Global Examination

Chapter 70

Don’t Close Your Eyes At Me

Chapter 70: 2v2

One tied up, one in uniform, and two in bed........

There wouldn’t be a worse scene than this in their entire lifetime.

The one who speaks first suffers!

This was something anyone who was human would know.

And so, the atmosphere between You Huo and Qin Jiu remained tense. No one spoke up.

But unfortunately, there were two others in the room that aren’t human.

The one bound with rope broke the silence: “What kind of game is this?”

He then paused. His eyes scanned over the person standing by the balcony door with an Invigilator A arm badge and he then looked over at You Huo.

After looking back and forth a few more times, he finally made a choice——–

Sitting on the desk, he leaned forward with one foot in the chair. He raised his hands and said to You Huo who was sitting in bed: “Shouldn’t you untie me first Big Invigilator?”

Big Invigilator......

That title gave a big blow to everyone.

After he finished speaking, the atmosphere was even worse.

Invigilator A standing by the balcony had his lips pursed even tighter.

The invigilator Qin Jiu sitting in bed narrowed his eyes and had a slightly complicated expression. Even he himself didn’t know why he felt displeased.

You Huo’s expression was the most stiff out of everyone present.

This clearly proved that he had dreamt of himself tying Qin Jiu up, but he didn’t know what it was for.

How honourable.

Just as the silence was about to linger even longer, Qin Jiu broke it.

He pointed his chin at himself from several years ago and said: “I’m confused. Do you really need help untying that?”

The examinee sitting on the desk tilted his head and looked over casually: “Not necessarily, it depends on the mood. But my friend, did you ask for my permission before disguising yourself as me?”

Qin Jiu laughed briefly. It was hard to tell how much of it was amusement and how much of it was mockery.

The tied up “Qin Jiu” also laughed.

He twisted his wrist and in a blink of an eye, the rope loosened. The rope now sat in his hands like a toy.

He unhurriedly straightened the ends of the rope.

You Huo: “..............”

With how everything was going, it if developed further, they might need to fight first.

This was different to their expectations——-

Those students had explained to them: “The dream would only materialise superficial things. It has no soul.”

“For example, you dreamt that you were on a date with someone. In the dream, the other party smiled a lot and has a good temper. The person who materialises will also be someone who smiled a lot and has a good temper. They will only show those two sides. You won’t find a third personality trait from them.”

“And here’s another example. You dreamt that you were on a date with that person again. In that dream, that person said to you that they had poor grades in elementary school and only played around. When first year of middle school came, they suddenly came to a realisation and started working hard! The background of the person who materialises will only be limited to this. What happened after that? What about high school? University? They wouldn’t know.”

“If you dream of monsters eating human, it would always eat humans. If you dream of a female ghost hiding under the bed, that female ghost would always hide under the bed. It’s pretty much like this.”

Those little brats explained with great detail.

You Huo and Qin Jiu surmised from this that the so-called dream come true was essentially a group of replicas with generally low IQ and EQ.

Whatever you think it is like, it would be like that.

But the tied up “Qin Jiu” before them wasn’t like that.

The same was true for the arm badge wearing “Invigilator A”.

***

The scene in the room with four pairs of eyes staring at each other made “Invigilator A” a little confused and also a little impatient.

He leaned against the door frame and continued to watch on as a spectator. He had the same habit as You Huo and would rub his earlobe when he is distracted or in thought. The only difference was that he didn’t have an earring.

In a tense setting like this, “Invigilator A” also wasn’t someone to underestimate.

This was something You Huo knew very well.

He didn’t know what Qin Jiu had dreamt of to magnify this “unable to underestimate” side of him so much.

“Give me an explanation. Is this a bug or an exam effect?”

“Invigilator A”’s eyes scanned across the two Qin Jiu’s before falling over onto You Huo.

As he spoke, his hand moved to touch his waist. It was as it he would beat them down on the spot if anyone was to say the wrong thing.

You Huo: “...........”

He actually understood.

With the premise that he had no knowledge of the context, seeing someone identical to you standing in before you........

Being happy about it was impossible.

In any case, if it wasn’t a demon, it would be a ghost.

With his character, he had already done his best not beating the other party to show their true form.

As someone who knew what was going on, You Huo for once squeezed out some patience to explain: “Exam effect.”

“Continue.” “Invigilator A” wearing the arm badge said.

“A dream coming true effect. In this examination centre, everything you dream of will materialise.”

“So?”

“Slept and dreamt some things so you guys appeared.”

You Huo’s patience was gradually running out.

“Invigilator A” said indifferently: “So you two are real, and we’re fake?”

“Correct.”

“How to prove?”

“?”

“Invigilator A” said: “I think I am real, you think you are. How do you prove it?”

You Huo: “...........”

Forget it, let’s just fight.

It won’t be so difficult to explain once you’ve beaten them.

................

***

It is currently 2:23am at night. The boarding high school had turned into hell.

Han Ling huddled in her bed with her blanket pulled up so that it reached just below her nose, leaving only room for her to breath.

She didn’t dare move. She listened to the muffled noises coming from the wall——

Thud———–

Thud————

Thud————

It sounded like something heavy hanging outside. Swaying with the wind, it would hit the wall again and again.

Even the bed she was on shook with each impact.

She knew what that was.

She would always remember her dreams especially clearly——–

It was a dead man hanging outside. With his body covered with a sack that’s tightened around his neck, only his deathly pale head was revealed.

It was as if a large whip had whipped against the building causing the entire building to rock violently. The roof and floors began to collapse.

“Hurry and go!!” The little fatty shouted.

“No rush.” Qin Jiu said.

“I’m in a rush!!! You guys should be in a rush too! Hurry!”

On the side, You Huo pulled off the curtains.

He shattered the window with two kicks, tied the curtains together, secured it with the rope left by the examinee “Qin Jiu” and tested its sturdiness.

Qin Jiu looked at him with surprise: “You need this?”

You Huo kicked the little fatty’s back: “He does.”

The little fatty was in complete panic.

You Huo threw the other end of the curtain to Qin Jiu.

Qin Jiu held the little fatty down and secured the curtain around him: “What big parade did you dream about today?”

The little fatty howled out amidst the shaking and sounds of the building collapsing: “I don’t know! I forgot!! A Jurassic war against zombies that caused an earthquake or something——–”

Halfway through his speech, he was bound securely by the curtain and was placed onto the windowsill by Qin Jiu.

“It might be a little thrilling later.” Qin Jiu comforted the little fatty and said: “But if we don’t do this, you won’t make it out in time.”

The dormitory building started to crumble.

You Huo squatted on the windowsill with one hand supporting himself using the empty window frame.

He lowered his eyes and made eye contact with Qin Jiu.

Ever since they were startled awake in the middle of the night, this was their first time looking at each other.

Both expressions for a moment were a little complicated.

Qin Jiu said: “Now that outsiders are not around, I want to ask you something during this chaos.”

You Huo: “........Speak.”

“When did you know?”

His question was asked without context but You Huo didn’t have any trouble understanding.

“Not long ago. Found out at the end of the last exam.” You Huo paused and added: “When I was confined.”

When he was done speaking, he looked at Qin Jiu again.

Qin Jiu understood that he was asking him back. He said: “It’s the same. I also.......while confined.”

For some reason, he suddenly found it amusing. He even let out a laugh.

You Huo turned his head aside. The corner of his lips curved slightly.

It was very strange. The lingering awkwardness from earlier was gone in an instant.

It was as if it didn’t matter anymore.

Qin Jiu still wanted to say something else, but he was interrupted by the little fatty who was wrapped into a cocoon: “I’m still here......I-I-I didn’t want to interrupt but......the building’s really about to collapse——-”

You Huo straightened up.

His figure was exactly the same was “Invigilator A” who stood on the platform earlier.

No, to be more precise, the “Invigilator A” from the dream was exactly the same as him.

He looked out into the night. Greyish white ape-like beasts rushed towards the building in swarms. It attacked the building that was about to collapse, gnawing at the walls and pillars with frenzy.

A large chunk of the side wall had already been chewed off.

You Huo wound the other end of the rope around his hand and suddenly said to Qin Jiu: “You can come up.”

“On the count of three.”

3, 2, 1.

The building crashed. The little fatty screamed.

As they jumped down, You Huo could see that Invigilator A not far away had already killed a group of the apes. The metal buckles on his shirt and military boots were especially conspicuous against the night.

He suddenly grew curious about the contents of Qin Jiu’s dream.

Qin Jiu whispered quietly in the wind: “Some trivial things from long ago.”

***

Although he said it was from long ago, it wasn’t that long ago. At least, it wasn’t during his time as an examinee.

He dreamt of himself when he had already entered and joined the invigilators team. Using his original title Gin, he became Invigilator A’s colleague.

At that time, there were a total of fifty invigilators. Each and every one of them had their own personalities and stances. There were often differences in opinions as they discussed the implementation of rules of the examination centre so there would often be quarrels during the meetings.

What he dreamt of was one of the usual meetings.

As for what they were arguing about at the meeting, he could no longer remember. All the arguments in this dream were endless and incoherent.

He only remembered that at this meeting, he and Invigilator A were sitting on opposite ends of the long table. Both with tension in the air, their opinions were always the opposite of each other.

They didn’t speak much, but they were clearly representatives of the two opposing factions. As long as one gave the signal to start, the others would quickly jump in and start arguing.

There were also several peacemakers who would occasionally try to make peace with Invigilator A and then move to make peace with him.

Occasionally, his eyes would meet with Invigilator A’s eyes across the long table.

During those moments, those peacemakers would quickly jump in and block it, fearing that their relationship would worsen if they maintained eye contact for too long.

During the intermission in the middle, some would go to the bathroom, others would go get coffee or water, but more would stay behind in the conference room to continue discussing.

Invigilator A listened to them talk for a while before getting up and leaving.

Soon afterwards, Qin Jiu also left.

The corridor was very long. Doors that caved in were lined along both sides.

Qin Jiu unhurriedly walked down this corridor. As he passed a corner, he suddenly stopped his steps.

From the corner of his eyes, he saw Invigilator A leading against one of the doors seemingly looking this way.

Qin Jiu’s feet turned. He was about to walk over.

Several colleagues just happened to pass by behind him. His shoulder was patted, and a peacemaker said: “It’s one thing to argue during the meeting. Having a clash in opinion is normal when you’re exchanging ideas but let’s drop it during the breaks shall we? Let’s go, I just happen to have something I want to talk to you about.”

He raised his eyes and saw that not far away; another invigilator had also appeared. Invigilator A turned to speak to that person in his usual cold and indifferent manner.

Qin Jiu snorted.

In the dream he was a little annoyed.

But strangely enough, this negative emotion wasn’t directed at Invigilator A.

He felt that the peacemaker next to him was being too nosy, and he also felt that his colleagues were speaking too much and was too noisy.

What made him most annoyed was the system’s constant prying..........

Those people continued to talk non-stop. He kneaded his neck and walked away with the other invigilators.

Before leaving, Invigilator A’s light-coloured eyes again turned to look at him.

And then he woke up.

***

The building crashed to the ground. Smoke and dust scattered.

The little fatty tumbled across the ground. It just happened to help unwrap him from the curtains. Apart from dizziness and slight pain in his butt, he wasn’t injured.

Beside him, You Huo landed cleanly on the ground. He took a moment to recover from the impact.

As he moved to straighten up, Qin Jiu just happened to land next to him.

He suddenly felt a tug on his earlobe.

Qin Jiu’s quiet voice sounded next to his ear: “I have a question that I’ve been wanting to ask for a long time. Why do you wear an earring?”

KK has something to say:

“One tied up, one in uniform, and two in bed........”

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