People in Yu-Gi-Oh! The hyper-converged audience is also integrated

Chapter 214 Written Examination
Qi Mengsi didn't respond, letting Tang Xin's sweet smile flash before her eyes, but Victoria's voice, which seemed to enjoy watching the drama unfold, echoed in her mind.

[Tsk tsk, this human female is quite shrewd. Is she the kind of innocent, manipulative woman you've been talking about?]

Oh dear, look, the queen's aura has been suppressed.

Victoria's voice carried an undisguised mockery; she'd been reading too many female-oriented novels lately and was now interested in love triangles.

[Everyone around her spoke up for her, and you, the 'bad guy,' seemed unreasonable. In the end, you had to return the things to her. As for that 'husband'...] Victoria drawled.

[He cleverly stood in the middle and pretended not to see anything.]

Qi Mengsi felt a vein throb on her forehead. She had initially just been following the rules, but Victoria's interpretation, especially with the strange "first wife" and "mistress" scenarios, ignited a burning anger within her.

"Shut up. What nonsense are you spouting? Stop reading so many online novels." Qi Mengsi coldly replied in her mind, suppressing her emotions and continuing to maintain her expressionless patrol posture.

【Eh? Are you getting angry?】Victoria's voice became even more cheerful.

Qi Mengsi ignored him, but before turning to leave, her gaze couldn't help but subtly sweep in Li Guanqi's direction.

Sure enough, that guy still had that "I don't know anything, I'm just passing by" expression, looking down at his exam admission ticket, hurrying along with the crowd.

Qi Mengsi cursed inwardly, then looked away, straightened her back, and continued to perform her invigilation duties.

Li Guanqi was indeed relieved. In that situation, he was caught in the middle, and it would have been wrong to side with either side.

He quickly caught up with the group, and Tang Xin was not far from him, happily hanging the pen back around her neck and tucking it into her collar.

The two followed the flow of people through the final identity verification and entered the G4 examination area, one in room 85 and the other in room 86.

Li Guanqi was slightly taken aback as soon as he stepped into room G4-86.

Unlike the somewhat noisy and chaotic queuing area outside, the examination room presented a completely different style—a cold, solemn, and futuristic style.

The spacious area was divided into individual exam cubicles. Each cubicle did not contain traditional tables, chairs, paper, and pens, but only a smooth metal platform with a large touchscreen embedded in it. Next to the screen lay a silver-white photolithography pen and an unopened sealed bag containing the exam paper.

The air was filled with a faint smell of disinfectant and the faint hum of electronic devices running.

Following the signs and ground markers, the candidates quietly found their places. There was hardly any conversation; only the faint sounds of footsteps and clothing rubbing together could be heard.

This scene was very different from the image he had imagined of holding a paper exam paper and writing furiously.

“1246…” Li Guanqi found his seat and sat down. The metal seat had a slightly cool feel to it, and he subconsciously touched the cold tablet screen with his fingers.

The screen lit up instantly, the soft but not glaring light reflecting his candidate information: name, examination number, examination room number, and densely packed examination instructions.

Soon, the broadcasting system embedded in the examination room was activated, and a calm, monotone electronic voice rang out.

[Attention all candidates, the written exam is about to begin. Please confirm that your candidate information is correct and check that your desktop device is functioning properly.]

Please remain absolutely quiet during the written test.

Any act of whispering, peeking at another person's screen, passing items, using unauthorized electronic devices, or attempting to disrupt the examination room order will be considered cheating, resulting in immediate disqualification and notification to the candidate's department or college.

[Now, please open the sealed bag containing the exam paper in front of you. Inside is one paper exam paper. Please note that this exam paper is printed in special Braille for visually impaired candidates to read by touch, and also serves as a backup copy for archiving.]

Please complete all answers on the tablet system; the paper test paper does not need to be filled out.

You now have one minute to check if there are any display or printing errors in the exam questions.

Li Guanqi picked up the sealed bag on the table as instructed, and it felt quite thick.

He tore open the seal and pulled out a stack of papers. Sure enough, the papers were covered with tiny raised dots, and when he ran his fingers over them, he could clearly feel the Braille characters printed on them. In addition, there was a sheet of calculation paper.

"They even have paper exam papers." He put the paper exam papers aside and looked back at the tablet screen.

The exam duration is 180 minutes. Timing begins now.

As the electronic sound faded, the countdown numbers on the tablet began to jump.

[The written test has officially begun]

The written exam is similar to the science exam, lasting three hours and worth 300 points, with 46 questions including multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, calculation, and short answer.

Li Guanqi quickly pulled up the bar, and the first question was a thunderbolt to the opening.

[Single Choice Question]

1. Which of the following is a dragon monster?
A. Ukiyo-e Punk Dragon

B. Ice Sword Dragon Illusion Ice Dragon
C. Small Horned Dragon

D. The Dragon Girl's Obsessive Love (Xiang Ying)

“Hmm—” Li Guanqi quickly eliminated options B and C, then hesitated briefly.

He didn't remember the card 【Crazy Love Dragon Girl Xiangying】.

"Jinglong, it must be a sea dragon, right?"

After a simple elimination process, Li Guanqi still chose D and marked it.

The multiple-choice questions at the beginning aren't too difficult, so don't spend too much time on them.

2. Ignoring external consumption, what is the minimum number of grams of negative square crystal needed to create one cubic meter of smart chain space?

A. 300 grams

B. 350 grams

C. 400 grams

D. 450 grams

Li Guanqi immediately chose C and moved on to the next question.

3. In 1049, the agent who brought the epic-level [Blue-Eyes White Dragon] back to the Frontier Moonfall Fortress was ( ).
A. Nanyang Moon

B. Nanyang Ling

C. Nanyang Hong

D. Nanyang Clothing. This is also very simple, Li Guanqi immediately chose A.

4. Which of the following monster combinations can be used as connection materials for the "Update Interference Agent"?

A. [Reincarnated Flame Beast Raccoon] and [Reincarnated Flame Beast Antelope]

B. [Network Little Dragon] and [Pixel Art Jumper]

C. [Fire Defender] and [Neuropunk Seami]

D. [Shining Fairy@Fire Spirit Star] and [Male Wizard@Fire Spirit Star]

"Oh," Li Guanqi exclaimed, stunned. "This is a duel question."

I had imagined the written exam would be a chaotic free-for-all with the challenging questions, and a hard-fought effort with the science and humanities questions. But after only four questions, it turned out to be the opposite.

Science and humanities questions can be answered instantly, but for challenging questions, you have to use the process of elimination.

Let's eliminate option C first; he marked option C.

【Zeami】 is a Psychic-type card. Although it is unknown what specific materials 【Update Disruptor】 requires, it has only been seen in Cyberse decks, so it is certain that the materials should be Cyberse-type.

The remaining options A, B, and D are all Cybernetic monsters, but there is only one correct answer.

He's seen [Update Disruptor] in several Cybernetic decks, so the other restriction shouldn't be attribute. If it's not attribute, the first restriction is Cybernetic, so the other restriction should be level?

"Who is 'Raccoon'?" Li Guanqi muttered. "Does 'Reincarnated Flame Beast' have this card?"

If the level requirement is 1 star or higher? That's obvious.

2 stars or above. D is acceptable.

3 stars or above. D is acceptable.

4 stars or above. D is acceptable.

With that in mind, Li Guanqi indeed chose D. Although he didn't remember who this "Raccoon" was or what star rating it was, D met the normal level restriction expectations.

This is probably what has been ingrained in us by more than a decade of exam-oriented education.

Even if you have a vague understanding of the knowledge points, you can improve your accuracy by analyzing the options, making simple inferences, and figuring out the question setter's intentions.

He confidently looked at the next question.

5. In a closed system where the "Intelligent Chain Decoherence Protection Protocol" is in effect, which of the following phenomena caused by the observer effect is most likely to trigger a "consciousness paradox"? ( )
A. Recursive quantum state collapse

B. Entropy reversal

C. Contamination of the Smart Chain Condensation

D. Delayed Mirror Selection
"..." Li Guanqi's confidence vanished instantly, his pupils dilated slightly, and he revealed an awkward yet polite smile.

One second you're basking in the glory of your reasoning skills, and the next you're slapped in the face by reality.

He recognized every single word in the question, but put them together... what on earth was this supposed to mean?
Smart Chain Decoupling Protection Protocol? Entropy? Consciousness Paradox?
He felt like an illiterate person who had stumbled into an academic conference, surrounded by advanced vocabulary he couldn't understand.

Even though the four options have roughly the same number of characters, the "three short and one long" strategy cannot be used.

Every test-taker will inevitably encounter a type of question like, "What is all this?"

Cramming for a few days at the last minute can never bridge the huge gap in public science education over the past decade or so.

For questions like this, let alone choosing the correct answer, he couldn't even do the reasoning to eliminate one or two options.

However, the good news is that it saves a lot of time.

Enlightenment!
A seasoned test-taker doesn't hesitate for a moment.

The written test time passed slowly, and an hour and a half later...

Unlike the solemn and oppressive atmosphere inside the examination hall, somewhere in the underground city of Sumeru Garden, in a dimly lit room without windows, several monitors emitted a cold, eerie light, illuminating a few focused faces.

Cables spread like vines across the floor and table, connecting various modified devices.

"The Soul-Binding Division's firewall is something else; the second layer of verification took a while." The young man wearing black-rimmed glasses (codename Mouse) didn't even look up, his fingers flying across the screen as a dense stream of code scrolled by.

A cyborg stood behind him, arms crossed, his glasses reflecting the light from the screen. He said in a deep voice, "As expected, their written test system is on an independent intranet. It's not easy to even get in."

"Spider, how's the traffic monitoring going?"

At another computer nearby, a long-haired, somewhat disheveled man (codename Spider) stared intently at the fluctuating network data graph: "There are slight fluctuations, but they are still within the safety threshold. They probably haven't noticed any abnormal access yet and just think it's normal network noise."

“Very good.” The cyborg nodded. “Rat, don’t paralyze them directly. Execute Plan B: inject a jamming script. The target is the test takers’ answer terminals. Make their data chains briefly blocked and display error messages. Five minutes will be enough.”

"Understood." Mouse replied, typed the last line of instructions, and pressed Enter. "Done. The interference script has been released and is expected to penetrate all examination room terminals within thirty seconds."

"Keep a close watch and be ready to evacuate at any time," the cyborg man whispered, his eyes sharp.

As soon as the words were spoken, a strange change occurred in the examination hall of the Spirit Control Bureau.

Li Guanqi was engrossed in calculating a problem about combat damage when the tablet screen in front of him suddenly flickered, as if there was a malfunction.

He didn't pay much attention at first, thinking it was just a minor, accidental problem with the equipment.

But then, the screen started flickering violently again, the brightness fluctuating, and it even went black for a brief moment.

It wasn't just him; other candidates' tablets in the exam room also experienced similar issues, with some screens even displaying incomprehensible gibberish or "System Error: Code 404" messages.

A low, barely suppressed murmur arose in the examination room.

"What's going on..." Li Guanqi frowned and tried to tap the screen, but found that the touch response had become extremely sluggish.

He looked up and saw that most people were facing the same problem. Some candidates were anxiously tapping the screen repeatedly, while others looked blankly at the invigilators.

Several more experienced candidates paused briefly, then, as if they had expected it, reached out and flipped open the paper exam papers on the corner of the table, their pens scratching across the paper.

(End of this chapter)