Chapter 229 (Chapter 228) Zhan Zhou's Exam Preparation Guide (Comic Strip...)
The spirit attribute testing device had to be retrieved from the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs' warehouse. Because it was quite large, Aska couldn't carry it by himself, so Bian Zheng and Gui Gemu went together, leaving only Yu Youguan and Jie Sheng in the room.
Lin Cai remained standing there, motionless.
She suddenly didn't know what she should do, and even felt a sense of lightness and powerlessness.
Director Yan doesn't know where Lanlan is either.
This is almost the last clue.
If even Director Yan doesn't know, then who else could?
Where is Yanlan?
She stared blankly at Yan Ju's profile, feeling as if she had lost all her purpose.
[Young Yanju, hehehe, so cute w]
[Director Yan has reappeared, but where is my wife? Where is Lanlan? Where is Lanlan?]
[Yanju didn't even know his sister existed until he graduated from university... It feels like my wife's life and suffering are quite absurd.]
Sigh, sometimes I really want to know about Yanlan's past, but now I'm not so sure I dare to know.
[What is it that I dare not know? Is it that, in our shared youth, Lanlan couldn't be as bright as Yanju, and instead wandered and struggled to grow up in the underworld?]
[The malice mentioned earlier was a bit too much, huh?]
It's not my wife's fault, so why is she complaining?
[Yan Ju did nothing wrong, so why should he be born with the original sin of wronging Yan Lan? This is so absurd.]
I have a feeling that Yanju doesn't know now, but once he finds out about Yanlan's existence in the future, he'll really feel like he's let his sister down.
She indulged Yanlan so much, to the point that she even violated her own principles, because she was making amends.
【Huh? A life of hardship and displacement is unfair to Yanlan, but is fate truly fair to Director Yan?】
[Quiet, quiet, all I see is a knife! *sobs* (runs headfirst into shards of glass)]
Young Yanju doesn't have the strange worries of adults; she's enthusiastically touching the box.
Touching his own box.
She pinched the bottom corner of the large plastic bag she had brought in, grabbed a large clump of things inside, and pulled it out.
Yanju's usual exquisitely tailored uniform cape, wrapped around his suit jacket and cotton vest, was all pulled out.
After making sure everything was out, the young Yanju smoothed out his crumpled clothes and began rummaging through his pockets.
[This is hilarious! What's this? It's Director Yan's jacket. Never mind, let's check the pockets.]
Young Yanju is so cute! He's so adorable, I'm dying of cuteness!
The suit jacket was exquisitely tailored, making it impossible to tell from the outside whether there was anything underneath. When young Yanju pulled out a bunch of small, miscellaneous items from his pocket, he was clearly quite surprised himself.
The camera zooms in, focusing on the things that Yanju is sprawled on his lap.
A wooden hairpin broken in two, the broken ends stained dark with dried blood.
A tattered plastic crown, gray and dull, with half of the gemstones already fallen off, their original colors no longer discernible.
There was also a small wooden box with a broken lock. Like the crown, the box was dusty and the inlaid patterns on its surface had been worn away.
[...It's Yanju's hairpin! It was broken after all. No wonder Yanju's hair was down. (Trying to analyze) (Trying to maintain a smile) (Breaking down in tears)]
[You old rascal, you like stuffing glass shards into cookies, huh? Waaaaaah!]
[The crown looks like a blazing sun crown? Yan Lan stole it from the black market auction and returned it to Director Yan, how did it become like this... It used to be such a beautiful, magnificent crown, with sparkling gems like leaping flames.]
Never before have I so clearly realized how much Director Yan sacrificed in the Novano Port Incident: ( )
The blazing sun burns itself to warm the world.
Young Yanju clearly treated the three items differently. She carefully put the wooden hairpin back into her coat pocket, tossed the crown onto the sofa, and then opened the lid of the wooden box.
A familiar halberd fell out of the wooden box.
The halberd landed on the carpet, instantly corroding the fabric, and then continued to fall downwards.
"It's Yanlan's Undead Halberd."
Apart from the young Yanju, everyone present recognized the halberd.
Young Yan Ju was somewhat surprised, even showing a hint of indifference: "Yan Lan's Undead Halberd?"
[This part of the story is so heavy, it weighs all the sadness down under the light.]
[Young Director Yan's face turned cold. If I were her, I'd be just as confused right now.]
[Let me repeat myself, please be aware that young Yanju owes Yanlan nothing.]
[That's why Director Yan would be so indulgent towards Yanlan in the future... She was caught up in everyone's sense of entitlement, and slowly began to feel that she owed Yanlan something.]
Sometimes, it can be really sad.
Under everyone's gaze, the young Yanju dodged the necromancer's halberd, fully opened the wooden box, and forcefully tilted it downwards.
A light brown envelope and a small note floated out.
Indeed, they all belong to Yanlan, or rather, the entire wooden box belongs to Yanlan.
Lin Cai was completely disoriented, her eyes unfocused. She stared blankly as Yu Youguan briefly introduced the young Yan Ju.
“No.” She stepped forward and picked up the halberd with her bare hands.
The comic shows it more clearly: Lin Cai's palms are corroded by the necromancer's halberd, her blood vessels are severed, but all her flesh and blood have been completely devoured.
Although seeing Lin Cai made me want to cry, Director Yan's reaction was hilarious!
Does young Yanju even realize how incredibly cute he is?
[Holding his head in his hands, so cute!; his face full of curiosity, so cute!]
Young Yanju really doesn't know anything.
"So who is the deceased?" Young Yan Ju asked with great interest. "Isn't the Deathly Halberd Yan Lan's? How come it's called the deceased's?"
"Is this her title?"
Her eyes held a curiosity about the world and a pure sense of the unknown.
For a moment, everyone present fell silent.
Director Yan, the future Director Yan who knows everything and is omnipotent. At this moment, his eyes look at the camera with trust.
Yu Youguan's ears turned bright red again in an instant, and white smoke even began to rise from the top of his head.
'So cute...'
She had a huge bubble of her heart's feelings on her head.
After a while, Jie Sheng finally came to his senses and began to explain: "The deceased are...all those who practice death magic..."
She forced herself to swallow the words "outlaw," her face subtly showing her disapproval.
[There has been no official explanation before, so is Lin Cai learning necromancy to become a dead person herself?]
I see a difference. These few from the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs don't seem to "respect" the deceased.
[I don't understand. Director Yan is puzzled.jpg]
Lin Cai looked down at her hand and slowly clenched it tighter. The bones broke free from the constraints of flesh and blood, and blood finally flowed down.
With some concern, Jie Sheng handed her a bottle of green medicine.
Lin Cai, expressionless, poured the medicine directly onto the wound and then hastily bandaged it up: "Let me explain."
"The deceased refers to those who are desperate fugitives in the abyss of death or in places of exile. This is because the training of the deceased is very demanding. It requires long-term close contact with death or long-term experience of near-death states."
The screen suddenly darkened.
Lin Cai: "Lanlan is a deceased person. Moreover, among the deceased, she is quite proficient in death magic. Not all deceased people are capable of using the Necromancer's Halberd."
[Prolonged close contact with death, or prolonged experience of near-death states?]
What is that?
Wow. All the villains' pasts are filled with bloodshed and violence!
[You wouldn't guess it at all. To be honest, Yanlan just enjoys watching the excitement; she hasn't done anything truly heinous. Compared to some of the beasts in the Otherworld, she's practically an angel.]
[Won't prolonged exposure to death lead to mental illness?]
No wonder so many supporting characters were shocked when they first saw Yanlan use the Undead Halberd in the earlier episodes. It's unbelievable!
Young Yanju seems unable to comprehend the meaning of death.
She is bright and vibrant, full of curiosity about the world around her, yet strangely lacking in empathy.
So her eyes lit up: "Wow, that's so cool."
Lin Cai's voice was muffled: "Yes, very impressive."
She lowered her head, tears falling drop by drop onto the carpet, leaving a watermark.
Sunlight streamed in through the window, but Lin Cai's orange hair showed no warmth. Young Yan Ju was in high spirits when Lin Cai suddenly covered her face and burst into tears.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
A huge black frame appeared behind her, filled with speech bubbles.
'It's all my fault.'
'If only nothing had changed.'
'If only Lanlan hadn't ended up in the underworld.'
'if...'
The densely packed "sorry" messages almost overwhelmed Lin Cai.
I want to cry too.
[Yan Lan is incredibly powerful because she walks alongside death. So, what kind of growth process did Yan Ju, who will be so powerful and omnipotent in the future, the savior of the underworld, go through?]
[My Yanju, hahaha, you might as well kill me!]
The reception room was completely silent. Only Lin Cai could be seen crying until she finally knelt down, saying, "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry..."
Young Yanju: "I'm not blaming you. No, what did you do wrong?"
She was somewhat bewildered and helpless, and genuinely couldn't understand Lin Cai's pain.
Yu Youguan, who was standing next to him, had also lowered his head in empathy. Only the young Yanju remained completely unaffected.
She looked around in confusion, then lowered her head, unsure of what to do, and carefully touched the broken lock on the small wooden box in her hand.
【Wa ...
Honestly, does young Yanju seem emotionally deficient? I feel there's something wrong with this close-up shot.
Friends, young Yanju simply hasn't experienced the hardships of the underworld. But she also had an unwanted childhood and a youth betrayed by her best friend.
It's already surprising that he's a seemingly normal person with a sound personality. If it were me, I'd only want to destroy the world.
…
Yan Shi outside the comics: ...
She felt that her emotional system was perfectly normal, and how could spacing out be considered a lack of emotion!
What stories are there about an unwanted childhood and a boy betrayed by his best friend? Is this manga really realistic?
Yan Shi doesn't want to destroy the world; right now, Yan Shi only wants to destroy this comic.
The comments in the first few episodes were all long paragraphs of text, and she didn't even have time to read them all before they were quickly scrolling by.
Later, when Yan Shi began to ponder what kind of female protagonist growth script she had received in the future, the comments section inexplicably started to feel sad for her.
There were too many issues, and Yan Shi was speechless for a moment, not knowing where to begin.
Based on the comments and the comic content, it is now known that her life has been recorded by the comic, and the protagonist of the comic is Lin Cai.
Therefore, all the plot details are based on information that Lin Cai already knows.
Of course, the most important thing is Yanlan.
Yan Shi didn't think that a little over a year would make her go from being unfamiliar with a younger sister she had never met to being familiar with her and then to indulging her.
It's reasonable to speculate that Yanlan might have some kind of leverage over her...
That's tricky.
After considering the information she had for the time being, Yan Shi looked back at her phone screen.
At the end of the comic, a chibi version of Lin Cai is hanging by a rope from the hook under the word "to be continued," her eyes downcast.
Very lifelike, well painted.
I wonder what her chibi version looks like.
It must be majestic and incredibly dashing!
I'll go back and look through Yanju's phone photo album. Of course, I'll take screenshots of my adorable self, save them, and admire them repeatedly.
Just as I remembered, the entrance to Qiman's comic forum was indeed at the very end of the comic.
Yan Shi casually clicked into the forum.
It's very lively; new posts on the homepage are refreshing almost every second.
This size makes it one of the top-tier comics on Qiman.
There were so many messy posts, both crying and praising, that Yan Shi glanced at them and felt a rare sense of shame.
The compliments were so blatant!
What the hell is this cartoonist? This is an invasion of her privacy.
Yan quickly swiped back to switch to the featured posts, wanting to see some useful analysis.
Li Tao, the biggest beneficiary of the Novano Port incident.
[Yanju, when you talk about growing up, it's not just your mother who sheds tears.]
[My Childhood with Yanju (Dream Girl Post - Enter at Your Own Risk, Lan Fans Prohibited, CP Fans Prohibited, I'll Beat You Up If I See You)]
[Speculation regarding Yanju's amnesia and possible resurrection]
[Zhan Zhou's Exam Preparation Log]
Yan Shi: ?
She was curious about several of the analytical posts, but among the diverse titles of the posts, Zhan Zhou's exam preparation notes seemed particularly out of place.
What is this?
Zhan Zhou, Yan Shi knows. There was a drawing in the comic just now, Lin Cai's academy.
The academy the main character of the comic attends is not low-class, but why would anyone on the comic forum be preparing for the Zhan Zhou exam?
We're not even in the same world, okay?
Yan Shi didn't understand, but he was greatly shocked.
She quickly clicked on the post.
[Zhan Zhou's Exam Preparation Log]
1L Original Poster:
As the title suggests, I will begin preparing for the Jamyang Kyi Mandarin exam today!
2L:
ah? ?
3L:
ah? ?
4L:
It's hard to tell whether the poster is immersing themselves in the role or genuinely being abstract.
5L:
Since you're preparing for the Zhan Zhou exam, could you please provide a study plan?
Let's all take a look.
6L:
Let's take a look from the front row.
7L:
I'm waiting to see your study plan for reference!
…
268L Original Poster:
Of course, it's not abstract!
As is well known, "The Curse of the Laws" is a comic with a terrible main plot, but exquisite art style and amazing characters.
After reading it three times, the author discovered that the comic book style was so exquisite that even zooming in on a screenshot would reveal the specific content of the book.
So! You have a huge amount of characters and plots from books. If you extract the content from these books, can you round it up to form a summary of the key knowledge points of Zhan Zhou?
So, if I memorize all these key points, and one day I receive an admission notice from Jamyang Khyentse, can I then apply to Jamyang Khyentse?
The plan is in place.
269L:
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270L:
The original poster is a genius.
I suggest you go to a mental hospital to have your brain checked.
271L:
There are too many flaws to mention, I don't know where to begin.
The original poster even presented a logically consistent argument.
272L:
Now that things have come to this, is the original poster going to share their summary of the key points of Zhan Zhou knowledge?
…
OP (post #368) replied to OP (post #272):
Yes!
I will share all the key points of Zhan Zhou knowledge summarized from the comics and books in this post without reservation.
Wishing everyone success in passing the Zhanzhou exam!
369L:
I thought the original poster was being abstract, but it seems she's serious.
…
The curious onlookers dispersed, leaving only the original poster, who continued to diligently record the events every day.
1478L Original Poster:
[Screenshot of World Chronicle content.jpg]
These are the materials that Lin Cai and Yan Lan consulted in the ancient book reading room of Zhanzhou Library, which is only accessible to teachers.
The comic can only be captured from four different pages at a time.
The book is written in archaic script, not the common language.
Fortunately, after several days of preparation, I can now roughly understand retro texts. The following is the translation.
"Humans always confuse the Abyss of Death with the Land of Exile, but based on my experience interviewing the Skeleton race, the two are actually quite different."
Rest assured, I am still human and have not been assimilated by the skeletons. Compared to many other temperamental fantasy species, skeletons are actually quite friendly.
The Land of Exile is actually a region with low spiritual energy content. Because of this low spiritual energy content, beings that accidentally wander into it cannot cultivate spiritual energy. In order to survive, they eventually begin to learn necromancy.
Learning necromancy and becoming a dead person are two completely unrelated things.
"The inhabitants of the exile lands only have a very basic grasp of necromancy, such as the use of soulfire, and only do so to maintain their survival and ensure their safety."
The dead of the Abyss of Death are the true masters of necromancy. The necromancy they wield is the only necromancy in the universal sense.
For example, it can bring the dead back to life, manipulate the undead to reveal the truth, and even summon an army of the dead.
"Becoming a deceased person is a very painful thing. It requires a long struggle on the edge of death. Only those who are determined can escape death and become a deceased person."
Among humans, only a handful can achieve this.
1479L:
What an interesting post! It's great, but it's not popular.
There's no one here, yet the poster has persisted in recording for 116 days.
1480L:
"Can the dead be brought back to life?"
Holy crap, did that old thief really hide the crucial information in a corner?
1481L:
I'm going to make a bold guess: Lanlan is the deceased, and she resurrected Director Yan.
1482L:
That explains why Lanlan's things are all in Director Yan's pocket!
Because the last person Yanju saw after his resurrection, or rather, when Yanju was on the verge of death, was Yanlan.
1483L:
OP, are you still there?
Does your knowledge summary include any content related to the cost of resurrecting the dead?
1484L:
Hey OP, are you there?
…
OP (1879L) replied to OP (1482L):
some.
I just finished translating the World Chronicle and there are only two pages left.
Because of my lack of skill, my translation is slow.
"I was also very curious about the idea that the deceased could be brought back to life. So I made a special trip to the Abyss of Death to ask the deceased there."
The following is firsthand information.
Author's note: I'm so annoyed! I finished writing the update a long time ago, but the free Wi-Fi on the airplane can only send and receive messages...
I hired another proxy to send the message, but logging into the account required sending a text message with my phone number.
I tried my best but couldn't beat it, my little red flower QAQ
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