Giving the key seems to be just Professor Monteria's casual move.
After standing by Linzhong Lake for a few minutes, he calmly took the boy to continue walking towards the office. However, in order to make up for the few minutes he wasted before, he chose to take the shortcut.
For most students in the school, today's course has ended. There are many young people hugging each other between the lawns by the lake and the forest paths. Zheng Qing followed the professor without squinting his eyes. He watched him startle one pair of mandarin ducks after another, and for no reason he felt that the professor was deliberately standing by the lake for more minutes.
Soon, the trees in front of me began to be sparse and the sun shone again.
“The weather is good.”
The professor looked up at the sunset that was about to end and sighed softly.
Zheng Qing was not very good at accepting such greetings, so he remained silent until he entered the office building. This time, it was the lively time in the building. Students who had not yet got off work, busy teaching assistants, etc. Zheng Qing, who was both a teaching assistant and a student, met many acquaintances along the way and greeted him a lot.
Professor Monteria's office is located at the top of the corridor on the fourth floor. On this floor, there are few people. Unlike Professor Yao, Professor Monteria's door has no door god, but is similar to his laboratory, and it is equipped with a door knocker beast.
After entering the door, the light suddenly dimmed.
Zheng Qing stood at the door for a while before gradually adapting to it. He looked around and was surprised to find that the room was unexpectedly concise. It seemed that a homeowner who practiced "despite" had nothing else except one desk and two chairs.
There was no bookcase, no bonsai, no coffee table - Zheng Qing naturally would not expect fruit trays, tea, and pastries - there was not much on the professor's desk, only a pen holder, an inkstone, and a hard-shell book that seemed to have been turned over many times.
When putting the after-class homework on the table, Zheng Qing quickly glanced at the book. The name and pattern on the cover were already a little blurred, and you could vaguely see the words "blood", "spirit" and "Ashmore".
Squeak.
The slightly harsh sound of the drawer woke the boy up. He quickly withdrew his gaze and stood up straight.
"Look at this thing, if you think it's okay, sign it." Professor Monteria took out a stack of documents from the drawer and placed it on the table, and said lightly: "—It was supposed to be signed by all seven of you, but now... Of course, if you don't sign it, it doesn't matter, it's up to you to decide."
He shook his head and did not continue.
Zheng Qing almost immediately realized that the "seven people" he mentioned should include six other qualified people. As expected, the professor asked him to come to him not just to deliver homework.
After picking up the document, Zheng Qing suddenly relaxed because it was a standard silent contract, a highly binding version issued by Dan Hager. The constraint content was no different from the one signed when the resonance test was conducted before. They were all details that kept the content of the "Giant God Soldier" project confidential. In addition to the two deans of the Fringe College, the signatures of the three vice principals of the school.
No one can imitate the signature of the legendary wizard.
Just as he was about to sign, Professor Monteria stopped him.
"Do you have nothing to ask?" The professor seemed a little confused.
Zheng Qing hesitated for a moment.
"Well, not without it."
He grabbed the feathers on the quill pen in his hand, glanced at the densely packed small words on the parchment paper, and immediately gave up the careful study: "But it's not a big problem... I remember that when I participated in the 'Giant God Soldier' project, I had signed a series of silent contracts. Why do I still have to sign today? Moreover, this kind of thing can be told by Captain Zhang Yu or Hilda assistant coach... I mean, they have been notifying me before."
“Because it’s different.”
Professor Monteria glanced at the little blue snake hanging on the boy's ears and slowed down his speech a little: "In the last round, you participated in the test of the 'Edge One' Giant God Soldier, and this round was a 'Special Configuration' Giant God Soldier. The secret level was higher. The teaching assistant team was no longer within the permission scope."
"What's the special method?" The boy suddenly became interested.
"It's more powerful...it's more expensive to wizards."
After the professor summed up vaguely and concisely, the topic changed: "Originally, the booking operator of this model was the only great wizard among the qualified ones. So before you sign, I must remind you that the risk of this project is higher than before. Do you remember the experiences of several other qualified ones? If you decide to participate in the experiment of the new model, you may not have the luck of the last time."
The other six qualified people who participated in the last round of the trial all experienced different degrees of life span and loss of life span, including a great wizard.
And this time the danger will be higher.
This explanation is not difficult to understand, but Zheng Qing is not interested in this point, but Professor Monteria's attitude. Because he seems to be the second professor to persuade him to withdraw from the Giant God Soldier Project.
The previous one was Lao Yao.
But unlike Lao Yao's straightforward way of persuading him to retreat, Professor Monteria faintly revealed a hint of what made him give up.
The boy stared at the parchment in front of him with a serious face, and his brain was spinning rapidly.
"But I am the only qualified one right now."
After a long time, he looked at the owner of the office again, with a sincere look: "——I am a student of the No. 1 university, a member of Jiuyou College, and a member of the Fringe College. The Fringe College is the best example for practicing the 'justice' concept. I dare not say how much sacrifices have been made for this new college like other marginal people, but I still want to make some contributions within my ability... and I have sufficient confidence in the school. With the experience of the previous accident, I believe that in this new experiment, they will make more complete plans."
Professor Monteria's eyes twitched slightly, as if she had never expected the boy to be so simple and enthusiastic. Similarly, the blue dragon hanging on Zheng Qing's ear also shook gently, looking shocked.
"There are no other qualified people," he explained reluctantly: "You seven are the safest qualified people we have selected, and there are some other options..."
“Can they navigate the ‘special configuration’?”
"The risk will be higher...if you are willing to pay some price."
Zheng Qing did not continue to ask what the price, he believed that it would definitely be "confidential".
"That is, if I'm willing to take this task, those wizards don't have to take any greater risks, right?" He nodded seriously and signed his name on the blank space at the end of the parchment.