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The practical exams of the twentieth week were nothing remarkable.
Zheng Qing felt that he could get decent grades in most of the assessments, except for Alchemy—the examinees had been required to use the Collodion Photography technique invented by the famous alchemist Archer to take a clear photograph of the Synthetic Beast they had previously refined.
This photographic technique required a layer of collodion to be spread evenly over a glass plate, which then had to be immediately immersed in a silver nitrate solution to increase its sensitivity. Since the more the collodion dried, the lower its sensitivity became, the wet glass plate had to be loaded into the camera and exposed before the collodion on it dried. The entire process lasted only a few minutes. If the negative failed to capture the image before drying, it could not be developed or fixed.
While Zheng Qing was taking the photograph, the Synthetic Beast he had refined suddenly became agitated, throwing him into a panic. By the time of the final exposure, only a faint trace of moisture remained from the silver nitrate solution on the glass negative.
As expected, the photograph he took was unsuccessful. Only the blurry outline of the Synthetic Beast could be seen.
The matter continued to weigh on the young government-sponsored student's mind.
It was not until January eighteenth, Great Cold, that all the exams of the semester finally ended. Most students had already packed up and gone home, but when the entire Youzui Hunting Team gathered at Wander Bar, Zheng Qing was still brooding over that exam.
"I'm such a fool. Truly."
The captain of the Youzui Hunting Team raised a cup of warmed Green Bee and clinked it against Zhang Jixin's. With a listless sigh, he