And this gap—
Was like an insurmountable chasm!
Looking at Lin Yi's Level 42 displayed on the light screen, Zhao Kai instantly felt as if an invisible slap had struck him across the face.
It stung badly.
He had thought that someone like Lin Yi, who had come from some remote base city to take the exam, would be at most Level 25 even if he had obtained a Gold Label.
After all, he himself was only Level 29, and that level was already exceptionally high among Dongjiang's circle of geniuses.
Of everyone present, he had only lost to the blue-clad girl beside him.
The girl's name was Lan Ruoyi. She had reached level 30 and had even accepted her class advancement quest, though she had yet to complete it.
Yet this boy before them, who seemed to have nothing going for him except his looks, was actually Level 42!
That meant...
He had completed his Second Turn quest and had even gained another twelve levels afterward!
Never mind the Experience Points required to level up after the Second Turn.
Even after Level 20, the Experience Points needed for every level were terrifyingly high.
With only thirty days to level after awakening a class,
Reaching level 30 was practically the absolute limit.
Yet today, that limit had been broken.
And it had been shattered by a full twelve levels!
Lan Ruoyi stared at Lin Yi, her eyes filled with curiosity over how exactly he had managed it.
If someone had really interviewed Lin Yi on the spot,
Lin Yi would have said that anyone with hands could do it.
Because over the past month, other than the day after he had slacked off for a week, he had genuinely never had any intention of deliberately leveling up.
Most of the time, he had been slacking off.
Even the three levels from 39 to 42 had come from him getting bored and restless, heading next door to Canglan City, finding a Dungeon, and running it a few times.
If he had truly wanted to level and gone all out, he might have already reached his Third Turn by now...
"Hm?"
"Teacher, why can't I select a difficulty?" Lin Yi operated the light screen.
He had originally planned to select Nightmare difficulty.
But he discovered that he couldn't select it, as though there were a bug.
Lin Yi's reminder
Made the examiner, who had just been stern-faced and putting on an unapproachable air, shudder all over.
"You... you... wait a moment, let me take a look!"
He began operating the Crystal System.
To be honest, he could barely believe that the boy before him was actually Level 42!
He had reached his Second Turn??
Where had this monster come from!
After a flurry of operations, the examiner in charge of registration was already drenched in sweat.
Because he discovered that there was absolutely nothing wrong with the system.
Lin Yi's level was also completely genuine.
The reason Lin Yi could not select a difficulty was that ever since the system's creation, its underlying code had restricted difficulty selection to Class Users between Levels 25 and 30.
Simply put, this Level 42 monster named Lin Yi had overloaded the candidate registration system.
What the hell...
Something had gone wrong!
What should he do?
Well, he definitely could not make this decision himself. He could only report it!
"Lin... Lin Yi, please wait here for a moment. We've never encountered a situation like yours before. I need to ask the higher-ups for instructions!"
Then, the examiner, who had been incomparably stern just moments ago, ran into the entrance as fast as he could.
Exam Hall No. 1, third floor.
This was the Examination Center for the entire Dongjiang Province during this National College Entrance Examination. It was also where the Chief Examiner and all of Dongjiang Province's senior officials involved in the exam had gathered.
"All right, that's about it. The exam is about to begin, so notify everyone to take their positions."
After a brief meeting ended, a middle-aged man seated at the head of the table gathered the documents before him and instructed the others.
Just then, a knock came from outside the door.
"Come in."
The door opened, and a face flushed red from frantic running appeared before Dongjiang Province's gathered bigwigs.
"Sun Liang? What's going on with you? Weren't you registering candidates?"
"Charging in so recklessly—who told you to knock?"
Before the middle-aged man seated at the head of the table could speak,
The person beside him, clearly the superior of the examiner named Sun Liang, flew into a rage and immediately rebuked him.
Sun Liang felt somewhat wronged as well.
This really was not his fault.
And he had to report it immediately.
There were less than twenty minutes left before the exam began.
If something really went wrong or the exam was delayed,
He could not bear the blame!
He hurriedly said, "Director... Director Xiao, I... I have an important matter to report!"
Sun Liang's superior, Director Xiao, still wanted to scold him a few more times.
But the middle-aged man seated at the head of the table interrupted him.
"What is it? Speak."
Sun Liang saluted the middle-aged man, then said anxiously, "Deputy Director Li, this is what happened. At Entrance No. 1, where I was handling registration, a candidate appeared."
"When his information was entered, the Crystal System showed that he was Level 42 and had already completed his second class advancement."
"I repeatedly confirmed that there was no malfunction in our system, but the problem is that our system has never entered candidate information for anyone above level 30."
"That candidate is now unable to select an exam difficulty."
"I have no authority to make a decision on this matter, so I came to ask for your instructions!"
The moment he said that, the entire conference room of the Examination Center
Fell silent in shock.
Even Li Yuanjing, the Deputy Director of the Dongjiang Education Department, raised his brows.
"Level 42!"
"How is that possible!"
Someone immediately voiced their doubts.
Fortunately, Sun Liang understood very well the trick to reporting information to leaders.
In his earlier words, he had already said that he had confirmed there was nothing wrong with the system.
The implication was that Lin Yi's level was absolutely genuine!
"Interesting."
"Yuanjing, when you asked me to come observe this time, did you already foresee that a once-in-a-century monstrous genius would appear?"
An elderly man seated at the head of the table as well, who had remained silent until then, smiled and teased him.
"Elder Qi, stop making fun of me. How could I possibly have that kind of foresight?"
Li Yuanjing shook his head.
The person seated beside him was none other than Qi Guoguang, Vice President of the Tianhai City Professional Alliance.
The two were friends, and Li Yuanjing had invited him to observe this time.
Qi Guoguang had not been particularly busy lately, so he had made time to come take a look.
He had not expected to actually witness such a surprise.
Li Yuanjing beckoned to Sun Liang, then said, "What about that candidate's information? Put it up and let us see."
"Yes! Right away!" Sun Liang answered.
He hurried over to the large screen and used the Crystal Communication Watch on his wrist to project Lin Yi's file from the system onto the large display in the center.
The next moment, Lin Yi's handsome face appeared.
Qi Guoguang froze.
"Why is it him?"
Li Yuanjing was also somewhat surprised. "Elder Qi, you know him?"
"Is he a genius from some influential family?"
"Hmm... the Lishui Lin Family? I haven't heard of anyone in this generation named Lin Yi."
Qi Guoguang shook his head. "No. I only met this kid once when I was providing support during the Canglan Mutation Boss Crisis, but it should just be a coincidence, right?"
"Hm? His class is Mage too?"
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