The end of the world starts with failing the exam

Suddenly, Chen Jing interrupted Bai Aji's deep introspection.

He lowered his head and stared at the quiet provincial city below, his brows furrowing involuntarily.

Since he had been hiding in Sentinel Ridge before, and the network signal was interfered with, all ways to learn about the outside world were cut off. Therefore, before returning this time, he could hardly feel the changes outside.

Fortunately, this time the examiner opened the plane forum.

Through the posts in the forum, he had some understanding of the situation in the outside world.

Coupled with Qiao Youning and Li Mobai's stories, he had already sketched out the world outside Sentinel Ridge in his mind...

Bloody, brutal, chaotic.

The whole world was thrown into chaos by those alien species that suddenly resurrected.

The city seemed to be shrouded in a bloody shadow.

The remains of victims can be seen everywhere on the streets, and even the air is filled with a disgusting smell...

Of course, this is all Chen Jing's imagination.

At least this world was so miserable in his mind before, like a decaying corpse. He could imagine the rotten and oozing appearance without even looking at it...

But what he saw in front of him broke his imagination.

The city was empty, there was nothing.

No aliens, no humans.

Not even garbage can be seen on the clean and tidy streets.

Except for some damaged buildings that have not had time to be repaired, there are almost no traces of the presence of alien species in the city...

The scorching sun penetrated the dense and heavy clouds, mercilessly burning this empty and silent city. Chen Jingdu seemed to hear the sizzling sound in the air, and the white sunlight seemed to burn it to ashes and bake out the oil. Willing to give up.

"It's so quiet..." Chen Jing glanced at the deserted main streets of the city and felt a sense of depression coming over him.

"They all hid at home." Qiao Youning explained softly, "The Foundation acted very quickly, even more promptly than the [Ether Association]'s rescue, and they have support from people from various countries behind them, so..."

At this moment, several black drones suddenly took off rapidly from below and began to approach Baiaji at a very fast speed.

"It seems to be a drone from the Foundation..." Qiao Youning turned her head and glanced at it, and whispered, "Maybe they suspect that there is another alien invasion... After all, your mount looks like a alien..."

Hearing this, Bai Aji suddenly turned around and glared at Qiao Youning.

Alien species? !

How dare you use such a mean name on me? !

I am...

"What should we do?" Chen Jing looked at the drones hovering not far away with a headache. "If we just go around like this, the Foundation can't just shoot us with missiles, right?"

"How is that possible hahaha!"

At this moment, Qiao Youning changed her past image in front of Chen Jing.

She could laugh when she wanted to in front of Chen Jing. She would not feel embarrassed and deliberately restrain her emotions. Her inferiority complex and introverted personality were no longer visible.

"I have [Ether Association] identification." Qiao Youning took out something like an ID card from her long sleeve, held it in her hand and waved it at the drone.

next second.

The drones divided into two lines to make way for Chen Jing and the others.

"As soon as I saw they were equipped with cameras, I knew... there must be someone watching us from behind..." Qiao Youning put away the identity card with a slightly embarrassed expression on her face, "It would be too ostentatious for us to fly directly over like this..."

"Li Mobai said that candidates like us whose identities are exposed will get into trouble if we keep hiding them. It's better to be stronger. At least when someone comes to me... I can be a little polite."

Chen Jing patted Bai Aji's neck and said softly.

"Go, there are people waiting for us over there."

……

at the same time.

In the monitoring room of the [Shuguang Foundation] branch in the provincial capital.

The hundreds of monitors sitting in front of their workstations have fallen into a daze.

They stared motionlessly at Baiaji, who was slowly flapping his wings on the big screen, and felt that the world was indeed crazy...

Especially after seeing Qiao Youning take out the identity certificate, they felt even more incredible.

Could it be that the association has become so powerful that even alien species can be adopted as mounts? !

"That young man is also a member of the [Aether Society]?"

"I don't know... through information comparison... we can only confirm that he is also one of the candidates... but it seems that he has not joined the [Ether Association] yet..."

After hearing the answer given by his subordinate, the middle-aged man standing next to the screen nodded and showed a satisfied expression.

"Very good, we must not let this kind of talent go. We must draw him into our organization before the association does."

"understand!"

Chapter 201: Lonely Temple and Wishing Well

Mangshan Temple is located in the mountains on the northern outskirts of the provincial capital.

Compared with other popular temples in the provincial capital, this temple is a bit too low-key, and it can even be said that it has no sense of existence...

But Chen Jing has been here before.

So does Li Mobai.

That was when they were still studying.

In order to pray for good results in the college entrance examination, the two of them visited all the temples and Taoist temples in the city with the mentality of trying to make a difference.

Even the only church in the provincial town was not spared.

Chen Jing still remembers the image of himself praying to the statue of God helplessly.

At that time, Li Mobai was sitting in the back and eating fried potatoes, causing all the believers who came to attend the church service to roll their eyes at him.

"It's still the same here..."

When Chen Jing brought Qiao Youning to Mangshan Temple, he only found that the place was no different from what he remembered.

The simple and empty temple is hidden in the mountains, and the mountain path paved with bluestone bricks is still covered with yellow mud after the rain.

Everything here looks very shabby.

The pervasive smell of decay is a bit unsettling.

Chen Jing remembered that an old monk lived here.

He is the only living person in Mangshan Temple.

When Chen Jing and Li Mobai came here for the first time, the chubby old monk specially gave them some scones to eat, saying that he made them with wild vegetables from the mountains, and they were delicious when they were freshly baked. !

But now...the old monk is gone.

It's possible that he died or moved away.

Both the front and back of the temple were empty and no one could be seen, and Chen Jing could not sense the presence of anyone other than him and Qiao Youning.

"Why is it so gloomy here..." This is what Qiao Youning said, and she deliberately leaned closer to Chen Jing, but her expression was not afraid at all, and she seemed to be a little curious about this place.

"This place is not popular. It's normal for it to be eerie."

Chen Jing said and looked back at Bai Aji.

His eyes were full of warning.

Be good and don't run around, and don't follow me into the temple.

To avoid accidental collapse of the outer wall.

"I just sent a message to Li Mobai. He said that they encountered a little trouble and might come a little later..." Qiao Youning said in a low voice.

"Then just wait." Chen Jing smiled and pointed to the large water tank placed in the temple yard, "I made a wish here back then."

With that said, Chen Jing took Qiao Youning over.

The water tank placed in the yard is about one meter in diameter. It is filled with rainwater collected on rainy days. There is also a small ceramic bowl carved with dragons and phoenixes at the bottom of the tank, and some fifty-cent coins are piled on the side.

"Did you make a wish to this big water tank in the first place?"

"Yeah, haven't you ever played with it?" Chen Jing was groping in his pocket as he spoke, as if he was looking for something, "I see that many temples have this thing..."

Qiao Youning shook her head and asked curiously: "What are you looking for?"

"Coins, do you have them?" Chen Jing asked.

"Nope..."

"It's okay, it's here!"

Chen Jing glanced into the water tank. Before Qiao Youning could react, he rolled up his sleeves and thrust his right hand into the water tank, grabbing a handful of fifty-cent coins.

"Here you go." Chen Jing gave half of it to Qiao Youning. He bent over and stood by the water tank and stared at the small ceramic bowl at the bottom of the tank. "Don't touch the water. Throw the coin down. If it falls into the bowl, it means you want to Lucky..."

"I understand...then let me try!"

Qiao Youning held her breath, aimed at the small bowl at the bottom of the tank, and carefully put down a coin.

With a splash, the coin entered the water.

The route that was supposed to go straight down suddenly changed. The coin swayed left and right in the water, and finally fell next to the porcelain bowl.

"This requires skill." Chen Jing said with a smile, and then threw a coin... Under the expectant eyes of the two, the coin finally fell on the edge of the bottom of the tank, which was worse than Qiao Youning.

Seeing Chen Jing's expression a little disappointed, Qiao Youning hurriedly persuaded him.

"It's okay! We still have a handful of coins! Take your time and don't rush!"

"I wasn't in a hurry..."

Perhaps because Chen Jing and the others came, the empty temple finally had some life.

The two of them were chattering in the yard, while Bai Aji was lying on his stomach and yawning outside the gate.

Occasionally, it would look up into the forest and find those noisy cicadas really annoying...

For this rare and interesting entertainment activity.

Both Chen Jing and Qiao Youning cherish it.

From beginning to end, they kept the strength of their hands at the level of a normal person.

No one wants to cheat.

But it was probably Chen Jing's bad luck.

Qiao Youning threw in more than a dozen coins one after another, but in the end he failed to throw in even one.

So when it came to the end, Chen Jing couldn't help but feel a little irritated. The coins he tossed became more and more crooked, and he wished he could just...

"It's okay, take your time." Qiao Youning could see that Chen Jing was a little angry and hurriedly comforted him, "I believe you can do it!"

"Don't use coaxing words to coax me..." Chen Jing said in a dumbfounded voice, and was immediately discouraged.

Chen Jing squatted beside the water tank looking helpless.

He opened his palm and took a look, only the last coin was left...

"I shouldn't be so unlucky..."

After looking at it carefully for almost half a minute, Chen Jing carefully tossed out the last coin.

Plop into the water.

The coin staggered towards the porcelain bowl.

Chen Jing couldn't help but hold his breath when he saw this, and watched eagerly as it fell into the bowl... But when it fell to half the water depth, it shook violently and deviated from the original route again.

Seeing that the last coin was about to fall out of the porcelain bowl again, Chen Jing sighed as if he was resigned to his fate.

It seems that I am really unlucky. It is better to be careful recently, especially not to gamble with others, otherwise...

suddenly.