Volume 3: Tide of Gray Mist Chapter 46: The First Occult Knowledge Test
On the bus to the airport, the slightly plump student Wang Fan put on headphones and was concentrating on watching the live news broadcast on his mobile phone.
Inside, a female reporter with a standard oval face and a sweet smile followed the camera to a messy woodland.
"Dear audience, this area behind me is the source of the emergency evacuation of Lindong City some time ago. You can see that it is in a mess, just like a Category 12 typhoon passing through. This is also the reason why the Investigation Bureau required Lindong City to conduct an emergency evacuation at that time."
"With the joint efforts of the Investigation Bureau and many other parties, we have achieved a brilliant victory in this disaster incident, and have not allowed the evil to set foot in Lindong City."
"They are heroes, heroes who silently protect us, heroes of Donghuang."
"Now, let's interview Director Zhou Hai."
There are constant barrages of comments in the live broadcast.
Some people shouted "wife" to the reporters, but more people were paying attention to the major disaster that day.
"It turns out to be so serious, no, so tragic! Such a fierce battle broke out in a place we can't see!"
"I am from Lindong City. At that time, the higher-ups forced us to evacuate. I was very upset, especially since I was only halfway through squatting in the toilet. But now I just want to say thank you."
"+1+1, we evacuated at noon and returned at night. I thought the higher-ups were making a fuss over nothing. What a disaster? We're back in a short while. We didn't lose any part of Lindong. But now it seems that it's not that the disaster wasn't serious, it's just that it was blocked out of our sight."
“Salute to the heroes!”
“Salute to the heroes!”
“Salute to the heroes!”
"When will the Investigation Bureau start recruiting? Although I weigh 200 pounds, have three highs, and 1,000 degrees of myopia, I also have a heart to protect my country!"
Wang Fan shifted his gaze from the female reporter with first love face to the barrage, and he felt very happy.
He was there at the time, a hero. He never thought that one day he would be called a hero by people.
It's like drinking iced watermelon juice in the hot summer. It's so refreshing.
Uh, but...these students were present, but apart from helping out in the front and setting up the defense, they just watched the whole process.
It's a bit humbling to be called a hero.
I can't afford it yet.
At the very least, he had to kill a few evil spirits to deserve the title of a hero.
The student sitting next to Wang Fan, who was sharing headphones with him, nodded.
"I think so too. When we come back from further training, we will be able to go to the battlefield. But I don't know where we are going to go for further training."
"I heard it's not at the headquarters, but in a special place. I'm so looking forward to it!"
“Who wouldn’t be looking forward to it?”
Wang Fan thought.
Ye Luo performed well in the assessment and might be able to awaken soon, but his progress is even more amazing.
At first, he just took the test with a try-it attitude, then he trained hard with the thought of not wanting to be at the bottom, and then, he stood out from thousands of students.
He is so strong?
He really has the talent of a protagonist! This time he also got a special opportunity. Even if Ye Luo has awakened, he, Emperor Wang Fan, is confident that he can catch up and surpass him.
He will rise from obscurity and suppress the entire era.
Ha ha ha ha--!
…
Phew~
Several special planes of the Investigation Bureau landed on the airport runway of Xinhuo Pacific Base.
The sky and earth outside the window, shrouded in a light white mist, and the magnificent buildings in the distance, were all visible to the students.
Excited and thrilled, screaming.
These students, including many formal investigators, are here for the first time, but some are here for the second time, this time to take advanced courses.
It's easy to do.
Wang Fan and other students were led by these veteran investigators and took a bus straight to the new recruit reception area.
The place was bustling with people. In view of the fact that many new international students had come to the Investigation Bureau, the Reception Office, a small department with only a dozen staff members, had to issue tasks and bring in some instructors and teaching assistants to help as temporary employees.
You have to start as a teaching assistant.
Ordinary students and graduates are not qualified to take on this task.
The reception center represents the facade of the torch. It not only receives ordinary international students who have not yet awakened, but also international students who are studying further, or elites from various countries who come to the Pacific base for the first time and are preparing to go to the "Land of Awakening".
The requirements are high and the benefits are also very strong.
With his status as an assistant teacher, Ye Luo got the position of "Silver Receptionist" at the Newcomer Reception Office.
Responsible for receiving high-ranking officials, experts, or large groups of international students from various countries.
At this time, seeing a group of Donghuang international students coming, Ye Luo went to meet them.
In the team,
Wang Fan and other students were listening to the introductions of the veteran instructors and were amazed.
"Here, we have all kinds of facilities and nutritional medicines. As long as we work hard, the improvement in one day can be equivalent to that in half a month or a month?"
"And as long as you pass the awakening quota assessment, there is a high probability that you will pass the awakening?"
"Walking all over the place here, you are worse than a dog?"
"Hiss~! There is actually a place like this in the world!"
At this moment, the outstanding students from the Investigation Bureau training camp were like bumpkins entering the city, and could not help but let out all kinds of exclamations.
And can't wait.
Can't wait to start training, can't wait to pass the assessment, can't wait to awaken.
However, before that, they have to register as international students. This is the starting point. After that, they will become stronger step by step, beat their best friends, and reach the peak of awakening.
Wang Fan thought so.
Wang Fan heard a familiar voice.
Wang Fan saw a familiar figure.
The receptionist, who was wearing clothing inlaid with silver patterns, seemed to be the teaching assistant here.
What is a teaching assistant?
Student→ →Graduate→→Outstanding Graduate→→Teaching Assistant!
Damn!
I haven't even started running yet, but you're already standing at the finish line? You dog Ye!
Since I was born as a mortal, why was I born in Luo?
hateful!
Student Wang Fan was hit hard and fell down.
…
When a large number of students from the Investigation Bureau arrived at the Pacific base, planes from the Sunset Country, the Wave Country, the White Bear Country and other countries also landed at about the same time.
More than a hundred figures walked down from the Sunset Country's special plane.
Among them are trainees, new students studying abroad, and powerful members of the Night Watchmen organization who are not international students but have purchased awakening quotas.
"Uncle Yule, this is the Xinhuo training base. The place we are going to now is called the Newcomer Reception Center. We will have to do some simple tests afterwards, including two-dimensional tests, willpower tests, mysterious accumulation tests, etc. Only after passing these tests can we go to the awakening place."
"Well, that's about it."
Princess Anna seemed to be much more lively when she came here, as if she had returned to her own home. She was enthusiastically introducing herself to Yule and others.
Spoken with pride.
It was as if the person introducing them to the Sunset Kingdom was not the Princess, but the Xinhuo receptionist.
This is an illusion.
Yule shook his head and opened his eyes to look around. The sky was blue and the clouds were white, surrounded by mist. From time to time, he could see some magical plants and people flying in the sky.
Some fly on the wind, some fly on swords, some ride on skateboards, and some ride on brooms.
Each one seems very powerful!
But it is also true that even if they have the ability to fly, they cannot fly without a strong basic support. These people are at least double awakeners!
And around...
People hurrying around can be seen everywhere, but Yur doesn't find it strange. The training atmosphere here in Xinhuo is very intense, and every student trains with all their might and dares not waste even a moment.
Some people exercise while walking, with flames all over their bodies; some people carry huge rocks as big as mountains; some people run at lightning speed.
Aren’t there too many experts among these people?
After all, Yuer is the second-in-command of the Sunset Kingdom and one of the top three strongest people, but it seems that here he is... very ordinary.
It's worthy of being the headquarters of Xinhuo, there are strong people everywhere!
…
Register and then take the test.
The Night Watchmen organized this trip, with a total of 62 elites and strong men including Yule. They came well prepared and naturally knew some requirements in advance. Those selected were all veteran Night Watchmen from the first and second levels.
A long time had passed since their last awakening, and many of them had even undergone mysterious purification to suppress their awakening.
These people all passed the test of mysterious accumulation.
After all, these people are elites and all of them passed the test of willpower, but some passed with merely passing scores, some with good scores, and some with excellent scores.
In the two-dimensional test, a few people fell just a little short and did not reach the safety standard for awakening.
To this end, Xinhuo has thoughtfully prepared two types of secret medicines for physical fitness and spirituality.
These secret medicines are difficult to make, the materials used are precious, and they are sold to outsiders who are not students, as an exception.
Sun Hao said with a smile, "So it's a little more expensive, Mr. Yule can understand that."
Yule understood.
Yule paid with tears.
He also didn't want to watch the Night Watch elites who came with him leave sadly without even entering the door. Besides, the money was used in the organization's account, not his personal account.
Just pay it, it won’t be that painful.
"Then please follow me and keep close to me on the rest of the road."
Sun Hao and several other official Xinhuo staff led the way to the awakening place located on a mountain more than 100 meters high in the western part of the island.
This awakening place looks almost exactly the same as the awakening place in Xinhuo Village that they had visited before, except that this one lacks some of the ancient charm.
The effect is the same.
What they don't know is that this "Inheritance Site No. 2" inherited the awakening inheritance from the "Inheritance Site No. 1", and after accumulating awakenings period by period, the first and second awakening gains have now been complete, and the third awakening gains are quite high.
This is the meaning of passing on the torch.
The predecessors paved the way, and when the later generations follow this road to the end, they acknowledge their own responsibilities and continue to break through the thorns and thorns to create a new path forward.
One day, maybe this road will reach its end.
…
Heading west, out of the students' main activity area, the surroundings became much quieter.
All you can hear are the chirping of insects and birds and the rustling of leaves.
The team walked along the gravel path and came to the dense forest. They could see that the trees were lush and their roots were crisscrossed, which seemed to block the entire gravel path. There was no space to bypass.
At this time, Sun Hao took a few steps forward, took out a silver token with a faint halo, and shouted respectfully, "Grandpa Qingye."
As soon as the words came out, it was as if a switch was touched.
The crisscrossing tree roots in front of them came alive, drilling in and out like earth dragons. The dense forest that had blocked the entire path actually slowly moved to the sides in front of them, revealing a road buried under the roots of the trees.
"These trees, are...are they alive? They are all alive!"
Yule was startled.
Even though this is a mysterious age and people have the ability to control fire and thunder, seeing these tree people who only exist in stories still makes people feel shocked.
Princess Anna was not surprised, but she raised her snow-white chin slightly like a proud white swan.
"What's so strange about this? It's just a tree man!"
She chose to ignore the embarrassment she felt when she first came here. She was a princess, she was elegant, so how could she be as surprised as Uncle Yule and the others, with her jaw dropping?
Impossible hum.
When the dense woods parted and the sight moved forward along the gravel path in the mountains, you could see an ancient tree tens of meters high. Its crown was swaying, and countless green leaves were falling down, swirling and dancing around the ancient tree, as if you had instantly entered the world of leaves.
An old human face slowly emerged from the trunk of the ancient tree.
He was Qingye! The second person of the Qing generation... the second tree demon, ordered to guard this awakening place.
"You are here. The place of awakening is just ahead. Go ahead."
The long voice echoed in the woods.
Yule's eyes widened as he looked at the leaves flying around him. He suddenly stepped forward and bowed slightly. "Master Qingye, on behalf of the Sunset Nation, I would like to thank you for your rescue."
The legendary tree demon!
The world of leaves was created in one thought!
Yul immediately connected this shocking power with the tree world that appeared in the foggy city during the Red Moon disaster.
The hero who saved the Fog City at that time must have been this old man Aoba!
Gratitude must be expressed. It would be even better if this could help to bring the relationship closer. After all, this person is most likely the second strongest person in the Xinhuo organization, second only to the mentor!
The Lord of the Tree World, Qingye!
This is the judgment of the famous detective Yule.
But after he finished speaking, the scene suddenly fell silent. After a long while, the old face on the tree trunk slowly spoke, in coordination with the roots around it that were moving like earth dragons.
"Do I look like I can travel thousands of miles to your Sunset Country?"
Yulton lived.
The Night Watch elite who had the same idea paused.
Anna was also a little embarrassed, with a look on her face as if she was recalling what she did the first time she came.
After a while,
"Ahem..." Yuer came back to his senses, not looking embarrassed at all. He said, "Old man, may I ask the name of that person?"
"It's Miss Liu Shang and Miss Liu Ji."
The old tree demon in front of him said so.
After listening to this, Yule expressed his gratitude and silently memorized the two names, but was also secretly shocked.
In Xinhuo, there are several strong people who possess incredible powers. There must be others besides these three.
In any case, they saw the tip of the iceberg of the flame today.
The land of awakening, the guarding tree demon, and so on, these are the foundation of the ancient organization Xinhuo.
With complicated thoughts in mind, Yuer walked in.
Among the crowd,
Anna, Iris and the other five did not go any further. After sending a group of Night Watch elites here, they left this "Mountain of Awakening" and took the train in the base to the academy campus.
They have already reported in.
However, today, the academy campus has an important arrangement - a comprehensive written test on mysticism.
"Whether we can study advanced courses depends on today's written test."
"Yes, and this exam is different from our previous classroom quizzes. It is a comprehensive exam that combines multiple subjects and multiple knowledge points. The difficulty level is probably different, so don't be careless."
On the train, Anna and the others gradually stopped talking. They picked up the textbooks they had brought with them and started to review.
…
At the same time,
Academy campus, teaching building.
Many staff members are setting up the examination room and preparing for this comprehensive examination.
The threshold for registration this time is graduates, and the content of the assessment is "Basics of Mysticism". Although it is basic, it covers many subjects such as "Understanding the Evil from Scratch", "Mystery and Awakening", "Application of Abilities", "Basic Analysis of Materials", "Passing on the Torch", and "Looking at the World from a Mystical Perspective".
Among the compulsory subjects, except for a few courses in the advanced course "General Education of the Strange World", all other knowledge points are covered.
In theory, all the knowledge points that graduates are going to take in this exam have been learned.
But in fact, most of the Xinhuo students only study for ten days or half a month, during which time they also have to take into account exercise, etc. It is not easy to pass the basic written test of mysticism.
It is not mandatory for graduates to take this exam.
It depends on personal wishes.
However, only by passing the exam on the basics of mysticism can one learn more advanced knowledge. At the same time, only with a certificate of passing this exam can one serve as a lecturer at the training base.
At the same time as this new regulation was introduced, the base also increased the salary for the position of cultural course lecturers, which attracted a group of graduates.
Especially those who are weaker.
——In the past, most training camp instructors were old graduates, but there was no unified judging criteria. This time, the criteria were unified.
Improve benefits and raise the threshold.
Avoid the emergence of so many poor students, especially senior students like Yiluoxi.
…
“Ah~!”
Yi Luoxi sneezed, shook her head in confusion, and said excitedly to Bai Yansi in the video, "Did you hear that? The instructor told me that as long as I can pass the exam, he will let me go."
"Just wait and see. A mere basic assessment can really stump this guild master!"
"It's just 60 points, you underestimate me. I can at least get 70, no, 80!"
She talked to herself.
Bai Yansi on the other side of the video completely agreed, "Ah, yes, yes, you are right."
The girls who came with Iloxi, including Polly, were holding several thick textbooks in their hands. They had just returned from collecting the textbooks.
Polly flipped through the textbook briefly, looked at the dizzying content on it, and then looked at President Yi who was full of confidence.
A question mark popped up on my forehead.
President, who gave you the confidence?
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The exam is held at 9 p.m., a time when most people are relatively free.
As the time approaches, graduates from all classes who are determined to obtain the certificate come from all over the country. Among them are graduates from the Xinhuo headquarters, but there are also many international students.
"Old Zhou, you're here too? You're a very busy man now."
The young man in the baseball cap raised his eyebrows.
The middle-aged man looked over and was a little surprised. "I am now in the state bureau, responsible for cultural education. Of course I want to see how Xinhuo sets questions."
"I also have a little news that the person who set the questions this time is the instructor."
The old man, Baiyunzhou Deputy Director Zhou Hai, said so, and then asked, "I just didn't expect you to come too."
"Ha! I heard that the top ten in the written test will receive points. If I get the points, I can exchange them for an awakening spot. I will definitely be able to awaken this time!"
"I have a feeling that once I awaken, my ability will be earth-shattering!"
Jiang Tingqiu's mouth was crooked.
Zhou Hai shook his head.
"Come on, you've already failed to awaken twice. Now even if I want to help you apply, I can't. However, it would be good to get a diploma in mysticism. Maybe you can become a lecturer in the future. There's no need to go to the battlefield."
"Get lost, stop looking down on me."
The two walked into the examination room together.
Ilohi walked into the examination room with full confidence.
Xing Jinglei was also called back and walked into the examination room.
The Liu Ji trio were also given the mission of becoming cultured demons of the new era and entered the examination room.
