The whole weird world is waiting for me to go to heaven

Chapter 1081 Psychological Testing
"See, this is what happens when you refuse psychological testing."

Several men in black robes escorted a family of three out of the house. Their boots left a trail of glaring bloody footprints on the ground.

A man turned to Liu Hongyi and said.

"Let's go home."

He always had a gentle smile on his face.

He looks exactly like the boyfriend Liu Hongyi used to date.

They even look like that—fair-skinned, clean-cut, and well-behaved.

He was just wearing a cross-collared, tied-up robe instead of a white shirt and jeans.

What happened next?
Liu Hongyi stood there, tilting her head as she thought for a moment.

All I remember is that the man screaming hysterically at me:
"You're a madman, you're a madman!"

That fair face was completely distorted by fear.

The white shirt was splattered with bright red.

From then on, she felt that she was not suited to be with other people.

It's still more relaxed and enjoyable to be with General Hongshan.

Although my heart was once riddled with holes by resentment.

She really is crazy...

But Hongshan wouldn't mind.

Because Hongshan is also a madman.

Thinking of this, she felt a chill run down her spine.

"Oh right, Hongshan... I need to go find Hongshan..."

She was about to leave when the man quickly reached out to stop her.

"Where are you going?"

"I need to go find someone."

"Who are you looking for? I can help you."

"You?" Liu Hongyi looked at him with a mixture of disbelief and doubt.

“Of course, I’ll always be on your side.” The man’s smile remained gentle. “You can trust me.”

Liu Hongyi, of course, did not believe it.

However, looking around, she knew very well that she had entered that so-called "high-dimensional analysis" again, but she was still unclear about the current situation, where Hongshan was, and what his identity was.

So, under the man's expectant gaze, Liu Hongyi opened her mouth, but ultimately said nothing.

The man sighed.

"You really don't believe me."

"what?"

The next sentence sent a jolt through Liu Hongyi:
Are you thinking about that 'General Hongshan' again?

"you--"

"How would I know?" The man leaned closer to Liu Hongyi, his clear eyes full of concern. "You're my wife, how could I not know? In the dead of night, you always murmur this name. If I didn't know perfectly well that such a person didn't exist, I would be jealous..."

He kept his voice very low, as if afraid of being overheard.

A gentle tone tinged with an undeniable urgency:

"You need to get a psychological assessment done as soon as possible."

"You can't forget about this. The outer sect exam is coming soon. Whether you can enter the inner sect depends on this exam. You've prepared for so long. You don't want to be rejected because you fail the psychological test, do you?"

Liu Hongyi frowned, pondering these new pieces of information:

"Psychological testing...external examination..."

"You...you don't forget, do you?" the man asked cautiously. "Didn't you miss your psychological test yesterday? That's why you seem so...dazed..."

Liu Hongyi was certain that he hadn't initially intended to use such gentle words.

"Of course I haven't forgotten."

"That's good."

The man breathed a sigh of relief.

"Otherwise, you'll be captured by these people too."

His gaze fell upon the black-robed figures riding away on flying swords, and he flinched slightly.

Liu Hongyi followed his gaze and suddenly asked:
What would you do if I got arrested?

The man lowered his eyes:

"What can I do? I can't go up to the higher-ups to rescue you, unless..."

"If I can enter the inner sect, I might be able to visit you occasionally."

The man gently took her hand.

"Don't joke like that, okay? I don't want you to end up in that kind of situation."

"Let's go home first."

"I just happened to use the points I earned from working in the spirit plant area to exchange for two bottles of Ziyang Pills. Maybe after you take them, you can break through to the third level of Qi Refining, which will make entering the inner sect much easier."

Liu Hongyi blinked.

He looked at the slender hand that was holding him.

"...Yes, let's go home."

She agreed.

The man was happy for a long time.

He kept talking the whole way.

Speaking of the rainbow I saw by the waterfall today...

Speaking of which, the neighbor's daughter caught the eye of an inner sect elder and went directly to the inner sect.

Then it was mentioned that someone discovered a ginseng plant in the spiritual plant area today.

"It's been a long time since we've seen any new ginseng."

"That person is really rich now. With the inner sect rewards, he can probably exchange them for several bottles of Ziyang Pills."

Liu Hongyi quietly observed his expression.

There was no jealousy.

There was no resentment. I was simply happy for others.

"And what about you? Don't you want to?"

"Of course I would, but it can't be forced. The spiritual energy on the Immortal Ship is much weaker than before, and it's already extremely difficult to grow even one plant."

He sighed.

"Unless the inner sect can discover a new spiritual vein, or find the legendary superior method of converting ghost energy into spiritual energy, the conversion method that once came from the ancient spiritual array is no longer able to cope with the complex environment of the void."

Liu Hongyi's heart skipped a beat.

Although she didn't understand this thing, she was very familiar with it and naturally knew that it was the latest research result of the Earth Mother, which had benefited countless monsters, including herself.

"What if I could find out?"

This tentative question was taken as a joke by the other party.
"My lady is joking, but..." He couldn't help but fantasize, "If it really works out, you'll definitely be able to enter the inner sect, and maybe you can even bring me in..."

However, Liu Hongyi was only saying it casually.

Because she only knows how to cultivate, and doesn't understand the underlying principles at all.

Perhaps only Professor Huo can understand.

I don't know where she is.

……

"Everyone participates in the outer sect examination, right?"

A little girl asked her mother and father earnestly.

They are inside the house at this moment.

I just witnessed a bloody arrest on the 37th floor. It's said that it was caused by a mental breakdown due to the immense pressure of the outer sect exams, hence this question.

"Of course!"

Dad didn't immediately understand the question.

“It’s held every Immortal Ship year. Even those of us who are old and have exhausted our potential still want to give it our all, just in case,” Mother explained.

The girl nodded.

Does the exam include model derivation?

"Model...model derivation?"

"Yes, it's what you're talking about, a better conversion of ghost energy to spiritual energy to cope with the current energy shortage."

"It might work?"

Father looked at Mother, and Mother hesitated as well:
"Of course, of course."

"Actually, we can't really say how the exam will be conducted. We always just get through it in a daze. Anyway, you'll find out when the time comes."

"Child, you've just reached the age to participate, so there's no need to put too much pressure on yourself. It would be great if you could succeed—"

Father interrupted Mother:
"But I don't think it's necessarily a good thing. What's so good about entering the inner sect?"

"Only by entering the inner sect can one concentrate on cultivation, and there are countless resources available..."

"What resources are left now?" Dad retorted.

Mother: "Even setting aside other resources, the spiritual ginseng that Old Li discovered today can only be used by the inner disciples at the top."

“…That’s true.”

"Moreover, once you enter the inner sect and become a high-ranking member, you won't have to do menial tasks—like me, squeezing every drop of spiritual energy out of the spirit plant fields every day, or like you, crawling into those dirty pipes to repair array nodes..."

Father's face grew increasingly pale. Looking at his rough hands, with black marks under his fingernails, fear flashed in his eyes, and he muttered:
"Take Wang Wu next door, for example. Because of a new discovery by the inner sect, he had to upgrade his engine, supposedly to a nuclear fusion engine. And what happened?"

"Don't tell your daughter these things—"

The daughter retorted, "Will you come back completely melted and deformed, or will you cough up blood every day, lose your hair, and die emaciated?"

"How did you know?"

The daughter pouted and said, "...I guessed."

"Alas, in short, it was truly horrifying. He looked like a lump of molten wax, with blood constantly oozing from his entire body."

"It was because he didn't want his elderly mother to worry that he asked me to help him pack his belongings and bring the supplementary medicine home."

The two sighed.

The daughter, however, seemed to have no reaction to what she was hearing.

He then asked, "But is it good to be in a high position?"

"certainly--"

Before Mother could finish speaking, Father interrupted:
"Of course it's not good. As long as you are an inner disciple, you have to supply energy to the immortal ship in addition to your cultivation, and you even have to go out of the cabin to explore and search for supplies in places like void ruins, abandoned spaceships, and planets."

"Otherwise, where did that nuclear fusion engine that killed Wang Wu come from? It's said to increase our flight speed, but what's the use? Why do we need to run so fast? Where can we even go?"

His words were full of resentment.

This made Mother tense for a moment. She looked around, then glanced out the window, and lowered her voice to say:
"Alright! You need to be careful."

"Just saying it at home..."

"You still have to be careful! You don't want to attract those crows, do you?"

"I know! I know!" Dad shrugged. "Anyway, it's not an easy job. Although there's no public data, I suspect that a lot of people are lost every time. Otherwise, if they recruited people every Immortal Ship year based on the lifespan of cultivators, the inner sect would be saturated long ago."

The mother said hesitantly, "After all, they have received so much support... it is only right that they give back."

"Do you want our daughter to make the sacrifice too?" The father couldn't help but raise his voice. "I'd rather our daughter live peacefully and safely in the outer sect. It may be tough, but at least she won't die unexpectedly..."

"Watch out!" Mother whispered a reminder.

Father then reluctantly shut up.

Mother frowned and asked again, "Is it almost twelve hours since you finished your psychological assessment?"

"It seems—" Father's expression changed slightly, and he calculated with his fingers, "It seems so. Today, I was so busy dealing with all those problems in that dark pipe that I completely lost track of time..."

"No wonder," Mother shook her head. "Hurry up."

Father then sat down cross-legged, closed his eyes, and seemed to enter some kind of sensory state.

The mother bent down and said to her blinking daughter:

“We’re just saying this casually, daughter. Don’t take it seriously or tell anyone else. You still need to prepare seriously for the outer sect exam. Don’t listen to your mother.”

"To contribute to the Celestial Ship and to the survival of humanity is an honor."

The bloodshot eyes in her snow-white pupils added a touch of madness to her smile.

"However, don't put pressure on yourself; mental health is more important."

"Speaking of which, child, why don't you take a psychological test now?"