College Entrance Exam Rules and Academic Examinations

Lin Ye opened the class group chat and found countless people flooding the screen, sharing their thoughts on the college entrance exam rules.

He was confused and looked at the pinned message at the top, which was a file package sent by his homeroom teacher, Chen Guo'an, titled: <Detailed Implementation Rules and Precautions for the 524th Unified Higher Education Examination of Great Xia, Linjiang District Exam Zone>.

In addition, there was a message calling out to all members.

"Everyone, check the file package. Liberal arts students should check the liberal arts version of the exam rules, and martial arts students should check the martial arts version. Be sure to read them carefully, especially the exam procedures, time schedules, and violation criteria. If you don't understand something, you can watch the video interpretations inside; they explain everything."

Below that was another message: "The final exam venue arrangements and admission ticket numbers will be announced at the same time tomorrow night."

After reading, Lin Ye felt a stir in his heart. He immediately downloaded the file package sent by his teacher and opened the "Martial Arts Version" file to take a look.

The file was very long, but his reading speed was extremely fast, and he quickly captured the key information.

The first was the exam duration, totaling 4 days.

The 1st and 2nd days were for academic subject exams.

This part was a unified exam, with martial arts students and liberal arts students taking the same papers, held in the morning and afternoon.

The 3rd day morning: Blood-Qi Realm value measurement.

The 3rd day afternoon: "Illusion Tower" clearance assessment.

The rules were similar to the previous city-wide mock exam; only basic martial arts (Rolling Stone Fist, Flowing Cloud Palm, Wind-Chasing Leg) and one movement technique could be used.

Furthermore, this "Illusion Tower" would have one more stage than the previous mock exam, totaling 8 stages, with a total of 350 points. The 8th stage was a "challenge stage," where the NPC's strength corresponded to the early Blood-Qi Realm, mastering perfect-level basic martial arts. Successfully completing the challenge would grant 50 bonus points. These points were not part of the 700-point total for martial arts students; they were an independent bonus item mainly used to distinguish top-tier candidates.

On the 4th day, it was still the Martial Dao ranking tournament stage. All candidates who passed the 3rd stage of the "Illusion Tower" on the afternoon of the 3rd day could participate.

However, compared to the mock exam, the college entrance exam was a bit more merciful, with optimized rules. First, the first two rounds of the ranking tournament adopted the "high-level avoidance" principle to ensure that seeded players from various schools would not meet too early. Additionally, losers would not receive zero points directly; the system would award a certain "performance score" based on combat performance, such as damage dealt, effective dodging, and tactical application, up to 60% of the winner's score for that round, ensuring fairness as much as possible.

Lin Ye read it word for word, slowly leaning back against his chair, his mind feeling much more relaxed.

In the college entrance exam, his biggest worry was encountering Chu Tiange or other famous geniuses from other schools early in the ranking tournament. If he were unlucky enough to run into them in the first round, he would truly be speechless.

Fortunately, not only was there a high-level avoidance principle this time, but losers also received performance scores, which greatly reduced the possibility of failure and retained some bonus points.

At the same time, the competition this time wouldn't just be limited to the people in Linjiang District; the scope had expanded to the entire Qingjiang Province. Therefore, experts would emerge one after another, and it was possible he might encounter some expert who wasn't on the seed list.

But it had to be said that these rules still gave him sufficient buffer space. Lin Ye felt that as long as he didn't run into the seeded players from various schools in the third round, he had a good chance of passing the third round, entering the melee rounds, and getting higher bonus points.

"In this way, the hope of getting into Qingjiang Martial University has increased by another notch."

Lin Ye muttered to himself. Compared to two months ago, he was more confident now, and his goal had been raised a level—no longer just a provincial martial university, but the only provincial key martial university in the entire province.

The passing score (after conversion) for ordinary martial universities in previous years was above 420, provincial martial universities were 500+, provincial key ones reached 580, and regional martial universities above that were 640.

Based on this, he dared not assert that he would definitely get into a regional martial university, but based on his assessment of his current strength, he believed he had a 60% to 70% chance of getting into Qingjiang Martial University.

Of course, the prerequisite for everything was that he must perform at 100% or even exceed his normal level on the exam field.

If he was unlucky and ran into a seed-level opponent in the first round of the ranking tournament, he would have no choice but to accept his fate.

For a moment, Lin Ye's thoughts were in turmoil. A moment later, he closed the group chat, turned his gaze back to the spread-out notes and incorrect questions, and continued to sort through the problems.

Two days passed in a flash amidst intense preparation and compact review.

The college entrance exam officially kicked off.

On the morning of the first day, the Common Language assessment.

After the papers were handed out, Lin Ye browsed through them quickly. The question types were similar to the mock exam, but the reading materials had been replaced with excerpts from domestic cutting-edge martial arts journals, involving many technical terms and high difficulty. The essay topic was related to humanities. Lin Ye pondered for a moment, combining his experience of his mind becoming increasingly calm after practicing the "Spirit-Nurturing Stance," and developed his argument with "Still Water Runs Deep" as the core.

In the afternoon, Mathematics.

The questions in this exam were clearly biased toward applied calculations, especially the last big question, which provided parameters for an energy shield and required calculating the co-frequency Blood-Qi oscillation value and the minimum shield-breaking critical value. Lin Ye frowned slightly, feeling the question was quite difficult. He then listed a series of differential equations on his scratch paper, combined with his own perception of Blood-Qi to estimate. Although he couldn't solve it completely, his logic was clear, and he should be able to get most of the step points.

After the first day of exams, in the school rest area.

Wang Tao hurried to find Lin Ye, who was resting with his eyes closed, sweat still on his forehead: "Brother Ye, for that last shield question, is the critical oscillation frequency you calculated approximately equal to 2.7 times the basic Blood-Qi fluctuation? Is the minimum shield-breaking critical value equal to 485?"

His eyes were eager, and he clutched a tissue filled with calculations in his hand.

Lin Ye opened his eyes and recalled: "I calculated it to be around 2.65, using iterative approximation. I didn't calculate the minimum shield-breaking critical value."

"Ah? I used a linear simplified model, the error shouldn't be large... there should be hope. Also, I actually guessed the answer for the shield value." Wang Tao breathed a sigh of relief, then gave a wry smile, "The calculation volume for this math exam was too large. The last two questions... sigh, it feels... harder than the mock exam."

"Indeed, the questions this time are more applicable."

Lin Ye nodded. He could also see Wang Tao's nervousness; after all, liberal arts was Wang Tao's last stand, so it was no surprise he was nervous.

"What about you, Brother Ye? How do you feel?"

Wang Tao asked.

"It's alright, I did what I could."

"Just like I said, I didn't have a solution for that last question either."

Lin Ye's tone was calm, with a slight wry smile. He didn't feel any particularly tricky obstacles, but the last few questions were indeed very difficult. Besides, math was the kind of subject where you either knew it or you didn't, and he was helpless there too.

In the evening, Lin Ye's smart watch vibrated continuously. He looked down and saw that the class group chat was exploding with messages.

"Can someone tell me why the questions this time are so hard? I can't understand the reading comprehension at all, ah ah ah!"

"The essay topic is also so hard, I want to cry writing it."

"The math questions are killing me. Were those two parts of the shield calculation question something a carbon-based lifeform could think of?"

"It hurts, it hurts so much!"

"I feel like the overall difficulty of the cultural exams was raised this time. Is it to balance out the increase in Martial Dao scores?"

"@Lin Ye, Brother Ye, what was the answer to the last math question? Need a reference!"

Lin Ye glanced at the group chat but didn't join the discussion. He simply sent a private message to the student who asked for the answer with a single number: "Around 2.65. I didn't calculate the shield value part."

Soon, someone in the group posted a "reference answer" they had gotten from somewhere, stating that the frequency interval for the last question was 2.6-2.7, and any value between 480-490 for the minimum shield-breaking threshold would be marked correct.

As soon as this answer appeared, it triggered a chorus of wails in the group, along with a few expressions of relief.

The next morning, History.

The material analysis question provided three historical documents regarding the "strategies for dealing with Astral Rift in the early Martial Dao era of Great Xia," requiring students to analyze the ideological roots behind different strategies and propose corresponding solutions. Drawing on his experience from his past life, Lin Ye analyzed the topic from the perspectives of the "supply chain logic" of Martial Dao civilization expansion and "limited symbiosis," breaking it down point by point.

In the afternoon, Physics.

This time, the questions were closely tied to the reality of Martial Dao, such as analyzing the force exerted by blood energy bursts on objects, the characteristics and breaking methods of different energy shields, and simple energy circulation. This was also very helpful for understanding martial arts, and Lin Ye answered with great interest. He even found the logic for some of the difficult problems after performing calculations, though he wasn't sure if his answers were correct.

However, if the physics exam was at this difficulty level, the class group chat would likely explode.

As expected, when he left the exam hall and checked the class group, it was indeed in an uproar, with messages flooding in.

"Ahhh, these physics questions are just too hard."

"I feel like I'm going to die on the physics exam."

"At least I did well on History. I hope the physics graders go easy on us."

"Did anyone get the last physics question right? Calling on a master to share their logic!"

"Still... the sense of déjà vu is really strong."

Watching the lively group messages, Lin Ye smiled. It felt like a dream returning to the college entrance exams of his past life. After browsing for a moment, he found it dull and simply closed the group chat, heading to a corner to practice Lost Track Steps.

Since there was nothing else to do, he might as well practice his martial arts.