When system cheat becomes rampant!

The Beast Pill is the essence of a desolate beast; for instance, the Beast Pill of a thunder-type desolate beast would have the characteristics of lightning, while that of a fire-type desolate beast would have the properties of flames.

In the study of Beast Pills, there has been a discussion on how to utilize the abilities contained within the Beast Pills to create various pioneering tools, also known as "black technology" by martial arts students, to aid them in having more life-preserving capabilities during pioneering activities.

However, it's quite rare to utilize Beast Pills to cultivate an adult desolate beast for combat purposes.

Of course, the systems of many people are related to desolate beasts. Awakeners with something like "beast-controlling systems" need to kill various desolate beasts and then seal them within their own systems, to summon the desolate beasts in critical moments, becoming a force for their own battles.

But the issue is, this type of System Awakener only needs the Beast Pills, not the living desolate beasts.

Lv Peng and the others clearly couldn't understand this, but they didn't raise any objections either.

After all, this was an interview; Zhao Ruizhong had already made it clear that what they were assessing was comprehensive technical ability—they just needed to complete the tasks as required.

After all, during interviews, in order to test employees' divergent thinking abilities, some companies even ask insanely ridiculous questions such as, "There are only five cups of water in the office, but six leaders have arrived, how would you distribute it?" or "There are two pairs of underwear, one dry and unwashed, one washed and not dried, which one would you wear?"

In comparison, those in technical fields just need to honestly show their abilities, without the need for all that.

After speaking, Zhao Ruizhong and Liang Hao sat down at the side and began to monitor the four individuals, observing them while looking at the computer screens.

In the lab, there was a storage rack for Beast Pills, with each container holding a Beast Pill of varying colors, from solid to dual-toned to rainbow. There were densely packed options, no less than a thousand types!

These Beast Pills were not labeled; which Beast Pill belonged to which desolate beast, one had to select on their own.

Everyone carefully observed the rack, meticulously distinguishing the Beast Pills. Since they needed to cultivate a desolate beast for combat, they would of course need to pick the most powerful desolate beasts.

Identifying Beast Pills wasn't difficult for these four, whether it was Song Xiu or Fan Yu, or even SR-level Lv Peng; they were specialists in Beast Pills and could easily recognize most of them.

While looking, they quickly marked off the names of the Beast Pills on their computers. Their pens were very special—thought pens, a product created by System Awakeners who specialize in thought systems. These pens were extremely expensive and required just a thought for the pen to swiftly write, much faster than writing by hand.

For basic Beast Pills, it only took them a second or two to identify and label. But some Beast Pills looked identical on the outside when, in fact, they belonged to two different desolate beasts. Even those with abundant experience could make a mistake and would need to spend more time.

Out of a total of 1200 Beast Pills, Lv Peng identified the Beast Pills of over 1170 desolate beasts, but there were about 30 Beast Pills that even he had never seen before.

While Song Xiu and Fan Yu were also pondering, their extensive work experience was useful. They had been introduced to more Beast Pills than Lv Peng, with probably only about a dozen they couldn't fully recognize.

But this made the situation more complex.

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"Doctor Zhao, whom do you favor among these four?" Liang Hao asked.

Zhao Ruizhong, staring at the four individuals hovering near the cabinets, countered, "What do you think?"

After pondering for a moment, Liang Hao said, "Lv Peng's ability might not be the strongest, but he's worth looking forward to. Although he just graduated from university and doesn't have much work experience, his SR-level system is enough to compensate for this deficiency."

Zhao Ruizhong nodded slightly, admitting that the inherent advantages of SR-level were there.

Liang Hao continued, "Next would be Song Xiu. Song Xiu's resume is specifically filled with interactions with Beast Pills. He should have invented a type of scientific system and has five years of work experience. His proficiency with the application of Beast Pills is beyond doubt."

He paused, then added, "Then comes Fan Yu. From his resume, the system he awakened seems to be related to biology. He also has four years of work experience. I checked the results he had published before, and they are really good. Perhaps we should consider him too. As for this Zheng Xian—"

Liang Hao sized up Xiang Beifei, then picked up the resume for another look, and said, "Although he graduated from Liangzhou University, and his academic qualifications are no problem, his grades seem very good, apparently a hardworking student. But the issue is, he has no work experience, which is a serious drawback. Compared to the first three, his system doesn't match Lv Peng's, and his experience is less than Fan Yu's and Song Xiu's, lacking competitiveness."

Having discussed his opinions on all four, Liang Hao added, "What do you think, Doctor?"

"Work experience doesn't always represent ability," Zhao Ruizhong said.

"Then from which aspect does the Doctor judge talent?" Liang Hao asked again.

Zhao Ruizhong didn't respond immediately, simply watching the individuals, then said, "Let's see who selects a Beast Pill first."

Liang Hao nodded thoughtfully.

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This was a contest.

A competition between three S-level and one SR-level.

Xiang Beifei rested his chin on his hand, looking at the Beast Pills he had marked. When he saw a white Beast Pill, he immediately furrowed his brows!

Out of the 1200 beast pills left by the desolate beasts, 1140 are from Qi-Controlling period beasts, and the remaining 60 are from Meridian Opening period beasts.

However, among them, a white beast pill was extremely conspicuous!

Or to be more precise—only to him, it was very familiar!

Because he couldn't be more familiar with this beast pill.

One-Armed Crab, old woman, Gao Zhuo, Hua Jiu Yue...

They all had such a beast pill in their bodies' hearts!

In the storage cabinet, there were countless white beast pills, and this particular beast pill was hidden amongst all the other beast pills. In fact, it wasn't very noticeable, and if someone's eyesight was slightly off, it might have been mistaken for a beast pill from some ice and snow class desolate beast.

People like Lv Peng and the other two couldn't recognize this beast pill, or they might have directly given it to the wrong person.

However, Xiang Beifei remembered the strange fluctuation of this pill clearly and would definitely not mistake it!

"Are all these laid out for everyone to experiment on?"

Xiang Beifei's gaze flickered for a moment, but he quickly returned to normal.

He didn't plan on taking this beast pill; strictly speaking, he also was unsure what type of desolate beast this pill came from, perhaps Zhao Ruizhong and Liang Hao knew.

If he rashly chose this beast pill, Zhao Ruizhong and Liang Hao would definitely ask why, and he couldn't just say he had seen it before, right?

But if he said he mistook it for another beast pill, it would also be quite embarrassing and could leave a bad impression on others later.

Now that he had confirmed Wufu Desolate Beast Research Company possessed this kind of beast pill, he had to secure this position no matter what.

Xiang Beifei shifted his attention away from this beast pill.

If the competition was about the combat strength of the cultivated desolate beasts, normally, one would choose to cultivate a Meridian Opening period desolate beast.

Cultivating a powerful Meridian Opening period desolate beast wasn't too difficult, but the ultimate goal was to have the desolate beasts fight each other, which meant Xiang Beifei couldn't enter the fray himself. So, even if his own cultivation was high, it wouldn't be of much use.

The focus was on the desolate beasts.

However, Xiang Beifei's last-minute cramming wasn't for nothing. Just yesterday, he had specifically looked up research papers on beast pills in the alliance periodicals. One of the papers was titled "On the Cooperative Relationship Between Earth-Head Snakes and Earth Dragon Beast Pills," and it was authored by Zhao Ruizhong.

The Earth-Head Snake is a very peculiar desolate beast. It belongs to the Earth Attribute desolate beasts and has normal strength comparable to a mid-Meridian Opening period martial artist when operating underground.

As its name implies, no matter when, it only exposes one snake head, with the rest of its body fused with the earth.

As long as there is soil, it is invincible within its realm because it can instantly move to any place within the earth, and its favorite mode of attack is to suddenly appear beneath its prey's feet and bite off their legs, an attack that is hard to defend against.

The way to deal with an Earth-Head Snake is quite simple: fly, or directly seal the ground's soil, forcibly changing it to concrete or steel, etc.—in short, deprive it of its ability to move through soil.

Its drawback is obvious, so ordinary pioneers aren't very afraid of encountering an Earth-Head Snake. Sprinkle some solidifying agent on the ground, and it can no longer move, no different from a clump of grass growing on the ground.

But Zhao Ruizhong's paper proposed to use the Earth Dragon's beast pill to compensate for the Earth-Head Snake's weaknesses, making the Earth-Head Snake more perfect.

The Earth Dragon is a desolate beast similar to a pangolin. It moves through soil as if it is moving through water, very fast. Its ability is to twist spatial volume, so it can disregard the obstruction of soil space.

The Earth Dragon specifically counters spatial system abilities. People like Zhu Xinjue, who create system spaces to obtain combat enhancements, are simpletons in front of an Earth Dragon.

But it also has shortcomings—away from soil, it dies. However, it can control soil, and during battle, it forcibly twists space, excavates a piece of the ground's soil, manipulates it, and then can directly transport itself to that chunk of soil suspended in the air.

While the Earth Dragon's ability might seem formidable, it is only a Meridian Opening early phase desolate beast, and its combat prowess is nowhere near that of the Earth-Head Snake.

Zhao Ruizhong's research aimed to use the Earth Dragon to make up for the Earth-Head Snake's drawbacks, applying the Earth Dragon's soil and spatial control abilities to the Earth-Head Snake. Once an Earth-Head Snake could manipulate soil and space, it wouldn't be limited to moving on the ground but could also appear in any corner of the sky, greatly enhancing its strength!

Normally, research aimed at making desolate beasts stronger is not allowed by the alliance, but there is an exception—if the paper is based on helping martial artists. Thus, he published his work in a section like "Sealed Desolate Beast."

This section is especially for System Awakeners who wish to seal an Earth-Head Snake as their combat force, since they rely on desolate beasts for their combat strength, and they must make up for the beasts' drawbacks.

After reading this paper, Xiang Beifei realized that Zhao Ruizhong's research also had its limitations because the Earth Dragon and Earth-Head Snake are two different types of desolate beasts. He was unable to coordinate between the two, achieving very limited success so far.

"It looks like if I want to get this position, I'll have to help him solve this problem."