Synopsis: Sang Zhizhi, an orphan struggling to survive, received a call from her older sister years after being adopted by relatives. She went from being an office worker to the younger sister of a...
Chapter 115 Discovering the Anomaly Even the most beautiful scenery, after several hours...
Even the most beautiful scenery can become tiresome after hours of travel.
Sang Zhitao yawned, took a few bites of fruit, loosened the hair tie around her waist, exhaled deeply, and looked at the bald giant opposite her with a tired expression. She knitted her sweater, wanting to tell him that the combination of poop green and poop yellow was truly ugly.
"Thirteen thousand four hundred and twelve stitches." After the other person put away the needle and thread, Sang Zhitao couldn't help but sigh and say, "Wow, that's amazing! That hand speed... a great magician who's been single for at least forty years!"
After amusing herself for a while, she finally sensed Yu Cao getting up.
He couldn't help but raise his hands and cheer, "Wow~ We're finally free~"
Yu Cao got off the bus and walked along the road for more than ten minutes before arriving at the tall and magnificent core hub.
First, go to the registration area on one side to queue up and register. The long queue had already stretched for quite a distance.
Sang Zhitao's eyes widened, and she lay sprawled on her hair, looking utterly dejected: "I feel like dying..."
I don't know how much time passed before I finally got to get to Yu Cao.
She excitedly held the documents in her hand and went straight to the registration desk to register.
Sang Zhitao rested comfortably on her head, looking weak and listless. She was sadly eating the last piece of fruit in her hand when she suddenly noticed that the ground shook as if an earthquake had struck when Yu Cao entered the registration area.
She immediately sat up, staring intently at the central hub hall, her brows furrowed deeply.
Touching her chest, Sang Zhitao felt as if something deep within the core was calling to her.
"This feeling... feels somewhat familiar," Sang Zhitao said after thinking for a moment.
Before she could think it through, a series of orderly footsteps came from afar.
Immediately, a group of giant soldiers quickly surrounded the core hub.
"What's wrong?"
"What did you send?"
The giants around them, who had come to take the exam, looked at each other and discussed their worries.
Yu Cao frowned, her face full of worry, clutching the documents and carefully watching the examiner at the registration desk.
She is in poor health, and applying for exams is always a hassle, requiring her to provide a lot of information to obtain the qualifications. If she misses this opportunity, she doesn't know how long she will have to wait.
These soldiers, clearly Imperial Guards, made even these aspiring intermediate herbalists hesitant to act rashly. They could only obediently stand aside, waiting for their reaction.
After a long time, Yu Cao received the assessment certificate from the examiner. With a sigh of relief, she left quickly with the certificate on her face, her face full of joy.
The slight tremor seemed to disappear as Yu Cao left, and Sang Zhi Tao also felt the presence that was calling her growing further and further away.
She frowned, instinctively wanting to jump off the hair tie to see what was calling her.
But looking at his own tiny figure, and then at the giants whose shoes were much taller than him, he couldn't help but twitch his lips and give up on the dangerous idea.
Watching the core hub recede into the distance with regret, Sang Zhitao finally realized that the familiar call came from a fragment of the world.
"Sigh... never mind, I'll talk about it when the exam comes." Sang Zhitao touched her long legs, which, judging by her current figure, could be described as perfectly proportioned. "This distance, I could walk for eight hundred years and still not reach it..."
Just like in the story, while waiting for the exam, Yu Cao not only received a special admission offer from the Plant Research Institute, but also won the National Medal of Honor.
She was only one exam away from becoming the intermediate herbalist she desired.
With her goal already achieved and far exceeding her expectations, Yu Cao was overjoyed and in high spirits during this period.
Sang Zhitao continued her decadent life of eating and sleeping.
The two women were living comfortably and happily, but those at the core hub were extremely distressed.
"Still haven't found it?!" A handsome white-haired man sat on a high throne, looking coldly at the leader of the Imperial Guard below.
The leader of the Imperial Guard was a robust woman with slightly red eyes and a horrifying scar at the corner of her eye. Her fierce face now held a hint of loyalty: "We suspect that the anomaly is among those examinees."
“The examinee…?” the white-haired man murmured softly, then realized, “Yes, that day was the registration day.”
The commander of the Imperial Guards then spoke up, "According to the tests, there is nothing abnormal at all."
"Then we'll check them one by one," the white-haired man replied indifferently.
A hint of difficulty flashed across the Imperial Guard leader's face: "It's not that it can't be done, it's just that I've tried it, and it's completely useless..."
"You mean we need them to go to the core hub?" The white-haired man pondered for a moment, then, without waiting for the Imperial Guard leader's reply, said directly, "Go and arrange it..."
Upon hearing this, the Imperial Guard leader immediately bowed in agreement and turned to leave to make arrangements.
After he left, the white-haired man gazed at the empty hall and sighed softly, "That legend... it actually exists...?"
“Manager, there is indeed a problem over there.” A tall woman, carrying documents, tiptoed to his side and said softly.
The administrator of the Giant World, the white-haired man, frowned slightly and looked at the woman: "Not a system error?"
The woman shook her head: "Although the experimental world's system is the first-generation system, it has always worked without problems and has always adhered to Professor Lian's original settings, which would exclude abnormal individuals from the world."
"So, someone was dumped here that day?" The manager raised an eyebrow.
The woman nodded and opened a video, which was of Sang Zhitao being sucked into this world after entering the Fate Choice System and opening the door.
"Who is this...?" The manager frowned and said unhappily, "Turn off that system and that rule later, so that people won't throw trash here."
The woman paused for a moment, hesitated, and then nodded in agreement.
She then turned on another video and handed it to the manager.
This is the video of Sang Zhitao transferring Bubble World to the Microcosm, during which the world transitions from mid-air.
The manager's previously indifferent expression vanished upon seeing the video. He sat up straight, staring intently at it: "Is this real?"
The woman nodded and quickly explained, "The system believes this is the so-called 'Miracle Woman,' so it sent her here as instructed."
"...The Daughter of Miracles?" The administrator was taken aback, then chuckled. "Wasn't that a joke made by those two kids under the Doctor? Did they really take it seriously?"
The woman glanced at him furtively before hesitatingly saying, "This subordinate... doesn't think it's fake."
The manager's cold gaze swept over her, a sneer curling at the corner of his mouth: "What? You actually believe me?"
The woman's expression hardened, and she frowned slightly: "I believe the vibration of the energy stone is related to this matter."
"A mere speck of dust?" The administrator sneered, then, as if remembering something, said, "Since you think it's the same, then cooperate with Liang Mo to go to the core hub."
The woman saw that although his expression remained normal, she could vaguely see a hint of displeasure in his eyes. Her heart sank, but she didn't dare to argue. She simply agreed and left.
After they left, the hall became completely quiet.
After a long while, a burst of maniacal laughter came from the throne.
The manager, who had just been coldly watching his subordinates' replies, now had slightly reddened eyes, his gaze filled with madness. He looked at the empty hall, suddenly threw his head back and laughed loudly. The laughter lasted for a long time, but strangely, apart from his head, the rest of his body remained in the same position as before, as if it had been fixed in place.
The maniacal laughter didn't last long. When the laughter subsided, the manager coldly looked up and said as if he were talking to someone, "I'm not crazy, so I know the legend is false. You're crazy, so you think miracles really exist."
"Disaster lies outside the dome, peace lies within the dome. I am not wrong, you are the ones who are wrong..."
In the empty hall, no one responded to his mad words.
The manager's madness didn't last long; he lowered his head, squinted his eyes, and fell into a deep sleep.
Sang Zhitao was living a carefree life and didn't even think about what would happen if she couldn't get into the core hub.
"These days are so decadent." Sang Zhitao pinched her little belly and couldn't help but sing, "My soft, soft little belly~ It's soft today too~"
"Yu Cao!" Yu Yao's voice interrupted her singing, "Yu Cao, did you know that the assessment has changed?"
Yuyao's voice came from outside, and Yucao quickly opened the door to let her in.
After Yu Yao came in, she looked at Yu Cao with concern and said, "The time has been changed to tomorrow. We're requiring everyone to go in one by one for a one-on-one interview. Do you understand?"
Yu Cao nodded: "I know, I just received the notification."
Yu Yao looked at him with exasperation: "Aren't you worried at all?"
Yu Cao casually dangled the honeysuckle in her hand: "There's no use in being anxious."
Yu Yao stared at her hand movements, utterly bewildered: "What is this?"
"I was thinking, since herbs taste so bad, could we turn them into delicious food? That way, they would be both tasty and useful, right?" Yu Cao's hands remained steady as she worked.
Upon hearing this, Yu Yao leaned forward with great interest: "Really? I wish it could be done."
As she spoke, Yuyao carefully stepped forward and gently helped.
Sang Zhitao on the table couldn't help but sigh, "Still inexperienced. I didn't know that people from the East only use things that don't taste good as medicine..."
As soon as she finished speaking, Sang Zhitao smacked her lips again and subconsciously shook her head: "However, Chef Wang's medicinal cuisine is superb. I must ask her to cook a meal for me next time I go back to Earth."
They spent a day researching the jade herbs and medicines over there, but unsurprisingly, they failed.
Seeing the two of them eat all the failed attempts with obvious discomfort, Sang Zhitao couldn't help but burst into laughter: "I told you it wouldn't work."
With that laugh, she ate a few more pieces of fruit. Before she knew it, she had eaten too much, and Sang Zhitao couldn't help but rub her stomach, climb off the table, and walk to the bed.
It wasn't until she climbed onto the pillow that Sang Zhitao let out a burp, and her slightly bloated stomach felt much better.
After a good night's sleep, the next morning, Sang Zhitao once again went through the same arduous journey as before before finally arriving at the core hub again.