Digging A Hole For Herself
Behind the door was a huge library filled with large bookshelves. Each shelf was filled with densely packed books and materials. Most of them were bound in animal hides. A small number were made of turtle shells, animal bones, or wood. There were books made of paper, but there were very few of them.
Huanhuan walked around three bookshelves and saw a young man sitting in a chair reading. Beside him were many books of varying thickness.
As she approached, the young man asked without looking up, “Are you Domitt’s new student?”
Huanhuan stopped in front of him and replied, “Yes.”
It was rare for a man to be so handsome. Unfortunately, his temperament was too cold, especially when he looked at others. It felt like he was standing on a high mountain and looking down at her.
It was as if everyone else in the world was stupid in his eyes.
He said, “Since you’re here, I should take you in as a student according to the rules. But I hate trouble. To me, you’re trouble now.”
The corners of Huanhuan’s mouth twitched.
She was called trouble on their first meeting. What should she do now?
She could only say, “Oh.”
“I didn’t want to show myself, but Domitt told me that you’re a very talented girl. He asked me to give you a chance.”
Huanhuan was very surprised. The big-bearded dwarf who had kept shouting, ‘How can a little girl like you learn how to forge?’ actually praised her for being talented behind her back? This was too magical!
The young man glanced at her. “I’ll only give you one chance. It’s up to you to take it or not.”
Huanhuan said, “Oh.”
“I hate people without knowledge. I’ll ask you three questions now. As long as you can answer any of them, I can take you in as a student and teach you medicine.”
Huanhuan couldn’t help but ask softly, “Didn’t you just say that you hate trouble the most? Why did you become an ignorant person in the blink of an eye?”
The young man: “…”
She had dug a hole for herself.
He quickly pulled a face and glared at her very seriously. “Children shouldn’t interrupt when their elders are talking. It’s rude.”
Huanhuan said, “Oh.”
“First question. How many races are there on the beast continent?”
Huanhuan was stunned by the question.
There were many races in this world. There were hundreds of them in Rock City alone. Who knew how many races there were on the entire beast continent?!
Normally, she could ask Little Brat for help.
But Little Brat was outside the door now, so she would definitely be cheating if she asked for help.
After waiting for a long time without getting an answer, the young man chuckled. “You really don’t know?”
There was an indescribable contempt in his laughter.
Huanhuan was very embarrassed. “I don’t.”
“Currently, there are a total of 3,454 species discovered and confirmed to be beasts.”
Huanhuan silently memorized the number.
“The second question is relatively simple. You’ve already been to the dawn continent and the secret dragon continent. Do you know how big of an area these two continents cover?”
Huanhuan: “…”
No, she didn’t think this question was simple at all!
There were no geography classes in this world. How many people could know how much those two continents occupied?!
Seeing that she couldn’t answer again, the young man couldn’t even be bothered to smile this time. He said slowly, “The dawn continent covers 32,420 hectares, while the secret dragon continent covers 10,076 hectares.”
Huanhuan’s knowledge increased again.
“The third question…” The young man specially thought for a moment before asking, “You’ve seen crystals before, right?”
“Yes, I have.”
“Crystals contain energy, and the energy has different attributes. I’ll use the most common example. If you refine the fire attribute energy in red crystals and fuse it with the wood attribute energy in green crystals, then add a small amount of the energy in blue crystals, what will the reaction be?”
Huanhuan: “…”
“You don’t know this one either?”
Huanhuan’s face turned red with shame. “I don’t.”
“After the energy of those three attributes is mixed, it will cause an extremely small area of energy explosion. If this is used on a human, the consequences will be very terrifying. It’ll hide in the body and constantly explode in the blood vessels. Bit by bit, it’ll blow up all the blood vessels in a person’s body, causing them to collapse and destroy their body bit by bit.”
It was clearly a terrifying thing, but the young man’s tone was very calm as if he was talking about what he had eaten tonight. He did not take these things to heart at all.
He turned a page of the book in his hand. “I’ve asked all three questions. You don’t meet my requirements. Please go back.”
Huanhuan felt very embarrassed to be chased out.
But she didn’t give up.
“May I ask what your requirement is?”
The young man replied casually, “The requirement is simple. It’s fine as long as the other party isn’t stupid.”
“Then what makes you so sure I’m stupid?”
“You couldn’t even answer the three simple questions just now. If you’re not stupid, then what are you?” When the young man said this, his lips curled into a mocking smile.
“It’s said that learning is endless. No matter how knowledgeable a person is, there are always things in this world that they don’t know. I think it’s too arbitrary to judge if others are stupid with just three questions.”
The young man glanced up at her. “Then what do you want?”
Huanhuan mustered her courage and said, “I want to ask you three questions too. If you can’t answer them, it means that you’re just an ordinary person like me. You’re not qualified to label me as an idiot.”
Hearing this, the young man was finally a little interested.
“Oh? There’s nothing in this world I don’t know.”
“The first question.” Huanhuan raised a finger. “You can do it, and I can do it. Everyone can do it. One person can do it, but two can’t do it together. May I ask what it is?”
The young man fell into deep thought. After a moment, he hesitated and asked, “What can’t two people do together in this world?”
“Think about it. The answer is simple.”
The young man couldn’t think of anything for a long time. In the end, he gave up. “I don’t know.”
Huanhuan smiled and gave the right answer. “It’s dreaming.”
The young man’s face went blank for a moment.
Then, he thought about it carefully. That did seem to be the case.
He didn’t expect the answer to be so simple.
Huanhuan extended a second finger. “Second question. If you hit a rock on an egg, why can’t it break?”
The young man put down the book in his hand and thought seriously. He frowned. “How can a rock not break an egg? Your question is wrong!”
“There’s definitely no problem with this question. You’re the one who’s wrong.”
No matter what the young man thought, he didn’t think a rock couldn’t break an egg. He had to give up again. “What’s the answer?”
“Of course, a rock won’t break. Only the egg will break!”
“…”
At this moment, the young man doubted his life.