Above Destiny

Chapter 264 Hello
"Dogs bark?"

Ji Jue looked back blankly.

It was blurry and unclear through the iron gate.

He even doubted his own ears...

Logically speaking, the guy who gave me the task could also be considered an examiner to some extent, but why was the examiner now screaming outside the examination room as if he had seen a ghost?

Could it be that Jianyuan’s divine power has reached its peak, and he is coming to kill us with Yousui?
Would it be too late for me to change my appearance, embroider the black flag at night, and welcome the royal army?

boom! ! !
The earth suddenly shook and curled up like a felt.

The ceiling of the basement collapsed and dust fell.

Outside the narrow window, there seemed to be thunder. The momentary flash illuminated the huge outline in the heavy rain curtain, like a strange giant insect crawling above the clouds, its limbs squirming and spreading, drooping towards the ground, and sprinkling black rain.

In the dark rain, sharp sounds were heard continuously.

And right inside the room, a high-frequency, sharp alarm sounded from the wall. The value on the dusty detector hanging on the wall soared like a rocket in an instant, warning of a rising value...

Even without any equipment, Ji Jue's body had already begun to feel extremely uncomfortable.

Even if you are certain that everything in front of you is an illusion, everything you see, touch, and even your soul and self can feel is so real.

Symptoms of mild erosion include dizziness, wheezing, and rapid heartbeat.

Soon, the skin began to feel a slight tingling sensation, drowsiness, slowed reactions, and inexplicable noises in the ears. If left unchecked, the condition would develop into serious conditions such as delirium, hallucinations, and schizophrenia!
The spiritual seal of the workshop was leaked, and the evil pollution from the outside world eroded and spread inward.

We must react quickly...

Now, Ji Jue finally understood why so many gray tiles were thrown to him!

Ignoring the screams and wails outside the door, Ji Jue moved quickly. Even without his amazing skills and non-attack skills, the feel, experience and understanding he had gained from before could not be taken away.

Ji Jue decisively put on the protective suit that had not yet been repaired, and pieced the two sets of parts together to barely protect himself. He repaired and reinforced the joints and weak points with physically reinforced tape.

Then, he picked up the gray tiles that had just come out of the stove and had not yet cooled down, and rushed towards the narrow window.

After throwing away the jammed nail gun, I directly picked up the hammer and nails, and used the boards obtained from the dismantled wooden boxes to seal the windows first, and then filled them with gray tiles. The small gaps were filled with the remaining broken pieces that were crushed into gray.

He is very familiar with this set.

He never thought that his bricklaying skills would come in handy in the craftsman exam of the Embers.

After sealing the windows and repairing the ceiling and filling up all the gaps and holes in the four walls, he urgently dismantled the pile of waste and picked out the pieces.

From beginning to end, the screams outside the door never stopped.

From far to near.

In the end, it seemed as if someone was leaning against the door, beating hard: "Help, help, help..."

"I'm coming!"

"immediately!"

"Right away!"

"I'm almost there."

"Wait a moment..."

Ji Jue was mumbling something incoherent as he dealt with the sounds that were hard to tell whether they were hallucinations or real. After filling the fuel tank under his feet with tons of diesel, he pulled with all his strength. Suddenly, the generator started to rumble and emit thick smoke.

"Wait a minute, I'll open the door for you right away!"

Dragging long cables and many iron bars, they arrived in front of the door.

Wiping the sweat.

Patiently and gently comforted the person seeking help outside the door.

Then, expressionlessly, he picked up the welding gun.

Pedal down.

Inside the furnace, a blazing jet of spiritual energy flowed out from the welding gun along the alloy hose, like a sharp blade, instantly melting the aluminum powder flux that Ji Jue had poured on the iron bar and welding the door gap shut.

Then, one iron bar after another crisscrossed to reinforce the structure.

Outside the door, the person seeking help seemed to have heard the trivial noises. His patience was completely exhausted. He cried out miserably, asking, "What on earth are you doing? I am your teacher. I, I, I am..."

"I'm sorry, who is it? I don't know you."

Ji Jue took a step back and admired his masterpiece: "I don't have a teacher like you who doesn't even understand the association's emergency regulations. After an emergency occurs, the workshop is locked and cannot be opened unless the crisis is resolved.

It’s hanging on the wall over there, haven’t you seen it?”

"You lied to me! You lied to me! You lied to me!!!"

A vicious scream rang out from behind the door, and in the indistinct voice, the cries and wails became increasingly piercing. Then, the iron door suddenly shook, almost revealing a vague outline.

It seemed as if some huge object was banging against the door with all its might, continuously. The sound of metal friction was incessant, and it was almost knocking the entire iron door down.

Unfortunately, it doesn't work.

Not only was it physical reinforcement, Ji Jue's other hand was also pressing on the door, constantly mobilizing his own thin spiritual essence to interfere with the material and reinforce the weak spots.

For a while, the sounds outside the door fell silent, the muffled footsteps gradually faded away, and the anger left.

But without any warning, suddenly, there was another violent shock.

It was as if he wanted to take advantage of Ji Jue's laxity and seize the opportunity to break in, but unfortunately, it was in vain.

In the intervals between thunder and heavy rain, Ji Jue heard sharp collision sounds coming from above his head continuously, as if passing through the walls and pipes.

The banging behind the door continued, and in the intermittent silence, Ji Jue heard the sound coming from behind him again.

A sharp scratching sound.

From…

Inside the furnace!

"You really can't stand seeing people being any better, right?"

Ji Jue was almost amused.

What is this stress test?
First it was polluted by evil, then urgently repaired, after the evil ghost tricked the door, it was attacked from both sides?

The sound of scratching gradually became clearer.

Under the erosion and pollution of evil, the dilapidated furnace finally couldn't bear the burden.

For a long time, a large amount of fragments and ashes remaining in it have been squirming, and gradually, they have gathered into shape, and are about to be conceived in the flames and spiritual essence and break out of the shell!

Until Ji Jue’s palm ignored the high temperature and touched the furnace—

"Sorry, buddy, you were born in the wrong place."

He sighed with regret and told it: "This road is blocked."

Amid the hissing sounds of rotting flesh, a tragic wail suddenly erupted from the furnace. The deformed being, which had been rapidly developing and mutating, suddenly stagnated, and then, it felt the cruel changes taking place within its body.

The distortion came to an abrupt stop, and then, the condensed body actually began to shrink inward like a cage, like an advancing iron wall, pressing on its own structure, trying to crush it to pieces!
Solid Alchemy, Blocked!

In an instant, the underdeveloped deformed body was locked inside the body made of alienated metal, and then, spiritual essence flowed like a pair of invisible giant hands.

It cruelly brought down corrections and modifications, trimming away the excess and crushing the disharmony, in order to reconstruct it from the inside out.

boom!
The furnace shook violently, and a crack appeared, from which hot flames spewed out.

One can vaguely see the outline of a violent struggle and resistance, but unfortunately, it's too late.

Even if he didn't use the evil alchemy that old man Jian Yuan forced on him, Ji Jue could cook this thing that was delivered to his door into at least eighty-one different forms with just modern alchemy!

Considering the current situation...

The brief thought ended in an instant, and with continuous screams, the rebirth in the furnace began! .
Some people's creation has just begun, but some people's exams have already ended.

In the Tower of All Changes, in front of Gustav and Jiang Tongguang, scarlet and pale faces appeared on pop-up windows one after another, and screams of terror were heard incessantly.

In just a few minutes, the continuous alarm sounds almost formed a line and never stopped.

In order to prevent damage to the soul, many tests have been set up in the fictional universe within the Tower of All Changes. Once an apprentice loses his life or his consciousness collapses and is judged to be unable to take the exam, his link will be disconnected and he will be kicked out of the simulation.

As for whether it will leave any shadow, that is not within the association's consideration.

"In the first exam, more than 300 people were eliminated in the first ten minutes?" Jiang Tongguang sighed, "Most of them couldn't even make it through the official opening... Old Gu, I mean, isn't your example too difficult?"

"Have I set a problem that ordinary craftsmen cannot solve?" Gustav asked indifferently: "Are the problems that candidates have to face beyond their ability to solve?"

All the necessary hints have been given.

All the tools to deal with the problem are also in the workshop.

Even if you are an apprentice who has just started, you only need to analyze calmly, respond calmly, roughly analyze the situation, formulate a strategy and execute it, then you can solve the difficulties perfectly.

pity……

The vast majority of those who were eliminated were unable to maintain even the most basic calmness. They were either confused and lost, not knowing what had happened in the end. Or they went crazy at the slightest provocation, unable to see the situation clearly, and gave themselves up.

Even before that, blow yourself up.

As long as you really memorize the workshop safety regulations and emergency management strategy guidelines, you will not be at a loss and sit and wait for death when problems arise.

Anyone with a brain and a little analysis would not be stupid enough to open the door and let the distorted object in, seeking their own death.

If you have a better grasp of the basic skills, you will be able to reinforce the workshop in time. If you are a little more flexible, you will know how to solve the problem and avoid pollution and erosion.

There are even two sets of protective clothing.

If you don't know how to wear clothes when pollution is right under your nose, you deserve to die.

He failed to notice the changes and signs in the furnace, had no ability to resolve the alienation and distortion, and did not even have the courage to take drastic measures and destroy the furnace in time.

In the end, he was crushed to death by the fully developed evil creature, so he deserved to die.

This is by no means a harsh test that was set up by simply saying "Let's do this", but rather it is a test taken from past historical cases and there is absolutely no practical exercise that is beyond the ability of any apprentice to cope with.

Even the difficulty of a craftsman has not been reached yet!
All the theories and basics are clearly written in the association's textbooks and test papers, and all operations teachers should emphasize them to any new apprentice.

After more than three years of theory, training, internship and operation, these things should be engraved in the bones and instincts, and there should be no hesitation.

If under such circumstances, one would die at the beginning of the exam... with this IQ and brain, it is better not to pollute the ashes and waste the association's resources, right?
"Oh, look at this, this is pretty good."

Jiang Tongguang transferred a floating light, and the workshop in the picture was peaceful and without any chaos.

The young man was as calm as a rock from beginning to end, and never panicked. He easily sorted out the myriad of issues, fixed the errors and omissions, counted the materials, and reinforced the workshop.

The signs of the deformed creatures in the furnace were detected before they could even appear, and they were resolved before they happened.

At this moment, the water purification core has begun to be repaired.

"Is this the student of that hot-tempered old dragon?" Jiang Tongguang exclaimed in amazement: "He looks so calm, and he really doesn't look like his teacher at all."

"No matter how violent Li Lin's temper is, Zhonglou is the descendant of the Grandmaster after all, and his ability to teach students will not be bad." Gustav took a look and nodded slightly: "This student is a bit like the former scavenger, steady and cautious, never taking risks."

"This is not bad either. I haven't made any mistakes so far. Wow, my intuition is very strong. My mine clearance skills are pretty good."

In the picture, the dark-skinned candidate kicked open the furnace door, grabbed the fire tongs, pulled out the underdeveloped deformed creature, and stuffed it into a large barrel of strong acid.

The sound of chi chi is endless.

Soon, pieces of cooled debris appeared in the boiling acid.

The account is settled.

"This... um... the operation is very skillful. It can be seen that the foundation is solid and the adaptability is not lacking. It's just... is it a little bit too much?"

Jiang Tongguang's gaze fell on another floating light.

The scene was in disarray, but the workshop remained stable.

The evil creature that had originally jumped out of the furnace was now lying on the ground, twitching and convulsing, being stepped on tightly, and struggling in fear.

"You bastard, I've been putting up with you for so long!"

The candidate with a livid face stepped on the deformed body, his hands covered with spiritual essence, hardened, like iron hammers, creating a loud gust of wind, smashing down and cursing continuously.

"You bastard, you've finally got this day! I'm going to make you tea! I'm going to make you my lifelong partner—"

"Give me! Die! Die! Die! Die!!"

There was a constant noise.

The deformed creature screamed and struggled in vain, but in the end, it was actually hammered to death.

In the brief silence, Jiang Tongguang and Gustav looked at each other.

Both sides were equally speechless.

"At least, ahem, he's skilled in boxing, right? Well, judging from his posture, he must have practiced and worked hard."

Jiang Tongguang shook his head with emotion: "Let me see whose student it is, huh? Xiao Kong..."

Then Gustav also fell silent.

"That's... normal."

"really."

Jiang Tongguang nodded, "This is definitely his student."

The changes emerging in the many floating lights are so complex that it is really difficult to see them one by one. Even if there are two directors, they can only set reminder conditions and pick out the important or dangerous ones to ensure that they take action at the first time to avoid any irreparable damage to the candidates.

While he was watching, another alarm sounded.

Someone opened the door of the workshop again...

"Why are there still idiots who open doors at this time?"

Jiang Tongguang frowned, looked over, and then stood there in a daze.

After a long time, he stretched out his hand.

He poked Gustav, who was concentrating next to him, once, and again.

"Old Gu, Old Gu, come and look at this..."

"I told you not to call me Lao Gu!"

Gustav couldn't stand it anymore, he turned around and glared, then his eyes were also drawn to the picture.

Stuck in the same stagnation.

In the floating light projection, as the door opened, the deformed creature still wandering outside the door neighed excitedly.

The strange outline formed by stitching together many corpses squirmed, its limbs twitched, dancing excitedly, and it pounced behind the door without thinking.

Then, I saw...

The figure standing in front of the furnace.

Since the furnace door was opened, there was only a dark silhouette against the blazing fire.

So hideous.

The protective suit is made of armor welded with scrap steel. The diesel engine behind him outputs a rough current, driving the power structure to operate. Sparks fly from the leaked cable interface.

The huge gears exposed outside rotate slowly, and the oily hydraulic rods extend and retract and rub, forming an exoskeleton power structure that is shockingly simple.

And in his hand was a huge hammer with fangs and claws.

There is still residual heat from the furnace.

On the huge hammer head that was between steel and flesh, strange eyes and mouths kept moving around, howling hungrily and struggling, but they were firmly fixed on the hammer and had no way to break free.

And right above the hammer, between the pupils and the bloody mouth, sticky saliva and tears of blood kept sliding down, dripping onto the ground, making a hissing sound.

At this moment, as the machine started to operate, the hammer was slowly raised amid the harsh sound of metal friction.

The hideous outline cast a dark shadow, obscuring the dull and distorted faces of the deformed bodies.

"Hello--"

Ji Jue said.

then……

--boom! ! !

(End of this chapter)