Changing Life And Career? I Planted The World Tree At The Beginning

The next morning, at the Cloud River Province Nine Peaks City college entrance examination (gaokao) test center.

The first round of the gaokao ended yesterday, and today is the day the results are announced.

The surroundings of the large test center building were crowded with onlookers, including some recruiters from small and medium-sized forces.

The top 1000 candidates will participate in the second round of the gaokao.

But the candidates after the top 1000 will leave the test center.

Those who leave the next day are all candidates who are close to the top 1000, with excellent talent and ability, and at least can be admitted to a first-class university.

These people are the target group of recruiters from small and medium-sized forces.

Graduating means reaching the second stage, and there will be opportunities for promotion to the third and fourth stages in the future, enough to become the backbone of small and medium-sized forces.

At exactly eight o'clock in the morning, the list was officially announced.

On the large screen in front of the gaokao venue, the subtitles scrolled, displaying the names of the candidates in rows.

Whether it's an exam or a competition, the most eye-catching is undoubtedly the first place.

Most people immediately focused their attention on the top of the list.

First place. Candidate's name: Chen Yu. Examination number: 36589. Hometown: Cloud River Province River Sun City. Exam score: 30 levels in the basic stage + 18500 points in the endless mode + 10000 points in commendation (Throne of Fire 5000 + Overlord of Frost 5000).

Almost instantly, the score of the first place caused a huge sensation among the crowd.

"This first place is quite impressive. He actually scored 18500 points in the endless mode. Only last year's first place can compare. Previous first places only had a little over 1000 points."

"You're blind! Isn't that 18500 points? It's clearly 18000 and 500!"

"18500? Wait, am I seeing it correctly? Holy shit! It really is 18500! Damn! What kind of monster is this?"

"He's truly a top talent!"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! Could he be cheating?"

"Cheating your mother! Show me how you cheat in the gaokao!"

"Now we're in the era of the New Epoch. Do you think it's the legendary old times? Cheating in the gaokao!"

"Could it be? Can people really cheat in the gaokao?"

"Everyone, perhaps the score of 18500 is a bit exaggerated, but this is not the highest score in the first round of the gaokao in our Soaring Dragon Empire's history.

The highest score in the historical records is 73600 points, held by the current Rank Nine martial arts master Luo Tianxing.

Although the rules of the endless mode were different at that time, the difficulty was undoubtedly higher than now.

Under the current rules, the highest score in the gaokao endless mode is 32600 points, held by the current forbidden arts master Wind and Snow Throne."

"Damn, the more you explain, the more exaggerated it gets. It can even be compared to a forbidden arts master!"

"You know, this Chen Yu is really favored by the forbidden arts masters. The two forbidden arts masters who preside over the gaokao have given him the highest level of commendation!"

"Doesn't that mean this year's first place has a chance to become a forbidden arts master?"

"It's hard to say about becoming a forbidden arts master, but becoming a Rank Seven master is definitely very likely!"

"This year's second place is not bad either. He actually scored over 1600 points. Oh, why is he also from River Sun City? Where the hell is River Sun City? How come I've never heard of it?"

"I know River Sun City. It's just a small city. In the past couple of years, I don't know what happened, but it suddenly became a place of great talent. Look, the seventh place, Li Wei, is also from River Sun City!"

"I remember last year's first place was also from River Sun City, right? My son will take the gaokao next year. Should I send him to River Sun City to absorb some fairy aura? Maybe he can come back as a first place next year?"

"Go to bed early. Your son will bring you a first place in your dreams!"

...

River Sun City, River Sun First High School.

Jiang Tianming was sitting in his office, staring intently at the live broadcast of the gaokao results.

When he saw Chen Yu's name appear at the top of the list, his heart couldn't help but beat uncontrollably.

When he confirmed that the Chen Yu on the list was the person he was familiar with, he wanted to laugh out loud and go out to hang celebratory banners throughout the school.

Having two consecutive provincial top scorers from his school was the highest honor for an educator in a small city!

"Wait, this... 18,500 points? The two forbidden experts' rewards add up to ten thousand points? My goodness!"

Noticing Chen Yu's specific score, Jiang Tianming was incredibly shocked, his eyes almost popping out.

"Ding ling ling—"

At this moment, the phone rang.

Jiang Tianming took a deep breath and answered the call.

A voice filled with envy and jealousy came through the phone, belonging to the principal of the Second High School.

"Lao Jiang, congratulations! Your First High School has produced another top scorer, and this one is even more extraordinary than the last!"

Jiang Tianming paused for a moment, then burst into hearty laughter. "Hahaha! Thank you! Thank you! Chen Yu hails from our River Sun City, but he has truly brought us River Sun City great honor!"

"That's right! That's right! Hahaha!" The principal of the Second High School also laughed at the same time.

Indeed, within River Sun City, Chen Yu belonged to First High School, but in the entire Cloud River Province and even the Soaring Dragon Empire, Chen Yu was their River Sun City's pride!

...

In Nine Peaks City, inside the college entrance examination hall.

The excitement caused by the release of the results of the first round of the college entrance examination had no effect on the top 1000 candidates.

Because today, they would begin the second round of the college entrance examination rankings.

The college entrance examination rankings would place all candidates from across the country into a large-scale virtual world.

Candidates would freely explore this virtual world to obtain college entrance examination points.

The rankings test no longer relied solely on the individual abilities of the candidates, but rather their comprehensive qualities.

This "comprehensive" covered the candidates' intelligence, emotional intelligence, social experience, and even their family background, luck, and many other factors.

Candidates with good family backgrounds could easily gather a large number of followers around them to help them obtain points.

Candidates with good luck might find hidden tasks or high-value items that would allow them to obtain a large number of points.

The elimination round emphasized fairness and provided all candidates with an equal opportunity to compete.

However, the rankings round did not value so-called "fairness" and only aimed to select the most outstanding elites.

Luck, intelligence, family background, organizational abilities, and other aspects all needed to stand out in order to achieve high scores in the rankings round.

Among these aspects, family background was the least valuable.

After all, the outside world could not directly assist with the rankings round virtual world.

Once the virtual world began, even the examiners could not interfere with its progress.

This was the most direct confrontation between geniuses, where the wise strategized, the strong broke through with force, and the lucky ones could pick up points just by walking.

Mediocre individuals could only serve as foils.

On a square in the examination hall, 1000 candidates stood in a neat and serious formation.

On the high platform in front of the formation stood a team of examiners led by two forbidden experts.

No one dared to make any small movements in front of the forbidden experts.

The Overlord of Frost took a step forward. "Dear candidates, I believe you have all heard about it."

"In the college entrance examination rankings, aside from strictly prohibiting the use of consumables from the outside world, there are no other rules."

"What you need to do is use any means necessary to obtain more college entrance examination points and improve your rankings!"

"In the rankings round, there is no preparation time. From the moment you step into the virtual world, the exam has already begun!"

"Do you understand?!"

"Answer me! Yes or no!"

"Yes!" All the candidates shouted in unison.

"In that case, on behalf of the Cloud River Province, I wish all of you students success in the college entrance examination and may you achieve outstanding results!"

"The portal, open!"