Chapter 137 Who Preaches the Way (Part 8) Quiz
"Du Yu? Du Yu? Are you alright?"
Du Yu's vision blurred for a moment, and his consciousness wavered. Looking at the familiar laboratory in front of him, Du Yu calmly put away the crystal in his hand and avoided Gu Tu's hand waving in front of him.
"What are you thinking about? I called you several times and you didn't answer me."
"I was just thinking, it's already so late..."
Looking into those eyes, which were filled with worry and uncertainty, Du Yu suddenly smiled: "What should we have for dinner tonight? I struggle with this every day at this time."
Gu Tu's expression froze, almost losing her feigned concern. If there was a hidden reason, she knew Du Yu wouldn't tell her the truth, but this excuse was just too lame. Who would be thinking about what to eat for dinner in such a strange situation?
Doesn't she deserve a logically consistent lie? Even that arrogant Bian Shaoyan at least knows a few nice words to coax people!
Du Yu finished speaking and casually replied with a few perfunctory words before no longer paying attention to Gu Tu. Her gaze quickly swept across the laboratory. Time quietly flowed by as Du Yu was lost in thought. After the celebration, everyone in the laboratory quickly returned to their respective work positions. In the corner, a group photo that few people paid attention to quietly faded, first from color to black and white, and finally even the black faded rapidly, leaving only a faint gray mark. If you glanced at it casually, you might even think it was a blank sheet of paper.
Du Yu suddenly realized that this must be a backup plan left by Icaria. As long as someone who meets the conditions enters this space, something stored in the photograph will bring Du Yu into that false space.
Gu Tu followed Du Yu's gaze, but Du Yu concealed his emotions very well, and she couldn't see anything at all. The warning of "fate" in her heart grew stronger and stronger, as if it was urging her incessantly. Her usually well-hidden emotions finally couldn't help but show some irritation. Just then, a sharp ringing sound suddenly came from her ear.
"Ring ring ring!"
"What's that noise? It's so loud!"
Gu Tu couldn't help but frown, almost jumping up in fright from the shrill ringing. Du Yu was also startled, but then a strange feeling arose in his heart: What is this ringing sound...?
"The quiz is about to begin. Please find your seats as soon as possible. The score for this quiz will be included in your class grade, so please answer carefully. Latecomers will not be accepted."
"Pop quiz?"
Another unfamiliar term appeared, and Gu Tu was stunned for a moment. Du Yu also pursed his lips. That's right, the bell that just rang was the "terrifying" exam bell that Jinling University had been complaining about for a long time - the content in quotation marks is the students' evaluation of this bell.
It is said that after this ringtone was used, the frequency of students falling asleep in the exam rooms at Jinlin University decreased significantly, and it even startled students from other schools during a city-wide exam.
No matter how you look at it, this spacious and well-equipped aerospace laboratory could not possibly be at Jinling University. However, as everyone knows, the only common sense in the field of fog erosion is that common sense doesn't apply here.
After muttering a few complaints to himself, Du Yu quickly walked towards a row of tables and chairs that had suddenly appeared at one end of the laboratory.
Gu Tu subconsciously did as instructed until the "pop quiz" began. The snow-white test paper fell from somewhere, and she stared blankly at the printed words on the paper. Then she looked up at the laboratory, which had become empty at some point, and the huge pigeon standing in front of them.
The pigeon is almost as tall as two people—why is the pigeon so big?
Gu Tu's mind went blank. It was rare for her to feel that her IQ wasn't up to par. The outdated school system, the strange test papers with incomprehensible text, the giant pigeon that appeared out of nowhere—what was all this?!
The pigeon snorted coldly, giving her no room to maneuver. Its fan-like wings flapped heavily, stopping just short of Gu Tu's head. The strong wind made her hair dance wildly backward, causing her scalp to ache slightly.
"Shut up! Examinee, the exam has already started. Please do not look around! I am Examiner 166, responsible for monitoring exam discipline. Any further violations will be treated as cheating!"
This was the first time anyone had treated her like this since she returned to the Gu family; even Du Yu would at least try to appease her...
A hint of humiliation flashed in Gu Tu's eyes, her facial muscles twitched, as if she wanted to say something but desperately held back. She answered "yes" in a huff and buried her head in the "exam paper," not daring to look up again.
"snort."
The giant pigeon, which claimed to be 166 cm tall, let out a cold snort from somewhere, folded its wings behind its back, and began to patrol around the "examination room".
Despite being called an examination room, the once bustling laboratory fell silent after the two desks appeared. Researchers, experimental instruments, and monitors—everything around them seemed to vanish like grains of sand in an hourglass.
In the end, the once spacious laboratory was reduced to just these two desks and a space with a radius of less than twenty meters centered around the desks.
Therefore, although the giant pigeon was supposedly patrolling the examination room, it practically hopped past the two people as it went around the desk!
The downy feathers and dust on the pigeons' wings mixed with a strange smell that resembled both rust and rotting blood. Combined with the pigeons' hot temperature, they would come to scare Gu Tu every one or two minutes.
Gu Tu stared intently at the completely unfamiliar words on the paper, swallowed hard, and dared not look up. For some reason, she had a premonition that if she violated the so-called "exam room order" again, this pigeon would definitely not let her off easily!
After answering the question "What is your favorite food?", Du Yu casually wrote "apple". Holding the familiar ○ ballpoint pen in his hand, a thoughtful look flashed in his eyes.
She wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but she felt that this white dove was different from Gu Yinglan and Cat Beard. This guy who called himself "166" seemed to particularly dislike Gu Tu.
The pen tip touched the exam paper, and the ink smudged on the pristine white paper, both seemingly lost in thought.
Speaking of which, since entering this strange space, she and Gu Tu have always been treated differently.
Gu Yinglan treated everyone equally, but Gu Tu was very far away from her. Two important figures who revealed important information during a casual chat happened to be sitting behind her. After they finished speaking, they disappeared.
In the aviation laboratory just now, although Gu Tu was very close to her this time, Icaria still managed to give her important information and tools through a sub-body without her noticing anything amiss.
As for the examiner, Big White Dove, in this quiz, he simply stopped acting altogether. Gu Tu hesitated for a few moments before receiving a death threat.
If the projection in this space corresponds to reality, then in reality, when Du Yu mentions Gu Tu, 166 doesn't react this strongly.
If this space has its own unique set of logic, then does the white dove's reaction indicate that the rejection of Gu Tu here is becoming increasingly obvious?
Is it simply that he doesn't like Gu Tu, or does he dislike certain qualities in her?
While thinking, Du Yu filled in the test paper with nonsensical questions such as "What is your favorite color?", "Is your favorite animal a cat or a dog?", and "What should you do if you find money on the street?"
Du Yu checked the paper several times, making sure there were no overlooked hints or metaphors. Just as he was about to stop writing and think for a while, a passing white dove sneered again, flapped its wings, and flipped the paper over. It didn't threaten Du Yu, but its attitude remained indifferent.
"Idiot! There are more questions on the back of the test paper!"
Ignoring Bai Ge's disrespectful attitude, Du Yu paused slightly in her grip on the pen. As a former college student with extensive experience in solving problems, how could she possibly make the mistake of not checking the back of the paper?
While staring blankly at these strange questions, she didn't know how many times she flipped through the test paper, and each time the back of the paper was blank!
Yu Guangzhong and Gu Tu were still worried about the test paper, which was entirely in Chinese. They seemed unaware of the strange situation on the other side. Du Yu quietly moved the test paper to cover the contents on the back.
But then, she was left staring blankly at the test paper, completely at a loss.
There was only one question on the back of the paper, which looked like an essay question. Why "looked like"? Because that line of text was neither one of the languages that Du Yu was familiar with in his previous life, nor the slang used in the City of Chasing the Sun, but a completely unfamiliar and bizarre script that looked like earthworms crawling around.
Has this space, which imitates Jinling University, finally given itself preferential treatment?
Du Yu refused to give up, staring intently at that line of text, and she actually noticed something—that line of text looked very similar to the text of the "Yuanshui" country on the scroll, and "Yuanshui" was the country that had been invaded by Tai Sui.
But all the clues end there. Without any other information to supplement the information, it would be a pipe dream to try to decipher an unfamiliar script with just one scroll.
Du Yu reluctantly rubbed the seemingly random lines of writing on the test paper. As his fingertips brushed against a rough spot on the paper, a colorful pixel suddenly appeared before his eyes.
?
Du Yu paused for a moment, then quickly touched the character again with the same force as before, and the familiar colored pixels appeared in the same position!
With a sense of relief, Du Yu imitated the force he had used earlier, rubbing his thumb back and forth on the test paper. One by one, colorful pixels appeared in different positions. Relying on his powerful memory as an ability user, Du Yu pieced them together. A hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. This seemed to be a map.
Not far away, she dared not make any big moves, but out of the corner of her eye, she saw that the strange woman, Du Yu, had also put down her pen and was fiddling with the test paper. Gu Tu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. In this strange situation, as long as she wasn't at the bottom, she shouldn't be in the most danger.
But the next moment, her heart, which had just relaxed a little, suddenly clenched again, as if someone was tightly gripping that organ, trying to squeeze out some juice to see if it was red.
On the pristine white exam paper, rows of strange characters suddenly began to break and dance, as if an invisible hand was patiently arranging them, piecing them together in varying heights to form another kind of language:
A warning seemed to sound in the examination hall, and the huge pigeon seemed to be screeching and shouting something, but Gu Tu was completely oblivious. She was like a sleepwalker, her eyes darting downwards, her expression blank, as she grabbed her pen to answer the only remaining question on the exam paper:
"If he were disabled, irritable, penniless, struggling on the edge of an abyss, and could fall at any moment, would you still love him as much as before?"
"Of course. We made a vow to stay together for life under the witness of fate."
"Good boy, you will get everything you want."
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