Bab 1989: Onto The Next Stage

Alex was curious about what was happening inside the barrier.

The second person had gone in already but the first one hadn't come out just yet. The old man called out another person, and he went in. 

why were the people coming out? 

Alex carefully listened to the people around him and realized that the people who passed were being sent on to the next stage of the test, while the ones who failed were being sent out of the tower.

There were many who had taken the test beforehand and at least understood what was happening inside the barrier. Who passed and who failed was being actively decided.

What counted as pass and fail though, no one truly understood just yet.

More and more people began going up the stage to take their tests, and soon a line formed as everyone wanted to be one of the people that took the tests early.