Chapter 697: Results of the First Senior Craftsman Evaluation and Assessment
Lu Yuan took the children to look around the Craftsmen's Hall.
Reporters from all major civilizations were holding cameras, and the place was crowded with people. Well-known craftsmen were being interviewed; the younger generation gathered in twos and threes, discussing gossip; the older generation talked attentively and shared their experiences.
The children were obviously a little timid and not as lively as before.
This is normal. This place is full of high-status craftsmen or talented scholars from other civilizations. It is inevitable that the aura of children aged 5-8 will be suppressed.
"This knowledge contest has attracted a lot of attention. On my civilized Internet, many colleges and universities have participated in the internal selection."
"Knowledge contest? Hey, that's just child's play. The key is the evaluation and assessment of craftsmen. A total of 22 craftsmen from my giant elephant civilization participated in this assessment and handed in their best answers." A long-nosed elephant man who looked very arrogant leaned on a chair and said excitedly.
This thing may weigh 10 tons, and even though the chairs here are carefully crafted, they still creak.
The audience around was surprised: "22 people? Your civilization is full of talented people!"
"That's not the case. Ever since the Temple started selling God's Skills, our Giant Elephant Civilization has made up for the deficiency. All contestants have dual God's Skills, with both the talent of a craftsman and the talent of a glyph!"
Everyone was even more amazed. 22 people with dual divine skills needed a lot of financial resources to support this talent scale. It was really terrifying! "Senior, can you reveal the highest level of your work?"
"Hey, only epic level... However, we will no longer research in this direction." The long-nosed elephant man was so proud when he said "epic level".
"I understand." Everyone nodded in agreement.
Since we will be researching field industrialization in the future, the level is not that important. But an epic master craftsman is also proud enough!
Some civilizations like to show off their strength, some like to hide it, and some are more direct and say what they think.
At this moment, a group of aliens that looked like brown bears came up to Lu Yuan and asked, "Is this Mr. Lu Yuan from the human civilization?"
"It's me... who are you?"
"Heroic civilization! I heard from Senior Li Datie that you are the strongest craftsman of mankind."
"But you didn't attend the craftsmen's meeting a while ago. Do you think that people like us can't bring any results?"
Lu Yuan was stunned. You brown bear are so arrogant. Are you here to call me to task? He pointed at the children around him and said, "I'm taking care of the kids. I don't have the time for that."
The brown bear, who dominated civilization, felt a little embarrassed when he saw so many little babies looking at him. After a long while, he scratched his head and said, "Well, raising babies is indeed very laborious."
"Craftsman Lu, you actually gave birth to so many babies. Even a pig-headed man with excellent reproductive ability would have nightmares..."
Lu Yuan: "All the kids here are geniuses."
The brown bear laughed and said, "My civilization has a low birth rate, and anyone willing to take care of a baby is a hero!"
After the brown bear people left, a new race came to talk to them. They were a race that looked like lizards.
"Master Lu, huh? Nice to meet you. I've read your article "Nonlinear Element Analysis and Anti-Entropy Organic Transformation", but I don't quite agree with it..."
Lu Yuan said politely: "Hello, there is no absolute standard in the idealistic world. It mainly depends on the state and ideas of the creator. I am just speaking from experience here."
Dealing with all these visitors, Lu Yuan was exhausted both physically and mentally.
He didn't know how his reputation spread, and ultimately could only attribute it to "human craftsman Li Datie".
"This Li Datie flatters me every day. He really deserves a beating!!"
They found a secluded classroom and sat down. The foreigners stopped harassing him only when they realized he was missing.
But the children were full of excitement, following behind Lu Yuan, with a sense of accomplishment of "knowing a major secret of civilization". Moreover, Lu Yuan's status was very high, and they were proud of it.
Lu Yuan said to the children, "You see, scholars from different civilizations have all kinds of temperaments. Appearance, status, and wealth are not important here. Does the great commander of human civilization have any meaning to others?"
"Only knowledge can win the respect of others!"
He couldn't help but brag: "Your teacher Lu has achieved something after all, so people came to talk to him. Otherwise, he would just be a bystander and no one would know if he was kicked to death."
When he said this, the teachers in the park behind him were a little embarrassed...
But the children all laughed happily.
Little Bei Chengcheng raised his hand and asked, "Teacher Lu, regarding the selection of craftsmen involving the distribution of benefits, what are the results for us humans?"
This is also a point of great concern to everyone.
Lu Yuan laughed and said, "I heard that the number of craftsmen that each civilization can send is limited. No more than 25 people. We humans have thousands of craftsmen, so we should send them in a stepped team according to age groups."
There is indeed financial support for those who pass the craftsman assessment, but this amount of money is just a drop in the bucket for the entire human race.
Therefore, it is more important to have a team with age levels to give young people a chance.
"How can I win the prize? Take an exam?"
"Once you graduate from school, you won't have to take exams anymore. There are many impact factors, and you can submit innovative papers or your own works. The judges will be composed of alien craftsmen and international judges. International judges may be slightly biased towards our own civilization... Some craftsmen often come to me to complain."
Lu Yuan saw the children listening attentively.
Even the pretentious guy "Beitai" was hiding in the corner and listening. He quickly shut his mouth and stopped talking about those suspicious and shady dealings.
"Is there something fishy going on?!" Bei Tai shouted.
"Hey, there must be some bias among international referees."
"But once a groundbreaking work appears, it's useless to be partial, right? So in the end, you still have to win by your strength."
Lu Yuan called up the various powerful civilizations in the Ruins of Buzhou on the big screen in the classroom.
The March Civilization is a Level 4 interstellar civilization that excels in materialistic technology and is secretly supported by the Lu Shu aliens.
Chi civilization, a second-generation civilization, possesses a small amount of level five residual technology.
The Giant Elephant Civilization has just reached the fourth level of civilization, and it is backed by the strange man Bai Ze.
There is also the Xiongba civilization, which is actually not weak either. It is also a level four civilization and a natural interstellar civilization.
"What about us! Isn't there someone else behind us?" a kid shouted.
"Yes, we have the support of Shumiba civilization."
"Huh?" Everyone was sitting in their chairs, leaning here and there. Nezumi-sensei... wasn't very supportive.
"Heh, Lu Yuan, I've said so many good things for you, but you're actually saying bad things about my Shumiba civilization." The rat craftsman, Shu Gongye, happened to walk in at this time, his beard twitching twice.
"How could that be possible? The development of human beings to this day is indeed due to the Shumiba civilization."
Shu Gongye chuckled, feeling happy: "Oh, you're bringing the baby."
"Just looking around."
"Hello, Teacher Rat!" The children were very polite.
"I'm leaving, but I still have to be a judge." Shu Gongye waved his hand proudly.
Lu Yuan grinned and said, "So it was you who was flattering me. No wonder people come to see me every day."
"Teacher Lu, have you submitted your work?" Zhou Sirui asked.
Lu Yuan coughed twice. He was obviously here to teach these kids not to be proud and complacent, but they were too smart and precocious, and they were really stumped for a while.
"Today is the time for the results to be announced. In half an hour, the scores will be out. So just wait for a while."
The children sat neatly in the classroom, and people were coming and going in the corridor.
Lu Yuan knew many well-known craftsmen, but in front of so many children, he was too lazy to say hello to them.
Seeing more and more races talking loudly, the gifted children became nervous and the atmosphere in the classroom became a little low.
As members of the Green City, they instinctively hope that humans can perform better... This may be the natural nationalism.
But I couldn't help much and could only worry on the side.
When the time came, the results of the "Knowledge Contest" finally came out.
The total score is 1,000 points, and 600 points is the passing score for winning the award. The list is densely packed, with hundreds of thousands of points!
Zhou Sirui checked his score on the computer and found that it was "323". His face immediately fell. He touched his ear and muttered to himself: "How could it be? How could the score be so low..."
On the contrary, the pretentious guy Bei Tai looked at his score of "443".
At the age of 8, it is a remarkable achievement to achieve this score.
But no one seemed very happy. Even the show-off guy, who defeated his competitor, didn't seem so excited.
"What's wrong, Beitai?"
"Just over 400 points..." The pretentious guy had a sad face.
Lu Yuan secretly gloated. Fortunately, these little guys got to see a wider world, otherwise, who knows how proud they would be.
"I want to see the test paper of the first place winner!" Zhou Sirui said unconvinced.
Soon, everyone downloaded the article and used artificial intelligence to translate it.
The first 600 points are objective questions, and the last 400 points are subjective questions.
This is a masterpiece of the craftsmen of the "Chi Civilization". It scored 978 points, with 10 points deducted for the objective questions and only 12 points deducted for the subsequent subjective questions, which is a remarkable achievement.
There is also a long essay at the end: "A way to form a simple field."
The children put on their glasses, frowned, thought hard, and read carefully from the first word to the last part.
Half an hour passed in silence.
Zhou Sirui suddenly felt relieved: "Indeed, he has considered things much more carefully than I have... and he is also much more innovative than I am..."
“I haven’t compared them.”
A teacher comforted him: "You are still young after all. Most of the contestants in the knowledge contest are adults, and the Chi civilization is also a powerful civilization with a long history."
"It has nothing to do with age. He's just better than me." Zhou Sirui looked like a little adult. He felt a little depressed, but he did not accept the teacher's comfort.
"And look, there's a name and age! He's not much older than me."
The craftsman's name was "You" and he was only 7 years old.
Lu Yuan couldn't help but shudder. The competition these days is too fierce.
Knowledge contests do not involve the distribution of benefits and are just for fun, becoming a venue for children to compete - cheating is indeed possible, but cheating in such a pediatric setting is really unworthy of a strong and civilized society.
Several other gifted children also lowered their heads and said nothing.
It's not because of jealousy.
I can't be jealous of an opponent I've never met...
But... my talent seems to be just like that, there are always higher mountains. I haven't even passed the exam yet, what's there to be proud of? Several teachers in the park looked at each other and sighed softly, thinking that this education seemed to be quite successful.
But...will it break if it is pressed too hard?
"We need to work harder in the future!" Zhou Sirui and Beitai looked at each other.
"Try hard!" everyone shouted, and even the girls joined in.
A grandfather-like smile appeared on Lu Yuan's face.
Next up, there’s an even bigger highlight – the assessment for senior craftsmen!
This assessment project is much more complicated than that of an elementary craftsman, as it involves conflicts of interest. In addition to paper evaluation and physical inspection, there is even a live interview session.
The number is quite large, tens of thousands of people, which is normal, with 30,000 civilizations.
The training of high-level craftsmen is not easy, and it involves the secrets of civilization. In fact, many masters are not willing to participate.
Lu Yuan took a deep breath and stared at the screen. He also wanted to see how many humans had passed.
Finally, at the crucial moment, the scores came out! "Results of the First Senior Craftsman Evaluation and Assessment"
[1. Lu Yuan, human civilization, 942 points]
When Lu Yuan saw his name, he was stunned. What's the matter? I didn't even take any exam!
The second place only had 832 points. He was a craftsman from the second-generation civilization "Smelting Civilization", a race with a long historical heritage.
The gap was actually more than 100 points! The entire Artisan Hall was boiling with excitement. Laughter and shouting came from the classrooms next door: "As expected of Commander Lu!"
There are a lot of human craftsmen. In addition to the traditional craftsmen, there are also "pseudo-craftsmen" with more than 20 god attributes, and the number is as high as 5,000! Some people even shouted: "Why is it not 1,000 points? I suspect there is something fishy going on!"
"Congratulations! It's really eye-opening. A strong man with 942 points is really worth making friends with." This sentence may come from an alien civilization.
"Mr. Li Datie is also very strong, but he is not the strongest among humans. Forget it. Although this is not a secret, I don't want to say more."
The children cheered as well.
A bunch of visitors were looking for where Lu Yuan had gone, leaving the person concerned alone in the wind.
Finally, it was Lao Mao who called me: "I applied for you. If you are approved, you will get alliance funding and one Lingyun per year... Upload one of your unpublished papers and submit a work. Hurry up and prepare for the interview."
"Didn't they say that there are only 25 places for each civilization? Why did you submit my work? There are so many young people queuing up. Do I need this thing to prove myself?" Lu Yuan complained.
The old cat said, "If you don't even participate, what's the point of the senior craftsman competition?"
"Oh, by the way, the Yi Lingyun funding you applied for is also yours personally."
As soon as he heard that there was free funding available, Lu Yuan happily prepared his appearance - Greedy Demon, do not be greedy even if the things are small! The classroom was crowded with people, but when they saw Lu Yuan was taking care of the children, they could only hold their breath. They still had this courtesy.
Finally, several league reporters entered the room and set up their cameras.
The big screen made a "beep" sound.
The judges all raised their heads, most of them were strangers, and all of them were wearing gorgeous clothes. Some of them looked old and frail, as if they were asleep.
"Shh," he gestured to the children behind him.
Seeing that Teacher Lu did not chase them away, the children were very happy and put their hands on the table. They naturally knew that the current occasion was very important and they had to be polite!
Lu Yuan had long been numb to the various titles displayed on the big screen and just nodded at the screen.
"Hello, Mr. Lu." An alien sitting in the middle spoke. He had a thick beard. "The paper you submitted, "A Brief Analysis of Legendary Equipment and Civilization's Luck", has very novel ideas. The judges gave it a high score after a long period of investigation. First of all, I would like to ask, is this the result of your own research?"
Hmm? What kind of article is this? Lu Yuan recalled for a while before digging it out from his memory bank. It seemed to be an article he wrote three hundred years ago.
In craftsmanship, things like blood glyphs and the small tome of gears are just basic knowledge.
Only when you forge legendary equipment can you be considered to have reached the level of mastery and have your own understanding.
Therefore, the main idea of this article is to simplify the forging of legendary equipment, which contains part of the idea of field industrialization.
But no matter what, it is an old thing from three hundred years ago - what is this guy Lao Mao doing, handing over such ancient knowledge?
After figuring this out, he immediately nodded in agreement: "I did it independently."
The old stranger nodded and said with a smile, "I have a few questions here. Regarding the case analysis on page 11, can you give a detailed answer?"
Lu Yuan pondered for a moment and answered fluently: "That was a small legend I created without any inspiration. The specific situation is as follows..."
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The atmosphere in many meeting rooms was silent.
The craftsmen stared at the screen and stood up involuntarily.
Forging legendary equipment without inspiration! This level of achievement is usually kept confidential, and can even be said to be a secret of a civilization!
It’s no surprise that it got a super high score!
The smelting civilization sent a total of 22 craftsmen with dual divine skills, hoping to win a good reputation because they had contributed too little in the previous war. They could only win back their reputation by saving the country in a roundabout way.
But Lu Yuan, a human civilization, suddenly appeared and could only come in second.
"Well, is what he said true or false?"
"It sounds like there is some truth to it..."
"This is a forging prodigy... Human civilization is actually willing to give away this lucky secret... It seems they are quite ambitious."
Discussions were heard in various conference rooms.
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