Chapter 132
Advancement
Chapter 132 Advancement
Yunhua answered the questions smoothly and quickly, displaying detailed explanations of all the herbs that appeared on the screen. Many of these herbs were ones that he had personally witnessed Dr. Mei using in experiments.
Soon, half an hour passed, and Yunhua was already immersed in answering the questions, his eyes showing determination. He found that this was indeed a good opportunity to test what he had learned. With so many images, Yunhua was able to recall all the detailed explanations of herbs from his memories over the past few years.
Gradually, some of the other candidates around him began to frown and ponder deeply. As another hour slowly passed, some candidates turned pale. Although they would quickly ignore the unfamiliar herbs they encountered, they gradually found that they didn't recognize more and more of them. In the end, almost all of them were unfamiliar. Finally, the first person appeared who, after struggling, bitterly chose to give up. He stood up and retreated to the side.
Soon, more and more candidates stared blankly at the screen in front of them, their faces filled with bitterness. After a long while, they had no choice but to stand up and retreat with a sigh. Although they had been immersed in the study of herbs for many years, there were still many that they could not remember. After all, they had only read about many herbs in books and had never come into contact with the real thing. It was difficult to complete the task by rote memorization alone.
Yunhua, on the other hand, spent a lot of time studying in his previous life. From the moment he came into contact with books, he spent all his time memorizing them, so rote memorization was his forte.
At this moment, Yunhua remained calm, his eyes fixed on the light screen before him, completely ignoring everything around him. All he could see were the ever-changing herbs. His movements were fluid and graceful, and coupled with his youthful appearance, he gradually attracted the attention of some of the losers.
As time passed again, when the third hour arrived, only 200 out of the 300 candidates were still answering questions. The surroundings remained quiet, and those who had given up did not want to leave, watching silently from the sidelines.
By the fourth hour, of the two hundred people, less than one hundred remained. Most of these hundred people had bloodshot eyes, staring intently at the light screen in front of them, constantly typing in all the knowledge they had about the herbs shown.
Yunhua remained calm, and his speed drew frequent glances from the eight elders on the stage.
Gradually, only less than sixty people remained in the examination room, still going crazy with each other. Many were about to give up and would occasionally look around at their companions. When they saw that they were all gritting their teeth, they would frantically try to figure out the properties of the herbs in the picture in front of them.
Yunhua took a deep breath. Staring at the computer for so long had made his eyes a little dry. He closed his eyes to rest for a moment, then opened them again, gazing at the changing herbs before him, and continued answering the questions.
Gradually, only eleven people remained in the examination room, and they were all having a crazy time. Yunhua started to frown from time to time. He needed to carefully recall the herbs in the picture in front of him.
Especially some herbs that are easily confused are extremely difficult to identify. It requires careful observation of different details, and some even need to be tasted in person. As a result, since there are only pictures, more detailed observation is needed to confirm them.
Apart from Yunhua, the other ten people were all pale-faced and had fierce glints in their eyes. They had persisted until now, and naturally none of them were willing to give up.
Just then, one of them suddenly changed his expression and stared blankly as the light screen in front of him disappeared on its own. He stood there stunned for a long time, then staggered to his feet with a bitter laugh and was helped away from the spot.
All the candidates around were breathing heavily as they looked at the ten remaining candidates in the examination room. These ten were already destined to pass this test.
But strangely enough, no one chose to stand up!
This situation commanded the respect of those who had already left. Clearly, these ten people were all ambitious and proud individuals. Since they were going to compete, they naturally wanted to determine who was better and who would be number one!
However, Yunhua did not think the same way as them.
Ambitious? — Ambitious my foot!
Now that she had successfully advanced, Yunhua naturally wanted to leave immediately. However, the others remained in place and refused to leave. If Yunhua left now, what would happen to them? There was no other way but to stand there and wait.
Actually, to get the herb that Mu Ningxue needs, it's not necessary to win first place; just getting a top-three finish in this competition will suffice.
The top three finishers in the "Aoki Asks for Directions" event all receive a reward. The reward method is simple and straightforward: the first place winner can choose three herbs as a reward, the second place winner gets two herbs, and the third place winner only gets one herb.
Of course, there is a range of herbs to choose from; you can't just pick whichever you want.
Now that we're back to the present, since the others intend to continue the competition, Yunhua naturally has no choice but to play along.
This will allow Yunhua to understand her true level and where she stands among these ten people.
After an unknown amount of time, the light screen in front of some of the ten people dimmed and disappeared one by one. They had answered the questions incorrectly and were disqualified.
Yunhua also encountered a problem. Looking at the image in front of her, she saw a rare herb that seemed somewhat familiar, but she couldn't quite place it.
In the end, Yunhua wrote down the answer that she thought best matched, but the result was wrong!
Yunhua sighed and left her seat.
Before leaving, Yunhua observed the people still answering the questions; there were three left.
While not necessarily accurate, this suggests that Yunhua would likely rank fourth among the ten people.
This number is really subtle!
After Yunhua left the arena, one of the three followed suit and also left in defeat.
By this time, only two people remained in the entire square! One was a middle-aged man with a gloomy face, and the other was a young man of similar age to Yunhua. The two continued.
The middle-aged man would occasionally glance at the young man, his expression revealing madness and resentment.
"I started studying pharmacology at the age of twelve, and it's been almost half my life. You think I can't compare to me?" The middle-aged man's eyes were bloodshot as he stared intently at a medicinal herb in front of him, but his face gradually turned pale. He didn't recognize the herb.
After a long while, the middle-aged man gave a bitter laugh, silently stood up, did not write down the answer, but firmly memorized the herb, and turned to walk outside.
In the end, only the young man remained in the examination room, but he continued, drawing everyone's attention.
However, Yunhua had already left without anyone noticing. Now that the level of all the advanced participants was roughly clear, there was no need for them to stay.
Although Yunhua studied pharmacology, his ambition lay elsewhere.
What Yunhua wants to do is become the strongest magic god!