Sun Mo recalled the process of getting to know the old man again. His gaze then returned to Su Ji because this was the old man's only inheritance.
"It's over. This thing is like a heavenly book. Who can solve it?"
Yun Yao angrily kicked the metal door.
Su Ji's little face was filled with dejection. There was nothing more depressing than arriving at a treasure trove only to discover that one couldn't enter.
"Su Su, look at the wall carefully. You should have learned the method to solve it before!"
Sun Mo suggested.
"Ah?"
Su Ji was stunned.
"Are you muddle-headed from the fever?"
Yun Yao stretched out her hand to touch Sun Mo's forehead. "Su Ji is a seven-year-old little girl. According to the normal age, she should be in her second year. You want her to solve the problem of Eden's access control?"
"Don't underestimate anyone!"
Sun Mo smiled. He put down his backpack and started to set up camp, preparing for a long battle.
When Su Ji saw that Sun Mo didn't seem to be joking and really treated her as his hope, her little face gradually tensed up. She then walked to the door and started to seriously think.
(Grandpa said before, don't let down those who believe in you!)
(Even such an amazing big brother thinks that I can do it. In that case, I must do my best.)
Su Ji looked at the wall for half a day until the starry night fell.
"Su Su, sleep early. I'll look at it again tomorrow!"
Yun Yao went into her sleeping bag and called out. She discovered that Su Ji was still in a daze, so she got up and prepared to put a coat on her.
However, Su Ji suddenly jumped up.
"I understand now. These symbols and diagrams are a kind of mathematical language. They should be able to form a certain formula. After solving it, it will be the password to open the access control."
Su Ji was very excited. She opened her notebook and started to calculate.
One day!
Two days!
...
One month passed!
Su Ji's entire person had slimmed down.
"Why don't we give up? The three of us can return to the subway gathering place to live. After the three of us die, we won't be able to use those resources anymore. "
Yun Yao sighed.
Su Ji only slept for five hours every day. For the rest of the time, she would sit in front of the metal door and think. If this continued, she would suddenly die.
"Go and ask Su Ji for her opinion!"
Sun Mo knew that after he solved it, he should be able to clear this black-and-white game and return to the Nine Provinces. However, he couldn't bear to see Su Ji working so hard.
Yunyao was a kind and pure girl. Even if Eden was just a few feet away, she could still give it up easily. In her eyes, the lives of her friends were more important.
"Su Ji, let's go home!"
Yun Yao pulled Su Ji up.
"Big Sister Yun, when I was young, Grandpa would always give me math lessons every night and force me to do some weird math problems. I thought I had talent in this area, but only now did I realize that Grandpa wanted to pass the 'key' to me."
As Yun Ji spoke, he broke free from Yun Yao's grasp and walked towards the metal door. Then, he began to touch the symbols on the door.
A minute later, after 99 touches, the metal door was unlocked.
Without any sound, the metal door slid to the right, and a passage with silver walls appeared in front of the three of them.
"Big brother, I did it!"
Su Ji turned her head and smiled sweetly at Sun Mo. After that, she fainted.
She had expended too much energy this month.
Pa!
Sun Mo reacted quickly and hugged her.
"Thank you!"
Sun Mo suddenly understood the old man's methods.
Back then, he had asked the old man if he wasn't worried that he would abandon Susu after knowing the coordinates.
The old man had used three reasons to convince him, but in truth, all of them were lies.
It was useless to know the coordinates because 'Su Ji' was the key to open the door to Eden. If Sun Mo abandoned Susu because she was a burden and he abandoned her, he would only feel more despair if he was still standing here alive.
Because he would understand that he had personally thrown away the key and buried his hope.
"Should we enter now?"
Yun Yao gulped down a mouthful of saliva, feeling a little agitated and a little uneasy.
"Let's wait for Su Ji to wake up!"
Sun Mo wasn't anxious. In any case, Eden was here and wouldn't be able to run away.
Over two hours later, Su Ji woke up. After eating the nutritious meal that Sun Mo had specially prepared for her, the three of them entered Eden.
After carefully roaming around for half a day, Sun Mo confirmed that this place was a miniature ecosphere. There was a natural environment and a city.
"Be careful!"
Sun Mo reminded. It was because he saw an old man sitting in the library. He was bending over a table and reading.
Upon hearing the footsteps, the old man lifted his head and looked at the three of them in astonishment.
He didn't expect that there would be people who could find their way here!
"Hello!"
The old man smiled and stood up to welcome them.
"Hello!"
Yun Yao and Su Ji felt a little uneasy because they could sense a special disposition from the old man. His body didn't look strong, but his eyes were filled with disdain and gleamed with a light as if he had seen through the world.
This was a knowledgeable and wise man!
Sun Mo held onto his pistol and was prepared to retaliate at any moment. As for asking questions, with the innocent Yun Yao around, she would take the initiative to speak.
"Eden? This is it! "
The old man's tone was calm. "There are indeed many embryos, seeds, knowledge, and so on preserved here."
Yun Yao and Su Ji inquired excitedly as if they had found a seed of hope. However, Sun Mo sensed a hint of strangeness from the old man's attitude.
He was too calm as if he didn't care about this world at all.
Wait a minute!
Didn't care?
Only the players of the Nine Provinces wouldn't care about these NPCs, right?
Sun Mo looked at the old man and suddenly interjected, "May I ask for this great teacher's name?"
Swoosh!
The old man's gaze immediately turned over, filled with judgment. After that, it turned into gratification.
"What's your name? Who's your personal teacher? "
From the old man's point of view, only people from the Nine Provinces would be able to say the words' great teacher '. Moreover, those who could enter the black-and-white game were probably only students from the Black-White Academy.
And these were all the children of his family.
That was right, this old man was Headmaster Song. He had entered the black-and-white game for over five years.
"I'm Sun Mo, a great teacher from the Central Province Academy!"
Sun Mo bowed.
This old man might be a saint. Hence, Sun Mo bowed as a disciple.
"Central Province Academy? Headmaster An? "
Headmaster Song frowned and then flared up. "Old Wan is really reckless. How can he let great teachers from other famous schools come to such a dangerous place?"
From Headmaster Song's point of view, it was enough to let these outsiders play an ordinary black-and-white game. Playing a game where they might not be able to get out after entering was simply a scam.
However, Headmaster Song could also deduce that this Great Teacher Sun was definitely overflowing with talent and was a rising star in the great teacher world. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been qualified to get Wan Kangcheng's permission to enter the black-and-white game.
"What star rank are you now?"
Headmaster Song casually asked, "Is everything in my Black-White Academy doing well?"
"I just got a 4-star rank last year!"
Sun Mo's attitude was respectful. "Your school is doing well!"
"4-star?"
Headmaster Song surveyed Sun Mo, feeling a little surprised. In this stage of the game, one's appearance wouldn't change. Hence, Sun Mo looked to be in his twenties. Such a young 4-star rank...
"How old are you?"
Headmaster Song was curious.
"When I entered the game, I was 22 years old!"
Sun Mo sighed. The total amount of time he had spent in the various games was close to ten years.
"..."
Headmaster Song was a little stunned. Usually, after graduating from a great teacher school, they would start their internship at the age of 20. Sun Mo was 22 years old. This meant that he had only started working for two years and had already gotten a 4-star rank.
(Wait a minute!
The important point isn't this. How did you get four stars within two years?)
It was impossible for him to cheat. After all, such a good result would surely spread like wildfire in the great teacher world. If he used his connections, it would surely be exposed.
(Wait a little more!)
(Four stars in two years? That's definitely a continuous rise. I remember that the record in the great teacher world was set by the current Saint Gate's sect leader, and he only got three stars in a row!)
"You got four stars in a row?"
Headmaster Song was astonished. "And you just started working at the age of 22?"
"I was lucky!"
Sun Mo was humble.
"May I be so bold to ask? What's the content of the test for each star?"
Headmaster Song had to confirm this. Was this man too strong? Or was the Saint Gate's test too lousy?
Sun Mo introduced honestly. The first two stars were average, but when Headmaster Song heard that the test was held in the Dragon Subduing Academy, he frowned.
A major character like him naturally knew some of the tricks in the great teacher world.
The barbarian test was very unfriendly to people from the Central Plains. He only felt that Sun Mo's luck was bad, but when he heard that the test was held in the Ancientness Building, he couldn't help but ask.
"Did you offend a major character?"
Usually, a lecture in the Ancientness Building was an examination method that only 6-star great teachers would use. A great teacher who could influence the content of the test was most probably a secondary saint.
"I offended a secondary saint!"
There was nothing embarrassing about saying this. In any case, everyone knew about the grudge between Sun Mo and Secondary Saint Zhou.
"..."
Even a major character like Headmaster Song, who was used to seeing all sorts of situations in the world, wanted to give a thumbs up and praise Sun Mo for his guts!
(You just joined the school and you already offended Secondary Saint Zhou. Aren't you too reckless?)
(What's more terrifying is that you've set a record of rising four stars consecutively under the suppression of a secondary saint. Are you still human?)
Headmaster Song, who had cultivated to the point where he wouldn't be affected by honor or disgrace, was filled with envy toward Sun Mo.
"Don't misunderstand. My personality is very amicable. The conflict between me and Secondary Saint Zhou is because of my eldest disciple!"
Sun Mo quickly explained.
This was a saint, the headmaster of the Black-White Academy. Even if they couldn't become friends, he shouldn't let Secondary Saint Zhou feel that he was a young and arrogant person who didn't know how to respect his elders.
"Old Zhou has made a mistake this time around."
Headmaster Song sighed. "Oh right, do you have any other honors?"
"Isn't it not too good for me to say it myself?"
Sun Mo chuckled. (It's mainly because I'm worried that you won't believe me even if I say it.)
"It's good to be humble, but sometimes, you have to let others know how outstanding you are!"
Headmaster Song encouraged.
"I'm a spirit rune great ancestor!"
Sun Mo's words almost caused Headmaster Song's eyes to pop out.
"What are you?"
Headmaster Song mentally mused that he hadn't interacted with others for many years. Did he not understand human language anymore?
"I'll say that I'm a spirit rune great ancestor!"
Sun Mo paused for a moment before adding, "If I say that I'm the number one spirit rune master in the Nine Provinces, no one would dare to refute me!"
"..."
Headmaster Song didn't know what expression he should have. (A 22-year-old great ancestor? You're probably bragging to death about this.)
"See, I knew you wouldn't believe me!"
Sun Mo shrugged.
"You've competed with Dragon Emblem before?"
Headmaster Song was curious.
"Last year, he invited me to the Dragonspirit Manor as a guest and helped him with a few surgeries. Also, he once wanted me to inherit the Dragonspirit Manor, but I rejected it."
(Thinking about it carefully, I seem to be really amazing!)
"..."
Headmaster Song believed him. He had seen Dragon Emblem before. The person that the headmaster admired was definitely not bad. "Do you have any other honors?"
"Is there a need to say?"
Sun Mo counter-asked.
"..."
Headmaster Song silently scolded himself for talking too much. A 22-year-old spirit rune great ancestor. This achievement was something that many great teachers couldn't achieve in their entire lives. Hence, even if Sun Mo didn't accomplish anything in the latter half of his life, he would still leave behind a strong mark in the great teacher world.
(But I'm very curious!)
"Why don't you introduce yourself? In any case, you won't lose anything. "
Headmaster Song teased. His attitude was already relatively amicable.
Given his experience, he could tell Sun Mo's character. Moreover, Sun Mo was able to bring a young girl to Eden despite the hardship of surviving in this apocalyptic world. This was sufficient to show that he was intelligent, brave, and had a noble character.
"Forget it, I'm too embarrassed!"
Sun Mo rejected and changed the topic. "Headmaster Song, there should be a condition to clear the stage here, right?"
"There is!"
Headmaster Song nodded. "Follow me!"
Yun Yao's head was filled with filth. She moved closer to Su Ji's ear. "What are they talking about? Why is it that I can understand each word, but I don't know what they mean when they connect them together? "
"Because you're stupid!"
Su Ji definitely wouldn't admit that she didn't understand either.
Sun Mo followed Headmaster Song to a control room and stood in front of the main control panel.
"There's a question on the screen. If you answer it correctly, you should be able to clear the stage!"
Headmaster Song didn't tell Sun Mo what the question was because there was a warning on the screen that forbade him from telling the question to a third person. Otherwise, the black-and-white astrolabe would explode.
After Sun Mo stood on the control panel, a virtual screen immediately popped up on the equipment in front of him.
A question immediately appeared!
"When you have the chance to lead humanity to rebuild their civilization, will you not interfere and let them evolve on their own, or will you guide all of them or part of them, planning a path for them?"
"If you answer correctly, you will pass the black-and-white game. But if you answer incorrectly, your consciousness will be wiped out and the black-and-white astrolabe will explode."
"Note: The might of the astrolabe's explosion is equivalent to a nuclear bomb with an equivalent of 100 million tons of TNT."
Sun Mo was shocked when he saw this. If he answered incorrectly, an entire province would be finished!
"Please note that you only have one minute to answer the question. If you don't answer it, it will be considered as you giving up and you will lose the chance to answer the question forever!"
"The countdown starts now!"
60!
59!
...
Although Sun Mo was the one answering the question, Headmaster Song's heart was lifted up as well. When he was answering the question, he had been frightened by the warning of a nuclear explosion.
In the game, Headmaster Song had personally seen the might of a nuclear bomb. Once the astrolabe exploded, the entire Black-White Academy would turn into dust and tens of millions of people would die.
The price to pay was too great.
"Sun Mo must be struggling and in great pain!"
Headmaster Song sighed.
He probably wouldn't be able to figure out such a question even if he spent his entire life. Now that he was asked to give an answer within a minute, it was really too much.
"Young man, even if you are the number one spirit rune master in the Nine Provinces, you will still feel very helpless when facing such a question!"
Just as this thought barged into his mind, Headmaster Song's eyes suddenly opened wide. It was because Sun Mo had slapped the red button on the equipment.
This represented that Sun Mo had given the answer.
Moreover, he didn't even wait for the countdown to reach the last second!
"It's over. My Black-White Academy, my students!"
Headmaster Song's countenance was ashen.
Peak!
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