The bell rang and the examinees entered. The nerve-racking college entrance exam finally began.
Bai Xiaowen sat in the classroom and looked at the rows of unfamiliar examinees. Memories of the college entrance exam from another time and space surged in his mind. He could not help but feel a little lost.
The college entrance exam of the Era of Psionic Abilities was different from the college entrance exam of another time and space, especially for the students of the combat class.
The first round tested general knowledge. This was the only subject that did not have much to do with combat specialties and combat abilities.
The general knowledge class was all-encompassing, ranging from the history of the Era of Psionic Abilities and the situation of various countries to the habits of animals and plants and the classification of herbs. It could be understood as a comprehensive cultural class.
Bai Xiaowen put on the virtual exam helmet and entered his personal information. The scene in front of him changed and a stack of virtual exam papers appeared. Apart from him, no one else could see the contents of the exam papers.
Ding Ling: "Welcome to the National Unified College Entrance Examination of Year 1996. The subject of the exam is general knowledge."
A notification sounded. "The rules of the exam will be announced. Violators will be punished according to the severity of the case. The highest punishment is disqualification."
Bai Xiaowen listened to it briefly. The two main rules were that no one was allowed to speak during the exam. They were also not allowed to use their phones or bring along their notes …
In the general knowledge class of the National Unified College Entrance Examination, all the students of the combat class used the same set of exam papers. If they spoke and leaked the answers, it would definitely be against the rules if others heard them. Using their phones to search for answers online was considered cheating, just like using their notes. It was also against the rules.
Other than that, there were not many restrictions. The examinees were all in the virtual space and could not see other people's exam papers. Therefore, there was no voyeurism.
After patiently waiting for the rules to be announced, Bai Xiaowen began to flip through the exam papers.
The exam papers were divided into two parts. One of them was the basic exam paper with 150 marks and the other was the additional exam paper with 150 marks. The additional exam paper was much more difficult than the basic exam paper.
Bai Xiaowen did the basic exam paper first.
First question: What are the six major races of the Era of Psionic Abilities?
Bai Xiaowen tapped on the virtual keyboard and wrote the answer: "Humanoid, Beast, Dragon, Elemental, Spirit, and Demon."
Second question: Please circle the Silverleaf Grass from the following plants.
A lifelike virtual herb appeared in front of Bai Xiaowen.
Bai Xiaowen's Insight talent did not exist in the virtual exam system. He could only rely on his own memory to answer the questions. Of course, this kind of question was not difficult for him. With a whoosh, he circled out three types of questions. Done!
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There were a total of 30 questions in the basic general knowledge paper, and each question was worth 5 marks. These questions did not have fill-in-the-blank questions, multiple-choice questions, or other small questions. Basically, they could be seen as short answer questions or expositions. The examinees had to rely on their own ability to write down the answers, and not rely on guesses.
Bai Xiaowen only spent about 40 minutes to finish the basic paper. Then, he began to work on the additional paper.
Question 1: Please choose the plant with the highest medicinal value from the following plants and state the reason.
There were a total of ten types of plants, and all of them were spirit herbs. Only two or three of them had appeared in textbooks, while the rest were all rare herbs!
This question alone was enough to stump 90% of the examinees.
Of course, Bai Xiaowen was an exception.
"Since I have to state the reason, I'll try my best to answer comprehensively."
Bai Xiaowen tapped on the virtual keyboard and typed a long string of words. He wrote down the scientific names, habits, and applicable medicinal herbs of the ten types of plants. After various detailed arguments, he finally came to a conclusion. The most valuable medicinal herb was the fourth one, the Cang Carrera thorny flower.
The reason for this strange name was due to the naming rules of new species in the Era of Spirit Ability. The first botanist to discover a new species and classify it would have the right to name it.
Hua Xia's botanists liked to name the plants according to their shape, color, and so on. Hence, there were names such as silverleaf grass, kumquat flower, and so on.
Foreigners were different. They liked to name things after themselves. Hence, there were names such as Cang Carrera vine and so on.
What would happen when a new species was discovered and classified by Hua Xia and a foreign botanist at the same time?
Both of them would name half of the species and add the name of the product at the end.
The fourth type of medicinal herb happened to be discovered by Hua Xia's Professor Cang and American botanist Professor Carrera at the same time. Hence, there was the name Cang Carrera thorny flower, which was hated by countless examinees.
Bai Xiaowen did a few questions and also felt the difficulty of the additional paper. For normal students to do this kind of paper, it would be considered good if they could get 30 to 40 points out of the 150 additional points.
Towards the end, there was a material analysis question.
The question gave a background of the Spirit World and set up the situation and the dialogue of the Spirit World's plot characters. Finally, it asked the examinees how to speak and state the reason.
This kind of question was to test the examinees' ability to adapt to the situation and discover plot events and side missions after entering the Spirit World. Simply put, it was a test of IQ.
This was Bai Xiaowen's strength.
Bai Xiaowen was still a little worried that the grading teacher's brain circuit was too simple and would not be able to understand the deeper meaning behind some of Bai Xiaowen's choices. He even painstakingly wrote an extra paragraph of explanatory text.
Finally, he finished the last question. Bai Xiaowen exhaled, checked the two papers, and then clicked to submit.
Ding Ling: "Your general knowledge paper has been submitted. Please leave quietly."
Among the five subjects, only the general knowledge paper required manual marking. This was because the additional paper had a lot of discussion, material analysis, and other subjective questions. It was inevitable that the computer marking would deviate.
The other four subjects were scored by the computer, so the results could be obtained quickly.
This was also the reason why the general knowledge paper was the first subject to be tested. After the general knowledge paper, the officials would organize manpower to mark the papers simultaneously. Two days later, after the other four subjects were finished, the general knowledge paper's score would be released. The examinees did not have to wait to know the total score.
The second test in the afternoon was combat.
After putting on the virtual exam helmet, a notification sounded. Personal attributes were to be scanned.
Bai Xiaowen set his personal attributes to exhibition status. After entering the data, he entered the virtual exam system.
"Your basic attributes are: Strength 7, Agility 8, Physique 14, Spirit 15."
"Combat exam (Basic section). 30 virtual examiners will be generated. The virtual examiners' attributes are equivalent to your basic attributes."
"Combat specialties range from Basic Level 1 to Basic Level 5. There will be six examiners for each level, each with different fighting styles."
"The battle will be calculated based on points. The battle will end when either side has dealt five effective blows. The final score will be determined by the number of effective blows you dealt to the virtual examiners. "
"The rules have been introduced. Do you want to start the exam?"
Bai Xiaowen chose "Yes".
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