Chapter 584: The Truth of the Awakened Will

At the moment the question ended, Zhang Jie had already spoken.

"I choose D, I will eliminate all of this pollution, not leaving any behind."

Zhang Jie widened his eyes, could his answer be like that?

That voice remained silent for a long time; just as Zhang Jie thought something had malfunctioned, another voice suddenly sounded, completely different from the voice that asked the question.

"From now on I will continue asking questions; you don't need to know who I am, you just need to answer the questions."

The next moment, the space before Zhang Jie began to warp, and a picture appeared before him; merely looking at its content made one feel a chill.

That.... was an extremely distorted existence, a woman's smile, but her mouth was twisted, contorted into an extraordinarily eerie smile.

Zhang Jie's unique vision instantly switched; the distorted everything on the picture began to become normal, turning into a woman with a simple smile.

"Tell me, what did you see."

"I saw.... a woman with a normal smile, and a twisted woman..."

"......"

"The next question...."

The following questions grew stranger and stranger—what do you think the meaning of 'mutton' could represent, what do you think this world actually is, and so on.

Zhang Jie simply gave up thinking; after all, his mouth wasn't his own, his mouth would answer for him.

But, are these questions really meaningful? Zhang Jie held this doubt, and after dozens of questions, he finally heard something different.

"Questioning ended, congratulations, intern investigator; please report to the Anomaly Handling Office at Chimi City, Star Bridge District, Changheng Road this Saturday at 14:00."

"I am an Elite Sentinel, a Senior Investigator Chief."

Zhang Jie:?

Does this count as passing? He himself couldn't understand some of the questions; can this thing really test whether a person has will?

Zhang Jie didn't know, but he knew that his older sister repeatedly failing must have a reason.

"Alright."

He seems to have been taken a liking to by someone....

Investigators naturally have ranks; Level I corresponds to official investigators and junior investigators, Level II corresponds to intermediate investigators.

And this senior investigator is above the senior investigator level, that is, a senior investigator.

That's fine; investigators usually have seniors to show them the way, and having an Elite Sentinel as a guide couldn't be better.

The next moment consciousness returned; the base platform turned silver for the first time, and waves of exclamations instantly pulled Zhang Jie's wandering thoughts back.

Zhang Jie lowered his head; he saw the entire base platform had turned silver, and above it floated several strings of large characters.

"Will Level: lv1"

"Congratulations, you are the first student of this cohort to naturally possess a will level."

External staff of the Administration Bureau laughed as they spoke to Zhang Jie.

Only after awakening will one have a will level; for most people, merely having will is already quite good.

"Kid, you can directly become an official operative of the Anomaly Bureau."

Exclamations came from below, and Zhang Jie could feel his body suddenly undergoing a change.

That martial arts manual is now exerting its proper function!

Zhang Jie felt, supernatural power!

"So, do you want to join our Clearance Squad? We have elite agents stationed....."

Hearing the other's introduction, Zhang Jie scratched his head, are they already starting to recruit?

However, he wasn't interested; the Clearance Squad, ah, is a combat team under the high echelons of the Anomaly Bureau, specialized in eliminating anomalies.

Put bluntly, lacking investigator freedom, it's more like a soldier.

If he joined, Zhang Jie's desire to investigate his parents' affairs would become extremely difficult.

So....

"Sorry, an important figure has already invited me to become an investigator."

"Like that...."

Under the gaze of everyone, Zhang Jie stepped down from the platform; he was neither the last tester nor the first person to possess a will level, but he was certainly the first in this school to possess a will level.

Awakening succeeded, which means he can try to see the true face of this platform.

He turned back, his vision switched, but the platform showed no change.

He had thought these things would definitely appear somewhere else; he had already braced himself mentally—for example, a flesh-and-blood platform, or something that causes sanity loss—but none of those appeared.

"Huff..... actually... this smooth."

Zhang Jie felt that lately things had gone too smoothly; not having encountered any anomalies for a long time aside, his awakening of will had ended extremely smoothly.

"This way... I now have the ticket to investigate that matter."

But this doesn't mean he can rest easy; his older sister still hasn't successfully awakened her will.

If one day Zhang Jie feels his strength is sufficient, but his older sister thinks it's not enough, in the end the one who gets hurt will still be his older sister.

"Ah, but this time life will finally get better."

Zhang Jie began to eagerly anticipate his upcoming adventures; investigator, ah, that's an investigator!

Just like that, Zhang Jie's steps became noticeably lighter; the habitually steady him unconsciously started humming a tune.

"How should I talk to my older sister later?"

Zhang Jie thought for a while, then decided to stop thinking; after all, no matter how he says it, there won't be any problem.

Zhang Yan's another rationality test.... actually succeeded!

She couldn't believe it, she dared not believe; this thing she had longed for day and night actually came true!

Those obscure exam questions, each time different, each time she didn't get a chance to think; likewise, she couldn't understand the specific meaning of those questions.

But, just today, on this special day, she actually succeeded!

"Why!"

"This time she actually succeeded!"

The staff obviously knew this girl who often came for testing, and they sincerely felt happy for her success.

"Heh heh, since you've already awakened your will, it's fine to tell you."

"Awakening will isn't about having a firm will and clear thoughts; what it actually requires is an obsession."

Zhang Yan was dumbfounded, what thing? Obsession?

"Yes, obsession."

The female staff member extended a finger.

"Obsession is something stronger than will; as long as you have obsession, ordinary people can survive in super-intensity pollution."

"And this is the truth of will."

Zhang Yan nodded blankly; obviously, she hadn't sorted out her thoughts yet.

"All right, all right, you'll understand later; hurry go tell your good brother the good news."

"Oh oh yes!"

Zhang Yan excitedly sent a message to Zhang Jie, but she first saw Lao Di's message.

"Sis! I successfully awakened my will!"

"And I was born with a will level!"

"Lao Di also succeeded? Double joy arrives! No, triple joy arrives!"

"Brother! Elder sister also succeeded!"

Zhang Jie:?!

"Today I'm happy! Elder sister won't cook for you; let's go out to eat! Eat the best!"

"Good!"

"Where are you? I'll come find you!"

Zhang Yan put away her phone, happily tucking it into her pocket.

"Life, it's really going to get better! Just thinking, her obsession must be to take good care of her younger brother!"

"This obsession has become strong enough to let her awaken her will?"

"I don't know, but it doesn't matter; awakening is a good thing."

Zhang Yan left the Abnormal Bureau Headquarters, her happy demeanor coincidentally brushing past a man full of deathly aura.

She walked past without noticing, while the other party stopped his steps.

A pair of scarlet eyes looked toward Zhang Yan....

Soon after....

"Strange, where did this kid go?"

"Elder sister! Here!"

Zhang Yan saw Zhang Jie, raised a smile, and ran toward him.

"Younger brother!!!"

Zhang Jie froze for a moment, also smiling as he tucked away his phone and ran toward her.

But the next moment, his gaze suddenly turned fearful, and he accelerated his run toward her.

"Sis!"

"?"

Zhang Yan not only didn't speed up, but actually slowed down, and she looked at him doubtfully.

"How...."

Pfft....

Bright red blood spurted from her chest, Zhang Yan stared blankly at Zhang Jie running toward her.

What was he saying in his mouth? Too bad.... I can't hear clearly...

"I am...."

The blade formed by three strands of flesh and blood wrapped around her chest once again fiercely stabbed forward...

Blood, once again surged....