1: Chen Du

(Don't ever let them know you brought your brain!)

On February 16, 863, high martial calendar, in the Seventh Ecological Circle, Liang City.

Chen Du, as usual, had just finished his thirty-kilometer jog, which was his warm-up exercise every morning after waking up.

As a third-year student from Liangcheng No. 1 High School who was about to take the National Higher Education Entrance Examination.

Chen Du was quite strict with himself; he always completed double the homework assigned by the school, though cultural classes were an exception.

“Master! There are 35 minutes left until the history and literature exam at 9:00 AM.”

A sweet female voice came from Chen Du's smart wristband.

“Little Bear! Calculate the route and time to the examination hall.”

After speaking, Chen Du took a pack of qi and blood milk from his backpack, bit open the packaging, and squeezed it into his mouth.

Little Bear was the name Chen Du gave his smart wristband.

Its main functions were to record his habits and provide corresponding assistance.

In the age of artificial intelligence, all means of transport did not have fixed routes.

Big data allocated transportation vehicles reasonably based on passenger demand.

“1: (Recommended) Low-altitude route: Take Flying Line 5 to ‘Liangcheng No. 1 High School’. Estimated time: 5 minutes 36 seconds. Cost: 30 yuan.”

“2: Underground route: Take Metro Line 48 to ‘Nanmenling’, then transfer to Metro Line 72 to ‘Liangcheng No. 1 High School’. Estimated time: 15 minutes 52 seconds. Cost: 3 yuan.”

Chen Du looked at the prompt on his wristband and said without hesitation: “2.”

It wasn't that he couldn't afford the flying transport, but the subway was more cost-effective.

“Route planned for you... Please walk 278.26 meters to the left, then take the elevator down to the boarding point...”

...Liangcheng No. 1 High School covered an area approximately the size of 200 football fields.

And all classes were spread out, so even students from the school often needed navigation assistance.

As the Unique key high school in the city, it was a Holy Land in the hearts of many students and parents.

The Hongzhi Class within it was even more outstanding, with top students who could get into the Eight Famous Schools every year.

The Hongzhi Class was the so-called elite class, symbolizing the ambition of a great bird!

A week ago, the school suddenly had an extra spot in the Hongzhi Class, and all ordinary class students in the third year could participate.

The examination format simulated the National Higher Education Entrance Examination, with both cultural and Martial Dao assessments.

The student with the highest total score would get the spot in the Hongzhi Class, which was Class 3 (1)!

...Class 3 (6). Following the wristband's navigation, Chen Du quickly found his examination room.

To ensure the greatest degree of fairness, the examination room would arrange people who usually had no interaction with each other to take the test in the same classroom, based on data provided by smart wristbands.

Because they didn't know each other, the classroom was relatively quiet.

Except for a few whispering social butterflies, most people were closing their eyes and resting, waiting for the exam to begin.

At this moment, with two and a half minutes left until the exam started, Chen Du, in his leisure, propped his chin with one hand and surveyed the classroom.

The indicator above the blackboard displayed in prominent font:

120 days left until the National Higher Education Entrance Examination!

Below it was an inspiring message:

Those who chase the light will eventually shine brightly!

This sentence had encouraged countless third-year students who persevered day and night, and Chen Du was no exception.

As soon as 9:00 AM arrived, with a “click,” the classroom door automatically closed.

Latecomers were directly given a score of 0. At the same time, the desktop screen immediately generated the test paper and a digital pen popped up.

Chen Du picked up the pen and unhurriedly began to read the questions.

1: Please briefly describe the current world background and the initial day of the high martial calendar.

History and literature, as the last subject of the cultural examination.

Not only was it not the most difficult subject, but it was actually the easiest among all cultural subjects.

Its purpose was mainly to popularize students' necessary understanding of this world.

Answer: In the old era of 2842, an unknown fluctuation appeared in the depths of the Universe.

Mercury, Mars, Earth, and the Nine Planets were inexplicably merged together by this unknown fluctuation.

They formed a giant irregular sphere, which we named Blue Star.

Afterwards, alien races from Mercury, Mars, Venus... successively began to invade, and humans retaliated with nuclear weapons.

Two years later, the full-scale nuclear war failed, and the death toll exceeded 5 billion.

Under the conditions of widespread nuclear radiation, humans broke through their physical limitations and began to evolve.

On August 27, 2860, old era, the Life Strength of all adults reached Rank 2.

That day was the end of the old era and the beginning of a new era, known as the initial day of the high martial calendar.

2: What was the Life Strength Rank of adult males in the old era?

Answer: Rank 0.5... History and literature was a subject that tested pure memorization ability, something Chen Du was particularly good at.

Fifty minutes later, Chen Du clicked to submit the paper. Even for language-based tests, artificial intelligence could complete grading within a few seconds.

Two seconds later... 100, full score.

It wasn't very difficult to get 90 points in a subject like history and literature, but getting 100 was extremely, extremely difficult!

Your answer had to be exactly the same as the textbook, not even a single punctuation mark different.

Chen Du smiled slightly as he looked at the score on the electronic screen, not at all surprised.

The reason he could score full marks was entirely due to his exaggerated memory.

He often had headaches in junior high school, but due to his poor family background, he never dared to tell his parents.

He always silently thought that it would get better after a while.

Until the day he enrolled in high school, Chen Du suddenly clutched his head, screamed, and fainted on the playground.

The examination results showed that all his physical indicators were normal.

Afterwards, the school doctor advised Chen Du to pay attention to balancing work and rest, citing excessive study pressure.

After all, it was a key high school, and the school had several students with similar symptoms every year, so the school doctor was used to it.

From that day on, Chen Du would automatically enter a strange space every night after falling asleep.

In the space, there was a two-meter-tall blue crystal, standing alone on a concave stone.

The surroundings, including the sky, were completely enveloped by a Pale Dense Fog of indiscernible thickness.

Monsters Chen Du had never seen in textbooks would emerge from behind the dense fog.

The goal of these monsters was unified: to destroy the blue crystal.

Even if Chen Du killed them all, a second wave, a third wave... would arrive 30 seconds later. If the blue crystal was destroyed first, he would be weak all day the next day.

If he died fighting to protect the blue crystal, he would instantly wake up full of energy.

Chen Du called this strange place the Crystal Space.

To be full of energy every day, for the past two and a half years, he would come here every night after falling asleep and be forced to start “guarding the blue crystal”... The cultural examination required at least an hour before leaving the venue. Out of boredom, Chen Du glanced at the virtual panel in his mind.

Name: Chen Du

Life Strength: Rank 5.1

Mental Energy: Rank 5

Fist Strength: 1000 jin

Speed: 20 meters/second

Martial Skill: Flowing Light Sword Technique (First Tier) 89%

Defense Waves: 4/5 (Unfinished), 4/10 (Unfinished), 4/15 (Unfinished), 4/20 (Unfinished), 4/25 (Unfinished), 4/30 (Unfinished), 4/35 (Unfinished)

Every 6 Ranks increase in Life Strength Rank will grant one ‘Evolution’. 0.9 Ranks left until the next Evolution.

The virtual panel appeared along with the Crystal Space.

Its Unique function was to display real-time data, allowing Chen Du to clearly feel his progress.

As for what fulfilling the defense waves and Life Strength conditions would bring, Chen Du was also unclear, because he hadn't met any of them!

The only thing he could confirm now was that.

Every time he successfully defended against a wave of monsters, his Mental Energy Rank would increase by 1 Rank.

Mental Energy Rank was generally Rank 1 before becoming a Martial Artist.

Chen Du's exaggerated memory was precisely because of his Mental Energy, which was far ahead of his classmates.

After a while, the electronic screen lit up green, and Chen Du got up, left the examination room, and headed to the Martial Arts Room.

(Regarding the plot point of refusing to tell the school and Mystic Treasure, I have already revised it. New readers can rest assured. Many of my chapters are marked as revised versions, but in fact, more have been revised. If you find anything that reads strangely, please leave a comment, I will read them all. It's inevitable to have omissions after revising dozens of chapters.)

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