The Genius the School Poached with Heavy Gold

The four of them didn't chat for long before they had pretty much exhausted all the topics they could discuss within the group.

He Yu, the engine of the conversation, saw that everyone had nothing left to say and took the initiative to steer the topic toward other classmates outside their group.

He said to the three of them with a mysterious air: "Guess who in the class has the greatest strength; I bet you'll never guess."

Li Chuxin was a bit puzzled: "Aren't you from Nanguan City? Logically speaking, you shouldn't know the situation in the class, so how do you know who is the strongest?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she seemed to realize something and said with a deadpan expression: "You aren't going to say that you're the strongest in the class, are you?"

"Not at all, I'm not that arrogant. I have a decent sense of self-awareness; I can only rank third in the class at best," He Yu said, considering himself humble.

Li Chuxin shook her head and said: "Then I can't guess. I don't even know most of the people in the class."

Just after saying that, she suddenly remembered Lin Zichen and immediately added with a smile: "If you insist on me guessing, I'd guess Zichen is the most formidable. He was the top scorer in our district's high school entrance exam, you know!"

"Holy crap, Zichen, you're actually that badass?"

He Yu was a bit shocked; he hadn't expected Lin Zichen to be a district top scorer.

You really can't judge a book by its cover!

After all, under normal circumstances, people who look handsome usually have trash-tier strength.

Because the heavens have to be fair; you can't let one person be both handsome and a powerhouse, or it would ruin the balance of this game called Earth Online.

After the shock passed, He Yu had a change of thought and felt it was actually fine. He was just a district top scorer, not a city top scorer, so he might not even be as strong as himself.

Thinking this, he whispered to the three of them: "If it's just a district top scorer, it might still be lacking. You might not believe it, but there are two ruthless characters in our class that the principal spent a fortune to poach from Nanguan City."

"How so?"

Li Chuxin was very curious.

Lin Zichen was also quite curious about this, waiting for He Yu to reveal the answer.

He Yu signaled for the three of them to lean in closer, then whispered even more quietly:

"That boy in the third row by the window on the left, the one who just went on stage for his self-introduction and said his name was Wang Shujie, he was the third-place scorer in the Nanguan City entrance exam, and his 100-meter dash time is 7.98 seconds!"

"And there's that big guy named Lu Gang sitting in the far right of the last row. This guy has natural god-like strength and can easily lift a 300-kilogram barbell with one hand!"

"These two are definitely the strongest in the class. Aside from them, Zichen and I should be the strongest."

He Yu had originally wanted to say that aside from those two, he was the strongest.

But thinking that Lin Zichen was his group member, he felt it wasn't very polite to say that, so he included Lin Zichen as well.

"My god! Really? For real?!"

Li Chuxin was very surprised, her face full of disbelief.

Shen Qinghan was calm, as steadfast as ever in her belief that Lin Zichen was the most formidable in the class, though she only thought it to herself and didn't speak up to argue.

Lin Zichen just smiled and said nothing.

A 7.98-second 100-meter dash?

Easily lifting a 300-kilogram weight with one hand?

He had already been able to achieve both of these data points back in elementary school.

"A few students, come help move the books and uniforms!"

The homeroom teacher, Han Yuanfeng, appeared at the door at some point and shouted to the students in the classroom who were chatting away enthusiastically.

The few boys sitting near the door heard this and took the initiative to stand up and follow him to move the books and uniforms.

Not long after.

The books and uniforms were brought back.

Under Han Yuanfeng's direction.

Several students sitting in the front rows quickly and orderly distributed the books and uniforms to everyone in the class.

There weren't many books, just four per person, corresponding to the four main subjects.

Martial Arts Cultivation Compulsory I

Gene Fusion Compulsory I

Mechanical Modification Compulsory I

Wilderness Survival Compulsory I

The book titles were very simple and straightforward; one could tell at a glance what the content was.

As for the uniforms, five sets were issued to each person: three sets of summer wear and two sets of winter wear.

Lin Zichen opened the packaging and felt the material of the uniform with his hand, discovering that the texture was unexpectedly good; the quality was no worse than clothes sold for hundreds of dollars in malls.

One can only say that a key high school is different; the funding is quite sufficient, and the things issued to students are not shoddily made.

After the books and uniforms were all distributed.

Han Yuanfeng walked to the podium, turned on the projector, and projected a chart of class committee positions.

There weren't many positions, only five.

They are: class monitor, discipline commissioner, study commissioner, arts commissioner, and life commissioner.

Han Yuanfeng looked at the students below the podium and said, "Anyone who wants to be a class cadre can come up now to campaign, and let the others vote to decide."

Lin Zichen had no interest in these things; he only took a glance before quickly lowering his head to flip through the textbooks that had just been handed out.

Shen Qinghan had an incredibly introverted personality and would never consider becoming a class cadre, so she also lowered her head to flip through her textbooks.

He Yu had his eyes set on the position of class monitor and said to the three people in his group, "Group members, I'm going to campaign for class monitor in a moment; remember to vote for me."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Chuxin immediately followed up with a smile, "I'm going to campaign for arts commissioner later, you all have to vote for me too."

Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan both nodded and agreed.

A few minutes later.

The class cadre election began.

Quite a few people wanted to be class cadres, and they went up to the podium one after another to campaign.

He Yu went up very early to campaign for class monitor.

But unfortunately, his campaign failed.

The position of class monitor was snatched away by Wang Shujie, who could run 100 meters in 7.98 seconds.

Settling for second best, he went to campaign for discipline commissioner.

As a result, he failed that campaign as well.

The position of discipline commissioner was snatched away by Lu Gang, who could easily lift 300kg with one hand.

He Yu was stunned, returning to his seat to sit blankly with a look of existential doubt.

After a long while, he whispered a curse, "Damn it, you two bastards just wait; sooner or later I'll overtake you on the bend and pin you to the ground to give you a good thrashing!"

Unlike He Yu, Li Chuxin successfully campaigned for arts commissioner as she had hoped.

[You cooperated with your group members and successfully helped Li Chuxin get elected as arts commissioner]

[Cumulative tasks completed: 3/1000]

"Hanhan, there's no publicity commissioner in the class, so the blackboard newspaper will be my responsibility as the arts commissioner. But I'm not very good at drawing, and I remember you said you liked drawing during your self-introduction earlier. Can you help me?"

After coming down from the podium, Li Chuxin used the same nickname for Shen Qinghan that Lin Zichen used, looking at her with an affectionate tone to ask for help.

Facing the request from her desk mate, Shen Qinghan nodded without hesitation, "Mm, I will help you."

She had always liked drawing and was actually quite happy to be responsible for the blackboard newspaper.

Upon hearing this, Li Chuxin was so happy that she hugged her and said, "Good sister, from now on you are my, Li Chuxin's, good sister!"

Shen Qinghan was very unaccustomed to being hugged, her hands having nowhere to rest for a moment.

Li Chuxin was acting too enthusiastically, so enthusiastic that she found it hard to adapt in such a short time.

Lin Zichen watched this scene unfold and couldn't help but smile, feeling that this was a good thing.

He estimated that it wouldn't be long before Shen Qinghan had a close friend she could talk to about anything.

The books and school uniforms had been distributed.

The class cadres had also been elected.

Seeing that there was nothing left to do, Han Yuanfeng on the podium told the students to engage in free activities and head home on their own when the time came.

Of course, the prerequisite was that they could not leave the school grounds during that time.

Hearing this, many of the students below were quite incredulous.

Yesterday was registration day, so not having classes was understandable.

But today, why were there no classes either?

Li Chuxin knew the intention behind this and smiled as she explained to the three somewhat bewildered people in her group:

"This is a tradition at Shanhai High School. To let students get familiar with the school and their classmates as quickly as possible, there are no classes for the first two days, and everyone is free to engage in activities."

It was the first time Lin Zichen had heard of this, and he felt that he was somewhat ill-informed.

PS: Bowing to ask for monthly tickets and recommendation tickets!