Global Superpower: Getting Stronger through Reading - Chapter 20

Chapter 20: The Right Answer

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Looking at the man who passed through the crowd with a smug expression, Su Ya’s heart was filled with turmoil.

“What gives him the right to pass through? The reason he said just now wasn’t valid at all!” Su Ya rebutted the elder.

When Su Ya reprimanded the elder, the elder was as calm as a still lake. Then, the crowd that had opened up a path quickly gathered again, blocking the path.

Su Ya looked at Lin Bai pleadingly and said, “What should we do? There is no correct answer to this question!”

Lin Bai suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

Could this be… the case?

At this moment, Su Ya was already starting to panic. She pulled out the Assassin’s knife once more, preparing to use violence to solve the problem.

Lin Bai was shocked and quickly controlled Su Ya.

Oh my god, we can’t fight now!

These people had been assigned by the Hunter’s Association. If Lin Bai and Su Ya attacked them, they would no longer be able to remain in the Hunter’s world!

“Don’t move. I might know the correct answer…” Lin Bai whispered in Su Ya’s ear.

Su Ya calmed down and listened, but before Lin Bai could continue, the elder interrupted their whispering.

“Answer my question within ten seconds. No discussion is allowed, or it will be deemed a failure.”

Su Ya was completely speechless.

Lin Bai grabbed Su Ya’s right hand, indicating that she should not do anything.

However, Su Ya was confused and wanted to break free from Lin Bai’s hands.

If he did not answer, all his previous efforts, including risking his life to fight the Ghost Priest, would go down the drain!

“Ten, nine, eight…” The elder started counting down.

“What do you want to do?” Su Ya became somewhat impatient. She looked at Lin Bai, who was as still as a mountain, and was clearly confused.

“Seven, six, five…”

“We’re going to lose!” Su Ya had no idea what Lin Bai was planning. “Even if you want to give up on yourself, you should at least come up with some answer!”

“Four, three, two, one!” After the elder finished counting down, Su Ya felt as if the world had turned dark.

It was over, it was over. They had gone through so much trouble, but who would have thought that it was all for nothing.

Furthermore, they had lost to such a brainless question!

Su Ya was indignant.

At this moment, the elder spoke again, as if she was announcing her final judgment.

Su Ya closed her eyes in despair.

In any case, she simply had to work hard and rebuild herself. In the end, it was still a failure.

Lin Bai patted Su Ya’s back as if to comfort her.

“Congratulations on passing,” announced the elder casually.

For a moment, Lin Bai wondered if he had heard the elder wrongly.

They had passed?

That was not right.

They clearly didn’t do anything!

Then, Lin Bai smiled and looked at the stupefied Su Ya. He flashed a mischievous expression and said, “It seems I made the right bet.”

Meanwhile, Su Ya still hadn’t recovered from her shock. She had no idea what had happened and how she had somehow managed to pass this test.

“Didn’t you suspect that there was no correct answer to this question?” Lin Bai helped Su Ya recall.

Su Ya recalled for a moment before nodding her head as though she had just woken up from a dream. “I did say that. Could it be…?”

Lin Bai smiled, “I think there really isn’t a correct answer to this idiotic question. Only silence is the best response.”

“What is this?” Su Ya was still confused.

Since there was no correct answer, why would the elder come up with such meaningless questions?

The elder saw the confusion in Suya’s eyes and explained, “If the so-called Hunters really encounter a similar dilemma, how should they make their decision?”

Su Ya was stunned. She truly had not expected that such a simple question would represent a series of situations she would often encounter in her life as a Hunter — a dilemma.

When faced with two equally important choices, if she could only choose one and sacrifice the other, how should she choose?

Seeing that Su Ya was slowly beginning to understand, the elder explained, “As Hunters, we cannot be biased in the face of such a question. In this dilemma, all the seemingly accurate answers are nonsense.”

“Not giving an answer represents the bloodthirstiness and humanity that a true Hunter should have.”

“Just like what that person had said, he chose to save his mother as he could find another wife. Do you really approve of this reason?”

Su Ya and Lin Bai both shook their heads.

“But… why did you still let him pass?” Su Ya asked curiously.

“Oh… that’s a dead end,” said the elder calmly.

Afterwards, an earth-shattering cry rang out. It was so heart-wrenching that Lin Bai and Su Ya almost could not tell that the owner of the voice was the crew member who had been following them.

“Now, he should have been killed by a magical beast.” The elder’s expression was still indifferent and terrifyingly calm.

“That was why you just silently made way for him when he went over just now. However, you did not announce that he passed.”

“He was the one who believed he had passed, which was why he suffered the consequences,” replied Lin Bai.

The elder looked at Lin Bai with appreciation. The young man before her had quite keen observation skills.

“However, we won’t kill real students. At most, we’ll announce our failure and send them back. It’s that person’s fault.”

“Then, how should we travel to pass through this place?” Although they had passed the test, Lin Bai was still concerned about the location of the Elementary Test and asked the elder.

The elder turned around and raised her right hand to form the shape of an eagle claw. Then, her hand gesture quickly changed into some kind of seal.

Then, the high walls on the two sides of the originally narrow alley were suddenly pushed several meters to the sides, causing the alley to become more spacious.

Then, an entrance to an underground tunnel appeared in the ground a few meters ahead.

“Are you a Mechanic?” Su Ya looked at the elder in surprise.

The elder turned back and smiled at Su Ya. “This girl has a sharp eye. My Class is not common.”

Su Ya pursed her lips slightly and smiled, thanking the elder. Then, she followed Lin Bai into the bottomless dark tunnel.

After Lin Bai and Su Ya took a few steps, rumbling sounds rang out again. Then, the entrance to the secret tunnel had already closed, leaving only Lin Bai and Su Ya groping their way forward in the pitch-black environment.

Outside the entrance, the elder took off her long robe and looked at the entrance of the underground tunnel with deep eyes.

“That young man… Is his name Lin Bai?”

“I seem to recall the last team that passed through this place… It was a few years ago…”