High Martial Arts: First day of dropping out of school, reward: Devouring the Emperor's Body

The three boarded a train bound for the All-Army Test Conference.

Conferences of this scale are usually held in areas where the military is most concentrated.

The place where the entire Great Xia army was most concentrated was naturally the Ironblood City on the front line.

There are at least 100,000 troops stationed in Ironblood City year-round, most of whom are elite soldiers.

Most of the high-ranking military officers also frequently reside here, including the current Marshal!

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

This towering structure reaches into the clouds, has a mechanical feel, and is entirely made of the most advanced Alloy 32.

If Li Han remembered correctly, the name of this tower was the Guanyin Tower, and it was 1523 meters high. From the top floor of the tower, one could even see the territories of the White European Empire and the Black Earth Empire.

The observation tower was built a hundred years ago. The military built it to keep a close watch on the movements of two major enemy countries abroad.

Because the environment in the wild is complex, even with satellite surveillance from the sky, it is easy for enemy countries to disrupt it with electronic devices.

The Great Xia suffered greatly as a result.

Therefore, it's better to monitor directly with the naked eye!

We can react immediately should the enemy show any signs of large-scale troop deployment or relocation.

Of course, the more important purpose is actually to protect the resources and facilities of our Great Xia outside the border. It is said that there are some long-range weapons on the Guanyin Tower, with a maximum strike range of over a thousand kilometers.

This is why this Ironblood City was able to become the military's central hub.

The Silent Whisper Squad then entered Ironblood City and followed all the new recruits to the venue of the All-Army Test Tournament.

Unlike the previous recruit camp, this place was packed with people.

Even among the new recruits in the same batch as Li Mo, there are at least tens of thousands!

The sheer number of new recruits—tens of thousands—created a formidable spectacle. Furthermore, Li Mo's cohort was arguably the first batch to implement the merit-based recruitment system in the military, meaning that many of these recruits were actually quite talented.

Li Mo glanced at it briefly and found several people at the Foundation Establishment stage.

Those who can reach the Foundation Establishment stage in such a short time are considered top students even in the nation's top martial arts universities. Therefore, this testing competition can be considered a gathering of hidden talents.

To Li Mo's surprise, the host of this all-army test conference was Zhang Ruxue, who had not appeared in the recruit camp for some time.

According to Instructor Su Xiao, Zhang Ruxue went to help General Qin Fei investigate the mole within the army. Now that she has appeared, the matter of the mole has probably been uncovered.

"Silence! This is a military assembly, not your dorm room where you're fooling around!"

Even when facing tens of thousands of new recruits, Zhang Ruxue remained dignified, calming the entire room down with just one sentence.

Next, Zhang Ruxue explained the rules of the test to everyone.

The rules are actually very simple. There are ten attribute testing machines in the entire venue, and each person can go to the machine and line up to be tested.

Next to each machine, there is a recorder who records each person's attribute data.

Those with good attribute data will be announced over the loudspeaker, which is equivalent to being praised by the entire army.

After the final results are tallied, those who rank at the top will be directly promoted in rank, which means they will be equivalent to officers when they are assigned to their respective units!

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

Especially since this is Ironblood City, if you perform exceptionally well, you might even catch the eye of the military's high-ranking officers and rise rapidly in the future!

Li Mo seemed quite calm, for no other reason than that he had been targeted since the recruit training!

That was a personal commendation from Yue Wuyun, a unique honor among all new recruits!

Indeed, countless eyes were fixed on the recruit testing event from the high-rise buildings throughout Ironblood City, and even in the Marshal's Mansion, people were watching Li Mo.

"Is he Li Mo, the one who was personally praised by Commander Yue? He even received the Emperor's Spear?"

"Yes, Commander Zhao!"

"Okay, I understand. You may leave now."

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Li Mo is now a talent that all the high-ranking officers in the military want. Even Li Mo himself doesn't know that the reason Zhang Ruxue became the host is because she was afraid that someone else would snatch him away!

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

There were still dozens of people ahead of the three of them in line. When they saw Li Mo join the line, they were all terrified.

"Isn't that Li Mo? The one Yue Shuai praised?"

"So he reached the Foundation Establishment realm in just one month? Now he's getting special attention, we really don't want to be ranked ahead of him..."

"Putting ourselves ahead of him is humiliating! Let's switch to another machine!"

In an instant, everyone in front of Li Mo scattered like birds and beasts.

Li Mo's lips twitched. People are afraid of becoming famous, just as pigs are afraid of getting fat. Sometimes being too famous is not a good thing; you become a rare animal wherever you go.

It was alright in the recruit camp, since he already knew everyone. But now Li Mo could clearly feel that most people were looking at him with strange eyes.

There was even a hint of fear in that gaze, as if they were afraid of offending him.

The current Li Mo is the complete opposite of the Li Mo who was at the Martial Arts University.

Left with no other choice, Li Mo could only sigh and then walk up to the testing machine.

The machine for testing these attributes is actually very simple to operate. You just put your hand inside the machine, and after about half a minute, the machine will display the test taker's level, basic attributes, and so on.

Just as Li Mo put his hand into the testing machine, countless eyes, both inside and outside the arena, turned to him in an instant.

Li Mo felt a chill run down his spine; anyone who didn't know better would think this all-army testing competition was held just for him.

After enduring an agonizing half-minute, Li Mo finally reached his hand out of the machine.

Even the recorder had been eagerly anticipating seeing Li Mo's report card, but when he retrieved Li Mo's attribute data from the machine, he was completely stunned.

He even suspected the machine was broken and inspected it himself.

After confirming that there was no problem with the machine, Li Mo's score was broadcast over the loudspeaker.

As soon as the announcement was made, the once bustling venue fell silent. Both the test participants and the officers were frozen in place.

"Li Mo from the recruit camp, Foundation Establishment Stage 7, base strength 3564, base speed 3783, base health 2350!"