Chapter 40: Monitor Eyes

June 17th.

Early in the morning, Qiao Sang arrived at Mingpei Junior High School accompanied by her mother.

The distribution of examination halls for the high school entrance examination was based on districts, with candidates from each school in the entire district randomly assigned to examination sites at various schools.

Qiao Sang was assigned to Class 17 of Mingpei Junior High School.

“Did you bring your admission ticket?”

“Yes.”

“Did you bring your pens and everything?”

“Yes.”

“When you take the test, do the questions you know how to do first, and leave the ones you don’t know until the end, got it?”

“Got it.”

“You go in, Mom will come to pick you up when you finish your exam,” her mother said softly.

This was the first time her mother had been so gentle since the Sharp Bear’s signature was gone, and Qiao Sang was a little unaccustomed to it.

“Mom…”

Her mother became even gentler and said, “What’s wrong?”

“It’s not time yet, I can’t go in,” Qiao Sang said helplessly.

If possible, she wished she could change this habit of arriving half a day early wherever she went.

Mother: “…”

…

More than two Teachers and two Pets supervise each class.

Qiao Sang sat quietly in seat six of row five.

A purple-blue rat-like Pet was touching each candidate’s body with its antennae. Its blue antennae grew on its forehead, about seven or eight centimeters long, shaped like an antenna.

As a slacker who had recently made some progress, Qiao Sang had already recognized this Pet as a Purple Tile Rat.

Purple Tile Rat, an Electric-type Pet.

It can use the antennae on its forehead to detect if there are electronic devices nearby.

The Purple Tile Rat touched one by one, and when it touched the candidate in the third seat of the third row, its antennae suddenly emitted a purple electric current.

“Ah!”

The candidate in the third seat of the third row uncontrollably cried out, and the pen in his right hand seemed to slip, rolling onto the desk.

The electric current was very low; the candidate’s hand only tingled for a moment, with no other effects.

“Wa Wa.”

The Purple Tile Rat pointed at the candidate in the third seat of the third row and cried out.

“Take it out,” the Teacher, who had been sitting on the podium, stood up and came to the Purple Tile Rat’s side, saying.

The candidate’s face turned pale, and his lips were tightly pursed, making no move.

“I’ll say it again, take it out,” the Teacher said again.

Under the gaze of those around him and the pressure of the Teacher’s eyes, the candidate parted his hair and took out a button-battery-sized electronic product from within.

There was nothing strange about this product; it could only tell you what to choose for multiple-choice questions from a relatively long distance through consciousness propagation. It couldn’t help with other fill-in-the-blank or essay questions.

Because only Superpower System Pets can achieve this kind of propagation ability.

This meant he also had another accomplice who possessed a Superpower System Pet and could see the test paper.

Of course, this accomplice could not be a candidate.

“Your score for this subject can only be canceled,” the Teacher said mercilessly after confiscating the device, and then took away the test paper from his desk.

After the candidate left, collapsing and wiping away tears, the Teacher raised her voice and said, “If you have any electronic devices, take them out now. Don’t be lucky, because if the Purple Tile Rat discovers them, your scores will be invalidated.”

No one spoke.

Fortunately, as the Purple Tile Rat continued to touch, no further anomalies occurred.

Another eye-shaped Pet directly split into 5 or 6 floating in different directions around the candidates as they started writing.

This Pet is called Jianjian Eye; the images seen by its split bodies can be directly shared with the main body.

It monitors the examination hall from all angles, leaving no blind spots.

It is considered an essential Pet for invigilation; its presence can be seen not only in the high school entrance examination but also in every college entrance examination.

However, the Jianjian Eye that can invigilate the college entrance examination has more powerful skills, capable of splitting into at least 10.

Qiao Sang focused on her test paper when suddenly a Jianjian Eye approached her writing hand.

Qiao Sang’s writing hand unconsciously trembled.

The eyeball with spiral patterns constantly changed angles and rotated, sometimes staring at the test paper, sometimes at her face.

The Jianjian Eye watched for 5 seconds, and when nothing unusual happened, it left.

Qiao Sang felt that this high school entrance examination not only tested knowledge but also greatly tested psychological resilience.

Who wouldn’t be startled when an eye-shaped Pet suddenly appeared and stared at them while they were seriously answering questions?!

The answer idea that had just come to mind was suppressed, okay!

Fortunately, after two days of this examination environment, Qiao Sang became numb. Even if two Jianjian Eyes appeared simultaneously, one on the left and one on the right, she could calmly finish the questions.

June 19th.

The last day of the high school entrance examination’s cultural test.

After Qiao Sang finished her last subject, she went home, lay on her bed, and pulled the covers over her head to sleep.

She had been in a state of high mental tension during this period, and after the high school entrance examination was over, all she wanted was a good sleep.

Who would have thought she would sleep until 7:02 PM?

When Qiao Sang woke up, her mind felt much clearer; she hadn’t had this effect when waking up from sleep before.

Qiao Sang sat up in bed and looked out the window.

The sky outside was completely dark, but it still appeared slightly bright under the moonlight and the city’s bright lights.

The room lights were off, and through the crack in the door, it was clear that the living room lights were also off. It was quiet all around, and the Fire Fang Dog was not nearby.

Feeling inexplicably lonely, Qiao Sang got up and looked out the window at the residential complex below.

At this moment, there were many people downstairs in the complex: children playing, adults in pairs, and elderly people enjoying the cool air.

But Qiao Sang still recognized the three figures at the bottom of the side at a glance.

It was her mother, the Fire Fang Dog, and the Fat Home Dove.

After silently watching for three minutes, Qiao Sang felt hungry…

She remembered that she had arranged to eat with Fang Sisi and the others before going to sleep.

Downstairs in the residential complex.

“Ya!”

The Fire Fang Dog saw Qiao Sang at a glance, barked happily, and pounced into her arms.

The Fire Fang Dog was still wearing a 15kg weight ring; Qiao Sang’s hands sank, but she steadily caught it.

“Mom, I’m going out for a bit,” Qiao Sang said.

“Okay,” her mother nodded.

Qiao Sang had already told her mother about going out to eat with Fang Sisi before she went to sleep, so her mother didn’t ask much.

…

20 minutes later.

Qiao Sang arrived at the agreed-upon hot pot restaurant, holding the Fire Fang Dog.

“Holy crap!”

“Fire Fang Dog!”

Two exclamations sounded at table 27.

Besides Fang Sisi, Lyu Siya was also meeting with Qiao Sang.

The agreed time was 7 PM, and now they were over half an hour late, but Fang Sisi and the others forgot to question it because their attention was entirely focused on the Fire Fang Dog.

“You actually contracted a Fire Fang Dog!” Lyu Siya exclaimed in shock.

“Qiao Sang, you’re not cool, showing us the Fire Fang Dog only now that you have it,” Fang Sisi said.

She looked at the seemingly well-behaved Fire Fang Dog, wanting to touch it but not daring to.

This was her first time being so close to a Fire-type Pet…

Qiao Sang ate her hot pot meat and asked, “Siya seems to have known I awakened for a while?”

A normal person encountering a classmate who hasn’t awakened yet holding a Fire Fang Dog would likely ask how they came to be holding a Fire Fang Dog, rather than directly saying, “You actually contracted a Fire Fang Dog.”

Fang Sisi instantly fell silent.

Lyu Siya, however, glanced at Fang Sisi and directly betrayed her, saying, “Fang Sisi told me two weeks ago.”

Sure enough…

Qiao Sang wasn’t surprised; she should have thought of it earlier.

Fang Sisi had told everyone about Lao Ban’s hair; hoping she would keep a secret was like hoping the Fire Fang Dog could climb a tree.