Chapter 27 Guide Assessment Notice
The anti-gravity engine of the hovercraft had not yet completely stopped, but Lin Yao had already seen through the reinforced glass that De Linfeng and his entire family were waiting in front of the carved iron gate.
He raised his eyebrows slightly, secretly complaining that this scene was too ostentatious. The head of the De family was standing at the front, and behind him, besides his second uncle's family, there were seven or eight other people surrounding him, as if they were welcoming some important guest.
Especially De Linfeng's appearance, his wrinkled face was filled with kindness that was inconsistent with his age, and his eyes were glued to Lin Yao, as if he was looking at his closest grandchild.
"Master Ye is so thoughtful that he even took the trouble to personally send A Yao back." He expressed his gratitude to Ye Heng who got out of the car with Lin Yao.
His tone was so warm that it seemed as if the two of them were truly close grandfather and grandson, "A Yao, quickly thank Patriarch Ye.
Lin Yao curled the corners of his mouth, and cooperated with Ye Heng to express his gratitude and goodbye.
Lin Yao caught a glimpse of De Linwei standing next to him from the corner of his eye. The smile on her face was uglier than crying. The corners of her mouth were as stiff as welded steel plates, her knuckles were clenched white, and the sound of her back teeth grinding could almost be heard through the air.
Until Ye Heng's hovercraft turned into a streak of light and disappeared, his cousin's sarcastic voice immediately pierced the hypocritical peace:
"Some people really think that if they are listed on the Ye family list and the Ye family recognizes the marriage, they will be able to fly to the branches and become a phoenix. It is not certain whether it is a blessing or a curse."
Lin Yao didn't give in and laughed back, "Cousin, are you envious? Whether I can reach the sky or not is another matter, but at least the Ye family lets me be on the list. Unlike my cousin, who is neither a sentinel nor a guide, there is no way for him to take shortcuts!"
After saying this, Lin Yao spread his hands, looking innocent and a little proud. I just like your helpless and furious look.
De Linxing was furious: "You!"
Lin Yao is now tied to Ye Heng, which is why when he comes back, Grandpa De Lin is waiting at the door with people.
He could not give face to Lin Yao, but he could not not give face to the head of the Ye family, even if it was just superficial face.
De Linfeng coughed lightly, interrupting the conversation between Lin Yao and De Lin Huixing that was about to continue.
When the old man coughed, Gu Yun stepped forward and pulled her son's sleeve, signaling him with her eyes not to act rashly and to be careful with his words and actions.
Old man De Lin's cloudy eyes moved between the two of them, but he didn't say anything in the end. After looking at Lin Yao deeply, he left first with the support of Mrs. De Lin.
With the departure of the head of the family, no one was too lazy to perform this scene anymore. The crowd that had originally gathered around him scattered like birds and beasts, and the warmth that had been deliberately created just now also disappeared completely.
De Linwei had already followed the old man away. Lin Yao didn't bother to pay attention to the family of three standing there. He walked straight towards his bamboo garden, ignoring the vague gazes behind him.
Before he reached the gate of Zhuyuan, he saw De Linwei leaning against the door frame, with half of her face buried in the shadow.
"Is there something?" Lin Yao's tone was so flat that it seemed as if he was asking the air.
"Is this how you treat guests?" Delinwei stood up straight, the sarcasm in her tone almost overflowing.
Lin Yao scoffed, his fingertips rubbing the lines on his cuffs: "What gave you the illusion that we could sit down and have a cup of tea?"
Delinwei's expression suddenly turned strange.
The Lin Yao in front of him was indeed different. From the day he woke up, the cowardice that allowed him to be manipulated by others disappeared without a trace, replaced by a sharpness that was almost harsh.
She suddenly threw a metal box at him. Lin Yao raised his hand and caught it steadily. The temperature of the box was icy cold.
"Do you think you can rest easy just because Ye Heng is protecting you?" Her voice was as cold as ice as she leaned close to Lin Yao's ear, whispering, "We'll see!"
The sound of high heels hitting the ground gradually faded away, and Lin Yao looked down at the Shasha that stretched out from his wrist.
In addition to saying, "Let's wait and see," Delinwei also said, "You know what Ye Heng's spirit body is, right? A cold-blooded animal is a cold-blooded animal, and a beast is still a beast after all!"
After entering the room, he opened the box and found the stolen necklace lying quietly inside.
The black braided rope is wrapped around an irregular azure mineral with a few tiny sparkles in it, which reflects tiny spots of light under the light, like a crushed starry sky embedded in the stone.
This thing looks like tourmaline, but in the interstellar age, no one can say for sure whether it is a unique rarity.
Lin Yao picked up the necklace and looked at it in the light for a long time, but he didn't find any secret mechanism or compartment, so he had to put it back in the box.
This was a relic left to him by the original owner's mother. Given Delinwei's dislike for the original owner, if she hadn't been hiding a secret, she would have thrown this thing into the garbage disposal compartment long ago, let alone worn it close to her body.
It took so long to give it to him, there might be something unspeakable in it!
"Let's put it aside for now." Lin Yao originally wanted to put the box into the storage ring, but then he thought about what might be inside, so he put it in a safe that the Cang family had sent him before.
It is said that this safe can maintain the integrity of items very well because it can isolate the air, and the gas that can oxidize items is very nice.
After putting it away, Lin Yao turned around and went to wash up.
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Lin Yao put the clothes he had taken off into the cleaning cabin, pressed the drying and disinfection button on the control panel with his fingertips, and the cabin immediately made a low humming sound.
He turned and walked to the sink, the cold water splashed on his face, washing away some of his tiredness.
When he came out wiping his wet hair, the light brain on his wrist was flashing a soft prompt light, like it was decorated with stars.
He casually swiped open the screen, and a dense stream of messages instantly filled his field of vision. Most of them were private messages from the training ground. A few of the messages at the top had Lei Ya's portrait prominently displayed, and the content repeated over and over again:
"Mumu, you are amazing!"
"Is this what it feels like to hug someone's thigh?"
It was followed by a string of exaggerated emoticons.
Scrolling down, Su Ling and Aji's messages were squeezed in the middle. The former sent "Thank you Guide Lin for your guidance. I will make you a promise!"; the latter was simple and direct, with only one sentence "I owe you a meal of the spiciest grilled lizard meat in Star Harbor."
Lin Yao laughed, tapping his fingertips briskly on the light screen, and replied to everyone in unison, "It's your duty, have a good rest", even Lei Ya's string of messages that were flooding the screen were no exception.
Ice-blue vines poked out from his sleeves, rolling up a towel to help him wipe his hair, and the leaves swayed gently to the rhythm of his typing.
The message list sank down, and Ye Heng's avatar suddenly popped up.
Lin Yao's fingertips paused, remembering that on the way back to the yard, he stared at the light computer screen and hesitated for a long time, and finally typed a sentence
"Be safe on the road, and tell me when you get home!"
There was a new reply below that message. It contained only two simple words and a location coordinate: "Arrived."
I didn't think it was a big deal when it was posted, but now it seems that the more I look at it, the more I care about it. Lin Yao began to bite his thumbnail, which is an action he would do subconsciously when he was troubled.
The coordinates sent by Ye Heng showed the main residence of the Ye family, a manor located in the center of the Central Star and surrounded by ancient trees.
Lin Yao looked at the two words, as if he could imagine Ye Heng standing at the door of the old house, typing out a reply on the computer with his fingertips, and his ears felt inexplicably hot again.
He replied "OK" before he was willing to swipe up the dialog box.
The last message came from Central Star White Pagoda College. The silver-gray school emblem shone coldly on the screen, and the title was bold and eye-catching - [Guide Qualification Assessment Notice].
Lin Yao's expression instantly became serious, and there was a barely perceptible nervousness in his fingers as he clicked on the message.
The notice was concise and clear. It began by confirming his registration information and qualifications, then divided the assessment into two parts: a written test and a practical one, and listed the core information:
【Written test part】
Assessment time: July 13, 9:00 am to 11:00 am
Assessment location: Hall of Truth, Central Star White Pagoda College main campus
Assessment content: Covering three modules: basic theory of mental power, identification of abnormal sentinel status, and guidance of ethical norms, with a total of 150 questions, including multiple-choice questions, short answers and case analysis.
Case analysis accounts for 40% of the total, and it is necessary to analyze five major incidents of Sentinel mental breakdown that occurred in the Empire in the past decade and elaborate on reasonable intervention plans.
【Practical part】
Phase 1 Basic Controls (July 13, 1:00 PM)
Location: Xingluo Court, Central Star White Pagoda Academy
This courtyard is famous for the twelve-meter-high Guide Monument in the center. The monument is inlaid with star crystals that change color with the fluctuations of spiritual power. The spiritual patterns of outstanding guides from past generations are permanently engraved on it.
Candidates need to sit quietly in front of the stele for one hour, use their mental power to clear the obstacles on the mental lines, and trace the star crystal lines. The examiner will evaluate the basic perception and control accuracy based on the completeness of the lines and the color change intensity of the star crystal.
Second phase of simulated evacuation (July 13, 3:00 PM)
Location: Area A of the Attached Mental Power Training Hall
Candidates will face three highly simulated training cabins, simulating three typical sentinel mental barrier states:
① Mild runaway caused by mecha overload (the mental force field fluctuates in a jagged pattern);
② Moderate siltation caused by long-term suppression (the barrier surface is covered with cracks);
③ Severe tearing caused by battlefield trauma (core energy disorder like a vortex).
Initial counseling must be completed within 40 minutes, with a focus on assessing the ability to adapt to different situations.
The third phase of coordinated combat (July 20-July 25, five days)
Location: Wasteland No. 73 on the edge of the radiation belt
This is a new part of the assessment and also the most challenging one.
Candidates will be randomly matched with an active Sentinel cadet and will travel to Wasteland 73 in the order of the assessment team. This mining planet was abandoned due to a radiation storm, with its surface covered with rugged rocks and abandoned mines. The radioactive particles floating in the air will continuously interfere with the mental force field.
The assessment requires two people to form a team and go deep into the mine. They need to find and retrieve the beacon containing the [Psychic Stabilizer] within three hours. In the process, they need to deal with attacks from radioactive mutant creatures and sudden mental disorders.
This section does not judge the performance of the sentinels alone, but only examines the guides':
① Real-time mental support capability (whether the sentry status can be stabilized);
② Environmental perception (anticipating danger and guiding routes);
③ Emergency decision-making ability (independently formulate strategies when the sentry is disturbed).
Lin Yao read through it word for word, his fingertips repeatedly tracing over the section on "coordinated combat." A desolate planet in a radiation belt, randomly assigned sentinels, a constantly disruptive environment... This wasn't an assessment; it felt like a miniature combat exercise.
He looked up at the calendar. Today was July 8th, and the guide assessment was always notified five days in advance.
Then he looked out the window. The night sky of the Central Star was dotted with stars, as if someone had scattered a handful of diamonds, but this tranquility did not let Lin Yao relax.
When he thought of the newly added coordinated combat part of the assessment, especially the radiation environment of Wasteland 73 that continuously interfered with his mental power, he felt the glands at the back of his neck tighten slightly.
This test might be a challenge for others, but for him, no, for the original owner, it was a real minefield.
The iconic yellow-green color suddenly spread in my mind, carrying with it the bitter taste of plant juice.
Lin Yao lowered his eyes to look at his sleeves. Shasha was curling up and swaying leisurely, its leaves full and glowing, showing no fear of the potion at all.
That's right, Shasha is just like the heaven-devouring glutton, he eats everything. During the days when he was guiding them, there would be more or less black substances on the spiritual bodies of those sentinels!
This black substance was of course sensed by Shasha and could not be seen by the naked eye. The higher the level of mental strength, the denser the substance became, and the happier Shasha enjoyed eating it.
Especially the sentinels that Lin Yao used the Guidance Chamber to enter the spiritual sea to guide. Those energy substances that were difficult for other guides would probably be eaten up by Sha Sha if it weren't for the need to keep samples to hand in!
Lin Yao's mental power level is getting higher and higher as he devours, absorbs and transforms Sha Sha again and again!
Lin Yao has been working in Baita for almost a month. Uncle Fu never stops delivering medicine on time every day. He delivers two bowls in the morning. He drinks one bowl on the spot and puts the other bowl in a thermostatic cup and takes it to Baita because he will not be back at noon.
But Lin Yao had never seen Wen Suhua, the doctor who Uncle Fu said was responsible for regulating the original owner's spiritual body, in the White Tower.
He still remembered that he asked Chen Ke to check the staff list of the White Tower, and this name was indeed in the medical department column.
Next to the name was an ID photo. The woman in the photo was wearing a white coat, gold-rimmed glasses, and had a standard professional smile on her lips. She looked gentle and reliable.
But every time Lin Yao went to the medical department to find her, the response he got was either "Doctor Wen is out for consultation" or "He is dealing with an emergency case."
After so many times, even the nurse at the door looked at him with a subtle look.
"If there wasn't really such a person in the White Pagoda..." Lin Yao muttered to himself, his fingertips poking at the light brain, "I would really think that Uncle Fu was lying to us from the beginning!"
From the moment the original owner was injured, this scam of recovering the spirit body began to unfold:
The original owner's spirit body kept shrinking, Wen Suhua showed up in time, Uncle Fu delivered the medicine on time, and the remarkable effect of the medicine... all the clues pointed in one direction.
Use false improvement to paralyze the original owner, and when he becomes deeply dependent on the potion, let the potion completely destroy his remaining spiritual foundation, waiting for the ultimate test of the assessment to come.
Then, using the radiation environment of Wasteland 73, they dealt the original owner a final blow, causing him to completely collapse in front of everyone.
If the spirit body corroded by the potion collapses during the test, he will not only lose all his mental power, but he will also be permanently deprived of his qualifications as a guide.
"Good plan." Lin Yao turned and walked towards the bathroom. The young man in the mirror raised his eyebrows slightly, and there was a leaping flame burning in his curved eyes, without any sign of dejection.
Lin Yao curled the corners of his lips at himself in the mirror, a smile spreading along the arc of his eyes, with a desperate spirit: "You want to use this test to defeat me?"
The tip of her finger lightly touched the mirror, and the pupils reflected in it were blazing with sparks: "Come on then! Let's see who will give up first in the end."
He must win this battle, and win it beautifully.
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