Translator: Lordbluefire

  Sun Mo immediately rushed in the direction of the gunshot.

  In the forest, there was a young girl about 7 to 8 years old. She carried a shotgun and was hurriedly loading bullets. Not far from her, an injured radiation monster was lunging over with its maw wide open.

  Sun Mo hurriedly aimed his rifle and fired in bursts.

  Da! Da! Da!

  The radiation monster’s head burst and its skull flew off.

  Fresh blood splashed on the little girl’s face. However, not only was she not afraid, but she even aimed her shotgun that was loaded with bullets at Sun Mo.

  How cautious!

  “Hello. I have no bad intentions!”

  Sun Mo put his rifle down.

  “Sun Mo, why did you run so quickly? Is your zodiac a rabbit?”

  Yun Yao finally caught up as she panted heavily while holding on to a white birch tree for support.

  “Where are the adults of your family?”

  Sun Mo didn’t believe that a child could survive alone in the last phase of the world.

  “I…”

  The little girl’s voice was interrupted by a gunshot.

  A bullet whistled past Sun Mo’s head and slammed into the trunk of the tree beside him. The part that split off slammed into his face, and it felt somewhat painful.

  “Stay away from my granddaughter!”

  An old man with full white hair aimed a gun at Sun Mo and walked out.

  “Grandpa, he was the one who saved me!”

  The little girl explained.

  “You, come over!”

  The old man shouted at his granddaughter. After that, he took out ten bullets and tossed them to Sun Mo. “This is my gift of thanks to you. From now onward, the two of us have nothing to do with each other.”

  “You should keep them!”

  Sun Mo shrugged and turned to leave.

  He saved her purely because of the kindness from the bottom of his heart. He didn’t do so for the sake of getting a reward.

  Yun Yao followed him. If the old man’s attitude wasn’t this nasty, given her personality, she would have given the other party a box of bullets. After all, it was very difficult for an old man and a child to survive in this world.

  This scene caused the hostility in the old man’s heart to fade away.

  These two were good people.

  One must know that in this era, bullets were considered hard currency. Those who were willing to give up such gifts were definitely people with principles.

  “Sorry, my attitude was too over-the-top. Do you guys want to stay behind and enjoy a meal with us?”

  The old man invited them.

  …

  The old man’s prey were all wild animals and birds. His barbeque skills weren’t bad and caused Yun Yao to have a mouth full of grease as her cravings were satisfied. In fact, she even managed to drink a bottle of white wine.

  “Delicious!”

  Drinking white wine in winter, there was nothing more comfortable than this. Hence, the giddy Yun Yao began talking with no filter.

  “We are looking for ‘spark’.”

  Yun Yao accidentally exposed this detail. Just when she was thinking of how to mend the situation, the old man shook his head.

  “Spark? In that case, you guys came too late. Three years ago, it was taken away by someone.”

  Yun Yao immediately woke up from her stupor.

  “Who?”

  Sun Mo asked.

  “Grandpa, you shouldn’t tease them!”

  The little girl covered her mouth and secretly smiled. She used his dagger and cut a piece of barbecued meat for Sun Mo. “We don’t know what the spark is. But there’s a supply warehouse here. It’s just that the resources within are gone long ago. If you guys want to find that place, I’m afraid you might have to return in disappointment.”

  “It can’t be, right?”

  Yun Yao looked at Sun Mo and revealed a bitter expression. “If there’s no more spark, what should we do?”

  Seeing that Yun Yao didn’t continue asking about the warehouse but was feeling conflicted due to the spark, the boss’s eyes flashed with a hint of astonishment.

  “What is the spark?”

  The little girl named Su Ji blinked her innocent eyes that were filled with curiosity as she looked at Yun Yao.

  Yun Yao’s thinking was pure. Bluntly speaking, she was a little foolish. She felt that there was no need to keep something like a spark a secret. Besides, this grandparent and grandchild didn’t seem to be bad people. Hence, she simply said it.

  “Uncle Zhang is an ambitious person!”

  After Yun Yao finished hearing this, tears appeared in her eyes. “I hope nothing will happen to him.”

  …

  After dinner, Su Ji and Yun Yao went to bed. Yet, Sun Mo went to look for that old man for a talk.

  “Are you not prepared to be honest with me?”

  There was a handgun in Sun Mo’s hands. He wanted some insurance.

  “This is why I hate interacting with intelligent people!”

  The old man’s lips twitched. He drank a mouthful of wine. “Do you want some?”

  “Nope!”

  Sun Mo shook his head.

  “Who are you exactly?” The old man was curious. “From you, I kept sensing an aura that is different from the rest of us.”

  “I’m the messiah sent down by the heavens to save the world!”

  Sun Mo bragged.

  The old man felt strange. This was because everyone in the world might get into conflicts due to the sake of finding food and survival. Anyone could become enemies. However, Sun Mo’s attitude toward food and strangers was simply too…… friendly.

  “Hehe!”

  The old man smiled. After that, his expression turned solemn. “I don’t know where the spark you are looking for is. However, I know where Eden is!”

  “Eden?”

  Sun Mo frowned.

  “The power of a country is something you have no way to imagine. The third world war occurred too abruptly, but the country has emergency measures. Eden is a type of paradise with various technologies preserved. The genes of various species, plant seeds, and even human embryos are in there.”

  The old man explained.

  “Since you know where Eden is, why don’t you go there?”

  Sun Mo stared at the old man suspiciously.

  “In the end-of-the-world phase, any type of resources are precious. Why would others make an exception for an old man like me?”

  The old man spoke in a self-mocking manner.

  “Actually, it’s because you don’t have to worry about food, right?”

  Sun Mo ridiculed.

  “In winter, resources are lacking. But the two of you, a grandparent and a kid, aren’t skinny at all. Moreover, the resources you guys are using are very generous too. If you tell me you don’t have a fixed source of getting resources, I won’t believe it.”

  “So, that’s why I said that I hate interacting with intelligent people.”

  The old man sighed before he revealed a fact. “That’s right, actually I owe a reserve warehouse.”

  “What do you plan on getting me to do?”

  Sun Mo asked.

  “Indeed, speaking with intelligent people is truly time and effort-saving!”

  The old man sighed ruefully. “My request is very simple. I will give you the true coordinates to Eden, but you guys have to bring Su Su there.”

  “Why me?”

  Sun Mo didn’t understand.

  “I’m sick and will probably die within a year or two. At that time, no one will take care of Su Su.”

  The old man had a depressed look on his face. The cycle of life, aging, sickness, and death was something he didn’t care about. However, he was worried about Su Su’s future.

  “Are you not afraid that I’ll abandon Su Su after I obtained Eden’s coordinates? After all, a child like her is a burden in this current world.”

  Sun Mo’s expression was cold. This was something he feigned because he wanted to find out what the true plan of this old man was.

  “Firstly, from Yun Yao’s situation, I think you are a good person. Moreover, you guys have an abundance of equipment and I can tell that you have access to a supply warehouse. You won’t harm Su Su for the sake of my ‘savings’. After all, much food is needed to raise her. And lastly, I have no choice.”

  The old man was dying soon and it was very rare for him to encounter someone. If he didn’t show all his cards now, it would be even more difficult for him to meet another traveler with a better condition.

  “Are you a scholar?”

  Sun Mo noticed several books in the old man’s baggage. The old man had been doing a few mathematical questions before this as well.

  The mathematical questions belonged to the type where the degree of difficulty was very high. In any case, Sun Mo couldn’t understand them.

  “Do you know this?”

  Sun Mo passed a piece of paper to the old man. On the paper was the coordinate that Elder Brother Zhang had deciphered.

  “Yes!”

  The old man nodded. “Back then when the nuclear warhead ‘bathed’ the ground, the country gave some encrypted coordinates to different people.”

  Bluntly speaking, the more important their statuses were, the more valuable the coordinates they knew.

  For this set of coordinates from Elder Brother Zhang, it would lead to a supply warehouse even bigger than the one they had found previously. It could provide and arm even more people.

  However, the old man’s coordinate pointed to Eden. This was because his grandfather was a Fellow, a talent that the government couldn’t do without.

  “Let’s go to Eden together?”

  Sun Mo suggested.

  “No. I have to remain here and continue to wait for people like you. If they are kind and worthy of my entrustment, I will tell them the location of Eden.”

  The old man didn’t say that he had lived here for 30 years but the number of people that was worth telling the coordinates was only seven. They were all people who still shone with the light of humanity in this last phase of the world.

  …

  For the next week, the old man brought his granddaughter Su Ji around and played whatever she wanted to play, enjoying themselves tremendously. He even brought Su Ji over to the dangerous places that he had forbidden her to go previously.

  After that, the time to bid farewell arrived.

  “Grandpa, why don’t you go with us?”

  Su Ji sobbed. She was an intelligent girl and had long since guessed at a certain possibility based on her grandpa’s change in attitude.

  “I still have to stay here and be the guide. This is a very noble job.”

  The old man rubbed the little girl’s head.

  “Don’t cry. You’ve grown up. You should be strong!”

  “Grandpa!”

  Su Ji hugged the old man tightly, reluctant to leave.

  “Just go. Go and find Eden and change yourself into firewood. Do your utmost to allow the fire of civilization to blaze brilliantly again.”

  The old man pushed his granddaughter away. “Sun Mo, bring her away!”

  The jeep that was just pumped with gas got on its way. Staring at the vanishing jeep, the old man had tears in his eyes.

  He didn’t go along because he didn’t want to see Su Ji dying or let Su Ji see him dying. This was why he chose to part with her on a beautiful day like this instead. The two of them would always yearn in their hearts that the other party was living happily.

  …

  With supplies and the correct coordinate, Sun Mo drove a jeep and sped toward Eden.

  They encountered a lot of trouble on their way there. Other than large numbers of radiation monsters, there were also aboriginals of this world wanting to block their way to plunder them.

  After a month, when all the gas was used up, Sun Mo’s group had to proceed by foot and the environment grew even more dangerous. After all, they were bringing a 7-year-old girl along with them. They wouldn’t be able to run quickly.

  “Big brother, why don’t you guys leave me behind?”

  Seeing the radiation monsters chasing them from behind, Su Ji who was being piggybacked by Sun Mo started struggling.

  Yun Yao smacked Su Ji’s head with some force. “What nonsense are you talking about? Are me and Sun Mo such cold-blooded people?”

  “Stop moving around recklessly if you don’t want everyone to die!”

  Ultimately, Sun Mo still managed to escape. However, his left arm was bitten by a radiation monster and was torn off by it.

  Nine months later, Sun Mo and the other two finally arrived at a hilly region after they had traveled over land and water.

  In the mountains, they found a cave. They entered it and after walking for half a day, they finally saw a golden door.

  “Does this door lead to Eden?”

  Sun Mo used the secret key given to him by the old man and opened the golden door.

  The three of them continued on, but not long later, they were blocked by another door. There was a mass of various symbols engraved on it, and these symbols were all things that Sun Mo didn’t recognize.

  “It’s over!”

  Sun Mo felt a headache. He definitely wouldn’t be able to decipher these things. Hence, he looked toward Su Ji. “Did your grandfather tell you how to open this metallic door?”

  Su Ji shook her head.

  Ai!

  Sun Mo sighed. Actually, he guessed it. Su Ji didn’t have a solution.

  In the past, he felt that the old man would definitely give her an important chip that could be used in extreme situations to guarantee that she wouldn’t be abandoned by him. But on their way here, the three of them had built a deep and profound friendship. Su Ji had even wanted to give her life up for the sakes of Sun Mo and Yun Yao.

  If there was a secret key, she would have told them about it.

  “Something is wrong, I must have neglected something!”

  Sun Mo pondered…… The old man must have hidden some information at a place he didn’t pay attention to. If not, what was the use of an Eden that they couldn’t enter?

  Chapter 1160: Appearance of A Saint, Life-and-Death Questions and Answers!

  Translator: Lordbluefire

  Sun Mo recalled the process of how he got acquainted with the old man. He then turned his eyes back onto Su Ji because she was the only legacy of the old man.

  “Oh no, this item is simply incomprehensible. Who can decipher it?”

  Yun Yao angrily kicked the metallic door.

  Su Ji’s little face was filled with a disheartened expression. There was nothing more depressing than reaching a treasury but not being able to enter it.

  “Su Su, stare at the wall closely. You must have learned the deciphering method before!”

  Sun Mo said.

  “Ah?”

  Su Ji was stunned.

  “Are you muddle-headed due to running a fever?”

  Yun Yao stretched out her hand and touched Sun Mo’s forehead. “Su Ji is just a little girl that’s 7-years-old. According to her age, she would just be in primary two. Yet, you want her to solve the entrance riddle leading to Eden?”

  “Don’t underestimate anyone!”

  Sun Mo smiled and placed his bag down. He then started to set up a tent and prepared for a prolonged war.

  Su Ji could see that Sun Mo didn’t seem to be joking and truly treated her as his hope. Her tiny face scrunched up and then she walked toward the door and began to seriously contemplate.

  Her grandfather had said before that she must never let down those who believed in her!

  (Even such an awesome big brother feels that I can do it……In that case, I should do my utmost.)

  This contemplation lasted half a day, and it was now late night.

  “Su Su, sleep earlier, you can look again tomorrow!”

  Yun Yao squeezed herself into a sleeping bag and called out. However, she got out after discovering that Su Ji was still in a daze. She was preparing to give her more clothes so she could stay warm.

  Yet, Su Ji suddenly leaped.

  “I understand now. These symbols and pictures are a type of mathematical language. They should be able to reassemble into a certain formula. After solving the formula, we will be able to get the code to open this door.”

  Su Ji was very excited. She flipped her notebook open and started her calculations.

  A day!

  Two days!

  …

  A month had passed.

  Su Ji’s entire body became skinnier by one size.

  “Why don’t you give up? The three of us can return back to the subway base to live. Those resources there are enough to last us until we die.”

  Yun Yao sighed.

  Su Ji only slept five hours every day. She would spend the rest of her time thinking before the metallic gate. If this continued, she might suffer from sudden death.

  “You should go and seek Su Ji’s opinion!”

  Sun Mo knew that after solving this, he should be able to clear the Black-White Game and return to the Nine Provinces. But after seeing how hard Su Ji was working, he also felt reluctant to see her suffer as well.

  Yun Yao was a kind and innocent girl. Although Eden was so close to them, she would rather choose to give up decisively. Because from her point of view, the life of a friend was more important.

  “Su Ji, let’s return home!”

  Yun Yao pulled Su Ji up.

  “Elder Sister Yun, when I was younger, my grandpa would teach me about mathematics every night and force me to do some weird math questions. I thought that I had talent for this subject. It is until now did I discover that my grandpa wanted to give the ‘key’ to me.”

  As Su Ji spoke, she shook Yun Yao’s hand away. She walked to the metallic door and started to touch the symbols on it.

  A minute later, she finished touching them 99 times and the metallic door began to unlock itself.

  There was no sound. It simply slid to the right, and a tunnel with silver walls appeared before the three of them.

  “Big brother, I’ve succeeded!”

  Su Ji turned her head and smiled sweetly at Sun Mo. After that, she slipped into unconsciousness.

  During this month, she had overdrafted too much of her mental energy.

  Pak!

  Sun Mo’s reaction was very fast, and he managed to catch hold of her.

  “Thank you!”

  Sun Mo suddenly understood that old man’s method.

  When he had asked the old man back then why he wasn’t worried that he might abandon Su Su after knowing the coordinates, that old man had used three reasons to convince him. In reality, that was all a lie.

  It was useless to only know of the coordinates. Because ‘Su Ji’ was then the key that could open the door to Eden. If Sun Mo thought that she was a burden and abandoned her, he would only feel more despair even if he could arrive here in the end.

  In that case, Sun Mo would understand that he was the one who had thrown the key away, burying the only hope.

  “Should we enter now?”

  Yun Yao gulped down a mouthful of saliva and felt somewhat agitated. She also felt trepidation in her heart.

  “Let’s wait for Su Su to wake up!”

  Sun Mo wasn’t anxious. In any case, Eden was here. It couldn’t run away.

  Su Ji only woke up two hours later. After finishing the nutritious meal Sun Mo had prepared for her, only then did the three of them enter Eden.

  After moving cautiously for a long time, Sun Mo confirmed that this tiny ecosphere had its own natural environment and its own city.

  “Be more careful!”

  Sun Mo reminded them. This was because he saw an old man who was reading a book at a desk in a library.

  Upon hearing footsteps, the old man lifted his head and stared at the three of them in astonishment.

  He didn’t expect that there would be people capable of finding their way here!

  “Hi, guys!”

  The old man smiled and stood in welcome.

  “Hello!”

  Yun Yao and Su Ji felt a little ill at ease. This was because they sensed a unique demeanor from this old man. He didn’t look strong, but his eyes were extremely bright as though he was capable of seeing through the entire world.

  This must be a very learned scholar!

  Yet, Sun Mo held his handgun tightly and was preparing to fire any time. As for asking questions, the innocent girl Yun Yao would definitely take the initiative to speak.

  “Eden? This is the place!”

  The old man spoke calmly, “There are indeed many embryos, seeds, and knowledge preserved here.”

  Yun Yao and Su Ji excitedly asked questions, like they had found the seed of hope. However, Sun Mo could sense something strange from the old man’s attitude.

  He was too calm, as though he didn’t give a damn about this world.

  Wait a minute!

  Didn’t give a damn?

  Only players from the Nine Provinces wouldn’t care about these NPCs, right?

  Sun Mo stared at the old man and suddenly interrupted. “May I ask what is the esteemed name of this great teacher?”

  Swish~

  The old man’s gaze immediately turned over. It was filled with judgment at first but soon turned into one of gratification.

  “What is your name? Who is your personal teacher?”

  From the viewpoint of this old man, the only ones that would say the words ‘great teacher’ were the people from the Nine Provinces. And those who could play the Black-White Games were probably only students from the Black-White Academy.

  They were all the children of his home.

  This old man was none other than Headmaster Song. It had been over five years since he entered the Black-White Game.

  “Student is named Sun Mo, a great teacher from the Central Province Academy!”

  Sun Mo bowed.

  This old man might be a Saint. Hence, Sun Mo used the etiquette of a disciple toward him.

  “Central Province Academy? That school belonging to Headmaster An?”

  Headmaster Song’s brows furrowed. He then raged. “Old Wan has truly become muddle-headed, how can he allow great teachers from other famous schools to come to such a perilous place?”

  From Headmaster Song’s point of view, these outsiders could just play the easier black-white games. Letting them play this game where it might be impossible for them to come back was simply too reckless.

  However, Headmaster Song could also deduce that Sun Mo must be someone overflowing with talent and was a superstar that had recently risen. If not, he wouldn’t be qualified to get Wan Kangcheng’s permission to enter the game.

  “How many stars do you have now?” Headmaster Song casually asked. “Is everything regarding the Black-White Academy still fine?”

  “I obtained the 4-stars ranking last year!” Sun Mo’s attitude was respectful. “Everything is fine with your esteemed school!”

  “4-stars?”

  Headmaster Song surveyed Sun Mo and felt somewhat shocked. In this game, one’s appearance wouldn’t change. Hence, Sun Mo appeared to be slightly over 20 years old. This was actually such a young 4-stars……

  “How old are you?”

  Headmaster Song grew curious.

  “When I entered the game, I was 22 years old!”

  Sun Mo sighed. He had stayed a total of almost ten years in game time.

  “…”

  Headmaster Song felt somewhat astonished. Usually, a graduate teacher would work as an intern and they would be about 20 years old. Sun Mo was just 22 years old. This meant that he had only worked for two years and had obtained the 4-stars title.

  Wait a minute!

  The main point wasn’t this. (How the hell did you obtain 4 stars within two years?)

  It was definitely impossible to cheat. After all, such good results would be spread widely through the great teacher circle. If one entered through the backdoor, it would surely be exposed.

  (Wait another minute!)

  (4-stars in two years, he must have cleared the examinations in one stretch. I remember that the current record in the great teacher world was something created by the current sect lord of the Saint Gate, but he had merely passed three great teacher examinations in one stretch!)

  “You rose to 4-stars in a single stretch?”

  Headmaster Song was stunned. “You just became a great teacher, and you are merely 22 years old!”

  “I was lucky!”

  Sun Mo was modest.

  “Might I be so impudent as to ask you about the content of each exam?”

  Headmaster Song had to be sure. Was this man too talented? Or was the current standard of the Saint Gate’s examination too low?

  Sun Mo reported factually. The first two great teacher examinations were normal, but when Headmaster Song heard that the third examination was held at the Dragon Subduing Academy, he immediately started frowning.

  A major character like him was naturally privy to some information in the great teacher world.

  Setting the exam venue in the territory of barbarians was extremely hostile toward people from the Central Plains. He had thought that Sun Mo’s luck was bad. But when he heard that the exam venue for the 4-stars examination had been in the Ancient Sage Building, he couldn’t help but ask.

  “Did you offend a major character?”

  Usually speaking, lecturing in the Ancient Sage Building was something for the 6-stars examination. And someone who could directly influence the content of the great teacher examinations should be a secondary saint.

  “I offended a secondary saint!”

  There was nothing embarrassing about this. In any case, the grudge between Sun Mo and Secondary Saint Zhou was known to everyone now.

  “.……”

  Even a major character like Headmaster Song, who had seen the ways of the world, couldn’t help but want to flash Sun Mo a thumbs-up and remark how bold Sun Mo was!

  He had just joined the industry and already offended Secondary Saint Zhou. (Are you not a little too brazen?)

  The most terrifying thing was that despite him being under the suppression of a secondary saint, he still created the record of clearing four examinations in one stretch. (Are you still a human?)

  Headmaster Song, who had cultivated to the point where he was no longer affected by glory or insults, was currently filled with envy toward Sun Mo.

  “Don’t misunderstand. My personality is very kind. The conflict between me and Secondary Saint Zhou was all because of my eldest disciple!”

  Sun Mo hurriedly explained everything.

  This was a Saint, the headmaster of the Black-White Academy. Even if they couldn’t become friends, he should try his best not to let Headmaster Song assume that he was a young and brazen lad that didn’t know how to respect his elders.

  “Old Zhou has made a wrong judgment this time around.”

  Headmaster Song sighed. “Oh right, do you still have any other titles of honor?”

  “It wouldn’t be too good if I said them myself, right?”

  Sun Mo chortled. He mused that even if he said it, this old man might not believe him.

  “It’s a good thing to be humble, but there’s a need to let others know how outstanding you are!”

  Headmaster Song encouraged.

  “I’m a great ancestor-level spirit runist!”

  Sun Mo spoke and almost caused Headmaster Song to fall in shock.

  “Huh?”

  Headmaster Song silently mused whether it was because it had been too long since he last interacted with a human that he couldn’t understand human language now?

  “I said that I’m a great ancestor-level spirit runist!”

  Sun Mo paused and added. “If I proclaimed myself as the number one spirit runist in the Nine Provinces, no one would dare to refute that!”

  “…”

  Headmaster Song didn’t know what expression he should make. (A 22-year-old great ancestor? I’m afraid you bragged so much that all the cows in Nine Provinces have died.)

  “See, I knew you wouldn’t believe me!”

  Sun Mo shrugged.

  “Have you competed with Bai Wenzhang before?”

  Headmaster Song was curious.

  “Last year, he invited me to head to the Dragonspirit Manor as a guest to do some operations for him. He also wanted me to inherit the Dragonspirit Manor, but I refused to accept it.”

  (After thinking carefully, I really seem to be very awesome!)

  “…”

  Headmaster Song believed it now. He had met Bai Wenzhang before. Someone that the dean admired would surely not be bad. “Do you have other titles of honor?”

  “Is there still a need to say?”

  Sun Mo counter-asked.

  “.……”

  Headmaster Song scolded himself for being too mouthy. A 22-year-old great ancestor-level spirit runist……this achievement was something the vast majority of great teachers wouldn’t be able to have even in their entire lives. So, even if Sun Mo didn’t have any more accomplishments from now onward, he would still be able to leave behind his name in the history of the great teacher world.

  (But I’m very curious!)

  “How about introducing yourself? In any case, you won’t lose a piece of your flesh even if you do that.”

  Headmaster Song teased. His attitude also became relatively friendlier.

  Given his experience, he could tell Sun Mo’s innate character. Moreover, since he could survive in this difficult world and had brought a young woman and a girl with him to Eden after experiencing countless suffering, this indicated that he was extremely intelligent, courageous, and had high morals.

  “Forget it, I will be embarrassed!”

  Sun Mo rejected and changed the topic. “Headmaster Song, there should be a condition to clear this level, right?”

  “Yes.” Headmaster Song nodded. “Follow me!”

  Yun Yao was clueless. She went to Su Ji’s side and whispered. “What are they talking about? Why do I understand every word, but when the words join together, they don’t make sense at all?”

  “Because you are stupid!”

  Su Ji definitely wouldn’t admit that she didn’t understand either.

  Sun Mo followed Headmaster Song to a control room. They then stood before the main control platform.

  “On the screen, there is a question. If you can answer correctly, we should be able to clear the game!”

  Headmaster Song didn’t inform Sun Mo what question it was. This was because there was a warning on the screen that forbade those who attempted the test before to tell it to another person. If not, the Black-White Star Disk would directly explode.

  Sun Mo stood before the main control platform. A virtual screen immediately projected from the apparatus.

  A question immediately appeared!

  “When you have an opportunity to lead humanity to rebuild civilization, would you choose not to interfere and allow them to evolve independently or would you guide them and plan out a path for them?

  “If your answer is correct, you will clear the Black-White Game. If your answer is wrong, your consciousness will be wiped and the Black-White Star Disk will explode.”

  “Note: The explosive might of the star disk is equal to a nuclear bomb that is 100 million tons of TNT.”

  When Sun Mo saw this, his heart was filled with shock. If he answered wrongly, one of the Nine Provinces would be finished.

  “Please take note that you only have one minute to answer the question. If you don’t answer, it will be deemed as you have given up and will lose the opportunity to answer the question forever!”

  “Countdown begins now!”

  60!

  59! ……

  Although Sun Mo was answering questions, Headmaster Song’s heart was filled with anxiousness. When he was answering the question, he was scared badly by the warning of a nuclear bomb.

  In the game, Headmaster Song had personally seen the might of a nuclear bomb. Once the star disk exploded, the entire Black-White Academy would turn into dust as millions of people would die.

  The price was too great.

  “Sun Mo must be struggling badly and feeling very agonized!”

  Headmaster Song sighed.

  Most probably, even if one spent their entire lives here, they wouldn’t be able to get the answer. Now that one was forced to give the answer within a minute, it was simply impossible.

  “Young man, even if you are the number one spirit runist in the Nine Provinces, you will still be very helpless when coming face to face with such a question!”

  Just when this thought appeared in his mind, Headmaster Song’s eyes widened abruptly. This was because Sun Mo had slammed his palm onto the red button of the apparatus.

  This indicated that Sun Mo had given his answer.

  Moreover, he didn’t even wait for the countdown to reach the last second!

  “It’s over, my Black-White Academy, my students!”

  Headmaster Song’s expression was akin to dead ashes.

  Chapter 1161: Clearing The Game, Appreciation Of A Major Character!

  Translator: Lordbluefire

  As Sun Mo gave his answer, the countdown timer stopped. However, there was no other reaction. The screen didn’t show whether he was correct or wrong.

  “Which answer did you choose?”

  Headmaster Song’s expression was filled with anxiousness.

  “Independent Evolution!”

  Sun Mo could see a red and green button on the control platform. They represented two different answers. Sun Mo had chosen to press the red button.

  “Why?”

  Headmaster Song frowned.

  “There’s no why. This is what I think!”

  Sun Mo spread his hands open.

  “You…”

  Headmaster Song felt a toothache. (Are geniuses so hard to grasp nowadays? What do you mean by this is what you think? Your answer concerns the life of tens of millions of people. Can’t you be more cautious?)

  “There has to be a reason, right? In truth, I actually felt that the answer ‘Guiding Humanity’ should be more suitable!”

  Headmaster Song argued. “In this world, the vast majority are ordinary people. They spend their lives drifting with the waves and going with the flow. Even if they want to strive for the better and fight, they would only do so for a few years or even just for a few months!

  “However, elites and Wisemen are different. They can be so outstanding because their intellect and effort surpass ordinary people. Only such people can guide others toward a more correct path.”

  “So?”

  Sun Mo counter-asked.

  “So you should have chosen this answer!”

  Headmaster Song explained. “You don’t believe me? Look at the different dynasties of history. If there’s a brilliant emperor, wouldn’t the country become stronger? Wouldn’t the lives of the people be better?”

  “Why didn’t you choose it then?”

  Sun Mo’s casual question stumped Headmaster Song into speechlessness.

  Just like the saying, the more you know, the less you know.

  In the eyes of Headmaster Song, this wasn’t just a simple choice question. Instead, it was a choice that included your life views and values.

  Headmaster Song needed to balance the two choices carefully. It was basically impossible to understand them fully, let alone make a decision within one minute.

  Oh right, there was another prerequisite. If the answerer answered wrongly, the Black-White Star Disk would be like the most terrifying nuclear bomb. It would explode and blow everything up. One must know that there were still Headmaster Song’s family, colleagues, and students in the Black-White Academy.

  So back then, Headmaster Song had chosen to give up on answering the question.

  He had chosen to escape!

  “This question is too ‘heavy’!”

  Headmaster Song had a dispirited expression. He should have answered the question instead of letting an impetuous young fellow like Sun Mo do it.

  “Headmaster Song, I feel that in this world, there’s no perfect system. We have to judge from the external circumstances of each country to determine what sort of system is needed.

  “Naturally, I don’t know about these things, hence, I decided to choose cleanly. This is because I feel that the talk of systems is too lofty for humanity. What we can do is to live our lives meaningfully and that will already be enough.

  “The heavens are fair. Each person has 24 hours, but how each person uses that time would depend on themselves! I feel that only talent and time cannot be wasted. If not, when you are one foot in the grave, you will surely regret it.”

  Headmaster Song started. Sun Mo’s explanation opened up a brand new horizon for him.

  Actually, Headmaster Song couldn’t manage to think of this because he was a Saint and the headmaster of a school. He was an imparter of knowledge. For people like him, they would no longer ponder about the gains and losses of an individual. Instead, they were thinking about gains and losses from the perspective of the country or the whole world!

  To give an example, attacking a country would cause the death of 100 soldiers. But the country would be able to gain a new piece of land. Under this limited condition, it could be said that almost all kings would choose to attack.

  In fact, they might even feel that it was extremely profitable to exchange the lives of 100 soldiers for a vast piece of land.

  “Sun-laoshi, I’ve benefited from your teachings!”

  Headmaster Song bowed.

  Sun Mo jumped in fright and hurriedly dodged to the side. “I don’t dare to accept this bow!”

  After that, Sun Mo felt some heartache.

  If a Saint bowed to him in the Nine Provinces and called him ‘laoshi’, how many favorable impression points would he be able to earn?

  What a waste!

  “Headmaster Song, I feel that it isn’t important what answers we choose for this question!”

  Sun Mo spoke of his thought process.

  “What do you mean?”

  Headmaster Song was puzzled.

  “For a civilization that can create such a game, do you feel that their system or knowledge would stop at this type of question? I feel that maybe, the condition of clearing is within the time limit of ‘one minute’!”

  Sun Mo deduced.

  Headmaster Song was astonished. This sentence caused him to be psychologically impacted. Just when he was planning to question Sun Mo in detail on his thoughts, a mechanical voice suddenly sounded out.

  “Player Sun Mo, congratulations on clearing the game and regaining your freedom. You have also become the new owner of the game.”

  This was the GM of the game.

  “You can leave this game at any time!”

  At the same time, many streams of information appeared in Sun Mo’s mind, causing him to almost be overloaded to death.

  “What is the answer to the last question?”

  Sun Mo was very curious.

  “As long as you make your choice within 30 seconds, you will pass no matter which answers you pick!”

  The GM replied.

  “Why?”

  Upon hearing this answer, Headmaster Song’s forehead seeped out large amounts of sweat and he felt a lingering fear. (What a scam!)

  A minute’s worth of thinking was already very little. No one would have expected that the correct answer was to make a decision within 30 seconds.

  Headmaster Song was sure that everyone would surely ponder until the very last second before making a choice.

  “…”

  Sun Mo felt that this game was as scammy as the great teacher system. The designer must truly love playing pranks.

  “What is the meaning behind every level?”

  Headmaster Song sincerely sought advice.

  “The new owner of the game Sun Mo, can you give the answer?”

  The GM asked.

  “The first game: Ancient era, exploring the meaning of survival. Only by living would there be a future.”

  “The second game: Historical era, probing righteousness. What is a person defending by being alive?”

  “The third game: Discussing the existence of power. It doesn’t only refer to guns or fists. It includes money and technology…”

  “The fourth game: Exploring the fundamentals of life. What is the root of humans? The body? Soul? Or consciousness?”

  “The fifth game: It should be about exploring the future?”

  Sun Mo spoke frankly with assurance. He didn’t idle when he had free time. He had spent a long time pondering the meaning of these games.

  “The answers are correct!”

  The GM praised and there was even a sound effect for applause.

  Headmaster Song was shocked. After that, he felt deep regret. (Why isn’t such an outstanding student a child of my Black-White Academy?)

  “Do you have any interest in teaching in the Black-White Academy?”

  After Headmaster Song finished speaking, he hurriedly changed his words. “How about becoming a vice headmaster here?”

  If Sun Mo was just a teacher, that would be too much of a waste of his talent.

  Moreover, Headmaster Song planned to inspect Sun Mo for some time. If he was suitable, he didn’t mind letting Sun Mo take over the position of headmaster.

  “Sorry!” Sun Mo rejected. “Speaking of which, shouldn’t we hurry up and head back to the Nine Provinces?”

  “Oh right, what about the other players? Can they return too?”

  Headmaster Song was worried.

  “All players who are still alive in the game can return. Even the great teachers of your esteemed school that have turned into idiots can recover. However, those who died in the game won’t be able to come back.”

  When Sun Mo received the streams of information earlier, he saw some content of the information and didn’t dare to delay. He immediately requested the GM to hurry up and release the players.

  “Wait a minute!”

  Sun Mo recalled that mysterious man. “Do you have the name list for players? Hurry up and show me!”

  Swish~

  A virtual screen appeared before Sun Mo’s eyes as he rapidly scanned the names.

  Behind each name, there was concrete data of the players. This included their gender, age……

  “Luckily……luckily……they are all still alive!”

  Sun Mo searched for the names of An Xinhui and the others, But when he saw this name ‘Liu Yuzhi’, he couldn’t help but start. 421 years old?

  (What the hell? Isn’t she Zhang Wentao’s personal student? Isn’t she just a third-year student? Damn, could this be a case of a dark great teacher impersonating someone?)

  Sun Mo inhaled a breath of cold air. If she had tried to ambush him, he would surely be caught by surprise.

  But after the feeling of fear passed, he felt joy.

  For the 5-stars great teacher examination, one had to capture dark great teachers. Right now, Sun Mo had one in his bag.

  “Headmaster Song, you should head back first. I need to look for a mysterious man!”

  Sun Mo then glanced at Yun Yao and Su Ji. Because the game had ended, these two NPCs were now dormant and all memories relating to Sun Mo were wiped of their minds.

  “I hope you guys can find happiness!”

  After Sun Mo finished speaking, he used the system authority to teleport before the mysterious man.

  …

  In another ‘Eden’, the mysterious man and a man clad in a cloak were sitting cross-legged quietly in the main control room.

  “GM, why aren’t their names shown in the name list?”

  Sun Mo frowned.

  “Sorry, your authority isn’t enough and you cannot look this up.”

  The words of the GM caused Sun Mo to frown.

  “Sun Mo?”

  The mysterious man started when he suddenly saw Sun Mo. After that, he understood. “You cleared the game?”

  “Mn!” Sun Mo nodded. “You should be the Dawn Sovereign, correct?”

  “That’s right!”

  The mysterious man admitted.

  “What about this man?”

  Sun Mo stared at the cloaked man. Since he could stay together with the Dawn Sovereign, he shouldn’t be a nameless individual. He most probably was a hegemon as well.

  “Your daddy!”

  The man in the cloak was someone extremely bad-tempered.

  “I have the system authority and can kill you instantly!”

  Sun Mo coldly snorted.

  “Sun Mo, since we dared to enter, we naturally have a method to exit. At most, the cost to do so would be somewhat great. Since you can come here, it also means that you are controlling the game. How about letting us out?”

  The mysterious man chortled and appeared very friendly. However, his words caused Sun Mo to feel his blood running cold.

  “Oh right, I’ve considered what steps Headmaster Song might take. So I have announced that once the players of the Black-White Academy regain consciousness en-masse and I’m still not out, my organization members should wreak havoc throughout the Nine Provinces!”

  Sun Mo scratched his head depressedly. He was afraid of this. This was why he came here to try and get some information.

  The Dawn Sovereign, the greatest and most formidable enemy of the Saint Gate. He definitely wasn’t someone easy to handle.

  “As the price for letting us out, I’ll restrict the members of my organization from acting against the great teachers of the Nine Provinces for the next ten years!”

  “How about 20 years?”

  Sun Mo wanted to increase the price.

  “How many twenty years does one have?”

  The Dawn Sovereign chortled.

  “Brother Li*, you guys can chat. I’ll leave first!”

  After the man in the cloak finished speaking, he directly vanished.

  Sun Mo wanted to bargain?

  (Hehe! He isn’t worthy!)

  “Look. Compared to him, am I not someone more suitable to be friends with?”

  The Dawn Sovereign teased. “Oh right, I forgot to say that the two of us had also cleared the game earlier!”

  And at this moment, the news of Headmaster Song waking up from the Black-White Game spread throughout the Black-White Academy, causing the entire school to be in a commotion!

  [1] GM – Game Master

  [2] the title ‘Dawn’ of Dawn Sovereign is the word ‘黎’ (Li).