Ninth class citizen

Chapter 106 No Survivors
"Of course, of course." President Xu wiped the sweat from his forehead, his expression did not relax at all, but became more solemn.

The young man sighed, "Let's take a step back and say that the provincial genetic optimizer association has the right to determine the content and format of the certification exam. Even if the difficulty of this exam is temporarily increased, it is still within the scope of the rules. Melissa dared to sign a guarantee for a local and let her take the second-level exam directly. She should be prepared for disappointment. How can she blame you?"

"But for ten consecutive years, there has been no random stock solution extraction test in the second-level exam. I am afraid that it is added at this point in time."

"That's enough." The young man's patience finally ran out. He crushed the empty wine glass in his hand, and the broken crystal fragments fell to the tempered adamantium ground, but his palm was unscathed.

"There is no such thing as pleasing both sides in this world. You are worried that the other gentleman will get angry with you, but you are not afraid of that one."

President Xu was sweating profusely. His shoulders slumped, and he looked a little dazed, muttering, "I have the right to make adjustments. Her inability to get over it is a problem of ability, and has nothing to do with me."

"That's the right way to think about it." The young man smiled and patted his shoulder, causing him to lower his body even more.

"If she dares to take a higher-level exam, she must have some extraordinary capital. Otherwise, she must have betrayed Melissa's trust. How can she blame you?"

"That's right, that's it. It's not our fault." President Xu's eyes became focused again.

A line of eye-catching words fell into the eyes of the dizzy Wendy: "Your written test score is 585 points."

She didn't even pass the written test, but she really tried her best. Wendy sighed in her heart, and the subtitles on the virtual screen in front of her switched:
"Next, we will start the practical test. The practical test is divided into two parts, collection and extraction. First, we will start the collection phase. There are 10 kinds of materials in this phase, each worth 100 points, for a total of 1000 points."

As soon as Wendy heard the word "collection", she knew there was basically no hope.

The simulated training in class alone is simply not enough to cover the vast amount of various materials.

As expected, the scene changed, and she found herself in a dark green ocean, with countless swaying sea-dwelling ghost fox tails in front of her.

Because this test only involved collection and not other things, the underwater environment did not affect Wendy's breathing, nor did it make her feel uncomfortable.

She could barely recognize the name of this thing, and vaguely remembered that the medicinal material was the tuber below, but she had never seen the so-called tuber with her own eyes, so she didn't know what it looked like.

So when Wendy took great pains to pull the rhizome of the ghost fox grass out of the sand and gravel on the seabed and looked into the series of "little eyes" that kept opening and closing, she simply fainted.

As soon as she fainted, the simulation cabin immediately issued a warning, and the invigilating robot quickly opened the simulation cabin and sent her to emergency treatment.

"How many of them are here?" A medical staff member in charge of emergency treatment frowned. "Another person from the Level 2 certification exam? What kind of physical fitness is this? People taking Level 3 and Level 4 exams didn't faint!"

"Actually, it's not their fault." Another medical staff member looked around to see if anyone was paying attention and whispered in his ear:
"I heard that the difficulty of the second-level certification has suddenly increased. Not only has the number of questions increased to 2,000, but there are also collection and extraction. Apart from anything else, it is not easy to pass the written test and the practical test successfully."

"Are you sure that it's only the second-level certification exam that has increased in difficulty?" the previous person asked doubtfully.

"Yeah. No one could figure out why. I heard that it was a sudden order from the president. Maybe he felt that the pass rate for the second level was still too high?"

"Those who can pass the certification this time must be talented and have a bright future."

"I think that this time, no one will survive the second-level certification."

Wendy's body was half immersed in the repair fluid.

She was heartbroken by the loss of the 5000 Cowen registration fee, but the last sentence she had just heard restored her spirits to some extent.

I am not alone. I am not the only one who has lost money and is frightened.

This is the only consolation in misfortune.

This sense of comfort even supported her to sign the medical bill for a total of 2185 Cowens. After paying the money, she simply lay there and watched one candidate after another being sent to the medical room.

But there was no sign of Nan Rong among them.

Wendy has already found out that in order to ensure fairness, this second-level certification will not only have a written test, but also the same content for everyone to collect and extract.

"Although I knew she would not pass the certification, I was still happy for her because she was not as frightened as I was."

Wendy thought about it and was deeply moved by the broad-minded and kind-hearted feelings of her senior schoolmate.

At this time, the examination for first-level genetic optimizers has ended.

Shirley's face was radiant. Together with Haydn and Shui Zhongjin, she received the four-petal round leaf badge representing a first-level botanist and put it on her chest immediately.

Among the nearly two thousand candidates who registered for the first level, only more than thirty were able to obtain this badge.

Nan Rong was not among these thirty-plus people.

A bright smile appeared on Shirley's lips.

"Come here." She called over the robot responsible for distributing badges. "Are all the people who passed the first-level exam here? Are there any missing people?"

The robot's eyes flashed blue. "Dear Scholar Xueli, everyone is here, no one is left out."

"Haha." Xueli glanced at Hayden and chuckled, "Actually, I don't mean anything else. I just feel that Nan Rong's failure to pass has let everyone down. Not only us, but also Teacher Melissa."

Haydn did not answer. He said calmly, "Let's go," and left the hall first.

Coincidentally, when the elevator door opened, the person who walked down was Nan Rong.

"Congratulations, you've passed the first-level certification." She saw the green badges on the chests of the three people at a glance.

A smug smile appeared on Xueli's lips, and her chin unconsciously raised.

"Would you like to go together?" Haydn suddenly asked.

"No." Nan Rong said, "I have something else to do."

She walked quickly towards the certification hall they had come out of before, without looking back.

"Why? Do you think the grades are unreasonable, so you want to appeal?" Xueli said.

Her words only earned Haydn a cold glance.

While sitting in the hovercraft, the changes in today's second-level test have been posted on the Shilo Star Network, a forum platform exclusively for genetic optimizers.

Haydn and the other two had been looking forward to this platform for a long time. Now that they had finally passed the first-level certification, they couldn't wait to complete the registration and took the opportunity to see the latest content.

The entire forum was flooded with angry Level 2 Certification participants.

(End of this chapter)