The Focus of the Entire Province

For Ling Zhan, these daily challenge tasks were merely a way to patch up his shortcomings.

The rewards appeared meager, but they accumulated into a terrifying boost to his attributes over time.

Therefore, he never turned down a daily challenge task.

Furthermore...

It was common knowledge that raising a skill's level required skill points.

However, basic job skills could not be upgraded with skill points.

As a result, Ling Zhan had been hoarding his skill points all this time.

He hadn't spent them recklessly.

After all, he was very likely to obtain some upgradeable skills in the future.

Days passed by, one after another.

He spent his time doing daily challenge tasks and reading.

On the eighth day.

Ling Zhan had just woken up.

He saw that his battered smartphone had been blown up with calls.

Text messages, phone calls, and social media notifications poured in one after another, bombarding his old phone like cannonballs.

What a nuisance.

Ling Zhan muttered to himself.

Just as he was about to answer a call.

A notification sound suddenly rang in his mind.

Ding!

[Congratulations to the host for exceeding the requirements of the challenge task issued by the system!]

[Distributing rewards now!]

The top scorer was out!!!

This explosive news spread across Yundong City like a wildfire, traveling at an astonishing speed.

It even reached Nanzhou Province.

After the citizens of Yundong City learned of this news.

Every single one of them wore an expression of disbelief.

Yundong City was merely a third-tier city; both its teaching staff and educational conditions were far inferior to the first-tier cities in Nanzhou Province.

Precisely because of this, Yundong City's rankings in every Job Transfer Trial Entrance Examination were almost always at the very bottom.

In the past few decades of history.

It wasn't that Yundong City hadn't produced geniuses, but their final results had only ever reached sixth place in the province.

A situation like this, where they had produced the leader of the Provincial Trial Ranking, was truly a first.

And it came from City No. 1 High School, a place no one wanted to attend!

That was why it shocked the entire population.

On television and on the internet.

Ling Zhan's name suddenly became a sensation, appearing everywhere.

Interviews, video clips...

"Student, do you know Ling Zhan?"

The underclassman being interviewed looked at the reporter with utter disdain: "What do you think?"

The reporter was choked up for a moment, but continued to ask: "Then, little brother, what kind of person do you think Ling Zhan is?"

The underclassman answered with a solemn face: "He is not a person, he is a god!"

Reporter: "..."

The reporter was unwilling to give up and chose a delicate-looking underclasswoman to interview.

"Little beauty, can you share your thoughts on this top scorer?"

The underclasswoman looked proud: "My male god is naturally the most handsome."

Reporter: "???"

After interviewing for a long time.

The reporter discovered that these underclassmen and underclasswomen all shared the same view of Ling Zhan.

That was, he was a god!

In the eyes of many girls, Ling Zhan was a male god.

In the eyes of many boys, Ling Zhan was a war god.

Such dry content lacked any real punch.

What did the media value most?

Punch!

Punch!

And more damn punch!

How could such dry interview content grab eyeballs?

But fortunately, heaven rewards the diligent.

After interviewing over twenty students.

The reporter finally interviewed a normal person.

"What grade are you in, student?"

"I'm a senior."

"A senior? Isn't school on break?"

"I came here to look around and try my luck to see if I could run into someone. I want to ask him for advice on various aspects of combat."

"Oh, oh, what is your name, student?"

"My name is Su Rou."

"Then do you know Ling Zhan?"

"I do, he is my classmate, and he is the person I want to ask for advice."

"Wow, that's perfect. Beauty, would you mind an interview? I'm very interested in learning about Ling Zhan, the top scorer!"

"Sure."

"Then can you talk about your impression of Ling Zhan?"

Facing this question, Su Rou thought for a moment before answering slowly:

"Actually, before this Job Transfer Trial Entrance Examination, Ling Zhan didn't have much of a presence. He was a transparent figure in class, and he did some strange things every day."

"Sometimes he would practice boxing, sometimes he would swing a sword, sometimes he would swim... I couldn't even figure out what he was doing."

"My impression of him was actually that he was an honest person, very down-to-earth and low-key."

The reporter asked again: "Then what is Ling Zhan's job?"

Su Rou shook her head: "He doesn't have a job."

Reporter: "???"

Su Rou added: "I mean, his job is a Jobless Freelancer!"

Reporter: "!!!"

Afterward, the reporter asked a ton of information about Ling Zhan.

Such as his usual assessment scores.

And his talent values...

Finally.

The reporter returned to the newspaper office, full of excitement.

He felt as if he had grasped the real scoop.

Subsequently.

Eye-catching headlines appeared on online news sites.

"The rise of an honest man: thirty years east of the river, thirty years west, a thunderclap on flat ground, taking the championship in one fell swoop!"

"In the eyes of boys, he is a war god; in the eyes of girls, he is a male god. Let us uncover the secrets of this top scorer..."

"Shocking, shocking, and even more shocking! The leader of the Nanzhou Province Trial Ranking is actually..."

When it came to clickbait, these media people dared to call themselves second, and no one dared to call themselves first.

Headline after headline frantically enticed readers to click on the articles.

The most explosive headline was: "Shocking, shocking, and even more shocking! The leader of the Nanzhou Province Trial Ranking is actually..."

Jobless Freelancer.

These four words were like a pack of explosives, completely detonating everyone's curiosity.

Countless people were wondering, how on earth did a Jobless Freelancer manage to snatch the crown of the Nanzhou Province Trial Ranking?

How did this Ling Zhan manage to suppress top geniuses like Zhu Yaoguang and Huang Bo?

All of a sudden.

Countless people were filled with curiosity about this Ling Zhan, and some even suggested doxxing Ling Zhan's home address to go and stake it out together...