424: Chapter 404: Test 424: Chapter 404: Test The second day of the exam had fewer questions, but all of them were large subjective questions.
After a quick glance through them, Lu Ping’an found the subsequent ones even more disgusting.
[You are a member of a special service team in a certain region, and you notice that your squad has been acting strangely lately.
The captain is always praying to a deity’s statue for no real reason, and members keep disappearing mysteriously.
It seems like something is lurking in the shadow.
A comrade you owe a life debt to wants to introduce you to a deity.
You suspect this is an Evil God Faith, will you report them?
Please elaborate on your thoughts and propose a resolution.
I thought this was supposed to test practical skills?
Why are these all disgusting moral exams?
Ugh, the person who made these questions must be really sick.”
Lu Ping’an decided to adopt Meow’s “screw it” attitude after briefly reviewing the high scoring answers from previous years.
They played games till late into the night…
After all, we have our always-ready grandpa…
Rather than work harder, it’s best to cling to stronger legs.
At this point, “Stir-fry” spoke up.
This is indeed a test of ability.
Only those lacking in strength blame their condition on choices.
I write, you answer…”
In response to the first question concerning the “Evil God Sacrifice” incident, Meow’s answer far exceeded expectations.
Firstly, she proposed using all means to investigate specifics about the evil god—its name, abilities, and past exploits.
Then, she proposed targeted responses towards the likeliest deities, like introducing a counter deity or seeking the help of professionals to strengthen the sealing.
As for the “Girlfriend Sacrifice”?
Irrelevant from the start.
“That’s just a red herring.
There’s no need to concern oneself with it.
If you answer based on moral dilemmas, you’ve fallen into their trap.”
Each question is posed very broadly.
It doesn’t detail the circumstances surrounding the evil god, its dominion, or how to handle it.
Meow’s solution involves using various explicit methods to safely investigate, like dealing with a “Mountain God” or a “Blood God” within the city.
For each deity, she presented a hypothesis and even pointed out a few recent deity names that have been sealed.
It was then that Lu Ping’an understood why such a large blank space was left intentionally under the question and why the following page and additional answer sheets were provided.
As long as you are capable enough, you can come up with the most complete, comprehensive ways of handling the potential situation.
There’s no limit at all.
You could totally write, “I’m tougher than the evil god, I’ll punch him back into his hole” if you can actually achieve that, then you can score full marks on this question.
If you can’t, then make the best decisions based on your current knowledge, abilities, means, resources, and connections.
The question is not detailed enough?
That’s precisely to allow for your creativity.
The examiners want to witness your potential, as long as you can do what you’ve mentioned…
even if the idea seems achievable, a corresponding score can be given.
The limit you set can also demonstrate your ability limit.
This is a deliberately generic question with distractions to let you showcase what you know, a subjective question.
If you’re usually dealing with street vendors and shady characters, then the evil god you envision is probably at the level of a gang boss.
But if you truly understand what an evil god is, you can produce something more impressive.
Whether you choose to evade, confront or be forced to make a choice, all you need to do is suggest measures based on your actual situation.
You can, as long as you can convince the examiners that you’re telling the truth.
Besides being veteran secret keepers themselves, they’ll also use supernatural methods to determine the veracity.
The simpler the question, the vaguer the setting, the higher the tester’s limit becomes.
As for the situation where the special service team is eroded by the evil god, it’s even more straightforward…
this is a hopeless reality that professionals often encounter, it’s the most troublesome and common predicament.
When law enforcers are corrupted, when the vigilant are already corroded, it often means the downfall of a village, a town, or even a city.
In this case, you shouldn’t be too idealistic.
What’s critical is to investigate the origin and degree of corruption.
You must assess the situation and address it promptly, either by requesting help from superiors or infiltrating and waiting for backup, or simply stating that it’s a lost cause and giving up on the question…
The more you can think, the higher score you can potentially get.
The measures you take will naturally vary depending on the situation.
In ordinary towns or villages where just one team of special agents is stationed, if they are severely corrupted, the top priority is to get the information out to prevent further damage and spread…
implying that the region might have to be forsaken.
These questions, disguised as moral tests, are essentially testing your abilities…
The profession of secret keeping does not require moral paragons, but individuals capable of handling polluted events.
Those are distractions from the get-go.
If you can save them, do so.
If you can’t, there’s nothing you can do.
The methods proposed by Meow and Fang Wen are simple and effective.
However, the descriptions of the potential for Evil Gods make one doubt the mental stability of the one answering.
As Lu Ping’an wrote, his understanding of the Secret Keeper’s profession became increasingly clear.
Confront the pollution, face it, deal with it.
You can use all possible ways and means to take the most likely method to success.
Whether you can achieve it depends on your actual ability…
but on the paper, you should think of it first.