Modu Admissions Office: Teachers Left Dumbfounded on the Spot!

As for the college entrance examination, Xu Qingwan knew quite a bit about it because of Tang Qi.

She knew that in previous years, the highest score in Jiangcheng had only been a little over a thousand points.

Even the Provincial Top Scorer for all of Jiangnan Province had only scored eight or nine thousand points.

So when she heard Xu Jingming say he had scored ten thousand points, his aunt Xu Qingwan was stunned for a moment.

But she quickly came to her senses and instinctively chose not to believe him, frowning as she said:

"Xiaoming, stop joking around. Hurry up and tell me your real score."

"Mom, Jingming isn't joking. He really scored ten thousand points.

"No, that's not right. To be precise, it was 11,124 points.

"Our Jiangcheng Official Account has already reported it."

Tang Qi smilingly handed over her phone.

On the phone was a report that had just been published by the Jiangcheng Official Account.

The title read, "Ten Thousand Points! The Absolute Dark Horse from Jiang City Second High School!"

The accompanying image showed Xu Jingming holding a spear as he killed a second-order Bloodthirsty Tyrant Bear.

"It's Xiaoming!"

His aunt recognized Xu Jingming in the image and hurriedly began reading the article.

Xu Qingwan had a gentle nature, and ordinary matters rarely stirred much emotion in her.

But as she read further, her eyes grew brighter and brighter.

A flush of excitement gradually appeared on her lovely face.

"Ten thousand points! Number one in Jiangcheng! Wonderful! This is wonderful!"

Xu Qingwan looked as though she had won tens of millions in a lottery.

The article on her phone was like the winning ticket, and she checked it over and over again.

She kept murmuring things like, "Xiaoming has finally made something of himself," and, "Now the Xu family has someone to carry on the line."

It took quite a while before her emotions gradually settled down.

"Xiaoming, with a score like yours, when it's time to submit your university preferences, can't you directly choose from the nation's top ten universities?"

His aunt Xu Qingwan asked with sparkling eyes.

"The principal told me yesterday that I already qualify for special admission. I don't need to submit any preferences—I just need to wait for the universities to make their offers."

Xu Jingming explained with a smile. Tang Qi nodded along beside him. "Mom, with Cousin Jingming's score, he can practically be considered a prospective Provincial Top Scorer.

"Even if he doesn't become the Provincial Top Scorer, a top-three ranking in Jiangnan Province is guaranteed.

"With a ranking like that, even the Three Top Universities will compete to specially recruit him. They won't make him go through the normal preference-submission route at all."

"The Three Top Universities? Special admission? Good, good, good! Xiaoming, you've truly given your aunt such a huge surprise!"

Xu Qingwan said "good" three times in a row, then asked impatiently, "By the way, when was the Martial Arts College Entrance Exam Ranking supposed to be released?"

"The exact time isn't certain, but it should be no later than five days from now." After thinking for a moment, Xu Jingming replied.

The Martial Arts College Entrance Examination results for the entire country would be released at the same time on the same day.

Before that, each province would conduct strict reviews based on the videos recorded during the examination to prevent cheating.

It was a considerable workload, but the results would be announced within five days at the latest, before June 13.

"Good! Once the results are released, your aunt will treat you to a grand feast!"

Xu Qingwan's smile was dazzling. After a pause, she voiced the question that had been weighing most heavily on her mind:

"But Xiaoming, don't you only have an E-rank metahuman ability? How did you manage to score so highly?"

Since ancient times, it had been universally accepted that the rarer an ability was, the stronger its combat power.

There were also people who had relied on low-level abilities to become powerful.

But such people were incredibly rare, few and far between.

Yet according to the description in the article, lightning surged forth and First-Order High-Level Ferocious Beasts died or were injured in droves. That was simply not power an E-rank Weak Electric Ability could possibly produce.

After all, Xu Jingming was still only an Awakener, not even a Metahuman...

When Xu Qingwan asked, Tang Qi also looked over expectantly. Clearly, she was very curious about this as well.

Xu Jingming had long prepared for this and explained with a smile:

"The afternoon before yesterday, while I was exercising in the living room, lightning suddenly struck outside the window and knocked me unconscious.

"When I woke up, I discovered that my original ability seemed to have undergone a transformation and become much stronger."

"So that's why you went to Thunder Martial Hall afterward to test your ability!"

Tang Qi suddenly understood. Xu Qingwan nodded slightly as well.

"There really was a period of thunder the afternoon before yesterday. You weren't injured by the lightning, and instead turned misfortune into fortune, causing your ability to mutate. Your luck is quite good.

"When we have time later, go to the martial hall and get another ability test done to see what rank your mutated ability has reached.

"Based on the power described in the article, your ability should have transformed to at least B-rank."

Xu Jingming nodded at that.

Ability mutations were rare, but they were not unheard of. He had long decided to use that as an excuse for the transformation of his ability.

It just so happened that lightning had struck outside when his ability transformed the afternoon before yesterday, and most people knew about it.

"All right, no matter what, you two cousins—one ranked twelfth in Jiangcheng and the other first in Jiangcheng—have both done wonderfully!

"Come on! Let's go to the market and buy some ingredients. I'll make you a delicious lunch!"

Xu Qingwan's face was filled with an irrepressible smile.

Xu Jingming could not help smiling faintly as well. Together with his cousin Tang Qi, he walked side by side beside his aunt...

June 11, 9:00 p.m.

Modu Metahuman University, Admissions Office.

Third- and fourth-order Metahumans, rarely seen elsewhere, now filled the entire office.

They sat around a large round table, numbering at least thirty or forty.

These Metahumans looked somewhat anxious, as though they were waiting for something.

Before long, a slightly plump middle-aged man strode in.

At the same time, he raised a mechanical disk in his hand. "The national Martial Arts College Entrance Examination rankings are out. Everyone, get ready."

Before the national Martial Arts College Entrance Examination rankings were officially released, they were absolutely confidential.

But that was only for ordinary people. For Elite Universities like theirs, obtaining the rankings a day in advance was no difficult task.

"The rankings are finally out!"

"This year's rankings seem to have come out a little late."

"Not really. Last year was only one day earlier than this year."

"..."

The Modu Metahuman University Admissions Office was busiest during these days of the year.

They needed to formulate different special admission strategies based on the strength of the top three candidates from each province.

Some students were powerful and highly talented, so they needed to invest more resources to recruit them.

If certain students were comparatively weaker and less talented, they could appropriately invest fewer resources.

In fact, it was not just Modu Metahuman University. The other two Elite Universities, Qingjing Metahuman University and Jincheng Metahuman University, did the same.

"Following the usual procedure, let's first look at the performances of each province's Provincial Top Scorer."

The middle-aged man at the front inserted the mechanical disk into a projection device that had been prepared beforehand.

With a hum, a list recording the scores and rankings of all candidates from more than thirty provincial-level administrative regions across the country was immediately projected.

"The first provincial-level administrative region: Qingjing City."

The middle-aged man's deep voice rang out. As if it possessed intelligence, the projection before them directly displayed the candidate rankings for Qingjing City, the capital of Great Xia Country.

Everyone looked directly at the top of the rankings:

'First Place, Zhou Yi (Qingjing Middle School), 9,343 points.'

"Eva, display Zhou Yi's relevant information."

As soon as the middle-aged man finished speaking, an ethereal electronic voice sounded. "Yes, Director."

Then, a Holographic Projection appeared at the center of the round table.

The image showed Zhou Yi's combat footage from the Martial Arts College Entrance Examination.

"Zhou Yi, eighteen years old. Awakened an Enhancement Type A-Rank Ability, Bronze Physique. First-Order High-Rank.

"His father is a fourth-order Metahuman..."

Every Elite University possessed astonishing information-gathering capabilities, and Modu Metahuman University was no exception.

As the central Holographic Projection played Zhou Yi's battle scenes, his relevant information echoed in the ears of every admissions teacher.

"Bronze Physique? It's quite good even among A-Rank Abilities."

"Indeed. Judging from the combat footage, his use of the ability is also fairly good."

"..."

The teachers discussed among themselves. Before long, the video in the Holographic Projection finished playing, and the middle-aged man at the front said in a deep voice:

"Zhou Yi will receive an A+ rank special admission offer. Teacher Wang Jian, I'll have to trouble you to make the trip."

"All right."

A teacher stood up and nodded.

Once the meeting ended, he would immediately set out for Qingjing City.

"The second provincial-level administrative region: Hunan Province."

"..."

Time passed quickly. The Provincial Top Scorers from each province were assigned special admission ranks through the evaluations of the Director of Admissions Office and the teachers.

There were fairly good A+ ranks, ordinary A ranks, and weaker A- ranks.

Of course, anyone capable of becoming the top scorer of a province would not be truly weak.

Soon, it was Jiangnan Province's turn.

"The thirteenth provincial-level administrative region: Jiangnan Province."

Following the middle-aged man's deep voice, the rankings on the projection swiftly switched to Jiangnan Province.

"Jiangnan Province had an A+ rank special admission candidate last year. I wonder how this year will be."

"It should be another A+."

"..."

Jiangnan Province was a populous province in Great Xia Country, and its Provincial Top Scorers had always been extremely strong.

Thus, all the teachers, including the Director of Admissions Office, looked at the name at the top of the rankings.

'First Place, Xu Jingming (Jiang City Second High School), 11,124 points.'

"Over ten thousand points! Jiangnan Province really went all out this year!"

"Jiangcheng? Isn't that not the capital of Jiangnan Province?"

"..."

The teachers were initially shocked by Xu Jingming's score, but when they discovered he came from Jiang City Second High School, they were all somewhat confused.

Jiangcheng?

Wasn't Ning'an City the capital of Jiangnan Province?

What the hell was Jiangcheng? How had they never even heard of this city?

"Xu Jingming, eighteen years old. Awakened a natural-type E-rank metahuman ability, Weak Electricity. Awakener rank.

"His parents, seven years ago..."

When Xu Jingming's profile sounded in their ears, the teachers, who had already been somewhat confused, were even more dumbfounded.

"What the hell? An E-rank ability? An Awakener? How can those two things possibly be associated with a Provincial Top Scorer??"