Taoist Master, wishing for a sacrifice-based system

"Heaven above! I make a wish!"

"The four members of our sophomore computer science department, room 404, all achieved a passing grade of 60 in all their final written exams for professional theory courses this semester!"

"Furthermore! The fulfillment of this wish will absolutely not come at the cost of any physical disability, serious illness, or hospitalization for any of the four of us!"

"We will absolutely not allow ourselves to suffer any school disciplinary action, such as expulsion, dismissal, or warnings, at the cost of it!"

"Furthermore, it will not be at the expense of endangering public safety or damaging school buildings and other public facilities!"

"The wish has been read aloud! May Heaven execute it!"

The moment these words were spoken, an extremely eerie silence fell over the entire main hall of Qingyun Temple.

Qin Du sat in the chair, his gaze slightly narrowed, and he silently recited a phrase in his mind.

"Aura Observation Technique, activated."

In an instant, a faint halo appeared in his vision.

He looked up at the four college students who were praying with their eyes closed.

Under the observation of the Qi-gazing technique, there was no disgusting blackish-gray evil karma swirling above the heads of these four people like that of the reporter Li Hao before them, nor any golden light of great wealth and honor.

Above their heads, a layer of extremely pure, almost transparent, light blue air currents floated.

Qin Du mentally reviewed the system's explanation of the Qi Observation Technique and almost burst out laughing.

This light blue aura, according to the system's evaluation standards, is officially called a "neutral state without malicious intent," but in popular parlance, it has a more fitting description—

"Clear-sounding stupidity".

These four guys have nothing but games on their minds and trying every possible way to avoid failing their exams. They have absolutely no intention of harming anyone. They were simply driven to the brink by their final exams and had no other choice but to come to the Taoist temple to try and "exploit God's bug".

Immediately afterwards, in the lower right corner of Qin Du's retina, the familiar system notification sounded silently:

[Ding—Your wish has been granted.]

[Wish made by: All members of Room 404, Yunnan University (in a state of extreme exam anxiety, with no malicious intent).]

[Wish: All students will pass the final written exams for all professional theory courses this semester.]

"It's done!"

The dormitory head carefully placed three incense sticks into the incense burner. Watching the cigarettes burn without any abnormalities, he excitedly turned around and gave his three roommates a high five in celebration.

"Guys! It compiled successfully! No errors! No red warnings!"

"Boss, you're awesome! We've really outmaneuvered the Heavenly Dao this time!" The fat man was so excited that his whole body trembled.

"Let's go! Back to the internet cafe to keep ranking up! Finals are in the bag!"

The four college students, arm in arm, walked out of Qingyun Temple with an air of smugness, as if they were four top hackers who had just broken into the Pentagon.

As they left, the dorm leader even confidently waved to Qin Du, saying, "Master, thanks! Once we pass all our finals, we'll give you a 'Code Unrivaled' banner!"

Watching their arrogant figures gradually disappear into the distance.

Qin Du picked up the enamel mug, blew away the cheap tea dust floating on top, and slowly took a sip.

His lips twitched uncontrollably twice.

These college students really don't know how to spell "death."

"Heaven can silently demolish even a load-bearing wall, turning an entire building into ruins without batting an eye..."

Qin Du put down his teacup and gazed wistfully out the door.

"You actually think you can play word games with it?"

In the live stream, netizens were also filled with lamentations:

[It's over, these four innocent college students have already been sentenced to death.]

I bet five cents that even though they've blocked their own path to injury, God definitely has an even more cruel way to torment them!

[Waiting for the final report cards! This is definitely going to be the funniest variety show of the year!]

……

Yunzhou University's final exam week has officially begun.

The air seemed to be filled with a suffocating smell of ink and the panic of failing the exam.

The four guys from dormitory 404, despite making a "perfect" wish at Qingyun Temple, were still quite nervous when they actually entered the exam hall. After all, they hadn't even opened their books for the past six months, and expecting God to magically fill their brains with knowledge was clearly against the laws of physics.

The first day of exam week, Monday morning at 9:00 AM.

The first session: Advanced Mathematics, known as the "mass grave" of Yunnan University.

The chief examiner was Professor Wang, known as the leader of the "Four Great Detectives". He was known for his tricky, obscure and anti-human exam questions. In previous years, his failure rate was the highest in the entire college. Even top students would break out in a cold sweat when they saw his papers.

The four main men sat in the last row of the lecture hall, their backs soaked with cold sweat.

"Boss... Hasn't God intervened yet? If Old Wang's test paper comes out, we won't even be able to guess the multiple-choice questions." The fat man's hand holding the pen was trembling.

"Stay calm! Trust the code! Trust the logic!" The dorm leader tried to remain calm.

"Ring ring—!"

The exam bell rang.

However, it wasn't the stern-faced Professor Wang who entered the classroom, but a young counselor, sweating profusely and panting heavily.

The counselor stood on the podium, tapped the blackboard, and said with a complicated expression, "Students, I have an emergency to announce."

The hundreds of students in the room fell silent instantly.

"This morning, when our beloved Professor Wang went to the market to buy breakfast, he accidentally stepped on a banana peel that had been left on the roadside..."

The entire audience was left bewildered.

The counselor coughed twice and continued, "Professor Wang fell and suffered a minor fracture in his coccyx. Although it's just a minor injury and nothing serious, the doctor requires him to rest in bed for two weeks. The important thing is..."

The counselor paused, then took out a stack of papers that smelled of ink from his briefcase.

"Professor Wang, who was in charge of setting the exam questions for this final exam, had a top-secret file containing the extremely difficult A-version exam questions that he had prepared, which is still locked in his home safe and cannot be retrieved now. The Academic Affairs Office has made a last-minute decision to use the backup B-version exam questions, which were set by another teacher, Mr. Li."

While handing out curls, the counselor muttered under his breath, "Professor Li is notoriously lenient with his exam questions; they're all straight from the textbook's end-of-chapter questions. Your class really hit the jackpot this year..."

boom!

A barely suppressed but enthusiastic cheer suddenly erupted in the lecture hall!

The four men sitting in the back row had their eyes wide open like copper bells, and they were pinching each other's thighs frantically under the table.

"Holy crap! Holy crap! It came true!"

"God used a banana peel—a physical force—to send the examiner to the hospital!"

"The difficulty level dropped drastically! These are all questions directly from the textbook! I just crammed last night and managed to memorize the formulas from the first three chapters!"

The four students, as if divinely inspired, picked up their pens and began writing furiously. Although they couldn't answer the difficult questions, relying on the easier multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank questions, and some hastily cobbled-together formulas, getting a passing score of 60 was practically a certainty!