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Only candidates whose total scores rank among the top one thousand in the four major Star Systems of the Human Federation during the first and Second Tier of the assessment are qualified to... enter the final stage.
Boom!!
If the previous announcements were merely like throwing stones into water, then this final rule is tantamount to directly detonating an antimatter nuclear bomb.
Four major Star Systems!
Top 1000 overall!
Countless proud individuals sitting in Light Screen, who were originally full of confidence in the ranking of their own Star System and planet, instantly lost all color in their faces.
The announcement ended, and the old man's figure disappeared from the Light Screen.
Dead silence.
After several seconds of deathly silence, an explosion like a landslide or tsunami erupted.
The Star Network that had just been repaired couldn't even last a second. Under the sudden influx of trillions of access requests, it crashed again, leaving only a bright red exclamation mark on the screen.
But the flood of information has already swept across the entire Federation through various channels.
#Epic Reform of College Entrance Examination Rules#
#TheMostDifficultCollegeEntranceExamInHistory#
#Chen Fan Clause #
One after another, the words filled with amazement and trepidation went viral across all social media platforms in just one minute.
"This is insane! The Federation leadership has gone completely mad! Is this a rule even human could conceive?"
"The Chen Fan Clause! This is definitely a clause targeting Chen Fan! It's to prevent him from stealing all the limelight!"
"Bullshit! What do you know! This is precisely Chen Fan's motivational method! The White Emperor is using Chen Fan, the hardest whetstone, to test the mettle of all Prodigies geniuses of our generation! He's forcing out the potential of each and every one of us!"
Public opinion split instantly.
Some believe that the Federation is using rules to restrict Chen Fan, preventing him from turning this grand event, which should belong to everyone, into a one-man show.
But more thoughtful people detected a completely different meaning in it.
Inside the villa at the Prodigies Training Camp.
Chen Fan leaned back on the sofa, bored, holding a game controller in his hand. On the screen was an old-fashioned fighting game.
He treated the emergency announcement on the Light Screen as background noise.
Rules and assessments were like child's play to him; they held no interest whatsoever.
Until...
"... The candidates whose overall scores rank among the top one thousand in the four major Star Systems of the Human Federation..."
These words, like a faint electric current, drilled into his ears.
Chen Fan paused for a moment while gripping the game controller.
He slowly raised his head, his previously somewhat lazy eyes gazing at the Light Screen.
Four major Star Systems?
Top 1000 overall?
The bored expression on his youthful face was gradually replaced by a hint of amusement.
The corners of her mouth involuntarily curled up slightly.
Gu Ci, who had been observing him the whole time, took in every subtle change in his expression.
His icy face, with its unchanging coldness, seemed to melt for a moment.
The White Emperor's goal... has been achieved.
This is no longer a tedious formality, no longer forcing him to go through a procedure.
This became something that could truly stir up a spark of competitiveness in his heart, which had long been lonely from being invincible...
Game.
The announcement on the Light Screen had ended, and it had been replaced by a deluge of discussion and analysis.
Chen Fan couldn't bear to watch any longer.
He casually turned off the Light Screen and tossed the game controller aside.
Then, he jumped up from the sofa.
"Crackling and popping..."
A crisp sound, like a firecracker, emanated from his body. It was the Golden Body power that he had kept hidden to the extreme, which, after being dormant for half a month, was now cheering for the first time due to the fluctuation of its master's state of mind.
He turned his head to look at Gu Ci, a bright, even arrogant smile on his face.
"Teacher," he blinked, a flame of excitement dancing in his clear eyes, "This exam... seems to be getting interesting."
Gu Ci's cold gaze fell on Chen Fan's face. Looking into those eyes that were burning with excitement, his usually icy face softened for a rare moment.
He knew very well that for someone like Chen Fan, who had already stood at the pinnacle of his generation and even looked down on countless predecessors, ordinary victories could no longer cause any ripples.
Only a game—a game big enough, fun enough, with strong enough opponents—could make his heart, lonely from being invincible, beat again.
"I'll take this game."
Chen Fan grinned, a bright smile that also carried an undisguised arrogance. "And I'll have a lot of fun."
"Don't be careless." Gu Ci's voice returned to its usual cool tone, but with a hint of warning. "This opponent is of a completely different caliber than those you've faced before."
"Oh?" Chen Fan raised an eyebrow, neither confirming nor denying.
At the same time, this unprecedented new college entrance examination regulation swept across the entire territory of the Human Federation like a cosmic storm.
Countless light-years away from the Milky Way Galaxy, at the other end of the vast galaxy.
[Heavenly Dragon Star System]
A magnificent palace, entirely forged from an unknown platinum metal, floats silently above a dazzling nebula. Every inch of the palace's walls is engraved with intricate patterns representing the pinnacle of technology and formations.
The top floor of the palace is a simulated real-world battlefield.
A young man, dressed in magnificent custom-made silver-white Battle Armor, with a face so handsome it could eclipse the Stars, was holding an elegantly designed energy lightsaber in one hand.
Beneath his feet stood a colossal Starry Sky Behemoth, its size comparable to a small Starship and its aura already reaching the threshold of the Golden Body Realm. Its massive head slowly separated from its body, the cut as smooth as a mirror.
Throughout the entire process, the young man's breathing remained perfectly steady, as if he had merely chopped off a weed.
He was Xiao Wuming, the peerless Prodigies born as the son of the governor of the Heavenly Dragon Star System, who was given the title of "Heavenly Dragon Star" from birth.
"Buzz."
On the Light Screen in front of him, all publicly available information about Chen Fan in the Milky Way Star System, as well as the newly promulgated college entrance examination regulations, popped up.
Xiao Wuming's gaze lingered for a moment on the words "Bone Tempering Rankings" and "The Myriad Dao Furnace Scripture," and a smile that was almost contemptuous curled at the corner of his mouth.
"He came from a self-taught background, and his cultivation level was forcibly built up by absorbing external things. His foundation is mixed, his temperament is unstable, and he's just a reckless fool."
He gracefully sheathed his lightsaber, turned and sat on the throne, his voice carrying an innate arrogance and confidence.
"This year's College Entrance Exam Top Scorer can only be mine, Xiao Wuming's, prize."
Behind him, a complex blue light flashed, and a supercomputer, based on the new rules, had devised tens of thousands of perfect solutions for him to cope with the college entrance examination in a fraction of a second. The final result of each solution pointed to the only victory.