Chapter 1084 – End of Examination

　　Pamir Plateau.

　　Outside the Kayush Border Defense Company.

　　In the barren snowy plains, a line of recruits stood in neat formation, with Lin Qiye standing in front of them, and behind him was the crowd of the [Night Curtain] squad that also stood neatly.

　　Lin Qiye’s gaze swept over their faces one by one.

　　Most of these new recruits, most of them were downcast, with frustration and gloom written all over their faces, while only a small portion of them had their heads raised and their eyes bright as stars.

　　The assessment system this time had directly eliminated more than four hundred recruits, and according to the arrangements made before the assessment, their qualifications to become night watchmen had already been withdrawn by Lin Qiye as much as possible, while those who stood straight and were full of vigor at a glance were basically the recruits who had passed the seven-day assessment and had successfully climbed up Gonggel Peak.

　　”I know that you guys still have doubts about this examination.”

　　Lin Qiye slowly spoke, “Before we begin the summary of this final assessment, does anyone remember that I asked you all a question before the assessment began?”

　　Hearing these words, the recruits present were stunned, and someone soon reacted and spoke:

　　”Report!”

　　”Speak.”

　　”Before the examination began, you asked, ‘If our own abilities aren’t enough to shoulder the burden of guarding the Grand Xia, then why do we still set foot on the battlefield’?”

　　Lin Qiye nodded slightly, his gaze sweeping over the recruits in front of him, “Now then, is there anyone who can answer this question?”

　　The recruits slightly raised their heads, among those recruits who were eliminated to the Border Guard Company, a part of them opened their mouths, seemingly wanting to say something, but their eyes showed some confusion, and after a moment, they lowered their heads and fell into silence.

　　Su Zhe stood amongst the eliminated recruits, and when he heard this question, his heart jumped slightly.

　　For some reason, he suddenly thought of Ke Changlin from that day, who sat there, slammed the table, and pointed outside the border company, rightfully saying “If the border breaks down, what will my family do?”

　　His mind, appeared in the past few days with him, every day wearing heavy military clothes, stood with guns on the border line of the garrison generals, they ate cold food, live in a hard bed, but stood in the cold wind, with a straight spine to support the entire country’s border defense.

　　In his mind, the countless Daxia God shadows that had given up their lives to flock to the Zhen Guo Divine Monument not long ago surfaced.

　　For some reason, in Su Zhe’s eyes, the generals guarding the border, and the Da Xia divine shadows that surged towards the Zhen Guo divine Monument like moths to a flame, actually overlapped a little bit.

　　Su Zhe violently raised his head, and an unprecedented clarity emerged in his eyes!

　　”Report!”

　　Lin Qiye’s eyes lit up as he turned his head to look at Su Zhe and calmly spoke, “Speak.”

　　He took a deep breath and shouted:

　　”I, I don’t know if what I’m saying is right or not, but I feel that …… if our own abilities are not enough to shoulder the burden of guarding the Great Summer, then we don’t go to the battlefield, and we don’t deserve to be a Night Watchman then …… then there is no one in the world who deserves to be a Night’s Watch!”

　　Hearing these words, the recruits present froze in place.

　　Lin Qiye’s eyes narrowed slightly.

　　Seeing that the entire venue was dead silent, Su Zhe gulped down his saliva and gathered his courage to continue:

　　”Guarding the Grand Xia is simply not something that can be measured by whether or not our abilities are sufficient, not to mention just us, even Instructor Lin, even Commander Zuo, even the gods don’t dare to say that they are absolutely capable of guarding this country!

　　Otherwise, the death and injury rate of the Night Watch wouldn’t be so high, and the Great Xia Gods wouldn’t have sacrificed their lives to turn monuments in order to protect the people of Great Xia.”

　　Su Zhe raised his hand and pointed to the border defense company behind himself, “These garrison people, who are just ordinary people, can still carry guns and come to guard the borders of Daxia, if a real disaster comes, it is simply impossible for them to block …… but they still came.

　　The weak have a weak way of guarding, the strong, also have a strong way of guarding.

　　To guard the Grand Xia, what is needed is not an absolute power that is enough to do all of this, but the determination to lay down one’s life and stand in front of tens of thousands of people when disaster strikes.”

　　Su Zhe’s words were loud and clear, and after he finished speaking, the recruits standing beside him who were also eliminated from entering the Border Guard Company, the confusion in their eyes gradually faded away, and their eyes became brighter and brighter.

　　In Lin Qiye’s eyes, a color of approval surfaced.

　　”Very good.”

　　His gaze landed on the many new recruits as he slowly spoke, “What Su Zhe said is very good.

　　Not everyone possesses extraordinary talent, nor does everyone have great strength, and what is needed to become a Vigilant is not these …… reasons why, I want to set up the elimination mechanism of the test.

　　Those with talent and ability need to constantly climb the peaks, challenge the limits, and stand higher to guard all beings.

　　Those who are relatively weak in talent are not useless, and in a way, you are even more important than those with talent, because you, are the cornerstone of guarding the Grand Xia.

　　Now it seems that there are already many of you that have learned something from this training.”

　　Lin Qiye slowly spoke, “I’ve already taught what should be taught, and even though the test is over, I’ll give you one more chance……. Everyone, close your eyes.”

　　Hearing this command, the many recruits present were stunned, and after a moment, they still obediently closed their eyes.

　　Lin Qiye swept his gaze across the crowd and calmly spoke, “Those who are willing to become a night watchman and take on the duties of a night watchman from now on …… raise their hands.”

　　The recruits under the field, raised their hands up, and at a glance, almost all of them raised their hands, with only a few hesitating for a moment before still not raising their arms.

　　Lin Qiye lowered his head and scratched off a few names on the list with a pen.

　　”Put it down and open your eyes.” Lin Qiye put the list behind his back and continued, “Everyone pack up their things and prepare to return to Shangjing …… Those who just raised their hands can start preparing for the swearing in ceremony.”

　　”But, aren’t we disqualified from becoming Nightwatchmen?” Someone among the recruits asked cautiously.

　　”Temporarily withdrawn doesn’t mean completely deprived.” Lin Qiye smiled faintly, “Now, I’m returning it to you.”

　　As the words fell, Lin Qiye turned around and left, with the crowd from the [Night Curtain] squad following behind.

　　After a short period of dead silence, the recruits behind them erupted into earth-shattering cheers.

　　”This examination, it’s also a successful conclusion.” Cao Yuan looked at the boiling recruits behind him and laughed, “Finally, we can go back …… These two days have been so busy that we haven’t even had a good night’s sleep.”

　　”After we go back, who will lead the new recruits to hold the swearing in ceremony ah?”

　　”That goes without saying, of course it’s Seven Nights!”

　　”Hehehe, it’s fine if I come, how cool is this!”

　　”……”

　　Six figures clad in crimson cloaks, amidst the laughter of the recruits, playfully walked off into the distance.