Colin wanted to see all these items, because now if he wanted to fight monsters, he could only rely on the items purchased with these points.
The more points you have, the more items you can buy, and the higher your chance of survival when participating in events where monsters exist.
Colin thought, maybe this is the true meaning of the entrance test. Anyway, the higher the rating, the more points you get. People with the fewest points may still have more options than those with no points.
At this moment, Colin understood why by the end of this school year there was a high possibility that only 50% of the students would survive. Because the 50% of students who cannot survive are the ones who have no points from the first ranking.
Although each student has been given an initial number of points by the school, it cannot be used for trading, those points are the student's life points and have that effect only.
Because right from the start, they were warned that if their points returned to zero, their lives would end.
Colin walked to the end of the hall on the second floor, where there was a black door similar to the first floor, this was the entrance leading to the third floor. However, the condition to pass through this door is to own 100 points, causing Colin to only leave sadly.
Colin returned to the starting point, where Matthew was still waiting.
Seeing him come out, Matthew quickly asked.
"What's up, bro? Have you bought anything yet?"
"I haven't bought anything."
"So what are you doing in there?"
"Who says you have to buy things when you go into the store? I'm just checking first. It's best that you don't rush to buy anything, we can ask the lecturer for advice and buy later."
Although Colin was very impatient, he knew he could not be impatient and blind.
He wants to know the best options, then make a choice. It's all about increasing the chances of survival as much as possible.
Hearing these things, Matthew definitely did not bother going into the Secret Room to see anymore.
"Aren't you going to go in there?"
"What else am I going to do? I heard you say it's okay. Now go find somewhere to eat."
Colin sighed and walked outside with Matthew.
Colin returned to the hotel, packed his luggage in the room and took it outside.
Because the university dormitory is not located in the school area, a specialized bus must be picked up to get to the dormitory.
The bus was waiting in front of the hotel.
When Colin and Matthew got into the car, they saw that the short teenager, Selina, and even Jenny were also up there.
Jenny raised her head to look at Colin, her face blank with no emotion. She just looked for a moment and then looked out the window again, as if the two of them were just strangers.
Colin just glanced at Colin for a moment. While he was looking for a seat, Selina waved to Colin and Matthew, signaling to them that there were empty seats there.
As the two approached, Colin saw the short teenager sitting next to Selina.
"Why are you guys so slow? The bus is about to leave."
"It just takes a bit of time to get around here."
"Have you gone to Secret Room? What's in it?"
"Oh, I forgot to ask your name."
Colin now remembered that he still didn't know what this young man's name was.
"Andy. So what's in there?"
The short teenager Andy answered, then aimed for the item inside the Secret Room.
"There are Marks that have energy, and also potions."
"Is that all?"
"No, that's just an item on the second floor. To get to the third floor, you need 100 points. These 100 points seem to need to be points added to us later, not points that the school has given before."
Hearing Colin's explanation, Andy nodded as if he understood.
At this time, Selina suggested.
"I discussed it with Andy before. The university doesn't have very rigid and clear rules regarding student accommodation."
"So I suggest we stay together, what do you think?"
"Of course it is okay. Still a beautiful person like you who has an eye for people."
Hearing that Selina wanted to be with them, Matthew agreed without any hesitation. It's just that Colin thought about it, then gracefully refused.
"This isn't a bad idea. After all, the four of us are acquaintances."
"But I think it's better to stay with classmates."
"I consider monthly tests and class tasks that only members of the same class can attend. So being in the same place can quickly get to know each other."
"You're right."
Selina thought about what Colin said and felt that they were reasonable, so she decided to change the previous suggestion.
"The academy is divided into classes, each class is a small group. It's still okay to just participate in the class community. We can easily cooperate in the future."
"Wait, aren't there also big missions that the university gives? This kind of mission doesn't require being in the same class to be able to cooperate with each other?"
Matthew still hasn't given up on the idea, but Andy looks at him like an idiot.
"No one will care about the big mission now, at least not me."
"Anyway, with regular tests every month plus class quests if you're unlucky, in the worst case scenario you'll have to face monsters twice a month. Whether you'll survive or not is hard to say, do you think anyone will consider the big task?"
The tasks given by the university are divided into two types, coercive tasks and non-coercive tasks.
The enforcement task can be said to be like the upcoming monthly test, which all students must complete.
However, the class's mission is a little different from the usual enforcement mission, that is, if someone proactively takes on the mission, the others will not have to go.
If no one proactively accepts the task, the instructor will have the right to assign it to any member, who can only complete the class task as a forced task.
As for the non-coercive task, that is the big task Matthew just mentioned. Even if no one participates, they will not be forced. That's why Andy called Matthew foolish for considering such a big task.
However, there is one thing that Colin still has trouble with.
"Actually, I have a bit of difficulty understanding this. If we are the few who can awaken, then the university must protect us, or at least give us time to develop. right?"
"We've just entered school and have to face monsters. No matter how much we prepare, we're still too weak. This shouldn't have happened."
"Shouldn't we be able to use points to purchase items?"
Matthew asked, Colin shook his head.
"Those things definitely have limitations. If using them can kill monsters easily, then why do they need to train us?"
"And you have to consider one more thing, which is that half of the new students don't have any points that can be used to buy items. Going on a mission in that state is suicide."
"Even if they are lucky enough to survive, if the mission fails, their Life Points will be deducted. Once it returns to zero, they will also die."
"Is that so terrible?"
Listening to Colin's analysis, Matthew was now afraid to realize that if there were no bonus points from the entrance test, then it would be like a death sentence.
"But it is not necessarily a situation of certain death."
"Do you remember the rankings from back then? Even though we successfully escaped from the monster, our rating is still not the highest."
"That proves that those who ranked higher than us must have killed the monster in their test. The lowest level monster is difficult to be damaged by normal weapons, but can still be damaged."
"Dude, that still sounds… impossible."
Matthew lamented.
At this time, Andy also voiced his speculation.
"Maybe because there are too many monsters, they are very short of people, so they have to send students to fill in the gaps."
"Or maybe the university thinks that even though we're just a bunch of idiots, we can still complete the mission through the items we bought from Secret Room."
"Or more simply, we're not that important. The strong will survive, the weak will be eliminated, just like the law of nature. Those who remain are exactly what this place needs."
"But this is just speculation, the truth can only wait for the future."
After Andy finished his own theory, the other three were silent.
Although he didn't want to admit it, Colin felt that Andy's third hypothesis seemed closest to the truth. Representative Victor's speech, lecturer Camilie's attitude towards the students... all seemed to prove that.
"Will you stand on the half alive, or on the half dead?"
Camilie's words still echoed in Colin's mind. He sighed with a heavy heart. His first year studying here was like this. He didn't know how terrifying the second and third years would be.