One week later.
The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy Teaching Department Office.
“What?”
“You want to apply for the First-Rank Soul Engineer assessment.”
As Huo Yuhao’s homeroom teacher, Chen Feng had been paying close attention to him these past few days, even though they hadn’t known each other long.
During these seven days of interaction, all the teachers had given Huo Yuhao very high evaluations, saying he was naturally talented, intelligent, and polite.
There wasn’t a single teacher who didn’t like him.
At first, they thought he had studied spirit tools before and was only in the first grade because of his age.
But later, they learned from Director Lin Jiayi that he had never studied spirit tools before.
This made Chen Feng like Huo Yuhao even more, and he looked forward to the boy seeking him out with questions.
He never imagined that after a week, Huo Yuhao would indeed come to find him, but it was to apply for the Soul Engineer assessment.
As far as he knew, Huo Yuhao was serious in class and went to the Library to study immediately after, but it had only been a week.
“Teacher Chen, I am very certain of my decision.
Could you please help me apply?”
During this time, Huo Yuhao had been thirstily studying theoretical knowledge in the Library.
Coupled with the free metals provided by the academy, although only a week had passed, he had personally engraved many First-Rank soul arrays.
In the original novel, Huo Yuhao only studied for two hours a day and became a First-Rank Soul Engineer after a month.
Perhaps Shrek Academy’s Soul Engineer assessment wasn’t as strict as the Sun Moon Royal Academy’s.
However, comparing time alone was unfair.
First of all, the theoretical knowledge and metal Materials on Shrek Academy’s side weren’t as rich as they were here in the Sun Moon Empire.
The books in the Sun Moon Empire’s Library alone were beyond what Shrek Academy could compare to.
Secondly, before the current Huo Yuhao Transmigrated, he was a Physics PhD in that World, a top-tier scientific research talent.
His experience was far greater than that of the Xiao Bai Huo Yuhao at Shrek Academy.
To Huo Yuhao, time was life.
Since he was already completely familiar with the material, he needed a further tilt of resources in his favor.
Why did he come to the Sun Moon Empire to study as a Soul Engineer?
It was to create suitable spirit tools to increase his power and resist the gods.
In the original Douluo I, a certain god almost managed to slay a god relying on Tang Sect weapons.
Once he fully mastered the spirit tools of this World and combined them with the technology of his past life to create a ‘Little Boy,’ if it didn’t blow the god to death, it would at least cripple him.
“Fine, I’ll go apply with Director Lin.”
“Once the Director agrees, you will first be tested on theoretical knowledge, and then on the creation of a First-Rank soul core.”
“You can think about what kind of spirit tool you want to make before the core creation test.”
There were many types of spirit tools, and the difficulty of creation naturally varied.
The higher the difficulty, the easier it was to get a high score, but the prerequisite was completing the creation perfectly.
According to what he knew, the soul core creation accounted for 70 points of the total.
Theoretical knowledge accounted for 30 points, but that didn’t mean there were only 30 questions.
Rather, a score of 100 on the theory exam multiplied by 30% made up the full theory score.
Creating a single-use soul core perfectly would earn 60 points, with deductions for any flaws.
If it wasn’t a single-use soul core, defensive effects were worth 70, melee attack effects were worth 80, and long-range attack effects were worth 90.
Only by creating a new core effect could one receive 100 points.
If higher scores could better attract the attention of the higher-ups, then getting a perfect score would surely make them do their best to nurture him.
Therefore, Huo Yuhao prepared to create a new spirit tool.
Combining the Physics PhD knowledge from his past life with the spirit tool knowledge of this World was the source of Huo Yuhao’s confidence.
Soon, Lin Jiayi received the news and was greatly shocked.
He was also paying close attention to Huo Yuhao’s situation.
He knew Huo Yuhao was a mental-attribute Body Martial Soul Spirit Master, so his talent definitely wasn’t bad.
If he worked hard, he should have been able to take the First-Rank Soul Engineer assessment by next semester.
But he never expected that after only one week of study, the boy would actually want to take the Soul Engineer assessment.
This was something no one had ever achieved.
From ancient times to the present, the fastest had been half a year.
However, all Lin Jiayi could do was trust Huo Yuhao.
An eleven-year-old child who had been persecuted since childhood and had successfully escaped tens of thousands of miles to the Empire might truly be a Genius.
“Theory assessment begins!”
In a private room, Chen Feng took out a theoretical knowledge exam paper specifically for First-Rank Soul Engineers and handed it to Huo Yuhao.
Huo Yuhao looked at the pen in his hand and the exam paper in front of him; it felt like returning to the senior year of high school exams.
He used to be the one setting questions for other students, and now he was finally a student taking an exam again.
Huo Yuhao looked at the questions before him and quickly entered a state of answering.
“How is the difficulty of these questions?”
Lin Jiayi asked with some curiosity.
“Don’t worry, according to your previous instructions, Director, these are definitely core questions from First-Rank Soul Engineer theory, and some are even obscure questions rarely encountered by Second and Third-Rank Soul Engineers.”
Lin Jiayi nodded.
Getting a perfect score on a conventional First-Rank Soul Engineer theory assessment only showed that one was decent, studied hard, and was a bit clever.
If one could get a perfect score when the questions reached the level of a Second-Rank Soul Engineer theory assessment, then it only proved they were a Genius with great value to be nurtured.
Since you dared to apply for the First-Rank Soul Engineer assessment after only one week of study, wouldn’t it be quite disrespectful to a Prodigy like you if the theoretical knowledge didn’t reach the third rank?
However, in his heart, Lin Jiayi also looked forward to Huo Yuhao giving him a surprise.
Huo Yuhao didn’t know what Lin Jiayi was thinking; he was currently immersed in the ocean of knowledge, answering without any distractions.
The questions were very difficult; even a Third-Rank Soul Engineer might not necessarily get a perfect score.
But who was Huo Yuhao?
He was the child of destiny.
He had achieved a top-tier degree like a Physics PhD in an alternate World, let alone learning the native knowledge of his own World.
He practically had an innate buff.
After reading each question, he spent no more than two seconds thinking before beginning to answer continuously.
What an average person might not finish in an hour, Huo Yuhao only took half an hour to complete.
Lin Jiayi and Chen Feng sat in the classroom staring at Huo Yuhao.
Worried about putting pressure on him, they stayed over ten meters away, but the two of them watched him without moving.
The more Lin Jiayi and the other watched, the more shocked they became.
Huo Yuhao basically didn’t spend more than a minute on any single question.
It was as if the answer to every question was already crystal clear, requiring no thought.
To put it bluntly, it was as if Huo Yuhao had written the questions himself; he didn’t need to think for long, he just needed to write down his own answers.
Soon, Huo Yuhao raised his hand to report that he had finished.
Truth be told, not having had this kind of exam for over a decade, it really felt like the college entrance exam.
And so, under the review of the two men, Huo Yuhao’s score was perfect.
The text and drawings looked as if they had been produced by a printer, clear and neat.
“Yuhao, congratulations.
A perfect score on theoretical knowledge.
Next, we will proceed with the First-Rank spirit tool creation assessment.”
Huo Yuhao nodded and closed his eyes to regulate his breath.
Although the theory exam hadn’t consumed too much mental energy,
it was an exam after all, and he was about to create a spirit tool.
It was best to do so in a state of mental Perfection.
Lin Jiayi nodded upon seeing Huo Yuhao’s behavior.
He wasn’t arrogant because of temporary praise; very good.
“Chen Feng, once Huo Yuhao has finished regulating his breath and is ready, no matter what metal he chooses next, satisfy all his requirements.”
“Perhaps he really can break the record for a First-Rank Soul Engineer and give us a massive surprise.”