Chapter 371 Bai Jingxuan's Test
When Bai Jingxuan stepped into the examination room with a little uneasiness, what she saw was a space almost entirely decorated in white.
The floor, walls, and ceiling were all flawless white, and even the lighting was spotless. The room was filled with numerous large, seemingly unidentified devices, all in standby mode. Their white casings emitted a faint humming sound within the quiet space.
In the center of the venue stood two women in white coats. Their gazes hadn't shifted to Bai Jingxuan upon her arrival. Instead, they lowered their heads, tapping frequently on the screen in front of them, seemingly recording something.
Bang.
The door of the examination room closed behind Bai Jingxuan, and the perfect noise made the two people who seemed to be examiners raise their heads.
"Candidate number is 20000103922, Bo Xue, right?" one of them asked.
"...Yes." Bai Jingxuan responded by standing at attention.
"Well, now we will begin the testing and evaluation of your magic suit. The first item is the test of your ability specifications. Please go to the instrument on the far left of the examination room and enter it."
The examiner who spoke first pointed to the side of the room. "The operation is very simple. Take out your magic suit, then stand still for one minute while the machine scans it."
"Oh, okay."
Bai Jingxuan simply responded and walked obediently in the direction the examiner pointed.
She had no intention of asking further questions. Rather, she simply hoped the examiner wouldn't pay too much attention to her. After all, family matters knew their own, and this exam was likely the moment when her residual beastly magic would be most easily exposed.
From the moment she set out from Fangting City until the official start of the assessment, Delphinium had repeatedly stressed the importance of concealing herself. During the previous maze assessment, there were many spectators outside, and this one was sure to have many eyes watching from the shadows as well. If she revealed anything she shouldn't, Emerald would have a hard time getting her out.
Bai Jingxuan was very obedient, and she wanted to be a powerful magical girl, so she didn't want to expose any problems. But the more she worried about gains and losses, the more nervous she became.
Admittedly, to conceal her underlying magical powers, she had already undergone extensive study and training. Not only had she learned the turbidity technique from Margaret in Fangting City, but she had also been practicing on her own since arriving in the Kingdom. Theoretically, there was no chance of her being exposed. However, nervousness was often irrational, so much so that while she was moving between the instruments, her toe accidentally hit the sharp corner of one, nearly causing her to fall.
This made the examiners turn their attention to her position.
Fortunately, they didn't take it too seriously. Many of the candidates taking the exam were more nervous than Bai Jingxuan, and it would be fair to say that those who weren't nervous were in the minority. So, they quickly refocused their attention on the data work at hand.
Bai Jingxuan walked to the corner of the room in a sullen manner, carefully chanted "Tianyin", and took out her magic suit.
Following Cuiqiao's advice, Bai Jingxuan hadn't used her magic suit as a melee weapon for the past two months, relying mostly on her magic to prop it up. At the same time, she also began learning to utilize Tianyin's abilities more in combat. Although this multitasking was quite challenging, it did help the magic suit evolve in a positive direction.
Compared to two months ago, the appearance of Tianyin's magic suit had changed significantly. The most obvious change was that the bracket, which had almost become a hammer handle, had shortened significantly. Now it looked like a music box again, rather than a hammer that could play music.
The scanning process went smoothly. A minute later, the green indicator light on the instrument in front of Bai Jingxuan lit up, indicating that the data entry was complete. Along with this change, the examiner's voice sounded not far away:
"Your magic power is very active, and your true form is relatively low in manifestation. However, judging by the magic power fluctuation field, your magic equipment is quite good, at least above level 3."
While checking the data on the screen in his hand, the examiner asked, "Are you at Leaf level now?"
"Yes." Even though she knew she had survived a difficult time, Bai Jingxuan still acted rather reserved.
"You already have a Level 3 wave field at Leaf level, and the level of manifestation is so low... Incredible, it doesn't seem like the data that would appear on a single piece of magic armor. Generally speaking, only magic armor in a group would have values like yours."
The examiner continued to flip through the data, a hint of surprise creeping into his normally calm face. "There's no direct interference from the magical body, but there is interaction and indirect influence. Does your magical suit's ability apply status effects to yourself or others?"
"yes."
"Interesting, interesting..." Judging from his expression, the examiner was completely energized after hearing Bai Jingxuan's answer.
"Excuse me, may I ask what those words you said mean?" Seeing that the other party didn't seem to notice the problem with herself, Bai Jingxuan's courage recovered a little, and her curiosity naturally arose.
"Which words?"
"It's something like a magic wave field, salting, and driving away snakes..." Bai Jingxuan whispered.
"Oh, these are some of our professional terms, which are indicators related to magic equipment. You kids don't need to learn them."
The talkative examiner blinked, looking at Bai Jingxuan's reserved and cautious expression, and a relatively kind smile appeared on his face. He did not correct or laugh at the obvious deviation in the wording of this "child" during her retelling:
"But I can explain the concept of a magic wave field. Generally speaking, the concept of a magic wave field is 'the depth of its impact on the world.' If you find this difficult to understand, you can also directly understand this concept as 'the intensity of the ability.'"
"The strength of the ability...?"
Bai Jingxuan repeated, "Then, what is the so-called Level 3?"
"A magical girl with relatively average abilities, when she awakens her magic suit at the bud level and undergoes a period of training, the wave field of her magic suit will generally have a strength of level 1."
Perhaps because he was interested in Bai Jingxuan's magic suit, the examiner was particularly patient: "When she reaches the Leaf level, her wave field will be Level 2, and when she reaches the Bud level, it will fluctuate between Level 3 and Level 4, and the Flower level will be around Level 5 to Level 6."
"So, my level 3 means..."
"Yeah, much stronger than the average person."
The examiner confirmed Bai Jingxuan's statement: "In other words, it is almost impossible to achieve this level of wave field at the Leaf level, unless your magic power is different from that of ordinary people."
Her next words made Bai Jingxuan's hair stand on end.
——"Or rather, judging from this data, there is no doubt that you should be a shifter."
(End of this chapter)
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