After saying what he wanted to say, Director Lin of the Peace Faction turned away, no longer engaging in negotiations with Director Gao of the War Faction.
He looked towards the examination site not far away. In his observation, countless spiritual chanisms under the ground were continuously converging towards Ji Yuanshu’s fortress.
With the absolute support of the Spirit Vein, accompanied by the vast surge of spiritual chanisms, the operation of the entire Array could be said to have reached its peak state.
With the multiple blessings of the Array’s power, one could vaguely see a faint glow perating from the outer walls of the fortress, like a force field enveloping the entire building.
Not only did it make the whole fortress shine brightly, but even after the sixth wave of attack ended, the entire building, under the protection of the Array, appeared spotless, looking like the only sacred ground in the midst of this exam site’s ruins.
On the other hand, because most of the spiritual chanisms were occupied by Ji Yuanshu’s fortress, the Array in Zhang Yu’s fortress did not operate smoothly, and the support for the building was as thin as paper.
After enduring six waves of assaults, although Zhang Yu’s fortress’s main structure remained intact, its surface was already covered with marks left by fire, explosions, and impacts, and the outermost layer of wall skin had almost been peeled off.
Compared to Ji Yuanshu’s fortress, its exterior looked like the difference between a beggar and a company elite.
Anyone who saw this scene would only feel that Ji Yuanshu’s fortress certainly surpassed Zhang Yu’s fortress in construction quality and could withstand the upcoming assaults for a longer ti.
Gongshu Jin sighed inwardly: "The Finance Departnt, as expected of one of the three ace specialties, compared to the Civil Engineering Departnt still figuring out how to work to death, the Finance Departnt has already completely surpassed us in terms of strategy."
"How can toiling away on the construction site compare to the overall resource allocation?"
anwhile, Ying Xin glanced at Ji Yuanshu’s fortress, then at Zhang Yu’s fortress, and thought to herself: "One side is a well-funded site with overti pay, while the other looks like a project still owing construction costs."
She thought: "The outco is already decided."
As everyone was contemplating similar thoughts, the seventh wave of assault had already arrived.
Blue lightning began flickering in the air.
Before the attack even started, the stray charges in the air caused the crew of the Foundation Establishnt class to feel their hairs stand on end.
Students with keen perception could sense that above the ten-ter-high ceiling, powerful electromagnetic forces were being summoned.
Gongshu Jin thought: "Is the power of the Magnetic Channel being brought in? Indeed, each wave of assault is stronger than the last, with greater differences, allowing a more precise distinction of students’ performance."
"But this also ans that the gap in performance between the top students and others will be larger, eliminating scenarios where one only earns a perfect score because the total score is 100 points."
"Once this wave of lightning strikes, I fear Zhang Yu’s fortress will be breached...
As Gongshu Jin ruminated, streaks of thunder, like blinding pillars of lightning, hurtled towards the only two remaining fortresses.
Amidst the furious crackling and explosions, the dazzling lightning swallowed the entire building in an instant, obscuring any view of what was within.
Once the lightning gradually dispersed, the air was filled with the scent of scorching heat. The area at the center of the examination site was charred black, and a large amount of sand and soil had been transford into a viscous liquid by the high temperature, currently cooling and forming a glass-like substance.
Yet Ji Yuanshu’s fortress remained standing amidst the sweltering heat, appearing unscathed.
However, to everyone’s surprise, the other fortress belonging to Zhang Yu, although its outer wall was charred black, also stood firm, maintaining its complete main structure.
When the eighth wave of attack ended with a violent explosion that then dissipated... the fluorescence of the Array on Ji Yuanshu’s fortress wall was erased over a large area.
And where the Array was weakest, a massive crack appeared, faintly revealing the internal conditions of the fortress.
In contrast, Zhang Yu’s fortress, aside from becoming blacker with scorch marks, showed no further damage.
"What!" Gongshu Jin looked at this scene in shock: "How is this possible?"
A fortress with perfect Array operation was blown open, yet a fortress with intermittent Array operation remained unscathed?
Not only Gongshu Jin, but almost all students on site were struggling to comprehend how this scene even occurred.
Director Lin of the Peace Faction was also slightly surprised, but unlike the students who could only make wild guesses in their minds, his Spirit Realm projection flashed, already inside the fortress built by Zhang Yu.
"This is..."
As he observed the fortress’s interior, seeing one reinforced concrete pillar after another, his brow slightly furrowed, and a suspicion began to form in his heart.
Without continuing to observe, Director Lin waved his hand to call up the inspection report for analysis.
Based on rely observing the states of both Arrays, Director Lin had initially believed that Ji Yuanshu had secured victory.
But with the current situation, he realized that things were not so simple.
The next mont, a series of data lines, photos, video footage, and inspection evaluations of the fortress appeared before him.
Casting of thirty layers of blast-proof armor...
Isolation layers set between the foundation and rock substrate to reduce the transmission of blast vibrations...
Sand, rubble, and alloys consuming kinetic energy in multiple layers...
Dense reinforced concrete columns, multiple parallel load-bearing systems...
And the viscous resistance structure at key nodes, absorbing explosion energy, further mitigating structural damage...
Looking at the rows of records, even Director Lin was slightly taken aback: "So many redundant structures?"
"In three hours... his construction volu is more than twice that of others."
"This kid, did he achieve this purely through civil engineering skills?"
At this mont, Director Gao’s figure appeared beside Director Lin. Looking at the incredibly solid fortress before him, he smiled slightly and said, "Director Lin, as you ntioned, a fortress truly as strong as iron, hasn’t a single one been breached from the inside?"
"In projects, the Finance Departnt may stir up trouble, but in the examination hall, only the cold steel and cent, ultimately, rely on our civil engineering skills."
Director Lin casually turned off the data displayed before him, sneering coldly, "Director Gao, don’t be too happy too soon."
"This Zhang Yu’s construction efficiency is impressive, but steel and cent have their limits, and fatigue will soon be reached."
"However, the blessing of fortune, the force of montum, and the gathering of the spiritual chanism are the powers of ti and place, and they are limitless."
His gaze seed to penetrate many obstacles, seeing Ji Yuanshu’s fortress on the other side.
Just as streams of Spirit Vein energy infused into it, the initially weakened array forces quickly restored, soon reaching their peak.
"The array can restore to its peak ti and again, can this fortress do the sa?"
Director Lin hinted, "With money cos fortune, and with it, nurous chances. Otherwise, no matter how skilled you are, how hard the steel is, how many tis can you endure defeat?"
Director Gao looked at the opponent without backing down, saying indifferently, "No one can remain undefeated forever, I just need to fight to the end in this battle."
"Alright, let’s see who can stand until the end." Director Lin glared at the opponent intently.
At this mont, it seed that both of their intents crossed multiple Spirit Realms, clashing and stirring in the air.
anwhile, the ninth wave of attacks descended from the sky.
Streaks of yin thunder burst forth, sweeping across all directions with dark thunderlight.
Under the barrage of thunderlight, outside Ji Yuanshu’s fortress, the array’s forces surged violently, layers of defenses were dissolved by the yin thunder, and signs of collapse began to appear on the outer walls.
When the tenth wave, the strongest attack wave, arrived, thundering dragons descended from the sky, the ensuing explosions, high temperatures, and electromagnetism forced the nearby students to retreat continuously.
Ji Yuanshu’s fortress trembled violently, and finally, under the barrage of tsunami-like shockwaves, it gradually collapsed.
When the attacks were entirely over, the fortress that initially had three layers, was left with only the last layer.
anwhile, Zhang Yu’s fortress on the other side... apart from a partial collapse on one external wall, the main structure remained intact.
Seeing this scene, Director Lin’s brows furrowed sharply: "Even with reinforcent that doubles the construction volu, it shouldn’t be possible to achieve this, what else did he do?"
With a thought, Zhang Yu’s construction records appeared before him.
Director Gao smiled slightly, instructing Tu Lishan, "Take the students to observe the scene well and let them learn."
Under the guidance of Tu Lishan, Gongshu Jin, Ying Xin, Li Xiao, Yu Xinghan, and others walked into the examination hall one after another.
They stepped onto the still blistering hot ground and slowly approached the fortress built by Zhang Yu.
Seeing the large amount of redundant structures inside, Gongshu Jin exclaid in surprise, "In a re three hours, he built so many things?"
Tu Lishan said, "This is where Zhang Yu’s brilliance lies."
"Bringing you in today to see his work is to let you know the genuine gap between you and him."
As he spoke, he lightly tapped with his fingertip, and a video appeared in front of everyone.
For post-exam verification, recording, and monitoring, every examinee’s entire examination process is fild and recorded in the examination hall.
Right now, the video playing is of Zhang Yu’s construction process.
If those personified Gang Qi figures moving back and forth, working like an entire construction team, only surprised the students slightly.
Then what Tu Lishan said next left them feeling a hint of shock.
Tu Lishan nonchalantly said, "Zhang Yu sustained his construction like this for three hours."
Thinking of those scenes where Zhang Yu took dicine repeatedly during construction, Tu Lishan couldn’t help but sigh internally, "This kind of drug absorption, carrying capacity, and being repeatedly pushed to the limit physique... truly a natural Sacred Body of civil engineering."
A fleeting thought crossed his mind, and Tu Lishan continued, "Of course, one can’t just rely on these to withstand ten waves of attacks."
"The reason he managed to achieve this lies chiefly in the building materials."
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