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Chapter 117 Please, take all the axes away!
[Success conditions: Obtain the golden axe and silver axe from the river god.]

The golden light outlined a line of text in front of him, which was obviously the conditions for passing this simulation.

There is a small bridge beside the river, and opposite the bridge is the exit of the simulation.

"So the college is using simulation to replace interviews?" Selina thought.

She looked at the beautiful and peaceful river goddess before her, and the three different axes before her.

"Should I say I dropped it? Or..."

Serena's eyes searched around.

"The assessment shouldn't be that simple. This might just be a trick." She thought to herself.

If you can pass the level just by saying that these three axes dropped by yourself, then this assessment is too easy.

Then, the key to passing the level lies in that ordinary iron axe.
Serena thought for a moment and said, "No, I just dropped that ordinary iron axe."

"You are an honest child. Then these three axes are yours."

The river god said with a smile, and three axes fell in front of Selina.

"Oh? Just, that's it?"

Looking at the river god who was still smiling and nodding at her, Selena walked towards the exit with a confused look on her face, holding three axes.

"Well, as expected of a student who topped both rounds of assessments, not only does she excel in academics, she also has good character. This girl named Serena Edson is a good student."

Behind the scenes, several college professors looked at Selina's performance on the screen and commented.

"Don't worry, there are still three rounds of tests to go, and she may not pass them all."

Some people also said.

"Haha, just keep watching. Oh, the next candidate is coming in." Vice Principal Hagen said.

Yaluo walked into the building and saw a small river and an exit on the other side of the bridge.

As he was thinking about the iron axe that suddenly appeared in his hand, the axe fell into the river, and then the river god appeared with three axes.

"Young man, what did you drop? This golden axe, this silver axe, or this ordinary iron axe?" asked the river god with a smile.

"A woodcutter and an axe? Is this part of the interview? Are they trying to test the character of the candidates?" Yaluo thought.

"Heh, why is the academy also doing this kind of interview and recruitment drama for a certain forest company? Will there be things like picking up scraps of paper on the ground and helping the cleaners who pass by afterwards?"

He thought in his heart, and then he said:

“I dropped iron.”

He was about to say that it was an ordinary iron axe that was dropped, but suddenly, an idea came to his mind and he stopped himself from saying anything.

"No, it's a trick!"

If you think about it carefully, even if a high-end magic club wants to test character, it would not use such a simple method.

It's definitely not simple.

If you follow their routine, you might fall into their trap.

Yaluo lowered his head and thought for a while. Then he looked up at the river god who was still waiting with a smile and said:
"Excuse me, of the three axes in front of you, which one is the one I was holding just now?"

The River God was slightly stunned, then smiled gently and said, "That, you need to judge for yourself."

Yaluo's expression dawned on him. "So, this is actually a logical choice question. You don't necessarily have to choose the Iron Axe to pass it."

Thinking of this, he breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he didn't say the answer directly just now.

Then, after looking at the three floating axes and thinking for a moment, he began to ask the river god:

"If I choose two axes other than the iron axe, will you give them to me?"

"You'll know after you make your choice," said the River God with a smile.

"So, is this golden axe made of pure gold?"

"Well, it's pure gold, of course."

"Then this silver axe..."

"The silver axe is also made of pure silver." The river god said first.

"So, this iron axe, is it the one I held just now? Objectively speaking, after entering the simulation, it temporarily belongs to me as a prop to pass the level?"

"Furthermore, you must let me know that from the time this iron axe fell from my hands and into the water until you brought it up, it hadn't been swapped, processed, damaged, or otherwise manipulated. From a fundamental material perspective, it's exactly the same as the one I originally received."

"Well, well, if it's the axe you just dropped, I think so." said the goddess.

"Not sure, it seems I need to ask more clearly." Yaluo thought for a moment, then continued:

"Then, if I choose this iron axe, will you give me the other two axes as a reward for my honest character?"

"Uh, well, so do you want to choose the iron axe?" The river god didn't know how to answer.

"No, I'm just temporarily questioning this choice."

"I can't tell you."

"Well, then I'll just have to make the assumption myself," Yaluo nodded and said.

"Let me first assume that I originally only had an iron axe, but I maintained integrity in the face of greater interests and only chose the ordinary axe. Because this honest act made you feel that my character was noble enough, you chose to give me the other two axes. However, this scenario is fundamentally untenable. You can't judge a person's true character based on a small conversation. They may be in a hurry to chop wood, or they may not know the value of gold and silver, or they may be a fool. Therefore, simply choosing the iron axe is not enough to deserve such a large fortune as a reward, so this hypothesis must be invalidated."

"No, you..." The River God was a little confused, but Yaluo continued:

"Then let me assume another scenario. When I lost an iron axe, I chose the golden axe. You think I lied and chose something that didn't belong to me, so you won't give me any axes and even punish me. But now there is a problem: how can you prove that I made the choice out of greed? Maybe I am shortsighted and made the wrong choice when I couldn't see the axe's appearance clearly. This only shows that in judging a person's character, you only judge him by his deeds, not his heart, which is not reasonable. On the contrary, if I chose the axe that didn't belong to me, and you still gave me the golden and silver axes, then it only proves that you are just a river god who likes to spend money lavishly. This is also unreasonable from the perspective of values and teachings, and does not meet the purpose of this interview, so this assumption is also invalid."

"You, you can choose first." The River God looked embarrassed, but Ya Luo did not stop:
"Then let's assume I didn't choose any of the three axes. In this case, there are only two possible outcomes: you forced me to choose an axe for some purpose, or you let me go without any further instructions. As a result, you ended up with an axe that didn't belong to me. If you didn't return the lost item, does that prove you're a river god without moral integrity? And how can a river god with imperfect moral character test the character of others? Therefore, subjectively speaking, you don't meet the requirements to be a river god, and this assumption is invalid."

He stopped and looked at the River God, only to find that his face was filled with the pain of collapse and endurance:

"You...you...what do you want?" Her voice trembled.

Yaluo smiled slightly:
"I choose the golden axe."

"Okay, okay, you... you are a dishonest one."

Just as the River God was about to say his words, he heard Ya Luo say:
"but--"

“Let me make an assumption first.”

Before he could finish his words, he saw the river god covering his face and crying:

"Please, stop talking and take all three axes away!"

(End of this chapter)