True experts often hide their strength / You want me to study Fu Hua's corpse someday? Dream on-I'm clocking out!

Yes/no

Wasn't this question... way too strange?

What kind of mad genius came up with a question like this?!

Beichen had wanted to complain, but then he remembered that Durandal had visited the Live Stream. She could recognize his voice...

So he had better just fill in the blanks peacefully.

After filling them out, Beichen handed the form back and turned to leave.

But after taking the form, Durandal suddenly murmured, "So your name is Beichen?"

True Masters Often Hide Their Strength

Hearing Durandal's murmur, Beichen stopped in his tracks.

So you didn't even know my name until now?

That hurt way too much. You used to be so obedient, Dumb Goose~

Of course, Beichen would not say that aloud. Or rather, he would not even open his mouth.

Durandal had visited the Live Stream and could recognize his voice. Even if it sounded somewhat different through the Live Stream...

She would surely notice eventually and recognize him outright.

So, of the thirty-six stratagems... retreat was the best one!

Beichen turned around and nodded at Durandal, then prepared to leave. But just as he placed his hand on the doorknob without pushing the door open, he heard the beautiful blonde woman behind him speak again.

"It's rather embarrassing. I heard my subordinates mention you before, but I didn't learn your name until now."

"..." Beichen did not turn around.

"Please don't worry. Everyone has secrets, and I respect your privacy. So I have already reprimanded them and told them not to investigate you any further."

They... had been investigating me?

Unbelievable. Had I exposed myself without even realizing it?

As Beichen wondered about this, Durandal spoke again:

"But I hope your secret will not harm Schicksal. Otherwise, I will make you pay the price."

After saying that, Durandal fell silent.

The moment she said those words, Beichen understood. She had not called off her subordinates at all. She had taken the responsibility of investigating him onto her own shoulders?

She had actually set her sights on him...

Sure enough, Schicksal was no place to stay. Maybe he should just jump ship to St. Freya?

After pushing open the door, Beichen left Hyperion Airport while thinking about it...

Not long after Beichen left the airport, Durandal finished the preliminary screening of all temporary workers.

"Are the inspection results out?"

"They are. Shall I deliver them to the Bishop?"

"No, let me do it."

Durandal took the inspection documents handed over by her team member and hurried to the Bishop's office. After placing the inspection report on the desk, she spoke in a solemn tone:

"Lord Otto, these are the results. Fortunately, the previous incident did not cause widespread infection among the survivors."

"Oh? What a miracle."

Otto turned around, folded his hands together, and slowly sighed at Durandal.

A Honkai outbreak was extremely dangerous, and the last incident had involved far too many uncertainties.

As long as someone was injured by a Honkai Beast or Zombie, they would become infected soon afterward.

To prevent dismissed temporary workers from returning to the real world and causing the Honkai to spread, it was necessary to screen and test everyone.

Yet the previous incident had not caused widespread infection among the temporary workers? It had to be said that this was a miracle, one... created by Theresa and the others?

"The Valkyrie who handled the aftermath, I believe her name was Murata Himeko?"

"Major Himeko's efforts saved many people."

After saying that, Otto raised his eyes and stared at Durandal as he slowly spoke:

"And now, you need to take action as well. The mission location is Arc City, and the target is experimental subject K-423."

Upon hearing K-423's name, Durandal's expression tightened, and she instantly realized the seriousness of this mission.

"But the assessment hasn't yet..."

"I can handle such matters. As a warrior, how can you remain in the rear and wait for death? Are you afraid?"

"Absolutely not! I can depart with my people at any time."

After watching Durandal leave, Otto shifted his gaze to the computer in his office.

Now then, it was time to properly test these people.

Heh. If they wanted to work at Schicksal, they needed at least some knowledge.

Otto placed his hands on the keyboard and began operating the central computer to issue examination questions to the temporary workers.

At the same time.

A dialog box suddenly popped up on Beichen's computer.

Do you want to remain at Schicksal and understand the meaning of Honkai more deeply?

Yes/no

"Uh... is this an invitation to take an online exam? Wasn't it supposed to be tomorrow?"

Beichen froze for a moment, then moved his mouse and clicked Yes.

Immediately afterward, a blank examination paper background appeared on the screen. Every line contained a question, and it also displayed the number of answered questions: (0/160).

In the lower-left corner was a countdown timer that kept decreasing. Including the few seconds spent staring blankly after opening it, the total exam time could be inferred to be three hours.

He had to answer 160 questions he had not reviewed at all within three hours?

Damn it, which mad genius came up with this idea?! Was this even meant for people to take?!

Time was tight, so Beichen had no time to think and immediately began reading the questions.

The moment he looked at them, his defenses shattered.

Almost without exception, the questions on the paper were advanced topics related to scientific research and philosophical reasoning.

These were basically elective university courses. How could anyone who was not a professional researcher possibly know this stuff?!

What was he supposed to do? Wait... he had it!

Didn't he have a system?!

With a thought, Beichen asked the system in his mind:

"System, can you help me pass this exam?"

I recommend purchasing the Trial God Key: Void Archives from the shop. For only 1,000,000 Crystals, it can guarantee that the host will pass every exam!

"Go screw yourself! I only need to deal with this one exam, and you're asking me to spend a million Crystals on Void Archives?!"

If the host finds it too expensive, you may choose a limited-time rental. For only 1,000 Crystals, you can use it for ten minutes.

"...Could you be any more of a profiteer?"

A thousand Crystals for only ten minutes? That was way too expensive!

Host, please do not worry. Void Archives possesses extraordinarily powerful functions. Ten minutes is enough to solve every question on this exam.

"Uh... fine!"

In order to get promoted and earn a raise, Beichen chose to exchange for Void Archives without hesitation.

With the confirmation of the exchange, a golden light flashed through his eyes.

When he came back to his senses, his mind had suddenly gained much... knowledge that did not belong to him.

How should he describe it? It felt as though an entire library had been stuffed into his head. Yet this library placed no burden on his brain. Whenever he wanted knowledge, he only needed a thought to understand it easily.

It was too miraculous...

Was this the crystallization of Previous Era technology?

Beichen turned his gaze toward the screen. Those obscure and incomprehensible questions now looked as though their answers had already been marked out for him.

With Void Archives activated, he hammered away at the keyboard and rapidly solved one difficult question after another.

This could not even be called an exam anymore. It was practically deciphering the questions!

And during the process, Beichen suddenly had a strange illusion.

It was as if he had written all these questions himself.

How unbelievable...

"There was still a minute left when I finished every question? Void Archives truly lived up to its reputation."

After saying that, Beichen had intended to submit the paper immediately, but then he thought of a saying.

The tallest tree catches the wind...

The exam time had been too short, and all his answers were correct. If people became suspicious, it would be hard to explain.

So Beichen deliberately changed several answers before submitting. Afterward, he sat in front of the computer and played on his phone, only getting up to leave once the exam time ended and the computer system automatically submitted his paper.

Make Me Research Fu Hua's Corpse Later? Dream On, I'll Just Slack Off!

The noon sun hung high in the sky, and Hyperion Airport had reached the hottest time of the day.

The temporary workers who had finished their exams headed to the cafeteria one after another, preparing to have one last Schicksal meal before being promoted or dismissed.

At the same time, the Bishop's office was exceptionally quiet, forming a stark contrast with the noisy cafeteria.

The Bishop sat alone before his computer, holding a cup of coffee and savoring it quietly.

The number of temporary workers hired by Schicksal this term was especially large. Even after the airport had gone through the Herrscher of the Void incident, many people still participated in the assessment.

Grading all the papers might have been an enormous task for ordinary people.

But for Otto... it was no trouble.

His grading method was to directly write a program that checked all 160 questions. Using the powerful computing power of Schicksal's central computer, it would directly filter out anyone who answered fewer than 100 questions correctly.

Anyone who wanted to engage in higher-level work at Schicksal needed a high degree of professional competence, so answering 100 questions correctly was the passing line.

Anyone below that score would be eliminated immediately.

This way, he only needed to evaluate the survivors who scored above 100.

Otto activated the program and received the results.

Hmm... fourteen people had passed this exam?

How unbelievable. The results this time were actually so good?

Because the questions were too difficult and the acceptance rate too low, Durandal often suggested that he lower the difficulty appropriately.

It seemed the questions he set were not too difficult. The temporary workers from the previous batches simply had not been good enough.

Otto then selected the eliminated candidates and sent out dismissal emails in bulk.

After handling the dismissed temporary workers, he began reviewing the papers submitted by the fourteen people who had passed the exam.

Overall, most of them were stuck within the score range of 120 to 130.

Only three had broken through the limit of 130, earning the dazzling scores of 136, 141, and 146.

Very good. It seemed there were quite a few intellectuals among this batch of temporary workers.