Chapter 26: Audit (Part 1)

The moment the accident occurred, the door of the laboratory was sealed to prevent harmful substances in the laboratory from spreading.

Although according to the safety manual, the mentors outside should have rushed over here as soon as possible, Jie Ming didn't dare to put his life on this.

Nowadays, if he didn't want to turn into ashes in the explosion of the machine, he had better find a way to stop this machine from continuing to collapse earlier.

While other apprentices were panicked, dodging, and even some wizards were still scrambling to find an emergency shutdown plan, Jie Ming moved!

He rushed out from behind the load-bearing pillar, his speed as fast as an afterimage, rushing towards the separator that was sounding a harsh alarm!

The corrosive dust was still permeating, and the apprentices around saw him "risking" rushing in, and all let out exclamations.

However, those gray dusts that were enough to make flesh and blood sizzle, the moment they touched the Essence Gold film on Jie Ming's skin surface, they seemed to hit an invisible wall and instantly turned into nothingness, unable to cause him any harm at all!

Jie Ming ignored the surrounding gazes. He approached the separator quickly, his eyes fixed on the several key rune nodes he perceived.

His right index and middle fingers were joined, and he condensed a trace of elemental energy released by spiritual sense at his fingertips.

He pointed at the first node swiftly and precisely!

Hum...

The rune node made a slight sound, and a stream of out-of-control energy was instantly discharged from there, guided again by the Essence Gold film on Jie Ming's hand.

Jie Ming didn't stop, following the drills he had calculated many times in his mind, and pointed at the other key nodes continuously!

Every time he pointed at a node, the alarm sound of the separator weakened by one point, and the chaotic energy fluctuation subsided by one point.

In a short moment, Jie Ming flashed through the danger zone like a butterfly through flowers.

When he pointed at the last key node...

Snap!

The alarm sound of the separator stopped abruptly, and the out-of-control energy flow was completely guided and calmed down.

The permeating corrosive dust also lost its source and was soon resolved by the emergency treatment system in the public laboratory.

The crisis was lifted!

Jie Ming stood beside the separator, panting slightly, his eyes also carrying a trace of lingering fear.

The people on the scene were stunned for a moment, and then burst into a cheer one after another. It wasn't until several unlucky apprentices couldn't help but let out painful wails that the other apprentices reacted and checked their corroded wounds.

Amy leaned tightly behind the load-bearing pillar, her face still a bit pale.

She looked at Jie Ming, and besides the shock, there was also a trace of unbelievable surprise in her eyes!

Although she had long felt that Jie Ming's talent was very strong, in the crisis just now, the other party still showed quality far exceeding theirs.

"My vision is indeed good. Making friends so early is really profitable!"

Amidst Amy's secret joy, the door of the laboratory was kicked open roughly, and a group of fully armed wizards brought a pile of silver-white golems and rushed in.

The golems quickly rushed towards the injured wizard apprentices, two in a group, lifting the apprentices and leaving the laboratory quickly.

Even some apprentices with lighter injuries were arranged to leave with a golem after being checked by the wizards.

Looking at the apprentices around him who were decreasing rapidly, and the wizards who were gradually surrounding him, Jie Ming suddenly sighed and honestly raised his hands.

"Rest assured, I will definitely cooperate!"

It seems that this group of wizards didn't just deal with this accident, but also to deal with him, this accident, by the way.

On the way to being escorted, Jie Ming felt relieved in his heart.

The second shoe finally dropped!

Deep in Nuolun Academy, in an unknown secret room.

There was no extra decoration in the room, only cold metal walls and floors, and a huge light curtain floating in the center, emitting a faint light.

On the light curtain, the whole process of the accident that happened in the public laboratory area of the alchemy workshop not long ago was played—the failure of the elemental dust separator, the panic of the apprentices, and... a figure rushing into the danger zone, calming the crisis at an astonishing speed.

Several figures shrouded in wide wizard robes were standing or sitting quietly in front of this light curtain.

Their faces were shrouded in the shadows of the robes, and their specific appearances could not be seen, but the powerful spiritual sense fluctuations emitted from their bodies showed that they were at least fourth-level official wizard level existences.

The light curtain paused on the screen of Jie Ming leaving with the wizards of the law enforcement team.

A series of assessment data popped up next to it, showing the energy fluctuations, dust concentration, and reaction scores of each apprentice during the accident process.

"No. 3, reaction is slow, retreated two seconds after the warning, points deducted."

"No. 5, overly panicked, affected others' retreat, points deducted."

"No. 1, reaction is rapid, warning is timely, handling is decisive, points added."

One voice after another announced the scoring of each apprentice's performance in the crisis.

Their assessment was calm and objective, without any emotion, as if they were just analyzing a complex equation.

The light curtain switched again, freezing on the golden light that flashed away on Jie Ming's body surface when he rushed into the corrosive dust area.

Next to the assessment data, a striking label was flashing: 【Abnormal Reaction】.

"It's this apprentice," a voice sounded, carrying a trace of interest, "He is the one who submitted that... 'White iron-based isolation material'?"

A figure with a somewhat bald back nodded and asked in a deep voice: "How is the review result about him?"

"Soul detection has been completed," a voice replied, his tone calm, "I compared his soul record when he first enrolled, the soul record before covering special materials, and the soul record after covering special materials, and found no abnormalities. His soul essence is quite clear, and there is no sign of being parasitized by other organisms or soul replacement."

"The interpersonal relationship network has also been investigated in detail," another voice took over, "Whether before enrollment or after enrollment, his interpersonal communication is very simple. In his hometown territory, he was a taciturn little guy. After enrollment, besides the apprentices of the same school and a few peers, he has not had deep contact with any unknown or suspicious existences. The relevant people he contacted have also been audited, and the historical records are clean."

"Subconscious and mind have also been tested, and there is no performance of being changed."

"Just tested his cognition, there is no performance of distortion..."

A series of test results were spoken out from the mouths of the wizards around, until finally, they cast their gazes on the bald wizard who spoke first.

(Extra update, one more chapter to go.) ===== CHAPTER 27 =====

(Extra chapter today, one more to come.)