After the Professional Trial Combat Exam began, eliminated students came out one after another, almost every one of them complaining loudly.
"This Professional Trial is too abnormal, isn't it? They directly dropped us into a steel city on a Mechanical Alien Race planet."
"Exactly, how can they do this? I hadn't even started to exert myself, and I was already killed by a Mechanical Alien Race that suddenly ambushed me."
"The surroundings are full of Mechanical Alien Race, and the strongest are Captain Rank. How can we fight this?"
"Even if we don't mention those Captain Rank Mechanical Alien Race, there are so many Scholar Rank and Soldier Rank Mechanical Alien Race in the steel giant city. One charge and we're gone."
"What's that? I even saw missiles and rockets. I'm only Soldier Rank, what can I use to block them?"
"This year's question setting team is absolutely insane."
Listening to the complaints from the Examinees, the two mothers, who were originally full of confidence in their children, also became worried.
From so many complaints, they concluded that this year's Professional Trial was extremely difficult.
"How was the exam? Wasn't it easy as pie?"
It must be said, Gu Xiao had a really good time in there.
Especially when she was finally surrounded by ten Captain Rank Mechanical Alien Race leading dozens of Soldier Rank and Scholar Rank Mechanical Alien Race, she felt every cell in her body cheering.
Although Gu Xiao's voice wasn't very loud, the Examinees here were all Professionals, with hearing far exceeding ordinary people.
Upon hearing Gu Xiao's "wild words," they all turned their heads, wanting to see what kind of arrogant person was spouting such nonsense.
When they clearly saw Gu Xiao's appearance, the Examinees who originally wanted to retort suddenly fell silent.
Well, beauty justifies everything.
"Holy crap, it's that big boss."
Some Examinees also recognized Gu Xiao, the Examinee who had wreaked havoc in the Professional Trial.
"What's going on?" asked some Examinees who didn't understand the situation.
"I was teleported to the same giant city as her. You wouldn't believe it, this beauty is incredibly fierce."
"As soon as she appeared, she casually blasted a Mechanical Alien Race, then directly walked through the air, alarming the entire steel giant city's defense system. All the Mechanical Alien Race in the city were chasing her."
"Not only that, there were also missiles and rockets, all fired, but in the end, she managed to set off a string of fireworks in the air."
"Finally, after killing a Captain Rank Mechanical Alien Race, she swaggered away."
That scene was truly awesome at the time. Wasn't that like taking the enemy general's head from amidst ten thousand troops, then retreating unscathed and leaving gracefully?
Who among the young boys and girls aspiring to become powerful Professionals hasn't dreamed of such a handsome and dashing scene?
"Is, is she really that strong? Didn't she just kill one Mechanical Alien Race and then flee miserably while being chased by them?"
Some Examinees who were born in the same giant city didn't believe it, thinking he was making things up.
A third-year high school Examinee, destroying missiles and rockets, even killing a Captain Rank Mechanical Alien Race, then gracefully leaving the giant city.
Are you telling a joke?
"You died too early," the questioned Examinee didn't explain, but chose to hit where it hurt. "If you had lived a little longer, you would have witnessed that awe-inspiring scene that blew everyone away."
"And because this beauty lured away all the Mechanical Alien Race in the city, we barely had to exert any effort to get out of the steel giant city."
Hitting where it hurt once wasn't enough; the questioned Examinee thoughtfully delivered another, even more painful piece of news.
If you could have just held on a little longer, you would have easily won the first round.
"This isn't even the fiercest part. Towards the end of the Professional Trial, ten Captain Rank Mechanical Alien Race, leading dozens of Soldier Rank and Scholar Rank Mechanical Alien Race, surrounded her, but in the end, she alone counter-killed all of them."
Before the people around could even digest the previous information, another Examinee dropped a new bombshell.
Is she even human?
At this moment, this sentence became the shared thought of everyone present.
"Xiao Xiao is that amazing?"
The discussions among the surrounding Examinees were not quiet, and Ruan Qinghuan and Su Ning naturally heard them.
"Just average, third in the world."
Gu Xiao playfully blinked and raised her right hand to make a 'three' gesture.
"Yes, yes, our Xiao Xiao is the best."
Ruan Qinghuan was amused by Gu Xiao's mischievous act and said with a smile.
"The results will be out in a while. Have some water first, and I'll take you out for a big meal once the results are out."
On Azure Star, both college entrance exam results and Professional Trial results are released on the same day; there's no need to wait at all.
With the current level of artificial intelligence on Azure Star, the papers are almost graded as soon as the students leave the examination hall.
The reason why Azure Star's technology developed so rapidly is actually thanks to the Mechanical Clan. Back then, Azure Star confidently entered the interstellar era, only to be met with a head-on blow from the Mechanical Clan.
In front of the Mechanical Clan, Azure Star's technology not only failed but even became a weapon against themselves.
Later, after Azure Star awakened Professionals and drove away the invading Mechanical Clan, the people of Azure Star even once wanted to abandon the path of technological development and focus solely on the path of Professionals.
After all, the Mechanical Clan was truly too terrifying. No matter how advanced you thought your technology was, they could glance at it and immediately seize control.
Continuing to develop the technology tree would be akin to burying a bomb for themselves.
After a series of discussions, Azure Star decided that the technology tree could not be completely abandoned.
Although the Mechanical Clan caused these technological creations to bring risks to Azure Star, the role of these technological creations was also undeniable.
But with the Mechanical Clan present, the technology tree could not be blindly developed either.
They had to find a way to escape the shadow of the Mechanical Clan.
After a global registration of Professionals, the leaders of various countries discovered that some Professionals' occupations were precisely related to the technology tree, and they immediately had an idea.
As long as these technology-Department Professionals were cultivated to become existences comparable to the Mechanical Clan's leader, wouldn't that solve the problem?
Although for Azure Star, which was just starting its interstellar journey, cultivating an existence comparable to the leader of a top cosmic race was akin to a fantasy, at least they had a direction.
So after the four nations were rebuilt, technology-Department Professionals truly reaped the benefits of the era. Resources were poured into them first, and benefits were given to technology-Department Professionals first, blatantly force-feeding them.
Technology-Tie Professionals: Can't finish it, absolutely can't finish it.
In addition, some also proposed another idea, which was to integrate Professional methods into technology.
To make the interior of these technological creations not entirely technological products, especially in some critical areas, Professional abilities should replace them. If a loss of control were to occur again, they could also "cut power" in time.