"Lin Qing, so you're here! I've been looking for you for so long, and I don't know where Genos is either."
"Aren't these people all shouting and yelling, and some even wetting their pants? Look, those few are still cursing and fighting at the air."
Saitama pointed to his head and then to the person in the distance.
Lin Qing shook his head and said irritably, "These guys are just affected by the illusion. The two of us are too powerful, so we can ignore the illusion."
Saitama asked, "Really? Then what do we need to do now?"
Lin Qing said softly, "You don't need to do anything, just wait for it to be over in ten minutes."
"oh!"
The girl eating a lollipop noticed Lin Qing and Qi Yu's unusual behavior and immediately slammed her hand on the table, angrily shouting:
"Old Ghost, did you take bribes from someone? Did you let them get in through connections?"
"What did you say? What benefits did you receive? What back door did you use?" Old Gui was completely bewildered.
"Hmph, you won't admit it, huh? Look at these two, acting like nothing happened. Didn't you take their bribes?" The girl pointed at Lin Qing and Qi Yu in the picture.
"Huh? That's impossible. My illusions have never failed. Even if they don't have anything to fear, something terrifying will appear in their lives."
"It's impossible for them to act like nothing happened and still be talking." Old Ghost looked incredulous.
Ignoring the still angry girl, he immediately increased his mental power, casting an even more powerful illusion around Lin Qing and Saitama.
"Huh, why is there a cold breeze? Is the air conditioner on?" Saitama said, touching his neck.
Lin Qing chuckled and said, "It's alright, ignore them, it'll be over in two minutes."
"Yeah, after the assessment, I'm going to Beijing to eat Peking duck. It's so delicious, you don't know how good it is!"
The girl glanced at them and saw that the two were still talking as if nothing had happened, so she said, "You still say you didn't accept any favors from them? No way, I'm going to call my dad."
"Make him fire you." With that, the girl took out her pink phone and dialed a number.
"No, impossible, I don't believe it, how could it not work?" The old ghost completely ignored the girl's threat.
He has suffered a severe blow and is on the verge of a mental breakdown. Even Deputy Director Li Qian has fallen victim to his schemes.
You have to understand that Li Qian is the 30th ranked S-class. He has never tried to reach higher ranks, nor has he had the chance.
However, he believes that even those in the top ten could fall victim to the virus if they are not properly investigated.
Two guys suddenly appeared and completely ignored his illusion. Do you think Old Ghost wouldn't lose his temper?
"The Hell of the Netherworld!" The old ghost suddenly uttered these four words.
His expression suddenly turned extremely ferocious. The girl was startled by this and even put down her phone, which was already connected.
"Hey, Xiaonan, hey, talk to me, what's wrong? The Netherworld? Why did Old Ghost unleash his ultimate move?"
"Xiao Nan? Aren't you guys supposed to be taking the hero assessment?"
"Hello"
"Ah, Dad, it's too late. I'll talk to you later." After hanging up the phone, the girl quickly used her superpowers to instantly teleport everyone present to the audience seats.
Only Lin Qing and Saitama remained motionless, affected by the old ghost's power; her teleportation function had failed.
Old Ghost's Hell of the Underworld enveloped Lin Qing and Saitama, and teleportation could not break through Old Ghost's Hell of the Underworld.
"Hey, old ghost, are you going to kill them both? This is a test, a test!" The girl could only watch helplessly from the side.
Saitama felt a flash before his eyes and he was in a different place: "Huh, where am I?"
"Hehe, we're still in the Bird's Nest, it's just that someone's playing tricks on us. But this seems to be murder!" Lin Qing's tone gradually became more serious.
They were now standing on a pillar, with lava below them, filled with countless demons, and surrounded by countless flying dragons.
Vampires, giant beasts, and countless others were all eyeing the two men with predatory intent.
"Are these all weirdos? Is there a reward for killing them?" Saitama was eager to try.
"These are all illusions, fake, and there's no reward. Even though they're fake, these things can really kill people."
"Roar~~!" The demons below, the vampire beasts all around, and the flying dragons all surged towards the two of them.
"Hmph!" A cold snort came from Lin Qing's mouth.
An invisible ripple swept through the air, and the entire Netherworld began to crack inch by inch, eventually returning to its original state as the assessment ground.
"Hmph, pfft!" The old ghost groaned as the Netherworld shattered, then spat out a mouthful of blood.
"This is an assessment. I'll let you off this time, but you won't be so lucky next time." Lin Qing's voice appeared in Old Ghost's mind.
The girl quickly stepped forward to help the old ghost.
Chapter 430 The Referee! The Referee! (Please subscribe, vote with monthly tickets, and recommend!)
"Old Ghost, what's wrong? What happened?" The girl didn't know why Old Ghost was spitting blood.
"What are you doing? Why did you release the Netherworld? Huh? Old Ghost, are you injured?" Hu Yan burst through the door, his face filled with horror.
"No, it's nothing. I didn't expect such a strong person to participate in the assessment this time. He actually broke through my Netherworld Hell in an instant."
"If he wanted to kill me, I wouldn't even have the ability to resist." Old Ghost wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, a bitter smile on his face.
"How is this possible?" Both the girl and Hu Yan were shocked.
"Let me check this guy's information—hmm, bald, named Saitama, from Japan, visiting China, a Class A hero of the Japanese Hero Association."
Before he could finish speaking, Old Ghost interrupted him weakly, saying, "It's not this bald guy, it's that guy in the golden robe."
"Lin Qing, a Chinese national, has just returned from a trip to Japan. He and Saitama Genos signed up together and joined the Hero Association during their time in Japan."
"His nickname is Golden Glow. He is the number one S-class hero in the Japanese Hero Association, and his fame in Japan is unparalleled."
"Let me search online." The girl's expression was a little strange, and then she quickly started searching online.
After a while, he said, "There is still relatively little information online, but there are some videos, though they are all on small websites."
"This is the meteorite impact incident, where a golden glow spread out and a protective shield enveloped the entire city; and this is the alien incident."
"However, the comments below are all insults, saying it's fake. Now it seems this guy actually has the top-tier strength of an S-class hero." The girl said with a serious expression.
Hu Yan and Lao Gui stared intently at the video for a long time before finally looking away, both deeply shocked.
Based on their observations and combined information, these individuals are already among the top twenty in the S-rank, if these are only his strongest combat forces.
Meanwhile, the examinees who suddenly appeared in the audience were making a ruckus.
"Alright, alright, let's not talk about that for now. Let's finish the second assessment first." Hu Yan immediately tugged at Lao Gui.
The second test ended quickly. Although there was a minor hiccup, the illusion had lasted for nine minutes.
The difference between nine minutes and ten minutes is negligible, so those who persevere are considered to have passed.
Including Lin Qing and the other two, a total of 208 people passed the test, and everyone was teleported by the girl to the third test site.
"Oh dear, I forgot to tell my dad. I need to call him right away." Zhao Nan stuck out her tongue and dialed her dad's number.
"Dad, it's alright, there's no danger. Don't you know my abilities?"
"Okay, okay, you're so long-winded. Oh, it's really nothing. I'll talk to you when I get home tonight."
"Okay, I want to eat your Mapo Tofu tonight."
"The third test is willpower, and this is the simplest one: doing push-ups," Hu Yan said loudly.
The moment these words were spoken, the more than two hundred people below erupted in uproar.
"Push-ups? That's way too easy!"
"I can do a thousand push-ups without even breaking a sweat."
"Haha, it seems that 99% of us will pass."
"Quiet, quiet. There's a little rule for these push-ups: you have to do one per second, and you need to do 7,200 of them."
"That means it has to be done in two hours, one second at a time, neither too fast nor too slow. Of course, a hundred margins of error are allowed."
"Then, ten seconds to go, ten, nine," Hu Yan said, not giving them a chance to speak, and immediately began the countdown.
"I can finish 7,200, but it would take one second to complete one of them."
"Wow, this, one per second for two hours?"
"Five, four, three"
Although some people complained, everyone immediately bent down.
"One, begin!" Hu Yan gave the order.
Immediately, the 208 people began doing push-ups in an orderly fashion, one per second, neither too fast nor too slow, and the 208 people were surprisingly in sync.
These 208 people are all top performers among the many participants, so maintaining a steady pace of push-ups is quite easy for them.
However, after an hour, prolonged exercise inevitably causes some people to experience symptoms.
However, it's not a big problem, after all, there's a 100% error rate.
Time slowly passed, and twenty minutes later, a white light flashed beneath an old man on the far side and then disappeared.
When the old man reappeared, he was already in the open space outside.
"Uh, I've been eliminated? Oh dear, I won't be able to get the 1,000 yuan pension. I'll have to try again next year." The old man looked disappointed.
Soon, two more people were teleported out, both looking disappointed.
Another half hour passed, and there were already 132 people on the open ground outside.
Although there were only ten minutes left, the seventy-six people who were still persisting had already passed. After all, they had persisted for one hundred and ten minutes, so they wouldn't be bothered with these ten minutes.
When the whistle blew to stop, sure enough, no one was eliminated again; all seventy-six people successfully passed the third test.
Hu Yan appeared out of nowhere and stood in front of the crowd. Looking at the soon-to-be heroes, all covered in sweat, he felt gratified.
He smiled and nodded, saying, "First of all, congratulations on passing the third test. You are now practically heroes."
"The fourth assessment, ideology, is a written test. As long as you don't have anti-human or evil thoughts, you can basically pass."
"When you fight the monsters, don't be brave if you can't beat them, but you can't run away either, because behind you are unarmed civilians."