Cataclysm King

Chapter 459 Semester Assessment Trial
Time flies, and before I knew it, several months have passed.

Ji Xun came to the Royal Academy just for the extraordinary knowledge in the library.

So he gave up almost all unnecessary social activities.

No dances, no parties, no participation in any extraordinary clubs
My daily life is almost just going between the library and the teaching building.

Every day he immersed himself in the ocean of books, absorbing vast amounts of extraordinary knowledge like a whale.

But the Royal Academy’s collection of books is really too vast.

Even with a clone, Ji Xun felt that it might take him hundreds of years to finish reading it.

Fortunately, although the Royal Academy has countless books, it is also very regular.

This is the result of the compilation of countless predecessors in the academy over the past two thousand years.

The books on the bookshelf are not like sand, giving people a messy feeling.

But it's like a "tree".

The library's hundreds of millions of books are divided into categories.

A category is like a big tree.

For example, fire spells are a large category, like "tree trunk".

Then many "branches" were divided into major categories, such as element theory, ritual structure, seals, spells, barriers, mystery, etc.

Finally, there are various spells that are as colorful as "leaves".

The entire library is a forest of knowledge.

Each category has detailed explanations from authoritative card designers in this field, as well as librarians' labels to guide readers on how to choose the direction they need.

This greatly improves the efficiency of students finding books and reading in the library.

Ji Xun's comprehension is already extremely high, and his realm of essence is also very high.

Reading those basic classics can help you understand almost everything.

For many categories of books, you can basically understand the general framework of this type of knowledge by reading the general outline and finding a few representative works.

Coupled with his photographic memory and ability to multitask and read multiple books at the same time, he has read a huge number of books in the past few months.

He has read almost all the categories in the library.

When you see your own shortcomings and what you are interested in, you should learn more about it, even if it is literature, art, or history.
Legend has it that the Southern Continent is the origin of the Kashi civilization. Although it is not as glorious as the Taren Empire in the Old Continent, its historical depth far exceeds that of the Old Continent.

These classics contain a large amount of knowledge about various discontinuous civilizations that Ji Xun had never heard of before.

Doxil Civilization, Lordaeron Civilization, Alterac Ruins Civilization, Ancient Rodami River Civilization.
All the ancient documents that Ji Xun had seen when he was visiting the Adventurer's Market before can be found in the library.

These classics are like a mysterious veil covering the world, which is being peeled off layer by layer.

It was visibly that Ji Xun had a better understanding of this world.

Because Ji Xun spent so much time in the library, he gradually lost his sense of presence in the college.

In contrast, the other members of the Langdon family's sixteenth team are becoming more and more famous among the freshmen in the college.

Especially David, Gang Duoduo and Seri.

After successfully changing their jobs, their strength and talent have truly experienced explosive growth.

Because of the "S-level" evaluation in the trial when they entered school, they were constantly challenged.

This high-intensity challenge rhythm gave them valuable practical experience. In addition, the magic secrets and 100,000 credits given as a start-of-school bonus made their growth rate even faster than other students.

Even the nun Zhuosha and the assassin Gale are among the best in the same profession.

this day.

Ji Xun walked out of the library.

At the entrance of the library, the five teammates who had been blocking the entrance early saw him the first time and greeted him enthusiastically: "Hey, Su Lun, we are here!"

Ji Xun walked over with a smile and greeted, "Are you all here?"

Hearing this, Seli complained: "You are such a jerk. You are not even going to prepare for the semester trial today, and you are still hanging out in the library?"

Ji Xun laughed when he heard this, "It's just a trial, what's there to prepare for?"

Don't be fooled by this guy's lizard face. He is kinder than most humans at heart.

Hearing this, Zhuo Sha's face under the black and white nun's headscarf showed a faint smile and said, "That's right. For others, this kind of trial must be well prepared. But for [Polyologist], reading books in the library is preparation."

"hehe."

Ji Xun smiled noncommittally.

This "polymath" is both joking and serious.

Now the teammates are very familiar with each other and there is no strangeness in their tone.

As soon as these words were spoken, the teammates responded with smiles.

"Yes."

"Haha, everyone thinks that the best player in our Landon 16th team might be David, or maybe Seri and Duoduo. But if you ask me, I think Su Lun is the best. This guy knows everything, and I don't know how he loses. It's a pity that no one comes to challenge him."

"He hangs out in the library every day, it would be strange to find him. But having said that, we must do our best in this trial. I heard that the top few will get generous rewards. Let's go to the back mountain to gather, otherwise the instructor will punish us if we are late."

"Don't be so anxious. Su Lun came out at this time, and he had already calculated the time. We will definitely not be late."

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Ji Xun just smiled as he listened.

As his teammates said, he is actually the best player in their team.

However, his teammates did not really see his strength, but rather the tacit understanding that came from the team.

Only teammates who have participated in team trials together know how lucky they are to have a teammate who "knows everything".

From the assassination during the entrance exam to the award ceremony and team training.
It's okay once, but it happens every time.

No matter what situation he encountered, he could always think of reasonable and even refreshing tactics; no matter what kind of mechanism, prohibition, spell or magic, he knew a thing or two; especially in theoretical classes, he could always give a perfect answer.
This guy perfectly illustrates the absurdity of the career sequence of "Polyologist".

Although Ji Xun's performance in the battle was not outstanding, his teammates had no doubt in their hearts that this guy must be very powerful.

David was especially touched.

As a slave, he could not enjoy any teaching resources, so in the past few months, almost all the problems he encountered in his practice were solved by Ji Xun.

Although he didn't know how brilliant the things Ji Xun taught him were.

But he was able to comprehend the [Ba Quan], which showed that he already had a heart that understood martial arts.

He could feel through his martial arts intuition that this teammate was truly special.

He was confident that he could fight any card master of the same level he had met. Even if he lost, he knew where he would lose.

However, when seeing Ji Xun, David always had a feeling of being unpredictable, and he didn't even know how to make a move.

It seems that no matter what moves he makes, the other party will definitely predict it.

This was a feeling of oppression that he had never felt from any other student of the same level.

Ji Xun certainly knew that David would notice his difference.

My original plan was to be a complete nobody and just hang out in the library.

Later, he found out that David was Gong Wu's disciple, so he gave him some pointers.

As long as there is a purpose, there will certainly be flaws in the causal line.

But it's not a big problem.

The "power" that teammates noticed was still within a reasonable range.

Moreover, this impression allowed Ji Xun to perform better in this assessment.

That's right.

The college’s mid-term exams are coming up these days.

It is called a trial, but in fact it is an assessment.

Just like the exams in the previous life, this is the activity that the students look forward to the most, but also feel the most nervous about.

After studying in the college for a year, it is time to test the learning results.

What we expect is that, just like the entrance examination, there will be surprise rewards in the examination, which is one of the most important ways for students to obtain a large number of credits;

What is worrying is that there is a death quota for this kind of assessment.

Every year, many unlucky people or those who slack off in their studies would die suddenly during the trials.

But this is a mandatory assessment and no one can escape it.

This is true even for princes and princesses.

This is also the reason why Ji Xun didn't stay in the library all day on his rare day off.

After waiting for Ji Xun, the team of six headed towards the back mountain of the academy.

The powerful strength also gave everyone confidence.

The few of them had no worries about the upcoming trial, only anticipation.

On the way to the back mountain, there were groups of first-year students, all of whom were going to the trial, and they were all talking about things related to the trial. "Hey, what do you think the theme of the trial will be this year? I heard from the seniors that if it's a normal adventure mode, it's fine, but if it's a war theme, many people will die in the Tower of Babel every year."

"Who knows? Anyway, our team is not very strong as a whole. Even in war mode, we won't get too difficult trial tasks. But then, we will get less credits and rewards."

"Yeah. After I accumulated those credits and exchanged them for a volume of ultimate martial arts, I only have a few dozen points left. I'm still waiting for this assessment to earn more points, exchange them for the privilege of the 'training room', and break through the bottleneck of boxing. I hope the trial will be more difficult."

"Look, that's the team from Duke Langdon's Mansion! Those guys have such a strong aura. I heard that three of them are in the top 50 of the first-year combat power list."

"Humph! They are just upstarts with good luck. Aren't they able to reach their current level only because of those '100,000 credits' and the magic secrets? If they were given to me, I would definitely not be short of it."

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Ji Xun and his teammates walked along the way, and of course they heard the gossip.

But I've gotten used to it a long time ago.

In the Southern Continent, being strong is envied by others, and this is something to be proud of.

Other teams may still be short of credits, but everyone in their team, except David, has a stock of 100,000 points.

It's only been a few months, there's no way I can spend it all.

The dwarves are outspoken. Gang Duoduo didn't take their gossip seriously, but he muttered as he walked, "Ah, I still have a lot of credits, so the trial rewards don't matter. But I'm very interested in the 'Babel Trial Ranking'. What do you think, can our team set a new record?"

Hearing this, Serri laughed and joked, "Who would complain about having too many credits? Just exchanging some high-end items will cost you tens of thousands of credits. I have spent tens of thousands of credits in the past few months."

Sister Zhuo Sha also said: "Yes. After you are promoted to a higher level, the credits required to exchange for extraordinary materials will increase. Of course, the more credits the better. I am preparing the materials required for the second-level job transfer. I have checked that many materials for the Yaoyin Card also require tens of thousands of credits."

Gale's eyes were full of expectations for the future: "Now that I have the magic secret, if possible, I also plan to exchange it for the legendary demon mark. But I saw that it would cost hundreds of thousands of credits, and I'm still working hard to save them up."

Gang Duoduo: "Ah? I almost forgot, we dwarves don't use demon marks. I don't need many materials. I train in the 'Training Room' every day, so I can never use up all the materials."

Everyone: "."

Ji Xun couldn't help laughing when he heard it.

However, the other few people all had a bit of pride to a greater or lesser extent.

And he really lacks it.

Others thought that he was able to stay in the independent reading room on the second floor of the library for a long time because of the 100,000 credits awarded as a reward at the beginning of the semester.

The reality is that those 100,000 credits are long gone.

This is because he used up the tens of thousands of points remaining on Griffith's library card, which has kept him going until now.

Now, several months have passed, and there are only a few hundred credits in his student card.

He estimated that there would still be a huge gap of hundreds of thousands of credits in the future just to exchange for the classics in his must-read list.

Not to mention exchanging for other things.

Therefore, in this trial, Ji Xun felt that if possible, he should really get as much as possible.

The entire Royal Academy is built at the foot of the Titan Mountains.

Ji Xun and his six companions walked along the boulder-paved road from the library in the center of the college for nearly ten kilometers before they arrived at the back mountain.

There is a special building here that is a hundred stories high.

It has a special name that exists in mythology - Tower of Babel!
This is another place in the Royal Academy that makes Ji Xun very curious.

Because Griffith said that this was the fragment of the inherited artifact used by the Royal Academy of the Talen Dynasty to train students three thousand years ago.

Ji Xun had even seen it before.

That was the "Shenxu Treasure House" that Jia Yu had used to annihilate the Scarlet and Silver Moon sects.

And this Tower of Babel is another part of the inherited artifact.

This tower looks like a building, but in reality, it can create a trial venue that can accommodate tens of thousands of people at a time.

The trial scenes in the tower are independent magical worlds, where participants can gain rewards by taking risks and completing tasks.

In other words, this is an "artificial different-dimensional space"!
And it is a different-dimensional space that can be controlled to a certain extent.

If we really want to judge the strength of the Royal Academy of Arel, this tower accounts for at least one-third of it.

Even many of the collections and treasures in the library were brought out of this tower by the students.

After being in the academy for so long, this was the first time that Ji Xun saw the [Tower of Babel].

Seeing this towering white tower, he narrowed his eyes slightly. He was shocked by the miraculous grandeur and muttered in his heart: "Controllable different-dimensional space, what level of god was it that created this artifact?"

Artificially creating different dimensions is like creating one world after another.

Ordinary people cannot understand it, nor will they think about understanding it.

But Ji Xun is not like that.

In the deduction of "I am the world", those logically self-consistent virtual worlds made him seem to glimpse a vague shadow of the extraordinary and supreme realm.

But at the same time, he thought of another question: "Strange, where does the energy of this Tower of Babel come from?"

No matter what secret realm it is, it needs energy support.

Just like the battle in the City of Innocence, Jia Yu was able to drive the Shenxu Treasure House, but he had used up all the resources left by Nan Shenyu, the last priest of Taren three thousand years ago.

I used it once and now I don't know how to use it a second time.

But now, the Tower of Babel of the Arel Royal Academy opens trials to all students every year.

It lasted for thousands of years, and the energy consumed was terrifying.

So, where does the energy for this tower come from?

It seemed as if the college's top management deliberately concealed this fact.

Even when Griffith came as a mentor, he didn't understand the secret, so you can imagine how deep it is.

Of course, Ji Xun became more and more curious.

As his teammates joked, Ji Xun went out on time.

When he arrived, the first-year students had almost gathered.

It didn't take long before the vice-president in charge of first-year studies stood on the stage and began to speak.

"Students, the test to test your learning achievements has begun."

"The theme of this year's trial is 'Ancient Civilization Exploration'. The alien space opened by the Tower of Babel is also a space rich in treasures. I hope everyone will explore it enthusiastically."

"The academy has set up generous rewards for this assessment. The top 100 teams will receive a large number of credits, relics, martial arts, and materials as rewards."

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Although Ji Xun was thinking about other things in his mind, he also listened carefully to the trial rules of the vice-president.

Generally speaking, it was pretty much what he knew.

The rules and rewards are similar to the trials of previous years.

The trial is conducted in teams, and points are earned and finally ranked.

Students can not only get rewards from the trial space, but also receive additional rewards from the academy based on their rankings.

Ji Xun estimated that the academy's rewards for the top ten teams in the trial were worth more than 100,000 credits.

Although their team is strong, they still have to rely on luck a lot of the time.

It is true that the trials in the Tower of Babel are in an alien dimension that can be controlled by humans.

But even the hospital has only a small amount of authority to choose the difficulty and send observers.

But it is impossible to control the direction of the plot and the hidden risks.

This is also the reason why people die in the trials every year.

This kind of assessment trial is a very rare experience for noble students who have never participated in adventures since childhood.

But for Ji Xun, who is used to exploring various wild and different-dimensional spaces, this is nothing new.

In his opinion, this is essentially a low-level extra-dimensional space with controlled risks.

I can't even muster much interest.

Just as Ji Xun was thinking, the vice president in front of him finished speaking.

Then a female voice came from my ear: "Students, get ready, we are about to enter the trial space. Remember to be careful and ensure your safety."

The one who spoke was a young woman with red hair.

This is the mentor and assistant of Ji Xun's team of more than 50 people, the fourth-level Flame Dragon Girl, Qiluona.

If Ji Xun guessed correctly, the identity given by this person was not just an assistant teacher. Instead, the college was still investigating the assassination of Sack and specially arranged an investigator.

During these months of contact, Ji Xun discovered that Qiluona had been contacting their team intentionally or unintentionally under the guise of an assistant teacher, trying to find out some clues.

Although the method was clever, no one in the team knew what had happened except Ji Xun.

Of course the investigation yielded no results.

The other party posed no threat to him, so he ignored it.

But for some reason, Ji Xun had a special premonition at this critical juncture of the trial.

He always felt that this woman seemed to have some other purpose hidden.

(End of this chapter)