Chapter 572 Checking Out the Exam Site Before the Exam; The Holy Sons Gather

June 6th, the day before the exam, was a holiday to allow students to check out the exam site.

The reason for this was to let the students familiarize themselves with the exam location so they wouldn't get lost, especially since some schools were quite large, like Number One High School.

However, if you were a student of the school, there was no need to check out the exam site.

Despite this, Chen Yuan still went to the school.

After all, it would only take a little while and wouldn't interfere with anything.

Then, right at the entrance of the exam site, he ran into some police officers.

Li Tong was among them.

Seeing Chen Yuan, she waved at him with particular interest.

So, Chen Yuan walked over and asked, puzzled, "Aren't the exams starting tomorrow? Why are you here already?"

"You guys get to check out the exam site beforehand; we have to simulate the situation ahead of time," Li Tong explained quite expertly. "When the real college entrance exam starts, there will be so many people, and we'll have to watch out for cheating. The workload will be much greater."

After she said this, Chen Yuan realized that, in addition to a few experienced police officers, there were also some obviously inexperienced newbies who looked like naive, clear-eyed college graduates, listening to their mentors while taking notes on their phones.

"These newbies think it's useful to take notes on their phones. We used notebooks back then," Li Tong muttered softly, complaining about her colleagues.

"Ah, indeed."

Chen Yuan felt that this was similar to some college students. When the teacher projected the key points on the screen, the top students would copy them into their notebooks, while some pretentious students would take horizontal photos with their phones and save them in their albums, acting as if they would look at them later.

In reality, it served no purpose other than wasting memory.

Of course, Chen Yuan had never been to college; he was just talking about the people around him and didn't mean to generalize about college students.

Yes, he was talking about Chen Bo.

However, Chen Bo wasn't the kind of pretentious college student who took pictures of notes. He was the kind of foolish college student who pretended to take notes while secretly playing King of Glory when everyone else was pretending to take notes.

Similarly, these rookie interns taking notes on their phones probably seemed a bit foolish in the eyes of the old police officers.

"Are you thirsty?" Seeing that Li Tong had been on duty for a while, wearing her full summer uniform in this hot weather, he proactively asked.

"Oh?" Hearing this, Li Tong revealed a somewhat ‘surprised’ look and said with great anticipation, "What are you planning to do?"

"What do you mean, 'planning to do'?" Chen Yuan didn't know what she was so excited about, so he replied directly, "If you're thirsty, I'll buy you a bottle of water..."

"Aiya!" Before he could finish, Li Tong suddenly hugged Chen Yuan and patted his head, saying with relief and emotion, "Good boy, I haven't spoiled you for nothing, that's so nice..."

"Hey, hey, there's nothing to be so excited about, it's just a bottle of water..." Chen Yuan's face turned red from the hug, especially since there were other people around, so he reminded her in a very civilized whisper, "Don't do that, the big thunder is touching..."

"What?"

"Nothing." Afraid of being beaten to death by Li Tong, Chen Yuan immediately returned to being serious.

For her, if he didn't study hard, that was what deserved to be disciplined... uh, taught a lesson.

"No need, the newbies will buy us water later," Li Tong said with a smile.

"Bullying," Chen Yuan complained.

"That's called respecting seniors. What do you know?"

"Let's turn this one on and test it first," Just then, an old police officer pointed to an electronic security gate and said to the newbie next to him.

"Will it sound an alarm if someone passes through?" the new police officer asked.

"Of course, it will. If it doesn't, then it's broken, right?" the old police officer said with a smile. "The students checking out the exam site today all have their phones with them. In theory, everyone who passes through will set it off."

"Wouldn't that be very noisy?"

"We'll only open this one, and not the others. The students will all go through the other ones," the old police officer laughed. "Then, we'll open that one and close this one later. It's mainly for testing purposes."

"Oh! That's right!" the new police officer exclaimed in realization.

Chen Yuan: "..."

Will I be this cute when I first start working?

Can't I just skip being a fresh graduate and become a veteran right away?

Thinking about that process makes me a little embarrassed.

"Beep—"

Suddenly, the security gate sounded an alarm. A male student who was passing through was dumbfounded and froze on the spot.

"You, you have a phone with you, right?" At this moment, the new police officer asked seriously.

"Ah... but, but isn't today just for checking out the exam site?!" The male student thought he had violated the rules and would have his exam eligibility revoked. He immediately became nervous and started trembling with fear.

"It's okay, it's okay, go ahead," the old police officer waved his hand and let him pass. Then, he looked at his disciple with a ‘you're so funny’ expression.

Hmm...

It must be tough for him to participate in such an important event so soon after starting his job.

Chen Yuan watched the excitement from the side, chatting with Li Tong about everything and anything, just like a casual conversation.

"Have you guys ever caught any students cheating?" Chen Yuan asked curiously.

"Of course, we do, every year. And there's more than one case each year." In response, Li Tong explained, "I've encountered two cases myself, but I didn't personally catch them."

"Are the methods of cheating very high-tech?" Chen Yuan asked curiously.

"You're thinking too much." Li Tong waved her hand and gave an example, "I'll tell you something outrageous that you might not believe. The year before last, in Xia Hai, a student somehow managed to bring a phone into the exam hall. Then, during the exam, he used his phone to take pictures of the exam paper and sent them to a QQ chat group to ask for answers. In the end, he got caught."

"... Those idiot group members really post everything in the group."

Chen Yuan was amazed by these people's brains.

They had already gone to that extent and still went to ask netizens. It was truly a bit magical.

Why didn't he just ask the teacher?

Teacher's thoughts: Good kid, so you want to send me in, huh?

"However, most of them are high-tech products. What we mainly catch are those things they buy from who-knows-where, claiming to be able to bypass the jammers..."

As Li Tong spoke, Chen Yuan suddenly noticed a strange gaze.

Having possessed so many super-abilities, he had mastered the ability to notice any gaze filled with emotion.

Clearly, someone was glancing at him.

So, he saw a girl with a bob haircut standing in front of the security gate, preparing to pass through.

Moreover, she seemed to be choosing which gate to go through...

Something's not right. Why is she being so sneaky?

Is she really being like this just to check out the exam site?

[If I go through now, will it still be okay if the alarm goes off? Because I might have a phone with me...]

?!

Is this really happening?

Chen Yuan felt curious.

Let's continue listening.

[I turned off my phone beforehand. It shouldn't be detected. So, if it doesn't ring later, it means I haven't been caught...]

Goodness, so that's what she's thinking.

Chen Yuan understood.

She activated a spiritual artifact and turned off her phone to test whether she could pass through. If it rang, people would think she had a phone with her, since basically everyone had a phone today. But if it didn't ring, it would mean she had successfully sneaked through...

So, Chen Yuan activated his clairvoyance.

Sure enough, he found something.

Underneath her hair, in her ears, were a pair of earphones, and they were faintly glowing.

This should be for receiving signals.

Then, there should also be a camera to transmit the information from the exam paper. These things are usually on the tip of a pen.

So, if she doesn't ‘ring’ when she goes through, it will prove that she successfully slipped past.

Then, Li Tong would be able to get credit for it.

Chen Yuan couldn't help but feel a bit expectant.

She deserved to be caught, since she was cheating, which was a violation of fairness. Giving this credit to someone else was the same as giving it to Li Tong. And if Li Tong got it, his beloved Tong-jie would be able to advance.

Okay, I've decided, it's you.

"Beep—"

Just as Chen Yuan thought this, a very loud ‘beep’ suddenly sounded.

This beep directly shook the soul.

It struck the heart fiercely.

It made the girl freeze on the spot.

She was so frightened that she instantly stiffened.

Until the young police officer waved his hand and said, "It's just a test, you can go through."

Yes, it was a test.

Even if she was found out, it wouldn't be a problem.

Besides, she might have a phone on her right now.

There was no need to panic.

Don't look scared, or people will see through you...

But this also meant that this thing couldn't bypass the jammers and would be discovered.

Damn it, I was tricked, I wasted my money...

Just as she thought this,

A gust of wind suddenly blew past her ear.

The hair on her left side was blown up.

Then, a blue, very small earphone was revealed...

From this angle, Li Tong saw it immediately. So, her expression changed instantly, and she quickly stepped forward, walking to the girl's side and placing a hand on her shoulder: "Student, come over here for a moment."

Everyone was immediately surprised and looked over in astonishment.

The girl's face turned as white as a sheet, perfectly demonstrating what ‘guilt’ looked like.

Was that gust of wind just right?

Tongzi, since you don't need me to buy you water, then I'll just give you a little something that taints the efforts of all the exam takers.

Originally, Chen Yuan could have let her go.

She herself would have given up because of the failed attempt, and then been forced to use her real strength to participate in tomorrow's exam.

But Chen Yuan still wanted to intervene a little.

After all, there weren't many fair things in the world, and this was something that absolutely couldn't be violated.

As for what would happen, or because it didn't happen during the exam and there was nothing that could be done, that was not his concern.

"You go check out the exam site first, I have something to do."

In this way, Li Tong squeezed out a smile for Chen Yuan, taking the time to say.

Then, she immersed herself in her work again.

The new police officers next to her were observing Li Tong with an expression of ‘seriousness’ mixed with some admiration, because everyone had heard of her reputation and knew that she was the most outstanding young police officer in the station.

The girl's legs were so weak from fright that she was trembling as she watched.

The ‘culprit’ of this matter, Chen Yuan, dusted off his clothes and went away, deeply hiding his name and deeds as he entered the campus of Number Eleven High School...

.........

"Hey, why are you here to check out the exam site too?"

"What are you doing here, you kind of person!"

"Yeah, get out of our Number One High School."

On the campus of Number One High School, a group of boys surrounded a boy, speaking viciously and ‘targeting’ him, even pulling at him.

He kept smiling apologetically, scratching the back of his head and explaining, "Hey, I'm also an examinee. I can take the exam too."

"You've already been recommended to Hua Qing, what are you even testing for!" One of the boys punched him in the chest.

"Top sixty in the National Olympiad, directly admitted to Hua Qing, and majoring in mathematics. I'm so envious, sob sob," a male student next to him said with a look of jealousy.

The person being surrounded was none other than Zhou Wusheng, the former top student of Number One High School.

He had already gone to training camp when he was in his third year of high school.

Then, he finished his training camp with a pretty good ranking.

14th in the nation.

Although 14th in the nation was already a super invincible strong person, a genius among geniuses, the national team only took the top six, so he didn't get to participate in the world competition.

But even so, being recommended in advance was still a big win.

"Are you going to write seriously?" one of the boys asked.

"If the score is high, it means I wrote seriously. If the score is bad, it means I messed around on purpose," Zhou Wusheng said.

"You've activated a three-dimensional defense system. You're invincible," someone said.

"But you haven't been at school for so long. If you can still score 700 points, that's really too outrageous."

"You're kidding," Zhou Wusheng laughed when he heard this. "You don't know how hellish our training camp was. I've forgotten everything already. It would be good if I can get over 660."

"That's true. After all, the college entrance exam doesn't depend on intelligence, it mainly depends on practice."

This was also why even 985 university students couldn't take the exam for someone else.

Leaving the environment of exam-oriented education really would send the younger students to vocational school!

"Chengxi-ge is here."

At this time, one of the boys discovered Liu Chengxi.

Then, everyone looked over together.

"Welcome, Big Brother!" one of the boys said jokingly.

"Hello everyone."

Liu Chengxi still responded very normally (but it looked pretentious), and greeted Zhou Wusheng: "You've already been recommended, why are you here to check out the exam site too?"

"Well... I'm checking how much I've forgotten," Zhou Wusheng explained.

"Then I won't lose," Liu Chengxi said confidently.

"Don't, I can't compare to you now." Zhou Wusheng quickly waved his hand and said humbly, "Even if I wasn't recommended, I might not be your opponent."

"Don't talk about Chengxi-ge, are you a match for Xi-sao?"

"Xi-sao?" Zhou Wusheng was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Is Shen Yating also that exaggerated?"

"You're kidding, those two are monopolizing the top two spots in Number One High School."

"Amazing..." Zhou Wusheng was a little surprised.

So, such changes had occurred after he left.

"Where's Xi-sao?" one of the boys asked Liu Chengxi.

"She's with her classmates," Liu Chengxi said.

"Then shall we go to the exam site together?" the boy asked.

"You guys go first, she told me to wait for her."

"Okay, okay."

"Well, bye bye."

In this way, Liu Chengxi said goodbye to the boys in his class and separated.

Honestly, he was quite surprised to see Zhou Wusheng.

If he also took the exam, then he would be able to surpass him once...

But it was useless.

Winning against him now had no value.

It was a little unfortunate. According to Chen Yuan, he was just a mortal in the post-Zhou Wusheng training camp era.

Also, Xi-sao...

Thinking of this title, he couldn't help but have a smile on his face.

At this time, his shoulder was gently patted.

He slowly turned his head and saw a somewhat familiar, gentle face...

Senior Li Xinru, standing behind Liu Chengxi, waved slightly and greeted with a smile: "Liu Chengxi, you're still the same as before."

(End of chapter)