Just as everyone thought Qin Hao was trying to take advantage of Liu Qianqian, he untied the ropes binding her.
As soon as the ropes came loose, Liu Qianqian fled into the distance at full speed.
She knew she was no match for Qin Hao.
With just two consecutive control skills, Qin Hao could beat her without giving her a chance to fight back.
So Liu Qianqian planned to hunt monster beasts first, extract their Monster Cores, and use them to increase her strength.
Watching Liu Qianqian flee, Qin Hao was speechless. I'm not a monster, so does she have to be that scared of me? I untied the ropes so you could eat something. Why are you running?
With that thought, Qin Hao returned to the roast pig and ate with an expression of enjoyment.
Only then did the big shots watching Qin Hao relax. For a moment there, they had all thought he was a beast.
Bai Bing had even wanted to rush over and teach the little brat a proper lesson.
"Hey, everyone, why do I get the feeling this kid looks like he needs a beating sometimes?"
Luo Tian said as he watched Qin Hao eat.
"Yeah, he does look like he needs a beating. So you shouldn't take him to your academies and let him wreak havoc. Hand him over to me, and I'll discipline him properly!"
Han Fei suddenly said.
"Hey, Old Han, that's not right. I wasn't finished yet. He might look like he needs a beating, but I like him!"
Everyone: "..."
At that moment, the commentators in the livestream were discussing Ye Feng, a genius from the Ye Family, a martial artist family.
Onscreen, Ye Feng was also preparing a Great Strength Pig for roasting.
Perhaps because he came from a prominent family, his cooking skills were somewhat lacking, and he had spent three hours just preparing the pork.
During that time, Huang Tianlong, an ordinary person, had already finished eating and started looking for his next prey.
Qin Hao, meanwhile, had discovered an even more powerful monster beast, a Lightning Leopard.
"Ye Feng also has an exceptionally high SSS-grade talent. He awakened a wind-type ability, and when it comes to speed, none of the examinees should be able to match him."
"That's right. I heard Ye Feng cultivated a control-type cultivation technique and mastered a control skill. You could tell from the way he killed that Great Strength Pig."
"Yes, that Great Strength Pig was probably an intermediate fourth-tier monster beast, stronger than the three Huang Tianlong killed combined. Yet it ended up being held under control until it died."
"But it's a bit of a shame. Perhaps because he comes from a prominent family, he doesn't really know how to cook!"
While the commentators were speaking, Qin Hao had already killed the Lightning Leopard.
The Lightning Leopard was an advanced fourth-tier monster beast. After killing it, Qin Hao obtained one Monster Core and twenty-four Points Tokens, instantly overtaking Huang Tianlong and Ye Feng to take first place.
Since the livestream only showed examinees obtaining Points Tokens, viewers could only use that to estimate their points and couldn't see the rankings.
As a result, the commentators hadn't paid much attention to Qin Hao, even when Liu Qianqian was tied up.
The two commentators believed that Liu Qianqian had first fought a high-level Great Strength Pig and, after finally managing to kill it, had been ambushed by Qin Hao and tied up.
Meanwhile, Qin Hao was roasting and eating the Great Strength Pig's meat, mocking Liu Qianqian as he ate.
Because of the commentators' explanation, even the netizens who had previously thought Qin Hao was in the right immediately joined the army of people cursing him.
Qin Hao, however, knew nothing of this. He had now skinned the Lightning Leopard and stored it in the space inside his body, intending to keep it for food.
After all, examinees weren't allowed to bring food into the exam, because survival was also part of the assessment.
That was why even the young masters and young ladies of prominent families learned a few cooking techniques from their family chefs before the exam.
They simply worked slowly because they hadn't done much cooking.
Qin Hao now had twenty-nine Points Tokens, putting him firmly in first place.
Ye Feng had killed an intermediate fourth-tier Great Strength Pig and had fourteen Points Tokens, putting him in second place.
Although Huang Tianlong had killed three Great Strength Pigs, he had only obtained thirteen Points Tokens.
As for the others, none had obtained any Points Tokens yet.
Qin Hao found a very secluded spot, took out his F-grade dagger, and felled a large tree. He cut it into planks and began building a house on the branches of another large tree.
Based on the humidity and temperature, Qin Hao believed there would be a heavy rainstorm that night.
After all, it rained during the college entrance exam every year.
Qin Hao usually enjoyed watching videos about repairing things, making things, and even traditional Huaxia mortise-and-tenon construction, so doing this was a piece of cake for him.
It was easy, taking him only an hour.
Qin Hao built a small wooden house in a large tree. The entire structure used mortise-and-tenon joints and was very sturdy.
After building the house, Qin Hao hurried into the forest to look for wild vegetables.
After another hour, Qin Hao had gathered a pile of firewood, a pot of water, a jin of termite mushrooms, a handful of wild mountain bamboo shoots, a bag of wild mint, and various unknown wild vegetables.
Using his earth-type ability, he formed a stove on the ground, took out the pot he hadn't used yet, and placed it on the stove.
He put in the firewood, lit it with his fire-type ability, and began cooking.
The big shots watching Qin Hao were dumbfounded. This little brat isn't hurrying to hunt monster beasts and obtain Points Tokens and Monster Cores to increase his strength.
Instead, he's built a house and started cooking.
"Say, isn't Qin Hao a little too bizarre sometimes? A normal person in his position should be hunting monster beasts like crazy for points, then using Monster Cores to increase his strength!"
Luo Tian asked, looking puzzled.
"Now that you mention it, this is supposed to be the college entrance exam, but watching Qin Hao is like watching a wilderness survival show."
Dai Jun was also very puzzled.
"Look, everyone, this kid actually made a plate of stir-fried meat with mushrooms, and now he's stir-frying meat with mountain bamboo shoots."
A few minutes later, the stir-fried meat with mountain bamboo shoots was ready too. Qin Hao then removed one of the Lightning Leopard's thigh bones, cut it into several sections, and put them in the pot.
He lit the fire with his fire-type ability and turned up the heat to simmer the broth.
With the help of his fire-type ability, the thigh bone cooked in only ten minutes. Qin Hao then added the greens and sprinkled in some mint.
With that, a sumptuous meal was ready.
Qin Hao had spent most of his time finding ingredients; the cooking had taken less than twenty minutes.
Once the food was ready, Qin Hao hid it all in the treehouse and used his fire-type ability to keep it warm.
Then Qin Hao jumped down from the treehouse and began hunting monster beasts in earnest.
Meanwhile, the two commentators in the livestream were watching Liu Qianqian.
"See? I told you Liu Qianqian was ambushed. I reckon she's dealt with that other student by now."
"That's right. As we can see, Liu Qianqian has now killed five Great Strength Pigs, and one was even an intermediate third-tier beast."
"Not only that, Liu Qianqian has now obtained twenty Points Tokens. She's almost overtaken Huang Tianlong."
"Liu Qianqian left after killing the Great Strength Pigs. It looks like she doesn't want to make herself something to eat."
"She's a girl, after all. Maybe she's not hungry yet, or perhaps she's trying to lose weight!"
While everyone was focused on Liu Qianqian, Qin Hao encountered another monster beast, an advanced fifth-tier Stone-Spike Bear.