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Zhang Yi didn't know that his arrogance or helplessness was being monitored by others. When he thought he was a nobody, he didn't know that because of his self-righteous zero score, the entire Emperor Academy was furious.

"Don't you think it's weird?"

Rawls, who was standing in the surveillance room and staring at Zhang Yi's holographic image, suddenly spoke. He is the Director of Computing Engineering of the Emperor's College, and he is also the representative of the Imperial Oversight Council in the Emperor's College. To put it bluntly, he is a spy in the Emperor's College.

The boss specializes in collecting all kinds of information for the spy agency above. This kind of thing is most easily ignored by the computer monitoring system.

The 213-year-old Rawls holds two jobs and has been working in this position for more than 50 years. The Imperial Overwatch Council is also very satisfied with his work and has issued commendation orders many times. Although the position cannot be changed, within the Overwatch Council

His level has continued to rise, and in recent years he has been able to gain access to some unknown inside stories within the Control Yuan.

Among them, Zhang Yi's personal information suddenly increased the confidentiality level.

Wilken, who was sitting on the sofa on one side, looked at the red wine in his hand and asked, "What?"

The 188-year-old Wilken is the eldest son, principal, and vice chairman of the board of directors of this college. His seemingly young face well conceals his wrists. Compared to his smile, people are impressed by his drastic and aggressive management of the school.

Cruelty and ruthlessness are even more impressive. Over the years, the Emperor's Academy has been able to maneuver between the House of Lords, the Mechanicus, the Imperial Palace, and the general public, largely due to Wilken's work and dealings.

On the surface, Wilken is not a person who gives in easily. There are even rumors outside that even if the emperor wakes up and issues an edict, the Imperial College may refuse to implement it because it is inconsistent with the school rules. However, anyone who has really come into contact with Wilken knows that

, this is a pangolin who is good at disguising himself. As long as there are enough benefits, he will abandon his previous persistence without hesitation.

Rawls stared at the holographic image and said: "Last time, the top terminal directly issued an order to increase the confidentiality level. This time, it is to assess the computer. Don't you think there is some connection between the two?"

Wilken smiled. He had at least 4 "friends" in the House of Lords. Naturally, he knew what happened some time ago, and after greeting him in the House of Lords, he immediately decided to use the only mobile quota in his hand to recruit Zhang Yi.

Emperor College, but on the surface, he still righteously rejected the request of the House of Lords. He only waited for Zhang Yi to be unable to enter the college, and then invited Zhang Yi to enroll in his own name to gain enough favors.

He turned to look at Rawls and said, "Didn't the results of the investigation come out? Didn't the assessment computer crash because someone turned in a blank paper?"

Rawls snorted and said, "Do you believe this conclusion?"

"If the assessment computer was so easily paralyzed by a blank paper, the Emperor's Academy would no longer be the Emperor's Academy, but an inferior elementary school."

Wilken did not object to Rawls, but asked: "So, what do you think?"

Rawls thought for a long time and then said: "Beyond the highest terminal, there is a higher terminal. That terminal is intervening in Zhang Yi's matter. Whenever Zhang Yi is found to have deviated from a certain track, that terminal will

We will proactively modify this process to get the entire process back on track."

Wilken put down his glass, stared at Rawls, and said, "Do you know what you are talking about?"

"Of course I know that the highest terminal of the empire is the emperor. Above the emperor, there is nothing else. If the Battle Sisters heard what I just said, they would take me directly back to the confessional room 999 meters underground in the Tribunal of Heresy.

Let me pray until I die."

Wilken frowned and said: "As far as I know, you don't believe in the Mechanicus."

"The Adeptus Mechanicus? No, of course I don't believe those magicians who think that archeology can solve all future problems."

"But, in what you just said, weren't you saying that there is a god above the emperor?"

Rawls turned to look at the image of Zhang Yi, shook his head and replied: "If it is a god, according to the principle of non-interference, it is impossible for God to interfere with a certain person's life, so I don't think there is a god interfering with Zhang Yi. I

I just think that above the highest terminal, there is a terminal, and His Majesty the Emperor may be returning now."

Wilken waved his hand and said: "Time remains stationary in the Golden Throne, so His Majesty the Emperor always returns, and he can only be in a state of return forever and will not change. Compared with this, I am more concerned about the principle of non-interference you just mentioned.

More interested, tell me, why can’t God intervene in Zhang Yi’s life exactly?”

Rawls pointed to the metal hourglass on the table and said: "Can you catch a grain of sand? I mean, grab only one grain of sand without moving any other sand. If you go further, grab a pre-designated grain of sand."

A grain of sand, and this grain of sand is hidden among the gravel. You don’t know where it is now or where it will go.”

Seeing Wilken shaking his head, Rawls dropped the hourglass on the ground, looked at the metal gravel scattered on the ground, and said: "If there is a God, we are equivalent to the pile of gravel at the feet of God. No matter how powerful God is, he will eventually be

You cannot interfere with the only grain of sand in the gravel and leave the rest alone. As for the principle of non-interference, this is what it means."

Wilken thought thoughtfully and said: "In other words, if the option of God is eliminated, among the remaining options, only the option you just made seems closer to reality?"

Rawls turned back to stare at Zhang Yi's image, frowned, stopped talking, and allowed two small robots to clear away the pile of metal gravel under his feet.

Not all the metal gravel can be removed at once. There is still a grain of sand that has rolled far enough and is currently hiding in the corner of the sofa where Wilken is sitting in the distance. In this corner, the metal reflects the light and flashes.

A flash.

The silence in the surveillance room did not last long. Soon there was a knock on the door. An official from the university administration department walked in. After nodding at Rawls, he turned to face the man who was sitting on the sofa in a daze.

Wilken said: "Your Excellency, the President, the University Faculty Committee has just raised questions about the school's fall admissions. They said that if the subsequent performance of some people in this admissions cannot meet the standards that the university should recruit, then regardless of whether

No matter what background these people have, they will refuse to educate these people."

Wilken took the psychic crystal plate handed over by his subordinates, glanced at some of the words listed on it, and without even reading the whole thing, he threw the crystal plate worth hundreds of thousands of imperial coins aside and turned to ask Luo

Else: "What do you think?"

Rawls lowered his head and glanced at the new information coming from the assessment computer, and shrugged: "In order to avoid new chaos that may occur in the future due to someone's special reasons, the college terminal recommends that future assessments be stopped."

"Stop it all?"

Wilken frowned. All assessments were stopped just because of one person. So what will happen to those students who took the exams? Will there be any admissions for this year's autumn assessment?

You can't let the autumn assessment of Emperor Academy turn into a joke just because of one person.

"No," Rawls stared at the follow-up information and said: "The opinion of the assessment terminal is to merge all future assessments and develop a new assessment item separately. If you can pass it, you will pass. If you can't pass it, you will die.

"

"die?"

Wilken was startled, stood up and walked to Rawls' side, frowning: "Are you sure that's what the assessment terminal actually said?"

Rawls nodded solemnly and said: "The assessment terminal's suggestion is to develop an assessment project with practical content and issue tasks to each candidate. If the assessment tasks are completed within the specified time, the college will be responsible for the safety of these people.

If you can't finish it, just stay there and don't have to come back."

Wilken's face became a little gloomy, and he whispered: "We have no right to wipe out the lives of three hundred thousand candidates without authorization. This kind of assessment content requires the consent of the highest terminal and the terminal of the House of Lords, and it also needs to

It must be approved by the House of Lords meeting.”

Rawls shook his head slightly: "The assessment terminal has communicated with the Supreme Terminal without our consent this time. Now the Supreme Terminal and the Upper House Terminal have approved it. His Majesty the Emperor seems to be very interested in this assessment.

, the highest terminal even added an emperor’s motto behind the approval.”

"What motto?"

"Blood spurts life and death, and the strong one wins."

Wilken was shocked and said quietly: "That is one of the last ten maxims."

Rawls nodded and said: "Based on this motto, the House of Lords will not object to the newly opened assessment content."

After thinking about it, Rawls rubbed his chin and said: "Moreover, there should be no difficulty adjustment for this assessment. It must be the highest difficulty, otherwise there will not be a huge elimination rate."

"What is the elimination rate of the assessment terminal design? I mean, how many exams is it prepared to survive in the end?"

"Forty-nine people, the terminal has retrieved the information of all candidates this time. It believes that during this assessment process, only twenty-eight candidates may survive in the end. If a floating value is added, the terminal has determined

The final number of admissions this year is forty-nine."

Wilken took a breath and said in disbelief: "That means 300,000 candidates will die this time!"

Rawls nodded and said: "If the House of Lords has made certain preparations, the mortality rate may not be so high. If there are enough rescue teams near the assessment point, even if it is not within the rescue range of the college assessment terminal, in fact it will be

can be saved in time."

"The problem is," he paused, his expression becoming more serious than ever before: "I doubt whether these rescue teams will have a chance to rescue these failed candidates."

"What's the meaning?"

Rawls opened the hologram of the Milky Way and looked at the dots of light one after another on it. Each suddenly shining light dot meant that a battle broke out on a colonial planet of the human empire. Those suddenly dim light dots meant that the planet was being destroyed by the opponent.

Occupied, or swallowed by the Zerg, some light spots have become particularly bright, which is a sign that the imperial fleet has used cyclone torpedoes to completely destroy all existence on these planets. In addition, some light spots are gradually becoming brighter, which means that in

The Imperial Guard there are occupying the planet and, over time, seizing new colonies for the Imperium of Man.

Rawls stared at a certain point in the hazy star field in a daze for a while before replying: "Do you think, which place in the galaxy can kill 300,000 people in just a few days?"

"Many, it's possible in every place, such as the Far East Star Territory, where there are ongoing battles with the Zerg, and also the Taiping Star Territory, where the orcs can never be wiped out and are constantly resurrected. There are at least six in the Imperial Guard.

The battle fleet and one million Imperial Guard soldiers are fighting the orcs there day and night. Even the Sun Star Territory is not peaceful. Recently there is news that traces of space skeletons have been found there, and they have to guard against the Tau and the Eldar.

It is normal for 300,000 people to populate any of these places."

Rawls shook his head and said: "No, the Elan system has been invaded by orcs recently. The empire will definitely launch a retaliatory action in the Pacific Star Territory in the near future. The candidates of the academy have not been trained. When they get there, they will only cause chaos. The internal conflicts in the House of Lords will continue.

It is fierce and students will not be allowed to go there. As for the Zerg forward positions, until the empire's scientific research department finds a truly effective method to combat Zerg genetic mutations, the empire will not easily expand the scale of the war there, especially if one of these candidates

They may carry the Primarch. If they are accidentally captured by the Zerg there, humanity may fall into catastrophe in an instant. As for those space skeletons that can compete with an integrated space fleet, the Imperial Army is obviously not ready yet.
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