Elder brother's garrison

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Ella blushed and gently patted Xiaobai's shoulder.

"Xiao Bai, the runes I drew aren't very standard. I feel embarrassed if you keep staring at them like that..."

Xiaobai was brought back to her senses by Ella patting her on the shoulder. She turned around and smiled at Ella.

"No, Ella, you and this rune are clearly drawn very well and in a very standard way."

Xiao Bai gave Ella a thumbs up.

"Although I know you're trying to encourage me, being told this by a beginner really doesn't feel real to me..."

Ella sighed softly, looking helpless.

The "beginner" Ella was referring to was, of course, a complete novice.

After all, in Ella's eyes, Xiaobai has only been reading half a book since he first came into contact with rune knowledge.

Xiaobai smiled silently, but didn't say anything to refute Ella's words.

Xiao Bai lowered his head and picked up the test paper.

The questions in Grandpa Ella's test paper were not the kind that were deliberately difficult for the test takers. Most of the multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank questions were just ordinary translations of the meaning of runes, and the answers could all be found in the "Great Dictionary of Runes".

Xiao Bai picked up a pen, flipping through the "Rune Dictionary" with one hand while quickly writing the answers on the test paper with the other.

Ella stood beside Xiaobai, holding her own test paper, silently watching Xiaobai's answers.

Xiaobai writes, Ella reads.

Then Ella was surprised.

At first, Xiaobai answered questions very slowly, often flipping through several pages of the dictionary for each question, which was still considered the speed of a beginner. However, as Xiaobai flipped through the "Great Dictionary of Runes" more and more, his answering speed inexplicably became faster and faster. After flipping through half of the "Great Dictionary of Runes," Xiaobai simply put down his pen, picked up the dictionary, and quickly read the remaining half. Then he put the dictionary aside, leaned over the test paper, picked up his pen, and wrote rapidly, never opening the dictionary again.

The more Ella watched Xiaobai answer the questions, the more surprised she became. In the end, Ella was so surprised that she couldn't even close her mouth.

"Has this young lady ever worked with runes before?" A suppressed, aged voice asked from behind Ella.

Ella turned around.

There she saw her grandfather standing on tiptoe, holding a half-full cup of steaming tea, looking at Xiaobai's back as she answered the questions with a look of amazement.

"Master..."

"Shh." Before Ella could speak, her grandfather quickly gestured for her to be quiet, then pointed to Xiaobai's back and whispered to Ella, "Someone is answering a question, answering a question."

"Oh...oh." Ella stuck out her tongue, scratched her head, and lowered her voice to say to her grandfather, "Little White doesn't seem to have ever been in contact with runes before. The reason she came to see you this time is actually for her friend who researches construction devices."

"Oh..." Ella's grandfather nodded, moved closer to Ella, and peered at Xiaobai's test paper.

The fill-in-the-blank and multiple-choice questions on Xiaobai's test paper were just simple, childish questions that the old man, who had studied rune knowledge for decades, could easily figure out the answers to. Ella's grandfather glanced at Xiaobai's half-finished test paper and then looked away with a look of surprise.

"She got all the answers right for the fill-in-the-blank and multiple-choice questions." Ella's grandfather stroked his chin, lost in thought. "Is this really the first time this little girl has encountered rune knowledge?"

"Seems to be……"

"Hiss... Could it be that the questions I set were too easy?" Ella's grandfather began to doubt his own abilities. "How can even a beginner answer such simple questions..."

"Grandpa, these translation questions you gave us this time were really difficult... Some of the obscure and uncommon questions even required me to look them up in the dictionary."

Ella looked embarrassed as she spoke to her grandfather.

"You have the nerve to say that? You're the one who studies the least."

Upon hearing this, Ella's grandfather was so angry he didn't know where to vent. He stretched out his finger and flicked Ella's forehead with a crisp sound.

Ella exclaimed, covered her forehead, and pouted at her grandfather.

"However, this little girl is quite talented. Her memory is really excellent. If this is truly her first time learning about runes, she should at least have a photographic memory. She's a ruthless test-taking machine." Ella's grandfather turned his attention back to Xiaobai's back, staring at her test paper, and said, "However... there are short answer questions after my main questions..."

Ella's grandfather was muttering to himself.

Xiao Bai finished the last fill-in-the-blank question and turned his attention to the last few major questions on the paper.

These are short answer questions, the answers of which cannot be found in the dictionary, and they are all worth a lot of points. The points for any one of these questions are more than the combined points for the previous fill-in-the-blank and multiple-choice questions.

This ranking method can be described as extremely malicious.

Xiao Bai picked up the test paper with a somewhat helpless expression and began to look at the answers.

The first short-answer question requires the respondent to draw a string of runes that can make the core components of the construction device move. The requirements for the runes are not high; special ink is not required. As long as you can roughly draw a shape that can theoretically work, that is sufficient.

"Uh……"

Xiao Bai looked at the question, thought for a while, and finally shook his head helplessly, indicating that he was giving up.

This question happened to be right on Xiaobai's blind spot. Although Xiaobai had memorized the meanings of each rune through a large dictionary, the question of arranging a string of runes that could make the construction device move involved both programming, as Luo Lian had mentioned, and understanding the structure of the construction device. Xiaobai, who had gaps in these two areas of knowledge, said that he really couldn't do it.

If you can't do it, you should give up decisively.

Xiao Bai shifted his attention to the next question.

As expected, it was another application problem involving many knowledge points.

Xiaobai chose to give up again.

There are only three short answer questions.

Xiaobai shifted her gaze to the last short answer question. She thought this question would also require complex knowledge points like the previous two, but as soon as Xiaobai saw the question, her eyebrows rose slightly, revealing an interested look.

The last short-answer question was very concise and clear.

—Using special ink, draw a functional rune.

The previous questions all indicated that they should be answered with a pencil, and that drawing the shape of the rune would be considered a correct answer. However, this last question required drawing a rune that actually had a function.

Xiao Bai turned his head and glanced at the calligraphy brush that Ella had just used.

The ink on the brush hasn't dried yet; it looks like it can still be used.

"Um……"

After thinking for a while, Xiaobai reached out and picked up Ella's brush. Following Ella's previous actions, he gently sketched a rather awkwardly twisted rune on the test paper.

This was Xiaobai's first time using a calligraphy brush, and he was still quite unaccustomed to it, resulting in the runes he drew being much uglier than Ella's.

of course.

After Xiaobai finished drawing the rune, compared to Ella's rune next door that vividly conveyed the concept of rotation, it was plain and ordinary, just a very ordinary scribble.

When Ella's grandfather saw the runes drawn by Xiaobai, a hint of disappointment flashed across his eyes.

Ultimately, all the questions at the beginning of this test paper are just preludes; the last question is the most crucial one.

As a rune craftsman, the most essential, original, and crucial question is whether one can draw runes that have a concept and function. Other shortcomings can be learned later.

Although Xiaobai answered the previous questions very quickly and well, that only showed that she knew the meaning of these runes. At most, she was a scholar who knew enough about runes, but she could not become a craftsman who could draw runes.

Ella's grandfather sighed, stroked his white beard, and his sigh was full of helplessness and regret.

Xiao Bai naturally didn't hear the sound behind him.

After drawing the shape of the rune, Xiaobai continued to stare at the rune on the paper, his eyes flashing with eager anticipation.

When Ella and her family draw runes, they rely on the user's powerful imagination to subconsciously draw upon their own spiritual power, which is then injected into the runes through the tip of the brush.

Now that Xiaobai has discovered the process by which the runes take effect, she no longer needs to go through the trouble of imagining anything. She can simply control her own admiral network and pour her mental energy into the runes in front of her.

After all, Xiaobai has nothing else to offer.

They have more than enough money and mental strength.

Xiao Bai extended his brush and touched the runes on the paper. Then, his spiritual energy flowed slowly and continuously into the ink of the runes through the tip of the brush.

As Xiaobai's spiritual power continued to flow in.

The scribbles that Xiaobai had drawn seemed to gain power in that instant, and inexplicably became lively.

"Huh?" Grandpa Ella, who had been watching Xiaobai's movements from behind, widened his eyes.

As Xiaobai put pen to paper...

This rune, which should have been a failed painting, began to "spin" in Grandpa Ella's eyes.

whoosh whoosh whoosh—

A strange, powerful sense of rotation grew stronger and stronger as Xiaobai's pen tip touched the paper.

It, it turned!

It turned!

It's spinning faster and faster!!!

It turned into a big windmill!

A giant windmill, holy crap!

Holy crap, it's getting faster!

Ella's grandfather stared wide-eyed, as if he had seen something impossible, at the rune under Xiaobai's pen that seemed to have evolved into a whirlwind.

Xiao Bai also leaned on the table, looking at the runes in front of him that seemed to be spinning rapidly, and subconsciously accelerated the injection of his mental energy.

Runes are indeed a wondrous thing.

It amazes and fascinates novices who are encountering this kind of thing for the first time.

Watching the runes you've drawn spin rapidly at the tip of your pen feels like a painter finishing a satisfying painting, a sculptor carving a perfect sculpture, or a hardcore gamer opening their mobile game inventory and seeing all the materials and characters maxed out with all their skills—it fills them with a wonderful sense of accomplishment.

It feels okay... a little faster...

Xiao Bai muttered to himself, maintaining the flow of spiritual energy with a touch of excitement.

The spinning runes are getting faster and faster.

faster and faster.

Swish swish swish————

boom! ! !

then.

Under everyone's watchful eyes.

The slender rune had endured far too much, and finally, under the immense spiritual power injected by Xiaobai, which was like a mountain crushing a camel, it exploded with a bang, turning into a small lump of gunpowder.

Chapter 1436 Luo Ritian's Job Change

boom! ! !

The test paper on Xiaobai's desk exploded in two like ignited gunpowder. The powerful explosion shattered Xiaobai's test paper into countless fragments, and also pulverized the transparent coffee table.

"Whoa!"

At that moment, Xiaobai also felt a strong shockwave coming from her subordinates, and she was knocked back onto the sofa by the shockwave.

The ship girls, who were hunched over the coffee table, each struggling with their exam papers, were startled by the sudden explosion coming from Xiaobai's direction.

The ship girls turned their heads and looked at the shattered coffee table over there by Xiaobai, and Xiaobai, who seemed to have experienced great surprise, was staring blankly at the pieces of paper scattered on the ground in front of her with her hands raised.

"Huh? Admiral?!"

"noob?"

"Admiral??"

"Admiral!"

The ship girls quickly stood up one by one, rushing to Xiaobai's side as if afraid something might happen to her.

"Admiral, are you alright?!"

"Was that explosion just now... on your side, Admiral?"

"Wow, Admiral, even if you don't want to take the exam, you shouldn't just blow it up like that..."

"Admiral, are you injured!"

The ship girls gathered around Xiaobai, showering her with concern and care.

"Uh... I, I'm fine, I'm really fine."

The calls of the ship girls brought Xiaobai back to her senses. Xiaobai stared blankly at the debris in front of her, first shaking her head at the ship girls, then looking down at her own hands.

My hands were clean and unharmed from the explosion.

There wasn't even any redness or swelling.