Chapter 301: The Ocean of Learning (Part 1) (Today's Bonus Chapter, Requesting Monthly Tickets)
The last thing Liu Sheng saw was the smiles on those two heads.
A man and a woman’s faces, both curved with the same arc.
Looking up through the water, the upward curve was completely distorted into a downward curve by the refraction and scattering of light.
It meant they were unhappy.
Of course, they were unhappy, because their “daughter” wasn’t obedient enough.
This was Liu Sheng’s last thought.
The oxygen in her lungs finally ran out, and her chest felt as if it was being torn by countless sharp blades, the pain unbearable.
The distorted faces gradually blurred, dimmed, and finally plunged into complete darkness.
The force that had been pressing her down finally loosened, and Liu Sheng’s body slowly sank into the deep sea, consumed by countless distorted dark shadows.
She was dead.
…
“high dimension analysis complete.”
“You failed.”
The world’s faint voice woke Liu Sheng.
Opening her eyes, the two strange faces that lingered in her mind overlapped with the large, skinless face before her.
It was the Class Teacher.
He seemed very disappointed, but also very happy.
“Oh dear, Liu Sheng, your first Elementary School entrance exam failed!”
“What a pity, how could you let your parents get anxious enough to kill you?”
He said it was a pity, but he looked excited, as if watching a show.
“You still have two chances! Do you want to continue?”
The Class Teacher’s eyeless eyes were already round, and with his effort, they bulged even more, becoming perfectly round.
Liu Sheng had no other choice; wasn’t this why she had secretly come to Hongxing Elementary School in the middle of the night?
It was already June 29th, and the results would be posted tomorrow.
It was best to resolve it in one go.
So she nodded, “Of course, I’ll continue.”
The Class Teacher rubbed his hands excitedly, his eyeballs almost falling out.
“Are you sure? If you fail all three times, you’ll have to stay here forever and keep us company!”
The surrounding Little Tentacle students all turned their heads, looking at Liu Sheng excitedly.
They all seemed very eager to have a new classmate.
Liu Sheng didn’t hesitate: “Confirmed.”
“Hehe, I’ve already thought of a new name for you, Little Flower, how about it?” the Class Teacher said expectantly.
“That name is too casual…”
Liu Sheng was not very satisfied.
As her voice fell, she felt a chill beside her.
It turned out that Ling Xiaoshu next to her was casting a resentful gaze.
Liu Sheng quickly appeased her: “Your name sounds nice, it suits your image, and it’s a little playful.”
Fortunately, Ling Xiaoshu’s resentment was fleeting.
However, the Class Teacher’s resentment was still full.
He felt very hurt by Liu Sheng’s disdain.
“Alright, about your new name, we’ll discuss it next time.”
Then, without asking if Liu Sheng was ready, he directly kicked her into the instance.
“high dimension analysis begins!”
“Loading…”
“Three!”
“Two!”
“One!”
As the countdown ended, Liu Sheng plunged into darkness.
The darkness faded, revealing an boundless ocean before her, with a red sky overhead, casting an unnatural deep red hue upon the seawater.
“Main Quest: Survive the Elementary School entrance exam.”
Upon hearing this quest, Liu Sheng secretly grumbled.
At first, she couldn’t understand how terrifying this Elementary School entrance exam was, to require such an exaggerated phrase as “survive.”
But later, she realized she had been naive.
Her body swayed beneath her, and the sea breeze carried a fishy smell.
She was sitting in an old, dilapidated small boat, its wood so brittle it seemed it could shatter with a light poke. Looking closely, it was covered in densely packed characters of “bitter” (bitterness) carved with various strokes.
“It’s similar to my mood… full of bitterness.”
Numerous pieces of paper floated on the water next to the small boat, covered in writing when examined closely.
Having experienced it once, Liu Sheng knew these were all questions, test papers.
“Indeed, the ocean of learning is boundless, and a boat of bitterness is needed.”
Beneath the sea of questions, some vague shadows could be faintly seen wandering in the darkness. Although Liu Sheng had just been swallowed by them not long ago, she still didn’t know what they were, only that they absolutely should not be touched easily.
In front of the small boat stood a person.
To call it a person might be a bit inaccurate.
Because this person had two heads and four hands.
This person had their back to Liu Sheng, busy with something, so their two faces couldn’t be seen clearly.
But Liu Sheng knew that the faces were those familiar male and female countenances.
Even with her face blindness, she found them unforgettable.
After all, they had just killed her.
These were her “parents.”
They were “working,” typing incomprehensible gibberish into two very old monitors at the bow of the boat.
There was no discernible meaning, but it earned money.
The clattering of the keyboard layered endlessly, never stopping, making Liu Sheng’s head buzz.
As the waves rose and fell, many small boats like theirs floated on the sea, with shadowy figures like her standing on them, unsure if they were human or weird objects.
This time, Liu Sheng no longer hesitated. Without thinking twice, she directly extended her Little Tentacle and fished up a piece of paper.
Miraculously, as soon as the paper was in her hand, it became extremely dry. The first line on it read “Fifth Grade Elementary School Entrance Exam Third Grade Mock Math Paper,” followed by densely packed text, numbers, and diagrams, covering multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and problem-solving question types. The scope of the questions included algebra, geometry, and other topics taught in Elementary School.
All of this was already very familiar to her.
There was a set of desk and chairs on the boat, just like those at Hongxing Elementary School, but the yellow wood-grained surface of the desk and chairs was peeling, and the desktop was covered with scratches and graffiti, the writing glaring, such as “So much pressure,” “Die, die, die,” and so on.
There was an old pencil case on the desk, containing a pencil, an eraser, a ruler, and a compass. She sat down, picked up the pencil, and immediately began to do the questions.
While she was doing the questions, a familiar voice came from behind her.
It was the Class Teacher’s voice.
But it was infinitely louder than before, echoing throughout the entire sea area.
Liu Sheng looked back. The Class Teacher had now become a gigantic weird objects, standing beneath the blood-red sky. His exposed blood-red muscles almost merged with the sky, and only a pair of snow-white eyeballs could be seen rolling in their sockets, seemingly staring in Liu Sheng’s direction.
Behind him was a huge neon sign, flashing with the two large characters “Elementary School.”
“I’m very happy that everyone can participate in this Elementary School entrance exam Challenge! Wow, so many people participating, gathering Elementary School elites from so many Universes, it’s truly exciting!”
Liu Sheng had initially thought she was the only one taking the Elementary School entrance exam, at least at Hongxing Elementary School.
But looking at the thousands of small boats on the sea, how many children across the entire Universe were taking the Elementary School entrance exam!
The competition was truly fierce!
“Alright, no more nonsense. I believe everyone is here for the Elementary School entrance exam, so it’s best to make quick work of it!”
The gigantic figure pointed his hand towards the ocean in front of the small boat, “Look, that’s your goal ahead!”
Looking from afar, a faint glimmer of neon lights could be vaguely seen on the distant horizon.
But it was only an extremely faint speck, indicating how far away it was.
“Let me explain the rules to everyone first! Please listen carefully!”
“One, you must strive to move towards your destination!”
“With what? Of course, with oars! Didn’t you see the oars on the small boat?” the Class Teacher asked and answered himself.
Some people on the small boats began to try and manipulate the oars, but unfortunately, they couldn’t move at all.
Liu Sheng had tried before, and they didn’t budge, as if welded in place.
So this time, Liu Sheng didn’t do this futile thing again, but instead focused on doing the questions and reviewing the rules.
The Class Teacher was also happy to see everyone’s futile efforts, laughing: “Haha, of course you can’t move, because this involves the second rule.”
“Two, the power of the oars comes from your scores.”
“I will calculate the scores you get from the test papers you complete at dawn and add power to your oars.”
“I believe everyone has already seen the papers around, those are our test questions.”
Except for Liu Sheng, who had already started on the next test paper, everyone else hadn’t moved yet, probably wanting to hear all the rules before starting.
“Three, pressure value is a very important indicator, you must always pay attention to it.”
With a snap of his fingers, two pressure value bars appeared before Liu Sheng’s eyes.
They belonged to herself and her “parents” respectively.
“Liu Sheng’s Pressure Value: 60”
“Parents’ Pressure Value: 60”
“Remember, never let the pressure value exceed 100! Whether it’s you or your parents… otherwise, hehe, bad things will happen.”
Liu Sheng, of course, knew how bad things would happen.
Recalling how they had pressed her into the sea, Liu Sheng didn’t look up, but carefully drew an auxiliary line on the triangle with a ruler.
“Of course, you will also encounter some small surprises to relieve pressure! But be careful… don’t let your parents find out!”
Liu Sheng nodded inwardly. Last time, she secretly relieved pressure and was discovered by her parents, which caused their pressure to skyrocket.
“What else, oh oh, right!”
“Four, don’t be the last person, or, don’t go too slow!”
“There’s a monster in the fog called Rankings… absolutely, absolutely, absolutely don’t let it catch up!”
Then the Class Teacher pointed to the fog nearby, lowering his voice.
But it had no effect; his figure was too colossal, and his voice was still loud.
Upon hearing this, Liu Sheng looked towards the depths of the fog. Although she couldn’t see anything, she could still feel the weird objects lurking within, and just one glance made fine goosebumps rise all over her body.
Having experienced it once, she still didn’t know what it was.
She only knew that it followed closely behind, devouring many people.
“Alright, the rules have been introduced, and our Elementary School entrance exam can finally begin!”
As these words were spoken, the sky gradually brightened, changing from a deep blood-red to a brighter blood-red.
“Now… well, it’s exactly dawn!”
The Class Teacher rubbed his hands excitedly.
“Anyone, want to submit their papers?”
“Only ten seconds, if you miss it today, you can’t move forward!”
As the words fell, Liu Sheng heard the “people” on the surrounding boats groan.
No one had expected that they could submit their papers now, and they all regretted not having managed their time earlier. Everyone had been waiting for the rules to be announced, and it hadn’t occurred to them that they could start doing the questions.
This was exactly the situation the Class Teacher had anticipated, and he began the countdown with a playful smirk.
June 29th, Chapter 299, commemorating it (*^▽^*)
Note: These are Elementary School entrance exams in certain Universes, please do not project onto reality! Our Elementary School students are all very happy! _(:з」∠)_