Fortunately, it's not like that.

Hmm, maybe.

It's not that Ji Jue underestimated Jian Yuan's methods or capabilities, but thinking that Jian Yuan would lower himself to deal with Ji Jue like this examiner did? That's just dreaming!

The old guy only knows how to force a cow to drink water, fatten a duck to death, and temper fine talents to death. He would never involve himself in these inexplicable matters.

But if the examiner isn't connected to You Sui, then this association is really too deep.

Such deadly secrets, why share them with an innocent little kitten like me?

Ji Jue restrained his physical reactions, pretending not to care and not understanding, focusing intently on his sample.

This rock, um, really looks very rocky.

And the examiner didn't seem to mind either.

"...In any case, the idea of transferring good and evil, though exaggerated, is not impossible. It's just that few can do it, and those who can don't want to do it.

And those willing to do it, simply can't."

"Why?"

Ji Jue instinctively asked.

"Who doesn't install a non-return valve in their sewer? What if it backflows?"

The examiner's voice turned sarcastic: "Imagine one day, a great evil rises from the depths of the Vortex... No, you don't have to imagine, you've almost seen that scene yourself, haven't you?"

Ji Jue didn't say anything.

The last guy who tried to build a straight-through pipeline at the weak points of the current world is long dead.

Lu Changsheng!

And even after death, his mess is still unresolved.

But even now, Ji Jue's questions remain unanswered.

Instead, there are more questions.

"Is this also a lock?"

Ji Jue frowned: "What exactly is the lock?"

"You've asked a good question!"

The examiner seemed to smile in satisfaction.

Silence, a long silence, nobody spoke. Ji Jue just waited there like a fool with his neck stretched.

Until he couldn't wait any longer:

"And then?!"

"And what?" The examiner looked puzzled: "I said it's a good question."

"Then answer it!" Ji Jue's blood pressure was rising.

"Haha."

The examiner seemed to pick up a tea bowl, scraped the surface of the tea, blew on it, took a sip, and slowly said: "I'm not your teacher, why should I answer?"

You...

The veins on Ji Jue's forehead bulged, his teeth were nearly breaking.

Riddler, get out of Gotham!

He glared at the void for a long time but ultimately said nothing.

He decided to save the cursing for later.

Reigning in his blood pressure, he dived back into the simulation.

And then, his blood pressure couldn't hold...

From east to west, from south to north — thanks to time acceleration, his figure flickered across the sea, covering every area contaminated by the Nether Sea Worm in just a few days.

Then he realized the terrifying scale he had to face.

Even excluding the light and moderate pollution zones, using the most conservative estimate, the severe pollution zone of the Mutated cycle of the Nether Sea Worm covered over five million square kilometers.

Multiply length by width, it's a simple math problem, but the answer is despairing enough to make one want to hang themselves in the Tower of Transformation.

This vast sea area, nearly half the size of the Federation, has completely turned into the Nether Sea, almost inseparable from the worms. The internal contamination is deeply rooted and hard to eradicate. Here, the worms almost reached the point of instant regeneration.

To completely eradicate the Nether Sea Worm, you'd have to destroy the entire five million square kilometers of sea, and then thoroughly purify and evaporate it...

If Ji Jue had that capability, why would he need to take a mere craftsman exam?

If it weren't an exam, he'd slap the examiner a few times.

Let you act all mysterious!

At first, no one cared about this disaster, it was just pollution, once a mutation, but in hindsight — Ji Jue decided to initiate the Wandering Nether Sea project!

In simple terms, physically cut this entire sea area from the current world and launch it into cosmic void!

Isn't it just like breaking a biscuit?

Pinch a corner, easy!

As the first step, he'd need to create numerous shield machines, supplemented by unlimited fusion bombs for directed explosions, drilling from the edges of the Nether Sea down through the current world.

Then, install propulsion systems to push it into space.

In the end, Ji Jue aged and died.

He kept drilling until he died, never reaching the bottom of the current world.

Even breaking through countless difficulties, drilling over two thousand kilometers down, even the most advanced excavation equipment, even face-to-face fusion bombs couldn't move another inch further down.

"Everything in the current world was formed from the Ruins. In some sense, the Ruins are the foundation of the current world, literally the foundation." The examiner spoke with a smile, as if stroking Ji Jue's head from afar: "Trying to break the Ruins with matter, isn't that ridiculous?

Hmm, but your idea is admirable, I'll give you a 6.

Because you're really awesome!"

"Haha."

Ji Jue smiled, expressing gratitude: "Awesome, my ■!"

No more nonsense.

Time restarted, work continued...

Then Ji Jue died again.

Died from overestimating himself, daring to use the spirit of the Nether Sea Worm's mutation, pathetic and pitiful.

This time the examiner gave him a 9.

Apart from 6, he got extra points for Ji Jue's three-hour scream before he committed suicide.

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