{"id":3248,"date":"2026-05-10T01:28:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T01:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/global-examination-11\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T01:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T01:28:13","slug":"global-examination-11","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/bn\/chapter\/global-examination-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Examination 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chapter 11: The Last Supper

The candidates submitted their papers early, and the exam ended successfully.

Everyone jumped in fright. Old Yu was so anxious he nearly stomped his feet through the floor.

\u201cYou! Why are you doing this again?! Didn\u2019t I say you can\u2019t damage the tableware? You can\u2019t damage the tableware! You\u2014ugh!\u201d

Qi Yang held the broken base of the glass up for inspection without even lifting his head. \u201cI know what I\u2019m doing.\u201d

922: \u201c\u2026\u201d

Say that again with your conscience intact. What exactly do you have?

A habitual rule-breaker who treated violations like daily meals actually had the nerve to claim he had restraint. Shameless.

The room fell silent for several seconds.

Almost everyone thought Qi Yang had violated the rules again. They stared nervously at the answer wall, waiting for it to display a fourth violation notice.

No one knew what punishment awaited someone who broke the rules four times in a row. After seeing Baldy lose his mind earlier, nobody even wanted to imagine it.

At one point, the notification area on the answer wall seemed to flash red for a moment, but it returned to normal in the blink of an eye.

It kept flickering red, then white, then red again several times. In the end, not a single word appeared.

154 looked utterly dumbfounded.

922 continued adding fuel to the fire from the side. \u201cFeels like the system\u2019s about to suffocate itself holding that in\u2026\u201d

In the end, the one who broke the silence was still Qi Yang himself.

He handed the broken glass base to Yu Wen and said, \u201cSee if there\u2019s anything inside. My eyes are bothering me.\u201d

Yu Wen was kneeling on the floor, panicking out of his mind. \u201cBro, damaging tableware counts as a violation\u2026\u201d

Qi Yang stepped away from the light, closed his eyes briefly, and said in a cold voice, \u201cWhich eye of yours saw me damage tableware?\u201d

Yu Wen held up the shattered glass, thinking, Am I blind?

Qi Yang said, \u201cThe question clearly states there are twelve sets of tableware now. Can you count?\u201d

Yu Wen: \u201c\u2026\u201d

Qi Yang: \u201cWant me to teach you?\u201d

Yu Wen: \u201c\u2026\u201d

After a moment of silence, everyone suddenly realized what he meant.

That\u2019s right!

The question explicitly stated: \u201cOnly twelve guests and twelve sets of tableware remain in the hunter\u2019s cabin.\u201d Those twelve sets sat neatly on the wooden table, numbered, complete, and untouched. How could that include the shattered glass on the floor?

Whether the exam system intended it or not, that glass had already been removed from the tableware count. So what did it matter if it got damaged again?

\u201cBro, you\u2019re my dad!\u201d

Yu Wen instantly revived and excitedly held half the glass base up to the light.

Old Yu was just about to smack him on the forehead when Yu Wen suddenly exclaimed, \u201cWait! I think there really is something!\u201d

The base of the wine glass was a slightly concave circle, connected to the long stem used for holding it. But Qi Yang had snapped part of the stem off, leaving an uneven break.

Under the combined glow of the oil lamp and fireplace, Yu Wen twisted himself into impossible angles like a spider spirit.

\u201cThis angle! Look from here! There really is something!\u201d

The candidates immediately crowded around him, heads bumping together, but none of them could find the right distance or angle.

\u201cWhat exactly is it? Where?\u201d

The tattooed man tried for a while before finally giving up. \u201cWhat did you see? Can\u2019t you just say it directly?\u201d

Yu Wen replied, \u201cIf I could see it clearly, would I still be twisting myself like this?\u201d

He was about to start arguing with the tattooed man when someone tapped him twice on the shoulder.

\u201cLet me see.\u201d

It was Qi Yang.

After resting with his eyes closed for a while, he seemed to feel a little better. He took the glass base from Yu Wen\u2019s hand.

\u201cHere, like this. Look from here.\u201d Yu Wen obediently adjusted the angle and pointed to where the stem connected to the circular base. \u201cSee that? Feels like there\u2019s a picture embedded inside. But it\u2019s blurry. I can\u2019t tell if it\u2019s a drawing or words.\u201d

Qi Yang gave a casual \u201cOh,\u201d then struck it again without hesitation.

Crack.

The stem snapped cleanly away from the base at the connection point, as if it had always been fragile there.

\u201cThere\u2019s something!\u201d

Yu Wen caught the object that floated down from the break and held it in his palm as carefully as if he were worshipping an ancestor tablet.

Everyone focused their eyes on it.

It really was a thin little disc, barely larger than a pea. Before Qi Yang smashed the glass, it had been hidden beneath the stem.

The back side was blank, like a miniature mirror.

On the front were tiny letters:

Simon the Zealot

The foreigner Mike softly read it aloud.

The two elderly ladies frowned so hard their faces wrinkled completely. \u201cHuh?\u201d

Mike: \u201c\u2026\u201d

Grandma: \u201c\u2026\u201d

Being unable to explain things in Chinese was truly fatal.

While everyone was still confused, someone quietly said, \u201cThe Last Supper.\u201d

\u201cWho are you cursing?\u201d the tattooed man snapped angrily.

The speaker was the sickly bamboo-pole-like man. He always looked exhausted just from talking, quiet to the point of seeming depressed. He did plenty of things, but his presence was so weak that people barely noticed him.

This was the first time everyone had waited for him to continue speaking.

And only after thinking for a while did they finally remember his name was Zhou Jin.

Zhou Jin weakly rolled his eyes at the tattooed man and said, \u201cI\u2019m talking about Da Vinci\u2019s famous painting, The Last Supper.\u201d

The tattooed man looked ready to speak again.

Afraid he\u2019d ask something horrifying like \u201cWho\u2019s Da Vinci?\u201d, Zhou Jin quickly turned to Qi Yang instead.

\u201cSimon the Zealot is one of the twelve apostles in the painting.\u201d

\u201cYou memorized all twelve apostles?\u201d Yu Wen cried out with the awe of an academic failure.

Zhou Jin coughed for a while before softly saying, \u201cI study art. I just happen to know a little.\u201d

Dinner. Twelve.

These key details matched the situation in the cabin perfectly.

Although the older people didn\u2019t know much about The Last Supper, even the twin elementary school girls shouted out a name:

\u201cJudas!\u201d

\u201cThat\u2019s right! Judas!\u201d Yu Yao and Yu Wen weren\u2019t siblings, but they might as well have been. They echoed each other immediately.

In The Last Supper, Judas was the world-famous traitor. The moment his name appeared, it practically smelled like the answer.

Everyone became excited at once.

But just as they were about to rush into action, they suddenly realized something.

\u201cWait, no\u2014it\u2019s not asking for a name!\u201d

Every set of tableware on the long wooden table had a corresponding number. What belonged on the answer wall wasn\u2019t the name \u201cJudas,\u201d but the number of the glass containing Judas\u2019s name.

The hot-tempered tattooed man immediately rushed back to the dining table and picked up another wine glass to inspect.

He had clearly seen the paper slip fall from the connection between the stem and the base earlier. But no matter how he examined the glass from every possible angle, he still couldn\u2019t see the contents hidden inside.

His eyeballs were practically glued to the glass wall. \u201cWhy can\u2019t I see it?\u201d

Actually, it wasn\u2019t just him. Everyone had already checked these glasses earlier. If the hidden words were visible at first glance, they wouldn\u2019t have waited until now.

Everyone knew where the names were hidden.

But none of them could see them.

And unlike the broken glass on the floor, these glasses couldn\u2019t be smashed or snapped apart. They couldn\u2019t be broken open the way Qi Yang had done earlier.

Suddenly, Yu Wen slapped his forehead.

\u201cI know!\u201d

\u201cWhat?\u201d

\u201cRefraction!\u201d Yu Wen said. \u201cYu Yao and I wrote refraction in our answers! The names are hidden in the glasses, and we can\u2019t see them because\u2026 uh\u2026 because the refraction is wrong! I forgot how to explain it, but I\u2019m pretty sure I\u2019ve done a problem like this before.\u201d

Everyone: \u201c\u2026\u201d

That unfortunate description alone was enough to make people despair.

Watching him gesture awkwardly made it extremely difficult to believe he actually knew how to solve the problem.

Even so, everyone still clung to a final sliver of hope.

\u201cSo how do we see it?\u201d

Yu Wen looked deeply ashamed. \u201cI\u2026 stopped studying physics after sophomore year. That question was at least two or three years ago. I\u2026 forgot.\u201d

\u201c\u2026\u201d

Of course you did.

\u2026

Qi Yang expressionlessly watched Yu Idiot flail around explaining nonsense.

He had originally planned to tolerate it a little longer, but then he caught sight of the proctors out of the corner of his eye.

922 had already dragged over a charcoal brazier and started setting up a grill rack. The remaining half-box of precious beef was carefully arranged on top.

154 wore a stiff expression, occasionally glancing at him, though nobody could tell whether he was hungry or simply unable to endure his coworker\u2019s stupidity.

As for 001\u2026

He didn\u2019t even need to move. Just sitting there was enough to radiate provocation and mockery in giant capital letters.

Qi Yang withdrew his gaze, yanked the keys from Hunter A\u2019s waist, and strode into the kitchen.

The paper slips with the names were attached beneath the stems of the wine glasses, visible only through the glass\u2019s refraction. So what if the normal viewing angle didn\u2019t work?

Then make the light refract again.

Qi Yang searched through the kitchen cabinets, but couldn\u2019t find any usable water. Hunter A kept talking about wine, yet the glasses he brought out had all been empty.

The only liquid in the entire kitchen was the trail of blood winding across the floor.

And even that was nearly dry.

The harder something was to find, the more important it usually was.

This practically told Qi Yang outright that the key to the answer lay here.

Holding the keys, he walked out of the kitchen and swept his gaze around the cabin. Finally, his eyes landed on the neighboring room.

The door with the hanging rooster was the only one that had never been opened.

Without hesitation, he selected the last key and inserted it into the lock.

Click.

The door opened immediately.

A stale smell of dust rushed toward him. Qi Yang covered his nose and waved a hand in front of his face.

The room was tiny, more like a storage closet than anything else. But instead of brooms and mops, there was only a lonely wooden rack.

And on it sat lonely bottles of wine.

Everyone crowded around as Qi Yang picked up a bottle and said, \u201cFound it.\u201d

Yu Wen immediately slapped his thigh like the world\u2019s most useless after-the-fact strategist. \u201cRight, right! Add liquid! I remembered!\u201d

The moment the bottle was uncorked, a strong and unpleasant smell of cheap alcohol spread through the entire cabin.

This had been the most important part of the hunter\u2019s feast.

But he would never get the chance to enjoy it.

Qi Yang poured a shallow layer of amber-colored wine into Wine Glass Number One.

Everyone craned their necks toward the rim of the glass, holding their breath.

\u201cThere! Really! I can see it now!\u201d Old Yu the drunkard shouted first in excitement.

Another name appeared inside the glass:

Matthew

Zhou Jin grew excited as well. \u201cMatthew! That\u2019s right\u2014it really is The Last Supper. Hurry and find Judas!\u201d

Everyone moved quickly, filling all twelve glasses one by one.

The apostles\u2019 names gradually appeared:

Bartholomew

John

Thomas

Philip

\u2026

By the time they reached Glass Number Eleven, Baldy\u2014who was seated at Seat Twelve\u2014had started trembling nonstop.

Only two names remained undiscovered now, and they just happened to be the two most important figures in the painting:

Judas and Jesus.

If the name in Glass Eleven turned out to be Jesus, then Judas would be hidden in the glass before Baldy, making him the cursed guest.

And he would very likely die here.

Baldy was so terrified he nearly vomited. Even in confinement, even when he saw those mangled corpses, he had never been this afraid.

Because those bloody remains had belonged to someone else.

But now, the one about to die was him.

Suddenly, the crowd burst into cheers.

Zhou Jin\u2019s voice rang out among them:

\u201cJudas! It\u2019s Judas!\u201d

Baldy froze for a long moment before collapsing weakly onto the table.

It was Number Eleven!

Thank God! Judas was in Glass Eleven!

Not him! It wasn\u2019t his retribution\u2026

\u2026

The answering knife was shoved into Zhou Jin\u2019s hand. For the first time since entering the cabin, he smiled.

\u201cMe? Alright then, I\u2019ll do it\u2026\u201d

Zhou Jin stood before the answer wall, gripped the knife handle tightly, took a deep breath, and carved a \u201c1\u201d into the wall.

Just as he was about to carve the second \u201c1,\u201d a figure suddenly rushed over from behind and grabbed his wrist.

\u201cNo. We were almost misled.\u201d

Zhou Jin turned around in shock and saw Qi Yang standing beside him, calmly saying:

\u201cIt\u2019s not 11. It\u2019s 12.\u201d

In The Last Supper, the one ultimately nailed to the cross and sacrificed was Jesus.

The cursed guest was the one seated in that position.

Judas was merely the betrayer.

\u2026

The number 12 was carved neatly onto the answer wall.

The moment Qi Yang put down the knife, the silent radio suddenly crackled to life.

\u3010Correct answer detected.\u3011

\u3010Candidates submitted early. This examination has ended successfully.\u3011

\u3010Final rewards and punishments will be calculated shortly.\u3011

Submitting thirty-five hours, twenty-two minutes, and eleven seconds early.

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