Chapter 65

Yue Heng rolled his eyes; how could he possibly answer such a metaphysical philosophical question well?

He thought about the positions of the eight trigrams in the Fuxi diagram. Even children knew that the trigram Qian represented heaven and Kun represented earth. But was this heaven the same as the one recognized in the illusion? What was the standard answer to this question? He had no idea at all.

Since that was the case, he might as well explain everything using modern science. At least he knew some basics of astrophysics, which was truly his true nature.

"From a human perspective, heaven is everything that human power cannot reach, in contrast to earth. The vast sky, the starry sea, thoughts, air, sunlight, all belong to heaven," Yue Heng tried to answer.

"Is a deity part of heaven?" the voice asked again.

This question was getting metaphysical again. However, various signs indicated that deities were real in the Zhongyuan world. After deep thought, Yue Heng cautiously answered, "If there is faith in one's heart, deities are also part of heaven."

"Is the Fuxi star part of heaven?"

Who could tell him which star in the solar system or the Milky Way the Fuxi star was?

Yue Heng's head ached. He gritted his teeth and said, "Humans cannot directly and simply reach the Fuxi star, which is beyond human power, so it is also part of heaven."

Next, a series of questions that almost every literatus in the Zhongyuan world knew about the beliefs of literati appeared. The illusion asked, and Yue Heng answered, struggling to keep up.

The illusion paused for a moment, and the second set of questions appeared.

"What is earth?"

Yue Heng almost fell over. He had guessed that the illusion would definitely ask such a question!

With a hint of helplessness in his heart, Yue Heng tried to use his consciousness to touch the world map.

"Earth, in contrast to heaven, should be composed of all tangible, real substances. Our world is definitely not a simple plane, and human thoughts should not be so narrow."

Yue Heng found that his consciousness could change the light points in the chaotic void of the map, so he shaped it into a sphere, expanded it, and carefully sculpted every detail of the terrain on the surface of the sphere.

A spherical planet was born. Although most of it was shrouded in black mist, it was undeniable that this was the new world rebuilt after the divine punishment. Over 90% of the sphere was covered by black mist, and the area explored in the Zhongyuan world over the past few hundred years was just that large.

The surface of the sphere had mountains, rivers, and other geographical features, with clouds floating in the sky. This was not much different from the flat scroll earlier, except that it was now in a three-dimensional form.

Yue Heng even separated some light points and dotted them in the chaotic void to form stars, choosing the brightest one and naming it the Fuxi star.

He was having a great time, regardless of whether this world was completely consistent with his understanding.

He also created the eight planets of the solar system, explaining the differences between heaven and earth as he went along. Most of his explanations were purely physical and astronomical, with only a few sentences related to metaphysics and philosophy.

After answering the questions about "earth," the next set was even simpler. The eight trigrams of the Fuxi diagram had six other positions, corresponding to thunder, wind, water, fire, mountain, and marsh.

"Water is the simplest, the cradle of life, the source of life, and the most common liquid substance. As the saying goes, water can carry a boat and also capsize it. Both generating and controlling water are important in the Fuxi trigrams. The water that cannot be controlled is the Kan position, and the water that is controlled becomes the Dui position marsh..."

"Thunder usually appears with electricity. This is actually a powerful current produced by the strong attraction between positive and negative charges, which can paralyze a person or beast, stop the heartbeat and breathing, and can be made into a powerful weapon. However, the generation and storage of electricity is a vast field of study..."

"Wind is easy to explain. It is a phenomenon caused by the flow of air, driven by uneven heat, such as the sun's radiation or the artificial wind caused by the rapid compression of air..."

Yue Heng was having a great time in the illusion, which often asked scientific common knowledge questions. He went all out, explaining everything with classical physics, but tried to use the vocabulary and principles of the Zhongyuan world, thus explaining the structure of this world and barely answering the eight sets of questions.

He didn't know if what he was doing was right, but since the illusion didn't stop him, he continued.

Outside the illusion, it was already in an uproar!

The senior students watching were almost driven mad. Since the potential testing array was discovered in the Fuxi temple, who had ever taken half an hour to complete the test? No one had ever heard of it!

"This person is strange. The most compatible child in history only lasted for two incense sticks at most!"

"Half an hour has passed, and he hasn't come out yet. Did he die in the illusion?"

"Back when I tested my attributes, after a few questions, I was asked to control a water dragon to kill a beast. I had no idea how to do it, and after a few breaths, the connection was broken, and I was forcibly expelled from the illusion!"

Everyone was discussing, but after one incense stick, three incense sticks, and even half an hour, Yue Heng still hadn't appeared. Most people were increasingly amazed, and many couldn't bear the midday sun and left.

Ji Cong and Ji Jingyu looked unhappy. Both were worried and a bit jealous. Could the potential test for a second-level student be so different from a first-level child?

Their enemies, Bai Huanzhi and Xiao Molin, were sneering. They were secretly cursing Yue Heng, hoping he would have an accident. An accident would be best, saving them the trouble of killing him and dirtying their hands.

At this moment, in a meditation room on the third floor of the county academy, a buzzing sound rang out. An old man who was dozing off suddenly opened his eyes, full of confusion, and stood up.

He came to the table and roughly pushed aside a pile of clutter, revealing a Fuxi array carved with strange characters on the stone table. Then he placed his left palm over a region glowing with a pale green light and carefully sensed it.

"Hmm? Someone actually passed the eight sets of tests? Although the array is a dead object that can only summarize all the questions and answers of the past hundred years, it is still connected to the Fuxi star and can judge the authenticity of the answers. Strange, strange!"

The old man's expression became increasingly serious. He had never expected that the most unremarkable and least valued attribute testing array would produce such a prodigy.

Every word spoken by the test subject was related to the basic common knowledge of the Zhongyuan world, each word was simple and easy to understand, but when put together, it became extremely profound, even a bit obscure to him!

After quickly browsing through the first set of illusion questions and answers, the old man was already amazed.

He continued to observe while using his right hand to quickly draw characters on another region of the array. A beam of light shot onto a stone tablet placed next to the stone table, and a spiritual light flashed, recording the illusion data.

The old man put away the stone tablet with a smile. "I'll take a closer look later! Little guy, I'm going to intervene and give you something to do. I hope you don't disappoint me!"

After saying that, his body glowed blue, and his divine consciousness communicated with the illusion. His fingers quickly moved, activating several special functions of the Fuxi array, allowing him to remotely control the academy's array from this room.

In the illusion, Yue Heng yawned. After a long period of intense thinking, he felt very tired.

The first round of eight sets of questions was not the end. The second round was actually about truly controlling these attributes, such as controlling water and fire, summoning lightning, and moving mountains and filling seas.

Yue Heng tried to enter the world of the light point sphere as a literary sage and lead the human army to destroy a beast tribe.

Controlling water for an attack was simple, like flooding a mountain or summoning a water dragon from the sea, but finding the source of water was not easy.

The terrain of the beast tribe was complex, with deserts, forests, and mountains. Yue Heng tried to use rainwater from the sky, mountain floods, forest water, underground water in the desert, and even directly stimulating the blood of the enemy to burst and turn into a red blood dragon, wreaking havoc.

Controlling lightning was simpler. Regardless of how powerful the beast tribe was, Yue Heng controlled the wind to blow the thunderclouds over the beast tribe, directly exploding the highest point of the mountain, destroying a mountain peak, and causing rocks to fly, killing more beasts. Even the strongest beasts could not withstand the continuous single-target strikes of nine heavenly thunders.

After several rounds of attacks, the remaining beasts gathered to attack the human army. Yue Heng controlled the water and marsh to form a natural trap that swallowed the beasts, slowing their speed and gradually consuming their forces.

Adding the ability to move mountains and control fierce fire, Yue Heng freely moved mountains and seas in the illusion, controlling the attributes of heaven and earth, and played with them skillfully.

Not long after, Yue Heng exited the light point sphere, and his consciousness returned to the chaotic space.

The light point planet, similar to Earth, continued to rotate quietly. The brightest Fuxi star emitted intense light, continuously illuminating the thick black mist above the light points.

But the boiling black mist seemed to devour everything. No matter how intense the starlight was, it could only hold the current sky of the Zhongyuan world and could not dispel the sinister, terrifying, and mysterious black mist.

"Is this the end of the test? But the celestial anomaly at the end is interesting. Is it trying to tell me the true Zhongyuan world?" Yue Heng smiled, gradually regaining his clarity.

The test ended, and Yue Heng heard the illusion's evaluation of him.

"Test subject's potential attribute talent: None!"

Yue Heng's vision was filled with light, his ears were filled with noise, and his body returned to reality, back in front of the academy.

He thought he might have heard wrong. His best potential attribute talent was "None"?

"What does 'None' mean?"

"What does this mean! Does it mean I am worthless, or that I am balanced in all attributes, developing comprehensively in morality, intelligence, physical fitness, and aesthetics?" Yue Heng was deeply troubled. What kind of situation was this!

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