After answering the test paper, there are still forty-five minutes left.

Chen Yuan suddenly raised his head, and a "submit" button with a light yellow luster appeared in front of him out of thin air.

He didn't have the habit of handing in papers in advance, so he closed the submission page and immersed himself in checking the papers carefully.

Starting from the first "multiple choice question" to the last "theoretical analysis question", I checked it carefully and carefully.

Then, starting from the "theoretical analysis questions", we went in reverse order and reviewed each question one by one.

More than half an hour passed.

At this time, there are less than ten minutes before the end of the exam.

In examination room A16, more than half of the students had chosen to submit their papers in advance, but Chen Yuan was not affected at all and kept checking back and forth to ensure that there were no mistakes.

Ten minutes flew by.

A deep voice sounded from the loudspeaker above the examination room: "The 2615 College Entrance Examination Liberal Arts Theory Examination is over and the test papers are being collected. Candidates are asked to take off their 'exam simulators' and leave the venue in an orderly manner."

Chen Yuan put down his pen and sat up straight.

A progress bar appeared in front of me again, showing the progress of collecting the test papers.

As the progress bar continued to advance, his test paper gradually changed from substance to illusion, and the writing on it began to be blurred, as if it had been dizzy by a ladle of water.

Immediately afterwards, the entire virtual examination room began to distort, and objects such as blackboards, tables, chairs, and podiums turned into chaotic shadows and disappeared in an instant.

After a few seconds, the vision returned to gray again.

Chen Yuan took off the "exam simulator", wiped the sweat from his forehead, and breathed a sigh of relief: "It's finally over."

"The difficulty of this theoretical test is moderate. Based on my performance, it should be no problem to get a score of 45 or above."

"The highlight of the afternoon, the 'practical exam', is the key to widening the score gap."

The practical examination tests the candidates' daily accumulation and ability to apply the knowledge they have learned.

The total score is 50 points, with "simulated medicine refining" and "simulated weapon refining" each accounting for 15 points, and "simulated spirit refining" exclusively accounting for 20 points.

"Simulated medicine refining" is to refine medicines and raw materials that appear randomly in the virtual space into specified types of medicines according to certain refining methods and configuration ratios, and then determine a candidate's health status based on the "quality" of the medicines.

Final score.

The examination process for "Simulated Weapon Refining" is also very similar.

In the virtual space, specific "materials" and "components" are used to perform "refining" operations.

Since the "weapon refining" knowledge learned in high school is still relatively basic, candidates are only required to refine an "embryo" of a psychic weapon, and then their grades are determined based on the quality of the "embryo".

The focus and difficulty of the "practical exam" lies in "simulating spiritual refining".

A piece of "spiritual energy equipment" constructed by the system is "refined", and the candidate's final score is determined based on the number of successful "spiritual refinements".

Among the three exams, "Spirit Refining" is the most difficult to complete.

Candidates must be very alert during the exam.

Once an operation error occurs, the equipment may be damaged, affecting the performance, or the equipment may be directly damaged, and the grade of the subject will drop to "0".

However, Chen Yuan is still relatively confident about the afternoon exam.

In the past three years, he focused on liberal arts and spent all the time others spent in the martial arts training hall in the classroom and laboratory. Whether it was "refining medicine", "weapon refining" or "spiritual refining", all the time was spent in the classroom and laboratory.

The experiment was repeated countless times.

As long as there are no "weird questions" that exceed the syllabus, it is not difficult to get high scores.

After packing his things, leaving the examination room and walking down the stairs, Chen Yuan saw Huo Yuan waiting under the "Zhiming Building" at a glance.

"Master Huo, look at you, you did well this morning," Chen Yuan walked up and said with a slight smile.

"Haha, I have basically passed the exam with all the reviewed content. It shouldn't be a problem to get 40 points in the exam," Huo Yuan grinned and put his arms around Chen Yuan's shoulders, "You don't need to say that a question of this difficulty is not suitable for you.

It should be a piece of cake to become a 'top scholar in liberal arts'."

"The 'theoretical analysis' is a little more troublesome, but the rest is okay," Chen Yuandao said: "The key is the 'practical exam' in the afternoon. If you take the afternoon experiment, you should be on track for the liberal arts exam."

"When the number one scholar comes out, no matter how difficult the question is, isn't it easy to grasp it?"

"Haha, try your best, let's work hard together."

Outside the door of classroom A16 on the third floor, Tan Mingyu and Li Zhongqun stood side by side, looking at the departing figures of Chen Yuan and Chen Yuan from a distance, their eyes were deep and they didn't know what they were thinking.

At the same time, Linjiang Municipal Education Bureau Office Building and Data Statistics Department.

A huge data center function machine is rapidly calculating the liberal arts theory scores of each candidate.

All around, dozens of staff were sitting in front of screens, busy making calculations and statistics.

The office is full of open holographic screens and dense data.

Soon, the scores of each candidate were displayed on different holographic screens.

There is a piece with the four characters "Linjiang No. 3 Middle School" written on it.

"Linjiang No. 3 Middle School, Gou Chen, liberal arts theory: 36 points."

"Linjiang No. 3 Middle School, Huo Yuan, liberal arts theory: 42 points."

"Linjiang No. 3 Middle School, Liu Xu, liberal arts theory: 35 points."

"Linjiang No. 3 Middle School, Yun Qingyan, liberal arts theory: 45 points."

"Linjiang No. 3 Middle School, Chen Yuan, liberal arts theory: 50 points."

When a staff member who was responsible for calculating the results of the "Municipal No. 3 Middle School" candidates saw this scene, his eyes almost fell to the ground. He immediately called all his colleagues to come and watch. For a while, the office was filled with exclamations one after another.

"Perfect marks for liberal arts theory... When did such a monster appear in No. 3 Middle School!"

"Chen Yuan? Isn't he the 'Civil and Military Champion' of No. 3 Middle School who has been missing for half a month?"

"Unexpectedly... he not only came back to take the college entrance examination, but also got perfect scores. It's incredible."

"We in Linjiang haven't had a perfect score in liberal arts theory for many years... we must report it to the leadership immediately!"

…

At 2:20 p.m., Chen Yuan returned to examination room A16 to take the "practical examination" of the college entrance examination liberal arts.

Under Teacher Li's reminder, I first carefully checked the "exam simulator". After confirming that it was correct, I turned on the device and entered the "virtual examination room".

Different from the "theoretical examination" in the morning, the examination room for the "practical examination" is uniformly built by the education department.

Chen Yuan controlled "himself", walked in the gray space, opened a narrow door that emitted a faint light, and walked into a spacious and bright "medicine refining laboratory".

There is a long white table in the center of the laboratory. On the table are various medicine-refining equipment and a large number of various medicinal raw materials. Next to it is a row of medicine-refining-related machines.

Chen Yuan walked to the long table and picked up some medicinal materials. At this moment, a line of eye-catching characters suddenly appeared in front of him:

"Practice exam item one: Within one hour, use eighteen kinds of medicinal materials such as Dragon Spirit Grass, Black Leaf Tree Roots and Baicao Ganoderma Leaves to refine a bottle of 'Level 1 Power Liquid'. Full score: 15 points."

"'Original Liquid of Power'...?" Chen Yuan put down the medicinal ingredients and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Strength Liquid" is an amplifying functional potion that can enhance the human body's strength attributes in a short period of time.

Although the value is not necessarily high, the refining process is more complicated than other low-level functional potions.

First of all, extremely fine techniques are used to peel off the effective parts of eighteen kinds of medicinal materials such as Longlingcao and Xuanye tree roots, extract the essence, and then mix them together according to a certain ratio, put them into a machine, and heat them to a certain temperature.

Finally, when it is about to reach the boiling point, it is quickly taken out and cooled before the refining is completed.

According to Chen Yuan's past experience, there are three main difficulties in refining the "original liquid of power".

The first is refining. Medicinal materials such as Long Ling Cao, Xuan Ye tree roots, and Baicao Ganoderma leaves are extremely difficult to extract. If the peeling is not thorough enough, or the heat is not controlled properly, even an hour may pass, and even the essence of these medicinal materials has not been extracted.

The second is the proportion. There are a total of eighteen kinds of medicinal materials used to refine the "original solution of power". Some of them are very similar in shape, taste and medicinal properties. To distinguish them from similar medicinal materials, it is necessary to

Extremely solid professional knowledge and strong identification skills.

The third is the final cooling. The refining of the "original liquid of power" requires taking out the medicinal mixture when it is about to reach the boiling point and placing it in the freezing equipment for rapid cooling. This requires candidates to have extremely precise control of time and prepare it early.

One second or one second of delay in cooling will reduce the quality of the "original liquid of power", thereby affecting the final college entrance examination results.

"First peel off the 'effective parts' of these medicinal materials, and then extract the essence."

Chen Yuan took out a "Dragon Spirit Grass" from the pile of medicinal materials, grabbed the root with one hand, and gently picked up the branches and leaves on the stem with the other hand, peeling it off piece by piece.

Arrange the removed branches and leaves together, take a transparent glass vessel, carefully place the branches and leaves in, and set them aside.

Then, he took a "black leaf tree root", patiently untied the tangled vines, cut open the root skin with a knife, and squeezed the light green juice into a small glass bottle.

Then, he picked up the third medicinal material - Ganoderma lucidum leaves and handled it patiently.

In the first step of "refining medicine", Chen Yuan did it very seriously and meticulously. Every movement was extremely skillful and easy to control.

Soon, he peeled off all the "effective parts" of the eighteen medicinal herbs and placed them in glass vessels.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Yuan walked to an "extraction machine" that was as tall as one person, put eighteen glassware into their respective "extraction chambers" one after another, adjusted their respective extraction times, and waited for the extraction of various medicinal materials to be completed.

"One second...two seconds...five seconds..."

After a while, I heard a series of crisp sounds of "ding ding ding".

Chen Yuan took out the glassware one by one from the "extraction cabin" and placed them on the table.
To be continued...