Cheng Sui sat on the table, bored, looking out the window.
It was a beautiful day; the sun had reached its zenith, and sunlight streamed across the clouds, casting a large bright patch on Cheng Sui's table.
The sunlight on Cheng Sui's face made him feel a little sleepy.
Von Schneider stood at the podium with his hands behind his back. Cheng Sui's gaze met his, then quickly moved away. The man's eyes felt as unpleasant as his voice, like a vulture's.
Fingel stood behind Von Schneider, looking around, occasionally sucking his fingers as if savoring the taste of a family bucket he'd had earlier.
A black curtain silently descended from the interlayer of the carved wooden window, sealing all windows instantly. Cheng Sui felt like he was sitting in a movie theater before a screening.
The classroom's wall lights came on. Fingel handed Cheng Sui an A4-sized test paper and a sharpened pencil.
As expected, the test paper was blank.
Just then, a hauntingly beautiful erhu melody,
In his freshman year, the broadcast system played The Beatles'
Cheng Sui grumbled internally, but his eyes grew heavier. The sleepiness brought on by the sunlight intensified.
No way, is it reacting so quickly?
This was Cheng Sui's last conscious thought.
When Cheng Sui woke up, he found himself still in the classroom, with the sun still shining outside the window.
What's going on? Is the exam over?
No! All the windows were closed before the exam. He was still in the Vision state.
Cheng Sui stood up and walked to the window, looking out. What he saw made his pupils suddenly contract.
Outside the classroom, it had somehow transformed into a vast, shattered ice plain. Beneath Cheng Sui's feet, a massive dragon moved its body, its dark green scales constantly opening and closing. The majestic, king-like giant dragon raised its neck, its lava-like vertical pupils fixed on him.
Giant bronze pillars pierced the sky. Alchemical matrices on the copper pillars were activated one by one, and the entire bronze complex seemed to come alive. Two figures, one tall and one short, stood at the very top of the colossal bronze pillars, their faces solemn as they looked up at the sky in the distance.
Cheng Sui also looked up at the sky. A colossal black dragon circled above, its wings covered in corpses. Its huge wing membranes spread, obscuring the sky, plunging the land into endless despair and darkness.
An iceberg suddenly rose from the ice plain. The black dragon in the sky seemed to be violently struck by something higher up, and its sky-obscuring body crashed down, impaled by the iceberg.
A mournful dragon roar echoed through the world. Blood flowed down the iceberg, forming a surging, crimson torrent at its base.
After an unknown amount of time, Cheng Sui saw crowds of people climbing up the dragon's wings. Those who reached the summit gathered around the dragon's head, driving sharp iron spikes into its skull. White fluid gushed out like a fountain, and the humans cheered triumphantly, dancing around the dragon's head.
Cheng Sui was utterly shocked by the scene before him. As he stood stunned, a line of text suddenly appeared in his Vision.
[You were on your usual patrol in the village today when, in a trance, the scenery before you suddenly changed. You realize you are now deeply ensnared in an unknown enemy's genjutsu. You know you must break free immediately, or the consequences will be unimaginable.]
[Mission: Break Free from Genjutsu]
[Mission Completion Reward: Genjutsu Resistance increased, Genjutsu: Darkness Illusion Technique]
Cheng Sui looked at the boundless ice plain before him, then clenched his fists and gave a bitter smile.
He knew this was a hallucination caused by the Vision, but the problem was he couldn't break free. Even with a low concentration, he indeed had dragon blood in his body, so he naturally couldn't resist the influence of Kotodama: Emperor.
Wait, if I were a Hybrid of this world, there might truly be no way, but I still have power within me that doesn't belong to this world!
Currently, the only thing in Cheng Sui's body that he could associate with genjutsu was that pair of Sharingan.
But how could he use the power of the Sharingan to break free from the influence of the Vision?
Cheng Sui mobilized the part of his Chakra belonging to the Uchiha bloodline, gathering this Chakra, filled with a dark and cold aura, in his brain.
Since the 3E Exam's Vision was triggered by chanting dragon language, it must be related to his brain.
He wondered if using Uchiha's Yin Release Chakra could counteract the Vision and allow him to break free from the illusion.
Under the cleansing of the Yin Release Chakra, the scene before Cheng Sui shattered bit by bit.
He gambled right!
Cheng Sui was overjoyed; his guess was correct! Using Yin Release Chakra, which didn't belong to this world, could indeed break the illusion.
[Mission Complete: Break Genjutsu]
[Mission Completion Reward: Genjutsu Resistance increased, Genjutsu: Darkness Illusion Technique]
Rubbing his throbbing brow, the Darkness Illusion Technique, as an A-rank high-level genjutsu, was still too complex for him, a novice with zero genjutsu foundation. Thus, the memories transmitted by the system were also very intricate, truly allowing him to master this genjutsu from scratch.
He looked up at the time; only five minutes had passed.
Turning his gaze back to the table, the smile that had just appeared on Cheng Sui's face instantly vanished.
The originally blank answer sheet was still blank. Cheng Sui covered his face, thinking,
Von Schneider also noticed Cheng Sui's state and spoke hoarsely,
Cheng Sui sighed helplessly, wrote his student ID and name on the answer sheet, and stood up:
Von Schneider nodded. Fingel quickly stepped forward to take Cheng Sui's answer sheet. He gave Cheng Sui a strange look when he saw the sheet, but he didn't say anything, just handed the answer sheet to Von Schneider.
Von Schneider took the answer sheet, his eyebrow twitching almost imperceptibly. It was hard to imagine the usually stern Head of the Execution Department making such an expression.
But even more unimaginable was that Cheng Sui, who had been making waves at Cassell College these days, actually submitted a blank paper for the 3E Exam.
Von Schneider said nothing, took Cheng Sui's blank paper, and left with the small cart.