Participating in the Test! Speedrun!

The edge of the forest.

Zhao Zixuan, Yao Yiwen, He Chutao, Nangong Liuyun, Huang Xing, Qian Yifei, Bai Jie.

The seven Exotic Human Tier geniuses participating in the test were chatting idly.

"What do you think the final challenge will be?" Zhao Zixuan, with her hair in a bun, asked.

He Chutao, also a girl, said, "The first challenge is Exotic Plant, the second is Exotic Beast, and the third challenge is definitely Exotic Human without a doubt."

The Exotic Human are Earthling's greatest enemy.

The powerful figures in the city captured many Exotic Human and imprisoned them in Special Detention Room for research.

Occasionally, these Exotic Human are used as a touchstone for the younger generation, to train them.

"I don't care what the third level is, I'll crush it all and be the first to clear it."

The young man named Nangong Liuyun uttered these words in a haughty tone.

He then flashed into the forest first.

"Ha, with me here, you still think you can get first place?"

The young man named Huang Xing sneered and dashed into the forest.

Seeing this, the remaining five also rushed into the forest.

"I'll go in the middle!"

"I'll go this way!"

"Then I'll go this way!"

As the sounds subsided, the remaining five Exotic Human Tier geniuses rushed into the forest from different directions and disappeared.

On the other side.

The entrance is located by the wall.

Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan were both a little surprised to hear that they would be going inside to take a test.

However, the two didn't think too much about it and walked inside.

Before they had taken two steps, Lan Tianbai called out to them from behind.

"Don't rush, you two. Let me explain the test rules to you first."

After finishing speaking, Lan Tianbai continued, "This test has three levels."

"The first challenge is the Exotic Plant challenge."

"The second level is the Exotic Beast challenge."

"The third checkpoint is the secrecy checkpoint."

"Before entering the third level, everyone must proceed independently; teams are not allowed."

"Alright, those are the rules. Go in."

After saying that, Lan Tianbai waved his hand, urging the two of them to go inside quickly.

Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan wasted no time and quickly walked into the entrance on the wall.

After watching the two go inside.

Lan Tianbai turned and walked upstairs, intending to use Special Observation Scope to look down at the forest and observe the nine people's performance in the test from the rooftop.

There are no surveillance cameras at the Origin Land, so we can only observe it with our own eyes.

Soon.

Lan Tianbai Sky went up to the rooftop.

Just as he picked up the binoculars, preparing to observe the behavior of the nine people in the forest below.

Several figures exuding immense pressure swept across the sky.

Lan Tianbai looked up and saw that it was City Lord Qin Chuan and a group of high-ranking officials from the city.

As the Lan Tianbai rise, Qin Chuan, high above, looks down upon them.

Seeing the several Exotic Human Tier geniuses conducting tests in the forest, Qin Chuan couldn't help but say to the two behind him:

"Old Qian, Old Bai, I heard your grandson didn't perform well last time and was kept behind for special training."

"Your grandson is currently undergoing testing in the forest below. We happen to have nothing to do right now, so why don't we go down and take a look?"

"..."

"Let's go see. That brat keeps saying he's improved a lot after a month of special training. I'll see just how much he's actually improved."

"What a coincidence! My little grandson also said he's made great progress and will definitely come in first. How about we have a competition?"

"Alright, I'll bet you 10 grams of Source Crystal."

"10 grams is too little, how about 100 grams?"

"Come!"

They exchanged a few simple words.

Soon, Qin Chuan and the others in the sky rapidly descended to the rooftop of the Special Training Building below.

Lan Tianbai was surprised that these leaders would suddenly land, and thinking something was wrong, he immediately became nervous.

I felt very uncomfortable.

After a moment of regaining my composure.

Lan Tianbai hurriedly stepped forward and addressed each leader with utmost respect. "City Lord, City Lord Bai, City Lord Shangguan, Chief Instructor Chen, Captain Zhang..."

The City Lord is simply called the City Lord, Deputy City Lord is simply called the city lord with a surname added before the City Lord's name, emphasizing high emotional intelligence.

The leaders remained silent, simply nodding in response.

Qin Chuan walked to the edge of the rooftop, looking down at the forest below and observing the testing progress.

To make it easier for others to see, he had a thought and released his Mental Power to project the test footage from the forest in front of him.

"Old Bai, your Bai Jie is no good. The progress is too slow, he's almost at the bottom."

A leader surnamed Qian looked at the forest test screen in front of him and said with a smile to the Deputy City Lord Bai beside him.

Qian Yifei, the grandson of this leader surnamed Qian, is currently the fastest progressing among all the participants.

Moreover, the fault is rapid.

I'll most likely be the first person to clear the game.

The Deputy City Lord surnamed Bai said calmly, "Just because the front is fast doesn't mean the back will be fast. Old Qian, you're getting too excited too soon."

Qin Chuan, the City Lord, agreed with the Deputy City Lord's words and laughed, "Old Bai is right. Some people are good at dealing with Exotic Plant, and some are good at dealing with Exotic Beast. Old Qian, you're likely to crash this halfway through by opening champagne."

"A rollover? Unlikely."

The leader surnamed Qian stroked his beard and smiled confidently, saying, "To be honest, my little rascal just fused with a Rare Tier Exotic Beast gene last week, and his strength has increased by leaps and bounds. He's definitely number one among these people now."

The Deputy City Lord Bai raised an eyebrow. "Oh? What kind of Exotic Beast genes did you fuse with?"

The leader surnamed Qian smiled and said, "No rush, you'll see in a bit."

The Deputy City Lord surnamed Bai also laughed and said, "You're making it quite mysterious. I want to see how much your grandson has improved. Don't let him get slapped in the face later."

At this moment, a female leader standing nearby, the Deputy City Lord surnamed Shangguan, said calmly, "You two shouldn't underestimate others. My grandson, Nangong Liuyun, is no less capable than your two grandsons."

Upon hearing this, the leader surnamed Qian smiled and asked, "Would City Lord Shangguan like to take a gamble too?"

The deputy Deputy City Lord surnamed Shangguan smiled and said, "Since I've brought it up, then naturally we'll bet. I can't afford to give you a lot of Source Crystal, but if it's just 100 grams, I can still afford it."

"..."

While the three leaders, Deputy City Lord Qian, Bai, and Deputy City Lord, were making a bet.

Qin Chuan, the City Lord, suddenly noticed two unfamiliar faces in the forest and asked Lan Tianyun, "Why are there two unfamiliar young men in the forest? Who are they?"

Upon hearing this, the others followed Qin Chuan's gaze and saw a pair of extremely good-looking young men and women on the projected screen. They were also puzzled, wondering who these two were and why they looked so unfamiliar.

Faced with the leaders' doubts, Lan Tianyun respectfully replied, "Reporting to the City Lord, these two are indeed the two geniuses that Provincial Governor Ye specifically requested to join the Exotic Human Tier Genius Team."

"Those two geniuses that Provincial Governor Ye mentioned?"

Qin Chuan murmured something under his breath, then asked, "Are they those two geniuses from Shanhai University?"

Lan Tianyun: "Yes."

Qin Chuan nodded without speaking, his gaze fixed on Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan in the picture.

He was very interested in the two geniuses that Ye Yongsheng had specifically chosen to join the team of Exotic Human Tier geniuses, and was curious about what made these two geniuses so special that Ye Yongsheng valued them so much.

Unlike his interest, other leaders disregarded it.

In particular, the leaders surnamed Qian and the Deputy City Lord surnamed Bai, both of whom were prejudiced against geniuses who grew up on Earth, were speaking disparagingly of Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan.

The leader surnamed Qian said calmly, "Geniuses like these, who grow up smoothly on Earth, are flowers in a greenhouse, products of a situation where 'when the tiger is away, the monkey reigns supreme.'"

"This time, once we enter the Origin Land, we're absolutely going to suffer a setback."

"I hope these two won't be so discouraged that they doubt their existence and never recover, but instead will learn from their shame and turn it into strength to improve themselves."

"..."

The Deputy City Lord surnamed Bai smiled and said, "He won't be completely crushed from now on. A genius who can be favored by Provincial Governor Ye must have the right character. He will definitely learn from his mistakes and become even stronger."

"However, those who have reigned supreme on Earth and received countless awards will likely be severely shaken once they witness the power of a genius who has been honed and grown up in the Origin Land since childhood."

"Putting everything else aside, it will take at least a year or two of being at the bottom of the team before you can gradually adapt and recognize your own position."

"..."

When discussing Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan, apart from Qin Chuan, the City Lord, all the other leaders unanimously looked down on these two geniuses who grew up on Earth.

It wasn't a baseless disdain.

Instead, it is a reasoned and well-founded disregard.

Normally, the most outstanding geniuses begin to show amazing talent in early childhood, and are then selected by the higher-ups of humanity to be sent to the Origin Land for training at a young age.

Those who weren't selected simply didn't have outstanding evolutionary talent.

From this perspective, geniuses on Earth have already lost at the starting line.

Secondly, the Origin Land is High-Spec Earth, with both opportunities and risks far exceeding those of Earth. This further widens the gap between geniuses who grow up in the Origin Land and those who grow up on Earth.

Simply put...

A genius who grows up on Earth is a top student in Ordinary Class.

The geniuses who grow up in the Origin Land are the top students in the Tsinghua and Peking University classes.

The difference between the two is like heaven and earth; there's no comparison whatsoever.

On the other side.

The edge of the forest.

Lin Zichen looked at some traces ahead and determined which directions people had walked in.

He then said to Shen Qinghan, who was standing beside him, "No one has ever walked this way before. You go into the forest this way, and I'll go this way next to you."

Shen Qinghan nodded obediently and said, "Yes, I understand."

Lin Zichen: "Let's go in now."

Shen Qinghan: "Okay."

Without much small talk, the two quickly parted ways and entered the forest to begin the test.

After going inside...

Lin Zichen immediately deployed his Mental Power to sense the situation inside the forest.

Every flower, every blade of grass, every tree, including Shen Qinghan who was not far away, and the seven Exotic Human Tier geniuses who had entered the forest earlier, were all within his perception range.

4396 meters.

"3348 meters."

"2800 meters."

"2209 meters."

"2200 meters."

"1557 meters."

"1024 meters..."

Lin Zichen murmured aloud the distance between himself and the seven Exotic Human Tier geniuses ahead.

The values are accurate to the meter.

"Um?"

Suddenly, Lin Zichen frowned.

He realized he was being spied on.

The source of the spying was on the rooftop of the Special Training Building behind them.

"It wasn't that instructor who was spying on us..."

"The spy is very powerful..."

"Someone else is spying on us..."

Thinking it over, Lin Zichen turned around and looked at the rooftop of the Special Training Building behind him, focusing his Mental Power there, and then quickly sensed the spy— Qin Chuan.

The moment they sensed the spy.

Lin Zichen immediately activated [Danger Perception], attempting to probe Qin Chuan's biological information.

But after peering for a while, they couldn't see anything.

The difference in their Biological Rank is too great.

Lin Zichen's [Danger Perception] had no effect on Qin Chuan.

At the same time.

Qin Chuan, who was far away on the rooftop of the Special Training Building, was deeply shocked.

As the City Lord of City No. 1, he possesses immense strength and can shield himself from most sensory means.

But just now, Lin Zichen actually sensed the Mental Power he emitted.

This struck him as somewhat unbelievable.

"A genius in mental health?"

"That's interesting."

"As expected of the genius Ye Yongsheng saw, he really does have some skill..."

Qin Chuan was thinking to himself, but soon turned his attention to Shen Qinghan on the other side.

Having witnessed Lin Zichen's exceptional mental perception abilities, he now wanted to see Shen Qinghan's capabilities.

I observed for about a few minutes.

Qin Chuan thought to himself, "Is that little girl also a genius in the field of mental cultivation?"

"But her Mental Power strength doesn't seem particularly strong; it's not enough to be selected for the Exotic Human Tier genius team."

"There must be something else special about it. Let's observe it further."

"..."

In the forest.

Lin Zichen withdrew his Mental Power from the rooftop of the Special Training Building and began to focus on passing the challenge.

The first level is the Exotic Plant challenge.

Everywhere you look, there are all sorts of strange and Exotic Plant.

There are towering, exotic trees covered with vines.

There is a strange flower with a gaping, blood-red mouth.

There is a strange plant covered with poisonous thorns.

These aggressive, exotic Exotic Plant, like roadblocks, are now growing wildly on every inch of land, completely blocking the way forward.

Faced with these troublesome Exotic Plant, Lin Zichen had a thought and used both the [Higher Spirit] and [Lord of the Forest] Biological Attribute simultaneously to instantly control all the Exotic Plant within a radius of 100 meters.

Then, activate speedrun mode and rush into the depths of the forest at top speed, taking the shortest straight path.

As Lin Zichen drew closer...

The Exotic Plant that were originally blocking the way all uprooted themselves and made way for Lin Zichen to pass smoothly.

4000 meters.

3000 meters.

"2000 meters."

"1000 meters..."

As Lin Zichen sprinted at high speed, he silently counted the distance between himself and the first place winner.

In less than a minute, the distance between him and the first place has been reduced from 4,396 meters to 1,000 meters.

At this rate of closing the distance.

In just 20 seconds, he will be able to overtake the leader and enter the second checkpoint first.

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