule was unreasonable, it was beneficial to him.
He was still leading by two points. Even if both of them got zero points in this additional test, he would still be the winner.
Qi Yuan was slightly surprised. Other people did not know that he could restore the Tier 3 Energy Rubik's Cube, but Tanqiu knew. Then, did Kou Haitao know?
If Kou Haitao did not know, then so be it. If Kou Haitao knew, then things would be interesting.
Since the Energy Rubik's Cube was an alternative test item, as the head examiner, Kou Haitao would definitely be prepared for the test. It was impossible for him to bring two Tier 2 Energy Rubik's Cube without a Tier 1 Energy Rubik's Cube.
Unless he did it on purpose!
Therefore, it was very likely that Kou Haitao was secretly helping him!
Kou Haitao handed the Energy Rubik's Cube to both of them.
"You can mess up the order yourselves and hand it to each other!"
Kou Haitao's impartial attitude made Qi Yuan even more certain that Kou Haitao was secretly helping him. He guessed that Kou Haitao's actions were just a cover-up to prevent others from noticing.
Qi Yuan messed up the order of the Energy Rubik's Cube again and handed it to Qing.
Qing placed the Energy Rubik's Cube in Qi Yuan's palm.
Qi Yuan was about to take the Energy Rubik's Cube when he realized that Qing had no intention of letting it go.
"You originally had a chance to live, but you rejected it!" Qing's lips curled up slightly, trying to influence Qi Yuan's mentality.
"You might not know this, but the Deserted Exploration Department did not intend to recruit people for this assessment. It was Ling You who asked for a spot, but you gave it up yourself!"
"Ling You can protect you once, but she can't protect you forever!"
Ling You was the one who asked for a spot in the Deserted Exploration Department?
Qi Yuan was slightly stunned. He did not expect Ling You to help him behind his back.
But why didn't Ling You reveal anything to him?
Was she that arrogant?
"So, after the assessment, run for your life!
The further the better! "Qing said.
"Or, you can choose to end your own life. That way, you can suffer less!"
After that, Qing let go of his right hand and let Qi Yuan take the Energy Rubik's Cube.
Qi Yuan played with the Rubik's Cube in his hand and confirmed that it was just an ordinary Stage 2 Energy Rubik's Cube.
Compared to the Stage 3 Energy Rubik's Cube with 32768 energy nodes, the Stage 2 Energy Rubik's Cube with 4,096 energy nodes was simply a crude toy.
Back then, he only had Stage 1 Energy Control and Area Detection, and he could restore more than 600 Stage 3 energy nodes in two hours.
Now, these two abilities had been upgraded to Stage 2, and with the help of the Stage 2 Data Center, the difficulty of the Energy Rubik's Cube had also decreased by a few levels.
With his current ability, it would not take him two hours to complete the Energy Rubik's Cube.
Qing looked at Qi Yuan and smiled. "I almost forgot. You are a wilderness refugee and have never seen something like the Energy Rubik's Cube. Do you need me to tell you how to use it?"
Qi Yuan looked at Qing and said meaningfully, "Have you seen a miracle?"
Qing did not understand, but Kou Haitao's eyes narrowed. He had just heard this sentence once!