Chapter 40: Proctoring Eye

June 17th.

Early in the morning, Qiao Sang arrived at Mingpei Junior High School accompanied by her mother.

The distribution of exam venues for the high school entrance exam is organized by district; examinees from every school in the district are randomly assigned to test sites at various schools.

Qiao Sang was assigned to Class 17 at Mingpei Junior High School.

"Did you bring your admission ticket?"

"I did."

"Did you bring your pens and everything?"

"I did."

"During the exam, do the ones you know how to do first, and save the ones you don't for last, got it?"

……

Before bed, Qiao Sang had already told her mother about going out to eat with Fang Sisi, so her mother didn't ask any more questions.

Besides Fang Sisi, Lu Siya had also made plans with Qiao Sang.

Fang Sisi instantly fell silent.

After the examinee broke down and left wiping away tears, the female teacher raised her voice and said: "If you have any electronic devices, take them out now. Don't harbor any侥幸 thoughts. If the Purple Tile Mouse discovers them, your scores can only be voided."

"Understood."

Qiao Sang felt that this high school entrance exam tested not only knowledge but also psychological resilience to an extreme degree.

Purple Tile Mouse, an Electric-type pet beast.

She remembered making plans to eat with Fang Sisi and the others before bed.

It monitored every corner of the exam hall with no blind spots.

The eyeball with spiral-patterned pupils kept shifting its angle, staring at the test paper one moment and her face the next.

Feeling oddly lonely, Qiao Sang got up and looked out the window toward the residential complex below.

Another eyeball-shaped pet beast split directly into 5 or 6 smaller ones that floated in different directions around the area when examinees put pen to paper.

"Mom…"

A purple-blue mouse-type pet beast was using its antennae to touch each examinee's body one by one. Its blue antennae grew from its forehead, about seven or eight centimeters long, shaped like an antenna.

As a struggling student who had recently made some progress, Qiao Sang had already recognized this pet beast as a Purple Tile Mouse.

"Holy crap!"

This was her first time being so close to a Fire-type pet beast…

"Okay." Her mother nodded.

It was her mother, the Fire-Tooth Dog, and the Chubby House Dove.

It can use the antennae on its forehead to detect whether there are any electronic devices nearby.

"Mom, I'm going out for a bit." Qiao Sang said.

"You go on in. Mom will come pick you up when you finish the exam." Her mother said softly.

"Qiao Sang, you're not being fair! You got a Fire-Tooth Dog and only now you're showing us?" Fang Sisi said.

The electric current was very low; the examinee only felt their hand go numb for a moment with no other effects.

This meant he had another accomplice with a Superpower-type pet beast who could see the test paper.

Qiao Sang sat quietly in the sixth seat of the fifth row.

The sky outside was completely dark, but under the moonlight and the city's bright lights, it still appeared faintly luminous.

After quietly watching for three minutes, Qiao Sang got hungry…

Of course, this accomplice couldn't be an examinee.

At that moment, there were quite a few people below the residential complex—children playing and laughing, adults in pairs, elderly folks enjoying the cool air.

Qiao Sang ate the hotpot meat and asked: "Siya, it seems like you knew I'd awakened a long time ago?"

If possible, she hoped to change this habit of arriving half a day early to every place.

Qiao Sang arrived at the agreed-upon hotpot restaurant holding the Fire-Tooth Dog.

Under the gazes of the surrounding people and the pressure of the female teacher's stare, the examinee parted their hair and pulled out an electronic device the size of a button battery.

This pet beast is called Little Liuqing; the images seen by its split bodies can be shared directly with the main body.

She looked at the seemingly well-behaved Fire-Tooth Dog, wanting to pet it but not daring to.

Mother: "……"

She had been in a state of mental tension during this period. Once the high school entrance exam was over and everything settled, all she wanted was a good sleep.

It's just that the Little Liuqing used to proctor the college entrance exam has an even stronger skill—at least it can split into about 10.

This kind of device was nothing special; it could only transmit answers for multiple-choice questions to you over fairly long distances through consciousness transmission. It couldn't help with fill-in-the-blank or essay questions.

A normal person encountering an unawakened classmate holding a Fire-Tooth Dog should ask why they're holding a Fire-Tooth Dog, not directly say you've contracted a Fire-Tooth Dog.

Below the residential complex.

The room's lights were off; the gap in the bedroom door also showed the living room lights were off. Everything was quiet, and the Fire-Tooth Dog wasn't beside her.

Qiao Sang sat leaning against the bed, looking out the window.

The examinee in the third seat of the third row involuntarily cried out, and the pen in his right hand slipped from his grip and rolled onto the desk.

The Fire-Tooth Dog was still wearing its 15kg weighted ring; Qiao Sang's arms grew heavy as she steadily caught it.

"Your score for this subject can only be canceled." The female teacher confiscated the device and said mercilessly, then took the test paper from his desk.

Qiao Sang was focused on doing the test paper when suddenly a Little Liuqing drifted close to her writing hand.

But Qiao Sang still recognized the three figures below at a glance.

A single classroom wasn't proctored by just two teachers, but also two pet beasts.

The hand Qiao Sang was writing with trembled without her realizing.

"You actually contracted a Fire-Fang Dog!" Lu Siya exclaimed in shock.

"Wawa."

"Fang!"

The Fire-Fang Dog spotted Qiao Sang at a glance, barked happily, and threw itself into her arms.

"The time isn't up yet, I can't go in," Qiao Sang said helplessly.

Fortunately, after two days in this kind of exam environment, Qiao Sang had gone numb; even when two Monitor-Eyes appeared simultaneously on her left and right, she could still calmly finish answering the questions.

No one spoke.

It was practically a must-have beast for invigilation — not only at the middle school exams, but even at the college entrance exams, you could see its figure every time.

The Monitor-Eye watched for 5 seconds; when nothing unusual happened, it left.

The agreed-upon time was seven in the evening, and now they were over half an hour late, yet Fang Sisi and the others forgot to question her, because all their attention was focused on the Fire-Fang Dog.

Twenty minutes later.

Because the only type of beast that could possess this kind of transmission ability was a Psychic-type beast.

Who would have thought that once she fell asleep, she wouldn't wake until 7:02 in the evening.

This was the first time her mother had been this gentle since losing the Sharp-Bear's signature; Qiao Sang wasn't quite used to it.

After Qiao Sang finished her last exam and went home, she lay in bed, pulled the covers over her head, and fell asleep.

June 19th.

Her mother, growing ever gentler, asked: "What's wrong?"

"Fire-Fang Dog!"

Two cries of surprise rang out at Table 27.

Who could help being startled when, in the middle of seriously answering questions, an eyeball-shaped beast suddenly popped up and stared at you?!

The train of thought she had just worked out was completely choked back, okay?!

……

"Ah!"

By the time Qiao Sang woke up, her head felt considerably clearer; she had never had this kind of effect after sleeping before.

The examinee's face went pale, her lips pressed tightly together, and she made no move.

"Take it out." The female teacher who had been sitting at the podium stood up and walked over to the Purple-Tile Rat as she spoke.

The Purple-Tile Rat touched them one by one; when it reached the examinee in the third seat of the third row, its antennae suddenly discharged a bolt of purple electric energy.

"I'll say it one more time — take it out," the female teacher said again.

Fortunately, as the Purple-Tile Rat continued touching its way down, no further abnormalities appeared.

The Purple-Tile Rat pointed at the examinee in the third seat of the third row and barked.

The last day of the middle school cultural exams.

Lu Siya, meanwhile, glanced at Fang Sisi and sold her out without hesitation: "Fang Sisi told me two weeks ago."

Just as expected…

Qiao Sang wasn't surprised; she should have seen it coming long ago.

The matter of Old Class-Teacher's hair, Fang Sisi had told to an entire circle of people; expecting her to keep a secret was even less reliable than expecting a Fire-Fang Dog to climb a tree.

(End of this chapter)