181: racing track

"That's him."

Pang Tian Ce said indifferently. He saw the answer in Chen Du's expression.

"Although our Qilin Martial Arts University is the host this year, we will not show any bias toward you."

"The competition format is fair to all three Martial Arts Universities."

"If a competition like this were rigged, then when you face other alien races in the future, what you'd lose is your life!"

"I cannot reveal any other information about this person. Of course, I don't know much either, only that he is very strong!"

"He is the type of peerless Genius who can turn all the geniuses around him 'into ordinary people'!"

Upon hearing the words 'peerless Genius', Chen Du's eyes narrowed involuntarily.

In the eyes of ordinary people, those who sign D-Class, C-Class, or B-Class contracts can all be considered geniuses.

A-Class is the Genius among geniuses, also known as an unparalleled Genius.

Only a Genius who can surpass even the geniuses among geniuses can be called a peerless Genius!

"Although you are also an S-Class Student, it's a pity that the gap in Family wealth and connections makes your starting point too slow."

"You haven't been an S-Class Student for long; it hasn't even been a day."

"This has resulted in you constantly being on the path of catching up, and for now, you can still only be considered within the range of an unparalleled Genius."

Chen Du nodded silently. His period of rapid growth began from the assessment to enter the Hongzhi Class at Liangcheng No. 1 High School.

The geniuses he encountered later became more and more numerous and increasingly strong. He didn't know when it started, but he had always been chasing progress.

After all, many geniuses were trained with a plan from a young age; by comparison, he was indeed much, much slower.

However, being able to catch up now already proves that his speed of improvement is above those geniuses!

"But I believe that in another year, you will also be able to be called a peerless Genius!"

Pang Tian Ce looked at Chen Du with a firm gaze, smiled encouragingly, and then continued:

"Gao Zhongwang's Family background is extremely affluent; his father's businesses and his mother's connections cover almost the entire Sixth Ecological Zone."

"With his extremely outstanding talent, he has also received excellent training."

"Furthermore, his name is quite special; he changed it himself later on."

"A name?"

"Does this 'Gao Zhongwang' have any special meaning?"

Chen Du asked in confusion. He didn't feel there was anything special about this name; it was just an ordinary, unremarkable name.

"According to his own words, he is the one the High Martial Civilization has been waiting for!"

"That's why he is named Gao Zhongwang!"

Pang Tian Ce showed a smile like that of someone looking at an outstanding junior, and said with a smile.

"That arrogant?"

Is he just straight up treating himself as a savior?

Chen Du looked a bit surprised. This was the first time he had heard someone dare to praise themselves like that.

"Haha, youth is arrogant, after all."

"It is said that he changed it after learning the truth about High Martial Civilization and the alien civilizations, determined to strengthen High Martial Civilization!"

At this point, Pang Tian Ce nodded involuntarily, showing a hint of gratification.

"Chen Du, I'm not trying to dampen your spirits, but if you run into him, your batch is destined to lose."

"If you had been discovered by us a year earlier, perhaps you could have put up a fight."

"But it's just a freshman competition, don't take it too seriously."

Pang Tian Ce knew that the more talented a student was, the harder it was for them to accept failure, especially when defeated by a peer.

Although he hoped for students to accept as many setbacks as possible, he didn't want their spirit to be completely crushed.

That was why he comforted Chen Du in advance; he wanted Chen Du to know:

Not being able to win isn't your problem; it's a matter of luck, because you weren't discovered earlier.

Chen Du nodded and didn't take it to heart. During the process of obtaining the Crystal Space and constantly honing himself until the Hongzhi Class assessment...

He had lost too many competitions or exams.

Unlike geniuses who rose normally, Chen Du didn't have the thought that 'I must never lose to my peers'.

What Chen Du wanted was endless growth!

You can be stronger than me, but I don't believe you can always be stronger than me!

Afterward, the two parted ways. Chen Du had to go back to continue training, and Pang Tian Ce also had his own work to do.

August 3rd, 21:01.

Beep!

Chen Du's wristband vibrated. He opened it to see that it was a message from his Family.

In addition to the usual daily greetings and care, there was a different message today.

Happy Birthday! * 3

Seeing this, Chen Du showed a rare smile.

His birthday was August 5th; his parents and younger brother must have wanted him to receive this message on that day.

However, information transmission between Ecological Zones has a 'time lag'.

The three 'Happy Birthday' messages were all sent on July 26th, nine days before his birthday.

It could only be said that they didn't manage to hit the timing exactly; it was two days early.

To avoid interception, the routes of information couriers are never fixed, which causes the number of days for information updates to also be unfixed.

It was common for it to be fast sometimes and slow other times. Chen Du remembered the fastest time when he was a child; the information from the First Ecological Zone was updated in five days.

Naturally, Chen Du would not let them down.

He clicked on the reply section at the bottom of the four-person Family group chat.

[Chen Du: Wow! Thanks, Mom and Dad, and my stupid younger brother! I'm so happy to receive your message on my birthday!]

Scheduled sending: August 5th, 9:03.

This way, when Chen Qun and the others received this message, they would see that Chen Du's reply time was exactly on his birthday!

Naturally, he also wrote a bit about his current situation in the First Ecological Zone, which was what his parents most wanted to know and what his brother was most curious about.

The content was naturally half-true and half-false; he couldn't very well write about Hals almost killing him, could he?

After doing all this, Chen Du smiled, closed his wristband, and entered training mode.

August 6th, 8:30 sharp.

The teacher for today's class was Karabo, but the course was not the familiar Life Strength class.

Today, all 30 students of the Qilin Class were present. This was a rare situation because everyone chose different directions, and their courses were also different.

Classes that everyone could take together were very few and far between.

"Ahem!"

Karabo first gave two tactical coughs, then continued:

"Students, the rules for the Three-School Joint Martial Arts Competition have been released!"

The Three-School Joint Martial Arts Competition is a freshman competition held one month after the start of school by the three top universities.

It is a 'welcoming activity' exclusive to the three major academies.

"The competition is divided into two stages. The process is uninterrupted; these two stages are conducted continuously."

At this point, Karabo opened a slide presentation.

On it was an image full of racing tracks.

"This is the first stage of the competition, also called the 'Racing Track'!"

"There are 90 tracks in total, corresponding to the 90 students from the Black Dragon Class, Sky Phoenix Class, and Qilin Class."

"I want to emphasize here that the track numbers are 1 to 30."

"After each number, there will be one of the three letters A, B, or C, for example, 1-A, 1-B, 1-C."

"Here, I need to emphasize your seat numbers."

"The numerical number at the very front of the track represents the seat number you obtained during your first class."

"The three letters at the back are randomly drawn."

At this point, Karabo's tone became serious:

"Take Han Yanji, number 1, as an example. She will compete against the number 1 students from the Black Dragon Class and the Sky Phoenix Class; the three of you will compete together!"

"Only two people can pass through each numbered track."

"This means that you must compete against the two people from the other two schools who have the same seat number!"

"In other words, the first stage, the Racing Track, will eliminate 30 people!"

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