The undead have descended upon the world? I possess a sword that can cleave the heavens once more!

Lin Xinmai was still somewhat taken aback.

Before the Lanhe God descended, she had experienced several attacks by the Corpse Seeds and was aware of the existence of the Black Trench Coat and the Corpse Seeds.

However, after the Lanhe God descended, the Investigation Bureau activated the memory overwrite device, and the entire Lanhe City was overwritten with memories.

In addition to covering the memories of those few days, the memory overwriting device will also affect and overwrite the memories of ordinary people that were previously related to the zombie species and the Bureau of Investigation.

Lin Xinmai has completely forgotten these related memories: she has not retained anything about the black trench coat, the corpse species, or the confidentiality agreement.

All she saw were three people in black trench coats sitting on the stage. Wu Jing looked at them with a strange expression, and Xia Yu grabbed Wu Jing's wrist as if to stop her from doing something dangerous.

That's why she was so confused.

"Xiaojing, do you know them?"

"And Xiaoyu, why do you look so agitated?"

Just then.

The announcement came from the surrounding loudspeakers.

"Candidate 51109122, please proceed immediately to test center 3-1 for the martial arts assessment!"

"Candidate 51109124, please proceed immediately to test center 3-2 for the martial arts assessment!"

Before Lin Xin could think any further, she exclaimed again, "It's our turn! Quick, Xiaoyu!"

Xia Yu glanced at Wu Jing, who continued walking towards the podium, and then managed to suppress the excitement on her face: "Then let's go take the assessment first."

With that, the two of them rushed towards their respective test centers.

At this moment, Ye Yi, who was on the stage, looked at the figure getting closer and closer to the podium and nudged Wu You with her shoulder: "I won't get involved in this. You handle it yourself."

Wu You nodded.

He didn't look at Ye Yi; his gaze remained fixed on the girl with a ponytail who was approaching.

Then he stood up from his seat and walked down from the podium.

Seeing this, Hua Linlin followed him down from the stage.

The two of them walked up to Wu Jing.

Wu Jing also stopped and looked up at the two people in front of her.

She stood in the sunlight, which fell on her face and made her eyes, which were half-hidden by her bangs, shine.

Her breathing was a little rapid, and her chest was rising and falling slightly.

"It's nice to see you again, Xiaojing," Hua Linlin said first, her voice filled with familiarity.

As she spoke, she casually brushed Wu Jing's bangs to one side.

Wu Jing's bangs were parted, revealing a smooth forehead and a pair of determined eyes that were not hidden by her hair.

Xia Yu, who had just entered the examination center, caught a glimpse of this scene and was even more shocked.

Are they really that close? They even went down from the stage to greet each other!

Something was buzzing in her mind: Wu Jing's relationship with him was far more than just acquaintances.

At this moment, in examination center 3-2 next to the podium, a middle-aged man wearing a black martial arts uniform and an examiner's badge looked at Xia Yu, who was in a daze, and coughed slightly.

He reminded them: "Candidate number 51109124."

"Please concentrate."

Xia Yu then snapped out of her daze and nodded, "Oh, okay."

The middle-aged examiner nodded and said nothing more.

He glanced down at the assessment sheet in his hand: "Let's move on to the first project."

"Please perform the first four sections of the fourth edition of broadcast gymnastics within five minutes, starting from the first section."

"You have one minute to prepare."

The fourth edition of broadcast gymnastics had already spread to various high schools and junior high schools, and it was also explicitly included in the scope of martial arts examinations.

Having prepared well, Xia Yu immediately reacted, and her mind began to quickly recall the key points of the four movements.

At the same time, she silently thought to herself, "Finish the first four sections in five minutes? The martial arts assessment is definitely not that easy..."

Normally, it takes her about six or seven minutes to complete the first four sections at a normal pace, but the martial arts assessment requires her to finish within five minutes.

That means she can't pause at all, and every beat has to be on time.

Any wasted second could cause her to exceed the time limit.

Then, Xia Yu took a deep breath.

She shifted her foot half a step to the side, adjusted her stance, raised her hands from her sides, drew an arc in front of her chest, and then slowly lowered them, assuming a standard starting position.

"The candidates are ready."

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged examiner pressed the timer in his hand: "Start the timer now!"

. . . . . .

As for Wu Jing, she looked at the two figures in front of her and, without any unnecessary words, went straight to the point: "Who exactly are you?"

"Why did you put those things on my desk? And do you even know who I am—"

She paused, then finally uttered the same address: "My brother's situation?"

Wu Jing knew very well that her parents were just two ordinary working people who had no access to anything related to the martial arts level, not to mention that the strange plants in the wooden box did not seem to be ordinary medicinal herbs!

She herself was just a high school student who had never been exposed to these things before.

No one is kind to others for no reason!

If neither his parents nor he were suspects, then the only possibility was his missing older brother!

This might also be the reason why Wu Jing felt that faint hope.

Hua Linlin was also somewhat surprised to hear these questions. She did not expect that Wu Jing would still be able to guess some things with so little information.

But she didn't say anything, she just glanced at Wu You beside her.

Then she walked away, leaving enough space for Wu You and Wu Jing.

After all, this is their family matter.

She's an outsider and shouldn't be there.

Upon seeing this, Wu Jing understood.

Her gaze shifted from Hua Linlin's departing figure to the man in front of her, wearing black sunglasses and sporting long white hair in a black trench coat.

Hua Linlin walked away, leaving the space to her and him. This meant that the person in front of her was the one who could truly answer her questions, and the one who had placed those things on her desk.

Looking at Wu Jing in front of him, the starlight in Wu You's silver eyes also froze slightly.

He didn't answer her question, but instead asked another: "Did you use the herbs from the wooden box?"

"Is there anything that's bothering you?"

Wu Jing nodded, then shook her head: "Those medicinal herbs are very effective."

"Is my brother still alive?"

Her two sentences were completely unrelated, but they revealed her eagerness to know the answer.

Wu You hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

The next instant, Wu You seemed to see an incredibly bright light burst forth in Wu Jing's eyes.

"He's really not dead?"

"Where is he now?"

Why doesn't he go home?

Her voice trembled slightly.

Hearing her three questions in a row, Wu You's lips moved as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she just pursed them into a thin line.

He just shook his head.

When Wu You shook his head, many images flashed through Wu Jing's mind: an empty hospital bed, a human figure wrapped in bandages, an arm with tubes inserted, and a green line jumping on the monitor.

Is he still in a coma? Has he become a vegetable? Or has he lost his memory? Is that why he can't go home?

Seeing Wu Jing looking somewhat stunned, Wu You thought for a moment and then explained, "It's not the right time yet. Telling you would only make you worry unnecessarily."

He didn't mean anything by those words; they were just a prelude to their meeting later.

He believed that once he returned to the deep dark domain to continue reaping experience points for a while, the day he reached the thirteenth rank wouldn't be too far off.

But Wu You didn't expect that these words would be interpreted in a completely different way by Wu Jing.

"Worried for no reason? Wu You really has become a vegetable!"

"It must be those damn monsters!"

"One day, I will definitely kill them all!"

As for the man in the black trench coat and sunglasses in front of her, although he didn't reveal his identity, she already had her own guess (in her mind): he must be her brother's friend! That's why he came to give her those things!