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Chapter 67: Raising the Catfish King for Five Years
"Are you so anxious?"

I just came back from the joint entrance examination today, and I have to go to take a talent test the next day. Judging from this schedule, I definitely can't say I'm not in a hurry.

"It's urgent. Regular appointments are difficult to make. You have to fill out a lot of messy information. I had to use favors to get a spot for direct testing tomorrow."

"and……"

Xiahou Wu paused and said the reason for his anxiety, "I just heard that you will have a very strong opponent in this year's college entrance examination. There is a catfish king who has been raised for five years at No. 1 Middle School!"

The catfish effect originally refers to the fact that while catfish stir up the living environment of small fish, they also activate the small fish's ability to survive.

Later, especially in the college entrance examination, it refers to some repeaters who have repeated their studies and are strong and can always get high scores to enter the college entrance examination to compete, stimulating other candidates to give it a try.

The catfish king that has been raised for five years refers to the fact that this candidate has repeated his studies for five years, and his strength has exceeded the limits of the human body and reached an extraordinary level.

It is not surprising that the repeater can break the limits of the human body. Being able to repeat, and to repeat for five years, must have some background.

It is estimated that most of those of his age have already graduated, so it is natural for him to have extraordinary strength.

"The catfish king who repeated his studies for five years? What's he looking for when he's already extraordinary?"

He has already exceeded the limits of the human body, and he is five years older than this year's candidates. What is he still competing with others for?
Doesn’t the title of top scorer in the college entrance examination just sound nice?
Could it be that there are benefits that he doesn't know about?
"I got stuck in a rut and became obsessed. In the past few years, I would not give up until I got first place, but according to the results of repeating the year, I was mostly in the top five."

It was not known whether Xiahou Wu had a wide circle of friends or the teachers all had their own information circles, but he did know a lot about the [Catfish King]. "It was said that he could no longer bear the pressure this year and planned to give it his all, accepting the results regardless of whether they were good or bad."

This is definitely not good news, because the catfish king has no way out and will probably explode more violently than ever before in the college entrance examination.

An extraordinary person who has dominated the top five in the college entrance examination score list for several years, is making an all-out effort in the last college entrance examination in his life.

Just thinking about it, you know that this is a full BUFF. You may shout meaningless words such as "passion, hard work, struggle" at any time, and rush over to defeat any enemy.

……

Mo Hao really wanted to find a shady place to hide at this moment, but the team in front of him prevented this wonderful idea.

"Do we have to queue up at this time?"

On a scorching summer day, with heat waves rolling and a cloudless sky, the huge fireball that has existed for who knows how many billions of years is continuously releasing its heat, scorching the people on the ground.

Even Xiahou Wu, a transcendent being who was not affected by ordinary temperatures, couldn't help but feel a sense of heat psychologically.

It was twelve o'clock noon and we were heading towards the hottest time of the day.

"Don't complain. It's a good thing that you can get in line today."

In the building at the front of the team, a few large words told others where this place was: Violet Testing Agency.

The Violet Testing Agency, whose full name is the Violet Talent Inspection and Identification Agency, has free testing agencies in all major cities.

Of course, the test is free, but if appropriate professional consultation is required based on the talents detected, then a fee will be charged.

It is said that the price charged is not low.

"Test list, No. 0247, Mo Hao."

After waiting in line for a whole morning and waiting for more than 200 people, it was finally his turn. After hearing the broadcast calling his number, Mo Hao stretched his body and followed Xia Hou Wu into the strange-looking building. It was a building with two egg shapes, one vertical and one horizontal, and they were stuck together in the shape of an [L].

At the same time, unknown patterns of various colors are painted on the outer walls of the building. According to Xiahou Wu, it is a defensive measure that combines magic, telekinesis, and Taoism.

"Don't ask me about the details. I don't know much about this." Feeling Mo Hao's curious gaze, Xiahou Wu could only shrug his shoulders. "Mages, Taoist priests and other people whose noses are higher than their eyes are too lazy to explain the characteristics of magic professions to non-magic professions."

"How does that saying go? In their opinion, non-legal professions only need to fight on the front lines, while magic professions have to consider a lot more in the rear."

The tone and words were very irritating, and I didn't know whether Xiahou Wu said it on purpose or if someone really said that to his face.

The interior of the ability testing building seemed larger than the outside. There seemed to be no windows inside the building, but it didn't feel stuffy or dark. It was probably equipped with an air circulation system or something, and the lights inside seemed to be cold light sources.

The room was filled with various instruments that Mo Hao was unfamiliar with, and about dozens of people in work clothes were controlling the operation of these instruments.

In the center of the room was a black chair that looked like the kind of chair you used to use at the dentist, with a built-in scanning wave transmitter and body sensing device.

He didn't recognize many other instruments.

"Is this number 0247? Please sit in the induction chair and put on the brain wave monitoring helmet to accept the test."

Mediterranean, who was obviously a man who often stayed up late and didn't pay much attention to health preservation, pointed to a chair and asked Mo Hao to sit on it.

“Is that all we need to do?”

After sitting down and putting on a helmet, someone asked Mo Hao to lift up his clothes and stuck a number of electrodes on his chest and back.

The helmet completely blocks one's vision, and the blocking is very tight. Apart from darkness, nothing else can be seen.

"You may experience some discomfort during the test. This is normal. Please be patient."

After giving Mo Hao a kind reminder, Meitei pressed the start switch.

With just a "beep" sound, Mo Hao felt like a hard-working programmer who had been working all night for three consecutive days. Fatigue continued to wash over his whole body.

Before Mo Hao even had time to react, he closed his eyes and sank into a dream.

As Mo Hao fell asleep, many instruments began to operate at full efficiency, and the staff also entered work mode.

Suddenly, countless data about Mo Hao's body and [Talent] data filled all the display screens.

But at this moment, Mo Hao suddenly felt a strong electric current passing through his brain, and the severe pain came like a flood.

At this moment, a series of alarms sounded at the scene, and the warning lights on the sensor seats flashed anxious red lights.

"The data is abnormal and the system is about to crash!"

A large number of garbled characters began to appear on the display screen. After several attempts to operate the system failed, the staff member who was operating the system screamed in panic.

Mediterranean was not infected by panic, but said in a deep voice, "Report the abnormality and the cause of the collapse."

(End of this chapter)