Gu Ji enhanced 2 points in the Central Nervous System, and with the boost from the reaction mark, he only needed to hear each question once before tactical ideas formed in his mind, allowing him to answer smoothly throughout.

"The candidate has finished answering the questions."

After saying this, Gu Ji prepared to stand up and leave.

The examiners began to pack up their materials, but one middle-aged examiner with a stern face did not hurry to leave. Instead, he suddenly asked, "During last week's graduation exercise, when faced with a criminal holding a hostage and negotiating with you, why did you decide to shoot?"

Gu Ji was slightly taken aback, "Examiner, is the interview not over yet?"

"Hehehe, today's interview is over. This is my personal question." The middle-aged stern-faced examiner's voice was deep and commanding, possessing an inherent authority.

This person was an old police officer, and he had been invited to visit the school on graduation day.

Gu Ji sat down, briefly reviewed the scenario, and answered, "Examiner, during the exercise, the criminal wanted to negotiate with me, but this behavior was a desperate choice under the complete encirclement of our team members. In other words, the criminal did not intend to surrender but used this opportunity to seek a chance to resist. This can be proven by the fact that another criminal chose to hide among the hostages."

"Therefore, to ensure the safety of our team and the hostages, and to minimize the psychological impact on the hostages, I chose to shoot!"

In fact, he had learned this from the airport attack in the game.

At the boarding gate, when faced with a bald tattooed thug, Gu Ji's hesitation had frightened the female hostage to the point of losing her soul, inevitably leaving a deep psychological scar.

As he answered, the other examiners who were packing up seemed to become interested and sat back down to listen.

The middle-aged stern-faced policeman continued, "Next question, why did you shoot again at a criminal who was already shot? Are you bloodthirsty?"

"Examiner, I am not bloodthirsty. Shooting again at the criminal was necessary because, in that environment, the criminal was using a loaded automatic weapon with great power, and a single finger pull could harm our personnel. So, to ensure the safety of the team, I had to confirm the criminal's death before safely proceeding."

Gu Ji spoke calmly.

"Alright, you can leave now."

"Yes, Examiner."

After Gu Ji left the classroom, the female examiner responsible for the interview couldn't help but laugh, "Yo, Mr. Li, who is this person to make you personally ask questions?"

"Hehehe, a promising talent."

The middle-aged stern-faced policeman chuckled lightly and looked at the name "Gu Ji" on the list. He was none other than the captain of the Ningzhou City Public Security Bureau's special police squad: Li Ruilin!

...

After leaving the classroom, Gu Ji was still puzzled, not understanding why the examiner did that.

But the final result was good.

Five days later, both he and Gao Bo were successfully admitted, and Chen Zhiyu also passed the provincial exam and entered the Ningzhou City State Security Bureau.

The three of them celebrated together.

After completing the employment procedures, the next step was to wait for police training.

But before entering the police force, Gu Ji had a more important task: the level of the "Crisis Management Game" was finally about to update!

Not more, not less, exactly 15 days!

In the evening, he took a taxi to a four-star hotel near the school.

Gu Ji had calculated the time flow ratio of the game world to reality, about 20 times. The first level was a social safety crisis, short in duration, only needing a few hours.

If it were a catastrophic crisis, it would last much longer. A week-long torrential rain and mountain flood could last a week or even half a month; converted, he would need to sleep for at least a dozen hours.

During these hours, he had no self-protection ability, so for safety, he would either need someone to guard him or find a safe environment.

Since Jiang Songyuan's death, Gu Ji did not want to involve those around him in the game's affairs.

So he chose the hotel.

High-end hotels generally have strict surveillance and security measures, much safer than environments like dormitories or rental houses.

Gu Ji filled his stomach in advance and booked a three-day king-sized room.

After entering the room, he hung a "Do Not Disturb" sign on the outer door handle and informed Gao Bo, Chen Zhiyu, and others he often contacted via WeChat that he would be busy for a few days.

Ensuring no interruptions, he then opened the game level interface.

The first thing that greeted him was the completed "Golden Truth" level one, with the game thoughtfully accompanied by a rectangular image of Laird Airport.

The second strip level had the words [To Be Unlocked] written in the center.

Gu Ji couldn't use crisis points to view the specific content in advance; the game probably didn't want him to prepare in advance.

But there was still a basic level explanation. As the game's introductory guide said, the levels were divided into four categories, corresponding to the four major areas of the research system.

The level settings were interesting, classified according to real-world disaster warning levels, with one additional level, divided into five major levels: Ordinary (white), General (blue), Significant (yellow), Major (orange), and Especially Major (red).

According to the degree of harm, the levels were subdivided into: light, medium, and high.

The impact range was divided into three grades: local, national, and global.

Gu Ji studied it for a while and arranged it according to the priority of difficulty: impact range > crisis level > harm degree.

No matter how terrifying a crisis sounded, as long as its impact was local, it wasn't particularly serious.

For example, an airport attack, as harsh as it sounds, would only harm passengers and staff at the airport, typically requiring only the local government or police to respond, with no need for outside assistance.

When a crisis developed to a national level, the harm became terrifying, for instance, civil war, Chernobyl nuclear leakage, Kursk maritime disaster, or the Peruvian earthquake. It would not only require central government intervention to allocate resources for rescue and handling but also require provinces or local governments to actively coordinate and cooperate. Civil resource aid was also essential.

As for global crises, probably only world wars, nuclear wars, smallpox, the Spanish flu, the Indian Ocean earthquake, and tsunamis would qualify, as they could all impact the trajectory of human history!

Gu Ji couldn't imagine how he would cope if faced with such a crisis.

"Don't think too far ahead, just focus on the task at hand..."

He shook his head, lay on the bed, and maintained a sideways position to avoid choking on his saliva and finally clicked into level 2.

[Loading crisis randomly...]

[Load successful! This round's crisis: Corpse Killing Cruise; Crisis Type: Public Health; Crisis Level: Orange (High); Impact Range: Local; Remaining Time: 1439 hours 23 minutes 58 seconds.]

Damn!!

Over a thousand hours?

Two months?

Gu Ji stared wide-eyed, fixating on the text on the game screen. As the text advanced, his brain began to feel dizzy again.

His consciousness kept sinking, as if falling into a bottomless and terrifying whirlpool.

...

...

"Buzz——!"

A deafening steam whistle instantly woke Gu Ji.

He slowly opened his eyes, sunlight streamed in through the round-cornered square window on the right, and he instinctively squinted due to the glare.

Is that... the sea?

Once his pupils adjusted to the light, through the window, Gu Ji first saw an endless expanse of blue. Under the bright sunlight, the waves looked like a sheet of fish scales on the water's surface, or like mischievous children continuously leaping forward.

"Looks like this crisis scene is set on a ship."

Gu Ji vaguely remembered this level being called "Corpse Killing Cruise."

Just as he was about to take in the room's environment, accompanied by the appearance of text, a game prompt sounded in his mind:

[Due to the physiological limitations of the character's body, your skeletal muscle movement, cardiovascular circulation, digestive system, and immunity are all weakened to varying degrees.]

What!?

Physiological limitations?

Gu Ji was bewildered, instinctively looking down, only to have two mounds block his vision!

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