Li Yuanjing took a deep breath.
He needed to verify it.
He beckoned.
A subordinate quickly walked over.
Leaning close to his ear, Li Yuanjing said, "Check the complete records of more than six hundred National College Entrance Examinations across Great Xia. What is the best historical time for the second round on Purgatory Difficulty?"
The subordinate immediately nodded excitedly. "All right! I'll get on it right away!"
Clearly, he too realized that the record Lin Yi had set might have shattered the historical limit!
0.1 seconds was simply too outrageous!
But Li Yuanjing stopped him and continued, "Then have the proctoring team thoroughly investigate Lin Yi's Dungeon. Find out whether there was any technical issue, whether this record came from a bug."
"Also check his status panel, equipment slots, and everything else to make sure he didn't cheat."
The subordinate nodded repeatedly.
If both points were confirmed, it would prove that this candidate had earned this result fair and square, without cheating!
After receiving his instructions, the subordinate hurried off to investigate.
And in the brief ten-odd seconds that passed.
The rankings in the upper-right corner of the large screen changed again.
Besides Lin Yi, many new names appeared on the leaderboard.
[Current Test Round: Round Two] [Current Round Point Rankings:] [NO.1, Candidate Lin Yi, Time to Clear Round Two: 0.1 seconds, Points Earned: 1000!] [NO.2, Candidate Lan Ruoyi, Time to Clear Round Two: 9.42 seconds, Points Earned: 939.3!] [NO.3, Candidate Qi Xiaying, Time to Clear Round Two: 12.88 seconds, Points Earned: 816.1!] [NO.4, Candidate Li Zerui, Time to Clear Round Two: 13.03 seconds, Points Earned: 805.4!] [NO.5, Candidate Ding Chuqing, Time to Clear Round Two: 13.67 seconds, Points Earned: 799.9!] ...
The points available in the second round were the same as in the first: a perfect score of 1,000.
But this time, it was obvious that many new faces had appeared on the leaderboard.
Single target burst damage and area-of-effect burst damage were two completely different areas of strength.
Class Users like Qi Xiaying and Li Zerui, who could excel at both, were exceedingly rare.
Thus, the leaderboard underwent a complete reshuffle.
And it was worth mentioning that Lan Ruoyi's strategy had been highly successful, allowing her to rise suddenly through the ranks.
Gravity Mages could store spells such as Rock Ball, giving her an enormous advantage in this round.
She instantly overtook Li Zerui and Qi Xiaying.
Yet before Lin Yi, the Great Demon King, all these dazzling geniuses were instantly reduced to insignificance.
How could fireflies dare compete with the radiance of the bright moon?
Very soon, there was a response regarding the task Li Yuanjing had assigned.
"Deputy Director Li! I just had everyone in our technical department recheck every possible point where Candidate Lin Yi could have cheated, including his status buffs, carried items, equipment, and more. There were no abnormalities!"
"The Dungeon's status and data also showed no abnormalities!"
"He earned this result completely fair and square!!"
The subordinate making the report was clearly extremely excited.
His voice unconsciously rose a little.
Everyone in the Examination Center sitting close to Li Yuanjing heard him.
Their expressions instantly filled with amazement.
"Unbelievable!"
"We originally thought this year's provincial first place would come down to either Li Zerui or Qi Xiaying. Who would've thought Lin Yi would suddenly emerge out of nowhere!"
"He got a perfect score in this round too!"
The Examination Center was supposed to remain solemn and quiet.
Moreover, neither Li Yuanjing nor Qi Guoguang, the two big shots, had spoken to one another.
The others should have been even less inclined to speak carelessly.
But at this moment, none of that mattered.
Because Li Yuanjing was in an excellent mood!
And the news his subordinate reported next made him beam even more broadly.
"Deputy Director Li, we also just checked the relevant records in the Great Xia Archives. During the National College Entrance Examination held in the year 2876, a candidate from Shanghai achieved an excellent time of 0.48 seconds in the second round on Purgatory Difficulty."
"This record had remained unbeaten for the past hundred years."
"Today, it was broken!"
"And it is worth mentioning that the candidate who previously set this record was named Zheng Yingxiong!"
Upon hearing that name.
Everyone in the meeting room sharply sucked in a breath.
Li Yuanjing exclaimed, "Great Xia's twenty-first War God, that Zheng Yingxiong??"
The subordinate nodded!
Li Yuanjing could no longer sit still. He could feel that he was getting overly excited!
He tried hard to calm his surging emotions.
Staring intensely at the large screen, he slowly said, "We still don't know how he'll perform in the later rounds, or whether someone will surpass him afterward."
"But at the very least, at this moment, he has created Great Xia's history!"
"His record is unprecedented!"
Li Yuanjing was brimming with ambition at that moment!
Although Lin Yi was neither family nor friend.
A bond of mentorship with a younger generation could be cultivated over time, couldn't it?
Most importantly, this was a candidate from Dongjiang!
When he later went to the Imperial Capital for reports or meetings, he would have something to be proud of!
"To be honest, I think even this perfect score is a little unfair to him!"
Those words came from Qi Guoguang.
Li Yuanjing raised an eyebrow and looked toward Qi Guoguang, seated to his right.
Then he froze as well.
Because the latter's expression was composed of seventy percent surprise, twenty percent appreciation, and the final ten percent jealousy!
That was right!
On the face of this Seven-Revolution Archmage, whose strength was even a full Tier above his own, he actually saw a faint trace of envy and jealousy!
"Why do you say that, Elder Qi?" Li Yuanjing asked.
Qi Guoguang raised a finger and pointed at the points leaderboard in the upper-right corner.
"Haven't you noticed that even with a perfect score, his points haven't opened up much of a gap from second place?"
Li Yuanjing glanced at the leaderboard.
He instantly understood what Qi Guoguang meant.
Lin Yi's result had already dropped below one second.
Meanwhile, second place was nearly into double digits.
How many times faster was that?
Nearly a thousand times!
And how large was the point gap?
Only a little over sixty points!
No wonder Qi Guoguang said this scoring system was somewhat unfair to Lin Yi.
Li Yuanjing gave a bitter smile. "It is a little unfair, but the rules are standardized nationwide. Although I participated in drafting the scoring revision proposal back then, who among us could have imagined that someone like this kid would one day produce such an outrageous result?"
Qi Guoguang smiled. "No matter. The strong remain strong."
"Based on what he has shown so far, I believe this year's Dongjiang provincial first place will undoubtedly be his."
Qi Guoguang directly made his judgment.
This made Li Yuanjing see him in a new light!
No, brother.
Everyone in the province knew how much you doted on your precious granddaughter!
On top of that, Qi Guoguang was famously protective of his own.
For him to admit that an unfamiliar outsider had surpassed his granddaughter and was now aiming for provincial first place was no easy thing!
But Qi Guoguang's next words directly plunged everyone in the meeting room into deep thought!
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This arc is the protagonist's first arc of fame. I wanted to write it with as much detail as possible, but I saw some readers in the comments saying it was getting a little padded.
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