35: Chapter 35: Is this even human?

The three of them boarded the train heading to the All-Army Assessment Assembly.

An assembly of this scale is generally held where The Military is most concentrated.

And the place where the entire Daxia military is most concentrated is naturally Iron Blood City on the front lines.

Iron Blood City has at least one hundred thousand troops stationed there year-round, and most of them are the elite of The Military.

Most of the high-ranking officials of The Military often live here as well, including the current Marshal!

Not long after, a tall tower appeared before Li Mo's eyes.

This tower soared into the clouds, with an overall mechanical texture, and was constructed entirely from the current top-tier Alloy 32.

If Li Mo remembered correctly, this tower was named the God-Watching Tower, standing at 1523 meters tall. From the highest level of the tower, one could even directly see the territories of the Baiou Empire and the Heitu Empire.

The God-Watching Tower was built one hundred years ago, and The Military's purpose in building it was to constantly observe the movements of the two major enemy nations across the border.

Because the environment in the wilderness is complex and intricate, even with satellite surveillance in the sky, it is very easily disrupted by the enemy nations' electronic equipment.

Daxia had suffered greatly because of this.

Therefore, it was better to monitor them directly with the naked eye!

Once there are any movements of large-scale troop deployment or transfers by the enemy nations, they can react immediately.

Of course, the more important purpose is actually to protect Daxia's resource facilities outside the border. It is said that there are some long-range weapons on the God-Watching Tower, with a maximum strike range that can span over a thousand kilometers.

This is also the reason why Iron Blood City can become the hub of The Military.

Immediately, Moyu Squad entered Iron Blood City and followed all the recruits to the venue of the All-Army Assessment Assembly.

Unlike the Recruit Camp before, this place was truly packed with people.

Even just the recruits from the same batch as Li Mo numbered at least ten thousand!

These tens of thousands of recruits squeezed together made for an impressive sight. Moreover, this batch of Li Mo's should be considered the first batch since The Military started the merit-based admission system, so there were actually many talents among these tens of thousands of recruits.

Li Mo took a brief look and discovered several people in the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Being able to reach the Foundation Establishment Realm in such a short time would make them honor students even at the top Martial Arts University in the country, so this assessment assembly could be considered to have many hidden talents.

What Li Mo did not expect was that the host of this All-Army Assessment Assembly was actually Zhang Ruxue. These past few days, Zhang Ruxue had not appeared in the Recruit Camp.

According to Head Instructor Su Xiaoxiao, Zhang Ruxue had gone to help General Qin Fei investigate the matter of the mole within The Military. Now that she had appeared, the matter of the mole likely had some leads.

"Silence! This is the All-Army Assembly! It is not the dormitory where you play and fool around!"

Even when facing ten thousand recruits, Zhang Ruxue remained full of authority, and a single sentence silenced the entire venue.

Next, Zhang Ruxue explained the rules of the assessment assembly to everyone.

In fact, the rules were very simple. There were a total of ten attribute testing machines in the entire venue, and everyone could go to the machines to line up for testing.

Next to each machine, there would be a recorder to record each person's attribute data.

And those with good attribute data would be broadcast to the entire venue, which was equivalent to being commended by The Military.

After the final results were tallied, those at the top of the rankings would have their military rank directly increased, so when they were assigned to their respective units, they would be equivalent to officers!

After Zhang Ruxue finished speaking, everyone surged toward the various testing machines. The three-month training period was actually very boring, and now that they had finally gathered together, everyone naturally wanted to show off their achievements.

Especially since this was in Iron Blood City; if they performed well, they might even be seen by those high-ranking officials of The Military, and they would rise rapidly in the future!

Li Mo, however, appeared quite calm. There was no other reason; he had been targeted since the start of the recruit trials!

That was a personal commendation from Marshal Yue Wuyun, a unique honor that only he among all the recruits had!

The facts were indeed so. Inside the high-rise buildings of the entire Iron Blood City, countless pairs of eyes were staring in the direction of the recruit assessment assembly, and even inside the Marshals Mansion, there were people watching Li Mo.

"Is he that Li Mo who was personally commended by Marshal Yue? Was the jingdi spear also given to him?"

"Yes! Marshal Zhao!"

"Good, I know. You may leave."

...

Li Mo was now a talent that all the high-ranking officials of The Military wanted. Even Li Mo himself did not know that the reason Zhang Ruxue came to be this host was because she was afraid he would be snatched away by others!

Li Mo and his two companions approached a nearby testing machine.

At this time, there were dozens of people lined up in front of the three of them. Upon seeing Li Mo join the queue, they were all so frightened that their expressions changed drastically.

"Isn't that Li Mo? The one Marshal Yue commended?"

"Is it him who reached the Foundation Establishment Realm in one month? Now that he is being specially looked after, we had better not line up in front of him..."

"Lining up in front of him is equivalent to bringing humiliation upon ourselves! Let's change machines!"

In an instant, the people lined up in front of Li Mo all scattered like birds and beasts.

Li Mo's mouth twitched. People fear fame just as pigs fear fattening; sometimes being too famous is no good either. He was like a rare animal wherever he walked.

It was fine in the Recruit Camp, after all, he already knew everyone. But now, Li Mo could clearly feel that most people were looking at him with strange eyes.

In these gazes, there was even a hint of fear, as if they were afraid of offending him.

The current Li Mo was at the complete opposite extreme compared to when he was at the Martial Arts University before.

Helpless, Li Mo could only sigh, and then he walked up to the testing machine.

The operation of this attribute testing machine was actually very simple: just put your hand into the machine, and after about half a minute, the machine would display the tester's realm, basic attributes, and so on.

Just as Li Mo put his hand into the testing machine, whether inside or outside the venue, countless gazes instantly turned to look at him.

Li Mo now only felt his back crawl; someone who didn't know better might think this All-Army Assessment Assembly was held just for him alone.

Finally, after enduring the agonizing half minute, Li Mo pulled his hand out of the machine.

Even the recorder had been looking forward to seeing Li Mo's report card. However, when he received Li Mo's attribute data from the machine, he froze in place.

He even suspected the machine was broken and checked it over.

After confirming that the machine had no problems, without a doubt, Li Mo's results were broadcast throughout the entire venue.

And just after this broadcast was announced, the originally bustling venue instantly fell silent. Whether they were people participating in the assessment or officers, everyone was frozen in place.

"Recruit Camp Li Mo, realm Foundation Establishment 7th Grade, basic strength 3564, basic speed 3783, basic vitality 2350!"