Great Again!

Soon, the time for the first round of the exam arrived. After the examiners collected the test papers, they immediately moved on to the second round of assessment. "Next is the identification assessment, right here in this room," the chief examiner said, looking at the candidates. "As usual, we will bring out five groups, twenty-five mutated beasts in total, of five different species. You need to write down the developmental characteristics of each one, and select from among them the one with the best talent—the one most suitable to form a contract with a human—and explain why." "Now, handing out your new answer sheets..." As soon as he finished speaking, the male examiner on the right stood up and went into the small door at the back, while another examiner began distributing paper. After Luo Yu received his paper, the male examiner pushed a mobile ecosystem tank back into the exam room. Inside were five palm-sized blue crabs, nearly identical in size, color, and appearance—at first glance, it was hard to tell them apart. However, numbers 1 through 5 were attached to their bodies to distinguish them. "This is the first group of mutated beasts. You have ten minutes to observe, and you may make simple notes on scratch paper during observation," said the female examiner. As soon as she finished, everyone hurried forward. When Luo Yu reached the front, he took a glance. They were Blue Water Crabs, a Lower Common Species of mutated beast, Water-system. Their special ability was just a very ordinary low-level ability, "Water Spray," on par with Ink Spray. "Bring it up!" Luo Yu silently commanded, and the talent information for the five Blue Water Crabs appeared before his eyes one by one. Four ordinary talents, one advanced talent. Wow… there was even one with an advanced talent? They were: "Agile," "Swimming Ace," "Strongman," "Combat Maniac," and… an advanced talent, "Robust Vitality"? After the crowd gathered around, all five Blue Water Crabs were startled and instinctively moved. Luo Yu squatted down in his area, his vision level with the Blue Water Crabs, and began observing these little things… Just five minutes later, Luo Yu had worked backward from the "result" to reconstruct the process. While most others were still frowning as they observed at this point… Next… The second group of mutated beasts… the third… the fourth… Only No. 5 Blue Water Crab in the first group had an advanced talent. For Luo Yu, which one to choose was already obvious. After observing all five groups of mutated beasts, over twenty examinees sat at their seats and carefully wrote down the developmental characteristics they had observed for each mutated beast. The three examiners, with nothing to do, walked from one examinee to another, looking at their answers… On Luo Yu's side, he wrote very smoothly. "No. 1 Blue Water Crab: overall, its body is light, its center of gravity extremely stable; locally, its legs contract quickly, and its carapace is somewhat thin. Therefore, it can be concluded that its movements will be more agile and flexible, and it will have a certain talent in terms of movement speed." Hmm… but movement speed isn't that useful for a crab. "No. 2: overall, its body surface is smooth and graceful; among them, its fourth pair of walking legs is very broad and flat, its swimming legs resembling oars. Therefore, it can be concluded that its underwater mobility is excellent, and it will have a certain talent in underwater combat." "No. 3: its first pair of claws is especially thick…" Luo Yu answered the questions seriously. When he got to the third one, the chief examiner who walked over to his side to look at his answers silently nodded. No wonder he was the son of the Luoshui scholar—he answered quickly and accurately, if only his handwriting weren't so terrible. "No. 4: high nervous excitability; after movement or noise occurs around it, it produces a strong stress response, and stress hormones are secreted abundantly in its body. In addition, the spines on its claws are developed to be extremely sharp and keen. Therefore, it can be concluded that it has an extremely strong fighting instinct and is very good at fighting." Then Luo Yu wrote the developmental characteristics of the No. 5 Blue Water Crab. He made a heavy mark here. "No. 5 Blue Water Crab is… the one with the best talent among the twenty-five mutated beasts!" Huh? The chief examiner who was watching Luo Yu answer silently frowned. Oh no, he got it wrong… The developmental report in his hand clearly stated that the fifth one was just an ordinary Blue Water Crab. The one with the best talent was clearly No. 4 of the fourth group of mutated beasts, the "Rain Arrow Frog." He got the most important question wrong… he felt sorry for Luo Yu in his heart. Among the questions corresponding to the twenty-five mutated beasts, getting one or two developmental characteristics wrong didn't matter much, and the score might not be low. But for the question of selecting the one with the best talent from among the twenty-five mutated beasts, this question… would carry a high score. Getting this wrong basically meant he had no chance of passing this assessment. Even though he was the child of the Luoshui scholar, he was too young; in the end, he had misjudged. After all, Blue Water Crabs were too weak—biologists couldn't be bothered to study them. Still, the chief examiner continued reading. Luo Yu organized his words. "This one has slender joints, and the proportion of segments is somewhat strange. I judge it to be a regenerated limb after a break. Crab-type mutated beasts have the ability to self-heal lost limbs, but regeneration will drag down overall growth. And from the growth lines, these five Blue Water Crabs are all around three months old. Even though it lost a limb, its overall size was not left behind…" He gave his conclusion: "This shows that this Blue Water Crab has exceptionally strong vitality." "The life level of a mutated beast depends to a large extent on its life potential…" "Only with sufficient growth potential can it possibly grow to the racial limit level. For an ordinary Beast Master, this one is undoubtedly the most suitable pet beast to contract." For contracted pet beasts, life potential is the most important! After finishing, he continued writing the developmental characteristics of the mutated beasts in the other groups. "This…" The chief examiner's eyes narrowed. He looked down at the report on the five Blue Water Crabs in his hand. Soon, the answering time officially ended. "Within three days, the Beast Management Bureau will mail the assessment results to your homes," the examiner said in conclusion. And the candidates, after handing in their papers, left one by one. After everyone had left, the chief examiner who had been watching Luo Yu answer immediately stood up and walked to the Blue Water Crab ecosystem tank, crouched down, and carefully observed the Blue Water Crab with the talent "Robust Vitality." His gaze fell on its joints, and he observed repeatedly for a long time. "What's wrong, Senior Xu, want to eat steamed crab?" The other two examiners also came over. "Take a look at that Luo Yu's answer sheet…" "No. 5 Blue Water Crab… the developmental report provided in the data identified it as an ordinary Blue Water Crab, and the breeder who captured it didn't notice the abnormality in its joints." "But I just looked carefully, this proportion… seems a little off." He stood up and clicked his tongue. "It seems it really did lose a limb." The other two examiners were stunned, somewhat puzzled. They found Luo Yu's exam paper and looked at it, then the three of them gathered around the ecosystem tank and examined it for a while. "It is indeed a bit strange. But the difference is very small; if you don't look closely, you won't notice it. It must have recovered extremely well. This is indeed a manifestation of 'strong vitality.'" The three looked at each other. "Did anyone else choose No. 5 Blue Water Crab?" "No, only this Luo Yu chose No. 5 Blue Water Crab. Most chose 'Rain Arrow Frog No. 4.'" Chief Examiner Xu said: "I looked at his developmental characteristics for the other twenty-four mutated beasts, and they were all completely correct." "Maybe this one of Luo Yu's is the standard answer. Who wrote the reference answer for this second round?" "It seems to be a new intern… heh heh, although it's not an important exam, won't she have her bonus deducted." Examiner Xu shook his head helplessly: "That is to say… our breeder might have misjudged and didn't notice the abnormality of that Blue Water Crab, but that boy, within five minutes, observed the situation of the five Blue Water Crabs clearly?" So, the other party came to take the Breeding Qualification Examination not just to try it out, but… he really had some skill? If Luo Yu was right, then this answer sheet could be said to be the best among these twenty-six examinees—it not only had almost no mistakes, but also found the mistake made by the question setter! "He's cheating, right? Is he really 15 years old? Good eyesight," said one examiner. The mutated beast species were randomly selected. There were hundreds of common mutated beasts on Jingyue Island. Even if Luo Yu happened to know something about Blue Water Crabs, that was already quite exaggerated. What's more, what he displayed was far from merely "understanding." That power of observation… was truly outstanding. "The power of academic genes?" "A tiger father has no dog son." "Originally, I felt it was a pity that he contracted a Ground Penguin, but now, even setting aside the contracted pet beast, his eyesight means he will absolutely be a biologist in the future who is not inferior to his parents…" "I'm a bit uncertain now. What's the situation with his Ground Penguin? Could there be something to it?!" "Anyway, report it to the Director." ………… After leaving the exam room, Luo Yu reviewed the assessment content and felt a bit guilty after cheating. Other people took the exam afraid that their answers were wrong, while he was afraid that his answers were right but the process was wrong, which would be awkward. "Mm, there shouldn't be any problem." He felt that if nothing unexpected happened, nothing unexpected would happen. "Luo Yu, how did you answer?" Chen Bo ran over to care about him immediately. It was genuine concern. He had mocked Luo Yu when Luo Yu was at his most vulnerable, which was an unforgivable sin, and now he urgently needed to atone. "Not bad?" Luo Yu said. "I saw you were nervous. It's like this the first time you participate. I also made mistakes because of nervousness the first few times. It's fine, you'll get used to it after participating a few more times," Chen Bo comforted him. "By the way, you should have chosen correctly, right? Rain Arrow Frog No. 4." "Wasn't it No. 5 Blue Water Crab?" Luo Yu asked back. "What Blue Water Crab?" Chen Bo slapped his forehead and said anxiously, "It's definitely Rain Arrow Frog No. 4. Look at its poison gland distribution, how pretty it is. Forget it, forget it, it's fine, try harder next time." Chen Bo had already decided that Luo Yu definitely couldn't get a high score. He got this question wrong, so there was no hope. ………… That day. Beast Management Bureau, Director's office. Director Yu Lei looked at the results of this assessment and fell into thought. "This Luo Yu has sharp eyes. He actually found an excellent individual that even the question setter didn't discover." "The other questions were answered without a single mistake…" "The student surpasses the teacher. His talent is even better than his father's…" Beside him, a woman in professional attire said, "Director, this Luo Yu dared to make such a guarantee. He really has something. What about the usage rights of the Luoshui Research Institute?" "Give it to him," said the Director. "It's just a research institute. Keeping it back would leave it idle. Let me see how far he can go." "For geniuses, you can't be stingy. You have to give them more opportunities." "Furthermore…" Looking at the short essay Luo Yu wrote on his first-round exam paper, the Director also sighed. "He is also a pitiful child. We need to give him more humanistic care." "Only in this way, whether for the individual or the island, can there be better growth." He looked at a plaque on the wall behind him. Written on it was: [Make Jingyue Island Great Again]. "Xiao Wan, when there are no outsiders around, just call me Uncle," he suddenly said. "Then Uncle, should the research funding for the Luoshui Research Institute be tilted more?" The woman in professional attire was Yuwan. "That's out of the question." She was so immature. She didn't know the Bureau had no money either? "Forget it. At work, you should still address me by my title."