Foundation Establishment Certificate

Facing the tense and puzzled gazes of Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, Zhang Pianpian first brought up another matter.

"About several decades ago, the number of students admitted to the university's Foundation Establishment Certificate program began to decrease."

Do you know why we're reducing the number of people?

Zhang Pianpian didn't expect the two to answer, and continued on her own, "Because there is a limit to the total number of people who Foundation Establishment each year."

"The reduction in the number of students Foundation Establishment in universities is intended to allocate a portion of the Foundation Establishment Certificate to high school students."

ah?

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen were shocked. A college student had given his Foundation Establishment Certificate to a high school student?

Do we deserve it?

Seemingly guessing what the two were thinking, Zhang Pianpian continued, "Not high school students like us."

Zhang Pianpian pointed upwards and said, "Those are the high school students up there."

Under their surprised gazes, Zhang Pianpian further explained, "What do you think about those people in Kunxu above the Second Layer, like those on the Kunxu Fifth Layer, tenth, or even twentieth level..."

"Those Golden Core True Person, Nascent Soul experts, and even those super-rich like those at the Deity Transformation or Refining Void, their Immortal Dao wealth is already astronomical... Will their offspring, descendants, and disciples have to take the Gaokao and get into the top ten, just like us?"

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen were slightly taken aback. They instinctively felt that the high school students above didn't seem to need to take the Gaokao like they did.

But how exactly did those high school students embark on the Immortal Dao? Besides the Heavenly Genius Class, how did they go through high school and university...? The two of them couldn't imagine it.

Zhang Pianpian continued, "The descendants or disciples cultivated by those super-rich individuals at the Upper Level still have to abide by the rules of Kunxu and enter the Immortal Dao in high school."

"The Foundation Establishment Certificate I just mentioned being allocated to high school students is precisely what's being allocated to these high school students. That's why there's a special exam, a Foundation Establishment Certificate exam that high school students can register for."

Bai Zhenzhen asked, "We can participate in this kind of exam? Does that mean... we have to compete with Upper Level high school students?"

Zhang Pianpian shook her head, thought for a moment, then looked at the slums on the other side of the river, which belonged to the outskirts, and said, "In Songyang City, the rich people in the city center will join forces to suppress the geniuses emerging from the poor, and try every means to restrict the poor in schools to ensure the advantages of the rich."

"But similarly, these same wealthy people are also spending money to provide food and daily necessities to the poor in the suburbs, offering them jobs that Immortal Cultivation are unwilling to do, helping them to reproduce, and even giving them the opportunity to study in the city center."

"Even though they are all poor people, the attitudes of the rich in the city center towards different types of poor people are completely different."

"It's the same in Kunxu. For those immortals standing at the top of the Ten Great Sects, the super-rich people inside and outside the sects who want to become immortals, as well as their offspring and disciples, are the targets of restriction and suppression."

"And the Lower Level classes of Kunxu, perhaps like the slums in the far suburbs, are the kind of people who need support, the kind of people who need to continuously produce geniuses from among the poor."

Hearing Zhang Pianpian's words, the Evil God, who had been disguised as a rosary, chuckled coldly and said in Zhang Yu's mind, "Hehe, immortals... we want to make the competition more and more intense by creating more and more people who want to go to university but can't, want to work in companies but can't, want to join sects but can't, and want to become immortals."

"Only by making the competition among those below increasingly fierce, forcing them to exhaust themselves, their families, and everything else, can the profits of the Ten Great Sects continue to rise, enough for those high-ranking gods and immortals who look down upon Kunxu to continue comfortably sitting atop the clouds."

The Evil God's tone revealed extreme envy, as if he wished he could also lie atop Kunxu and enjoy the endless contributions of billions of living beings.

But suddenly, a thought struck her, and she realized something. "Wait, so that means... could it be that some Evil God King is behind this? Are they afraid that I will continue to improve and become the new Evil God King?"

Zhang Yu had no way of knowing what the Evil God was thinking. He simply listened to what the other party was saying in his mind, a thoughtful look flashing in his eyes.

In his mind, all the rich people who were richer than him, whether they were rich people in Songyang City, or rich people on the Kunxu Second Layer or Kunxu Third Layer, were all rich people, just like symbols. He was too lazy to distinguish between them.

But at this moment, Zhang Yu truly realized the enormous gap between the rich and the rich.

Especially in different levels of Kunxu, the attitudes of wealthy people who are one, two, or Third Layer above them will vary.

And the wealthy at each level will have completely different attitudes toward those at different levels below or above them.

Thus, all sorts of suppression, competition, appeasement, support, exploitation... incredibly complex relationships permeated Kunxu, like a tangled mess.

Meanwhile, Zhang Pianpian continued speaking.

She said, "In short, the Heavenly Court has ultimately decided on the High School Foundation Establishment Certificate Exam."

"In addition to the quotas allocated to high school students at the top, in order to make exceptions and promote geniuses at each level, a certain number of Foundation Establishment Certificate have also been allocated to high school students at each of the lower levels, and these certificates are also subject to competition among students at each level."

"It's just that there are fewer spots available at Lower Level."

Listening to Zhang Pianpian's words, Zhang Yu seemed to see countless bloody battles surrounding this ' High School Foundation Establishment Certificate Exam '.

It's unknown how much negotiation and struggle went through on Kunxu before they finally set up this High School Foundation Establishment Certificate Exam on every floor.

Zhang Pianpian continued, "However... although this exam was arranged for the Kunxu First Layer at the insistence of the Heavenly Court."

"But just as wealthy people in the city center support ordinary people in the suburbs, giving them opportunities to interview at high schools, but wealthy high school students then suppress poor students who get in."

"Although the Heavenly Court arranged High School Foundation Establishment Certificate Exam in the Kunxu First Layer, it has been gradually monopolized by the top forces in the Kunxu First Layer over the years."

"On the one hand, the news was concealed by various methods, and year after year, the exam gradually became unmentioned in Kunxu First Layer, and fewer and fewer people knew about it." "You could say... this is a hidden path for the vast majority of high school students in Kunxu First Layer."

Zhang Yu nodded slightly. If Zhang Pianpian hadn't told him today, he might never have known about this exam in his entire life.

He immediately understood that this was another form of information asymmetry, a crucial tactic that Zhang Pianpian had consistently emphasized in the competition in Kunxu.

Just like his experience with the Godhood Outsourcing exams, ordinary high school students are completely unaware of this.

The same goes for the Foundation Establishment Certificate exam. Ordinary high school students might not even know that such an exam or even the existence of the Foundation Establishment Certificate Foundation Establishment Certificate is possible, let alone taking it.

He even suspected that many teachers probably didn't know about this high school student's Foundation Establishment Certificate Exam.

Lei Jun, who had once introduced him to the Foundation Establishment Certificate for university students, probably didn't know that high school students were taking the Foundation Establishment Certificate.

Zhang Pianpian continued, "On the other hand, the remaining high school students who can participate in this exam are the strongest, most talented, and wealthiest in the entire Kunxu First Layer... to the point that they dream of obtaining the Foundation Establishment Certificate before university."

"There are only four spots available for the Kunxu First Layer each year. Excluding Dao Arts, which are not considered a selection criterion, these four spots are for the most outstanding high school students in four different areas: Dao Heart, magical power, physical education, and Martial Arts."

"To obtain this certificate, you basically have to become one of the four Strongest High School Student on the Kunxu First Layer. This level of difficulty itself is another example of the monopoly of the top forces on the Kunxu First Layer."

Seeing Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen expressions, Zhang Pianpian said calmly, "Just like I told you, in Kunxu, if you want to climb up the ranks, you can't do without exams and certificates."

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"Take getting into Ten Great Top Universities, for example. Even though there are many different paths to advancement within the rules... every path ultimately involves taking an exam."

"If you choose to take the Foundation Establishment Certificate exam instead of the Heavenly Genius Class, it will only be another, even more difficult exam."

Just from Zhang Pianpian's brief description, Bai Zhenzhen could sense the difficulty of the exam. However, with no hope of entering the Heavenly Genius Class, she was willing to try anything, no matter how difficult or fierce the competition, as long as she could get into the top ten.

In contrast, she was more worried about the top powers on the Kunxu First Layer monopolizing this exam.

Then Bai Zhenzhen asked, "If I take this exam, will there be any danger? Like when the rich people in Songyang City ganged up to block poor people from taking the top ten exams?"

Zhang Pianpian said, "According to the intelligence I obtained from the Patrol Department, the high school Foundation Establishment Certificate Exam is, after all, an exam set by the Heavenly Court. Its standards are not low, and its rules are very strict, precisely to select geniuses at all levels through exceptional means."

"There are various measures in place to prevent cheating and to prevent high-achieving students from being demoted to compete for places."

"To prevent cheating, all students must conceal their identities, a task personally carried out by the Eight Divine Departments."

"The top powers on the Kunxu First Layer may be able to deceive the public and cover up exam information from outside the venue."

"Perhaps it can raise the level of our own high school students, making this exam even more difficult."

"There is absolutely no way they could cheat in this test set by the Heavenly Court, and they would not dare to break through the protection of the Eight Divine Departments and reveal the contestants' identities in this test."

"In other words, as long as you successfully register, you don't need to worry about your identity being leaked."

Bai Zhenzhen then asked her second question, "If I pass the Foundation Establishment Certificate exam, will I be able to get into the top ten?"

Zhang Pianpian stated frankly, "As long as you obtain the Foundation Establishment Certificate, you only need Gaokao score of 600 or above to enter any of the top ten universities without an interview."

"In other words, once you obtain the Foundation Establishment Certificate, you won't need to reveal your true strength and purpose during your high school years. Without provoking the wealthy to join forces against you, you can quietly complete the Gaokao and enter the top 10 universities."

"This way, the wealthy people of Songyang City won't gang up on you and try to kill you."

Zhang Pianpian said, "But you must understand that this process is by no means simple."

She thought for a moment, then continued, "It's mid-April now, and the next Foundation Establishment Certificate Exam on the Kunxu First Layer... registration will probably begin in mid-June, which is shortly after I leave."

"Then the first round of exams will be in August, the second round in early October, and finally the last round of exams in early January next year, which will be about halfway through your second year of high school."

"This means... you'll have to attend school and complete your exams simultaneously after I leave."

"In this process, you will face various threats on your own without my protection."

"Of course, as long as you don't reveal that you want to take the Foundation Establishment Certificate exam, and don't reveal your goal of being among the top ten, then you won't face the joint attack from those powerful families in Songyang City."

"But people like Zhou Chechen and Lan Ling will definitely come after you after I leave."

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen both nodded secretly upon hearing this. However, compared to the combined attack from powerful clans, the threat posed solely by Zhou Chechen and Lan Ling was not insurmountable, as long as the two of them supported and looked after each other.

In comparison, the difficulty of the Foundation Establishment Certificate Exam itself is perhaps the most challenging aspect of the whole process.

Zhang Pianpian looked at Zhang Yu and said, "Are you sure you want to give up the Heavenly Genius Class and take the more difficult Foundation Establishment Certificate exam?"

Before Zhang Yu could answer, the Evil God had already spoken in his mind. "Say yes to her."

"You can take this Foundation Establishment Certificate!"

(End of this chapter)