89: Chapter 89 The final confirmation right cannot extend into the rewards room.

[Warning: Lu Chengyuan, Director of the Special Career Development Division of the Department of Education, is applying for the off-site Right of Final Confirmation.]

[If the Right of Final Confirmation is approved, the reading order of the White Tower's first-level rewards will be verified by the Regulatory Seat with priority.]

When these two lines of text lit up, the rhythm of the team, which had just stabilized in the old classroom, was instantly suppressed again.

Chen Ye stood up directly.

"Didn't we already close the Audience Seat?"

"How can he still reach in?"

Gu Changye's voice came through the communication talisman, his speech rapid.

"The Audience Seat is for auditing the review permissions."

"The Right of Final Confirmation is a pre-entry permission for old projects."

"The two systems are different."

Chen Ye's face darkened further.

"He really does have a key for everywhere."

Zhou Heng said coldly:

"It's not a key."

"It's a door they left for themselves back then."

Shen Tingxue looked at the blackboard.

"What was the Right of Final Confirmation originally meant to confirm?"

Gu Changye replied:

"In old projects, before the White Tower opens, the regulatory side needs to confirm the entry roster, risk level, Observer seats, and the method of reward sealing."

"The problem is, the old documents didn't explicitly restrict the Right of Final Confirmation from touching the reward reading order."

Lin Jin stared at the words "Regulatory Seat priority verification."

"So Lu Chengyuan wants to change the name of the reward reading right to get it back."

The Witness Seat had just been repaired.

The ownership of Teacher Xu Wenzhou's testimony had just been marked out from historical errors.

The rule that the first sentence of reward reading cannot be read by the person most deeply associated with it had also just been established.

Yet, Lu Chengyuan immediately applied for the Right of Final Confirmation.

The goal was clear.

He didn't need to sit in the Audience Seat.

Nor did he need to enter the White Tower personally.

As long as the Right of Final Confirmation passed, when the White Tower's first-level true rewards appeared, the Regulatory Seat could verify them first.

Verify first, and you can explain first.

Explain first, and you can seize the direction of the first sentence.

Chen Ye gritted his teeth.

"This old fox waited specifically for us to finish repairing the Witness Seat before making his move, right?"

Lin Jin nodded.

"Very likely."

"If the Witness Seat hadn't been repaired, he could have continued using the erroneous records from twenty years ago."

"Since the Witness Seat was repaired, he switched to the Right of Final Confirmation."

Qin Shanhe sneered.

"Lu Chengyuan never lacks backup procedures."

Teacher Xu Wenzhou sat in the Witness Chair, his face still pale.

Hearing "Regulatory Seat priority verification," his fingers trembled visibly.

Twenty years ago, he was the one who read the first sentence for the Regulatory Seat.

Now, Lu Chengyuan wanted to do it all over again.

Lin Jin did not immediately take out the rule correction wrench.

Shen Tingxue had already said it couldn't be used forcibly again today.

Moreover, this time, what needed to be repaired wasn't the White Tower's core rules.

It was the process definition.

If it could be suppressed with evidence, there was no need to smash it with the wrench.

He walked to the blackboard and picked up a piece of chalk.

[Boundaries of the Right of Final Confirmation]

Seeing these words, Chen Ye immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"He's started writing the prohibited items again."

Zhou Heng glanced at him.

"You're quite familiar with this now."

Chen Ye said irritably:

"Anyone would be familiar with it after being screwed over so many times."

Lin Jin wrote down the first item.

[The Right of Final Confirmation is only used for confirming the entry roster, risk sealing, and the status of Observer seats; it does not include the authority to read, explain, verify, or transfer true rewards.]

The second item.

[The Regulatory Seat shall not use the name of final confirmation to prioritize contact with, reading of, or explanation of the White Tower's first-level true rewards.]

The third item.

[Those already marked as interested parties, sources of the old confirmation chain, or those who have overstepped auditing boundaries, may not serve as a unilateral final confirmer.]

The fourth item.

[Lu Chengyuan is involved in the confirmation of Deputy Director Zhou Chengyue's self-reconstruction twenty years ago, the receipt of Teacher Xu Wenzhou's testimony ownership, and the supervision of Lin Shoushan's temporary transaction three years ago, implying multiple conflicts of interest.]

The fifth item.

[This final confirmation must be jointly confirmed by three parties: the Academy confirms student identity, the Abyss Processing Bureau confirms pollution risk, and the Department of Education confirms it will not exercise unilateral reward verification.]

After writing, the White Tower text on the blackboard did not change immediately.

It seemed to be calculating.

Gu Changye said in a deep voice:

"The Abyss Processing Bureau supports this."

Qin Shanhe followed up:

"The Academy supports this."

Everyone looked at the communication talisman.

Because the third party was the Department of Education.

If the Department of Education did not confirm, the White Tower would likely continue to recognize Lu Chengyuan's old permissions.

A few seconds later, Inspector Han Su's voice rang out.

"The Department of Education's Oversight Seat has received the terms."

Zhou Heng sneered.

"Will you actually confirm?"

Inspector Han Su ignored his sarcasm.

His voice remained cold and rigid.

"According to the current tripartite review records, Director Lu Chengyuan indeed has three instances of overstepping auditing boundaries, one instance of overstepping the confirmation chain, and multiple conflicts of interest regarding old projects."

"The Oversight Seat believes that Director Lu Chengyuan is not suitable to exercise the White Tower's first-level Right of Final Confirmation in a unilateral capacity."

Several people in the old classroom were slightly stunned.

Chen Ye whispered:

"So the Department of Education isn't entirely on his side?"

Qin Shanhe said indifferently:

"Not on his side."

"But not on our side either."

"Inspector Han Su is just upholding the process."

Lin Jin nodded.

Processes can sometimes harm people.

But when a process is clearly written, it can also briefly block people.

Inspector Han Su continued:

"The Department of Education confirms: This final confirmation does not include the right to priority verification of true rewards."

"The Department of Education only retains the right to record risk sealing."

The blackboard finally lit up with a grey glow.

[Department of Education Oversight Seat confirmed]

[Tripartite joint confirmation framework established]

But the next second, the White Tower popped up a new prompt.

[The Right of Final Confirmation for old projects still requires a confirmer]

[Please designate a final confirmer]

Chen Ye's expression sank.

"It still wants a person?"

Gu Changye said:

"The old project format requires a signature from a confirmer."

Lin Jin stared at that line of text.

"Then don't designate a single person."

The White Tower text flickered.

[Format mismatch]

Lin Jin said coldly:

"The format is wrong."

Chen Ye was stunned.

"Huh?"

Lin Jin looked at the blackboard.

"Twenty years ago, it was precisely because of unilateral regulatory confirmation that Lu Chengyuan was able to force Deputy Director Zhou Chengyue's self-replacement, receive ownership of Teacher Xu Wenzhou's testimony, and explain the first sentence."

"Now that the White Tower still requires unilateral confirmation, that in itself is an old erroneous format."

He wrote on the blackboard:

[The final confirmer should be corrected to a final confirmation group.]

[Members of the confirmation group only confirm their respective scope of authority.]

[Academy Qin Shanhe: Confirm student identity and entry team roster.]

[Abyss Processing Bureau Gu Changye: Confirm pollution sealing and external risk records.]

[Department of Education Oversight Seat Inspector Han Su: Confirm the Department of Education will not exercise unilateral reward verification or interfere with off-site routes.]

[Any confirmation by the three parties shall not be extended to the right to read true rewards.]

After writing, the white light on the blackboard flared up suddenly.

It was as if the old format was resisting.

[Old project format: Unilateral regulatory confirmation]

[Final confirmer missing]

[Suggest using historical confirmer: Lu Chengyuan]

Lin Jin's eyes turned cold.

As expected.

It still wanted to drag Lu Chengyuan back.

Zhou Heng's Thunder Spear vibrated.

"Use my ass."

Shen Tingxue's fingertips frosted over.

"The historical confirmer is precisely an interested party."

Chen Ye raised his shield and stepped forward.

"And he just overstepped boundaries!"

Teacher Xu Wenzhou sat in the Witness Chair, raised his head, his voice still a bit hoarse.

"Witness Teacher Xu Wenzhou testifies: Twenty years ago, unilateral regulatory confirmation led to the Witness reading right being usurped."

"The old format should not be continued."

After this sentence was spoken, the Witness Chair lit up.

[Witness testimony: Established]

Deputy Director Zhou Chengyue stood by the Observer position, the monitoring ring on his wrist still not removed.

He was silent for a moment, then spoke:

"Observer Deputy Director Zhou Chengyue testifies: Twenty years ago, unilateral regulatory confirmation led to the Barrier Breaker Position's self-reconstruction being confirmed externally."

"The old format carries risks."

Zhou Heng looked at him sharply.

Deputy Director Zhou Chengyue did not look at Zhou Heng.

He just stared at the blackboard.

"Lu Chengyuan should not serve as the sole final confirmer this time."

When this sentence fell, the old classroom went quiet for a moment.

Zhou Heng's expression became complex for a moment.

But it quickly turned cold again.

Lin Jin seized this opportunity.

"The evidence chain is established."

"The old project's unilateral regulatory confirmation format contains historical errors."

"This time it should be changed to a tripartite confirmation group."

He raised his hand, not using the rule correction wrench, but just tapped the chalk heavily on the words "unilateral regulatory confirmation."

"The Right of Final Confirmation does not equal the Regulatory Seat's exclusive right of interpretation."

The chalk broke.

The White Tower text on the blackboard flickered violently.

Subsequently, the line [Suggest using historical confirmer: Lu Chengyuan] was covered bit by bit by a grey-gold light.

[Correcting the old project's final confirmation format]

[Unilateral regulatory confirmation → Tripartite domain confirmation]

[Historical confirmer Lu Chengyuan: Due to multiple conflicts of interest and records of overstepping boundaries, he does not possess the qualification for unilateral confirmation this time]

[Final confirmation group: Qin Shanhe, Gu Changye, Inspector Han Su]

[Scope of confirmation: Entry roster, pollution risk, Department of Education non-interference statement]

[True reward reading order: Determined jointly by the team's reward reading rules and the White Tower's on-site generation]

Chen Ye slapped his shield hard.

"It worked!"

Gu Changye's voice also relaxed slightly.

"The Processing Bureau confirms and signs."

Qin Shanhe said:

"The Academy confirms and signs."

Inspector Han Su was silent for a second.

"The Department of Education's Oversight Seat confirms and signs."

The blackboard finally displayed:

[Final confirmation group established]

[Lu Chengyuan's off-site Right of Final Confirmation: Rejected]

[Regulatory Seat priority verification of reward reading order: Rejected]

Lin Jin finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But it was only a very short one.

Because the opening time of the White Tower was near.

On the blackboard, the countdown started ticking.

[Time until White Tower opens: 00:47:12]

Qin Shanhe looked at the four of them.

"From now on, no more training."

"Rest, organize your equipment, and adjust your state."

Chen Ye was stunned.

"Really rest?"

Qin Shanhe looked at him.

"If you don't rest, are you going in to hand-deliver your life?"

Chen Ye nodded immediately.

"Rest."

"I am especially good at resting."

Gu Changye also said:

"The Processing Bureau will set up a three-layer lockdown in the east training area."

"After you enter, the outside can only record, not forcibly interfere."

"Unless the White Tower overflows into the Academy's reality layer."

Shen Tingxue asked:

"What about Deputy Director Zhou Chengyue?"

Deputy Director Zhou Chengyue spoke:

"I will wear the three-layer confirmation chain lockdown and enter the Observer position."

"If I overstep boundaries, you freeze me according to the previous procedure."

Zhou Heng looked at him coldly.

"You'd better not make me do it myself."

Deputy Director Zhou Chengyue said calmly:

"If necessary, you can do it."

This sentence actually made Zhou Heng fall silent.

Teacher Xu Wenzhou stood up.

"Does the Witness Seat require me to enter in person?"

The blackboard gave the answer.

[Witness Seat: Teacher Xu Wenzhou]

[Form: Semi-corporeal accompanying witness]

[Note: The witness does not participate in combat, does not participate in route selection, and does not touch the first sentence of the reward]

Lin Jin looked at Teacher Xu Wenzhou.

"If you can't hold on, just say so."

Teacher Xu Wenzhou smiled bitterly.

"What I'm afraid of is not being able to say it."

"At least I can say a little bit now."

The countdown continued to tick down.

The four began to organize their equipment.

Chen Ye fixed the shield-shaped light shard to the inside of his shield.

After the light shard was attached, the shield surface changed its angle slightly, and an adjustable dark pattern appeared on the load-bearing edge.

He tried lifting it twice.

"The feel is okay."

"At least it's not as stupidly stiff as before."

Zhou Heng embedded the buffer barrier-breaking nail into the tail of the Thunder Spear.

When the lightning flowed through the nail body, it no longer rushed forward blindly, but could split into small branches at the spear tip.

He stared at the branches for a long time.

"Open seven tenths."

He said in a low voice.

As if reminding himself.

Shen Tingxue integrated the low-temperature path diversion ice crystal into the Ice Key shell.

The Ice Key was no longer just a positioning object; four extremely thin ice lines appeared on its surface.

She flicked it gently, and the ice lines pointed to the feet of the four people respectively.

Lockdown is not freezing everything.

It is preserving action.

Lin Jin embedded the old path identification grey screw into the side of the toolbox.

The grey screw turned half a circle, and a soft click sounded inside the toolbox.

It was like an old mechanism returning to its place.

The rule correction wrench lay quietly in the box.

Lin Jin did not touch it.

He knew that after entering the White Tower, it would definitely be used.

So not a shred of mental energy could be wasted now.

Ten minutes before the countdown reached zero, everyone arrived at the Academy's east training area.

The night was deep.

In the center of the training area, the phantom of a pale tower had already materialized for the most part.

It didn't look like a building.

It looked more like a piece of rule that had been erected.

The tower had no windows.

Only countless tiny characters flowed on the walls.

At the bottom, four eye-catching roads circled it.

The safest.

The coldest.

The straightest.

The most familiar.

And in the shadow of the tower base, a door, so small it would almost be ignored, was quietly open.

On the door was written:

[Teammates travel together]

Qin Shanhe stood outside the lockdown line.

Gu Changye and the Processing Bureau guarded the other side.

Inspector Han Su's Department of Education Oversight projection floated in mid-air, but Lu Chengyuan was not there.

Deputy Director Zhou Chengyue stood before the entrance of the Observer position, with dark blue lockdown rings on his wrists, neck, and chest.

Teacher Xu Wenzhou stood before the door of the Witness Seat, his face pale, but steadier than before.

Lin Jin looked at his three teammates.

"Final confirmation."

Chen Ye raised his shield.

"Protection Role, Chen Ye."

Shen Tingxue gripped the Ice Key.

"Lockdown Role, Shen Tingxue."

Zhou Heng raised the Thunder Spear.

"Barrier Breaker Position, Zhou Heng."

Lin Jin picked up the toolbox.

"Maintenance Position, Lin Jin."

Four badges lit up simultaneously.

The Mutual Verification Contract unfolded.

[Rule Maintenance Special Class entry team confirmed]

[Team members are all independent individuals and shall not be redefined due to occupation, bloodline, file, or sample number.]

[No member shall be treated as a sacrifice node for the team's survival.]

[The contract does not bind obedience, only mutual verification.]

The small door slowly opened.

The four of them stepped forward simultaneously, entering the door.

Deputy Director Zhou Chengyue entered the Observer position.

Teacher Xu Wenzhou entered the Witness Seat.

The door closed behind them.

The White Tower's first level did not have the hall they had imagined.

Instead, it was a long, narrow grey reading room.

At the end of the reading room, there were three sealing boxes.

On the boxes were written respectively:

[List of Replaced Persons]

[Original Copy of Lin Shoushan's Supplementary Terms]

[Residual Coordinates of Deputy Director Zhou Chengyue's Original Hesitation]

Chen Ye was just about to speak when the white light in the center of the reading room lit up.

A line of text appeared in front of everyone.

[White Tower first-level true reward reading rules loaded]

[Basis: Current team reward reading protocol]

[First sentence reader: Member with the lowest degree of association]

[Current determination: Chen Ye]

Chen Ye swallowed.

"Fine, I'll do it."

Just as he was about to walk forward, the next line of text slowly appeared.

[Please have the first sentence reader detach from the team formation and enter the reading seat alone.]

[Hint: During reading, the Protection Role must not hold a shield.]