Chapter 76
The overall terrain of Baidi City was flatland.
The exam venue was located in an area of wetlands beside the Spring River. During this period between May and June, one can catch sigh of wild mutant cranes and ducks, rolling happily in the mud pits.
They spread their two-meter long wings sink deeply into the soft mud, happily rubbing their backs against it. From time to time, there would be a little splash of mud.
On the edge of the wetland, in addition to the cordon delineating the exam venue, there was also a warning written on a stone tablet.
“Baidi City 5A Nature Reserve.”
“Don’t get close. Otherwise, you will suffer the consequences.”
This “otherwise” sentence pattern was not uncommon but Si Chen kept having this feeling that it was somehow familiar.
Si Chen stared at it for a moment and for some reason, he felt an itch all over his body.
…How should he put it? He really wanted to wallow in the mud.
This idea immediately alarmed Si Chen.
Although conditions did not always allow for it when he was a child, Si Chen has always loved being clean.
While his peers in the orphanage caught fleas in their hair, Si Chen used tap water to soak himself clean every day.
Forget rolling around in the mud, he even wears disposable shoe covers for his rain boots when it rains!
Therefore, something must be influencing his thinking.
The Eternal Life Abyss looked at the swamp just around the corner, its eyes revealing intense desire. “Mom, Little Abyss, want play…”
Si Chen stuffed it back in and said angrily, “You mustn’t play with that.”
An Eternal Life Abyss wouldn’t be moved by just any ordinary mud pit.
Though the world they were born in did have a lot of nutrient-rich mud, which allowed a growing Eternal Life Abyss to rub off its old scales to make room for new, harder scales.
Si Chen waited for a moment but the other candidates’ cordial greetings to White King seemed endless.
He had no choice but to quietly open the car door and step out.
Si Chen had an exceptional air about him. The moment he came out, it was like spotlights were automatically turned to his direction.
Reasonably, one should have had special training to acquire an aura like that. But there is also that rare breed of people who are simply born to shine, who glowed even after being thrown into the mud.
The instant Si Chen got out of White King’s car, the heated atmosphere seemed to momentarily freeze.
White King, though, made not the slightest move to introduce him. He just simply said to the juniors present, “I’ll be going in first to check the exam venue. You can all just take your time and relax.”
With that said, White King took a step forward. When he reappeared, he was already a hundred meters away. He seemed very impatient.
These children from the Great Families seemed to have been here for several days. The two-story RVs behind them seemed to be equipped with everything they needed.
There was also an RV with the Serpent Staff Gene logo printed on it. It had an outdoor swimming pool on the roof.
Si Chen chose an open space upwind, took out the compressed tent from his backpack and shook it open in mid-air.
The palm-sized high-fiber square expanded rapidly, turning into a semicircular dome and settling on the ground.
This simple tent also has the trademark of the Serpent Staff Gene. Si Chen had purchased it for 2,000 credits from the company’s employee’s shop.
He was fixing the tent when someone came trekking over.
“Hello. I’m Chen Zhizhou.” The young man had his eyes half-open, as though he hadn’t fully woken up yet. “Are you an employee of our Serpent Staff Gene?”
The current person in charge of the Serpent Staff Gene Group is surnamed Chen.
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Si Chen went through Chen Zhizhou’s information in his mind.
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Si Chen thought of the low-level Quasi-Feathered Serpent God he had eaten before. Chen Zhizhou must taste really good, like crispy cheesy sausage that had been grilled until it cracked and leaked fatty juices.
Now, he was hungry.
In order to prevent the Eternal Life Abyss from continuing to grow, Si Chen hasn’t had a good meal for almost two months. It couldn’t be helped that he was feeling a little gluttonous.
Si Chen suppressed this feeling of hunger and stretched out his hand, politely shaking hands with the other man. “Hello. My name is Si Chen.”
“I believe companies should provide accommodations for their employees when they’re out on business trips, don’t you? My RV is quite spacious and it has an empty guest room.”
He yawned. “I’m sorry. I was forced to end my hibernation and was asked to come over to take the exam… I’m still a little sleepy.”
If Si Chen hadn’t, after graduation, worked for capitalists, earning only a basic salary in a lower-level laboratory of the Serpent Staff Gene for several months, he would probably be very tempted right now.
Before Si Chen had time to refuse, another aristocratic son joined the battlefield.
Chu Dongliu forcibly inserted himself into their conversation. “Xiao Zhou, isn’t this such a coincidence? We haven’t seen each for almost a decade, not since primary school, right? You’re still the same enthusiastic and cheerful Xiao Zhou.”
Chen Zhizhou’s mouth twitched slightly as a greeting.
Chu Dongliu had chosen the path of mechanical evolution.
When they were in primary school, the two had been assigned as roommates.
Once, Chen Zhizhou had turned into a human-headed snake while sleeping, scaring Chu Dongliu into screaming when he woke up in the morning.
“Si Chen, do you still remember me? I’m Ji Chuyao’s cousin. We met last time at Four Seasons Island.” Chu Dongliu looked at Si Chen with a friendly smile on his face, “My cousin asked me to look after you. Even though it’s May, it’s still quite cold at night. Why don’t you come join me in my RV?”
Chen Zhizhou sneered. “You only have a bed in that car of yours. Where’s he going to sleep? The floor?”
Chu Dongliu: “Can’t I sleep on the floor?”
“Oh, so you’re the one sleeping on the floor. As they say, nothing tastes better than dumplings, right?*
Chen Zhizhou’s tone was slightly sarcastic.
A long time ago, the two families had a marriage contract. People like them who came from the Great Families have long understood the difference between marriage and love. So even if they don’t like each other very much, having children, two – just right for each family to have one – is part of the contract.
However, Chu Dongliu was so obsessed with the idea of marrying for love that when he was in college, he decided to marry someone else. Moreover, that someone else was the ex-partner of his distant cousin — family, improper; household, unfit.
Things, naturally, ended quite tragically.
Chu Dongliu’s expression suddenly changed: “Chen Zhizhou, don’t dirty someone’s innocence!”
Seeing that the atmosphere was getting tense, Si Chen said directly, “I have nothing to do with Teacher Song. I simply booked a rideshare car online and he was the one who took the booking.”
As he said that, he took out his mobile phone and pulled up the order for the two of them to see. “I won’t be sharing anyone’s RV since I can’t sleep with strangers.”
Chu Dongliu and Chen Zhizhou looked at each other, exchanged a few polite words and returned to their respective cars.
[Baidi University Postgraduate Entrance Examination Group] (Anonymous version)
-Si Chen said that he just made a rideshare booking.
-And you believe that??
-How can Lord Song moonlight as a rideshare driver?!
-To be honest, Baidi University’s sudden enrollment this year is also very suspicious.
-My older brother even wanted to drop out of graduate school and retake the exam.
-Haha, your Song family is so virtuous. The head of the family couldn’t stand on his own and had to swallow down the whole pharmacy to even get a foot on the Seventh Step. Your whole family owes their reputation to White King.
-? ? ? If you can, please stay anonymous.
-Don’t quarrel.
The discussion remained in a deadlock for a while.
-Although. I really do think that Si Chen gives of a very similar feel to that of Lord Song. Their eyes look somewhat similar. Could he be an illegitimate child or something?
-But I heard men are no good after 25 years old. Si Chen’s only 22. The year he was born, Lord Song was already 169 years old. Is that even possible?
– Think about it, Baidi University hasn’t admitted any external students for the longest time. It’s been 30 years, right? How could there be such a coincidence?
-Only one will get accepted. Si Chen might not be that one.
-Speaking of which, did any of you open the test papers?
-I didn’t dare. By the way, what’s your admission ticket number?
-X-07
-X-11
-X-3
…
-Uh… isn’t this topic a bit dangerous? In other words, is there a possibility…? @Lin Jiali, your Eight Directions Technology better not be peeking in the backend!!!
(This discussion group has been disbanded by the group owner)
**
Si Chen didn’t spend the night in the tent.
Because, at around 10 p.m., the last candidate arrived at the scene.
From Khaos Manufacturing, Shen Family. Behind every large group, there is more than one Family.
Although the current leader of the Khaos Group is surnamed Song, his hold is not very stable.
Not long after Shen Qiu arrived, White King came back from inspecting the exam venue.
Although the clothes on White King’s body were dry, Si Chen could smell a wet earthy smell coming from him. As if he had just come back from wallowing in the swamp.
Si Chen was a little dizzy.
He suddenly realized that maybe the Eternal Life Abyss hadn’t been motion sick at that time. Rather, it might have been because of White King.
White King clapped his hands. “Since everyone’s here, there’s no need to wait until midnight tomorrow. Candidates, please put on your admission tickets and take out the test papers for this exam… We are readying to enter the exam venue.”
Song Ziyu took the admission ticket out of his pocket and held it in his hand.
White King tapped his finger in the air and the black metal nameplate flew up from Song Ziyu’s hand and was pinned to Song Ziyu’s collar.
Bai Di smiled and said, “That’s how you wear it.”
‘X-11′ was written on Song Ziyu’s nameplate.
It truly was cold in the suburbs at night. Not to mention that it was close to the wetlands and not far from them was where the rivers meet, which meant that the air was full of moist water vapor, falling on the skin and quickly condensing into ice particles.
White King also had on a brown windbreaker atop his shirt to suit the occasion.
He had tied up his long hair into a low ponytail. The hair tie, the same color as his coat, was tied into a thin bow.
Si Chen saw him rummage in the pocket of his windbreaker and take out an irregular, glass-like fragment. Like a puzzle piece.
He simply threw the fragment into the open space not far away.
Soon, the nearby space began to distort and change. A black vortex appeared in mid-air, like a dark matter barrier compressed to the extreme. Or like a door.
This scene nearly upended everything everyone knew about Space Folds.
Everyone’s eyes filled with shock.
Zeus’ “Farmer Theory” came unbidden into Si Chen’s mind — The turkeys regarded the rules they discovered as truth, but they didn’t know that it was just what the farmer did on a whim.
White King pointed to the black door and said, “Go in. I will pick you up in two weeks.”
Song Ziyu looked stunned. “Master, won’t you be proctoring the exam?”
White King smiled, his eyes narrowing. “An off-site proctor is still a proctor. I think this will do.”
Although he spoke with a smile, White King at night looked far less good-tempered than he did during the day.
So much so that Song Ziyu’s shoulders shrank slightly.
Now that they had come this far, there was no way any of them would give up on this exam.
Si Chen, who was at the front of the queue, pursed his lips and walked in first.
…
…
The candidates entered the exam venue in an orderly manner.
However, Song Bai remained standing where he was. The arc of his smile remained unchanged.
Suddenly a wild wind blew and several of the RVs parked nearby were lifted up into the sky, their contents scattering onto the ground. Only Song Bai’s surroundings remained motionless.
Originally, Song Bai had intended to accompany them during the exam. After all, if any of the heirs accidentally dies, many people will come to him, crying and wailing.
But right now, he had something more important to do.
Song Bai said coldly, “Show your fucking face.”
“…White King.”
The voice sounded somewhat gloomy, garbled as though it were chewing on the words.
The dark shadows of the trees, cast on the ground, writhed. They were like running water, incorporeal, but they quickly gathered towards Song Bai.
The black shadows asked, “You have been dismissed from any and all positions in Khaos Manufacturing. Why are you still so stubborn?”
Khaos Manufacturing was not only found in this world.
Song Bai thought for a moment and replied, “Maybe, the more ignorant a person is, the firmer his belief in himself.”
The moment he spoke, the black shadows rose from the ground.
The sudden spike in energy fluctuations almost caused the entire space to tremble and twist. The strong wind swept the black shadows thousands of feet up in the air, like a god towering from high above.
To ordinary people, high-dimensional creatures are inherently gods.
Song Bai opened his eyes. His eyes had turned pitch black, not a trace of white to be seen.
Half of his body had been torn to shreds, transformed into the form of the Eternal Life Abyss. The tentacles wound and tightened around the black shadows, like a poled vise clamping down on a bottom-dwelling fish.
The black shadows let out a shrill scream. “I came this time but next time there will be others! The gap in this dimension’s time and space becomes wider and wider as time goes on. How long can you hold?!”
Song Bai gave no answer.
The wind stopped, leaving a mess behind.
Song Bai took a deep breath and raised his head. He swallowed back down the black blood that almost rushed to the tip of his tongue.
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A puzzle piece opens a space fold. Then what about the gigantic puzzle that White Dress has been working on in the maze?