Is There Dinner in the Cafeteria Today?

General Control Room No. 1.

"Trading injury for injury—his combat thinking was exceptionally clear. That ruthlessness is rare!"

The military bigwig applauded in admiration. "It has been decades since the Third Spirit Energy War. The younger generation is increasingly lacking this kind of life-or-death ruthlessness. Huaxia is strong and stable now, and the Awakened we cultivate always seem like flowers raised in a greenhouse."

"I feel the same way. Although the number of Awakened is increasing and the numbers on paper are improving, when it comes to actual survival and combat ability, things do not look promising compared to the hardened fighters who clawed their way out of chaotic regions like Southeast Asia."

The bigwigs all discussed the matter, mostly praising Bai Pu.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Bai Pu had a gap in raw strength compared to that Combat Robot, especially in agility and Combat Expertise, where he had been comprehensively suppressed.

If Bai Pu had fought normally, his Health Points would inevitably have been depleted, forcing him out. But Bai Pu had the ruthlessness to neither dodge nor evade, trading injury for injury and seizing a single opportunity to end the battle completely! Amid the discussions, only Director Wu of the Superstar Alliance remained silent. Behind his round glasses, his narrowed eyes were as deep as a cold pool.

Secretary Qiao lightly tapped the table and said with a touch of emotion, "Among the Awakened who scored full marks in Jiangnan District's virtual combat program, Bai Pu should be the lowest-level one, right?"

"Not only is he the lowest level, he also Awakened the latest." The military bigwig could not stop praising him, then gave Director Wu a meaningful look.

The God Strategy Army had a military background, so the military bigwig naturally knew about Bai Pu's earlier assassination attempt in the Intersection Lands of the Dead Bone Mountain Range.

However, people of their standing valued their dignity. They would not argue themselves red in the face over such a trivial matter at the bottom level unless they had conclusive, irrefutable evidence proving that the Superstar Alliance was absolutely connected to it.

Secretary Qiao looked at the dean of the Jiangnan District Education Examination Institute. "Have Bai Pu's cultural subject results been released yet?"

"They have." The dean had clearly prepared in advance and said with a smile, "Just like his virtual combat subject, he also received a perfect score of 200. Congratulations, Secretary Qiao. The emergence of such an outstanding prospect in our Jiangnan District cannot be separated from your wise leadership."

The bigwigs all revealed looks of surprise.

"Good lord, full marks in the cultural subject—that is far rarer than full marks in virtual combat."

The cultural subject contained many highly subjective questions. Multiple intelligent AIs graded the papers jointly, then the highest and lowest scores had to be removed before the average was calculated... The possibility of receiving full marks was simply too small.

What did full marks mean? Every AI with a different preset personality had given Bai Pu's paper a perfect score!

Bai Pu still did not know that he had already left a deep impression on the many bigwigs of Jiangnan District.

After leaving the Silicon Valley Base Virtual Dungeon, he followed the examinee passage out of the examination hall and returned to Xi City Seventeenth Middle School's designated area.

Ding-dong. Intelligent Assistant Xiao Bai sent him a message.

Bai Pu raised his wrist and unlocked it with his pupils.

"Bai Pu, the results are out, right? How did you do in the virtual combat subject?"

A male student came over.

What he really wanted to know was Bai Pu's cultural subject result, but Bai Pu's performance yesterday had clearly been poor, so he beat around the bush when asking.

The cultural subject results for the Combat Class had already been released at noon today. The Awakened Exam's cultural subject results had been released at the same time as well.

"Not bad." Bai Pu unlocked his personal information terminal.

Xiao Bai sent a message: "Master, the cultural subject and virtual combat subject results for the Ling Yuan Year 806 College Entrance Examination Awakened Exam you participated in have both been released. Would you like to view them now?"

Bai Pu paused slightly.

Seeing the hopeful, curious look in the male student's eyes beside him, he hesitated briefly.

"View them." Bai Pu spoke. Everyone would find out sooner or later anyway.

With a swish, a thin light screen the size of a palm projected outward.

Several more students quickly crowded over, both boys and girls. Since Bai Pu did not mind others seeing his results, no one needed to restrain their curiosity.

Shi Yi was among them. She was the first to see the score on the light screen.

200.

This was his virtual combat score.

Amazing. As expected of a genius who Awakened early—full marks in the virtual combat program.

The light screen flickered, revealing another 200.

"Hm?" Shi Yi's gaze froze, then her eyes quietly moved upward.

College Entrance Examination Results Query, Year 806

Name: Bai Pu

Candidate Number: Encrypted, click to display

ID Number: Encrypted, click to display

Examination Subject: Cultural General Knowledge

Examination Score: 200

It was confirmed. This was the cultural subject.

It was confirmed. This was Bai Pu's score report.

It was confirmed. These were this year's college entrance examination results! Shi Yi stared at Bai Pu's score report in disbelief. Only after the virtual light screen retracted did she turn and leave in a daze.

Bai Pu's always unfocused eyes, Bai Pu's extremely regular daily training, Bai Pu's earnest appearance as he memorized books... The scenes from the past dozen days fused together, forming a huge number—200—that circled through Shi Yi's little head.

One person told ten, ten told a hundred. Amid the whispers, teachers and students from Seventeen Middle School and even nearby schools all learned of Bai Pu, the one who had scored full marks in the Awakened Exam's cultural subject!

Teacher Ren squeezed through to Bai Pu's side, her heart filled with excitement, bewilderment, and complicated emotions.

"You got full marks in the cultural subject?"

"Yeah, I got lucky." Bai Pu was telling the truth. He had originally thought that AIs with different preset personalities might produce answers that did not conform to AI logic, causing fluctuations in his score.

Unexpectedly, intelligent AI technology was so advanced that even with different preset personalities, they all noticed the brilliance of Bai Pu's answers, acknowledged the rigor of his logic, and gave him a unanimous perfect-score evaluation.

Teacher Ren did not quite know what to say. She could only sigh. "A genius is a genius."

"Teacher Ren, I still have the Spirit Realm Exploration Subject exam next. When does that subject usually begin in previous years?"

Teacher Ren said, "It is usually on June 9. The exact time depends on when the Spirit Realm Will issues the collective invitation, and the authorities will announce it in advance. Actually, I do not know much about the Awakened Exam's Spirit Realm Exploration Subject either. Seventeen Middle School has not produced a genius who Awakened early in recent years."

"Then do I need to enter the examination hall?" Bai Pu asked. When the Spirit Realm Will issued a teleportation invitation, an Awakened could be teleported regardless of where they were. Back when he was in a ward at the Superpower Private Hospital, covered in tubes with a control chip inside his body, he had still been directly teleported into the Spirit Realm.

Teacher Ren nodded. "You need to enter the designated examination hall and be collectively teleported into the Mirror Image Plane. If you do not go when the time comes, it will be regarded as abandoning the exam."

Bai Pu nodded. "Then I'll have to trouble Seventeen Middle School for another day... Is there dinner in the cafeteria today?"