15 15-D+ Level Exam Paper, The Little World of Mountains and Seas

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As Zhou Nanyuan’s voice echoed throughout the temple, everything inside shattered with a deafening roar.

Sufei once again found herself in the familiar divine exam space, but this time the golden streams of data flowing through the void were denser, cascading like a galaxy.

So... as the exam paper’s difficulty level increases, do these “data streams” change accordingly?

With this thought, a voice sounded in her ear:

[Divine Exam Space is being constructed...]

[Space Stability: 99.9%]

[Divine Force Field Intensity: Normal]

[Examination System Initialization Complete]

“Greetings, examinee. Welcome to the Lingxiao Province preliminary exam space for the Divine Academy’s 4050-4051 academic year.”

“Affiliated Branch: Class-C Outer Ring Star Cluster – Polaris Cluster Region – Lingxiao Province – Starshine Seventh High School”

[Confirm Examinee Information]

[Name: Sufei]

[Affiliation: Kunlun Academy]

[Student ID: F01]

[Exam Subject: D+ Level Comprehensive Combat Simulation (Preliminary Round)]

[Exam Parameter Generation]

[Difficulty Rating: D+]

[Survival Expectancy: 65%]

[Pass Rate: 50%]

“Please select your Faith Divine System—”

Eight radiant pillars representing various divine systems appeared before her. Without hesitation, Sufei declared,

“I choose the Chinese Divine System.”

[Kind Reminder: This system’s faith value is extremely low; historical pass rate is 0.1%. Please confirm carefully!]

Sufei’s expression flickered for a moment... 0.1%?

Last time, the final exam showed 0%, how did it increase by 0.1% now?

Could it be because of her? Was it because she passed the exam last time?

“Ding!”

[Indian Divine System: Current Faith Value: 87.6%, Historical Pass Rate: 99.5%, Popular Deities: Shiva, Vishnu, Garuda...]

[Recommended for you: The currently best-matched Indian Divine System...]

Immediately, an advertisement played. In the center of the pillar appeared a projection of Garuda, the great golden-winged bird.

It bore a human face and the body of an eagle, with golden feathers towering like mountains. When spread, its wings could blot out the sky.

Its sharp eyes held boundless wisdom, and an aura of immense power and sanctity radiated from it...

Sufei rolled her eyes at the extravagant effects.

Last time, the Greek Divine System paid for ads; now it’s the Indian system’s turn?

Looking at the Garuda projection, they must have spent a fortune.

But she had to admit, the visuals were impressive.

The Indian Divine System’s deities were always known for their splendor—even a bird could inspire awe just by looking at it.

No wonder so many flocked to it.

But...

Sufei said firmly, “I confirm my choice of the Chinese Divine System.”

This time, the Divine Exam AI did not try to persuade her. After the advertisement finished, it proceeded to confirmation.

[Examinee Sufei, Kunlun Academy, Student ID F01, choice of Chinese Divine System confirmed]

[Exam Paper Loading...]

[Exam Paper Loaded]

[Your exam paper is: Small World of Shan Hai – Corrupted Strange Crow, currently randomly drawing from the Chinese Divine System deity pool...]

Sufei held her breath.

Small World of Shan Hai? Strange Crow?

Her mind instantly conjured the records from the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

If it really was from the Shan Hai Jing, this would be no ordinary exam paper.

...

In the proctor room, the projection of the joint exam for nine schools was displayed.

Proctor officers from each school, including Zhou Nanyuan, stood straight.

Jiang Yuqing looked at the exam paper content: “Small World of Shan Hai – Corrupted Strange Crow?”

“Is it part of the Shan Hai series?” The academic director Wang Mingde’s voice sounded. “Small world means it belongs to the beginner tier of the Shan Hai series. It seems ‘Strange Crow’ is the abnormal entity featured in this exam.”

The proctors, having seen many exam papers, quickly pieced it together based on history and the name.

“Strange Crow doesn’t sound like a simple abnormal creature. If I’m right, it probably has infectious and corrupting traits.”

He pondered briefly, “This is definitely more troublesome than the Ling Mountain demons last time.”

Jiang Yuqing nodded in agreement: “Especially the ‘corruption’ trait. It means examinees must not only fight the Strange Crow but also guard against the corrupting environment.”

This was what set the D+ level apart from the D level exam papers—not just abnormal creatures alone, but a combination of environment and anomalies.

The exam scenes across the nine schools unfolded, showing each examinee’s situation.

Zhou Nanyuan’s gaze scanned the monitoring screens of the candidates: “Though for some candidates, this might actually be an advantage.”

Jiang Yuqing immediately understood: “You mean Shen Yunling? Apollo’s power of light is precisely effective against such corruption.”

“And Chen Tian, too. Garuda is the king of divine birds, naturally suited to combat these fallen avians.”

While the others discussed, the examinees began summoning their deities.

Proctors from other schools focused their attention on candidates who required close monitoring, but at Starshine Seventh High School...

All proctors were staring at Sufei.

The atmosphere in the proctor room shifted subtly.

They remembered that last time, this candidate summoned four Chinese deities at once, shocking the entire province!

Being able to recognize all deities’ true forms was no small feat.

They wondered if it was just coincidence or if she really had that kind of skill.

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Zhou Nanyuan was eagerly anticipating what deity Sufei would summon this time.

Would she again summon four deities at once? And have them all succeed?

...

The system was randomly drawing from the Chinese Divine System deity pool...

Sufei held her breath, nervously watching the golden data streams swirling in the void.

“Ancestors, please bless me to draw something powerful this time too!”

Just like last time!

[Ding!]

[Chinese Divine System deity pool match complete]

[This random draw result: Classic of Mountains and Seas]

Sufei’s eyes lit up instantly.

The Classic of Mountains and Seas! Perfect!

Though she didn’t know exactly what beast it would be, anything from that text would be a breeze against a mere Strange Crow.

The golden data streams in the void gradually coalesced, sketching a faint figure.

Sufei stared intently as the figure took shape: a slender neck, elegant posture, multicolored wings, a tail of long feathers flowing like clouds.

Her heart skipped a beat.

That iconic silhouette… she knew it all too well!

At that moment, she seemed to hear the celestial melody of a hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix.

[Please begin summoning, establish connection with your deity, randomly draw deity skills]

[Hint: Correctly call their name and title]

Sufei took a deep breath and began chanting:

“King of a hundred birds, Phoenix!”

Boom!

As her words fell, a brilliant rainbow light erupted in the void.

The phoenix’s figure appeared within the divine light—graceful and majestic.

It spread its wings, which shimmered like the colorful clouds at the horizon, dazzling and magnificent.

[Congratulations to examinee Sufei for successfully summoning the deity: Phoenix!]

[Randomly drawing deity skills…]

A series of skills appeared instantly in the void:

[Nirvana Rebirth] [Resurrection]

[Assembly of Birds] [Dominion]

[Five-colored Auspicious Cloud] [Destiny Alteration]

As usual, these top-tier divine skills flashed briefly, teasing Sufei, then vanished, replaced by:

[Nirvana Light – Weak]

[Heart of the Hundred Birds – Basic]

Sufei looked at these skills, a slight smile playing on her lips.

She never expected that to fight such a small Strange Crow, the Chinese deities would send her the Phoenix!

Even its most basic abilities were bestowed by the king of a hundred birds!

Moreover…

Her gaze settled on those two skills.

The divine skill effects flashed in her mind. She nearly howled to the sky; this skill combination was simply unparalleled!

...

In the proctor room, everyone reacted unsurprised to Sufei’s choice.

Jiang Yuqing nodded slightly: “As expected, she chose the Chinese Divine System again.”

“But only one deity summoned successfully.” Wang Mingde sounded a bit disappointed. “Not like last time, when four deities appeared at once.”

“Looks like last time was truly an exception.”

“I thought the Chinese system had some special advantage…”

“Seems it’s the same as always.”

Rare and hard to recognize—at least for him.

Jiang Yuqing frowned slightly at the dazzling figure on screen: “Beast form? And the only title is King of a Hundred Birds?”

That’s too weak, just a hundred or so…

“Far inferior to Garuda,” someone commented. “Garuda even devours dragons.”

“Besides, the issue isn’t that, but how she summons different deities every time.”

This puzzled many. The mainstream cultivation systems favored the ‘extreme’ approach, focusing on maximizing a single deity’s power.

Rather than developing new skills, strengthening existing ones was key.

Wang Mingde added, “Like Shen Yunling, who consistently summons Apollo. The Sun God’s arrow is already at C-level, and he unlocked the blazing light effect that causes continuous burn damage, plus sunlight blessings that boost his attack power…”

“He can choose ranged suppression, never giving opponents a chance to approach.”

This is the huge advantage of the extreme path.

Therefore, most favored repeatedly summoning the same deity to continually enhance the same skills, fully unlocking potential, and possibly discovering new combo skills—doubling effectiveness!

But look at Sufei’s skills...

One moment a deity from Journey to the West, the next a phoenix, all with weak, basic skills...

None bestowed by the same deity, no system synergy like Apollo’s sunlight blessing.

She was at a clear disadvantage.

Zhou Nanyuan’s brow twitched subtly.

It wasn’t that a multi-deity skill system was bad, but...

If a different deity was summoned each time, skill levels would inevitably stagnate.

For example, the phoenix appeared only once; how could a level-one Nirvana Light compare to a level-ten Sun God’s arrow?

Unless...

Zhou Nanyuan’s eyes sharpened.

Unless every skill could be raised to the highest level, only then could it rival the extreme path.

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But... the resource consumption for that would be unimaginable.

Even he had only managed to refine two skills to perfection so far.

It seemed the inability to consistently summon the same deity was a weakness of the Chinese Divine System.

He formed a judgment and then focused on another critical question.

“What exactly is the divine force allocation algorithm for this ‘Total Quota’ exam?”

He had reviewed all examinees and found no anomalies, no one with significantly more divine force allocation.

Could it be that, from the Divine Exam AI’s perspective, everyone’s divine force allocation should be roughly equal?

That seemed unlikely.

His gaze returned to Sufei.

She had obtained two skills at once—did she allocate more divine force?

If it wasn’t Sufei, would it be Shen Yunling? Or Shen Yunxi?

A thought flashed through his mind.

In the end, it boiled down to the crucial debate: in this reform, is divine force allocation based on the match between deity and exam scenario, or the compatibility between examinee and deity?

If it’s the former, then Shen Yunling’s Apollo would naturally have the advantage—light power counters corruption perfectly.

If it’s the latter, then Shen Yunxi holds the advantage, with the highest compatibility rate of 85% among all present deities.

Perhaps only when the exam ends will the answer be revealed.

“The countdown has begun,” someone reminded.

[10]

[9]

[8]

...

[3]

[2]

[1]

[Exam Space Construction Complete]

As the countdown ended, the void before Sufei began to twist and warp.

Golden data streams intertwined in the air, sketching a dark forest.

Tall trees blocked out the sky, branches stretching upward like claws.

Where there should have been vibrant life, the forest looked bleak and lifeless; the ground was covered with a layer of gray-black humus.

Signs of corruption.

The moment she entered the exam, her school uniform turned gray-black, blending seamlessly with the surroundings.

Soon, she heard sharp caws piercing the sky.

These were not ordinary crow calls.

The sounds carried a strange metallic screech, sending chills down her spine.

Sufei looked up to see countless black shapes circling in the gloomy sky.

Even stranger, the eyes of these strange crows glowed with an eerie purple light.

...Chills ran down her spine!

Just then, the Divine Exam AI’s voice rang out:

[Exam Scoring Criteria: Number of anomalies eliminated]

[Current Location: Small World of Shan Hai – Strange Crow Forest]

[Nearby anomalies: 1,358]

Sufei: ???

She stared at the number in disbelief.

Last time, during the final exam at the Ling Mountain branch, not even a shadow of a demon was visible.

And now? Over a thousand strange crows? Completely surrounded?

Fortunately, her starting position was decent—she was behind a large tree, safe for the moment.

That number was terrifying, but...

She couldn’t say she was unlucky; it was likely the entire exam was like this.

After all, this was the preliminary round—there was no way it was designed to target only her... right?

Safe for now, she began observing her surroundings.

The dark crow flock above seemed to circle endlessly, but in truth, they were searching.

Occupying the aerial advantage, no movement escaped their eyes glowing with eerie purple light.

...This was going to be tough.

Suddenly, a wild rabbit was pecked by one of the strange crows.

It convulsed violently as its fur blackened visibly by the second.

In mere seconds, the rabbit’s body swelled and distorted, finally transforming into a new strange crow!

Sufei gasped—the corruption ability was overwhelmingly powerful.

Once pecked or touched, infection and transformation were inevitable.

And the transformation was rapid, leaving no time for rescue.

The surrounding trees fared no better.

Whenever a strange crow perched on a branch, the leaves withered and rotted swiftly, turning into a mass of black humus.

“This exam really lives up to its D+ rating,” Sufei muttered.

Compared to simply fighting enemies, the real challenge was managing three threats simultaneously:

The strange crows’ direct attacks.

The damned corruptive infection.

And... the environment’s ongoing corruption.

As the strange crows intensified their activity, the entire forest continued to rot, soon threatening her position.

“I can’t delay any longer. I must act quickly.”