Gu Li unconsciously scrolled through the message panel several times, but didn't see the one she wanted.
He frowned and closed the message panel with some annoyance.
Out of sight out of mind.
"Teacher, teacher!"
"So what should we do now!"
The candidates became even more restless.
After looking at the surrounding situation, everyone gathered around Su Ji and Gu Li.
"Now all of you, please be quiet."
"Follow my instructions."
Su Ji said.
With an order, all the candidates fell silent.
Putting aside everything else, this feeling of being able to command everyone and have everyone obey your orders is actually a bit refreshing.
There is a feeling of having some kind of power and prestige in your hands.
First of all, the number of candidates is not very large, so management is not very difficult.
Secondly, most of the people present are already adults, so they don't feel like children who are difficult to discipline and control.
"Everyone, try to move closer to the center."
Su Ji ordered, "Don't get too close to the edge."
"Otherwise, if the magma underneath doesn't know when it will surge up, it will be very dangerous."
"Okay." Everyone agreed obediently.
Then according to Su Ji's instructions, they gathered around in the center of the stone table, squatted together, and started to join the group to keep warm.
At first glance, they look like a large group of left-behind children without parents.
"Then what?"
"teacher?"
"What do we need to do next?"
Seeing this large group of adults, just like children, looking at her eagerly and calling for teacher, Su Ji felt a little bit dumbfounded, but there was nothing she could do.
"Sit down." Su Ji said.
After thinking about it, he added: "Shut your mouth, don't talk, just whisper!"
Everyone: "???"
What the hell?
Why does this line smell like the last self-study class before school in high school in the afternoon?
"Sleep quietly and slow down your breathing rate."
"It's best not to even think about it, empty your mind and start meditating."
Su Ji said, "In short, avoid doing anything that may waste your own energy."
"If you really can't understand..."
"Then just treat yourself as dead and do it."
Everyone: "????"
Gan!
You can't use such weird metaphors at this time!
Hearing what Su Ji said, almost everyone present broke through their defenses on the spot.
However, in order to survive, they will still listen to what is said.
So everyone shrank their necks, huddled and hugged their heads, huddled together.
I didn't dare to say any more.
Even the atmosphere did not dare to come out a few more times.
After all, they really don't want to die.
At this time, they had no choice but to listen to Su Ji.
"Why……"
"There seems to be something going on here..."
As soon as Su Ji settled the group of candidates, she heard Gu Li's voice not far away.
"What's wrong?"
Su Ji walked towards Gu Li.
Only then did he realize that the girl was squatting on the edge of the stone platform, her head lowered, as if looking at something.
"Is there anything unusual?"
Su Ji was a little confused, and then she poked out half of her head.
Then, what he saw in front of him made him take a deep breath.
——Looking down from this angle.
What Su Ji could see was the surface of the magma.
At this moment, these scalding and hot liquids are slowly flowing and shining.
It looks like liquid fire.
But this was not the main point that Gu Li wanted Su Ji to see.
The point is.
Under this layer of hot magma.
There was a huge black shadow, swimming slowly.
【A truly behemoth.】
[The hot and scalding magma flows from the hard and solid shell like a huge rock.]
【Obviously no one wants to fall into this kind of place.】
【Before being completely melted by the magma, you will become its meal.】
…
"This should be the lord of [Lava Volcano], right?"
Su Ji silently guessed.
It's exactly what Zhinu said. He is obviously a ruthless character who is difficult to deal with...
The only good thing is that it doesn't seem to be particularly aggressive at the moment.
So at this moment, they should still be in a safe state.
But for some reason, Su Ji always seemed to feel that something was not quite right.
"wrong……"
"This [relic] is not in a static state..."
Su Ji concentrated her mind and observed the situation in front of her more carefully.
as expected.
After observing carefully for nearly five minutes.
Su Ji discovered.
Liquid levels of lava beneath the earth.
It is always on the rise.
It's just that the speed of its rise is very slow, so there is a sense of immediate visibility in which the scene seems to be completely still.
【Ho!】
【You are awesome!】
[I didn’t expect that such a detailed scene could be discovered by you. 】
[It seems that I have underestimated your ability to observe details.]
【Yes.】
[As time goes by, the magma will eventually submerge the top of this lonely stone pillar.]
[That is where you are now.]
[Before that, if you haven’t been able to deal with the lord... I don’t think I need to elaborate further, hehehe! 】
…
I really want more saliva than tea...
Su Ji was speechless and simply closed the system panel.
Facing the rising magma, Su Ji fell into deep thought...
*
*
Half an hour ago.
Inside the Muhai branch of Tianxuanhui.
Within ten minutes after the start of this year’s recruitment exam retest.
The deputy director was sitting at his desk, busy dealing with the documents and reports piled as high as a hill on the desk.
Not only was he a real person, but even the female secretary in uniform was walking back and forth between the offices of various departments on a pair of high heels, walking as fast as flying.
Like a spinning top that has become a spirit.
"Oh shit……"
"That guy Lao Gu, when will things be settled..."
"He was happy enough to leave, but all this mess was thrown on me!"
While the deputy director was cursing, he wished he could sprout three heads and six arms on the spot and work frantically.
"There's nothing we can do about that."
"You don't know that Lao Gu is destined to die from overwork."
Another minister in the same office couldn't help but answered:
"I remember three or four years ago, he was clamoring to retire."
"The results of it?"
"I'm still busy working on the Muhai Bay project."
The deputy director couldn't help but shook his head and sighed: "This project was originally prepared for the young talents. Apart from him, there is no old man."
"Yes, I also heard that this project was originally taken over by the Xinghai Division," the minister said.
"Why……"
The deputy director sighed again and said:
"I don't know what Lao Gu is up to."
"My wife is beautiful and virtuous, and my daughter is also sensible and well-behaved."
"If it were me, I would have retired and gone home long ago, and my wife and children would be on the hot bed!"
"Ahem...Actually, I think the same thing as you..." The minister couldn't help but muttered in a low voice.
"Deputy Bureau!"
"There's an emergency call!"
As soon as the minister was halfway through his words, he was interrupted by the female secretary striding over in high heels.
"No answer, I'm not free!"
The deputy director interrupted unceremoniously:
"I'm busy. I don't have time to talk nonsense to him even if I'm alone!"
The female secretary showed a very embarrassed expression and said with a wry smile:
"Deputy Bureau..."
"I'm sorry to bother you though..."
"But I'm afraid you really can't ignore this person."
The deputy director and the minister both looked at each other and were slightly startled.
Are you so exaggerated and impatient?
Now that everything has been said, the deputy director naturally has no words to say more.
then.
He had no choice but to put down the pen in his hand, took a deep breath, and then asked:
"All right."
"Who called?"
The female secretary just said two words simply and clearly:
"Black tide."
The expressions of the deputy director and the minister changed at the same time.
*
*
About the same time.
Muhai City, Lanpan District.
This is the most densely populated, prosperous and famous urban area in Muhai City.
Because in Muhai, a city built on the sea and born on the sea, almost all beaches and coastlines are located within the Lanpan District.
Naturally, it also includes the only port in Muhai City, Muhai Bay Port.
In the past, almost every holiday, the beaches in Lanpan District were crowded with people.
Tourists from all over the world fly in just to enjoy a beautiful bikini feast and sunbathing on the warm sandy beach near the southernmost tip of Dongxia Kingdom.
But it's a pity.
It's the off-season for tourism now, and it's just after noon.
The sun is getting stronger and stronger. If you want to sunbathe at this time, you will probably end up with your skin becoming red or even peeling.
Therefore, at this time, except for the tough-headed and rough-skinned Hanhan, there was almost no trace of anyone on the beach.
So it stands to reason.
With the sea temperature approaching 40 degrees Celsius, there should not be many people moving around on Mu Bay.
But this time.
A medium-sized cruise ship is floating on the sea deep in Mu Bay.
This sea area is close to the hinterland of Mu Bay, and it is at least a hundred kilometers in straight line length from the nearest beach line.
This cruise ship is presented in the most elegant and ordinary white color, and its shape and decoration adopt the most low-key and restrained design.
If you look at it at first glance, your first reaction is that it is really just an ordinary private yacht.
But in fact.
It's not just a simple yacht.
It is a special vehicle of Tianxuanhui Muhai City Branch.
Under the ordinary shell that is harmless to humans and animals, it has actually been transformed into a military-grade body.
At this time, under the sun.
Gu Jiaxuan stood on the deck at the head of the yacht.
He is tall and upright. Looking from a distance, he looks as straight as a pine tree.
Under the blazing sunlight, he involuntarily squinted his eyes slightly and looked at the sea surface sparkling in the sunlight in front of him.
A black shadow was left in the deep eye sockets.
He had just finished his busy day's work, and this was one of the few times when he could finally be alone for a while.
Gu Jiaxuan took out a pack of cigarettes, took one out and held it in his mouth.
He took out another lighter.
After rubbing the wheel a few times, two sparks popped out of the lighter port as if mocking, and then went out again.
After trying a few times with my thumb, the stubborn flame just couldn't come out.
I had to give up and reluctantly put the cigarette in my mouth back into the cigarette case.
"Today seems to be the Tianxuan Society's recruitment exam... right?"
Gu Jiaxuan muttered a little uncertainly.
For the entire Tianxuan Society, this first national official recruitment examination can be regarded as a historic event.
Therefore, it stands to reason that anyone who is a member of the Tianxuan Society will definitely not know anything about this incident.
but……
Gu Jiaxuan does not know how to use a smartphone.
Yes, that's right.
He is one of those people who have been abandoned by the new era in the eyes of young people, that group of middle-aged and elderly people who cannot play with today's electronic products.
So for so many years, he has always carried the Nokia 8210 in his hand, which was almost soaked in pulp.
Gu Jiaxuan took out 8210 from his pocket and pressed a series of numbers on the familiar dialing keyboard.
"Sorry, the number you dialed is not in the service area..."
"Sorry, the number you mail..."
The mechanical girl sounded from the speaker of the mobile phone.
Gu Jiaxuan shook his head helplessly.
Since the launch of Muhai Bay, he has been in this sea area for an unknown length of time.
This place is far away from the land, and it is also very close to the trigger boundary of Mu Bay [Relics], so the signal flow is quite unstable for at least 23 hours out of 24 hours a day.
Without the help of Weaver Girl, the only people he could contact were his comrades on the cruise ship.
Until later, even Weaver Girl couldn't help him.
Because Muhai Bay [the ruins] is becoming more and more unstable.
In the setting of [Battleground Game], the unstable spiritual realm will produce turbulent spiritual energy, which will seriously interfere with the communication ability between [players].
So now Gu Jiaxuan, holding the Nokia 8210 in his hand, does not only play Snake and Tetris.
All I could do was look at the girl on the wallpaper and pass the boring time at sea.
Just when Gu Jiaxuan was thinking about his follow-up action plan, a figure came from behind.
