Don't disturb the sorcerer's scientific research

"What about the one called Mia?"

"She came in second. Even though she earned the most crowns in the end, she was too slow to reach the 30-crown mark, only reaching it in the evening of the first day. So her overall score wasn't as good as yours."

"So I ranked first in both time and total score."

"Yes."

A slight smile appeared on Thomas's face. Two first places, that was not bad. Suddenly, he thought of the written test.

Because he was very confident about his written test results, he didn't ask before, but since there will be unexpected competitors in the actual test, will there be the same in the written test?

Guderian was obviously reluctant to answer this question directly.

"You did very well on the written test."

“Am I number one?”

"Um... no, you're third."

"Third place!" Thomas' voice suddenly rose several degrees. "Then who are the top two?"

"Second place goes to Mia."

"Yes?"

"It's Mia, the one in your group."

The smile that Thomas had managed to put on his face completely disappeared. "Who's first?"

"Jia Xiu."

"Who is that?"

"A warlock from Riverwood Town, he's perfect."

Thomas' eyes widened. He could get full marks on that kind of test paper. How come he had never heard of this person before?

He stroked his forehead and said slowly: "Tell me after the results of the next two batches of candidates come out, especially that Jia Xiu, if necessary, you understand."

"I see."

"Okay, I need to rest."

After Guderian left, Thomas stared at the sky outside the car window, not knowing what he was looking at.

The main reason why he is so obsessed with being number one comes from his own experience.

When he was young, he was not a valued child in the family. Until he became the one who inherited the strongest magic power, no one cared about what method he used to become the strongest or what he signed a contract with.

He understood a truth then.

As long as you are always the strongest one among everyone and the one ranked first, no matter what you have done before, it is acceptable.

No one can get ahead of him...

……

At this time, the Examination Center.

The head of the question-setting group stood with his hands behind his back, inspecting the new batch of candidates.

There were some minor incidents during the last batch, but that was all acceptable.

And he has modified it.

No candidate would be able to find any problems with the Phantom World again, after all, that was his work that he had put all his heart and soul into.

Take some risks, young candidates.

Just as he was about to leave after taking a round of inspection, an invigilator suddenly shouted.

"Team leader, there's a candidate named Ram here who's robbing people in the city."

"Robbery," the team leader said with a confident smile, "Any illegal activity in the city will trigger the guards, and all evildoers will be brought to justice!"

"But team leader, this Ram has robbed three stores in a row."

"what?"

Chapter 40 The mentality of the test-setting team begins to explode

"What do you mean you've already robbed three houses in a row?"

The leader of the question-setting team let out a sharp explosion.

"Where are the city guards? They're supposed to be invincible!"

He hurried to the invigilator's desk, looking for Ram's projection.

Could it be that there are professional robbers among this group of candidates?

He looked at the projection.

In the video, Ram's performance is not professional. His huge body looks a bit clumsy. He just carries a big bag and walks into any open store and grabs the goods at random...

Eh, that's not right.

The team leader had sharp eyes and immediately noticed something unusual.

Although this Ram looks like he grabs things randomly, he can always just grab the most valuable items in the store.

so horrible!

A terrible idea formed in the team leader's mind.

On the day when the candidates were acclimating to the environment, Ram completed a survey of the target stores in the city, determined the location of valuable goods, and planned an escape route. He may have even tested the guards' reactions. After many drills, he carried out the test during the formal exam.

In order to avoid appearing to have planned this for a long time, he also deliberately acted flustered and nervous. Every item seemed to be snatched away in a hurry, but in fact they were all carefully selected.

The destination, time and route are all prepared. I never stay in one store. I am not greedy at all and am extremely efficient.

This is a gangster who is as professional as can be!

Holy shit!

What is the purpose of a gangster of this level pretending to be a candidate to take the college exam?

The team leader has already started to imagine a thriller conspiracy story.

However, there seems to be no reason to stop Ram. The rules only prohibit robbing other candidates' property, not stealing background roles.

Before figuring out Ram's purpose, it is more important to first figure out why the guards couldn't catch him.

"Hurry up and notify Master Leonardo, who is in charge of making the city guards, to come over!"

……

At this time, in the phantom world.

Ram's breathing was even, and he jogged at a steady pace, strictly following the tactics taught to him by Jia Xiu.

Follow your instinct and run wherever you end up. Go into any open store you see and grab whatever you want. When your pockets are full, go to the Adventurer's Guild and take the next step.

A plan so simple that he understood it in one go.

At that time, he also asked Jia Xiu a question, "What if we are caught by the guards?"

Jia Xiu's answer was also very concise, "Just run and leave the rest to fate."

Ram now feels that his fate is quite reliable.

Although he didn't know why, the guards never caught up with him.

As they were running, a group of guards suddenly appeared on the left. They were driving carriages, and there was another group some distance behind them.

Ram looked to his left and then back.

He couldn't figure out how to deal with this complicated situation of being chased by two groups of people, so he chose not to think about it and continued running. He ran through a street with many pedestrians. As he was speeding up, he heard a noisy and chaotic collision.

Turning around and looking behind him, he found that two groups of pursuers had collided with a dense crowd of pedestrians. The horses were also frightened and there was chaos. Some people struggled to get up, but were stepped down by someone who came from nowhere.

Ram shook his head. Why chase him? All the guards who chased him ended up like this...

……

Before the projection, the team leader and the newly arrived wizard Leonardo were both stunned.

"Are the guards you designed unable to catch up with people?" the team leader asked slowly.

"Well, it's like this, Captain. You requested that every experience in the city be as close to reality as possible. So, aside from the guards being immune to death and having unlimited stamina, the pursuit process is based on Larven's real-life situation. Accidents are inevitable, and the probability of an accident is approximately 0.0000."

The team leader glared at Leonardo.

What do you mean, let him take the blame?

Seeing the team leader's unfriendly expression, Leonardo quickly tried to make amends: "Although there are unexpected circumstances, theoretically speaking, they will catch up sooner or later, because the candidates cannot have unlimited physical strength."

"Then did you design the accident to cause such a large-scale series of car accidents?"

"Um, this should be designed by Master Buonarroti, who created the transportation system."

……

A few minutes later, Master Buonarroti arrived.

"Look," the team leader pointed at the projection, "there have already been three car accidents along the path this person ran."

"It's this kind of team leader. You ask us to try our best..."

"I don't want to hear that! I just want to know why he bumps into guards wherever he goes."

"According to design, the accident rate in the city should be around 2 per 1,000. The possibility of three accidents occurring on different roads is not ruled out."

Buonarroti answered with sweat on his forehead.

"Are you saying that there's a 0.2% chance that it will be triggered wherever he runs to, rather than that there was a mistake in your production process?" the team leader asked.

"Team Leader, look, he's stuck in a dead end. There's a drop of nearly ten meters ahead. He can't possibly jump down. Even if he knew the Feather Fall technique, he wouldn't have enough time to cast it."

Faced with a situation he couldn't understand, Buonarroti quickly changed the subject.

The design of this city is not a plain, but is built on the mountain with many ups and downs.

In the projection, Ram had been blocked by the guards on a platform nearly ten meters away from the road below.

If you jump down like this, you will either die or break bones.