Chapter 2

Recap

The exam officially began.

“No!”

At the Black Tower, the Ninth State Command established for the Hunger Academy, the minister stared at the big screen in front of him.

They found something wrong at the first time—anyone who saw their students suddenly change their nationality after the screen flashed would feel their hearts sink.

“How could he be a Federation student? Check the status of the two Federation students.”

“Yes.”

Soon, they found the live broadcast room of the Federation student, but there was only one, and it was obviously not the official designated student they had heard about before. Whether it was his performance in the instance or his identity, it didn’t match.

“How did Zhang Ziqing become a Federation student? What about the Federation’s official student?” Everyone looked at each other, and a terrible idea came to their minds.

He changed his nationality?

“Notify the superior immediately,” the minister’s face was unprecedentedly solemn, “Perhaps, this will be a national public opinion crisis.”

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“Why is Zhang Ziqing a Federation student?”

At this time, the viewers in Ninth State had also discovered this surprising situation. They had many guesses, but they didn’t dare to speculate casually because the official didn’t say anything, so they flocked to CCTV’s live broadcast room to ask the official for specific details.

In this special era of re-entering the ticket era, each citizen can only bind a fixed ID. Once they post inappropriate or marginal remarks on the Internet, they will be temporarily suspended by the system at the first time. The next time, their account will be blocked, and they will be invited to have tea within half a day.

After that, their studies, work, and even social life will be affected.

In troubled times, heavy laws are used, and no one wants to touch the government’s tiger whiskers.

At the same time, the news that Zhang Ziqing changed his nationality has also reached the leaders of Ninth State.

In addition, the team that has been protecting Zhang Ziqing’s family has also received news that his parents are no longer in the villa and cannot be found. They have changed their identities and gone abroad with the cooperation of the spies.

Zhang Ziqing’s action is by no means a temporary decision, but has been planned for a long time.

The only good news is that they also caught the senior officials who have been lurking in Ninth State for a long time.

“Because of Zhang Ziqing’s special identity, his family enjoys preferential treatment that ordinary people don’t have, how could they!”

The secretaries and assistants around the Ninth State officials are young and energetic, and they felt indignation for the country. Whereas the leaders are still very composed, and even waved their hands to let them calm down.

This is an ‘ordinary’ fight between the two countries, but the Ninth State was punched in the face and it was difficult to save their face.

“Since the situation cannot be changed, what we need to do now is not to pursue accountability, but how to quickly resolve this crisis.” The No. 1 leader stood up, he was still so calm and rational, with a weary smile on his face, “Relax a little, we just need to hold an online press conference.”

The Hunger Games affect the survival of the country. The students are the brightest of the country and gather the hearts of the people. They don’t need to explain to other countries, but they have to give an explanation to the people of the Ninth State.

On the other hand, the Federation began to cooperate with Zhang Ziqing’s actions.

Some seemingly ambiguous words began to appear in his live broadcast room, implying that Zhang Ziqing’s life here was “very unhappy and had to leave.”

Many people thought of the great pollution nine years ago, and the subsequent institutional reforms in Ninth State and the subsequent immigration wave. Ninth State insists on implementing the distribution system according to needs, but the West is not the case.

Thinking about it, with Zhang Ziqing’s background and ability, if he is abroad, he can enjoy superior treatment. But in the Ninth State now, they only have slightly better resources than ordinary people, and can still only own a house, a legal partner, and a job.

Maybe it was because of this that they were persuaded to defect.

Because of Zhang Ziqing’s defection, the Internet was full of gunfire and smoke, but at this time, the Black Tower was still waiting for instructions from the superiors, and they could not act rashly.

The staff tried to appease their unrest, but the defection of the official student was the first in the world. This slap was too painful, and it pointed directly to their inadequate work. How could they stay calm?

The assistant who was responsible for taking care of Zhang Ziqing’s daily life and was almost inseparable from him was pale.

If all this was premeditated, could it be that Zhang Ziqing had been turned over three years ago? Otherwise, how could there be no flaws in three years?

Then, would he be… guilty of “knowing but not reporting”?

More people are worried about another thing. After Ninth State lost Zhang Ziqing, there was only one student who was randomly selected to make up the number. Will there be a chance to save their country?

No, no, they can’t put such high standards on a random student to be able to protect himself and not bring disaster to the country.

So far, eighty-seven countries or regions have been destroyed in the “abnormal natural disasters”, leaving only a few survivors scattered in other regions.

Most of these “abnormal natural disasters” are brought by random students with insufficient abilities. However, they cannot blame these randomly selected students. If they blame them, there is a chance that the random students will rebel and seek death in the game in the most tragic way, bringing the country the strongest “abnormal natural disasters” and leading to the destruction of the country.

Learning from the past, Ninth State will not make such a stupid mistake. They will strictly control the direction of public opinion and will not put pressure and responsibility on the random student.

However, the situation this time is too special. They have no official students, only one random student left.

Ninth State’s foundation is still there, and it is not afraid of several abnormalities. But they finally returned to the table of powerful countries, however, after this round of Hunger Academy, will they be left standing or not?

In fact, the atmosphere in the federal command is also very solemn at this moment.

Good news, the plan was successful, and Zhang Ziqing successfully stabbed Ninth State in the back.

Bad news, their official students are nowhere to be seen alive or dead, and even the live broadcast room has been wiped out.

“What does this mean?”

“This is the worst scenario. It is the response of the Hunger Academy to our testing of its rules, and also a warning.” If one is left alive, one must be killed, so they killed the elite trained by their Federation.

They had high hopes that they would win all 12 games, become international saviors, and completely end the Hunger Games – although they had such expectations for every federal official student.

These people looked at Zhang Ziqing with less amiability – how could the students trained by Ninth State compare to their federal elites?

This is really a case of losing more than gaining.

Let’s not talk about how ugly the Federation’s face was, let’s talk about the Ninth State Command. They have received orders from their superiors. Zhang Ziqing is already a thing of the past. They should do what they should do, and leave the rest to the student.

In recent years, the Ninth State has encountered 365 kinds of wind, frost and rainstorms in 365 days a year*. This matter is not a big deal, and there is no need to disrupt their pace for this.

*(a lot of tumult and changes)

Everyone was reminded and thought of the random student who was not expected before.

No matter how untrained he was, he had to have watched the live broadcast for three years. He should have started to understand the basic information of the instance through the task watch, or started to look for a safe shelter, right?

Examination world.

“Food, water…”

The man who traveled through time, Ji Xinghai, who knew nothing, was assuming that he was a poor guy who was kidnapped and thrown on the mountain.

There was no water, no food, and no warm supplies. He could either take action now to build a temporary residence and get food, or he could go down the mountain before dark while he still had the energy.

He wanted to choose the second one, but his hungry body, which is also in urgent need of heat, reminded him that if he couldn’t get food, he might faint from hunger on the way and then feed the passing beasts.

To get food, you first need tools, such as a basket that can hold more ingredients. Judging from the environment and the tools in hand, the most suitable material is the green vines wrapped around the trees nearby.

There are many vines in the forest, and he quickly found a tree with green vines wrapped around it. This kind of green vine is yellow on the bottom and green on the top, with good toughness, and is a good material for weaving.

He was going to cut a few pieces to weave a rattan basket, but when he pulled, his palm was scratched by the sharp part on it, and a drop of blood rolled on the snow-white skin.

“The structure of this hand is so beautiful…” He murmured softly, his light-colored eyes staring at the delicate fingers that looked like newborns without blinking, and then he raised it to look at it, full of amazement.

These hands have no traces of life at all, let alone calluses, even the pigmentation caused by labor is not visible.

I have never dissected such beautiful and white hands.

He collected some green rattan, peeled off the outer skin, and the flexible branches inside were the best material.

Folding, tying, and winding, a simple rattan basket appeared between the flying fingers, and there were two straps on it.

He tried it and it was just right to carry it on his back, it seemed his craftsmanship had not declined.

With an axe, a rattan basket, and a mountain-hunting stick that can be hung on the wrist, the primitive mountain-hunting set is complete.

The wind blew, and Ji Xinghai’s nose moved slightly, and he could smell the fresh herbal aroma of the ingredients.

Wild mushrooms are the easiest food to find in the forests at this time of year, especially now that the air is humid and it has obviously rained some time ago.

He wanted to go right, but some inexplicable intuition made him change direction and walk to a huge pine tree.

Ji Xinghai slowly pushed aside the slightly raised thick layer of pine needles.

A round-headed, round-brained, green mushroom shyly showed half of its face.

[What is he doing? In this golden time, he is not checking the game instance information or looking for resources but digging mushrooms? ]

[My nine-year-old sister knows what to do after being selected. Where on earth did this little fairy boy* come from? Only one student is left. Ninth State is finished! ]

*(very very pretty boy)

In Ji Xinghai’s live broadcast room, the anxious viewers vented their emotions.

Zhang Ziqing changed his nationality. This is their only student.

Judging from his various actions at the beginning of the formal examination, this student has no sense of crisis at all, let alone whether he has the ability to pass the exam!

The viewers in Ninth State, who were powerless to change anything and could only passively bear it, could not help but compare him to Zhang Ziqing, who was originally their hope.

Ten minutes had passed since the exam officially began. Zhang Ziqing was looking for poisonous plants in the forest, and he had already found several.

The live broadcast room was full of abuse, but it did not affect the student in the exam room. He found a bamboo forest and used the axe he was given to cut a few bamboos, as if he was going to make some kind of weapon.

At this time, the government-appointed students from other countries were also exploring the instance every minute and every second, looking for all possible opportunities.

This opportunity does not only consist of clues but also the environment and equipment, the resource treasure chests in the instance. There are only so many resource treasure chests, and if one is discovered, one less will be available for grabs.

Everyone is working hard, and every action and expression of theirs is saying, “I am working hard, and I try my best to live up to everyone’s expectations.”

While the student of the Ninth State are… leisurely looking for mushrooms.

In the upper left corner of the screen, there is a set of data listed alongside the instance time, which shows the mental state of Ninth State, the only student:

Spirit: 59/100

Fear: 0

Spirit value 59, the mental state is extremely dangerous, the lowest in the field.

Although the student Ji Xinghai’s leisurely posture does not show that his mental state is so bad, the data will not lie.

He has not encountered abnormal creatures yet, what will he do if he encounters abnormal creatures?

The reason why abnormal creatures are “abnormal” is not because they are so powerful – in fact, on the physical level, abnormal creatures cannot resist bullets.

But the lethality of this existence does not lie in combat power, they themselves represent “fear”. Their smell, image, and even a glance can trigger negative things in the human soul, such as fear, despair, pain, and confusion. The lower the human spirit value, the easier it is to collapse.

The student is set to be “immortal”, but once he dies in the instance, his spirit value plummets, and the outside world follows an “abnormal natural disaster”. And the lower the spirit value, the easier it is to collapse, and the higher the mortality rate, this is a vicious cycle.

[Every time he ‘dies’, a group of us will die with him. ]

[I don’t want to see this anymore! I want to emigrate! ]

Ninth State, Black Tower Command.

“A resident of a small town, fell into a coma for no reason at the age of nine and became a vegetative state. It has been exactly nine years now. How could it be so coincidental that a person in a vegetative state was selected by the Hunger Academy and woke up in it. Oh, this start is difficult…” The head of the expert group who had just received the basic background information of this student sighed.

But the head of the command has a different view: “Do you think he acts like a nine-year-old child?”

Other things cannot be seen for the time being, but in the case of knowing nothing, he was able to calm down in a short time, and made a convenient and easy-to-use backpack with the materials at hand, and also recognized edible fungi in the wild. Is this something a nine-year-old child can do?

The head of the expert group shook his head: “This child’s parents are outdoor survival enthusiasts. He has participated in various types of outdoor activities with his parents since he was three or four years old, at least once a week. Maybe he has some talent, but unfortunately, it has been delayed for nine years.”

They must accept this reality. Student Ji Xinghai is an ordinary person who has not received training, does not understand the Hunger Games, and may still have the mental state of a nine year old. His knowledge and character are extremely shallow.

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