46: Chapter 46 Professional Authenticity Testing

[Test category: Professional Authenticity.]

In front of the east gate of the Jiangcheng First Combat Academy, everyone's eyes instantly converged.

The new students who had just been queuing turned their heads to look.

Someone recognized Lin Jin.

"Is that the F-rank Repairman from the Abandoned Hospital?"

"The one who got first place in contribution?"

"Didn't they say he was accepted into the Rule Maintenance Special Class?"

"What does 'Professional Authenticity Test' mean? Are they suspecting him of faking his profession?"

The whispers spread quickly.

Chen Ye's expression sank instantly.

"Who is behind this again?"

Shen Tingxue looked toward the testing crystal at the gate.

The crystal hung directly above the east gate, half a person tall, with pale golden light flowing inside.

Under normal circumstances, new student enrollment only requires testing for professional rank, contamination residue, and identity verification.

But the "Professional Authenticity Test" is not a standard procedure.

It looks more like it was added temporarily for Lin Jin.

Lin Jin didn't rush forward.

He first glanced at his admission notice.

The golden light of the official route on the notice had extended to the east gate testing area.

This indicated that this place was still considered an academy-approved route.

But the next line of notification soon appeared.

[Current test category: Professional Authenticity]

[Nature: Legal procedure]

[Associated risk: Exposure of professional abnormality]

[Note: Testing crystal professional database might be incomplete]

Professional database incomplete.

Lin Jin's eyes flickered slightly.

It wasn't that the test itself was problematic.

Rather, the crystal might not recognize Rule Maintenance type professions.

If it only judged based on the standard professional database, Lin Jin would be detected as an "F-rank Repairman."

But he had triggered the Hand of Rules, the old badge of the Maintenance Department, and the emergency authority of the Old Archives Room in the Abandoned Hospital.

These things would make the crystal judge him as abnormal.

The final conclusion would likely be:

Profession does not match ability.

Suspected contamination disguise.

Enrollment qualification suspended.

This process was all too familiar.

There was no need to stop him directly.

As long as the process got stuck, he wouldn't be able to enter the academy.

Chen Ye gritted his teeth and said:

"Playing with red tape again?"

Lin Jin said indifferently:

"I'm used to it."

Several teachers stood beside the testing area.

One middle-aged male teacher pushed up his glasses, his expression serious.

"Student Lin Jin, please cooperate with the test."

"After the Abandoned Hospital incident, there are abnormalities in your professional status."

"The academy has a responsibility to confirm whether you still meet the enrollment criteria."

Lin Jin looked at him.

"How should I address you, Teacher?"

"Academic Affairs Office, Teacher He Zheng."

Teacher He Zheng's voice was steady.

"I am in charge of this new student enrollment test."

Lin Jin nodded.

"The test is fine."

"But I need to confirm whether the test result will affect my qualification for the Rule Maintenance Special Class entrance test."

Teacher He Zheng's eyes flickered slightly.

"If the test results show that you have professional disguise, contamination substitution, or identity abnormalities, then naturally, enrollment will need to be suspended."

Chen Ye immediately frowned.

"What do you mean by contamination substitution?"

"He just saved people from a dungeon yesterday, and today you suspect he isn't himself?"

Teacher He Zheng looked at Chen Ye.

"Student Chen Ye, you also need to undergo the accompanying examinee test."

"But before that, please do not interfere with the process."

Chen Ye wanted to say more, but was stopped by Lin Jin raising his hand.

"Fine."

Lin Jin walked under the testing crystal.

The surrounding new students all stepped back a bit.

Some were curious.

Some were waiting to watch the show.

Some clearly carried hostility.

Not far away, Zhou Heng was also in the crowd.

On his chest, he was already wearing the new student badge of the Jiangcheng First Combat Academy.

The entrance test for an A-rank Thunder Spear Knight had obviously been passed long ago.

At this moment, he looked at Lin Jin, a sneer on his lips.

"So what if you have the highest contribution?"

"With an unclear profession, the academy can't possibly really let you into the Special Class."

His voice wasn't loud.

But it was loud enough for the few people around to hear.

Chen Ye immediately turned his head to glare at him.

"Is your mouth itching for a beating again?"

Zhou Heng sneered.

"Did I say something wrong?"

"The Rule Maintenance Special Class hasn't recruited anyone for twenty years."

"Who knows if he brought back some contaminated profession from the Abandoned Hospital?"

Lin Jin ignored Zhou Heng.

He stood under the crystal.

The testing crystal cast down a beam of pale golden light, landing on him.

The next second, text began to appear inside the crystal.

[Name: Lin Jin]

[Age: 18]

[Initial registered profession: Repairman]

[Rank: F]

As soon as these lines appeared, many new students began whispering again.

F-rank.

Even though they already knew the result yesterday, seeing it displayed on the academy's testing crystal with their own eyes still made many feel it was absurd.

An F-rank Repairman actually took first place in contribution at the Abandoned Hospital.

This in itself was like a slap in the face to the entire professional ranking system.

The test continued.

[Professional core testing in progress——]

[Detected maintenance-type professional core]

[Detected traces of rule contact]

[Detected fragments of sealed department identity]

[Detected unknown rule authority]

The crystal's light suddenly flickered violently.

Teacher He Zheng's brows immediately furrowed.

The surrounding teachers' expressions also changed.

[Profession does not match ability]

[Professional authenticity questionable]

[Suspected contamination rule overlay]

The crowd instantly erupted.

"Contamination rule overlay?"

"He wasn't actually contaminated by the dungeon, was he?"

"Didn't that Abandoned Hospital go out of control yesterday?"

"What if he brings the contamination into the academy?"

Chen Ye's expression changed, and he was about to start cursing.

Shen Tingxue spoke first.

"The testing crystal's professional database is incomplete."

Her voice was not loud, but very clear.

Teacher He Zheng looked at her.

"Student Shen Tingxue, the test results are automatically generated by the academy's crystal, not a subjective judgment."

Shen Tingxue said indifferently:

"Automatically generated doesn't mean it won't be wrong."

Teacher He Zheng's expression darkened slightly.

"Are you questioning the academy's testing system?"

Lin Jin suddenly laughed.

"She isn't."

"I am the one questioning it."

Teacher He Zheng looked at him.

Lin Jin looked up at the testing crystal.

"The crystal recognized the maintenance professional core, and it also recognized traces of rule contact."

"But it cannot match it to the Rule Maintenance type professional database."

"That's why it judged that the profession does not match the ability."

Teacher He Zheng said coldly:

"You, a new student, understand testing crystals?"

Lin Jin raised the rusty wrench in his hand.

"I am a Repairman."

"It's reasonable to fix things when I see they are broken, right?"

The crowd went silent.

Chen Ye almost laughed out loud.

Teacher He Zheng's expression became even uglier.

"The testing crystal is not broken."

But just at this moment.

A faint cracking sound suddenly came from inside the crystal.

Crack.

The light flickered.

A line of notification that only Lin Jin could see appeared.

[Target: Academy professional testing crystal]

[Fault: Professional database incomplete]

[Additional fault: Special Class old data sealed]

[External interference: Some test items temporarily adjusted higher]

[Repair plan: Restore Rule Maintenance old professional database index]

[Success rate: 82%]

Lin Jin's eyes turned cold.

As expected, it wasn't just incomplete.

Someone had temporarily adjusted the test items higher.

In other words, Teacher He Zheng's testing procedure was not completely neutral.

Someone wanted the crystal to inevitably report an abnormality.

Lin Jin looked at Teacher He Zheng.

"Teacher, the crystal has an item for sealed old professional databases."

"I request to perform maintenance."

Teacher He Zheng immediately refused.

"Not allowed."

"Testing equipment cannot be touched by the person being tested."

Lin Jin nodded.

"Under normal circumstances, that's true."

"But the testing equipment is currently experiencing a professional database fault."

"If it isn't repaired, the result is invalid."

Teacher He Zheng said coldly:

"Whether it is invalid is for the Academic Affairs Office to judge."

Lin Jin didn't argue with him.

He took out his admission notice directly.

The notice's pale golden light lit up.

[Rule Maintenance Special Class candidate: Lin Jin]

[Current procedure: Enrollment test]

[Testing crystal professional database abnormal]

[Allow candidate to perform temporary maintenance?]

The air went silent.

All the teachers were stunned for a moment.

Teacher He Zheng's expression changed slightly.

He clearly hadn't expected that the admission notice itself would respond to the testing process.

The next second.

Another aged voice sounded from above the east gate.

That was the voice of the academy's main control array.

[Rule Maintenance Special Class candidate possesses the right to request temporary maintenance for rule-type faults.]

[Request approved.]

[Please complete the maintenance within three minutes.]

Chen Ye's eyes lit up.

"Nice!"

Teacher He Zheng's expression was ugly, but he couldn't stop it anymore.

Because this wasn't Lin Jin talking to himself.

It was the academy's main control array that acknowledged his request.

Lin Jin walked under the crystal.

The crystal actively lowered a maintenance interface.

It was a floating golden rune.

Lin Jin didn't touch it directly with his hand.

Instead, he gently tapped it with his wrench.

Densely packed professional data instantly unfolded before his eyes.

Warrior type.

Mage type.

Archer type.

Support type.

Lifestyle type.

Special type.

Each type had a complete index.

But at the very bottom, there was a block of old data sealed away like dust.

[Rule-type profession]

[Status: Sealed]

[Sub-items: Rule Maintenance, Rule Recording, Rule Lockdown, Rule Correction]

Lin Jin's heart trembled slightly.

Rule-type professions are not just Maintenance.

There are also Recording, Lockdown, and Correction.

This shows that the Special Class twenty years ago might have trained a whole system of rule-type professions.

It's just that they have all been sealed now.

Inside the crystal, another thin black line was wrapped around the [Rule Maintenance] sub-item.

[External interference: Detection threshold adjusted higher]

[Effect: Judging traces of rule contact as contamination overlay]

Lin Jin sneered.

This technique was very familiar.

It wasn't direct deletion.

It was changing the judgment.

Just like how the Abandoned Hospital registered the Recycling Room as a ward, and wrote maintenance reports as treatment procedures.

The essence was always using procedures to turn the truth into an abnormality.

"Found it."

He raised the wrench.

Crack.

The first strike fell.

The testing crystal shook violently.

[Restoring old rule-type professional database index]

[21%]

Teacher He Zheng's expression changed.

"What are you doing?"

Lin Jin didn't even turn his head.

"Repairing the professional database your academy didn't finish repairing twenty years ago."

Crack.

The second strike.

[49%]

The abnormal red light on the crystal's surface began to fade.

The new students who were watching gradually quieted down.

It was the first time they had seen someone repair the academy's testing crystal on the spot.

And it was a newly enrolled F-rank Repairman at that.

Zhou Heng's expression became increasingly ugly.

He stared fixedly at the wrench in Lin Jin's hand, his eyes full of unwillingness.

Why?

Why can this F-rank trash cause a commotion wherever he goes?

Crack.

The third strike.

The thin black line was plucked out by the wrench.

That line twisted frantically in mid-air, like an extremely thin worm.

Lin Jin didn't tear it off directly.

Instead, he looked up at Teacher He Zheng.

"Teacher He."

"Who authorized this permission to temporarily raise the detection threshold?"

Teacher He Zheng's expression instantly stiffened.

The surrounding teachers also looked at him.

The other end of that black line was faintly connected to an Academic Affairs token next to the testing area.

The token bore Teacher He Zheng's signature.

The crowd instantly erupted in an uproar.

Teacher He Zheng forced himself to stay calm.

"In order to deal with the Abandoned Hospital contamination incident, I temporarily raised the rule contamination detection standards. Is there a problem?"

Lin Jin nodded.

"Raising the standards is fine."

"Judging all Rule Maintenance traces as contamination overlay is the problem."

Having said that, he twisted the wrench.

The black line snapped.

The testing crystal suddenly lit up.

[Rule Maintenance old professional database index restored]

[Contamination detection threshold corrected]

[Re-testing in progress——]

Everyone held their breath.

The crystal beam landed on Lin Jin once again.

This time, text appeared line by line.

[Name: Lin Jin]

[Profession: Repairman]

[Rank: F]

[Hidden adaptation direction: Rule Maintenance]

[Rule contact traces: Normal]

[Dungeon contamination residue: Controllable]

[Professional authenticity: Passed]

After a brief silence.

The area in front of the east gate completely exploded.

"He passed!"

"Is he really an F-rank Repairman?"

"No, the hidden adaptation direction is Rule Maintenance!"

"So it wasn't contamination, it was just the database failing to recognize it?"

Chen Ye grinned directly.

"Did you hear that?"

"Professional authenticity passed."

"Are some people's faces hurting?"

Zhou Heng's face was livid.

Teacher He Zheng stood there, his expression ugly.

Lin Jin retracted the wrench and looked at the testing crystal.

However, the text on the crystal wasn't finished yet.

Below all the test results, a new line of golden text suddenly appeared.

[Detected Maintenance Department old identity credential]

[Detected Forbidden Building door hinge screw]

[Rule Maintenance Special Class entrance test triggered early]

Inside the east gate.

A dull bell rang out.

Dong.

Dong.

Dong.

Deep within the academy, an old building wrapped in black iron chains slowly lit up a window.

All the teachers' expressions changed at once.

Teacher He Zheng gasped:

"Why did the Forbidden Building open early?"

The next second.

The voice of the academy's main control array resounded throughout the east gate.

[Rule Maintenance Special Class candidate Lin Jin.]

[Please arrive at the Forbidden Building within thirty minutes.]

[First test: Repair a classroom that does not exist.]