Chapter 131 : Star Instructor Yu Parang (1)EP.131 Star Instructor Yu Parang (1)
The standard Hunter ranking exams and the Undersea Hunter ranking exams differ significantly in their operational systems.
Naturally, this is because the exams were established to recruit personnel willing to venture into the sea for battles.
Typically, Hunter exams are divided by specialty and held on different days of the week. For example, the crafting Hunter exam is on Monday, and the assassination Hunter exam is on Tuesday.
Each week, only one class of exams is held at the designated testing site. The first week is for the C-rank promotion exam, the second week for the B-rank, and so on.
This means if you fail an exam, you must wait a month to retake the same exam.
However, if the Undersea Hunters followed this schedule, the Monster fish would surely rise before they could recruit enough Hunters.
Thus, the Hunter Association drastically shortened the Undersea Hunter exams.
Like an unmanned convenience store where customers come in, buy what they need, and leave, anyone wanting to take the Undersea Hunter exam can buy a ticket and take the desired exam without waiting.
Accordingly, the Hunter Association categorized the testing buildings in each city by section, with each section responsible for one exam, allowing all promotion exams to be conducted simultaneously.
Inside the building, sections for written exams, C-rank, B-rank, and A-rank are located, while the sea outside is divided into sections for S, SS, and SSS-rank exams.
Given these differences, it was only natural for Yu Parang to conduct a comprehensive tour of the building.
"Alright, let’s get started."
Yu Parang began with a slightly nervous voice. As she moved with somewhat heavy steps, three drones followed her for filming.
Two were for broadcasting, and one was for monitoring.
"The Hunter is on the move."
"Start the live broadcast."
Inside the control tower installed at the testing site, people busily moved around, and the drones began broadcasting, finally bringing the live stream to viewers’ monitors.
- It’s on!
- Open the door, open the door, open the door
- Go Yu Parang!
- Hunter Association, get your act together!
- How bored do you have to be to watch this crap?
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The chat was chaotic from the start, filled with people eager to prove they could type nonsense.
Since the broadcast wasn’t on Yu Parang’s channel but the official Hunter Association channel, the chat was particularly unruly.
As expected, both Silo Corporation and the Hunter Association quickly deployed AI cleaners and part-time moderators to ruthlessly block the chaos as soon as the broadcast began.
Yu Parang wasn’t shown the chat, to begin with.
Thanks to this, Yu Parang could proceed with the broadcast relatively smoothly without mental strain.
"If you follow the arrows from the entrance straight ahead, you’ll reach the written exam section."
From the outside, it seemed incredibly crowded, with people swarming like clouds, but inside, the density wasn’t as high.
This allowed Yu Parang to comfortably navigate the interior of the testing site.
The interior of the testing site had an airport-like atmosphere. It was spacious, clean, and predominantly white, much like an airport.
Walking through the wide hall and ascending to the second floor, she was greeted by a large electronic sign on the ceiling that read [Section C].
After observing the bustling crowd moving through the gate-like entrance resembling an airport’s immigration gate, Yu Parang turned right.
There, the camera captured a corridor leading to [Section T], shyly attached next to the massive entrance of Section C.
It looked so unassuming that, without a sign, one might mistake it for a restroom corridor.
In fact, there was a path to the restroom right next to it.
"This Section T is where you take the written exam."
Yu Parang explained as she walked down the corridor.
"As you know, unlike practical exams, the written exam doesn’t differentiate by specialty. This standard applies to the Undersea Hunter ranking exams as well. If you have a certificate from the existing Hunter Association’s written exam, you can skip this section by submitting your documents at the ticket office."
That’s roughly how it is. The written exam isn’t a big deal; it’s designed to determine if a person is truly capable of handling supernatural powers.
It’s meant to filter out those who, instead of hunting Monsters, might harm others, so anyone with a normal mindset can pass.
"If you follow this corridor, you’ll find a kiosk where you can print the written exam paper. Present your ID, print the exam paper, and then insert it into the grading machine... Oh."
Yu Parang suddenly stopped speaking as she calmly continued her explanation.
A restroom pictogram, glowing in red and blue, appeared before her.
"...I took the wrong turn. Sorry about that."
Her face turned bright red as she hurriedly turned back towards Section C.
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The C-rank and B-rank promotion exams passed without much impact.
This was because these exams didn’t include an assessment of combat abilities.
They only checked factors like whether you could move underwater, breathe, withstand water pressure, and maintain visibility, without requiring actual combat.
- The difficulty is like an S-rank from other specialties, even without combat
- I was shocked watching the obstacle course earlier
- Whose brilliant idea was it to give only 10 minutes for a 2km swim?
"So, to actually do Hunter-like work underwater, you need to pass the exam in this A-section."
Yu Parang had arrived at the A-section on the first floor of the testing site.
"The A-section is where they test your combat abilities. Passing the exam here earns you an A-rank Undersea Hunter license."
The A-section was incomparably larger than the C and B sections she had passed through.
"70% of the building’s first-floor area is used for the A-section testing site."
Yu Parang presented the B-rank Undersea Hunter license she received earlier at the B-section to the staff at the entrance.
The staff scanned it with a machine, much like a passport at an airport, and wished her luck as they opened the door.
The Hunter license Yu Parang received back had three new numbers printed on it.
They were 4, 7, and 19.
Yu Parang showed it to the filming drone and explained.
"The combat ability assessment exam for A-rank is conducted using the ’Monster Pack’ method."
’Monster Pack’ is a problem-setting method favored by the Hunter Association.
Through expert analysis, they create combinations of hostile creatures with appropriate difficulty, bundle them into packs, and randomly select one pack for the exam.
"Currently, 50 packs are used in the A-section exam. Among them, 20 packs include Monster fish."
Yu Parang gestured in the air as she explained. It might look crazy to those unaware, but the broadcast screen would display appropriate visual aids through CG.
"For Monster fish, since live capture is impossible, we use the V5 system."
The V5 system is a masterpiece of the Victoria Company, a major corporation before Silo Corporation, essentially a hologram capable of exerting physical force.
How it was developed remains a mystery until the conclusion of the original story.
In any case, Yu Parang boldly entered the A-section testing area.
- Wow, the atmosphere is intense
- It’s a bit intimidating;;
The interior of the A-section was quite... eerie.
It looked like an enormous swimming pool covering the entire vast space.
Apart from the desk at the entrance and the grid-like walls installed in the water to separate the testing chambers, there was nowhere to stand.
Moreover, the water was so deep that the bottom was completely invisible.
It felt like something massive might emerge from below at any moment.
- I think I’ve seen this on TTube
- Oh, that horror game
- Yeah, that game is terrifying
The structure was indeed partially inspired by that horror game.
However, unlike the horror game, the A-section had many other candidates, so the atmosphere wasn’t as grim.
Yu Parang approached the desk and handed her Undersea Hunter license with the printed numbers to the staff.
The staff took it, entered something into the computer, and assigned her a spot.
"Please proceed to chamber C5-D2. Good luck with your exam. Here’s the key you’ll need for the exam."
"Thank you."
Yu Parang took the cylindrical device handed by the staff and left the desk.
She walked over the grid-like submerged square rooms, searching for her assigned spot.
Occasionally, she saw chambers where exams were underway, and it seemed the ceiling closed when the exam began.
Fortunately, despite the vast space, the chambers had intuitive coordinates, making it easy to find her spot.
Yu Parang climbed onto the wall of her assigned chamber and dived inside.
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"Yes. Switching the screen."
The broadcast screen switched to an underwater camera, clearly showing Yu Parang’s current location.
She was in a cubic space with each side measuring about 100 meters.
Except for the open top and the massive monitor occupying the front wall, all sides and the floor were finished with white tiles, creating a rather eerie atmosphere.
Yu Parang showed the camera the instruction panel conveniently attached to one wall of the chamber.
"You insert the key received at the counter into this hole. Then, packs will appear in the chamber, starting with the lower difficulty ones."
When Yu Parang inserted the cylindrical key with a click, a warning sound beeped, and the chamber floor began to split open.
Simultaneously, text appeared on the enormous monitor at the front.
[Detected Pack 4. Deploying 2 <Bellua Maria>.]