As the principal, he naturally knew more about the Grand Exam.
The Grand Exam instance wasn't merely a yearly test for awakened Class Changers.
In fact, the Grand Exam was just one of the least significant functions of the Alliance's "super-large instance."
After all, it had been established personally by the strongest person in Huaxia.
Its greatest purpose was to fend off invasions from beyond the Alliance.
The astonishing power required to create a "territory-wide instance" covering the entire Alliance was beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
Cheating?
To even say the word was practically to question the authority of the entire Alliance.
And, more importantly, this was right in front of the Inspector...
Just as the principals were wondering what they should say, or whether they ought to step in.
They saw the crow perched on the Inspector's shoulder suddenly take flight.
It landed on the windowsill. Its metallic eyes flashed with dark light, then projected a screen.
[Use authorization to query Grand Exam information?] [Inspector identity confirmed--] [Query target: Chen Ming--] ...
At the edge of the city.
By now, more and more people had been swept up in the commotion and begun to question Chen Ming's results.
Some had even started pointing fingers and hurling insults.
Just then, a buzzing sound came from overhead.
Everyone's attention was drawn to it at once.
They looked up and saw a gigantic screen projected across the sky above the entire border.
"What's going on?"
"What does this screen mean? Is it going to announce something?"
The next second, text began appearing on the screen.
[Querying Class Changer information--] [Cloud Sea City, Cloud Sea No. 1 High School, Chen Ming!] [Retrieving detailed Grand Exam information--]
"Chen Ming's detailed Grand Exam information?"
"His results are so explosive, they blew the Grand Exam screen right out!"
"Damn, did he really cheat?!"
At that moment.
The crowd erupted.
Everyone thought the same thing: Chen Ming might really have cheated.
Otherwise, the Grand Exam instance wouldn't have personally launched a query into his detailed information.
But as information gradually appeared on the screen, people started to feel that something was wrong.
[Time: Day 1, 9:31; Location: Breeze Jungle (safe zone outside Cloud Sea City)] [Killed Spike Roller Beast (lv.1), gained experience +6!] [Time: Day 1, 9:59; Location: Breeze Jungle (safe zone outside Cloud Sea City)] [Killed Spike Roller Beast (lv.2), gained experience +15!] [Time: Day 1, 14:09; Class Changer Chen Ming reached level 2!] ... [Time: Day 1, 14:45; Location: Level One Beast Forest] [Killed Red Tusk Boar (lv.3), gained experience +26!] [...] [Time: Day 1, 17:32; Class Changer Chen Ming reached level 3!] [...]
On the screen.
A series of maps appeared, linking together to form a route.
Alongside them were all kinds of text.
Every entry detailed Chen Ming's level-ups and the exotic beasts he had killed.
The information included locations, times, and experience gained!
As the dense stream of information continued to be revealed, the crowd fell silent as one.
Those who had been furiously questioning Chen Ming's results were now quiet.
Wang Yan, who had been leading the charge in the crowd, was beet red.
His expression was as ugly as if he'd just eaten a fly with shit on it.
It was obvious...
The Grand Exam screen hadn't appeared to verify whether Chen Ming's results were genuine.
It had appeared to answer everyone's doubts.
That was why it had directly brought up Chen Ming's detailed information.
"Damn, apart from the first exotic beast, which was level 1, all the rest were level 2!"
"Look at Chen Ming's route. He went straight into the Exotic Beast Forest on the first day!"
"Level 3? Holy shit, he took down a level 3 exotic beast on the first day?"
"Damn, he even killed a level 4 exotic beast?!"
"Wait, is he even human?"
At last, everyone's attention had returned to Chen Ming's level-up information.
But once they saw what Chen Ming had done on the first day, no one could keep their cool.
"Every bit of experience he gained came from solo kills!"
Someone finally spotted the key detail.
Judging from the experience he'd gained, Chen Ming had been soloing the entire time!
He'd killed every exotic beast on his own!
Though they couldn't see the actual scenes,
watching Chen Ming's marker on the map charge into the Exotic Beast Forest in a fearless, death-defying manner to kill one high-level exotic beast after another was still somehow thrilling!
At that moment, all doubts about Chen Ming disappeared.
In their place came a feeling of anticipation.
That was right, anticipation!
They couldn't wait for the information from Chen Ming's second day to be revealed.
They wanted to see just how far Chen Ming could go.
At the city border, everyone stopped to watch.
Soon, Chen Ming's information on the screen reached the second day.
[Time: Day 2, 11:35; Location: Level One Beast Forest] [Killed Gale Mantis (lv.5), gained experience +71!] [Time: Day 2, 13:03; Location: Level One Beast Forest] [Killed Silver-Backed Apes (lv.6)*4, gained experience +358!] [Time: Day 2, 14:09; Class Changer Chen Ming reached level 4!] ... [Time: Day 2, 16:42; Class Changer Chen Ming reached level 5!] [Time: Day 2, 17:29; Location: Level One Beast Forest] [Killed Wind Demon (lv.7), gained experience +150!]
The information abruptly stopped there!
Chen Ming's final entry was from 17:29.
In other words, just half an hour ago, he'd still been leveling up in the Exotic Beast Forest.
"L-level 7?!"
"A level 5 Class Changer killed a level 7 exotic beast."
"Not just that. I saw him kill a level 7 when he was still level 4!"
After the screen overhead finished showing the information about Chen Ming's first two days in the Grand Exam,
it vanished without warning.
It had come and gone in a flash.
But the shock it left behind was immense.
The atmosphere throughout the entire border remained eerily quiet for several minutes.
"Is he... really a C-rank Shield Guard?"
"Could he have some hidden class that only shows up as C-rank?"
"There's another possibility. Maybe he's a legendary dual-class Changer!"
The crowd began to doubt Chen Ming again.
Only this time, they weren't questioning his results.
They were wondering whether Chen Ming had a hidden class, or perhaps two classes.
In a corner of the crowd.
Sun Yang silently picked up his phone.
He sent Chen Ming a message...
[Brother Chen, where are you?] [Everyone outside is talking about you like you're a legend!]
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