Chapter 285 - 219: The Core of the Second Round Assessment—The Ability to Cultivate Clans
Chapter 285: Chapter 219: The Core of the Second Round Assessment—The Ability to Cultivate Clans
Even if they couldn’t get into a top-tier university later,
having an experience like this,
would be a great story to brag about to their children and grandchildren when they got old.
In the end, after a tense but orderly selection process,
a total of 1,200 people were chosen by 126 teams.
Each university team, formed by an instructor, had ten slots.
Aside from a few teams that weren’t completely full,
the remaining one hundred-plus university-formed teams were all at full capacity.
And as the instructors dispatched by the Yanhuang Federation’s six top-tier universities and one hundred twenty key universities
finished selecting their final students,
and completed the formation of their respective university teams,
the boisterous atmosphere in the Starry Hall, stirred up by the student selection, began to cool down.
All the students who had joined a team waited quietly for Chief Instructor Yang to announce the rules for the second round of the Yanhuang Federation’s assessment in the University Alliance Training Camp.
They didn’t have to wait long.
Just a few seconds later,
Chief Instructor Yang, who had been sitting, slowly rose to his feet.
As the oppressive aura that enveloped the entire hall was released once more,
Chief Instructor Yang’s voice followed as expected:
"Instructors from the various universities, now that the teams have been formed,
I hereby announce that the preparations for the second round of the Yanhuang Federation assessment are to begin!"
At this moment, all the students were listening with rapt attention, and the instructors from the various universities were no exception.
After all, to maintain secrecy, Chief Instructor Yang was the only one who knew the rules for the second round of the Yanhuang Federation’s assessment. None of the other instructors had been informed.
Chief Instructor Yang’s authoritative voice rang out:
"The second round of the Yanhuang Federation’s assessment will last for three months. The theme of the assessment is a dual-layered evaluation: the ability to cultivate your Clan and an intra-team assessment!"
Hearing Chief Instructor Yang’s words,
some students didn’t immediately grasp what the theme of the Yanhuang Federation’s second-round assessment was.
’Why are there two?’
But no matter, Chief Instructor Yang quickly clarified!
"The second-round assessment for the Yanhuang Federation at the University Alliance Training Camp will be evaluated from two aspects!"
"First, the intra-team assessment, which accounts for 40% of the score."
"Second, the ability to cultivate your Clan, which accounts for 60% of the score."
"The combination of these two makes up the total score for the second round of the Yanhuang Federation’s assessment."
"Finally, the ten teams with the best overall performance will advance to the third round of the Yanhuang Federation’s assessment!"
Next, Chief Instructor Yang began his detailed explanation.
"First, let’s discuss the assessment of your ability to cultivate your Clan!"
Chief Instructor Yang’s voice carried clearly to every student’s ears.
"This assessment is designed to test whether you, as Lords of the Divine Realm, possess the ability to cultivate a Clan."
"After all, cultivating a Clan is fundamental. Simply increasing a Clan’s combat power is just one aspect of it!"
"The specific assessment details are as follows!"
"First, an evaluation of your Clan’s development path!"
"Based on the current overall state of the Clan in your Divine Realm,
from now on, every time you improve your Clan’s six major overall stats, you will receive a corresponding score."
"You will have one, and only one, chance to choose!"
"You can choose to introduce a brand-new auxiliary Clan, different from your current Main Clan, and cultivate it from scratch;
or you can choose your existing Main Clan and further tap into their potential."
"But no matter which you choose,
once you have made your decision, it cannot be changed during the assessment period!"
At first, hearing this "choose one of two" rule struck many students as novel.
After all, previous assessments in the University Alliance Training Camp hadn’t given them the opportunity to make their own choices.
Although it was just a small choice, it was a change nonetheless.
But soon,
the students realized this was no simple choice between two options.
This was a critical decision that would affect their results in the second round of the Yanhuang Federation assessment!
It concerned the development of their Main World for the next three months,
which amounted to over seven years of development time in their Divine Realms!
If they chose wrong,
the consequences would be extremely severe!
As a result, after hearing Chief Instructor Yang’s words, all the students in the Starry Hall
fell into deep thought, their faces turning contemplative.
Chief Instructor Yang paused, giving them time to think.
For the other students,
this might be a very difficult decision.
After all, both options had their pros and cons.
Choosing to introduce a new auxiliary Clan and cultivate it from scratch,
while it could certainly complement the Main Clan in the Divine Realm and offer great malleability,
it also risked causing conflict between the Clans due to issues with faith, resources, or other factors.
Not only would it waste resources that could have been used to strengthen the Main Clan, but it would also be a complete waste of three months’ time!
On the other hand, choosing to continue cultivating the familiar Main Clan in the Divine Realm
was certainly the safer bet, with a clear and distinct development path.
But it was also possible that the Main Clan’s potential had already been mostly tapped, making it very difficult to further increase their strength in a short period.
The Main Clan’s strength would grow slowly,
and once the three months in the Main World were over,
the assessment might end before their six major overall stats had improved much at all.
Both choices had their own advantages and disadvantages.
Other students might find it hard to decide,
but when Zhang Yi heard this news, joy instantly blossomed in his heart!
You see, it was currently March,
and Zhang Yi hadn’t loaded his Divine Domain Card for the month yet!
Zhang Yi had originally planned to load a Synthetic Divine Domain Card for the Goblin Clan in March.
To achieve this goal,
Zhang Yi had already collected three Five-star Divine Domain Cards related to the Goblin Clan.
Furthermore, he still had two opportunities left to pick Five-star Divine Domain Cards from his Clan Treasure Vault,
as well as 20 million Wealth Faith Value from his family that he hadn’t touched.
Add to that the more than 3,000 Points he had left from the University Alliance Training Camp, plus the 1,800 Points he got back from selling a Five-star Divine Domain Card,
and if Zhang Yi went all out right now,
he could get his hands on another seven Five-star Divine Domain Cards!
Compared to the other students who were completely unprepared, Zhang Yi’s advantage was enormous!
Moreover, once Zhang Yi loaded the Synthetic Divine Domain Card for the Goblin Clan in March,
the final weakness in his plan to develop a Magical Civilization in the Zhang Yi Divine Realm—the lack of technology and Alchemy—would be filled!
At that point,
by relying on the Goblin Clan’s powerful technological R&D, the Elf Clan’s magical abilities, and the Dwarf Clan’s continuous improvement when forging weapons,
the three combined...
...forget seven years of time in the Divine Realm,
given the foundation Zhang Yi had already laid in his Divine Realm for the budding Magical Civilization,
Zhang Yi was certain that it would take at most five years of Divine Realm time
for his Divine Realm to officially enter the Magical Civilization system!
And the advancement of a civilization system would definitely align with the six scoring criteria that Chief Instructor Yang hadn’t even mentioned yet.
Besides, a Magical Civilization was already one of the potential future development paths for the Goblin Clan anyway.
Zhang Yi’s move was completely logical and justified!
Therefore, the details Chief Instructor Yang had revealed about the second round of the Yanhuang Federation assessment,
were, for Zhang Yi, a true godsend!
’Choose to start from scratch and cultivate a new Clan!’
Zhang Yi made his decision in an instant!
This choice perfectly aligned with the development path for his Divine Realm!
And just as Zhang Yi’s heart was surging with emotion and he was marveling at his good fortune,
Chief Instructor Yang’s voice rang out again, pulling Zhang Yi’s thoughts back to reality.
"Three months from now, we will conduct a strict final evaluation of your chosen Clan based on six aspects!"
"These six aspects are: [Clan Population Growth and Stability], [Average Clan Strength and Level Progression], [Results of Hero Unit Cultivation], [Degree of Advancement in the Clan’s Civilization System], [Degree of Clan Faith and Piety], and [Coordination of the New Clan with Other Clans]!"
"Each aspect will account for 10% of your score in the second-round assessment,
and the six aspects combined will make up the 60% of your total score for the second round!"
"So? Do you all understand?"
The students, including Zhang Yi, nodded.
Chief Instructor Yang paused for a moment.
"Next are the rules for the intra-team assessment, which accounts for the remaining 40% of the score for the second round of the Yanhuang Federation assessment!"