Final Exam, Stage Two

At this moment, the vice principal stepped forward again. His imposing gaze swept over all the students as he said in a deep voice:

"The first stage of this Final Exam has ended. Congratulations to those who remained; you have successfully advanced to your Second Year of High School. Next comes the ranking assessment, which will determine whether you join an Ordinary Class or an Elite Class in your second year."

"This Final Exam will be held in a plane controlled by our school. Relatively speaking, the danger level is not high, but that does not mean there is no danger. Therefore, you will need to sign a liability waiver. Afterward, you will be teleported to Crystal Wall System AX-191, Plane S-451574. The specific exam content will be sent to you later."

"Before that, I must emphasize that because the mission carries a certain degree of danger, although teachers will accompany you, they may not be able to watch over everyone. Therefore, you may choose to withdraw from the ranking assessment in this Final Exam. However, the price of withdrawing is that whoever does so will automatically be assigned to the last Ordinary Class and will never be able to advance to an Elite Class."

Vice Principal Xu Yundong's imposing gaze swept across everyone. No one spoke, and no one withdrew.

He nodded in satisfaction and said, "I am very pleased that no one has withdrawn. Since that is the case, the second stage of this year's Final Exam officially begins."

As soon as he finished speaking, his entire body transformed into a streak of golden light and shot into the sky, leaving behind the many students and class teachers from every grade.

No one spoke, because after the principal left, a light screen abruptly appeared before everyone. It displayed an enormous plane map, marked with the plane number S-451574. According to the prompt, this was the exam plane they would soon enter, a medium-sized plane completely controlled by the school.

The plane was located in the outer domains, within the school's primary sphere of activity, Crystal Wall System AX-191—a medium-sized plane within a small Crystal Wall System.

According to the information beside the map, this medium-sized plane covered several million square kilometers. It stretched roughly three thousand kilometers from east to west and about two thousand kilometers from north to south, equivalent to two-thirds the area of ancient China. It possessed vast seas and a landmass occupying roughly forty percent of the plane, located on the left side of the plane—that was, the west. Everything to the east was ocean.

This plane had several affiliated microplanes and a considerable number of Demiplanes.

There were no humans in this plane, nor common races such as Elves and Dwarves. One part of the barbaric continent was occupied by Orcs, while another was occupied by substantial numbers of Centaurs, Boarmen, Goblins, Kobolds, and other savage races.

The Orcs had established the Orc Kingdom in the western part of the continent. They worshipped a Deity known as the Beast God. Though called a god, it was actually only a High-level Demigod.

The savage races had established the United Tribes in the eastern part of the continent. They worshipped a Deity called the Barbarian God, who was likewise a High-level Demigod. Together, the two powers divided up more than seventy percent of the continent.

The oceans were occupied by Merfolk, who worshipped a High-level Demigod called the Sea God. Under the Sea God's name, the Merfolk ruled every sea in the world and established the vast Merfolk Empire.

Three High-level Demigods ruled this world. Together with several ordinary Demigods and divine beasts, they formed the upper tier of this medium-sized plane's power structure.

Naturally, their Final Exam mission would not be to slaughter gods. That was impossible. Their mission was simple: complete any mission issued by the school with a score of sixty points or above. The higher the score, the higher the ranking.

Lin Xiao lightly touched the mission panel on the right, and a long string of missions instantly refreshed. The names of the top two one-hundred-point missions were blood-red, as though they had been soaked in blood. Moving downward, the scores decreased, while the colors changed from red to yellow and then green. The harder the mission, the redder its color; the easier the mission, the greener it became.

It was like monsters in a game. Monsters below one's level appeared green, those slightly above one's level appeared yellow, and those far above one's level appeared red. Once the gap grew large enough, they simply turned into a Skeleton icon.

When he casually tapped a mission called "Clear Out the Boarmen," a point of light appeared somewhere on the plane map to the left. Like in a game, the point expanded, and detailed mission information surfaced above it—

"Mission: Clear Out the Boarmen."

"Mission Description: A group of fierce Boarmen lives in Blackthorn Mountain. They have occupied a fertile valley lake within Blackthorn Mountain. It is time to wipe them out."

"Hint: The Boarmen population is between 500 and 1,000. Their base level is Level 1, and their highest level is Level 3."

"Mission Reward: 60 assessment points, 1 Five-Star Card (Common), and assorted spoils."

"This really is just like a game!"

Lin Xiao smacked his lips, finding this setup rather interesting.

Of course, he would not take this mission. He had merely tapped it to take a look. He had to choose a mission worth at least eighty points. Based on previous years' results, only a score of eighty or above gave one a high chance of joining an Elite Class.

According to the Final Exam rules, each student could complete three missions during the exam, but only the highest score would count toward the final assessment.

In other words, if one completed a sixty-point mission, a seventy-point mission, and a seventy-four-point mission, only the seventy-four-point score would be counted. The others would not be included, nor would there be any additional bonus.

However, although the other two missions did not count toward the score, their rewards would not be revoked. They were essentially benefits granted to the students.

That was why, despite knowing that the exam carried a certain degree of danger, not a single student withdrew. Even the poor students stayed, all for these benefits.

Even a sixty-point mission rewarded one Five-Star Card. What about seventy points, eighty points, or even ninety points?

The rewards for those missions would definitely be greater. If someone were capable of completing three missions worth more than ninety points each, they could probably obtain three Purple Epic-quality Five-Star Cards, along with several Five-Star Cards of random quality.

If someone were capable of completing a mission worth more than ninety-five points, they could obtain one Orange Legend-quality Five-Star Card and five Five-Star Cards of random Rare quality.

If—only if—someone could complete the second of the two blood-red one-hundred-point missions at the top, they could obtain one Golden Myth-quality Five-Star Card, one Legend-quality Five-Star Card, and ten Five-Star Cards of random quality below Epic.

As for the mission ranked first, it was there for the students to look at, not for them to complete. With a student's strength, even if they were a hundred times stronger, they still could not complete it.

Lin Xiao merely glanced at it before immediately passing.

Good lord, the second-ranked one-hundred-point mission actually required one to kill a Demigod. Slaying any ordinary Demigod in this medium-sized plane would count as completing the mission.

The first-ranked one-hundred-point mission was likewise to kill a Demigod, but not an ordinary Demigod. It required killing one of the plane's three High-level Demigods: the Beast God, the Barbarian God, or the Sea God.