Beast Taming: I have a simplified system

Overall, Zhou Qiong had a good first impression of Yi Tian; he seemed like a polite younger brother.

So he smiled.

"I'm six years older than you, so I'll call you Xiaotian like my dad does. You can call me Sister Zhou or Sister Qiong, it's fine."

"Xiao Tian, ​​if you have any questions about learning, raising, and evolving your beasts in the future, feel free to ask me."

He put his hands on his hips, looking a little proud.

"I started learning these two subjects when I entered the Beast Taming Academy, and it's been six years now. I scored over 60 points in the previous two exams."

"Unfortunately, I didn't meet the practical skills requirements, which is why I didn't pass the exam."

Yi Tian was somewhat puzzled upon hearing this.

"Sister Qiong, is it really that hard to get 60 points on a test?"

Zhou Qiong: ......

I rolled my eyes inwardly. Is this even human language?

But considering this is Yi Tian's first time taking the exam, it's normal that he doesn't know the difficulty level.

"Of course."

"The full score is 100, and you need to score more than 60 to enter the second round of assessment. Each exam can eliminate at least 90% of the candidates in the first round."

"You've probably seen those two ridiculously thick books. Although the key points for the exam only make up 10% of the content in those two books, the amount of material that needs to be memorized is still enormous."

Yi Tian: ......

What?

The key points for the exam only account for 10% of the book, and nobody told me that!

but.

Thinking about it, it makes a lot of sense. When he first got the book, he was thinking that it was impossible for a beast tamer to write down both books.

"Xiao Tian, ​​is this your first time here? You probably don't know the specific rules of the exam yet, right?"

Zhou Qiong began to explain to Yi Tian.

The exam consists of two rounds.

"The first round of written test will be a random selection of questions from the book. There will be 100 fill-in-the-blank questions, each worth one point. You need to get 60 right to advance to the next round."

"The first round is just the entry ticket; the practical assessment in the second round is the real test."

"In this round, you can choose to cultivate or evolve in any direction, choose a test question, and complete the test question to pass. The test questions are different each time, so I can't give you too much advice."

At this moment, Zhou Tiangang also spoke up to explain the structure of the research institute to Yi Tian.

"The research institute is divided into two parts: the Beast Taming and Breeding Department and the Beast Taming and Evolution Department."

"Each department has its own responsibilities."

"The Breeding Department is responsible for researching how to improve the breeding of beasts."

"The Evolution Department is responsible for researching the possible evolutionary paths of Beast Tamers."

"That's why the second round of assessments is divided into two directions; only by completing the corresponding assessment can you enter the corresponding department."

Yi Tian nodded.

I see. If I were to refine my goal further, it would be to first enter the Evolution Department of the Research Institute.

Zhou Qiong said.

"My dad is a member of the training department, and my goal is to get into the training department as well."

Yi Tian was somewhat curious.

"Why didn't you want to join the Evolution Department?"

Zhou Qiong said.

"Because it's too difficult..."

"For an ordinary person like me, nurturing is something I can try to do, but the study of evolution is the domain of geniuses..."

While the three of them were chatting together, on the other side...

Research institute, monitoring room.

A group of people were sitting in front of the large monitoring screen, glancing up from time to time and flipping through the papers in their hands.

At the very front of the many chairs sat two middle-aged men.

Zhang Sheng, Deputy Director of the Research Department.

Wang Tingsong, Deputy Director of the Department of Evolution.

The two of them were jointly responsible for this assessment.

They possessed detailed information about the applicants.

Wang Tingsong nodded from time to time.

"The quality of this batch of candidates is quite good."

As he flipped through the pages, he saw someone and couldn't help but exclaim "Eh!" before turning his head to look at Zhang Sheng.

"Old Zhang, does your nephew want to go back to Wushan City?"

At this moment, the information booklet in his hand was frozen on the page of a man who looked somewhat gloomy.

Zhang Qisheng

Male, 28 years old

[Graduated from the Mountain Mist Beast Taming Academy, Department of Breeding Research, and has won first prize multiple times at the Western United Province Research Conference...]

[Intended Department: Evolution Department]

A large portion of the entire A4 sheet of paper was dedicated to introducing his illustrious resume.

I couldn't help but burst out laughing when I saw the end.

"Oh, so you want to join our Evolution Department?"

"Such outstanding talent is more than welcome in our Evolution Department!"

Each candidate fills in their preferred department when registering.

Upon hearing Wang Tingsong's words, Zhang Sheng gritted his teeth.

He snorted and remained silent.

He wanted his nephew to follow in his footsteps and get into the research department.

All the internal referral slots have been prepared for him.

But this kid didn't want to! He insisted on taking the exam through his own efforts.

Exams are fine, but they have to be in the Evolution Department.

This infuriated Zhang Sheng to the point of liver pain.

No matter how much I tried to persuade him, it was no use, so I could only let him be.

Speaking of which, he had just had a fight with his nephew that day when Zhou Tiangang called him, asking for a referral spot.

That's why Zhang Sheng's attitude was so bad; he directly used Zhou Tiangang as an outlet for his emotions.

Zhang Sheng didn't take the position of a mere Level 2 Researcher too seriously.

As for his identity as a high school principal, he didn't care at all; Zhang Sheng knew a whole bunch of deans from the Beast Taming Academy.

Seeing Zhang Sheng get the short end of the stick, Wang Tingsong laughed heartily, feeling quite pleased.

The two departments often compete for resources, so their relationship is not good.

Why not take it easy and annoy our old rival?

As you flip through the pages, you see that some of these people's resumes might be considered impressive elsewhere, but for their research institute, they are just average.

In their evolution department alone, there are more than a dozen PhDs, each of whom has won national awards.

Zhou Qiong

Female, 24 years old

[Graduated from the Beast Taming Research Department of Shanwu Beast Taming Academy, recognized as an outstanding graduate by the academy, and has received...]

[Intended Department: Research Department]

"Is Zhou Tiangang's daughter taking the exam again?"

"I wish her success this time."

【...】

"Gao Xu, Liu Bo, Yang Pei... their exam resumes all look very good."

"Me?"

When he turned to a certain page, Wang Tingsong suddenly froze.

It's not because the information is so brilliant, but because it's just... so rubbish.

How dare you!

【Yi Tian】

Male, 18 years old

[A current high school student at Shanwu No. 2 High School, who once received a bottle of iced tea as a reward]

[Intended Department: Evolution Department]

Wang Tingsong: ? ? ?

Outrageous!

Are you here to experience the atmosphere?

He's quite a brave little boy.

Among the applicants in previous years, very few were under 20 years old; they were usually at least somewhat accomplished before daring to try.

Research institutes are sacred places in the hearts of countless people.

Iced tea reward?

Are you really showing off?

Actually, Yi Tian didn't want to fill it out this way at the time, but when registering, the section for honors received had to be filled out.

Since he had never received any honors before, he had no choice but to take a desperate gamble and fill the void with this seemingly joking honor.

That's how Wang Tingsong came to have this page in his hand.