Global Examination

Chapter 37

You Seem Delicious

Chapter 37: Boarding the Ship

Following the reporting of the grades, the noisy speaker fell silent for a long time.

It probably fainted from anger because of Qin Jiu.

You Huo looked at the LCD screen and suddenly spoke up, “Which retard calculated this?”

The speaker: “...........”

Everyone stopped. They turned to look at him.

“What’s wrong?”

For a moment, no one understood what he meant.

You Huo turned to Shu Xue: “According to your card, you only took one test and the total score was 12 points.”

Shu Xue nodded and quietly made a sound of agreement.

“I don’t know what people would normally get in an exam but if I remembered correctly, the average score for Gypsy was only 5. Even if the exam taken by other examinees was a bit easier how could 12 points give you a C grade?” You Huo said: “Who are you trying to cheat?”

The speakers continued to play dead.

It was clear that the system didn’t want to answer this question of his but because You Huo’s words were filled with scorn, the system finally refreshed the contents on the LCD screen:

Examinee Chen Bin completed a total of three exams; Mathematics, Chinese, and Foreign Language. With a total score of 22, he ranks amongst the top 49th percentile so his grade is B. This calculation is correct.Examinee Yu Wen, Yu Yi Guo and Mike Rogen have completed a total of two exams; Physics and Foreign Language. With a total score of 30.5, 31 and 31 respectively, they are ranked amongst the top 2% of the examinees so their grade is A. This calculation is correct.Examinee You Huo completed a total of two exams; Physics and Foreign Language. With a total score of 22.25, he is ranked amongst the top 11th percentile so his grade is B. This calculation is correct.Examinee Shu Xue has completed a total of one exam; Foreign Language. She has a total score of 12. During the calculation process, the system detected some abnormalities. In order to prevent cheating and other rule violations, and to maintain fairness, the score was halved. With a score of 6, she is ranked amongst the top 52th percentile, so her grade is C. This calculation is correct.Invigilator Qin Jiu’s scores were calculated in accordance to examinee You Huo’s results and is considered to have taken two exams. With a total score of 0, he is last amongst the examinees and is given a grade of D. This calculation is correct.

Qin Jiu: “.............”

Despite the fact that the system could just word using percentiles, it went out of its way to emphasise the fact that he was last.

As soon as these results appeared on the screen, Shu Xue’s expression paled.

No one knew what to say to comfort her.

To be honest, just the fact that she was able to enter and leave exams freely for such a long time was already an amazing feat.

How could a savvy system like this tolerate the existence of a bug like her?

You Huo even suspected that this sudden exam reformation was done by the system in order to give itself an excuse to justify its act of giving her a C ranking and forcing her to retake the exam. Like this she would be forever trapped inside the same exam with no chance of escaping.

In other words, it was trying to imprison her.

Before he could return from his thoughts, Qin Jiu suddenly spoke up.

“Okay then, give us the punishment.” He leaned against his suitcase handle and directed his words at the pavilion: “One grade C and one grade D. What was the punishment again——–”

“——Ah, I remember now.” He acted as if he just remembered. He pointed at Shu Xue and said: “This young lady needs to retake her last exam. The last exam centre was Gypsy. Send her over.”

Speaker: “..............”

Shu Xue was stunned. Everyone else was suddenly overjoyed.

That’s right! That exam centre was already destroyed. How could she retake that exam?!

As if his words of mockery weren’t enough, Qin Jiu continued: “As for me being eliminated, I don’t mind. I can just go back.”

Speaker: “.............”

If the system was human, it would have probably gone mad right then and there.

It had dragged this 001 over for punishment, yet he would be eliminated before he could even enter the exam centre? Who are you kidding?

The speaker suddenly crackled. From amidst the crackling sounds, a voice could be heard:

【Due to abnormalities in the data and the exam room malfunctioning, the original punishments assigned to examinees cannot be implemented. Examinees are to participate in the next exam normally however five points will be deducted. The final scores will be as displayed.】

Examinee Shu Xue: Total score after entering the next exam, 1 point.Invigilator Qin Jiu: Total score after entering the next exam, -5 points. Please do your best!

You Huo stared at the lamp and the ship strangely. He had a bad feeling.

An old man wearing a grey shirt and black vest was rolling up his sleeves. He threw a ball of something off.

You Huo looked down. It was a long rope ladder.

The rope was soaked. It exuded a sour smell that it had accumulated over the past 800 years.

“...............”

The old man stood by the side of the ship with his hands on his waist. He tore open the ropes binding the sails and then beckoned at You Huo: “Come up. Stop wasting time you two. I’m in a hurry here.”

You two?

When You Huo thought this, he heard the rolling of suitcase wheels stop beside him.

“Tsk.” Qin Jiu glanced up. His dissatisfaction was evident: “I’m most tired of examinations on ships.”

You Huo responded: “I tired of examinations regardless of where it is.”

The old man urged them again: “Hurry!”

You Huo said: “Wait a little longer.”

The old man said: “What are you waiting for?! There’s no one else, just you two. I’m in a hurry here. Hurry up!”

You Huo stalled for a moment.

Qin Jiu quietly let out an ‘ah’ and said: “Looks like their luck is bad this time and didn’t get assorted to the same group as us.”

Not in the same group?

Then what would happen?

You Huo thought of the others.........His brows furrowed.

Under the old man’s urging, You Huo and Qin Jiu boarded the wooden ship one after another.

The dirty sail changed its position slightly and the ship soon left the stone platform.

By the time You Huo reached the deck, the stone platform had already become submerged inside the dense fog. Not a trace was left behind.

All that was left was the wooden ship, sailing solitarily on the sea.

The next second, jingles suddenly began to play.

You Huo followed the sound and found its source. On a wooden box next to the old man was a small inconspicuous music box. It looked like a semi-finished product.

After the music box’s strange music ended, the system’s familiar sound appeared:

【Examinees have boarded their ships. Navigating to examination centre.】

【In thirty minutes, the exam will officially begin.】

【Subject examined: History.】

【Knowledge tested: World history, Sea Coachmen.】

【All examinees please prepare yourselves.】

You Huo: “...............”

What happened to the agreed Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing?

KK has something to say:

I searched around a little regarding “Sea Coachmen” and it looks like it’s a name the Chinese gave to the period where the Dutch was a maritime and ocean trading superpower in the 17th century.