From the Star Abyss
Chapter 311

017: Open Book! Beneficial!

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Public Flying Carpet is a very convenient means of transportation. With a few magic formations and a blanket, the assembly line can produce hundreds of thousands of blankets a day. Its flight can avoid most terrain obstacles, and it can reach a speed of 190 kilometers per hour. Apart from its poor transportation capacity, it can only carry people but not cargo. Basically, there is nothing wrong with it.

If I had to say it, there were no seats. They were scattered around, some lying down, some sitting down, some standing. Anyway, there was a wind-shielding formation, so the passengers' manners were not very good-looking.

From the beginning, Magic Side Civilization has taken the initiative in information and transportation, but the process of industrialization and urbanization is much slower than that of Tech Side civilization.

Li Aoz and others' test site Oran City is not very close. The flying carpet took a long time to drive, starting early in the morning and arriving in the afternoon. Young students are all filled with emotion when they see the bustling city, and are particularly fascinated by the bustling traffic here. The chain of magic shops is full of all kinds of magic products.

Unlike the rural areas where Spellcasters mostly have wild mages, the residents working and living in the city have basically received compulsory education, and their quality and health conditions are obviously much better.

However, for Li Aoz, a third-tier city like Oran City is completely unacceptable.

The reason is very simple. The urbanization construction of Magic Side Civilization basically relies on Mage Tower as the center, and continuously builds various Satellite Citys outwards. You can even see the same pattern of various urban-rural fringes: several Magic Workshops, surrounded by dormitories and streets, this is considered an urban area.

This can be regarded as the drawback of Magic Civilization. If you want to rely entirely on magic to create an automated and intelligent city, you must at least be a cluster-level civilization.

However, precisely because of the slow progress of urbanization, Magic Civilization has one thing that Tech Side civilization can never catch up with.

The Li Aoz group walked off the flying carpet. Help-Study Association members had already booked the hotel in advance. In order to save money, the group sat directly on the green field, took out the food they had brought, and started to have lunch talking and laughing.

Oran City, or all magic cities, have a very large green area, undulating hills, forests, wetlands, and swamps. They can be used as scenic spots everywhere. With the addition of low-density artificial buildings, there are scenic spots everywhere, moist and fresh air, and wild beasts and birds everywhere, making people feel relaxed and happy.

The comfort level of the Magic City is quite high. Li Aoz, who came from Azure Planet, once felt like he was in heaven. The pleasant temperature and slow pace really made people uninterested in studying.

During the meal, some interesting episodes occurred.

Li Aoz noticed that those in the same village expressed disbelief when they saw that they were particularly popular among others.

"Just now, the person from Blue Chrysanthemum Village actually told me that Lioz is a big bad guy. Let us see clearly."

Kadfi also took the initiative to joke while biting the fruit pie, "Look, as long as you are good, you will be jealous, even people like Lioz are no exception."

"No," a girl giggled. "The same goes for the one named Luther. He pretended to be persuasive and told me earnestly, 'Don't believe Rio, he is just a bully!' - Giggles, do you think we are blind?"

"It's just that, Lioz is so good, handsome and strong, he needs good looks and a good figure. Even men will like him. Anyone who would discredit Lioz must be jealous."

"Maybe he just scolded Vik for being so mean, and he took Lioz's directness as rude, right?"

"Lioz is not a bad person."

Li Aoz kept his expression unchanged, smiling while silently cooking.

The image of a bully is deeply rooted in the hearts of Blue Chrysanthemum Village, and he also went through exams, so he can behave differently in front of these outsiders.

Lioz can still perform better. After all, he still has to do many things with this split body.

For example, here's the triggered challenge: —————————

[Triggered the career mission——"Classmates are in love when they are young"]

[Type]: Career Achievement [Period]: Lifetime [Task Difficulty]: E [Introduction]: "Tannhauser has strange feelings. Their average lifespan is three hundred years, but they always feel that their time is running out. People are particularly sensitive to separation when they are sad for spring and autumn."

"Student, this is your best time, the last time you step into a relatively pure realm. I hope you will not let this time lose its color because of timidity and isolation."

I hope you can look back on this period of time with regrets but with emotion.

[Settlement Conditions]: A. Enter a higher education institution to study, establish a student-dominated assembly group with no less than 25 people, and last for at least one semester.

Reward: Expertise——[Perpetual · Vanguard]

B. During this period, hold at least two gatherings and recruit two members of a similar level to you to join your team.

Reward: +20% for any attribute C. Lead group members to collectively participate in the Main Quest action, no less than 10 times.

Reward: [Racial Potential Optimization]

This task is not difficult, and although the reward is good, it doesn't seem like much because it takes so long.

What Li Aoz values is the reward of settlement condition A - [Perpetual · Vanguard]. At present, Help-Study Association, which he established, has been established for 3 hours, and currently 27 people have joined.

After entering university in the future, he will further expand the number of the Help-Study Association.

One criterion for whether a civilization is developed or not is its potential to be mobilized and effectively utilized.

In the feudal era, the emperor's power could never reach the people at the bottom, but in Cosmic Civilization, as long as the people above are willing, the entire civilization can be mobilized efficiently like a machine.

Although Help-Study Association has just been established, it has already shown some advantages.

Those candidates who work independently and alone are responsible for contacting hotels and visiting examination rooms by themselves, leaving much less time for their own review.

Luther, who was carrying three large backpacks, was okay. He had already taken the exam three times and was relatively experienced. However, most of the students were taking the test for the first time. They were unfamiliar with the place, and with the vast green forest area of the Magic City, they felt quite nervous about exploring in the wild.

Li Aoz has no such concerns at all.

The two founders of the Help-Study Association, Kadfi and Mitty, one of them is a social terrorist (social terrorist) and the other is an acquaintance. A lot of things were solved by just asking and asking.

With the participation of other members of the Help-Study Association, little time was wasted on unnecessary things throughout the whole process. Soon after the meal, they gathered at the hotel to discuss and review the content in groups.

Anyone who has ever taken an exam will know that reviewing by yourself is completely different from reviewing while someone else is supervising you. Many angles can only be realized when others supervise them.

Even Li Aoz is not immune. He was fed by pure question tactics. Although he is extremely proficient in the principles of some things, when it comes to taking exams, he seems to be powerless Follow the Heart.

When each other begins to communicate and help each other, the efficiency of problem discovery becomes unprecedentedly high. Especially when faced with a complex project like Magic Aptitude Test, which involves a full 3,500 objective questions, 600 subjective questions, and 12 experimental questions, a person can easily ignore his or her own weaknesses.

It's always easier to get things done when there are a lot of people, especially when people like Help-Study Association are constrained and united by Li Aoz's [Charm], they are more concerned about where they are incompatible with the group.

People here will secretly compare each other and slip away. When they see the people next to them immersed in studying, they will feel embarrassed, so they lower their heads and start reading. Sometimes they don't really read in, but they just pretend to fit in with the atmosphere.

There were breaks from time to time, and someone specifically reminded them to get up and rest, do simple activities, or chat. The pressure before the exam was quickly eliminated.

The more familiar people are, the more they will relax and no longer cover themselves up. In the group, because they feel the resonance and support, people become at ease. They will also take the initiative to help with some collective tasks, such as taking turns to fetch water, ordering meals and cleaning.

Li Aoz also noticed a few candidates who were obviously outstanding in their studies and speeches. He deliberately communicated with them more, found an opportunity to enter combat mode, looked at their attributes, and confirmed that several of them could obviously go to college.

"I still need to train some of my core members. When the time comes, these people will be indispensable for my smuggling business."

There is no shortage of talents with higher education background.

After dinner, the members of the Help-Study Association returned to their respective rooms and began to review the omissions they had discovered previously.

Soon, the evening passed and it was time for the official exam.

It is particularly worth mentioning that the night before the exam, a girl developed a high fever in the middle of the night because of excessive anxiety. Fortunately, she was in the Help-Study Association and was sent to the hospital in time. After casting a healing spell and taking medicine, she was able to take the test normally.

This small episode further deepened the candidates' favorable impression of the Help-Study Association.

The first day of exam officially begins.

For Luther, the first day he came to Oran City was not a friendly one.

Due to the great pressure, and the fact that Rio was regarded as a star by people from other villages, with all the stars surrounding him, he felt very uncomfortable mentally.

"Just wait and see. A villain who has never read a few pages of a book will definitely be dejected when he returns to the village. It would be nice if he doesn't hand in a blank paper. I don't care about this."

But the more he said he didn't care, the more frequently he recalled the time when he was deliberately excluded and bullied by Rio in his mind.

"What did I do wrong? Why can't he target me? I must not let this guy surpass me!"

Li Aoz's performance was so dazzling, coupled with his powerful [Charm], every movement and behavior can attract onlookers to stare intently. After gazing, they will still remember him, imprinted in their minds, forming an echo.

Luther The more he thought about Rio, the more he felt that the image of 'Rio' was lingering in his mind. He became more and more impetuous, unable to concentrate on studying, so he simply threw away the book and closed his eyes to sleep.

But in the end, he had a nightmare, dreaming that Rio returned home in glory and became an official magician. He became a blockbuster. The girls who always followed and admired him in the past all looked at that bastard Rio with admiration...

Because the members of the Help-Study Association shared information, they knew the location of everyone's test center relatively well, so they avoided the peak period early and arrived at the test center early.

The first day of testing included the Spellcasters qualification test. It was not until Li Aoz had started the physical examination that Luther came over in a hurry.

The Chinese New Year starts tomorrow, and I have saved a batch of manuscripts to give you a period of 10,000-word updates.

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