Chapter 35: The Tiger
The wave of air generated by the explosion was not as strong as Ivan had imagined, as if a warm wind was blowing on him.
There was no debris flying everywhere, and he could feel that the force of the mine explosion was much smaller than he remembered.
If it is just to prevent the invasion of wild beasts, it is impossible to arrange it on the road marked on the map, and the only possibility is that these mines buried in the ground were specially buried here by Yuanyue in order to evaluate the students.
"Looks like there's a big problem with this map, is it an assessment?" Ivan looked at the map and muttered softly.
Annabel casually took out the map from his pocket and handed it to him, obviously the map had already been prepared, just waiting for his arrival, this was a test for him personally, but there was one point, Ivan didn't figure out why he didn't explain the assessment in advance, and why the Far Moon Academy would arrange a test for him alone.
Ivan is not narcissistic enough to think that he has unlimited potential and talent, and it is worth Yuanyue's great effort to spend a lot of energy arranging the assessment for him alone.
"Did you get the wrong map or did you do it on purpose?"
Ivan carefully recalled all the scenes from the contact with Annabel, as well as the micro-expressions on her face, he was more inclined to deliberate, no one would deliberately prepare the wrong map on his body.
"I thought that the hunter department was enough to have a bad stomach, but I didn't expect that a mountain is higher than a mountain, and the biology department is the strongest, and the pit people don't make a sound, and I was glad to have chosen a good major, and the teachers of Yuanyue have all meow black sesame filling, and none of them are white when they are cut." Secretly complaining in his heart, Ivan rolled up the map in his hand and stuffed it into his backpack.
There was only one route shown on the map, there was no other road to choose from, and it was an assessment, there was no way back, so he decided to continue.
Looking at the road in front of him, where he didn't know how many mines had been buried, Ivan casually threw a pebble at a location that was not suitable for planting mines.
The pebble rolled a few times before it stopped, and no sound was heard, but Ivan did not move rashly, but picked up a small pebble and threw it in that direction, only to hear a 'boom' sound, and suddenly dust poured everywhere.
The smoke and dust rising everywhere made Ivan squint his eyes slightly, the scene in front of him was within his estimate, he could see through the group of people in Yuanyue, there was no most yin, only more yin, according to their character, it is estimated that even if it explodes, I am afraid that there is still a bomb buried underneath, waiting for others to step on it.
It is not uncommon to find such techniques as this kind of trap setting by taking advantage of human vigilance.
Thinking that if you find danger, your vigilance will drop significantly, but in fact, you have already fallen into a prepared pit at this time.
I don't know how many people did not die under the strong wind and waves, but capsized in the gutter,
In another world, such a similar technique has been played on the mathematics test papers of the Celestial Empire, even if it is reminded not to be careless every year, but every time many people fall into the pit stupidly and can't extricate themselves.
Clearly, the people who designed this test have a deep understanding of human psychology.
It is undoubtedly extremely stupid to compare the psychology of a person who knows the human psyche very well.
Ivan looked up at the branches above his head, trying to move on them to avoid the mines on the ground.
Broken golden sunlight shines through the leaves on the ground, and you can faintly see the reflection of some metal threads, which are extremely slender, and if you don't pay attention, you can't see the existence of these threads when the sun is obscured.
"The purpose of the exam is to screen people, there is no reason to completely block the way of life, there must be clues around."
Ivan looked around and noticed that there was a lot of moss growing on the cracked bark of the ancient treetops, which he had neglected at first, but when he thought about it, moss preferred semi-dark and damp environments, and especially liked to cling to the roots of trees.
Sunny trees and no soil to retain moisture make transpiration not a suitable environment for moss growth.
In addition, the moss seems to grow extremely luxuriantly, and it can be vaguely seen that the moss seems to grow according to a certain pattern, and is not a natural shape in nature.
"Maybe it's a clue." Evane avoided the silk thread above him, leaped to his feet, and stood on a thick branch, carefully observing the shape of the moss, hoping to get a clue from it.
It wasn't until he stood above that he noticed that the entire upper silk thread was wound layer by layer, like a laser channel, which seemed to be extremely messy, but if he looked closely, he could see that the silk thread seemed to be arranged according to a certain law.
At the same time, Ivan discovers the shape of the moss, removing the parts that grow haphazardly, and is able to form a string of numbers.
“3667(123431)。” Ivan recited the numbers, familiar with them, but he couldn't remember where he had seen them.
Until Ivan noticed that some ancient trees in front of him were also covered with moss on the tops, but he could only see the numbers on an ancient tree in front of him, and he couldn't see it farther away.
"3667 (123431), (232) 75763, this is the score of the elegy of the soul." Ivan finally understood where this familiarity came from.
The creator of the elegy of the soul is unknown, but because the music has the effect of calming the soul, it can be said that it is one of the songs that are extremely common on the Ezhen Road and carry out [Zen] cultivation.
"Then the threads are arranged according to the line spectrum." Ivan deduced the clues on the moss.
When I accidentally looked down, I found that there were some strange patterns engraved on the roots of the trees that emerged from the ground, which looked like words and paintings, all of which were very secret and low, and if you didn't stand on the tree, or didn't pay attention to it, it was likely to be missed.
"That seems to be a Taru word, it seems to mean danger, by the way, this Taru seems to be a minority living in a food forest."
The Taru are an endangered race, revering nature, living in gourmet forests, fighting beasts all day long, but whenever they encounter a dangerous place, they will mark words near it, indicating that the tribe should not approach.
The reason why he knew the script of the Taru tribe was that when he first read the Encyclopedia of Mankind, he introduced the entire race, and he knew some of the customs and words of this race.
The two prompts in front of him made Ivan feel like he was playing a puzzle game, and after careful observation, he found a total of more than a dozen strange places, some of which he deciphered, and some that he couldn't understand.
With the help of the information, Ivan walked out of this dense jungle safely and appeared in a small grassland, where the originally scarce sunlight sprinkled unscrupulously all over the land, making him feel the warmth he had not seen for a long time.
The green grass grew very luxuriantly, shaped like wheat straw, and almost reached his thighs.
"This seems to be sweet grass." Ivan casually plucked a tender grass and peeled off the epidermis, revealing the white and tender root canal inside, and a sweet fragrance suddenly emanated, which was very tempting.
Put the sweet grass in your mouth and chew it carefully, the taste similar to the mixture of watermelon and cantaloupe explodes in the mouth, stimulating the taste buds, extremely sweet, but not greasy taste, filling the entire mouth, and the faint grass fragrance makes the taste to a higher level.
A fresh breeze blows by, making people feel as if they are seeing nature, lying on the soft blanket-like grass, feeling the gentleness of the wind.
Before Ivan could feel it, a cold killing intent ran through his brain, making people shudder, as if there was a perverted killer standing in front of him who was chasing you, and he was terrified.
In an instant, Ivan opened his eyes, and hundreds of colorful tigers appeared in the originally green meadow, looking at him with fierce eyes.