I changed the world.

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In his study, Zhang Jing was reading the intelligence and news summaries sent to him by Sen Baolin. Sen Baolin now sends him a daily news briefing and a weekly summary. It has to be said that this is far more efficient than him gathering relevant information online on his own; after all, Sen Baolin is a professional. Furthermore, he can even use his own channels to collect some hidden information not seen in mainstream media or to make his own judgments on certain news stories. For Zhang Jing, this undoubtedly provides a much better means of understanding the world.

Therefore, Zhang Jing now believes that he needs to appropriately expand Senbaolin and Le Qingshan's teams. After all, putting aside everything else, the information support alone would allow him to make more accurate and effective judgments, and also enable him to better grasp the changes taking place in the world.

One point mentioned in Sen Baolin's briefing caught Zhang Jing's attention: with the occurrence of supernatural events around the world, major countries have begun to establish relevant organizations to deal with these events. Including the Great Zhao, most of these organizations in various countries were spun off from their intelligence systems.

In addition, from the perspective of domestic stability, countries have also begun to control related information. As a result, any related information appearing on the Internet in various countries will be blocked and dealt with immediately. Even the person who sent the information will be summoned for questioning and asked to remain silent on the grounds of national security.

Even so, some rumors inevitably began to circulate in small circles, especially regarding the recent donations raised by various religious organizations. Judging from the information that can be collected through public channels, there has been a significant increase.

In addition, in the public sphere, as time goes by, the volume of discussions on niche topics such as religion, supernatural events, and mysticism is also increasing. Some non-mainstream scholars, content creators, and content producers are also contributing to this by bringing up recent events in their respective content programs, drawing eye-catching conclusions to gain attention.

For example, the tomb of Song Shouxuan, a famous Taoist master from the Southern Qi Dynasty, was unearthed during road repairs, which triggered the "Celestial Master's Manifestation Incident." Because it was even reported by the media at the time, it was recently mentioned repeatedly by guests on a variety show to support their views.

The variety show in question is a debate-style program, and because the topics are usually quite sensitive, it has always had a fairly stable audience. The most recent episode featured the debate topic: "In the interstellar age, does humanity still need religion?"

That episode invited several guests from different fields, who were divided into two camps to debate. One of the guests used the recent "Celestial Master Manifestation Incident" as an example and even played a video on the spot.

According to internal information provided by Senbaolin, the program producers reportedly received a reprimand from relevant departments, requiring them to avoid producing programs involving such topics. However, the program had already been broadcast and caused another wave of discussion in society.

After reading the message, Zhang Jing pondered deeply. Previously, his wish list contained a special event about the "Celestial Master's Manifestation," which had given him an additional 300,000 wish points and indicated that he had reached the critical point for the mandatory test.

Chapter 593 Initiating the Mandatory Test

At the time, he hesitated to initiate the mandatory test due to its significant risks, especially after triggering the mandatory test related to the Xiao Daoguang incident, which made him increasingly aware of its unpredictable and dangerous nature. As time passed and his wishing points continued to grow and become abundant, he refrained from activating the mandatory test.

In his view, the "Celestial Master's Manifestation" incident quickly lost its momentum over time, and even if the test was passed, it probably wouldn't generate much buzz anymore. After all, there are just too many trending news stories in modern society, and the popularity of an event can't be maintained for long.

However, somewhat unexpectedly, the topic has shown signs of resurgence thanks to a variety show. Zhang Jing's overall experience and coping skills have improved considerably since then. After some thought, he decided that launching the test now should not affect his other plans.

After thinking it over, he decided to start the test at this moment.

He summoned the wishing book and turned to the page that recorded the "Celestial Master's Manifestation Incident":

Special Event: A tomb of Song Shouxuan, a famous Taoist master from the Southern Qi Dynasty, was discovered at a road repair site near Banshan Pavilion in Yunhu, the main urban area of ​​Linzhou. You entered the tomb and triggered some unusual phenomena.

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Urgent: This event has accumulated over 20 points, and the fluctuations in the consciousness of the world's bottom layer have exceeded the threshold. A mandatory test is about to begin (Note: the power of the Wish Book cannot be used for the test).

Note: You can choose to accept the test or postpone it, but the latter will cause your wish points for this special event to stop increasing until you complete the test.

Zhang Jing composed himself, considered the arrangements one last time, and then said, "I choose to initiate the mandatory test."

As soon as the words were spoken, new text appeared under the special event:

Urgent: A mandatory test is about to begin. This test will occur randomly within the next 48 hours. Before the mandatory test is completed, the Wish Book function will be disabled.

After that, all the words on the wishing book turned gray. Having learned from his previous experience, Zhang Jing knew that from now until the test was over, he would no longer be able to use the wishing book.

Zhang Jing remembered that he had started a wish in the wishing book at this time: "I wish that I will have good luck in the coming week." Theoretically, this wish had not yet ended. He didn't know if the good luck buff here would also be blocked. If not, would it be considered that he had taken advantage of a loophole?

However, he cannot verify this conjecture at present and can only wait for the test to come.

After retrieving the wishing letter, Zhang Jing took out the tortoise shell and used the divination method of Xiao Liu Gong Xin Duan to perform a divination. As expected, he still could not divine the answer, so he had to give up.

After thinking it over, he decided to go and meet up with Zhang Taihe, who was still at Danding Mountain, since he would have a powerful helper if anything happened.

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