Kill one monster, stack one poison, and I alone will poison my way across the world!

All eyes were immediately drawn to the top spot on the leaderboard.

There, a name hangs high, and the numbers following it are almost blinding.

The entire arena fell into a deathly silence for ten seconds.

Everyone stared wide-eyed at the four "9s" that looked like they'd been entered into the wrong code, their minds going blank for a moment.

"What...what the hell is this?"

Wang Xiaoli rubbed his eyes, thinking he was seeing things.

Looking at it again, the string of 9s was still firmly in place.

"9999?!"

Wang Xiaoli gasped, turning to look at Su Chen. "Brother Chen, what...what were you doing in there?"

At this moment, an incredulous gasp erupted from the crowd.

"Holy crap, bro, you actually opened it?!"

"Is the system broken?!"

"This is definitely a bug in the results panel! This number is so much higher than the second place!"

"Is there even a question? How could anyone possibly achieve such a score! It must be a system error!"

"..."

Lin Shiqing also opened her mouth slightly, staring at the numbers on the screen in disbelief.

Her score ranked second in the national support group, not far behind the first place in the capital.

But compared to Su Chen's phenomenal achievements, it's still far behind.

This time, she suffered a complete defeat!

She tugged at Su Chen's clothes and asked, "Little Su, what exactly did you do?"

Su Chen was also a little surprised, not expecting such a score.

He spread his hands innocently and said, "I didn't do it. I only drove in more than ten wooden stakes. They stopped after that. I thought there was a bug in the exam."

"Not going to swipe anymore?"

Wang Xiaoli was stunned.

Aren't the wooden stakes just that you can keep brushing them down one after another, and you can never cut them all down?

Is it possible to not swipe?

The other test-takers who had been eavesdropping were also stunned.

"Damn it, you've driven the stakes so badly you can't even brush them anymore? Are you even human?"

"I haven't even finished chopping down the second stake, and you've already cleared more than ten?!"

"Wait, there's a limit to the number of wooden stakes?"

"..."

……

at the same time.

The premium exclusive rest area outside the First Star Arena.

The environment here is elegant, furnished with high-end genuine leather sofas and coffee tables.

Principals from various prefecture-level cities in Jiangnan Province are gathering in small groups, drinking tea, chatting, and joking around.

This place is not only the battlefield for students taking the college entrance examination, but also a battlefield for these education tycoons to compete.

He Kaishan held his stainless steel thermos and slowly blew on the goji berries floating on the surface of the cup.

"Hey, Lao He, what are you doing sitting here all alone, drinking tea in silence?"

A middle-aged man with his hair neatly combed walked over.

Li Zhiyong is the principal of the No. 1 Middle School in the provincial capital.

The two were college classmates. After graduation, He Kaishan returned to his hometown, while Li Zhiyong stayed in the provincial capital and always thought highly of himself.

They were both high school principals, so naturally they often had their share of undercurrents of competition.

Li Zhiyong plopped down opposite He Kaishan and laughed, "I heard your Tianhe City produced an S-level support class this year? Not bad. But no matter how strong the support is, it's useless without a good combat class to lead it."

He Kaishan forced himself to suppress his laughter; if he hadn't, his mouth would have twisted into a grin.

The Tianhe Municipal Government highly valued Su Chen's SSS-level profession and did not publicize it extensively, so Li Zhiyong was unaware of it.

He quickly took a sip of goji berry water, without even looking up: "This small place can't compare to the wealth and power of your provincial capital."

Li Zhiyong sighed, "Old He, I'm not trying to be mean, but your Tianhe City is such a poor, remote place, resources are so scarce. Look at our provincial capital, we've produced three S-rank combat professions this year! One of them broke 1000 DPS in yesterday's test!"

He patted He Kaishan on the shoulder: "That's the difference. When the results come out, if your Tianhe City students can get into the top 1,000 in the province, then your job as principal won't have been in vain."

He Kaishan gave a lukewarm "hmm" and continued drinking water, his face turning red.

Damn, why is it so hard to hold back laughter?!

Who knows how Su Chen usually keeps his composure?

Just then.

The large screen in front of the rest area lit up and began to display the results from the arena.

The previously noisy rest area instantly became quiet.

All the principals put down their teacups and turned to look at the screen.

Li Zhiyong pointed at the screen, his face full of excitement: "Old He, look! It's about to leave my school..."

His voice abruptly stopped.

The name and the exaggerated numbers at the top of the big screen were too eye-catching.

First Place: Su Chen, Score: 9999

The entire rest area fell into a deathly silence.

"Whose student is this...? So incredibly brave?!"

The principal of a prefecture-level city stood up shakily.

"Su Chen? Never heard of that name before! Is he some secret weapon from a top high school in the capital?"

Li Zhiyong almost dropped the teacup in his hand.

He stared intently at the screen: "Could there be a system error? How could such...shameless data appear?!"

One principal shook his head repeatedly: "Principal Li, impossible! The college entrance exam simulation was personally designed and maintained by Elder Zhan. It's been decades and has never had a mistake!"

"..."

He Kaishan's lips twitched a few times.

In the end, he couldn't help but let out a wide grin that stretched all the way to his ears.

Several school principals couldn't sit still any longer and grabbed a passing staff member.

"Xiao Liu! What's going on? Is the system malfunctioning? Where did this Su Chen come from?"

Hearing the principals' questions, Xiao Liu swallowed hard.

"Principals, there's no malfunction."

He glanced around at the influential figures around him, his voice tinged with excitement: "This Su Chen... is a student from Tianhe City No. 1 High School in our province!"

These words were spoken.

All eyes instantly turned to He Kaishan, who was standing in the corner with a smile reminiscent of the Dragon King.

Li Zhiyong asked stiffly, "Old He, is this your student?"

He Kaishan dropped the pretense completely: "Oh dear, this kid is so unreliable. I told him to keep his abilities hidden, and look how much this is damaging to the confidence of the other candidates!"

"..."

The school principals immediately erupted in uproar.

"Holy crap, they're actually students from our Jiangnan Province?!"

"I thought he was from some powerful family in Beijing or Shanghai!"

"Our students from Jiangnan Province... haven't won first place nationally in a long time, have they?"

"Yes, not to mention such a crushing victory!"

"..."

Li Zhiyong looked defeated and grabbed Xiao Liu: "Then tell me, what's going on with this score?"

The principals looked over with curiosity.

Yes.

This score is so strange!

The second place only had a little over 4,300 points, how did he get 9999?

Xiao Liu explained with a smile, "This score was assigned by the chief examiner of the entire country in the capital after Director Song reported it to his superiors."

"Assigning points?"

The principals were all taken aback.

The National College Entrance Examination (NCEE) has been around for decades, and there has never been a situation where scores are assigned based on a fixed percentage!

Xiao Liu lowered his voice: "Yes, it's a special scoring system because... his actual score is too long, and the transcript originally designed by Master Zhan could only hold four digits."

"..."

The principals were all stunned.

No.

Is this still Chinese?

They recognized each of the individual Chinese characters, so why did they seem so unfamiliar when put together?

What does it mean that a report card can only hold four digits?!

Xiao Liu took a deep breath, his face full of mystery: "Fellow principals, I don't know the specifics of the situation inside the examination room, but... Director Song personally ordered a Deep Sea Frost Crystal to be used."

"..."

Dead silence.

In the rest area, even breathing had stopped.

Deep-sea meteorite frost crystals.

Ordinary students might not know this, but with their knowledge, how could they not recognize it?

Those are strategic resources used by powerful individuals who have reached level 100 or above and are at the fifth or even sixth rank to test their maximum damage!

A high school senior preparing for college entrance exams... is hitting this thing?

I'm afraid even if we fought for a hundred years, we wouldn't be able to get a single stub.

Even if we send those old men up, they might not be able to break through!

"Guess what? He melted the deep-sea meteorite crystals, leaving not even a trace! To conserve resources, Director Song stopped grinding the wooden stakes for him."

"9999 is just the limit on his report card, but it's far from his limit!"

"If we look at his actual score, he deserves at least a million points!"

"..."

Xiao Liu looked proud and was very excited.

Jiangnan Province has produced such a genius, and as a staff member in the education sector of Jiangnan Province, he is also proud of it!

"Clatter".

Someone's teacup fell to the ground and shattered.

Li Zhiyong stood there blankly, unable to utter a single word.

Did it melt the deep-sea meteorite frost crystals?

A college entrance exam candidate?

Is this the National College Entrance Examination (Gaokao)?

I would believe you if you told me you were evaluating the military region commander!

In the corner, He Kaishan rubbed his face, which was stiff from smiling.

This kid... he really made him proud!

He slowly put down the thermos in his hand, and leisurely pushed the wheelchair to the dazed Li Zhiyong.

"Old Li."

He Kaishan's voice was very soft, "You just said that three S-level combat professionals emerged from your provincial capital, and their damage per second broke one thousand yesterday?"

"Young people these days are still not mature enough. Reporting damage from hitting a low-level training dummy is embarrassing, isn't it?"

"I wonder how much damage your top student can do to the Deep Sea Frost Crystal?"

"..."

After saying that, he sighed, his tone full of disappointment and frustration.

All the principals' eyes twitched wildly as they looked at He Kaishan's arrogant face.

Depend on!

This old man really got to show off!

Li Zhiyong stood there, his face as red as a pig's liver, unable to utter a single word for a long time.

Send his students to hunt deep-sea meteorite frost crystals?

Those few little guys... what's the point of fighting them!