Merlin was nervous when he faced the Red Witch's three Rubik's cubes, fine beads of sweat on his forehead.

The source of stress is not the puzzle itself.

Since Merlin has applied for the wizard qualification examination, he has already done his homework and is more than ninety percent sure of solving the three puzzles.

The source of Merlin's pressure was the gaze of several wizards on the high platform.

Especially sitting on the highest place, the gaze of the hermit.

"A big witch, a real big man. He was looking at me. ”

Merlin was nervous and excited, and he felt the blood in his body become scorching, almost boiling.

"I must behave well and make a good impression on the hermit-sama. If I can get his favor, I can not only rise in Shadow Street, but also in the real world. This is a rare opportunity and I have to seize it! ”

Merlin took a light breath to calm his mind, and his body slowly floated in front of the Rubik's Cube, his eyes reflecting countless torrents of "0" and "1" data, pouring down like a green waterfall.

At the same time, Merlin's ten fingers trembled slightly, and in the real world, he flew and tapped rapidly on the keyboard, calculating the answer to the puzzle.

A minute later, Merlin confidently raised his right hand and tapped the tip of his index finger on the first Rubik's cube.

The Rubik's Cube disintegrated, turned into a crimson glow, and dissipated without a trace.

This means that Merlin has solved the first puzzle.

Merlin was not complacent, but focused on the second Rubik's Cube and began to calculate with full concentration.

Merlin knew that several wizards on the high platform were scoring themselves to determine if they were qualified to pass the test.

The time it takes to solve the three Rubik's Cube puzzles will be an important indicator for Merlin, and Merlin must seize every second to perform as well as possible.

The second Rubik's Cube took Merlin a full five minutes.

By the time of the third Rubik's Cube, Merlin had already figured out the basic structure of the Rubik's Cube, and it only took thirty seconds to crack the third Rubik's Cube, which was the most complicated.

"Six minutes and thirty seconds, a new record." The black-robed wizard in charge of recording the time looked shocked.

"Well, although he is immature, he is very talented in cracking." The Red Witch bowed her head slightly, her face approving.

After a short discussion, the four-member wizard assessment team led by the Red Witch unanimously passed, and Merlin showed enough ability and attitude to pass the assessment and become a new wizard. Of course, only the most basic wizard apprentices.

For the vast majority of hackers, it is a great honor to be able to earn the title of wizard, even if it is just a wizard apprentice.

"Hermit-sama, do you have any objections to the process and results of this assessment?"

The Red Witch's ruby-like eyes flashed as she said to the hermit who had been silent.

As a great witch, the hermit has enough authority to veto the decisions of the Scarlet Witch and others, or to ask new questions and evaluate Merlin himself.

However, during the entire assessment process, the hermit did not say a word, showing an indifferent attitude towards the assessment, and even seemed to be in a state of "hanging", and did not project his consciousness.

"Hermits have always been arrogant and indifferent to all things." The Red Witch stared at the hermit, she was curious about the identity of the Great Witch shrouded in the mist, what was the identity of the real world?

Corporate executives?

Officials of the Federation?

Or a scientist at the institute?

The other wizards also raised their heads and looked at the hermit on the high platform with respect in their eyes, waiting for his answer.

Char was about to announce that Merlin had passed the test when an idea popped into his mind.

Char took a drug labeled "AND" and forgot his memories.

The medicine had terrible side effects, and every few hours, Char's brain was plunged into excruciating pain.

Char even suspected that his brain had been severely damaged by the drug, and if left unchecked, his life would be in danger.

He was unable to find any information about the drug "AND" from the Internet.

There are two bell possibilities.

One is that AND is an unapproved banned drug, or a special drug monopolized by a large company, and there is no information about it on the Internet.

Another possibility is that the Internet is flooded with a large amount of useless information, resulting in information blockage, and it is difficult for ordinary people to find valuable information only by relying on search engines.

"Maybe there's something the hackers can do?"

With the attitude of giving it a try, Char asked Merlin an additional question, wanting to use his power to inquire about AND.

In fact, no matter how Merlin performs, Char will make him pass the test and become a wizard.

"An additional question?" The Scarlet Witch was a little surprised, the hermit's reaction was unusual, could it be that Merlin's performance piqued his interest?

After a brief silence, the Red Witch nodded and said respectfully, "Hermit, this is your power. ”

"The hermit personally asked me to test me? Am I not good enough? Or am I doing too well? Caught his attention? Merlin's body shook, and at first he was a little disappointed, but he quickly turned into ecstasy.

He was eager to try it out, and he was looking forward to the hermit's additional assessment.

Char lost his memory, and he also lost his hacking skills. Now he is like a wizard who doesn't know magic.

However, transmitting information is not "magic", in the virtual world is something that everyone can do.

Char raised his hand and wrote the three letters "AND" in the air and said, "This is the additional question." ”

Char only gives three letters, concealing the key information that "AND" is a memory drug.

This is to protect yourself.

True identity is the lifeblood of every wizard.

What's more, the hermit is a great witch who is admired.

While he is respected, he also faces great risks.

In the shadows beyond the reach of the eye, many wizards covet the power of the hermit.

Every wizard is the best of hackers, a group of supernatural guys.

If the key information that "AND" is a memory drug is leaked, it is very likely that the wizard will find Char's true identity through clues.

Even in the face of the most crappy third-rate wizard, Char is like a newborn baby, weak and helpless.

Therefore, he must be careful to walk on thin ice to avoid leaking information about himself.

“AND？”

As soon as Merlin saw these three letters, he immediately mobilized all his resources to search for all the information related to "AND".

The hermit is a great witch, and the three letters he utters casually may contain extraordinary meaning.

But in this era, there is too much information on the Internet.

In the blink of an eye, hundreds of millions of pieces of relevant information appeared in front of Merlin.

Merlin immediately cast a little magic, a program he had written himself, which was able to filter out more than 90 percent of the duplicate and spam.

However, there are still tens of millions of messages related to AND.

AND are the simplest and most basic of the three letters, and they spell together to mean so many things.

Fine beads of sweat broke out on Merlin's head, his brows furrowed, and his expression solemn.

Compared to solving the three puzzles of the Red Witch, the difficulty of the additional questions can be described as perverted.

"It's a hermit..."

Merlin sighed secretly in his heart, so he could only bite the bullet and use big data analysis to filter out the tens of thousands of pieces of information with the highest probability, summarize them into a table, and hand them over to the hermit.

"Hermit-sama, this is the limit of my abilities." Merlin felt a sense of loss in his heart, he was very dissatisfied with his answer, it seemed that he could not pass the assessment this time and became a wizard.

Char received the form, didn't even look at it, stood up, looked down at the nervous Merlin from above, and announced, "Merlin, welcome to Shadow Street." ”

"I passed the exam and became a wizard?"

The sudden good news plunged Merlin into ecstasy, and he hurriedly bowed to Char: "Praise the Hermit." ”

Char's expression was indifferent, and he bowed to the Red Witch to confirm that the assessment was over, and the figure slowly dissipated and left Shadow Street.