Having been first in her class for three consecutive years, Su Yun Ni had always believed she could hold on to her ranking indefinitely.
As for Zhang Yu, who had transferred from the Civil Engineering Department, she had not taken him seriously at all.
But over the past few months, watching his reputation steadily rise within the Artifact Crafting Department, Su Yun Ni could not help but secretly compete with him, determined to defend her throne as the top student in her class.
Reviewing, drilling problems, conducting experiments... Whenever she thought of Zhang Yu closely chasing after her from behind, she did not dare slack off in the slightest.
When the day of the exam arrived, she gave it everything she had, pulling out all the stops.
On an early September night, Su Yun Ni kept refreshing the grade sheet in her Eye Remains, wanting to know her results at the first possible moment.
"First!"
Seeing her ranking, Su Yun Ni breathed a sigh of relief. "I'm still first in class."
Just as she was feeling somewhat pleased with herself and wanted to check the group chat to see whether anyone was praising her,
she saw Zi Yun Zhen say in the group: Did you know? Zhang Yu handed in his paper half an hour early.
Someone else said: I was in the same exam room as him. He left the lab an hour early.
Zi Yun Zhen: That early? No wonder he'd already arrived when I went to the lab that day.
Su Yun Ni frowned at those messages and hurriedly checked the rankings and Comprehensive Scores again.
Zhang Yu was still second in the class, but due to the rise in his Comprehensive Score, as well as the graduation of the senior students, his departmental ranking had shot