Jing Mingqiu glanced at Yi Wenliu through the system subtitles and then chuckled, seeing through her little scheme.
"Using special methods, combined with incense, to transform the illnesses of Sun Datong and the others into another kind—that's a great idea. However, your technique is still a bit lacking; you've left too many traces."
Yi Wenliu looked up at Jing Mingqiu, her eyes clear. "There's no need to say more. I personally transformed the illnesses on them. I didn't tell anyone, so you absolutely couldn't have known this from anywhere else."
"Your medical skills are indeed superior to mine. I shouldn't have doubted you. I am very sorry, please forgive me!"
After speaking, Yi Wenliu bent down and bowed deeply to Jing Mingqiu.
Facing Yi Wenliu's earnest apology, Jing Mingqiu glanced at the semi-transparent system subtitles beside him and suddenly felt a pang of guilt.
"Your medical skills are also very impressive. If you weren't so kind, always shifting the illnesses to lighter forms, I wouldn't have been able to discover your manipulations so easily. I might have fallen into a trap."
Yi Wenliu straightened her back, her posture impeccable. "I am a doctor, and they are all patients. I cannot harm them to win."
"The transformations on them now are just the first stage of treatment. After the exam, I will complete all the treatments and cure them completely."
Jing Mingqiu recalled the strange and varied ailments of those fellows and instinctively shook his head. "Good idea! But their illnesses are not that easy to treat."
"My master said I am a once-in-a-century genius. I believe that as long as I study diligently, I can definitely cure them all!"
Yi Wenliu clenched her small fists and struck a pose to encourage herself.
Jing Mingqiu didn't want to dampen her enthusiasm, but many of the conditions those fellows had were beyond the current level of technology.
To prevent her from getting stuck on a problem, Jing Mingqiu decided to choose a treatment plan provided by the system that was relatively lower in technological requirement and redeemed it.
Jing Mingqiu handed the USB drive containing the treatment plan to Yi Wenliu. "This is some of my research ideas. You can refer to it."
Yi Wenliu took the USB drive, thanked him sincerely, and carefully put it away.
"A Qiu," Mo Ruixue, who had been keeping watch at the door, suddenly walked over, hugged Jing Mingqiu's arm, and whispered in his ear, "It's been almost an hour. Should we go take a look at the testing workshop? You're the chief examiner, it's not good to be away for so long."
"Indeed."
Jing Mingqiu thought it made sense. He tidied up briefly and led Mo Ruixue and the others back to the workshop.
At this time, the ninety-eight candidates had already been divided into groups and were enthusiastically modifying their machines.
Jing Mingqiu, with Mo Ruixue, toured the testing area, personally experiencing the feeling of being a proctor during exams.
Honestly, the feeling was quite good, especially when he noticed the small actions of others and stared intently at them. Their sheepish looks of guilt as they lowered their heads and pretended nothing was happening were particularly amusing.
During his rounds of the testing grounds, Jing Mingqiu also discovered something very interesting.
Zhao Geng, the unlucky fellow who had been forcibly inflicted with the Five Poisons, had teamed up with Sun Datong, Zhang Jiazhi, and other peculiarly afflicted individuals, forming the only eight-person team in the exam.
Unlike other teams that used the original auxiliary mechs as a skeleton for overall modification, this group, led by Zhao Geng, had completely dismantled the entire auxiliary mech into fragments.
A short boy from a nearby team couldn't help but sneer at this action.
"Tsk tsk, the exam time is only three hours. You've taken it apart so finely, do you intend to enter the test with a pile of parts?"
Zhao Geng heard this but didn't pay attention to the speaker. He glanced up, then lowered his head again, tapping at the mech fragments with a wrench.
...
Jing Mingqiu had walked around the testing area more than ten times, fully enjoying the thrill of being a proctor. The exam time was nearing its end, and most candidates were making the final adjustments to the mechs they had built.
However, Zhao Geng's team's mech hadn't even begun debugging. It didn't even have a complete shape; it was still a pile of parts scattered across the workbench.
"Tsk tsk, you really think you're the only smart one! Everyone knows that dismantling and modifying yields better results," the shorty from the neighboring team said, feigning sympathy with a theatrical shake of his head. "What a pity, eliminated before testing even began."
Zhao Geng still ignored him. After reassuring his teammates, he quietly sped up his modifications.
Fifteen minutes later, with the sound of the bell signaling the end of the exam, all teams simultaneously ceased their work and stood behind their workbenches.
Jing Mingqiu directed the staff to bring over human testing models, dress them in the works of each group, and then transport them to the opposite workshop for unified testing.
The initial stages went smoothly. The staff responsible for transportation, however, were forced to stop in front of Zhao Geng's group's creation.
"Professor Jing, it seems they haven't finished?"
"Haven't finished what!" a sarcastic voice suddenly called out from the crowd. "They absolutely haven't finished!"
Hearing this, Zhao Geng became very nervous. As he raised his head to argue, Jing Mingqiu took a large step forward and pulled the guy who had been relentlessly mocking them out of the crowd.
"What do you know!" Jing Mingqiu casually threw him to the ground and glanced at the scan results. "This is a modular mech. It needs to be worn in separate parts. Transport them all over, and they can be directly installed onto the human models for testing."
Zhao Geng hadn't expected his meticulous design to be understood by Jing Mingqiu with just a glance. He was momentarily stunned, then resolutely took a large step forward.
"Professor Jing, to ensure sealing, I've made numerous adjustments to this mech according to my own physique. A standard human model cannot accurately test this mech's true performance."
"I am willing to take the place of the human model and wear this mech for testing!"
Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes widened. The staff who knew the testing content proactively warned him.
"For the accuracy of the test, we need to conduct destructive testing. The probability of you getting injured while wearing the mech during the test is almost one hundred percent."
Zhao Geng pushed away his teammates who were trying to stop him and resolutely puffed out his chest. "It's fine! I was going to the hospital anyway, a few more burns won't make much difference!"
Seeing Zhao Geng steal the spotlight at the exam he organized, Jing Mingqiu felt inexplicably annoyed. He walked up to Zhao Geng and casually sized him up.
"No need for such trouble. Since the mech was built according to your physique, we can just make a slight modification to the testing dummy."
Saying this, Jing Mingqiu grabbed a wrench from the table and gave the testing dummy a few casual taps.
"There, this dummy is now the same size as you, and it can be equipped for testing. For everyone else, if you have any requests for your testing dummy, feel free to tell me. As long as it's not too unreasonable, I can accommodate it."
As soon as Jing Mingqiu finished speaking, a student immediately shot their hand up high. "Me, me, me! Professor Jing..."