Chapter 184
The door of the middlemost carriage of the underground opened.
The steward who had stopped him earlier came down himself and greeted the girl very respectfully.
She was facing sideways, and although she was far away, her silhouette was clear.
He Xun followed the boy’s voice and only had time to see a side view, the girl was already on the underground.
After the doors closed, the underground drove away.
The underground underground station became empty and there were no other people.
“How is that possible?” Next to her, the students from the international cla*s all heard and laughed, “Ms. He brought us here, or used her pa*s, even if she’s top of her grade in senior year, she’s not from Norton University.”
Without a pa*s, there was no way to get to this underground underground station, even if you got into that phone booth.
Another student from the international cla*s also said, “Yeah, even if she wanted to save face and follow us here, she wouldn’t be able to get in.”
When both companions said so, the boy hesitated, “I should be wrong, but ……”
That face of Ying Zidian is so aggressive that Qingzhi can say that no one is unaware of it.
Once you’ve seen it once, even if it’s just a side face, you won’t forget it.
He couldn’t be so excited about the fact that he was about to enter Norton University that he mistook the person, right?
He Xun didn’t think he would really see Ying Zidian here either, which was even more ridiculous.
The Vice-Chancellor of Norton University could personally pick up the person, but the President of the Imperial Capital University was not qualified.
Norton University is the world’s number one university, far ahead and untouchable.
It should be the top figure of which academic world.
He Xun also did not think much about it.
Not to mention the vice-principal, in the four years of Norton University, he had not met a single management.
The cadets of the d-level college, simply can not touch the core of Norton University.
**
On the subway.
The interior of this underground was completely different from the exterior.
It was in the ancient Roman style of the Middle Ages, with candelabras and paintings by the windows.
Instead of seats, there are coffee tables, sofas and bookcases etc.
It didn’t look like a carriage, but rather like a luxurious room.
Ying Zigui raised his eyes and did notice one of the paintings, which was very baroque.
It was obviously the work of Chino Feng.
It was a real one.
One of Chino Feng’s most expensive paintings had fetched a whopping $300 million at auction.
Even in the ancient o continent at the time, his paintings were very valuable.
Because he was one of the literary giants sponsored by the Laurent family, most of Chino Von’s paintings are kept within the Laurent family.
There are still a number of them sitting in the underground treasure vaults at Sizer.
This one, one of the payments he got after the rector of Norton University at the time used alchemy to transform his body.
The steward had already retired and the carriage was left to the Vice-Chancellor, who had been sitting upright and expectant.
He looked up impatiently at the sound of footsteps.
At the sight of the girl, the vice-principal covered his heart, his eyes went straight up and he almost closed his mouth.
He rubbed his eyes, looked over again, rubbed them again, pinched his thighs, and made a hissing sound.
“Don’t look.” Ying walked over to the sofa and sat down, picking up the hot cocoa on the coffee table, “Real face.”
The vice headmaster, who was about to fumble for a magnifying gla*s: “……”
He snapped his hand back, embarra*sed, “It’s not that I haven’t seen you like this before.”
It’s been over two hundred years since then, and times have changed so quickly.
Yesterday it was 4g, today it’s 5g.
It caused him, an old man who should have been lying in the ground long ago, to have to learn along with it.
But no matter how fast science is developing, it’s not as big a shock as the one given to him today by Ying Zidian.
He had never seen her wear anything other than black in the three years we had worked together.
Ying Zidian gave him a look.
The vice-principal immediately sat up straight, cleared his throat and said, “Don’t worry, I’m the only one who knows you’re here.”
“In order to prevent others from identifying it, since the day you posted, I have had the school send three underground trips each morning, noon and night, and have also arranged for all sorts of people to come to Norton Town from various places.”
“Apart from a situation that arose today, everything is normal.”
Ying picked up another chocolate muffin, sniffed and lifted his eyes, and said in one perfunctory word, “Hmm.”
Vice Principal: “……”
See you in two hundred years, he’s not even qualified to receive a compliment anymore.
After eating the chocolate muffin, Ying Ziji asked, “How is your health?”
“Not too well.” The vice-principal stared at first, then shook his head, “Although the headmaster has used alchemy to help me transform my body, I have felt in recent years that I am reaching my limit.”
After a pause, he smiled bitterly, “If you had come a few years later, you should have only been able to plough me into the earth.”
Ying Zidian nodded his head.
This was to be expected.
No matter how strong alchemy was, it still had to follow the theorems of nature, and only tapped the human body’s potential to the limit, it could not make people live forever.
“Why did you suddenly remember to ask for an invitation?” The vice-principal was confused, “The headmaster had said in the first place that you should be the headmaster and you didn’t want to.”
“Didn’t want to.” Ying Zigui was bland, “A back door for my brother.”
The vice-principal, who had thought he was visiting him and the headmaster, cracked up, “……”
“I’ve been away.” Ying looked out the car window, “What are your admissions criteria over the years?”
“As you know, after entering the age of technology, there is too much information spread, if the school only offers those courses, sooner or later some secrets will be exposed.” The vice-principal wiped his sweat, “But changing it is impossible anymore, so the headmaster and I discussed and divided the levels.”
“The departments of Alchemy, Supernatural and Mechanical are all above the S level, with me and the Admissions Department personally enrolling them.”
“The faculties from A to D grade are no different from other university subjects, and this batch of students, recruited by the teachers below, is a bit more chaotic and mixed.”
“When I went to check it out, I found that so many unqualified ones had been recruited, so a few years ago I set a test, and if you fail the test, your degree is simply revoked.”
The vice-principal put his hands up, “I swear, it’s definitely not because the school has lowered its standards, and this batch of trainees won’t have access to the core of the school anyway.”
Ying Ziji pondered, “So the world’s number one?”
“This ……” The vice headmaster scratched his head and spread his hands, “Maybe it was the headmaster who had a whim, you know, the brains of those who play alchemy are more or less problematic.”
Ying Ziji pressed his head.
That was true.
Ten minutes later, the underground stopped.
The doors opened, and Ying Zidian went down and raised his head.
What met his eyes was a huge island, surrounded by water on all sides, magnificent and vast.
At night, skyscrapers are lined up and lit up.
In the centre, a bell rings out from the clock tower, a deep and long sound.
This is Norton University.
The underground goes under the town and across the ocean before coming to the campus.
And there is an extremely tightly guarded system around this island.
When you enter, all signals from the outside world are automatically blocked, making it extremely safe.
“The school is very different from when it was first built.” The vice-principal jumped off the underground and glanced at the time, “It’s late today, you should go and rest first, I’ll show you around tomorrow.”
Ying nodded slightly, “Let’s go.”
**
The vice-principal took Ying Zidian to the core of the campus, which required three steps: fingerprinting, facial recognition, card swiping and a secret pa*sword.
In order to prevent people like the Transfigurationist from entering the campus.
Apart from the Laurent family, Norton University was definitely the hottest place for hunters on the nok list.
There were also quite a few bounty postings for images at the core of Norton University, only that they hadn’t succeeded once yet.
“Over there is the accommodation building for the students of the colleges below S rank.” The vice-principal pointed out, “Recently there was a test for them, the school has given the opportunity anyway, if you can’t pa*s it you have to leave.”
In the past few years, especially in D-ranked colleges, there were not many who had pa*sed the test.
But as long as the ones who can pa*s are the elite of various industries.
The two of them walked through the accommodation area and headed to the inner island.
This journey did not attract the attention of others.
Apart from a few professors from the admissions department, no one else in the school had ever met the vice-principal.
He Xun’s tutor was no exception.
When he saw He Xun staring blankly across the street, he immediately nudged him awake: “He, your temporary residence is here, over there are all S-cla*s colleges.”
He Xun jerked back, but a cold sweat broke out on his back, “I know, tutor.”
After a pause, he asked, “Mentor, will there be any students from the school attending high school outside?”
“How come?” The mentor was quite surprised and smiled, “If you can get into Norton University, you definitely won’t go to high school.”
He Xun also thought that his idea was too ridiculous.
That was definitely a mistake on his part.
There was no way Ying Zigui was here.
“That’s right, He.” The tutor said as he walked, “Just now I received notification from above that a new interviewer would be coming for your a*sessment.”
He looked serious: “This interviewer, is a trustee of Norton University, I have never met either, but it will definitely be stricter than before, you …… ugh.”
Anyway, in his opinion, He Xun will not be able to pa*s the test.
He Xun pursed his lips, “I know, tutor.”
**
Two days later.
He Xun took the three students to the interview ground early in the morning.
There were also those from other regions interviewing today, and there were several venues.
He Xun looked at the time and said to the boy, “You go in.”
The boy nodded and pushed the door open with great confidence.
Chapter 184
He stepped inside and the door closed again.
But not even three minutes had elapsed before the door opened once more.
The boy came out with a miserable white face, dripping with sweat, as if he had been through an extremely terrible event.
This was not what He Xun had expected.
Although it was hard to get into Norton University, it wasn’t so hard to be scared like this on your first interview.
He Xun frowned, but still didn’t open his mouth to reprimand, instead looking at the two international students next to him, “It’s your turn.”
The two nodded and lined up to enter in turn.
It took them longer to get in, but when they came out, neither of them were very happy either.
“Teacher He, I’m sorry.” One of the students was ashamed, “I shouldn’t have pa*sed, the school tested me in Latin, but I didn’t learn it.”
All three students were like this, which made He Xun’s heart sink to the bottom.
His test was supposed to be about successfully sending two students to Norton University, and also to an A-level college.
But now none of them did.
This was proof that there was no way he could pa*s his test.
The sun was shining warmly, but He Xun’s heart was cooling down little by little.
He suddenly felt very regretful.
He was so confident that he would pa*s the test because when he didn’t know that Wen Huilan was Ying Zigui’s younger brother, he thought that Wen Huilan would definitely be able to enter Norton University.
At that time, after the interview qualifications were handed out, he followed Qingzhi and took Wen Huilan to have their IQ tested.
The two students in the international cla*s were average, but only Wen heard Lan had an IQ of 228!
Although it was not the highest in history, it was still a terrifying number.
If there hadn’t been that incident with the public quiz, He Xun would definitely not have disqualified Wen Listenan from the interview.
He had always been the proud son of his peers and couldn’t bear the humiliation brought to him by Ying Zidian, so he took back his interview qualification.
Although the interview results would not be released until a few days later, He Xun knew that it was completely hopeless.
He looked ugly, his lips pursed as he shook his head, “It’s alright, let’s wait for the results first.”
**
Meanwhile.
Somewhere in the world.
In the room.
A young man sat in front of a computer, the background of the screen was pitch black and on it were strings of numbers and subscripts that made up a lot of code.
His fingers were tapping rapidly on the keyboard, so fast that it was impossible to tell which key he had pressed.
The screen was also dazzling with substrings, numbers and symbols that kept changing.
“Well?” The middle-aged man next to him asked impatiently, “Did you find out?”
The young hacker shook his head, also surprised, “No, I can’t get into their firewall.”
The middle-aged man was shocked, “Not even you?”
They knew that Norton University’s technology was going to be far ahead of the outside world, that was why he had hired the hacker there.
The young hacker’s technology was definitely not weaker than the boss of the Anonymous hacker alliance, but he actually couldn’t even break Norton University’s firewall?
The intrusion into the Vice Chancellor’s mobile phone had failed the day before, causing them to not even know if the Divine Reckoner had gone to Norton University until now.
If they couldn’t breach Norton University’s firewall, it proved that there was no way for them to learn the identity of the Divine Reckoner!
The middle-aged man dropped a fist on the table and hated, “D*mn.”
It was not like the old days.
In the 16th and 17th centuries, there was no such thing as the Internet, nor was there any high technology, and it was too difficult to find a person.
This was why there had been no information or trace left of the Divine Reckoner.
They even guessed that the Divine Reckoner had disappeared for two hundred years because they had anticipated that technology would become so advanced in the future and were afraid of revealing their identity.
This time the Divine Reckoner had finally taken the initiative to reveal himself, an opportunity that was too rare.
But the opportunity was right in front of them, and they could only watch it slip away.
“Something’s not right.” The young hacker shook his head, “As advanced as Norton University’s computer technology is, there’s no way it can protect against me, someone helped them harden their firewall.”
“Who?” The middle-aged man couldn’t help but be surprised, “From your side too?”
“It’s possible.” The young hacker stood up and was apologetic, “Sorry for not completing the task, I will return the reward to your family later.”
**
The interview results came out even faster than He Xun thought.
On the third day, it was already announced on the campus intranet.
The three students he brought with him not only failed, but also ranked very low.
In particular, the boy who had replaced Wen Huilan was directly at the bottom.
The three students who did not succeed in the interview would have to leave Norton University.
Not only that, Norton University would also hire a hypnotist to come and erase their memories of this period at Norton University.
He Xun sent the three students out, and he held back and went to his tutor.
The mentor also got the results and was very sorry: “He, it seems that these three students you chose, don’t meet our admission criteria.”
“Mentor, I also know a student who is particularly talented and has an IQ of 228,” He Xun whispered, “Can you please ask the school to give me an extra interview qualification so that I can bring this student?”
Hearing this, the tutor was quite puzzled: “Then why didn’t you choose him at the beginning? The interview qualification is so precious that you can’t even pick someone?”
As if being poked at something, He Xun’s expression was woeful: “Because, because ……”
“Alas, He, you were once a student I looked up to as well, but your character is really not suitable for being a teacher.” The mentor sighed, “In that case, then I’ll give you one more chance, you call this student.”
The mentor gave him his mobile phone and told him to call.
He didn’t stay in school, so his mobile phone couldn’t contact the outside world.
He Xun naturally didn’t bother to remember Wen Listen Lan’s phone number, he called Qingzhi and then asked the headmaster to pa*s it on to Wen Listen Lan.
“Wen Huilan, you have a chance.” He looked cold, “Now you immediately make a flight to Norton Town and I’ll bring you into the school for an interview.”
It was still a high and mighty tone.
However, what He Xun didn’t expect was that Wen Huilan didn’t even think about it and refused outright.
“No.”
He Xun frowned and his voice dropped coldly, “This opportunity is difficult, it was hard for me to ask the school for it, are you really going to give up?”
“Think about it, if you miss it you’ll never get into Norton again, do you really think your sister can get you the interview or do you think the invitation that day is real?”
“f*ck off.”
The cold voice of the teenager came over the receiver and the phone was hung up after the word was dropped.
Listening to the “beep beep beep” sound, against the confused eyes of the tutors on the side, He Xun stood frozen in place, only feeling more embarra*sed than ever.
“He, you’d better get ready for another test.” The tutor shook his head and walked away with his hands behind his back.
**
On the 18th of June, it was the a*sessment for the d-level academy cadets.
A few days before, all the a-grade to c-grade had been a*sessed.
The a- and b-level academies were second only to the s-level academies in terms of potential for cadets, and were only set to this level because of the faculties, so basically there was no one who failed the test.
Level c brushed off two-thirds straight away.
For today’s d level, the professors reckoned it would be good if they could keep ten.
There were a total of five hundred students in the entire d level college.
The number He Xun drew was the fifty-third, which was considered to be in the front.
As he watched the students in front of him go in and out, his heart kept lifting.
After his turn came easily, He Xun was even more nervous than ever.
There was only one long table in the examination room, with four professors sitting opposite.
As soon as He Xun sat down, the back door opened and a staff member brought in another sofa chair and placed it in the middle of the four professors.
“Student He, the school board heard your name and specifically wanted to come over.” The professor’s expression was still kind, “Wait for two minutes, the councilor will be here soon.”
He Xun was startled.
The school councilor was coming specifically for him?
What had he sat on that could alarm the school councilor?
“Student He, don’t worry.” Another professor said, “It should be that the school trustee thinks you have good qualifications, so he wants to interview you personally.”
Only then did He Xun let out a sigh of relief.
Thinking about it, it was true.
There were only a few trustees at Norton University, and they were people of the same status as the president, and they couldn’t possibly care about other things that the students did.
These two minutes of waiting made He Xun very anxious, but he could only wait.
Finally, the back door opened once more.
The four professors were busy getting up and all went to greet them.
He Xun was only a student, and even more so, he had to stand up, but was not qualified to go forward to greet them, and just raised his head.
With this look, his brain went blank in an instant.
It was as if there were countless bees buzzing around his ears, causing his scalp to almost explode and all his pride to crumble.
He Xun froze as he watched the girl enter surrounded by professors and sat in the middle.
Straight into that face, so beautiful that it was offensive, he could no longer convince himself that he had been wrong.
“You’ve finally arrived.” The professor who spoke first was respectful, “Everything will wait for you to begin.”
“No need.” Ying Ziji leaned back in his chair, his gaze slowly falling on the incredulous He Xun, “You ask the questions, I’ll listen.”