Stirring Up the Exam Hall! He Second Turned?!

And this gap...

Was like a chasm!

Zhao Kai stared at the light screen, at Lin Yi's level 42, and instantly felt an invisible slap land on his face.

It stung.

He thought that someone like Lin Yi, who came from a remote base city to take the exam, even if he'd gotten a Gold Label, would be at most level 25, tops.

Because he himself was level 29, and that was already extremely high within the entire Dongjiang genius circle.

Among the people here, he'd only lost to the blue-clad girl beside him.

Her name was Lan Ruoyi, and she was level 30, even having already accepted her class advancement quest, though she hadn't completed it yet.

And this young man in front of him, who seemed to have nothing going for him except being handsome, was actually level 42!

That meant...

He'd already completed his Second Turn, and even gained 12 more levels on top of that!

Forget the Experience Points needed to level up after the Second Turn.

Just after level 20, the Experience Points required for each level were terrifying.

Under the premise of only having 30 days to level up after awakening a class, reaching level 30 was already the absolute limit.

And today, that limit had been shattered.

Shattered by a gap of 12 levels!

Lan Ruoyi fixed her gaze on Lin Yi, curious about how he had managed to do this.

If someone were to interview Lin Yi on the spot, he'd say it was as easy as using your hands.

Because over this past month, aside from that one day after slacking off for a week, he really hadn't had any intention of deliberately grinding levels.

Most of the time, he'd been slacking off.

Even the three levels from 39 to 42 were just the result of Lin Yi getting bored and itchy, heading to the neighboring Canglan City, finding a dungeon, and running it a few times.

If he really wanted to level up and grind hard, he might even be at Third Turn by now...

"Hm?"

"Teacher, why can't I select a difficulty?" Lin Yi operated the light screen.

He'd originally planned to choose Nightmare difficulty.

But he found he couldn't select it, as if there was a bug.

Reminded by Lin Yi, the examiner, who had been putting on a stern, keep-away face, suddenly jolted.

"You... you... wait a moment, let me check!"

He started operating the Crystal System.

To be honest, he could hardly believe that the young man before him was level 42!

He'd done his Second Turn??

Where did this freak come from!

After a flurry of operations, the examiner in charge of registration was already drenched in sweat.

Because he found that the system was completely fine.

Lin Yi's level was also genuine.

The reason Lin Yi couldn't select a difficulty was that since the system's inception, the underlying code had restricted the Class User level for difficulty selection to the 25–30 range.

Simply put, Lin Yi, this level 42 freak, had already fried the candidate registration system.

What the hell...

This was trouble!

What to do?

Well, he definitely couldn't make a decision on this himself, so he had to report it!

"Lin... Lin, um, classmate, please wait here a moment. We've never encountered a situation like yours, so I need to go consult with the leadership!"

Then, the examiner, who had been so stern just moments ago, immediately dashed into the entrance like a shot.

Third floor of Exam Hall No. 1.

This was the Examination Center for the entire Dongjiang Province during this National College Entrance Examination, and also where the Chief Examiner and all the Dongjiang Province higher-ups involved in the exam's work had gathered.

"Alright, that's about it. The exam is about to start. Notify everyone to take their positions."

A brief meeting concluded, and a middle-aged man seated at the head of the table gathered the documents in front of him, giving instructions to the others.

Just then, a knock came from outside the door.

"Enter."

The door swung open, and a flushed face, red from running, appeared before the assembled bigwigs of Dongjiang Province.

"Sun Liang? What's going on? Weren't you handling candidate registration?"

"Barging in like that—who told you to knock?"

Before the middle-aged man at the head could speak, the person beside him—clearly Sun Liang's superior as an examiner—flew into a rage and immediately scolded him.

Sun Liang felt a bit wronged.

This really wasn't his fault.

And he had to report this right away.

There were less than 20 minutes left before the exam started.

If something went wrong, or the exam was delayed...

He couldn't bear that responsibility!

He quickly said, "D-Director Xiao, I... I have something important to report!"

Sun Liang's superior, this Director Xiao, was about to scold him further.

But the middle-aged man at the head cut him off.

"Go ahead, tell us what it is."

Sun Liang bowed to the middle-aged man, then said urgently, "Deputy Director Li, it's like this. Just now, at Entrance No. 1, where I'm handling registration, a candidate showed up."

"When entering his info, the Crystal System showed his level as 42, and he's already completed his second class advancement."

"I double-checked—our system isn't malfunctioning. But the problem is, our system has never recorded candidate info above level 30."

"Now that candidate can't choose an exam difficulty."

"I can't make a call on this myself, so I came to ask for your instructions!"

At these words, everyone in the Examination Center's meeting room.

All of them were stunned.

Even Li Yuanjing, the Deputy Director of the Dongjiang Education Department, raised an eyebrow.

"Level 42!"

"How is that possible?"

Someone immediately voiced doubt.

Luckily, Sun Liang knew the trick to reporting info to superiors.

In what he'd said earlier, he'd already stated he'd confirmed the system wasn't malfunctioning.

The implication was clear: Lin Yi's level was absolutely real!

"Interesting."

"Yuanjing, did you invite me to observe this time because you knew in advance that a once-in-a-century prodigy like this would show up?"

An old man, also seated at the head and silent until now, chuckled teasingly.

"Elder Qi, don't make fun of me. I don't have that kind of prophetic ability."

Li Yuanjing shook his head.

The person sitting beside him was none other than Qi Guoguang, the Vice President of the Tianhai City Professional Alliance.

The two were friends, and Li Yuanjing had invited him to observe this time.

Qi Guoguang hadn't been too busy lately, so he'd taken the time to come.

He hadn't expected to see such a pleasant surprise.

Li Yuanjing waved Sun Liang over and said, "What about that candidate's info? Put it up for us to see."

"Right away!" Sun Liang responded.

He hurried over to the big screen and used the Crystal Communication Watch on his wrist to project Lin Yi's archived info from the system onto the central display.

The next moment, Lin Yi's handsome face appeared.

Qi Guoguang was taken aback.

"How is it him?"

Li Yuanjing was also surprised. "Elder Qi knows him?"

"Is he a prodigy from some noble family?"

"Hmm... the Lishui Lin Family. I haven't heard of anyone named Lin Yi in this generation."

Qi Guoguang shook his head. "No, I just happened to cross paths with that kid once before, back when I was reinforcing the Canglan Mutation boss crisis. But it's probably just a coincidence."

"Hm? His class is also a mage?"

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