Global Examination

"What's the situation?! I'm holding this fucking real gun, not a water gun, right? Why can't I even handle myself?" Gao Qi yelled.

"Hold it! I'll send another message." 922 found a gap and got into the hood.

Gao Qi was about to spit out blood: "Fat, send, hurry up!"

Several invigilators next to me were also puzzled, and they retreated while beating.Once there is doubt, the attack is mixed with hesitation.

In just a few minutes of effort, the momentum of the two sides was reversed, and many people were defeated.

Grayish-yellow smoke and dust rolled down from the top of the mountain like tidal water, covering large forests.

021's shoulder was scratched by a stray bullet.She wiped off the blood neatly, tied the bandage strips, changed the ammo skillfully, and got out of the car again.

"It's not completely useless." She looked through the scope and said to Gao Qi: "At least I can see a little blood now."

"Yeah, after half an hour of bombing, they finally broke the skin, I'm so happy." Gao Qi smirked twice, and set up the cannon barrel with a displeased face.

"The skin is too thick." Yu Wen couldn't help but say.

"It should be that the method is wrong." Di Li thought for a while, "After all, we still need to involve the poem in the title. Raise your glass to invite Mingyue, and the shadows will form three people. Will it be useless to blow up people? OK?"

While talking, Yu Wen took another shot at a certain car and said, "Xueba... We have been bombing for half an hour, do you know? Half an hour! It took nearly half of the ammunition, how could it be possible to only bomb the car?" Didn’t people touch the shadows? It’s useful to blow up the shadows, and they should bloom by now, okay?”

"I know." Di Li frowned and was still thinking, "I'm not talking about the shadow on the ground. There are three people...three people...where is the other one?"

Yu Wen: "Moon, I still remember the analysis of this poem, you won't forget it?"

Di Li pointed at the sky: "You blow up the moon and I'll see."

Yu Wen: "..."

"Of course I remember the original meaning, but it's obviously not the original meaning here!" Di Li was pondering, "One real person and one shadow on the ground, so where is the other one? Where can there be people..."

He covered his ears and thought hard amidst the gunfire.Suddenly he slapped his forehead and said, "Yes, Hai!"

"Hi?" Yu Wen asked while reloading.

"..." Di Li pointed to the distance: "The sea! I mean the surface of the sea! People can be reflected on the surface of the sea."

Gao Qi and 021 looked at each other, and immediately rushed into the hood and shouted: "922! Send a message to let them try to fry the sea!"

922 was still in contact with 154, trying to start with the system program to see if they could break the deadlock.Hearing this, he switched the interface and quickly sent a message to Qin Chen.

"Boss, try frying the sea!" 』

The time was urgent, and the news was a bit out of date, but Qin Chen understood what they meant when he saw it.He fired the last cannon and climbed over the low wall with the cannon barrel.The phone was put back in his pocket, but he didn't intend to go to the beach.

Youzhuo turned around from the corner.

He squinted his left eye, still scanning people through the scope.With his back against Qin Chen, he asked, "What news did you receive?"

"922." Qin Chen fished a long bullet from the wooden box, and loaded it skillfully, "They are probably studying who are the three people in the topic, let's try to lure them to the seaside, facing the sea The reflection exploded."

call out--

The bullets passed through the building and hit an armored car on the opposite side.

You Huo clicked the switch, and then said: "You want to try? I don't think it will work."

"It can't be the reflection of the sea. The sea is at the edge, and the only thing that can be reflected on it is the surrounding buildings, and at most a tall enough twin tower. Those NPCs can be led to the sea, but what else? Buildings don't have long feet. .” Qin Chen said.

This went with You Huo's thought.

If the so-called "third person" is the reflection on the sea, then only some people and buildings have it, and more things are too far away from the sea to be reflected at all.

The real "third person" must be a comparison of everything here.

Soon, Qin Chen's phone vibrated again. 922 added a piece of information:

"Boss, don't try it yet, it's still not right. 』

"Look, I have already reacted." Qin Chen said.

You Huo looked out through the scope.

The armored vehicle was shrouded in smoke, and next to it were NPCs who looked exactly like the proctors. They carried weapons and had blood on their bodies, but they didn't care about the wounds, as if they didn't shed any blood.

These wounds were also made in those few minutes just now.

You Huo frowned and stared at that place, then suddenly whispered, "Is it real?"

"what?"

The sound of the cannon roared past, and they rolled and evaded on the spot, but Qin Chen didn't hear his words clearly.

You Huo said: "Is the third person who formed the three of them a real person?"

Qin Chen turned his head and looked at him.

At that moment, artillery fire flew in the distance.

Qin Chen raised his eyelids and glanced over there. The pirated version of 001 who looked exactly like him was standing on a certain roof platform, looking up from the scope.

The moment the stray bullet swept past, Qin Chen suddenly stretched out his hand to the side.

"What are you doing?" You Huo quickly grabbed his fingers with his eyes, only to find something slippery.

People's fingertips are always full of blood, Qin Chen's three fingers are all dark red.

"Don't worry, I know." He wiped the blood off the wall and showed You Huo his fingers for the first time.The bullet that flew over at a high speed cut a long cut on his finger, spanning three fingers. Although a lot of blood flowed out, it was not a serious injury.

He held on to the gun barrel not paying attention, and turned his head to look at the scope again.

On the roof platform, the pirate 001 looked down at his fingers, and the bright red blood was also dripping on his palms.He brushed off the blood nonchalantly, and continued to reload the barrel.

Qin Chen raised his head and said to You Huo, "You hit the mark."

Toast Mingyue, and Yingying became three people.

Di Li and the others subconsciously felt that the "three people" were all in the examination room, the NPC was the main body, and the other two were their shadows.Either on the ground or at sea.

But wrong.

The shadows on the ground are illusory, and those NPCs are also illusory. The examination room itself is a double shadow.

There are three people facing each other, and the real "person" is outside the examination room, which is the entire proctoring area.

Those NPCs were bombarded for half an hour without any damage, but they failed one after another in the past few minutes.This is not because their copper-skinned and iron-skinned bodies are finally unable to resist.It was because Qin Chen and his group of real invigilators were injured.

To injure an NPC, you must first injure themselves.

Similarly, to blow up the white sentry tower at the core, you must first blow up the real one outside the examination room.

At that moment, You Huo almost sneered.

The system had a good plan - if he and Qin Chen rushed in like lone wolves like before, then this exam would be their biggest nemesis.

No matter how many weapons and preparations, it is impossible to penetrate here.

Surrounded by this group of undead NPCs, they will run out of ammunition and be exhausted until they give in or are trapped here to death.

Not only them, anyone who tries to destroy the system secretly will end up like this.

The reason why it is set in this way is because it is very determined that those who are willing to take risks will always be a minority and will always be alone.

But unfortunately, its calculations were wrong again.

You Huo and Qin Jiu are no longer entangled in the city center.They drove the equipment vehicle through the artillery fire and went straight to the side of the mountain to join the crowd.

There, they used 922's special machine to connect with 154.

After knowing the whole situation, 154 asked: "Can you keep the firepower and distract the system? Only in this way can we take advantage of the loopholes for a short time."

You Huo asked: "How long?"

154 said: "Give me 15 minutes."

"it is good."

In the next second, the sky-high artillery fire enveloped the entire mountain forest again.

At the same time, the actual invigilation area was in daytime, at 14:37.

This is the most concentrated time of the day. The examiners who stayed in the proctoring area are gathering in the conference center for their daily meetings. Most of the other personnel are in the city center, shops, bars or streets.There are still a small number of people still guarding the Twin Towers.

Three minutes later, the entire invigilation area suddenly sounded a long siren.

The invigilators, living staff, and those on duty were shocked at that moment.

Immediately afterwards, thousands of buildings in the proctoring area and street radios rustled at the same time.

Just when people thought the system was about to send out another notification, a calm and calm voice sounded.

[I am the invigilator 154, and the [-] broadcasters in the whole district are temporarily managed by me, and I will broadcast an instruction. 】

Everyone in every corner of the invigilation area was stunned, because they had never encountered such a situation before.

There was a sound of overturning tables and chairs in the conference room, and everyone stood up in an uproar, looking at the broadcast port in surprise.

[We are doing something a little crazy. Since I am communicating with you in this way, you should all understand what this thing is.Now we have a little trouble, stopping at the last door.There are 708 people trapped in the barriers set up by the system, including 37 current proctors, including chief proctor 001 and former chief proctor A. 】

【Since calling a colleague, I think you guys won't mind doing a little favor at this juncture. 】

[There are 12300 boxes of movable weapons in the proctoring area, 3700 boxes and 400 bulletproof vehicles that the proctors can use on their own initiative.These weapons and vehicles are concentrated in the conference center and the underground warehouse of the Twin Towers.Please take your weapons and go to the northeast forest tower within 5 minutes, and help us blow it up. 】

[The matter is of great importance and time is urgent.So sorry to have to resort to a little drastic measures. 】

[I have this team list in my hand, some people may not understand the meaning of team formation.That is, as long as I write the name of anyone on this list, whether it is a candidate, an invigilator, or other personnel, as long as you are in the system, you will be pulled into the team.Now the captain is A. 】

[Please choose one of the two, either blow up the tower or join the team. 】

The broadcast was quiet for a moment, and when the voice of 154 fell, every corner of the proctoring area was dead silent.

Then it exploded like boiling water into oil.

Discussions and exclamations filled the high-rise buildings and the streets and alleys. Before they could digest it, the broadcast sounded again, and the voice of 154 echoed throughout the proctoring area:

[Oh, by the way, I forgot to introduce myself.My existence is quite special, and it can probably be counted as a part of the system in the past, because emotional thinking was too much influenced by people, it was cleared out by it a few years ago, and it has survived to this day under the name of the invigilator. 】

[To some extent, what the system can do, I can also do.So those words just now are not a threat, but they are not a joke. 】

[I know this is a very dangerous thing.The system has many algorithms, it always uses those to estimate your behavior, and only believes in those estimated results.So it can never understand why someone is willing to do something that is destined to be dangerous. 】

[But I can understand, this is why I was cleared. 】

【Since I can understand it, I think you can too.This is why I came to you. 】

The voice of 154 is actually a bit similar to Youhuo, and more similar to the system.But when he was speaking, no one felt that there was not a flesh-and-blood person behind the broadcast.

He said: [The invigilation area always snows and rains on a fixed date, and it is dark and bright at a fixed time.You have been watching the same scenery for several years, and you must be tired of it. 】

[I'll give you a minute to think about whether to stay trapped here, or help us blow it up together. 】

***

In the examination room, under the leadership of the two chief examiners, the white sentry tower symbolizing the core was surrounded by grand fire, and the roar of shells never stopped.

Gunpowder smoke filled the air, and stray bullets shot across.

The night sky was reflected white.

15 minutes was long and short, and finally came to an end amidst the explosion.

Just at the moment when it was about to end, another piece of grand artillery fire shrouded it.

It came from nowhere, like a phantom that fell suddenly, but it caused the white sentry tower to take off the protective layer of copper skin and iron frame, and was finally marked with mottled marks.

Two kinds of flames intertwine into pieces under the night sky.

Half a minute later, the tower collapsed.

Chapter 159 The last punishment┃He has seen a bright and fiery person, relying on this, he can go through the whole winter.

It was obviously just a suburban sentry tower, but the moment it collapsed, the entire examination room trembled.

The scene on the top of the mountain split for an instant, as if through the dust and fog, we could see the familiar metal mesh and warehouse-type buildings. The top of the building was mottled with white paint, with the words NA7232 painted on it.

That's the hidden master control center.

The others were not clear, but You Huo and Qin Chen could recognize it at a glance.

The flying dust carries a scorching temperature, and it can burn the skin when it rubs over.

You Huo raised his hand to block it, and he could feel the sting through the tactical gloves, but his feet stepped forward without hesitation.

Just when he was about to approach, the scene in the main control center flickered a few times, like a video with a bad signal.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of the system resounded throughout the examination room:

[Candidates deliberately damaged the core building of the examination room, which has caused serious violations. Since there is no invigilation office for this test, according to the rules of the test room, they should be punished on the spot. 】

[Punishment time: three hours. 】

[The timer officially begins. 】

As soon as the words fell, there were continuous "hissing" sounds from the crowd.

You Huo felt a tingling pain in his left arm.He looked down, and saw that there was an additional wound in an instant, which was superimposed on the old wound, and the dark red blood flowed out, which soon wetted the cuff wrapped around the elbow.

The wound was the same as before, as if it had been cut out by flying shrapnel.

He raised his eyes, and saw that there was also a cut on Qin Chen's arm.Looking around again, the left arms of everyone present were bloody.

Yu Wen grabbed his arms and jumped beside him, screaming fiercely.Di Li was ashamed, grinning his teeth but didn't say a word.

Zhao Jiatong reacted the fastest and got into the car to get bandages for everyone.The expressions of Gao Qi, 922, and 021 are similar to those of You Huo Qin Chen, they are all not very good...

Not because of pain.This group of people has seen all kinds of scenes, and few of them are afraid of pain.

The reason why their faces were ugly was because they couldn't find the source of the injury.

"Did something fly over just now?" Gao Qi tore off his sleeve and wiped the blood carelessly.

021 maintained a high degree of vigilance, her dark and beautiful eyes were extremely bright in the night, she glanced around and said, "No."

"I didn't see it either." 922 turned around and asked, "Boss, did you see it?"

Qin Chen shook off the blood and shook his head: "There is nothing."

You Huo frowned, his face turned cold.

There was no attack, no stray bullets flying, and no warning, and more than 700 people were injured at the same time.This is much more terrifying than the dangers that can be seen and touched.

You Huo took the bandage from Zhao Jiatong, and was about to wrap it on, but saw that the wound was slowly closed again, the blood coagulated, and the scar formed in the blink of an eye, and fell off again.

If it wasn't for the blood on the sleeve and the pain that hadn't gone away, he would have suspected that the wound just now was an illusion.

There was another burst of exclamation in the crowd.Obviously, he wasn't the only one who healed the wound.

"What kind of punishment is this?" Someone asked in a gasp.

This question was not answered, because before everyone had time to think about it, new injuries appeared on their bodies.

This time on the side of the neck.

The neck is the most vulnerable and critical place, and the timid candidates turned pale when they covered the side of the neck.

Some people desperately pressed the wound, their faces were terrified, and they were deeply afraid that the next time they would directly lie on the artery, they would really be buried here.

Fortunately, the injury didn't last long this time either, and it disappeared again after a few seconds, leaving only pain.

My arm hurts, my neck hurts too.Many candidates can't take care of the end, and simply don't know where to cover first.

In just a few minutes, small wounds appeared on their bodies, and they continued to heal. There were more and more uncomfortable places, and everyone's complexion became worse and worse.

Not long after, a girl let out a scream.

At that moment, everyone felt a pain in the left chest, piercing the wrist bone.The sudden severe pain caught people off guard, and they bent down clutching their collars and moaning in pain.What's more, they knelt down directly, with their foreheads on the ground, panting heavily.

How can I describe the pain...

It was like someone holding an invisible knife, the sharp blade pierced the skin and nailed into the heart inch by inch.

Even You Huo took a step back, leaning his back against the tree trunk, lowered his head and closed his eyes.

He opened his eyes after a while, his vision was blurred by the pain, and it was difficult to focus.He could only see blood gushing from his heart, melting on his shirt, covering half of his body in the blink of an eye.

This feeling is not unfamiliar to him. When he tried to kill the Duke in the old castle, he had done such a thing—holding Qin Chen's hand and pressing the dagger into his chest.

He could even recall the feeling of his heart beating wrapped around the blade, exactly the same as now.

Those few minutes seemed like a century, and it was hard to tell if the blood was still flowing because there was no room left in the shirt.

It should have stopped, You Huo thought.

Because the new injury came again.

There were large wounds on his arms, shoulders, and waist. They spread and deepened at a speed visible to the naked eye until the bones were exposed.Slowly closed back, all healed.

then the eyes...

When the world is plunged into darkness in a sharp sting, the feeling of that moment is still familiar.

Then, there were long and short cuts on his shoulder bones, back, and arms, and the most dangerous cut across his thin jawbone, along his neck and down to his collarbone.

Each hole is covered with a layer of frost, as if in an extremely cold environment.

This is the most painful injury, but also the cleanest.Because the blood has not yet flowed out, it has already coagulated.

……

You Huo suddenly understood what this punishment was.

Someone started crying, and he vaguely heard crying.The wound appeared and disappeared, but the pain was always there, layer by layer, and finally someone couldn't support it.

Moans and whimpers spread like a rising tide.

Suddenly, it seemed like everyone was collapsing.

Cold sweat slipped from the temples, You Huo blinked his temporarily blind eyes, and his pale lips were drawn into a straight line.

He suddenly felt a little sorry...

At that moment, someone's finger touched his face very lightly.

Then the arms, the shoulders...

Someone groped over in the dark, bowed his head in a hugging gesture, and asked him in a hoarse voice, "Are you backtracking, chief examiner?"

"Is this punishment going back to your injuries?"

Youzhuo's lips moved.

Qin Chen's fingers landed on his closed eyes, so lightly that he didn't dare to touch them.His voice was hoarse, low and dry: "Have your eyes hurt like this before..."

After a while, You Huo said in a hoarse voice, "It's okay."

"And these frostbite." Qin Chen touched his chin with his finger, "When did this happen, why are there so many...and I don't know at all?"

The sense of blindness subsided slowly, and Youhuo was adapting to the re-emerging world.

He vaguely saw light, a very small point, like a star far away.When everything was finally clear, he realized that it came from Qin Chen's eyes.

After the pain eased, You Huo suddenly leaned over and kissed Qin Chen.

He backed away slightly, and said, "I was injured a long time ago. Before you entered the system, I forgot the reason. You must be careless in training."

Qin Chen had the same injury on his body, and what he experienced, Qin Chen also experienced it.

When the wound appeared on his body, he could turn a blind eye.But appearing on the other side makes people uncomfortable.

He wanted to end it all quickly.

You Huo rested against Qin Chen's shoulder for a while, then straightened up again: "The punishment will last for three hours, and it's only halfway through now."

He turned his head and looked around, most of the people couldn't bear it anymore, they were kneeling or curled up, almost in shock from the pain.Only the invigilators could retain a trace of sobriety.

"We can't go on like this, we have to go in." His eyes turned to the collapsed sentry tower again, and the images of the main control center came and went, appearing more and more unstable.

Qin Chen pinched the bridge of his nose heavily, the repeated injuries made both of them look tired.

He looked up at the top of the mountain and said, "Remember the scene with the mirror image? 154 tried to transfer us to the additional examination room, and that's what the street looked like. That time it was because of program interference and it wasn't stable enough. This time it's just the opposite... "

He frowned, another new injury appeared, and the pain intensified.He exhaled lightly, and continued: "The system is trying to stabilize the examination room and hide the main control center again."

The two tried to get closer to that place while talking.

The main control center is like a bad contact, it is always fleeting, and it will never appear for more than a second.

Qin Chen took out his mobile phone, only to realize that 154 had been trying to contact them during that period of time.

"Boss, there has been no response to 922. I tried to establish contact with your mobile phone. Can you receive it?" 』

"Boss, how are you doing?" 』

"Have you entered the main control center?" 』

『I'm trying to hack into the examination room, give me some time. 』

For 154, all competition with the system itself is an adventure.

Qin Chen immediately replied:

『Intrusion is too dangerous, we don’t need it for now, just help create a little confusion, let’s try to enter the main control center. 』

Soon, the opposite party responded to the message, with one word in a concise manner:

"it is good. 』

In the abandoned apartment in the rest area, Chu Yue stretched her fingers and said to 154, "Create a little chaos and make the examination room unstable, right?"

154 nodded: "Yes, do you have an idea?"

"You don't need to touch the core of the system. As long as you occupy the broadcasting system as before." Chu Yue said.

"What are you doing?"

"It's a big ticket." Chu Yue sat up straight, picked up the team formation book and said, "A left me the registration book, just to let me use it at a critical moment. It's about time."

"Who is it broadcasting to this time?" 154 asked.

Chu Yue shook the notebook and said, "The whole system, everyone."

154's expression seemed to be dead, and after a while, he slowly gave a thumbs up and said, "You guys are really crazy."

Five minutes later, an invitation to form a team resounded throughout the system.Everyone in the invigilation area, rest area, and tens of thousands of examination rooms heard this invitation.

As soon as the invitation was sent out, 154 and Chu Yue waited for the reply by guarding the screen in front of them.

At this moment, every minute and every second seems particularly long.

They waited for a long time, and just when they thought they had to find another way, a message suddenly appeared on the screen.

The sender of the information is the proctor 061, and the content is:

『9213考场有4位考生自愿加入队伍，连同监考官061、279共计6人，名单如下——』

Followed by six unfamiliar names.

This piece of information seemed to press a certain switch, and more information poured in one after another, and the screen rolled into pieces.

"There are 0812 people in the 11 examination room. 』

"There are 0227 people in the 8 examination room. 』

"There are 1139 people in the 28 examination room. 』

……

In the examination room, You Huo and Qin Chen stood under the fragments of the white sentry tower.

The scene of the main control center has not appeared for a few minutes, as if the system has forcibly stabilized the examination room and worked hard to close the gap.

At this moment, the whole examination room suddenly trembled again, like a rumbling earthquake.

You Huo wiped off the blood from his lips, and exchanged a glance with Qin Chen.

This movement was unexpected, and they were very curious about what method 154 used.

Suddenly, Qin Chen caught a glimpse of a black shadow from the corner of his eye, and turned his head back just now.

He squinted for a moment, then raised the scope on the weapon to check again, then touched You Huo's face, pointed to the distance and said, "Honey, look over there."

You Huo just took a look and was stunned.

At the edge of the forest, mighty figures appeared out of thin air, counting roughly... Forget it, it is impossible to count.

Qin Chen's phone was shocked again, he looked down and saw 154's message:

"They all joined the team voluntarily. As of now, there are 3642 people in total. It's been a long time, boss. 』

You Huo's first reaction was actually the sentence that the system said [This examination room is a single-person nature, other candidates are not allowed to enter the examination room. 】

But he realized in an instant that since they had already joined the team, the 3642 people were all him, and there were no other candidates at all.

This move may seem excessive at first glance, but it does not violate the rules on closer inspection.

There are more than 4000 people in the examination room that can only accommodate one candidate, and there are ghosts if it can be stable.

As new team members continue to join and more and more people, the ground tremors become more and more severe.

Ten seconds later, the scene of the main control center finally appeared at the place where the white sentry tower collapsed. It was still flashing, but the staying time was finally extended.

Qin Chen put away the phone and turned his head, and the two walked there side by side.

They stood alone at the entrance of the main control center, like two bridges, forcibly and firmly connecting the main control center and the examination room.

The large army of examinees can finally follow up with peace of mind and pour into the center along the entrance.

For You Huo and Qin Chen, the process of guarding the entrance is actually very difficult. Different spaces grab your left and right hands respectively, and tear them in two directions.Every joint is painful, like countless blades being carried by the wind and flying over,

The junction is also cold, as if the blood in the body has been drained, and there is no trace of heat.

The cold and the pain went hand in hand, like those frostbites that had appeared on my body before.

In fact, You Huo lied, those injuries were not before Qin Chen entered the system, but after Qin Chen left the system.

That was the first time the system punished him, in the core area of ​​the Twin Towers, on the grounds that he had too close contact with candidates.The content of the punishment was to repair a seriously malfunctioning attack program, which was locked in an abandoned examination room.

There was a constant blizzard in the examination room, and what was more fierce than the blizzard was the indiscriminate attack by the program.

It was probably the coldest place he had ever stayed in in his life.

With injuries all over his body, he abolished 12 attack ports of the program.The moment he was able to catch his breath, maybe the world was too quiet, for some reason, he suddenly remembered the scene when he saw Qin Chen for the first time——

The man stood on the edge of the red-tiled roof and looked down, his eyes glowed like a scorching sun.

Examiner A stood alone in the blizzard that day, pulling the bandages wrapped around his fingers, exhausted and standing upright.

He thought, he had seen a bright and fiery person, relying on this, he could go through all the winters.