The end of the world starts with failing the exam

Smith answered truthfully and made no secret of it.

"When the awakening ceremony was held within the association, I was already too old to compare with these young people..."

"Are there many A-level members like Zhou Guojian in your association?" Chen Jing looked at the corpse that had gradually turned black and decayed, and asked slowly.

"How could there be so many..." Smith was amused by Chen Jing's innocence.

He explained patiently: "There are no more than five hundred A-class members in the world. If there were tens of thousands of people like them who could easily dodge bullets, then the world would have been in chaos long ago... "

"Tell me about your association." Chen Jing looked away from the corpse and turned to look at Smith.

"How about...you take me to your grandpa's study first?" Smith said with a smile, raising his finger to point at the cloudy sky, "It's raining so hard now, it's not appropriate to stand here and chat..."

Chen Jing said nothing, just smiled politely and remained unmoved.

"Okay... I can only tell you part of the association's affairs..." Smith struggled a little and then gave up.

He accepted Chen Jing, a tough guy like Hob Meat who wouldn't eat anything.

Although Smith wanted to seize this close opportunity to subdue Chen Jing, he just wanted to think about it.

Smith doesn't intend to take risks without being completely sure.

Because the day of evolution is not far away, he still wants to keep this old life to welcome the new round of evolution...

To put it bluntly, Smith has not lived enough.

"The Ether Association was established in 1975. At that time, representatives from various countries went to Antarctica to participate in the conference called 'The End of Civilization.' After that, they negotiated funding and established the Ether Association to deal with the end of the world."

"Are all countries involved?" Chen Jing frowned, not expecting their backstage to be so strong.

"Yes, everyone is involved."

Smith nodded, then threw out the bait in his eyes.

"If you are willing to cooperate with us, I can serve as a guarantor and send you to the association. With your ability, it is only a matter of time before you are promoted to the top of the association."

"Money, power."

"It's all within your reach."

"And I can also help you submit an application for level promotion to the association and ask them to host a second awakening ceremony for you..."

Chapter 56: Garbled Codes and Lies

It was still raining heavily in the sky.

Smith made no sound after throwing out the bait.

He waited patiently for Chen Jing's reply. He was very confident that Chen Jing would agree to it.

the reason is simple.

He had read Chen Jing's information.

I also know what Chen Jing’s living environment is like.

Smith knows that almost all people living in this land do not want to pursue fame and wealth...

"How do I know if you are lying to me?" Chen Jing asked doubtfully.

Hearing this, Smith was ecstatic.

But he didn't dare to show any emotion, so he could only rack his brains to appease Chen Jing and give explanations.

"From the moment you showed your extraordinary abilities, I will never lie to you again. You have no idea how valuable a powerful extraordinary person like you is to the association..."

After saying that, Smith stretched out a finger and pointed at the three corpses one by one in turn.

"Even if you tell the association directly that you killed these three members, the upper echelons of the association will not punish you. They will only praise you for your youthfulness and vitality..."

"Realistic enough." Chen Jing couldn't help laughing.

"This world has always been like this." Smith raised his finger and pointed at the dark clouded sky. "Right and wrong are all in their minds. You just need to show your due value."

"It seems that this organization of yours has no human touch at all... If I join... I might be sold out by you one day..."

Chen Jing said with a smile and changed the topic before Smith could answer.

"Tell me, why did you come to my grandpa today?"

This time, Smith gave a quick answer.

It was as if it had been prepared in advance.

"For some documentation."

In Smith's eyes, his words sounded extremely credible.

He observed Chen Jing calmly, hoping to see something from Chen Jing's face, because he had no way of determining whether Chen Jing's previous performance was true or false.

Did Chen Boxu tell him what happened back then?

No.

wrong.

He should have been told.

Since this kid is a transcendent, it means that Chen Boxu must have done something to him, and it is very likely that he will give him what happened back then...

"Isn't it a document?"

Chen Jing knew that Smith was talking nonsense.

But he always remembered the psychological knowledge taught to him by his university tutor.

So Chen Jing knew that he couldn't tell all lies now.

Only half-truths and half-falsehoods will fall into the trap of such an old man who has read countless people.

"Why do I remember it's a stone tablet?"

"You!! You really know everything!!!"

"know a little."

Chen Jing admired the astonishment and surprise on Smith's face with great interest, but his words were still half-truths and half-falsehoods.

"But my grandfather did not say anything about your [Ether Association]. He once mentioned you to me..."

"What did he say about me..." Smith stared at Chen Jing closely, trying to see the flaws in his subtle expression.

Chen Jingpi shrugged with a smile, which was regarded as an answer to the old man.

He is actually gambling.

He bet that the experiences Smith mentioned earlier were true.

Because he had never heard the old man say those things.

If what Smith said was false but he acted like he believed it, then no matter how stupid Smith was, he would definitely doubt him.

But if it's true...

"I understand why it's good to enjoy the shade under a big tree." Chen Jing seemed to treat himself as a chess piece and took another step forward on the chessboard. "As long as the conditions you offer are suitable, joining your association is not impossible... …”

When Smith heard this, his complicated expression was immediately replaced by a smile.

"Son, you can mention the conditions. These three lives are determined by me. I will help you explain it to the association."

It was you who killed those two people.

Is it still yours?

It's so stinky and shameless.

Chen Jing couldn't help but complain in his heart.

"First, today's matter ends here. You are not allowed to use this matter to trouble me in the future..."

"Don't worry, it won't happen."

"second……"

Chen Jing scratched his hair that was wet from the rain and put forward the most critical condition.

"You guys came to my grandfather to get the stone tablet... let's just forget about it... can we just stop this matter?"

"This! This doesn't work!"

Smith's reaction was somewhat unexpected by Chen Jing, and he was stammering in excitement.

"That stone tablet was requested by the association to take back! This! There is no room for negotiation!"

Seeing this scene, Chen Jing couldn't help but sigh.

He thought he could put the matter to rest.

At least at this juncture, he didn't want to provoke a behemoth like the [Ether Association]...

If the [Ether Association] is as big as Smith said, it will definitely be very difficult to get out of it after joining.

But if the negotiation with Smith fails, then let this big living person go back.

This is undoubtedly letting the tiger return to the mountain.

But if he is cruel and chooses to kill people and silence them...

Don't think too much, the association will also find trouble for him.

After all, four living people disappeared in the mountains. They were neither alive nor dead, so how could the association not suspect him?

So the only optimal solution at present is to join them.

Yes.

Join the [Aether Association].

Even if Chen Jing doesn't want to do this, this is his only option at the moment.

In the final analysis, it is still not strong enough...

He was just a little old descendant who was afraid of even light thermal weapons.

If he had the strength of that crazy grandpa in the other world, let alone being afraid of some association coming to trouble him, even if the president came, he would be slapped with three big mouths!

"This is troublesome..."

Chen Jing felt a little headache.

Seeing Smith's eagerness for talent, he thought the matter would be discussed easily.

But what I didn't expect was that the stone tablet would be of such great significance to the association... Want to take it back?

That stone tablet should be in the old man's study, right?

and so……

Do you want to use that stone tablet as a certificate of surrender?

First, give him the stuff and ask him to take it back to the association for business.

As for the future, we will talk about it later.

There is always a time to get things back...

"It's not impossible to give you the stone tablet..."

Just when Chen Jing was hesitant to agree to him, the examination light curtain that he had closed suddenly lit up.

What is displayed above is not the candidate information page, but a line of garbled text.

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[He is lying to you%%￥Don't agree to SSS joining the association￥#You will die die die die... [＊Invalid characters detected]]

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Chen Jing looked at this line of information with disbelief, and then looked at old man Smith who was only two meters away from him.

at this moment.

The information on the light curtain changed again.