The Re-examination Begins with an Unexpected Grudge

Yun Ning was the last to get out of the car.
He slammed the door shut.

“Junior Huang, do your best!” he whispered.

“Okay!” Huang Xiu nodded vigorously.

She couldn’t think of a reason she would lose this re-examination.
And she absolutely couldn’t afford to lose.

After chatting for a while, Professor Yuan left first with Yun Ning, heading into the exam hall.
He was one of the examiners and needed to enter early.

Huang Xiu watched Yuan Fei and Yun Ning walk into that dilapidated building with the national flag of Daxia.

“Re-examination, here I come!” she said silently to herself.

Then she took a deep breath and strode toward the door.

Compared to its shabby exterior, the inside of the building was actually not bad.
The putty on the walls was white, the lights were brand new and clear, and even the floor was made of beige tiles that were so shiny they could be used as mirrors.
It was clearly just renovated.

On the right side of the first floor lobby was a wooden table covered with light blue velvet cloth.
Behind the table sat a woman in glasses wearing a suit.
She had been writing something, but when she heard Huang Xiu’s footsteps, she immediately looked up and said softly, “Are you here for the re-examination?”

“Yes,” Huang Xiu nodded and walked over.

“Please show me your ID card, and I will register you.”

“Okay, just a moment.”

Huang Xiu reached into her pocket as she spoke, but just as she took out her ID card and was about to hand it over, she suddenly shivered and froze.
Her ID card hadn’t been updated yet.
The photo still showed her when she was male.

But…

“Yesterday, Professor Yuan already used my ID card to register me, so it should be fine…”

Thinking like this, Huang Xiu finally handed over the ID card.

“Please wait a moment.”
The suited woman took the ID card, looked up at Huang Xiu, then down at the photo.
She went back and forth several times.
Just as Huang Xiu thought she might need to contact Professor Yuan, the suited woman suddenly handed back the ID card and then pulled a piece of paper from the table.

“Please sign your name after your name.”
She pointed to a column on the form with her left hand, and with her right hand she handed another sheet.
“Please fill out this form as soon as possible. It is an important basis for the re-examination.”

“Ah, okay, okay.”
Huang Xiu took back the ID card as if relieved, quickly picked up the pen and signed her name.
Then, holding the form and pen, she followed the guidance and hurried into the elevator.

She pressed the button for the third basement floor, and the elevator door slowly closed.
The silver-gray elevator door was like a mirror, reflecting the girl’s face.

“Phew.”
She patted her chest and sighed, “Professor Yuan was actually reliable for once.”

Clearly, Professor Yuan had coordinated with the authorities.
Otherwise, she would have been screwed on this entry registration.

The elevator descended slowly.
The red numbers on the floor indicator blinked at an extremely slow pace.
It meant that the third basement floor was deeper than she had imagined.

Taking advantage of this time, Huang Xiu picked up the form that was said to be an important basis for the re-examination and looked at it.
“Simple introduction of your own ability, application direction, foreseeable growth…”
She softly read the keywords on it and quickly understood the purpose of the form.
This form was used to collect examinees’ ability information and was also the first test of the re-examination.
It tested the examinee’s understanding of their own ability.
What was the essence of their ability? In what situations could it be used? What were its main applications?
Combat, control, exploration, support, logistics, or something else?
Examinees needed to define their ability and clarify its future development direction and foreseeable growth areas.

Wow, this was a bit difficult!
While Huang Xiu was pondering, the elevator had reached the third basement floor.
She put away the form and walked out.

Outside the elevator was a gray-white corridor that twisted left and right but had no branching paths.
The strange design made Huang Xiu complain inwardly.

After walking for a while, she arrived at her destination: a huge silver-white room.
Or rather, a plaza?
In this plaza, the floor, walls, and the extremely high ceiling were all silver-white.
The texture felt like metal, but Huang Xiu could not identify which kind.
Circular incandescent lamps were embedded in the ceiling, providing the only light in the plaza.

There were already many people here.
The girl glanced quickly and saw layers of heads.
It felt like at least two hundred people.
The sound of chattering and noise was incessant, and the whole plaza was like a marketplace.

“So there are this many specials in the re-examination?” Huang Xiu was somewhat surprised, her mouth slightly open.

“Of course. Yunshang Province has seventy million people, a major province in Daxia.”
A soft female voice suddenly sounded beside her.

Huang Xiu turned to look and saw a loli about 1.62 meters tall standing behind her with arms crossed.
She had twin ponytails, a lollipop in her mouth, panda-themed headphones on her head, and was dressed very sporty.
She wore a blue sports bra on top, denim hot pants and black sports tights on the bottom.
But on her feet were a pair of blue canvas shoes.

“Hi, I am Liu Lu, Lu as in dew. Let’s get acquainted, cute big sister.”
As she spoke, she extended her fair, tender little hand to Huang Xiu with a cute smile on her face.

“Ah, hello, I am Huang Xiu.”
Huang Xiu quickly reached out and shook that soft, boneless little hand.
Thanks to Senior Li, she now had some immunity to terms like ‘junior sister’ and ‘big sister’.

“Huang Xiu.” Liu Lu’s cute nose wrinkled. “So you are that S-rank?”

“Huh? You know…”
Huang Xiu was stunned for a moment.
Before she could finish, a sudden force came from her right hand.
Then came a sharp pain.

“You bastard, die!” Liu Lu screamed weirdly, her left hand suddenly grabbing her right hand, and together they squeezed tightly.

“Ow! Ow!”
Huang Xiu’s face twisted instantly, and the form in her left hand slipped to the ground.
She tried to pull back her right hand but could not.
She used her left hand to push Liu Lu but could not budge her.

“What are you doing!” she shouted angrily, a hint of suppressed grievance in her voice.
She did not even know this person named Liu Lu!
It was completely inexplicable!

“What am I doing? Hmph.”
Liu Lu continued to squeeze and rub Huang Xiu’s right hand while sneering.
“It seems you have forgotten.”
“Right, let me help you remember.”
She showed her sharp canine teeth, enjoying Huang Xiu’s pain, and said slowly, “If you are bad, practice more. If you cannot handle it, do not play. Do you remember that sentence?”

That familiar sentence instantly awakened Huang Xiu’s memory.

“You are that Yasuo?!”
She was full of surprise, her face twisted in pain, but mostly in confusion.
How did this Liu Lu know that she was that Yasuo!
Was she intentionally feeding that day?
That was the only possibility Huang Xiu could think of.

“That’s right! I am that Zed!” Liu Lu let out a strange cackling laugh.
“I kindly explained to you, but you would not listen. You even mocked me, called me bad!”
“Since that’s the case, do not blame me for coming to confront you offline!”