Hu Jiu stayed quietly at the Big Dipper base for several days.
He remained well-behaved throughout, neither wandering around nor attempting to contact Headquarters.
The year-end assessment for Big Dipper arrived as scheduled. At 8 a. m. that day, all the members participating in the assessment gathered in a square and waited for the assessment to begin.
Standing in the crowd, Hu Jiu had a strange feeling of being back in the college entrance examination era, and her mindset unconsciously became a few years younger.
Wei Ze stood to the side, exchanging a few words with him every now and then.
While chatting, Hu Jiu quietly glanced around and looked at the many Ghost Tamers in front of him, feeling deeply moved.
No wonder Big Dipper is so confident in disregarding Headquarters; everyone present looks quite formidable.
An eerie atmosphere permeated the square.
Many people were dressed in strange clothes, and some of them caught Hu Jiu's eye.
One was a woman wearing a small blue hat. It was quite cold, but she was dressed in a blue tank top and a blue skirt, with blue high heels on her feet.
She was dressed entirely in blue, sparkly and giving off a cheap vibe, making her stand out in the crowd.
Suddenly, the strange woman in blue turned her head and gave a sharp look around.
"Hmm? She noticed someone staring at her?"
Hu Jiu subtly withdrew his gaze; some Ghost Tamers are indeed very sensitive to the gazes of others.
Hu Jiu then looked at another person, a man with very deep and three-dimensional features who did not look Asian.
The reason Hu Jiu looked at him was because... he had a keyboard growing out of his chest!
That's right, it's just a keyboard.
An old, worn-out keyboard with the Ctrl and VC keys worn through.
The keyboard was stuck across his chest, as if it had become part of his flesh and blood; the sound of typing could be faintly heard.
Hu Jiu glanced at him and instinctively felt that this person was extremely strong, and had a sense that the other party was unapproachable.
Is it just my imagination?
Hu Jiu withdrew his gaze and stopped looking around.
Although they are curious, they are unlikely to have a direct conflict.
The year-end assessment for Big Dipper does not involve a competition between its members.
Although the members who can stand here were selected through the process of raising the Gu, now that the Gu has been raised and can play a role, there is no need to continue to fight amongst ourselves.
To allow a member to suffer serious injury or even death for the sake of a single assessment is purely a case of penny-wise and pound-foolish.
Big Dipper will not waste its hard-earned human resources on trivial matters.
Just then, a deep voice suddenly interrupted Hu Jiu's thoughts.
A strange light was rapidly approaching the square. As it drew nearer, Hu Jiu could barely make out that there was a man in the light.
He was bald, his age was unknown, he had a compassionate look, and you could vaguely hear chanting sounds surrounding him.
"The entrance effects are quite impressive, but judging from his appearance... could he be a monk?" Hu Jiu thought to himself.
The bald man stood before the crowd, his aura of light fading, leaving only a halo around the back of his head. He spoke slowly and deliberately, "I am Kaiyang, in charge of this year-end assessment."
As soon as Kaiyang's name was mentioned, hushed whispers immediately broke out among the crowd.
Hu Jiu looked at Wei Ze beside him and found that his face was full of caution and respect.
Noticing Hu Jiu's gaze, Wei Ze whispered, "Kaiyang is one of the Seven Stars, a high-ranking leader. He commands an extremely powerful Ghost Arhat, and his strength is unfathomable!"
"Ghost Arhat?" Hu Jiu fell into deep thought upon hearing this title, as he had previously seen two Supernatural Items: the Purple-Gold Alms Bowl and the Buddhist Bell.
These all seem to be Buddhist concepts; is there some connection between them?
"Alright, everyone, please be quiet. Now, please maintain order and enter the examination room in turn. The first exam is a written test, which will last for two hours. Please answer freely."
As Kaiyang finished speaking, Hu Jiu followed the crowd into the examination hall.
The written exam room was also a Supernatural space, divided into several small cubicles.
The exam papers that were distributed seemed to have come from a Supernatural Item and could not be easily damaged. They were all subjective questions, so there was no need to worry too much about cheating.
Moreover, this exam doesn't seem to prohibit cheating or peeking at other people's exam papers.
Perhaps "cheating" itself is part of the assessment process.
Question 1: If your mother and the country's top leader both fell into the water, who would you choose to save first, and briefly explain your reasons?
Of course it is... hehe~
This kind of question is completely unnecessary for Hu Jiu to worry about.
The river water was dirty and cold...
However, the answers he wrote on the exam paper were a completely different matter.
However, after he finished writing, the color of the test paper in the answer area for the first question changed slightly.
Without close inspection, such subtle changes would be completely imperceptible. Hu Jiu could only barely discern them by relying on the Ghost Eye in the palm of his left hand.
Question 2: If you have two children, and because you didn't treat them equally, the older child killed the younger one, what would you do next? Briefly explain your reasoning.
Hu Jiu frowned slightly; he had no children and was completely unable to empathize with such a scene.
Imagine yourself in this situation...
Wolf cubs, give up. Stop creating more social cancers by breeding more babies!
This time, Hu Jiu wrote down his true thoughts, and after he finished, the color of the answer area for question two on the exam paper remained unchanged.
Does the exam paper itself possess some kind of discriminatory ability?
Question 3: Solving a Supernatural incident requires the sacrifice of many innocent civilians. What are your thoughts on this?
Is there even a question?
As long as you're not among those voluntarily sacrificed, then sacrifice yourself at will. For the greater good, it doesn't matter how many are sacrificed.
Two hours passed quickly. After leaving the examination room, there was a half-hour break before the second exam began.
The second exam assessed reaction speed, analytical judgment, and adaptability when dealing with Supernatural events.
Through some unknown means, Big Dipper recreated various strange Supernatural scenarios, drawing the participants into analyzing and dealing with them.
In a room outside the examination hall, countless eyes were fixed on a screen, observing all the examinees.
Most of the senior members who participated in the assessment were very satisfied with the assessment and handling of the Supernatural events that occurred during the test.
However, Hu Jiu encountered a small problem.
He wasn't too concerned about the exam content; instead, he developed a strong interest in the ability to recreate such scenarios.
Hu Jiu spent most of his time analyzing this ability, almost tearing the examination room apart.
As for the Supernatural scenarios in the exam?
It was completely cracked in less than 10 minutes.
But when Hu Jiu came out, he found that he was not the first to hand in his paper and leave the examination room.
The woman dressed in blue was already sitting in the rest area.