Chapter 676: The Start of the New Round of College Entrance Examination

After this incident concluded, the following period did not see much discussion in the outside world or on the network.

In fact, the Security Bureau personnel had also asked me if I needed to issue a public announcement to sensationalize the matter, but I refused.

So, they chose a cold treatment, but cold treatment did not equal no treatment.

This matter involved many other issues, including large-scale rectifications in many hospitals.

Furthermore, this period belonged to the college entrance examination preparation phase.

It was conceivable that after the exam, more intense restructuring operations would continue, all to ensure "my" satisfaction.

But for now, the entire external network was filled with news about the college entrance examination.

It was as if this examination was completely suppressing issues like the Descending Sect and the Doomsday Theory.

But... this was the reality.

Many things on the network were loud but lacked substance.

When it came to matters that affected their own interests and the turning point of their children's lives, no one dared to cross that bottom line.

Those who were supposed to take the exam still went to take the exam.

The majority of ordinary people were content with the status quo, and they had been acclimated under the prevailing ethos of the Main World.

Unless they couldn't survive, it was impossible to trigger global unrest.

Even if anti-social protests, even riots, resistance, or independence movements erupted in many places, for the areas where these things didn't happen, there was absolutely no sense of involvement.

Everyone mentally supported the resistors online, but in reality, they were still weighed down by life, unable to stand up straight.

During this time, up until the college entrance examination, I was at Big Sis Bai's house researching the technology attached to the Player's body.

However, Big Sis Bai also left for a period due to a scheduling change, but she would return to accompany me when she had no classes or free time.

Midway, I was called back to the academy to sign the Witch's Contract for exam inspection and invigilation during the college entrance examination period, which officially marked the start of the college entrance examination process.

But this did not stop me from continuing my research after I had finished this matter.

These days, I had generally figured out the "Destiny Thread Technique" mastered by the Player's world.

But understanding it did not mean mastering it.

Moreover, I discovered that the fundamental power for using this technique originated from the "Transcendent Pixel," a derivative of that special [Transcendent Knowledge].

Even though I possessed two Grand Spellbooks that were on the same level as this power, I still couldn't mimic this technique, just as my Mimetic Soul, Soul Description, and Wisdom Bestowal techniques could not be replicated in that game world.

However, with this theoretical research data, I could derive brand-new techniques that utilized this technical data based on the power I had already mastered.

But as things stood, I had no significant leads yet.

The main reason was that Destiny, as a medium for information transfer, offered no significant advantage for the time being.

The reason why the game world heavily developed this technology might be because their world limited their development.

It was like people in a magic world being unable to imagine a world without magic, one that still managed to enter comprehensive modernization just by boiling water.

Precisely because I understood the mediocrity of the Destiny Thread Technique, I devoted more energy to the Transcendent Pixel's energy network.

After all, I was very interested in these things.

Even if I couldn't master them, I could research and learn the knowledge.

With knowledge, coupled with the power I had mastered, I could construct new techniques.

However, I still remained wary of the Destiny Thread Technique.

After all, the previous failure of the "Earth Energy Conversion Technique" when I was working on the Earth Vein Appraisal Spell was still unforgettable.

In short, a technique always had its inherent value; it was just that its suitable application had not yet been discovered.

As for why I was intently researching Transcendent Pixel... Big Sis Bai had also asked me this question.

After all, Academy Head Mei had promised me that I would be able to harvest the game world, so there was a certain probability that I would acquire that [Transcendent Knowledge].

To say that I didn't want this kind of thing would naturally be a lie, but if my heart desired it too much, to the point of madness, then I would be the one with the problem.

When an obsession exists due to greed and constantly grows because of desire, such a person is not far from self-destruction.

Therefore, I was not researching "Transcendent Pixels" with the mindset that this [Transcendent Knowledge] would eventually belong to me, but rather as a study against a hypothetical enemy.

To understand what its essence was, to understand what characteristics it possessed, to know its weaknesses, and to be clear about its limitations.

And I had roughly understood what Transcendent Pixel was during this period.

It was a kind of order, a Domain order.

Its concept was similar to my Power of Knowledge, but... also very different.

My Power of Knowledge incorporated too many characteristics, influenced by the two Grand Spellbooks, and was also structured upon the Body Cultivation system.

It presented the knowledge characteristics of the Great Tree of Knowledge and the wisdom manifestation of the Great Wisdom Enlightenment Spell, which was the deduction of knowledge.

Now, the basic Five Senses Enhancement of Body Cultivation were also integrated into the order of the Power of Knowledge.

Heart Sense was the foundation of its Domain structure, and also the basis for my understanding of it.

Time Sense deepened my control over my own power...

After I had figured things out internally, my mind was no longer troubled by too many distracting thoughts.

The kind of Time Sense "loss of control" due to special stimuli that happened before would basically not occur now.

Because I was gradually adapting to this power, the possibility of losing control was greatly reduced.

Unless my own state was extremely poor and I was subjected to some stimulus, but in such a situation, the concern wouldn't be whether Time Sense was lost, but rather the risk of all the power I possessed being lost.

For now, I was still very confident that the characteristics of the "Power of Knowledge" far exceeded those of the "Transcendent Pixel."

However, when it came to the techniques derived from this Domain order, I had to respectfully concede to that game world.

After all, currently, the techniques derived from my Power of Knowledge were roughly just one systematic "Annotation Technique," and many unsystematic connecting techniques were also categorized into the annotation.

Beyond that, there were techniques for the "fusion, dispel, and deepening" of the Dream State and reality.

Other than those related to the Myriad Connection Main Network Tree, there weren't many other noteworthy techniques.

But the techniques derived from Transcendent Pixel were indeed very rich.

That was the accumulated foundation of an entire world!

It was possible that the combined time I had lived across two lives was less than a fraction of the development time of that world.

After all, they had developed a complete process and supporting techniques for invading other worlds through Transcendent Pixel.

The game platform they built alone was a massive project, and the remaining techniques were probably just micro-innovations built upon that.

Through the research of Transcendent Pixel, I also roughly confirmed that the development of their world seemed to have deviated from the path of witch development.

They focused more on the technical development of the Domain order, treating it as a tool to serve their world, but... for me, the Domain was not everything.

No one dictated that the Domain was the full explanation for the Transcendent path.

In my view, it was more like a type of branch path, but not the entirety.

However, there was one point I couldn't deny: the Domain... this method was genuinely useful.

But, I couldn't keep researching like this forever.

My main purpose for leaving the Witch Academy this time was to invigilate the college entrance examination.

So, on the day before the exam, I had to stop my research and arrive at the examination center I was responsible for, to liaise with the mentor there.

Regarding the examination center arrangements, one or two current students would be assigned to each center.

The invigilation in each examination room was still conducted by regular ordinary teachers at the front and back, while the students' main role was to perform comprehensive monitoring using Transcendent power.

Originally, according to the normal procedure, I should have received a spellbook dedicated to invigilation.

Although it would be temporarily held, I was informed that I could use my Domain for invigilation... so I didn't need the spellbook.

Well, in a sense, the Domain was indeed more efficient than that special-effect spellbook.

So, I didn't take anything, bringing only a spatial marker device for monitoring the Earth Vein Information from the Academy Network.

After all, during the college entrance examination, the Earth Vein Information of the area where the center was located needed to be recorded and archived completely without interference.

On the day of the college entrance examination.

I woke up very early.

After understanding the procedure the day before, I didn't have any confusion today.

But... my arrival still put significant pressure on the school.

Although I had been here once before, they hadn't received the notification then.

Now that the official document had arrived, confirming that the Academy Teaching Assistant would indeed be invigilating their school, to say there was no pressure... was a complete lie.

If a candidate here were to cheat and the invigilating teachers didn't catch it, only to be caught by this Teaching Assistant, it was hard to imagine how severe their dereliction of duty would be!

“Little Han Teaching Assistant... you are already patrolling here so early? Actually, you don't need to be here at all. We have specially prepared a place for you...”

“No need. I don't really like staying in one place; it's too boring that way. Thank you for your kind intentions. You don't need to worry about me.” 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

I said to the person who stepped forward to invite me.

“Okay, alright. If you have any needs during this time, as long as they are not too excessive, we will fulfill them.”

I also nodded, indicating that I understood.

There was still some time before the start of the examination, but a considerable number of people had already arrived outside the examination center.

They were basically all parents of the candidates, and I even saw families bringing their entire household to cheer them on.

The crowd outside also continuously increased as time went on.

Even with the Security Bureau personnel maintaining order here, it still couldn't deter their enthusiasm.

Looking at these crowds, I felt a lot of emotion, but sentiment aside, I also didn't forget my duty.

This year's college entrance examination had different requirements than previous years.

Of course, this requirement was directed at us, the invigilating students, not the candidates.

The college entrance examination was the most important day of the year, and no disruption could be tolerated.

But because of the Players' descent this year, this global event also had an added layer of threat.

Those Players were potential destabilizing factors who might disrupt the college entrance examination system.

With so many people gathered here, if those Players were to launch an attack on these crowds, the consequences would be unimaginable!

Therefore, the reward for this year's college entrance examination invigilation task was also more generous than in previous years, specifically to attract high-grade students with strong combat capabilities to take on this task.

The reason why my presence as a Teaching Assistant at this examination center brought them such pressure was also due to this consideration.

After all, if there weren't some rumors beforehand, why would a Teaching Assistant be assigned here?

They must think that an accident might happen here!

But I felt they were overthinking it.

Setting aside any unfounded rumors, if those Players were to actually come, I wouldn't even have time to smile.

I badly needed Players to come and find me voluntarily now, as I still wanted to possess more Players to gain intelligence for me.

However, the more I tried to reassure them, the more nervous I felt they became, so I simply stopped bothering with them.

As time approached, buses full of candidates drove into the school.

Another batch of students needed to cross the threshold of the college entrance examination.

Every person on the bus would go through the choice of destiny and eventually step into the Transcendent world.

I could hear many people outside discussing one matter: they wondered if there would be any genius this year who would be strongly contested by the various academies, especially since a top scorer with a perfect score emerged last year!

Naturally, this year also aroused expectations.

However, I felt that such a talent probably wouldn't appear this year.

After all, the college entrance examination involved the distribution of Destiny.

If another favored Child of Destiny appeared this year... then things would be too chaotic.

And now, the Destiny of the Main World... honestly, I was worried for them.

First, there was the interference of the college entrance examination Destiny distribution ritual, then multiple Children of Destiny sharing the Destiny, diluting its influence and driving force on individuals.

There were also Destiny Alchemists in the Witch Academy occasionally harvesting Destiny, and maybe other Transcendent Academies also had existences similar to Destiny Alchemists who were very interested in this Destiny resource.

And now there were Players harvesting Destiny to create Game Qualification...

It felt like the Main World was about to be ruined by this group of people!

And this made me inevitably think of one question: Was a Child of Destiny without Destiny still a Child of Destiny?

Only after understanding the current situation of the Main World did I realize that the World Consciousness's so-called World Script... was truly a joke.

The Main World was a world carved up by four... no, now five Transcendent Races.

It had completely lost its sovereignty.

Any development within the world could only be guided by the will of the world's masters, so it was easier to understand why such things happened in the Main World.

After all, when the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds.

The Witch race alone was enough to demonstrate to the Main World what "Witch Diversity" meant.

Just as bus after bus drove in, my gaze was rarely fixed on one particular vehicle.

My sight passed through the window and saw the students inside.

I spotted a familiar figure.

Yang Yunhan, that cheap younger brother.

I hadn't seen him since that incident.

He had probably taken my advice and moved into the dorms.

I wondered how he had been doing these past few days.

Freedom was something many people longed for, but absolute freedom could be frightening and confusing.

These insights could only be experienced by himself.

Even if he didn't understand many principles, as long as he went through them, he would suddenly grow up at some unexpected moment in life.

Sensing that the person I was concerned about had arrived, I did not linger at the school gate.

I had actually considered the possibility that he might be completely demoralized and not even show up for the exam, but I was fortunate that he hadn't.

If he hadn't come, then he would truly be rotten mud that couldn't be helped up the wall.

I wouldn't even have the interest to lure him to the Witch Academy.

People who gave up on themselves were not worth others expending energy to save.

But since he came, I looked forward to his performance.