So-Called Geniuses, There's Still a Gap!

The students of Jiangcheng First High School's Class 8 felt even more inferior.

It wasn't just because of the taunts from those Mianchang No. 1 High School students—more than that, it was the fact that they had passed through the gate alongside examinees from other base cities.

Everyone else was at least a Green Mark.

But they had White Marks hanging over their heads.

Although the real exam hadn't officially started yet, this gate mechanism had already made countless people witness the disparity of the world.

They saw the gap between themselves and others.

Even Lin Yi let out a sigh.

Too real.

Though the original design was meant to facilitate screening and give examinees a reasonable difficulty range to choose from.

This thing really messed with your head.

Soon, Lin Yi arrived at the gate.

He stepped through it in one stride.

The next moment, Lin Yi also noticed a Staff icon slowly materializing above his head.

The icon for Knight Class Users was a Warhammer, and for Warriors, an Iron Sword.

For Mages, naturally, it was a Staff.

But the icon wasn't the point at all.

The point was the star mark that appeared alongside the class icon.

The moment that golden starlight emerged.

The entire exam hall erupted in gasps!

"Holy shit, gold!"

"Which big shot has a golden star over their head?!"

"Ahhh, my titanium-alloy dog eyes are going blind!"

"Damn, so this is a Golden Legend? It's beautiful!"

"Worship the big shot!"

Countless exclamations, plus the sheer number of people walking through the gate in the exam hall.

Among a sea of Blue and Green Star Marks, even a few Purple Star Marks stood out glaringly, let alone a Gold Star Mark.

In an instant, Lin Yi drew a massive amount of attention.

Naturally, that included his Class 8 classmates.

All the examinees from Jiangcheng First High School's Class 8 were dumbfounded.

"Holy shit, Lin Yi has a Gold Star Mark!"

"Damn!"

"Wasn't he Level 20? Shouldn't he be a Green Mark, or at most a Blue Mark?"

"No shit, this just proves Zhang Shan still underestimated the Great Demon King's level!"

"Holy crap! A Gold Label, that's insane!"

"I feel like I'm just here to make up the numbers..."

"How is the gap between people bigger than the gap between people and dogs..."

Zhang Shan, whose face had been completely red-hot, was now utterly stunned, then burst into wild joy!

If he hadn't already been diverted into the White Mark entrance queue, he would have rushed over to give Lin Yi a bear hug!

He was thrilled!

He knew his brother could never be mediocre or ordinary!

But he never expected Lin Yi to still give him such a huge surprise.

And in another Green Mark queue, Jiang Ya looked at the Gold Label above Lin Yi's head.

A relieved smile spread across her face.

Yes, she was completely at peace now.

She even felt happy for the achievements Lin Yi had made so far.

And she also knew that from now on, she and Lin Yi would belong to two different worlds.

As for those Mianchang No. 1 High School examinees who had been mocking them so loudly earlier.

Now they were all speechless, dumbfounded.

They stared at the golden star mark flickering above Lin Yi's head, all of them gasping for breath like poultry with their necks squeezed.

And then they remembered their taunts on the bus and all the way after getting off.

He instantly felt like he was the clown.

The other person's level was clearly far above his own.

Yet they sat quietly in the car with their eyes closed, completely uninterested in arguing with him.

Now it seemed, they weren't worthy...

Then the next moment, everyone from Minchang High School was completely red-faced.

They lowered their heads, wishing they could disappear into the crowd and not be noticed by Lin Yi.

"Hello, this student, please follow me." The one receiving Lin Yi was a female examiner.

Perhaps because of Lin Yi's handsome looks, or the gold label above his head.

Lin Yi noticed that the other examiners all looked fierce and intimidating, but this female examiner was exceptionally polite to him.

He followed the examiner all the way.

Soon, Lin Yi saw in the distance an exam hall door marked "Entrance No. 1."

Over twenty people were already standing in front of the entrance.

"Student, please register your exact level and class specialization at Entrance No. 1, then choose your difficulty." The female examiner gave Lin Yi a warm smile as her final guidance.

Then she left.

Lin Yi walked slowly toward the door of Entrance No. 1.

At the same time, he also saw the neighboring Entrance No. 2 and No. 3.

Those entrances had a lot of people.

Directly exceeding a thousand.

The marks above these people's heads were all purple marks.

It was easy to imagine how many people were at the entrances for White Marks, Green Marks, and Blue Marks.

On the other hand, the entrance he was about to line up for, Entrance No. 1, had only a little over twenty people.

After getting closer, Lin Yi was not surprised to find that the star marks above these people's heads were the same as his—all gold.

Well, these people should be the so-called "geniuses" cultivated by the top schools and elite families from the top base cities across the entire East River.

There were a total of 22 exam halls in Tianhai.

If each exam hall had over twenty gold-label people.

Then across the entire East River, among those who awakened this year and were taking the college entrance exam, only about 400 people were above level 25.

Compared to the over 100,000 examinees in the entire East River, this was already the tiny minority standing at the top of the pyramid.

As Lin Yi gradually approached, the men and women already waiting outside the door of Entrance No. 1 all noticed the arrival of a new face.

"From Jiangcheng for the exam?"

"No, what kind of godforsaken place is that? Never heard of it."

"Seems like a remote base city in our province..."

"No way, is the gate malfunctioning? A place where even birds don't crap can produce a gold label?"

Clearly, even if these so-called geniuses weren't particularly familiar with each other, they had at least crossed paths before.

But Lin Yi was completely unknown to them.

"Hello, this examinee, please come register."

An examiner in a proctor uniform, with a very stern expression, spoke to Lin Yi.

Lin Yi glanced at the others.

Obviously, with only a little over twenty people, the registration work at Entrance No. 1 was lightning fast.

These people should have already completed their registration.

Lin Yi stepped forward.

The examiner waved a hand, and a spirit crystal projection screen instantly appeared in front of Lin Yi.

Just as Lin Yi was about to reach out and touch the spirit crystal to input his information, he heard a flamboyant voice from behind.

"Hey, bro, it wasn't easy getting to level 25, huh."

"Here's a friendly tip—don't pick Nightmare Difficulty, or the monsters inside will make you cry!"

Lin Yi turned his head slightly.

He saw that the speaker was a guy with bleached blond hair, who thought he looked cool.

As the blond stirred things up, a few other examinees beside him chuckled softly and said, "Bro Kai, there's a gap between gold labels too."

"Not everyone can level up to 29 like you, haha!"

The blond felt a secret thrill.

What he cared about more was the opinion of the stunning girl standing beside him.

But when he turned to look at the girl, he caught a flicker of disgust in her eyes.

Her crimson lips parted slightly. "Zhao Kai, you don't need to use this method to get my attention."

Like a bucket of ice water dumped over his head, Zhao Kai and the lackeys beside him instantly shut their mouths.

At the same time, the girl turned her gaze toward Lin Yi.

The next moment, her eyes narrowed, disbelief spreading across her face.

Because she clearly saw that the moment Lin Yi's hand touched the spirit crystal—

A number leaped onto the light screen—

42!

In that instant, everyone at Entrance No. 1 was dumbfounded.

The person who had just said there was a gap even between Gold Labels had his mind go completely blank.

He wasn't wrong.

So-called geniuses also had their differences.