Global Evolution: I transplanted the heart of the Supreme God.

Chapter 1168 Don't Think You're the Most Special One

When Bai Pu stood up, there were very few genius evolutionists left in the stone hall.

After the meditation ended, the fog in the small cubicle naturally dissipated.

Bai Pu saw the ten or so people who remained at the end.

He knew that these ten or so people were at least very strong in terms of "mental strength," and that they could persist in their meditation for such a long time.

The eyes of these ten or so people also swept over Bai Pu.

His eyes held scrutiny and wariness.

Bai Pu was greatly surprised to find that several of these geniuses from various star regions belonged to special races.

There were suspected Red People and Boto cave dwellers, but Bai Pu knew they were Brown People and Rock People.

But what the heck is that guy shrouded in the dark mist?

There was another creature with dragon horns on its head and fine scales under its eyes, somewhat resembling the "dragon people" Bai Pu had seen in the spirit world... Is this really human? It seems more like a demon.

Even more bizarre was a slender figure completely wrapped in bandages, with only its eyes showing; its flat body made it impossible to tell whether it was male or female.

In such situations, you need someone with social skills to connect people and get to know each other.

After all, everyone knows that the remaining ten or so people are probably the most promising talents in this year's genius camp, at least in terms of comprehension.

In the future, I will be venturing into border battlefields. It's good to become a familiar face now, so that if we run into each other on the border battlefields, we can help each other out.

A slightly overweight, unremarkable middle-aged man volunteered to act as this socially savvy person.

"How about we get together? I'm Feng Shenxiu from the headquarters star region. I feel like we're very likely to have dealings in the future... I've looked into the functions of the identity card, so how about we add each other as friends first?"

Wait, buddy, your code name is "Feng Shenxiu"?
Bai Pu felt something was off. He thought to himself, "Why don't you take a look in the mirror? The only thing that might be related to 'fengshenxiu' (丰神秀) is the word 'feng' (丰), which means plump and voluptuous."

However, Bai Pu had a vague impression of this unassuming middle-aged man. It seemed that in the Origin World, when the Hundred Refinements Steward was reading out the rules, it was he who was the first among hundreds of thousands of people to raise his hand and ask a question. He truly deserved the title of "She Niu" (a nickname implying someone who is a powerful and influential figure).

The others exchanged glances, but none of them refused the friend request.

Bai Pu thus learned the names (codenames) of these geniuses from various star regions.

During the conversation, they even learned about the initial comprehension achievements of several of them.

"Jinjiao," a dragon-man from the Ancient Starfield, is the ninth star of the Power Constellation and has the highest score in the entire arena.

"Annihilation," from the Void race, is the eighth star of the Dark Star constellation.

Shi Le, a brown-haired man from the Yanlong Star Region, is the seventh star of the Fire Extreme constellation.

The Rock Clan, from the Ant King Star Region, is the seventh star in the Saturn constellation.

There is also "Feng Shenxiu" from the headquarters star field, the seventh star of the Light Pole constellation.

Only a few were willing to reveal their personal achievements in their studies; the others refused to speak, and Bai Pu only knew their names. The mysterious bandaged man (or woman?) wrapped in bandages, who called herself "Return to Zero," refused to utter a single word about her own constellation progress or the star field from which she originated.

The beautiful girl with cascading white hair and eyelashes that looked like they had been enhanced with ice crystals was named "Jinyue" and was from the Baiyi tribe.

After everyone added each other as friends, they hadn't even exchanged a few words when the voice of Master Jiuyi reached Bai Pu's ears, calling him to come and see the Sword Tide King.

"Lord Sword Tide King wishes to see me?"

Bai Pu was somewhat surprised.

He could roughly guess why the Sword Tide King was looking for him...

However, it was precisely because he could guess the reason that Bai Pu was surprised.

The others didn't know the reason, but when they heard that the headquarters wanted to see him, they immediately regarded Bai Pu as a formidable competitor.

After saying goodbye to the others, Bai Pu followed the guidance of Master Jiuyi and took a few steps forward, stepping into a hidden door.

Only the crowd remained in the stone hall, speculating about Bai Pu's identity and achievements. Since Bai Pu was one of those who "refused to reveal his astrological progress," the crowd couldn't help but wonder if his grades were so outstanding that they had attracted the attention of the Sword Tide King.

They never expected that Bai Pu would be criticized in the control room.

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"Steelheart, why don't you choose a specific constellation to refine?"

Sword Tide King's first words confirmed Bai Pu's guess.

Sure enough, these big shots could see the progress of the geniuses' comprehension.

Bai Pu honestly said, "My true meaning is the Prismatic Route, which is composed of multiple profound mysteries... so I want to cultivate each of the various laws and constellations."

Sword Tide King frowned and said, "Didn't you hear me? The selection of Prince Gaia is based on the depth of your understanding, not the breadth of your knowledge!"
"Cultivating all the laws and constellations? Do you know how rare the opportunity to comprehend them is? It's an opportunity that can only be earned by risking your life on the border battlefield to gain merit!"

Do you know the difference between you and other people?

Sword Tide King said coldly, "The geniuses who are currently comprehending this are only about one-third of the geniuses gathered in this genius camp. The remaining two-thirds of the geniuses are still on their way, led by 'West Wind King' and 'Spring Harmony King'."

"But even among this group of geniuses, two have already reached the ninth star for the first time. Perhaps in a few months, they will break through to the tenth star and become the first Gaia prince to advance!"

Bai Pu thought for a moment and said, "Lord Sword Tide King, there should be no limit to the number of candidates for the selection of Prince Gaia, right? The rule I heard before is that as long as any constellation breaks through to the tenth star within a year, one can be promoted."

"That's the rule, that's correct. But don't underestimate the difficulty of the tenth star!"

Sword Tide King could not hide his disappointment and said coldly, "Are you planning to cultivate all twelve constellations at the same time, spreading your time, energy, mental strength, and border battle achievements into twelve parts?"
"If you continue like this, you will definitely not be able to break through to the tenth star! You should know that even geniuses like Shi Le of the Brown Clan and Pan Shi of the Rock Clan, who broke through to the seventh star on their first enlightenment, wouldn't dare to say they could break through to the tenth star within a year. They went all out, focused on one constellation, and had talent bonuses. What about you?"
"Don't think you're special. Shi Le and Pan Shi are both weaker than you, neither of them is worse than you. If you don't correct your attitude and work hard, your final result will be to become just another ordinary person!"

Inside the control hall, the other real people couldn't help but wonder why the usually taciturn Sword Tide King was so concerned about Steel Heart.

They speculated that perhaps Steelheart had some blood relation with Sword Tide King, and was the latter's illegitimate son, which made Sword Tide King so angry.
Good heavens, thankfully members of the Genius Camp are not allowed to trade Border Battle Merits during the year-long selection process, otherwise Sword Tide King would probably have used his own Border Battle Merits to help Steel Heart exchange for Enlightenment attempts.

(End of this chapter)