Chapter 505: Chapter 184: Population Ratio, Dilemma of Choice

Real-world, practical combat assessment?

A test that could originally be completed in one day has been extended to three days to determine the winner?

Cheng Ye raised his eyes calmly, observing the reactions of the Western Inspectors opposite him, especially noting Garcia, who had participated in a package assessment once before.

Sure enough, the expressions of the Westerners varied—some were solemn, some were delighted, some were confused.

As for Garcia, despite his best efforts to control it, the twitch at the corner of his mouth and the flicker in his eyes still betrayed the unrest within him.

The rules for the first and second batch of assessments have clearly changed.

Regardless of the hints exchanged openly or secretly among the Inspectors or the different levels of information mastered by the eliminated batch, true fairness was never achievable.

But now, the rules have changed dramatically, and everyone is back to the same starting line, facing new challenges.

"A partner group of 500 people, simultaneously pulled to the package point to commence construction..."

"What a magnificent effort!"

Cheng Ye clicked his tongue in amazement, quietly admiring the enormous investment made by the checkpoint for this round of assessments.

Thirty-two groups, sixteen thousand people, all to test the abilities of the Inspectors.

Compared to the first batch where the focus was merely on quickly settling the population, the direction of the second batch has evidently changed—no longer prioritizing settlement speed, but instead emphasizing the actual construction of Satellite Cities.

Cheng Ye couldn’t help but speculate that the current change is partly related to the dispersal of Void Mist, the greatest threat enveloping Stone Province has vanished, naturally freeing up space for assessments.

On the other hand, the rainy season is about to shift, the rainy season of Happiness City is nearing its end, and the true autumn construction is imminent, so naturally, the stage must be set early for thorough competition.

Of course, there is another crucial reason.

The 25 Inspectors chosen in the first batch may have already been within the checkpoint’s plan, the assessment was perhaps just a formality, the framework was set up, personnel sent out, and there was no need for rigorous testing.

But by the second batch, the real test of the Inspectors’ hard capabilities begins, selecting the most suitable personnel.

However, a problem arises, with towns like West Slope, Tantou, Dapo, even if two groups compete, it’s difficult to spread out on each side for construction.

What’s more crucial is, if one group is eliminated, how should the remaining site be managed?

We can’t just throw away materials, supplies, and the things built in three days—that would be too wasteful.

In places like West River Town and Wanzi Town, which themselves are not very large, letting four groups compete and two thousand people crowd for construction might ultimately waste a lot of materials, purely consuming resources and time.

These questions flashed through his mind, but Cheng Ye did not rush; he continued to flip through the materials.

He didn’t believe the checkpoint would set such an assessment target without considering these pivotal issues.

The answer to the question must be hidden in the detailed assessment criteria that follow.

Briefly skimming over a heap of descriptions related to real-world assessments, Cheng Ye directly flipped to the latter half of the material.

Carefully reading, he quickly found the answer he was looking for.

[Through the supercomputing system, 12 satellite city terrain maps have been extracted, combined with preliminary answer analysis submitted by the Inspectors, the estimation of various assessment tasks has been completed]

[During the assessment period, Inspectors are only allowed to lead activities within designated areas; any other forms of activities are prohibited. Any random actions are strictly forbidden, violators will be directly eliminated. All activities must strictly adhere to task objectives, methods of execution are unrestricted]

[Inspectors within a group can independently choose assessment tasks; for teams employing external assistance, the assessment tasks will be determined randomly. Once the assessment tasks are determined, all assessment teams must complete them within the specified time, scoring is based on the completion progress]

[Example: If a regular task "clear the ruins" is drawn, the supercomputing system will delineate the operational area based on the actual geographic conditions of the satellite city and the distribution of ruins, ensuring that the workload for areas assigned to each team is completely equal. Once the task is initiated, all participating assessment teams must simultaneously carry out clearance operations. The final assessment will be based on dimensions such as completion degree, compliance, and efficiency of the ruins clearance, and used as the basis for scoring]

[Materials exchanged through initial points are strictly limited to the development and construction of satellite cities and must not be taken out of the assessment area. Arbitrary waste is strictly prohibited. If malicious waste is verified, the corresponding amount will be deducted from the personal assets of the involved Inspector for compensation]

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"It’s not about doing whatever you want, but about competition synchronized with the drawn assessment tasks?"

Cheng Ye pondered inwardly.

With these restrictions, the initial assessment standards are easily understandable.

The core indicator is the completion of basic camp construction, four elements are inevitably key to scoring, although the overall score ratio isn’t explicitly mentioned, it seems likely at least more than fifty percent.

And throughout the process, tasks determined by the supercomputing system must be completed.

Since it’s arranged by the supercomputing system, there will definitely be no wasted manpower or resources.

Thus, even if a competing team gets eliminated, it will be equivalent to assisting the remaining team in completing preliminary clearance, infrastructure, and other work.

As for minor non-malicious material loss during tasks, with Happiness City’s scale, it is entirely manageable.

"Not bad." Cheng Ye quietly praised, "Uniform assessment tasks, equal workloads, more clearly reveal the Inspectors’ ability to select people, command abilities during the process, also consider spending of initial points, appeasing people, and a series of infrastructural-related abilities."

Thinking over this point, he turned to look at Wang Kang.