Above Destiny

Chapter 263: Where have you been? (Thanks to the legendary Ju Miao for the reward

Sometimes, the increase in difficulty will stimulate people's desire for challenge.

Especially the arrogance of the embers, anyone who is afraid and hesitant in the face of challenges is destined to not go far on this road. Now Gustav's harshness and iron fist are regarded as a rare test.

Even if he had previously ignored the criticism and pressure from all sides and gave a 0 pass result, it would still be the same.

Among the more than 1,100 people, how many are hoping for luck, how many are thinking they are the chosen ones and facing difficulties head-on?

"You have been treated like a mountain, my friend."

Jiang Tongguang sighed: "Now the new wave is coming, and they are rushing forward to you bravely."

However, with so many apprentices gathered together, each with their own heritage and identity, and coming from all over the place, many of them have deep hatreds and irreconcilable feuds with each other...

His eyes suddenly lit up.

"Hey, I have an idea!"

Jiang Tongguang clapped his hands and raised a finger: "Do you think we should adjust their positions and bring them together?"

Gustav looked over with a blank expression.

All I saw was this guy's excitement and anticipation, with no disguising it at all - boring, I want to see a river of blood!
Forget it, I shouldn't have expected more from this guy.

He withdrew his gaze and responded indifferently.

“Whether it is a gathering of heroes or a meeting of carrots, we will know after the fire is really over.”

After thinking for a moment, he suddenly said, "One thousand people is still too many. Let's screen out eight hundred people first."

At that moment, the tall tower under his feet suddenly shook slightly.

The spiritual essence rushed, appeared from the incomplete outline, rose, and entangled with each other, outlining a magnificent outline that reached straight into the sky.

From the top of the tower, a loud bell rang out.

Countless souls gathered together like flashes of light.

Fall into it.

Never see you again...

The exam starts from now on.

The exam scene was completely different from what I had imagined.

The first written test was arranged in the building, just like an open class in Tianmen University. Even the examination room was a huge tiered classroom.

No, this may have originally been the place where master classes were given to participants at some large meetings within the association.

Everyone walked into their examination room and sat in their seats according to their numbers.

The test papers were already placed on the table.

However, it was turned inside out and covered, so there was no need to worry about the examinees peeking in advance. After all, the exam content, along with the entire classroom, was chained and sealed.

Unless the master is present in person, you cannot turn it over even if you want to, and if you turn it over, it will be a blank sheet of paper.

In the silence, no one dared to whisper.

Everyone sat in their seats, ready for battle. The invigilator held his pocket watch and waited in silence until the second hand returned to its position and a crisp bell rang from the building.

"The exam begins."

After the middle-aged invigilator made the announcement, he closed the door, sat down next to the podium, folded his arms, and looked away indifferently.

They didn't even bother to mention banning cheating.

When Ji Jue looked through the test paper, he realized... there was no need for this at all.

The test paper is on an A4 paper, with large characters and sparse lines, and it is impossible to fill even one-tenth of the area.

Name, age, gender, candidate number...

and then?
And then it’s gone?
Ji Jue held the pen in his hand, stared blankly for a long time, and then looked up at the invigilator. The invigilator didn't even bother to pay attention to the low noise, and looked like he didn't care about it.

He thought about it and finally started filling out the form item by item.

However, while filling in the form, he seemed to hear the sound of a distant bell, so distant that he could not help but yawn and rub his eyes.

Sleepy.

not right...

Ji Jue became alert instantly, his eyes widened, and he looked around, only to see that one candidate after another had already laid on the table, or even slid under the table.

The sound of popping is endless.

Then, his eyes went dark...

Bang! ! !
A loud noise came from beside me.

As if awakened from a brief dream, Ji Jue suddenly stood up and saw the box thrown next to him, and the parts piled up like a mountain in the box, in a mess.

"Don't just stand there like an idiot. Something's wrong with the island lately. It's eroding very fast. We need to fix it urgently."

The blurry figure gave instructions, then turned and left.

After a long time, Ji Jue looked around in a daze.

There was an old furnace, a pile of broken instruments, and two machine tools that were almost covered with dust and had been covered with dustproof cloth for who knows how long.

A workshop with leaks everywhere, no, it's not even a workshop.

A studio where even basic spiritual isolation is about to fail.

Buried deep underground.

His memory still remained on the scene in the examination room and the scene before he fell into coma.

What is this for me?
Is this still Tianshu?

After being stunned for a long time, I thought for a while and analyzed carefully... Well, I should not have traveled to another world yet. Until now, I can feel the layers of shackles imposed on my soul.

He raised his hand and waved toward the furnace.

No response.

There is no non-attack, no deus ex machina, no blessing, and apart from the spiritual reserves that are barely stronger than those of normal people, there is almost nothing.

He lowered his head again and looked through the things in the box.

It was a mess, with almost everything in it, mostly gray tiles used to enhance the airtightness of the workshop, two thick protective suits, a few miscellaneous tools, two rusty pickaxes and a shovel.

The main part is the core components of two sets of instruments, including the blessing. One of them should be the production part of the water generator, and the other is the core of some large force field mystery. This should be the content of the exam.

Is it all practical?
He scratched his head, puzzled. Why was there no clue at all?
We can't just rely on guessing, right?

Although he was confused, he kept moving his hands. After arranging the things according to difficulty, he began to check the simple workshop.

Well, there was nothing there except a stove.

Having spiritual essence reserves is better than having none, but it is only pitifully strong.

more importantly……

Half a day after Ji Jue started the furnace, he suddenly heard a crisp sound, and then a large amount of spiritual essence dissipated from Ji Jue's daze.

The flames disappeared without a trace.

WTF?

This damn stove...it actually went out?!
More importantly, during this process, Ji Jue took inventory of the reserves in the workshop's material library. It can only be said that even the mouse came and he shed tears.

Apart from some basic metal consumables and a few very few materials, there is nothing else.

Empty.

There are a lot of second-hand instruments and waste.

It's like a recycling station.

In the past four months of traveling around the country, Ji Jue had never seen such a shabby situation. Even Duden’s shabby workshop was at least intact.

If it doesn’t work, we should just give up this workshop and find a factory to work in.

Why should I suffer this?
Ji Jue walked towards the door of the basement, pushed it open, and saw only empty steps and sounds coming from above. Unfortunately, he couldn't get out, as if there was an invisible wall blocking him.

Well, classic game design, air wall.

Poor planning, there is not even a pop-up window to explore the previous area later.

"Hello? Hello! Is anyone there?"

Ji Jue searched for a long time and found a walkie-talkie. After shouting for a long time, he heard a reply, "What's the matter?"

"The material library is not enough." Ji Jue said: "Can you get some more?"

"You might as well just fuck me." The voice on the other end was rude and cold: "It's not the first day, figure it out yourself! These things are urgent and must be repaired, understand?"

Why didn't you say that your mother's grave needed urgent maintenance, otherwise it would be overgrown with grass?
Ji Jue was almost laughing out of anger.

Even if I'm a nuclear-powered donkey, I can still turn the mill for you without eating food, but I can't create materials out of thin air. I can't dismantle that pile of garbage to repair these things, right?

and many more……

His eyes stopped at the pile of waste, and his brows slowly raised: "Then I'll do it myself."

No one responded.

There was silence on the other end of the intercom.

In the workshop in the basement, the only sound that could be heard was the heavy rain outside, and even faint thunder.

Outside the long and narrow window, in the rain, everything was blurry.

There wasn't even an air conditioner in the workshop, and it was so cold that my hands were shaking.

The best we can do now is to fix the stove and light it up, otherwise everyone will freeze to death.

Ji Jue sighed, rolled up his sleeves, picked up his tools, and went into the furnace - fortunately he was used to living in poverty, otherwise, he would not know what to do.

After a quick inspection, I can only say that there is a reason why the workshop is in such a bad state. The furnace from top to bottom is made up of countless dismantled parts.

The internal spiritual circuits conflict with each other, the four parts are out of balance, and even the temperature control sequence is completely broken. It can be said that it is not far from being sent to the recycling station.

It complements this place very well.

As for the problem, it was not a big deal. It was just that the air hole was blocked by dust. Ji Jue gritted his teeth, picked up the hammer and hit it hard. After eating a mouthful of dust, he crawled out coughing.

Again, inject spiritual essence.

This time, a cluster of warm flames finally lit up in the desolate underground workshop.

Ji Jue sat on the ground and wiped the sweat from his face.

There was no time to breathe a sigh of relief.

He suddenly turned around and looked towards the window - just now, something seemed to have flashed by at a very fast speed, like some kind of reptile.

What the hell?

Isn’t the atmosphere in your examination room just right?

Ji Jue scratched his head and frowned, feeling that something was wrong.

But while he was thinking, the work still didn't stop. He first threw in the gray tiles that were already full of holes, heated and melted the broken ones, and re-poured them. As for the ones that were still intact, he used other alloys to repair the cracks and make do with them until they could function.

Although they are gray tiles, they are essentially made of metal. This dark gray alloy is usually used to build the isolation layer outside the workshop. It can be said to be inexpensive and of good quality. Even Professor Ye’s workshop uses a lot of it.

After doing the assistant work for a long time, it becomes easy to do.

After getting used to the rough and simple conditions, Ji Jue's work began quickly.

However, while he was working enthusiastically, countless apprentices taking the exam were completely confused.

Looking at everything unfamiliar and the numerous tasks before my eyes, I had no idea where to start.

Couldn't even start the furnace.

"It's only been four minutes and more than ninety candidates have been eliminated."

On the top of the tower, Jiang Tongguang sighed: "Isn't the template you chose a bit too harsh?"

"It's just basic tool maintenance and waste recycling. If you can't do this, what kind of craftsman are you?"

Gustav stared at the many floating lights and couldn't help but sneer: "If they are eliminated here, it will be a good thing for them."

The real torture has not yet begun.

At that moment, Ji Jue looked back vigilantly.

Amidst the earth-shaking roar, the entire ruined workshop suddenly shook, and then...

Outside the door, a shrill scream suddenly came!

(End of this chapter)