{"id":3266,"date":"2026-05-16T02:56:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T02:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/?p=3266"},"modified":"2026-05-16T02:56:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T02:56:25","slug":"global-examination-20","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/id\/chapter\/global-examination-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Examination 20"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chapter 20: Translation Software

Yu Wen said with a pale face, \u201cHoly shit\u2026\u201d

Other people might not have any shame, but Qi Yang definitely did.

He replied calmly, \u201cThe tattooed piece was right in the middle of the bucket, on top. It should\u2019ve been pretty obvious. You didn\u2019t see it?\u201d

Qin Jiu laughed out of sheer irritation. \u201cYou deliberately disgusted me and still expected me to admire it carefully?\u201d

He fiddled with the doll\u2019s leg, examining it for a moment before adding:

\u201cBesides\u2026 if I seriously answer your question, would that count as extra assistance?\u201d

Qi Yang took the doll back. \u201cForget it if you don\u2019t remember.\u201d

\u2026

The others had never been to confinement, so they had no idea what the two of them were talking about, much less dared interrupt.

Old Yu, as a veteran alcoholic, suffered from shaky hands.

He held a thick needle and repeatedly tried to force yarn through the eye.

Poke poke poke.

After five entire minutes, he still hadn\u2019t succeeded.

Yu Wen watched for a while before finally losing patience and snatching it away.

\u201cDrink, drink, drink. You drank yourself into a pile of problems! First your hands shake, next your legs will shake too. Then you\u2019ll really suffer.\u201d

He muttered while helping his father thread the needle before tossing it back.

The others gradually threaded theirs as well and prepared to start sewing.

Only Yu Yao sat there holding her doll motionlessly for a long time before quietly saying:

\u201cI feel like these dolls are really strange\u2026 I\u2019m scared. Can I not sew them?\u201d

Her voice was so low it barely escaped her throat.

The only person who heard was Old Yu sitting closest to her.

Old Yu froze with the needle in his hand, about to comfort her\u2014

When Qi Yang suddenly said:

\u201cWait.\u201d

He spoke so abruptly that everyone jumped in fright.

They immediately stopped what they were doing and looked at him blankly.

\u201cWhat is it? Something wrong?\u201d Chen Bin asked.

Qi Yang walked over to the bamboo basket and bent down to inspect it.

He rummaged through the arms, legs, and heads inside, picking up several crudely made doll limbs before tossing them back.

\u201cDon\u2019t sew them.\u201d He brushed the dust off his hands.

\u201cWhy?\u201d Even Liang Yuanhao, who rarely spoke, couldn\u2019t hold back anymore.

Qi Yang pointed toward the basket.

\u201cThe fabric in here is mostly the same. All gray.\u201d

\u201cBut the completed dolls on the shelf have limbs in noticeably different colors.\u201d

Liang Yuanhao frowned. \u201cSo what?\u201d

\u201cSo nothing. Just feels suspicious.\u201d

Qi Yang straightened up.

Chen Bin could tell this group trusted Qi Yang\u2019s judgment.

He tugged Liang Yuanhao slightly and gave Qi Yang an awkward smile.

\u201cThe color thing\u2026 yeah, it is a little strange. But Black Granny specifically told us to sew these. If we don\u2019t, are you sure nothing bad will happen?\u201d

Qi Yang replied, \u201cNot sure.\u201d

Chen Bin: \u201c\u2026\u2026\u201d

Liang Yuanhao still wanted to argue, but Chen Bin grabbed him and shook his head.

\u201cThere\u2019s no such thing as being one hundred percent sure in this place anyway,\u201d Qi Yang said impatiently. \u201cBelieve me or don\u2019t.\u201d

He already had little patience to begin with, and Black Granny\u2019s incomprehensible language had annoyed him enough.

After saying that, he dragged over a chair, sat by the fireplace, and silently warmed himself.

\u201cBro\u2026 you really aren\u2019t sewing?\u201d Yu Wen asked carefully while holding his doll.

Qi Yang rested his fingers against his chin and gave a short \u201cMm.\u201d

\u201cOkay then\u2026 I-I won\u2019t sew either.\u201d

After hesitating briefly, Yu Wen placed the doll back into the basket.

The others remembered the previous exam experience and gradually followed suit, putting their dolls down as well.

Honestly, this was a choice made with almost no certainty.

But in this kind of world, nothing ever came with certainty anyway.

Every decision was a gamble with their lives.

It was just that Qi Yang gambled with extraordinary calmness.

He was like a special kind of adventurer\u2014cold-faced on the outside, but wild and reckless deep in his bones.

This sort of risky choice could persuade the others.

But it was much harder to convince Chen Bin and Liang Yuanhao.

Especially Liang Yuanhao.

He had already survived three exams and still had miserably low scores. The pressure on him now was enormous, making him suspicious of everyone around him.

He hadn\u2019t experienced the previous exam with this group. He didn\u2019t know their scores, nor had he witnessed Qi Yang\u2019s earlier performance.

From Liang Yuanhao\u2019s perspective, Qi Yang had been constantly dancing on the edge of rule-breaking ever since entering the exam.

Every action challenged the system\u2019s bottom line.

Every move provoked these things\u2014whatever they were, human or ghost.

He truly couldn\u2019t understand it.

Wouldn\u2019t it be better to behave obediently?

Why insist on fighting terrifying things like these?

Wouldn\u2019t staying alive a little longer be nice?

\u201cDo whatever you want,\u201d he muttered angrily.

The constant deaths had already made him paranoid and jumpy. He no longer knew what to do anymore.

But compared to trusting Qi Yang, he\u2019d rather obediently follow Black Granny\u2019s instructions.

As he spoke, he picked up one doll leg and began sewing it.

The thick yarn scraped through the fabric with a soft rustling sound.

Chen Bin looked at him, then at Qi Yang, torn between both sides.

\u2026

The hourglass emptied quickly.

Not long later, all the sand had run out.

Liang Yuanhao was clumsy. Even rushing desperately, he had only managed to sew on two legs.

In the end, Chen Bin also chose to obey Black Granny.

But because he hesitated too long, he only managed to sew one arm halfway on.

Click.

The lock on the cabin door opened.

Black Granny entered the room with her hunched shoulders bent forward.

She tilted her head and swept her gaze around the room before shuffling toward Liang Yuanhao and Chen Bin.

\u201cMmm\u2026\u201d

Black Granny picked up the dolls from their hands and frowned deeply, clearly dissatisfied.

Liang Yuanhao\u2019s face turned pale as he muttered bitterly:

\u201cWe wasted time on meaningless nonsense. Otherwise I definitely could\u2019ve finished sewing\u2026\u201d

Black Granny then turned toward the others.

Seeing that everyone else\u2019s hands were empty, her expression immediately darkened.

Everyone stared at her nervously, terrified she might suddenly explode in rage.

Unexpectedly, after glaring for a while, she merely licked her lips and smiled again.

She placed the dolls back into the bamboo basket, gathered everything together, muttered another incomprehensible sentence, then drove them out of the cabin.

\u2026

The moment the door shut behind them, the crow\u2019s voice rang out:

\u3010The listening examination has concluded. You now have sufficient time to think about the content you heard.\u3011

\u3010Tomorrow morning at 7:30, the reading examination will begin on time. Do not be late.\u3011

\u3010We wish you excellent results.\u3011

\u2026

The moment Qi Yang and Qin Jiu entered their room, everyone else followed after them like chicks chasing after a mother hen, completely filling the living room.

\u201cSo what was the point of sewing the dolls earlier?\u201d Yu Wen scratched his head. \u201cI couldn\u2019t tell at all. It looked like sewing them was fine, but not sewing them was also fine.\u201d

Old Yu smacked him lightly. \u201cStop dreaming. How could something that good happen? Maybe the consequences just haven\u2019t shown up yet. Wait and see.\u201d

Qi Yang ignored that discussion entirely.

Instead, he pulled up the recording on his phone.

\u201cWho has translation software?\u201d

Yu Wen immediately raised his hand. \u201cI do! I do!\u201d

\u201cBut there\u2019s no signal on our phones right now,\u201d Chen Bin pointed out.

Yu Wen replied proudly, \u201cMine doesn\u2019t need internet. The language database is downloaded already, and it has voice recognition too!\u201d

Everyone instantly became excited.

Qi Yang nodded, pressed play on the recording, and tossed the phone beside Yu Wen.

Yu Wen held his own phone like a sacred treasure and listened devoutly.

Everyone stared at him without blinking, full of expectation.

Before long, Black Granny\u2019s incomprehensible gibberish finished playing.

Nobody dared speak.

Everyone held their breath.

After about two minutes, Yu Wen said with a pale face:

\u201cHoly shit\u2026\u201d

\u201cWhat happened?\u201d

\u201cThe translation software\u2026 doesn\u2019t include Gypsy.\u201d

\u201cWhat kind of garbage translation software is that?!\u201d

Chen Bin and Liang Yuanhao refused to believe it and immediately opened their own translation apps.

After searching for ages, they discovered\u2026

There really wasn\u2019t any Gypsy language option.

Everyone: \u201c\u2026\u2026\u201d

Fuck.

They were seriously going to die in Foreign Language class.<\/p>","protected":false},"parent":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"novel":[],"class_list":["post-3266","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/3266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3266"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/3266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3267,"href":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/3266\/revisions\/3267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"novel","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/velvetink.xyz\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/novel?post=3266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}