Chapter 574 Strategist Assessment

In the assessment space.Five hundred elite soldiers, under Li Shaoshu's control, rampaged across the battlefield.The soldiers' eyes were indifferent, their coordination flawless, every step perfectly aligned with Li Shaoshu's intentions.These were fearless, decisive warriors, displaying ferocious combat power.At the very beginning of the battle, the assessor, Lin Youguo, was forced into a retreat.But quickly, as a high-level strategist, he saw through Li Shaoshu's actions, understood what he was doing, and immediately ordered: "Spread outwards.""Guerrilla tactics, prioritizing self-preservation."Lin Youguo stood expressionless on the city wall, looking calmly at Li Shaoshu thousands of miles away.Both sides had five hundred soldiers.In the first round, he had more than twenty killed and over forty wounded.But his face remained unmoved, as if the casualties had never occurred, his mind perfectly clear.After the guerrilla order was given,the battlefield began to expand. Li Shaoshu's 500 men remained unmoved, refusing to be led by the nose by their opponents, and continued their united assault on the city.The city gates were damaged under the bombardment of energy, and the damage gradually widened over time.However, Li Shaoshu's troops also began to suffer casualties.His saber was pointed directly at the city gates, but the enemy soldiers didn't defend them at all, instead providing ranged attacks from the left and right flanks.Li Shaoshu's objective was clear.Victory would be achieved if he could breach the city before all 500 men perished.Everyone saw this and shook their heads in disdain.The final result did not surprise these experts.After issuing the order for a dispersed, guerrilla-style tactic, Lin Youguo remained silent.From beginning to end, he instructed his soldiers to act according to the situation, prioritizing their own safety.Only when the city gates were about to fall did Lin Youguo take a second action: activating the defensive annihilation cannon.This was a source energy cannon with questionable accuracy, firing directly from inside the city gates. Li Shaoshu's five hundred soldiers scattered to the left and right.At that very moment,our troops, who had been conducting guerrilla warfare for some time, swarmed forward.Lin Youguo calmly watched Li Shaoshu on the opposite bank hold up three fingers."Three.""Two.""One.""Fall down." Lin Youguo's lips moved slightly.Li Shaoshu's face suddenly contorted in immense pain. He coughed up blood, knelt on one knee, his face covered in blood.What kind of mental strength does it take for one person to control five hundred soldiers?Li Shaoshu thought himself very clever, but the high-ranking strategists had already studied this kind of thing.This was a tactic completely impossible to use in actual combat.Lin Youguo effortlessly stalled until Li Shaoshu's mental strength was exhausted.The five hundred soldiers regained their senses, their faces blank, and were instantly routed.Lin Youguo "narrowly won."After all, his city gate was truly on the verge of being breached, but in reality, everyone with discerning eyes knew that everything was under control.The assessment space shattered.The imposing Lin Youguo stood with his hands behind his back, silently observing the disheveled Li Shaoshu before him."Didn't your father teach you this?"Li Shaoshu's eyelids twitched. He looked up, his gaze sweeping around. All the strategists present were looking at him with disappointment.His heart ached.High above.Mu Yixin suddenly spoke, his voice deep and authoritative: "If you want to become a qualified strategist, you must abandon that kind of tactic.""Humans are not machines.""All battles should be based on human nature.""I believe you understand this."Actually, Li Shaoshu had one last way to win.He could have all five hundred men self-destruct, thus breaching the city gate.But if he did that, he could forget about ever stepping foot inside the strategist's building again.No army would dare let such a person command them.Looking at the dejected Li Shaoshu, Mu Yixin said calmly, "Come back for the exam when you're ready. Go back and ask your father more questions." The younger strategists didn't know much about Li Wuce in his early days.Mu Yixin, the old man, knew him well.He had reached a high-ranking position at a young age, with outstanding achievements, no less than Meng Chen's.But later, he returned to manage his Li family and never went to the battlefield again, so his position remained stagnant, and his military achievements never improved.Perhaps Li Wuce couldn't compare to his father, but if he had continued fighting until today, the position of alliance leader might not belong to Mu Yixin.Because he was truly too capable.But his son seemed to have inherited not a single trace of his father's wisdom.Every family has its own troubles.Mu Yixin didn't say more, letting Li Shaoshu leave on his own. Finally, he smiled faintly and said, "Let's wait and see when Li An emerges from seclusion."Everyone was still more eager for Li An's return.Unexpectedly, this wait lasted five months. Meng Chen expected him to complete his studies in a month.But Li An himself wasn't in a hurry at all. He absorbed knowledge bit by bit in the building, practicing it in his mind.The more he saw, the more complex the battlefield seemed to Li An, and the more he realized his shortcomings.So he became increasingly engrossed, losing track of time.When he came to his senses, five months had passed.Cultivation knows no time.He stood up, pushed open the door under everyone's expectant gaze, grabbed a steamed bun, and leisurely took the elevator to the top floor.Li An had already guessed the assessment question.Five hundred soldiers against five hundred soldiers.Our side is on the offensive, the enemy is on the defensive.The conditions for victory were very simple.Victory was achieved simply by breaching the enemy's city gate; killing many enemy soldiers wasn't necessary.However, the defender was a high-ranking officer, which made everything difficult.Upon reaching the top floor, the scene was somewhat spectacular.More than fifty strategists, including the chief and Mu Yixin, were all smiling at him. Li An mentally grumbled, "They're all a bunch of pressure monsters."Then, after Mu Yixin briefly explained the rules, she let Lin Youguo go.The two sat on the floor of the general office, their mental energy connecting as they entered the assessment world.The assessment world transformed into a 3D projection, playing above their heads with their eyes closed, everything clearly visible.As soon as Li An entered the military camp, he immediately retrieved all the data on his 500 soldiers.Most were at the sixth or seventh realm, with only ten at the eighth realm. Among them, only one was primarily speed-oriented, possessing the talent of Windwalker, SS-rank.This was the strength of a normal battlefield.One SS-rank was already a lot. This was different from what Li An had seen growing up; he encountered groups of Infinite-level opponents wherever he went.He secretly summoned the SS-rank Windwalker from the military camp fortress, and they chatted happily for an entire night.Li An treated this assessment world completely as the real world.He chatted casually with Windranger, talking about everything under the sun, and they ended up becoming sworn brothers, vowing to live and die together. Only then did he propose a "small" task.Windranger, as if under a spell, patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, leader, leave everything to me!"