Above the City of Steel, a streak of azure light traversed the sky, and a violent hurricane gathered around Gu Xiao, forming a massive whirlwind.
All the mechanical aliens along the way were pulled in by the hurricane's suction, swirling around Gu Xiao, creating a terrifying mechanical storm.
Behind Gu Xiao, more and more mechanical aliens awakened, relentlessly pursuing her.
"Beep, beep, alarm, alarm! Intruder detected in the Steel Giant City! All mechanical races, heed my command: eliminate the intruder, crush her!"
As Gu Xiao passed through with the hurricane, the entire mechanical giant city came to life, its life radar scanning the whole city.
After locking onto Gu Xiao, launch silos opened one after another, and missiles continuously ascended, firing in Gu Xiao's direction.
Mechanical monsters, mechanical aircraft, and other units also converged on Gu Xiao from all directions.
Just as the alarm stated, they intended to crush this intruder.
"A mechanical giant city has revived. Who's being so wild?"
The commotion in the city where Gu Xiao was located was immense, alerting examinees in several nearby cities to the situation.
Listening to the faint roars and the hundreds of red scanning beams shooting into the sky, the examinees in these giant cities couldn't help but exclaim in awe.
However, compared to the examinees in other giant cities, those in the same giant city as Gu Xiao were in for a rough time.
With their cultivation, having just embarked on the path of cultivation, they had no way to evade the life radar's scan, and thus, they were all discovered.
"Oh, for crying out loud, this is truly a mess."
The examinees in the same giant city as Gu Xiao cursed while dodging the pursuit of the mechanical aliens.
Fortunately, most of the mechanical aliens and the more advanced weapons were all focused on dealing with Gu Xiao, which prevented them from being quickly eliminated.
"Let's team up first and escape from here."
Although the professional trial does not allow piggybacking or forming teams, temporary cooperation is acceptable.
However, this cooperation should not last too long, otherwise, it will be specially marked, and the proctors might deduct points for such behavior.
The professional trial uses a scoring system, where proctors add or deduct points based on the examinees' performance in the trial.
Moreover, the scoring standards for different major categories of professional examinees vary, as you can't expect support-type professionals to be as fierce as combat-type professionals, can you?
Therefore, the task of earning points for support-type professional examinees is relatively simpler, and their spawn points are also relatively closer to the giant city gates.
Thus, it's not strictly necessary to kill enemies and eliminate opponents in the trial; even if one simply stays hidden throughout the trial without being discovered by anyone, it's still possible to achieve a high score.
This is because the martial arts examination of the professional trial is like going to a battlefield; each time is random, and it also updates according to local battle situations, with no reference points whatsoever.
This precisely proves the survival ability of such individuals in different environments.
Isn't this a natural talent for stealth? Training them well and sending them to the front lines as scouts would make them excellent candidates.
As for the last hundred examinees who survive, it's like an bonus question in Gu Xiao's previous life's college entrance exam; they will receive extra points.
"Alright."
The other examinees also responded, as many had already been killed by mechanical aliens and expelled from the illusion just moments ago.
If they were to continue fighting individually at such a time, they would likely be eliminated in the first round.
They began to team up against the mechanical aliens while fleeing in the opposite direction from Gu Xiao.
"They're certainly enthusiastic."
Watching the overwhelming curtain of missiles descend from all directions behind her, Gu Xiao's speeding figure suddenly paused, making a graceful 180-degree turn in mid-air.
Her left foot stepped forward into the void, her body leaned forward, her hands clasped tightly, and she threw them forcefully in the direction the missiles were coming from.
The mechanical aliens that had been sucked in by Gu Xiao's Lan Shen (Arashi Body) earlier shot forward like unstoppable spears, charging towards the missile barrage.
At the same time, Gu Xiao swiftly turned, dodging the beam cannons firing from all directions.
The sky full of mechanical aliens collided with the incoming missiles, instantly exploding into sun-like fireballs in the sky.
For a moment, the sky above the entire giant city was as if hundreds of suns had risen simultaneously, emitting a light so blinding that the examinees fleeing below couldn't help but close their eyes.
In the nearby mechanical giant city, seeing the night sky lit up like fireworks, the examinees there were all stunned.
"Awesome."
The word "shocked" was no longer enough to describe their feelings at this moment; to directly confront the missile system of a mechanical giant city.
In all these years, in martial arts exams featuring mechanical alien elements, Gu Xiao was the first.
"Crisis averted."
Aside from being swarmed by mechanical aliens throughout the city, the only real threat to Gu Xiao in the giant city was these missiles.
At the Lieutenant rank, she couldn't yet directly withstand missiles.
Next, as long as her speed was fast enough, she could rush out of the giant city before the mechanical aliens surrounded her.
"Well then, farewell, everyone."
Gu Xiao smiled and tilted her head slightly, her right hand forming a sword-finger gesture, flicking it outwards from her forehead, her right eye winking, revealing a rather playful expression.
Immediately after, Gu Xiao spun around, once again transforming into a gust of wind, flying towards the outside of the city.
"Intruder detected with formidable strength. The entire city is entering maximum combat status. Target: female human. All forces, attack!"
An electronically synthesized female voice echoed throughout the mechanical giant city. The armory's warehouses opened, and more powerful mechanical weapons were deployed in pursuit of Gu Xiao.
At the same time, other mechanical aliens that were chasing examinees seemed to receive some command, abandoning their pursuit of the current examinees and all turning to rush in Gu Xiao's direction.
Many examinees who were being relentlessly pursued by mechanical aliens, with no escape in sight, discovered that the mechanical aliens chasing them had all disappeared.
Although more powerful mechanical aliens were appearing nearby, as long as they hid slightly, they would not become targets.
All the mechanical aliens in the entire mechanical giant city had only one direction: Gu Xiao, who was traversing the giant city in the sky.
After the previous round of missile bombardment, Gu Xiao was deemed a dangerous creature capable of causing devastating damage to the giant city by the AI leader of the mechanical giant city.
Now, Gu Xiao was the top priority of the entire mechanical giant city's combat system. Other examinees, as long as they weren't brazenly standing in the open, would not be deliberately sought out by mechanical aliens.
"Oh, this is a savior, a true savior."
The examinees were pleasantly surprised to find that, with a little caution, leaving the city was incredibly easy for them.
As desperate as they were when they were being chased, they were now equally joyful.
PS: Here are two pictures of Lu Li.