Chapter 145-4: Rule Enlightenment, Game Cheating (4) |
Beyond cultivation improvements, the trainee even proposed a Gathering Spirit Array that could lock the spiritual energy released by the Earthspring Flower and then feed it back to the plant’s growth.
All the proposals were accompanied by precise data support.
The problem was that this cultivation assignment only provided trainees with simple spirit plant growth soil and a spirit liquid cultivation pack.
The trainee was not conducting cultivation in a laboratory. Where did so much data come from?
His impression was that, in order to obtain an excellent evaluation, the trainee fabricated a slew of material.
But the content was obviously fake at a glance. He could not understand where the trainee found the courage to write such things.
This was practically questioning his intelligence and professionalism to his face.
“Outrageous. Far too outrageous.”
“Little A.”
Although he could be sure the material was complete nonsense, Tian Bei still needed to go through the procedure.
“Import this data into the simulation space and extrapolate the growth.”
“Understood, Master. Beginning simulation test now.”
Before long, a light-screen image appeared before Tian Bei. In the simulation, Earthspring Flower seeds were implanted in the soil, and growth was extrapolated according to the content submitted by the trainee.
As the spirit plant in the image grew and was pruned, Tian Bei’s eyes gradually widened.
Apart from the plant’s growth speed and height, every other aspect matched the submitted material.
“No way.”
The simulation test then moved on to the parts he found fantastical.
With a simulated new environment and even the described cultivation and pruning methods, the plant’s growth rate suddenly accelerated.
The parameter changes in the upper right left Tian Bei dumbfounded.
The fantastical had become real.
Finally came the simulation of the Gathering Spirit Array.
There were two simulation errors during the construction process, but the Gathering Spirit Array was ultimately generated successfully.
In this simulation, the Earthspring Flower truly grew into an entirely new, previously unrecorded plant.
That was the Earthspring Star recorded in the material.
At this moment, Tian Bei was stunned.
“A talent indeed.”
Using only ordinary spiritual soil and a spirit spring pack to accomplish such a masterpiece, Tian Bei was completely baffled.
What he could not understand was how the trainee who submitted the material had managed it.
Especially the Gathering Spirit Array. Is this something a not-yet-graduated trainee could even access and develop?
Even the materials provided by the Lunar Eclipse race had no record of this, which truly astonished him.
“Master, based on the simulation test results, the assessment material can be rated S level. Do you have a different suggestion?”
The projected Smart Assistant A raised a bouquet of flowers, its expression gleeful.
“Set it to S.”
Upon hearing this, Smart Assistant A produced a huge seal, staggered back two steps while holding it, then leaped up and stamped an ‘S’ on the lower right corner of the light-and-shadow material.
“All done.” After landing, the virtual seal disappeared. Smart Assistant A wiped imaginary sweat from its brow and bent over with hands on its knees, panting heavily.
Tian Bei paid no attention to Smart Assistant A, his gaze still fixed on the data on the light screen.
He felt he had to figure out how this trainee named Meng Yuan had written this material.
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“Any warband need a spellcaster? I’m a level 32 group-caster, damage output efficiency maxed.”
In the Emperor’s Mound Village space, Meng Yuan shouted once in the regional voice channel, then began waiting for warband teams to contact him.
Just then, a Challenger Notification popped into his mind.
[Challenger Notification: Attention! There is a real world connection request. Exit the game?]
This was the real world prompt system set by Guide.
If an abnormal condition was detected in the player’s body in the real world, or there was an external connection, it would issue a prompt.
Hearing the prompt, Meng Yuan was taken aback, then decisively chose to exit the game.
After 30 seconds, darkness shrouded his vision.
As the pod lid slowly opened, Meng Yuan, wearing his game suit, came to the computer desk.
He found an unknown connection request popping up on the desktop; this was already the second connection request.
With doubt, he pressed the green connect button on the desktop.
A fair-faced middle-aged man in white clothing and wearing rimless smart glasses popped up on the screen.
“Is this student Meng Yuan?”
“That’s me.”
Seeing the figure on the screen and the four words ‘Spirit Plant Cultivation Center’ printed on the man’s attire, Meng Yuan felt he might be in big trouble.
He figured the paper he submitted probably did not pass review and he’d been found.
But the problem was, there was no need for a professional scholar from the Spirit Plant Cultivation Center to come and scold him in person. That was too much.
“Hello, student Meng Yuan. I am the person in charge of the spirit fields in District A of the Spirit Plant Cultivation Center: Tian Bei.”
“Hello, Professor Tian.” Meng Yuan sat at the computer desk, feeling guilty.
“I have carefully read the Earthspring Flower cultivation record and improvement plan you submitted. I have a few questions to ask you next… I hope I am not interrupting your gaming.” In the picture, Tian Bei glanced at the game suit Meng Yuan was wearing and suddenly smiled.
“No, I just logged off and haven’t had time to change.” Meng Yuan nodded, his face slightly flushed.
“How long was your Earthspring Flower cultivation cycle?”
“Sixty-three days.”
“During cultivation, were you in a professional spirit plant cultivation laboratory?”
“No.”
Hearing this, Tian Bei’s brows furrowed slightly on the screen, as if very puzzled.
Tian Bei’s change in expression made Meng Yuan’s heart clench, and he immediately felt that something was very wrong.
“Did you purchase other resources online to assist spirit plant growth, such as special spirit liquid packs and similar cultivation tools?”
“No.”
“Does anyone in your family work professionally in spirit plant cultivation, has made outstanding contributions in this field, and assisted you in cultivating the plant?”
‘“No.”’
“Then the cultivation was completed by you alone?”
“No.”
Hearing this answer, Tian Bei was completely stunned.
He did not believe this trainee completed the cultivation observation record alone and even wrote the improvement plan himself.
Taking a deep breath, Tian Bei spoke in a solemn, serious tone.
“Student Meng Yuan, I have a request.”
“Please say it. I will definitely agree.” Meng Yuan replied, feeling extremely guilty. Inwardly, however, he was wailing, feeling like this conversation was a prison sentence.
“I want to see the Earthspring Flower you cultivated… no, the Earthspring Star.”
Hearing this, Meng Yuan was dumbfounded.
He subconsciously glanced at the already withered Earthspring Flower by his feet, bitterness rising in his heart.
If he showed it, he would be stepping with both feet onto the path of virtual gold-farming. His parents’ good faces would be gone for good.
Taking a deep breath, Meng Yuan forced himself to remain calm and said.
“Professor Tian, the Earthspring Flower I cultivated is not by my side at the moment. Is there a problem with the paper I submitted?”
In response, a smile appeared on Tian Bei’s face as he shook his head.
“The materials you submitted are very detailed. I have already given them an S rating. You do not even need to take the exam tomorrow to join the Spirit Plant Cultivation Center. I have submitted your materials to my superiors. Just wait for the onboarding reply. At the earliest, it will arrive within a week.”
Hearing that he had received an S rating, Meng Yuan was overjoyed, but the joy lasted only a few seconds before he realized a serious problem.
At this moment, the smiling Tian Bei in the video said.
“Student Meng Yuan, I still want to see with my own eyes the Earthspring Star you cultivated. How about I come in person?”
Hearing this, Meng Yuan felt like crying.
How could he not now understand what had happened?
It wasn’t that there was a problem with the material he submitted. It was that the material was too outstanding.
An S rating could only mean one thing: his submitted paper contained constructive content that advanced spirit plant cultivation technology.
No wonder the Spirit Plant Cultivation Center had requested to connect with him, and Professor Tian in the video even wanted to personally come and see the Earthspring Flower he cultivated… no, the Earthspring Star.
He was at his wits’ end.
He had thought that the information in the game was all recorded in reality.
But he hadn’t expected the information in the game to be more detailed than reality.
In other words, the Lunar Eclipse race had actually recorded spirit plant information not shared with the Human Federation inside the game.
‘The Lunar Eclipse race has harmed me.’
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