[R18] Global College Entrance Examination – “Global College Entrance Examination” Chapter 38 [English]

☆, Chapter 38 Open-ended questions

The old man fixed the sail and dried his hands hastily on his trousers.

He jumped down from the helm, his eyes scanning back and forth between You Huo and Qin Ju.

“How can a strong young man have the nerve to watch an old man like me, who has no strength, work hard?” The muscles of the old man’s exposed arms were gnarled, and his arms alone were twice as thick as an ordinary person’s.

There is no way to fight back…

Qin Jiu said with a smile: “Chickens are often wronged.”

Old man: “…”

he was so angry that he glared at Qin Zhu fiercely: “Don’t fold your arms and do nothing. What bothers me the most is young people crossing their arms and raising their chins. Oh, and they also have cold faces. They’re all just pretentious!”

Youhuo was innocently implicated: “… Just tell me what I’m helping you with.”

The old man kicked a deck on the ground and said, “The shaft is a little rusty. I can’t handle it alone. Help me open it. Otherwise, you just stay on the deck and wait for the waves to come!”

OK.

Youhuo was speechless and stretched out his feet to test the strength of the deck.

This move was purely out of inertia, and he stepped on Qin Ju’s shoe.

Youhuo: “…”

Qin Jiu: “Is this childish, this candidate?”

“I’m checking the deck, why did you bring your feet here?”

“What a coincidence, so am I.” Qin Jiu said.

He lifted up the shoe and checked a few places and said: “It’s okay, there is an empty layer below. The two sides are not flat, you can-”

While he was talking, Youhuo had already pulled out a thin iron hook from the pile of debris next to him.

he drove the hook end into the uneven deck.

There was a snap, and sawdust flew.

The old man silently took two small steps to the side.

He saw You Huo lifting up one of his long legs and stepping hard on the slanted iron hook.

哢哓——

The entire deck was cracked.

Qin Zhu was still wearing the black leather gloves. Before You Huo could make a move, he had already bent down and put his hand into the raised gap, and gave it a big squeeze.

The entire deck was torn off.

Rusty hinges clattered to the floor.

Youhuo held the iron hook and glanced at Qin Zhu.

he It’s been a long time since I met someone who can keep up with the pace.

But the old man’s face was already green.

•

That deck is actually a trap door.

After opening it, you can see the stairs leading to the cabin. Kerosene lamps are hung everywhere in the cabin, and you can see the separated bunks inside.

•

The old man opened his mouth and was about to give something.

Youhuo had already patted he on the back and raised his chin: “Lead the way, thank you.”

The old man stared and closed his mouth again.

The three of them got out of the cabin together and covered the broken deck, and the boat immediately became warm.

The old man didn’t care about them, he got into a single bunk and slammed the door in front of them.

This man had nothing on his mind, and within a minute he was snoring like thunder.

When Youhuo saw the dirty quilt, he didn’t want to touch it and found a chair in the cabin to sit down.

After a while, Qin Zhu also came over, his fingers still touching the tip of his nose, obviously he was very smoked.

Just like that, he still didn’t forget to tease Youhuo: “What day is it today, and you are actually awake?”

Youhuo: “…”

He glanced at Qin Zhu and said, “I’ll press you down on the bed and let you breathe for half an hour. What do you think?”

Qin Jiu laughed and said, “That’s okay, but I might drag you along to share the blessing.”

Youhuoxin said fuck you.

“How much do you remember about the Sea Coachman?” Qin Zhu asked.

He put one elbow on the table, and flicked the other hand on the lamp, causing the flame to sway slightly.

Seeing that there was a tacit understanding of how to pry the deck, You Huo replied: “Holland.”

How many years have passed since I graduated from high school? He didn’t study liberal arts. He didn’t touch history at all during his senior year of high school, so what he can think of is very limited.

In short, for some centuries, the Netherlands was known as sea coachmen.

I can’t remember the reason, but it seems to be because it was cheap.

The Netherlands has big-bellied ships that can accommodate more cargo, are cheaper to rent than other merchant ships, and are said to be very life-saving.

That was all he remembered about the sea coachman.

But…

“Do you remember the difference?” Youhuo asked again, “Can you test these in a disciplined manner?”

Qin Jiu: “If you’re lucky, there’s a one-in-a-thousand chance.”

Youhuo said “ha”: “Dreaming is faster.”

Isn’t the characteristic of this stupid system obvious enough?Typically, you won’t take the exam anywhere.

Even if you pass the exam, you have made many twists and turns, which is very dishonest.

•

This boat responsible for picking up people is very small.

Within a few minutes of driving, there were sudden waves on the sea.

It was as if I had just left the simulated fake sea and finally entered the real sea.

The sea is rough.

Across the thick wooden cabin, we could hear the roar of thunderstorms, and occasionally lightning flashed through the trap door.

The boat was rocked and tilted.

It’s very unpleasant for a person who doesn’t get seasick, and Qin Zhu’s face is equally unpleasant.

In this extremely uncomfortable environment, they both fell asleep on the table and were completely unaware of it.

•

Youhuo was awakened by the biting cold.

He opened his eyes suddenly and saw the gloomy sky.

Sky?

he turned over and sat up, and found that he was no longer in the dirty cabin of the boat.

Under him is a black reef that is barely flat, covered with a layer of ice.The reef was very large, and Qin Zhu was lying on his side.

This should be on the sea, because behind them is an isolated island made of rubble, with nearly twenty wooden boats leaning crookedly around the island.

About ten of them were the same as the one they were on, small and dilapidated.

The other three were much larger.

One of the three boats was leaning close to Youhuo.

It can be seen that the deck of this kind of ship is very narrow, but the cabin is huge, like a quick-frozen pot-bellied dumpling.

All the lights on the ship were turned off, and some of the bows and masts were frozen. It was obvious that it had been anchored for a while and no one was there.

Youhuo patted Qin Zu twice, feeling strange in his heart.

He’s all awake, but this person still hasn’t responded…

The other party was patted twice and woke up with his eyes squinted.he didn’t notice anything unusual at first.This is enough to show that Qin Jiu is really not afraid of the cold at all.

When he pinched the bridge of his nose and sat up, he said to Youhuo: “Morning…”

Youhuo wanted to carve the word “zao” on his face.

“Blow the air first and then decide whether to continue greeting me like this.”

You Huo took a step to the side, and the wind blocked by he hit Qin Ju.

“…”

The effect was immediate and the invigilator was instantly sober.

Qin Zhu stood up, put his gloves on his eyebrows and looked out.

As far as the eye can see, there are curling white ice and snow everywhere, like polar ice fields.

“Still in the sea?” Qin Zhu said with a frown.

“Yeah.” Youhuo pointed back with his thumb and said, “Behind is the island.”

Qin Jiu glanced around and said, “Let’s go to the island and have a look.”

•

A moment later, You Huo, Qin Zu… and Qin Zu’s suitcase were standing in front of a cave on the island.

Someone pressed a piece of gray-white canvas at the entrance of the cave to make a mark.

Uncomfortably, they originally thought the canvas was being held down by a cloud of snow.

As I walked in, I discovered an eye in the snow.

Qin Zhu frowned, identified it, and said, “Arctic hare.”

The Arctic hare had been dead for a long time, frozen together with the canvas and sealed by a layer of ice.

Just as Youhuo was about to bend down to take a look, the familiar voice of the system came from the Arctic Hare:

[All candidates have arrived at the examination room.】

[This round of examination is a large examination room, with a total of 36 candidates, divided into 18 groups based on the departure port, with two candidates in each group.The sum of the scores of candidates within the group is the basis for calculating the grade of this exam]

[The scoring method in this game adopts a behavioral participation model. There is no answer sheet and no standard answers.In addition to the original score, there are opportunities for additional points and the possibility of additional deductions.】

[At the end of this exam, those with a combined score ranking of C will need to take the retake, and those with a combined score of D will be eliminated together.】

[The starting scores of each group of candidates are now announced as follows.】

The sound of chiseling could be heard both inside and outside the huge cave. In the blink of an eye, the names of 18 groups of candidates appeared on the flat stone surface above the Arctic Rabbit’s head.

The names are grouped in pairs, and next to them is a long bar that represents their total score.

The higher the score, the higher the level and the longer the bar.

The entire ranking is based on scores from high to low.

You Huo glanced at it and saw that the top group had a total of 42 points.

Then there is a group of 40 points, a group of 39.5 points, a group of 35 points…

Go down in sequence.

They saw Shu Xue’s name at the bottom of the middle. She was in the same group as another candidate named Wu Li. The two of them scored a total of 26 points. They are currently ranked 12th, and their grade is tentatively C.

Apart from that, no acquaintances were found.

Yu Wen and his son are really not in this examination room, but at best, maybe they encountered the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.

As for Youhuo and Qinju…

These two great names were dignified and solemn, occupying the second to last position.

Invigilator No. 001 did not increase but decreased, and single-handedly raised the group’s total score to 17.25, dominating the D grade regardless of rain or shine.

Youhuo’s face is colder than the Arctic hare.

Qin Jiu met He’s gaze, spread his hands and said, “Thank you to the top students for helping the poor. I was not allowed to sit at the bottom of the list. I decided to perform well and try to gain some face for you.”

Youhuo: “…”

If you are such a bachelor, even the dead rabbits of the system will not be able to listen to you.

The system voice interrupted him unceremoniously:

[The scores are updated in real time. If you have any irrelevant questions, you can ask the invigilator 154, 922, 078, 021.】

When Youhuo heard 154 and 922, he glanced at Qin Zhu.

“You are also the invigilator, why do you look so happy when you hear 154 and 922?” Qin Jiu asked.

“…Which eye of yours sees the fallacy?”

While talking, Dead Rabbit spoke again:

[This exam has officially started. Now play the exam questions.】

[In the winter of 1597, three Dutch merchant ships were trapped in the ice-covered sea while passing through Russia, and were temporarily docked on an unnamed desert island to wait for the long winter to pass.This is the 8th month that we have lived here, and there are still 15 days until the end of winter when the sea ice melts. Candidates from each group are asked to help all members of the merchant fleet return home smoothly.】

[Question requirement: No crew member can be allowed to die, otherwise, the candidate in the last group at 0:00 a.m. that day will bear the responsibility for the death.】

[If there are more than two deaths on that day, it will be postponed to the next day, and the candidates in the last group at 0:00 a.m. that day will still bear the responsibility for the death, and so on until the number of dead crew members is covered.】

Responsible for death?

How to bear it?Vicarious death?Or go to the funeral?

Youhuo couldn’t help but think of the villagers in Chasu Village, and his expression turned ugly.

Suddenly, he felt someone hit him twice on the back of his hand.

Youhuo looked down and found that it was Qin Jiu’s finger.

“Don’t look at my hand, let me look at the hole over there.” Qin Zhu said, raising his finger.

Youhuo looked over and saw someone leaning out of the cave entrance.

Those people were wearing thick gray cloth coats similar to those from the Middle Ages, brown woolen vests, and some were wearing dirty animal skins. They all looked like foreigners.

They were haggard and looked dull, and they slowly walked out carrying a few people.

“What’s wrong?”

Youhuo looked at the person being carried, and his heart skipped a beat.

Those people’s eyes were closed, their faces were gray and lifeless.Two of them were even hard…

The leader seemed to understand a little Chinese. He turned his eyes dully, slowly looked at You Huo and Qin Jiu, and said in extremely poor Chinese: “Dead, crew member.”

Qin Zhu’s voice sounded softly from the side: “It’s a bit bad. Eight crew members died at the beginning.”

The group at the bottom is not enough to fill up, and it will soon be their turn to be at the bottom.

The author has something to say: I fell asleep while writing last night and knelt down.