Sitting in the high school entrance exam hall, Bai Pu's mood was surprisingly calm.

The spacious classroom, arranged in the order of 7887, had four rows of desks, totaling 30.

Classical music played through the broadcast: "Sunshine Always Follows the Rain," followed by routine disciplinary instructions.

"As Awakened individuals, you cannot rely on special talents or abilities to cheat in the high school entrance exam... Each exam venue is equipped with spiritual energy monitoring devices, anyone using skills will immediately trigger an alarm…

"Reiterating once more, the fairness of the exam is critical, as it pertains to the world event rewards issued by the Spirit Realm Will! If a cheater receives a silver ranking or above, the Spirit Realm Will won't acknowledge it. Should the world event reward be lost because of this, you'll be deemed a sinner of Huaxia..."

The two invigilators, busy as wind-up robots, conducted security checks, unsealed, and distributed the exam papers. Once the dust settled and all candidates began writing busily, the two invigilators finally relaxed, standing at the front and back of the hall, entering the dull time of counting tiles.

The Awakening Scroll's cultural subjects consisted of four papers: history, philosophy, biology, and geography.

All four papers were handed out at once, with the exam time going from 9 AM to 3 PM, a total of six hours.

Lunch? Bathroom breaks?

Absolutely unnecessary. As Awakened individuals, not having even this endurance is embarrassing to mention.

Unlike pre-Spiritual Era subjects, these four subjects serve the Spiritual Civilization.

Bai Pu opened the history paper and unexpectedly found a short answer question.

"Please briefly describe the life of the famous 17th-century Northern European historical figure: Friedrich Wilhelm."

The Elector of Brandonburg, the founder of the Kingdom of Prussia, ancestor of the German Emperor, Duke William, who would have thought we'd meet in such a way.

Bai Pu felt a bit sentimental, then started writing briskly.

"Friedrich Wilhelm, also translated as Friedrich Wilhelm. Born in Berlin City Palace in Kern... During his reign, he continuously expanded territories, forcing Poland to relinquish sovereignty over Prussia... He emphasized the development of commerce and industry, dug canals, rewarded culture, and accepted immigrants... He reorganized the army, suppressed local powers, and strengthened central authority..."

Bai Pu wrote about Duke William from real-world European history.

As for the Flesh and Blood Plague: Duke William of the Origin Plane was a powerhouse born from the evolution of the Spirit Realm Will's rules.

The more illustrious Duke William's reputation in real-world history, the higher his mythic stature, the more powerful Duke William would be in the Spirit Realm Plane.

This is the relationship between the real world and the Source Plane—where the Source Plane is a Plane World generated by the Spirit Realm Will, extracted from a period of real-world history or a region, infused with some supernatural elements.

Therefore, knowing history helps in exploring the Spirit Realm to some extent, even though the historical figures evolved in the Spirit Realm might be unrecognizable, it can at least provide some reference.

After finishing the easiest history paper, Bai Pu then opened the philosophy paper.

A situational essay question.

"Plane World: Dragon Soul: The Revival of Ancient Martial Arts."

"Time: Late 19th to early 20th century; Location: Asia - Huaxia."

"Background: In a land of rampant powerful nations, the Qing Court was corrupt and incompetent, the people ignorant and numb, Ancient Martial Arts powerless against foreign guns and cannons, gradually declining. The dragons of Qinling Mountains stirred, reviving Huaxia's Dragon Qi, granting new life to the waning Ancient Martial Arts..."

"Scenario: Yihe Tuan leader Vermilion Lamp sneaks into the Qing Court, intends to change Empress Dowager Cixi's policy from 'suppressing instead of pacifying' towards the Yihe Tuan, to help them return to their path of supporting the Qing and fighting against barbarian countries."

"From the perspective of primary and secondary contradictions, persuade Empress Dowager Cixi."

This philosophy question evaluates the Awakened's eloquence.

Moreover, the question already hints at using "primary and secondary contradictions" as the angle, making the question rather simple, as there aren't alternative answers.

Bai Pu had a solid grasp of philosophical theory, and although he didn't usually enjoy talking with others, when it came to debate, his eloquence was top-notch.

Soon, a brilliant and eloquent "advice" piece was completed.

Following was the biology paper, assessing the Awakened's ability to gather valuable materials from Demonized Demon Plants and Mutant Monsters; the geography paper evaluated the Awakened's vision in surveying terrain and extracting Spiritual Energy Deposits...

Education serves the needs of the country, and this is profoundly true. As the country currently needs Awakened who can gather and extract spiritual materials, this is reflected in the exam papers.

What took six hours to complete, Bai Pu finished in just two, and even checked it over once.

Originally wanting to submit his paper, the invigilators waved him off, stating that submission was not allowed before the exam time was over.

Bai Pu dared not violate exam rules, so he simply lay on his desk and napped to replenish his energy.

The invigilators, seeing this, shook their heads helplessly, thinking to themselves that here was another slacker. Although the cultural subjects of the Awakening Scroll only accounted for 20% of the score, it should still be taken seriously; sleeping during exams meant he probably wouldn't get into any of the Eight Great Universities.

However, sleeping did not violate the rules, so the invigilators naturally did not intervene.

The long six hours finally came to an end.

"Hey, hey, wake up, examinee!"

The invigilator called Bai Pu, who was sleeping, to collect his exam paper.

Bai Pu stretched his stiff arms, flexed his body, and soon regained vitality. He flowed with the crowd, leaving the exam hall area.

Outside, it was packed with parents eagerly waiting, each craning their necks in anticipation.

With no one to see him off, Bai Pu idly walked to where the Seventeenth Middle School's sign was, where the gray-haired principal was struggling to lift the sign of Xicheng Seventeenth Middle School above his head, accompanied by several teachers from the senior year.

This was a symbolism of the exam, lifting the school sign high signified students performing well, akin to how parents wore qipaos and high heels to send off students in the pre-Spiritual Era.

A group of students had gathered around the school sign. Some were elated, others were visibly dejected.

"Students from the cultural class, do not discuss answers, there are more subjects to take later!" Teacher Ren shouted through a megaphone, "Combat squad students, do not discuss answers either, though your cultural subjects are over, there's a mock battle tomorrow, don't let it affect your performance..."

Since Bai Pu was the only one taking the Awakening Scroll exam at Seventeenth Middle School, Teacher Ren didn't need to shout through the megaphone at him.

Even with the megaphone instructions, there were still combat squad members secretly approaching Bai Pu to compare answers.

Bai Pu took the Awakening Scroll, and the written part for the Awakening Scroll was the same as that of the combat squad.

The difference between the two was that tomorrow's virtual combat for the Awakening Scroll would be far more challenging.

Additionally, aside from the virtual combat subject, the Awakening Scroll included an exam on Spirit Realm exploration, which combat squad members who hadn't awakened didn't need to take.

Cultural class students, in the future, could choose logistics or research-oriented majors.

The cultural class exam only had a written portion, and its content did not include Spirit Realm exploration emphasis. They were tested on Spiritual technology and socio-cultural knowledge, more deeply detailed in these two aspects.

Cultural class learners weren't tested six hours in one go, doing all written exams at once. Their written exams were divided into six sessions, each lasting one to two hours. They only had two sessions today, and will continue to take two each on the next two days.

A girl approached Bai Pu to compare answers, but as she mustered the courage to speak, she was scared away by Bai Pu's indifferent and unfocused gaze.

A boy came over, asking Bai Pu the answer to a certain question.

"Don't ask, Bai Pu didn't do anything, probably handed in a blank paper!" one student whispered, "After our exam venue emptied, I passed by Bai Pu's hall... The invigilator was waking him up at that time."

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