pjbooks Chapter 164 Public Enemy of the Entire Map? No, he's gathering monsters.
Chapter 164 Public Enemy of the Entire Map? No, he's gathering monsters.
Jiangcheng, College Entrance Examination Monitoring Center.
Hundreds of giant light screens lit up silently, cutting through every corner of the virtual examination room.
The air inside the command center was oppressive.
More than half of the technicians and examiners held their breath, their eyes fixed on a few specific screens.
On the screen, Zhou Kai, carrying the material bag he had confiscated from Chen Yifan, looked like a leader raising his arms and shouting.
Behind him was a surging tide of candidates, stirred up by the crowd, growing larger and larger, a dark, dense mass.
"This is insane!"
"They've all gone mad!"
A deputy chief examiner stared at the gathering crowd, cold sweat beading on his forehead, and turned to the main monitoring station with a trembling voice.
"Director Zhao, a public announcement must be issued immediately to clarify the situation! If this continues, it will escalate into a malicious brawl involving thousands of people! This is the biggest exam incident in history!"
From the main monitoring position, Zhao Lixin didn't even turn around.
He crossed his arms, his gaze fixed on the corner of the main screen, on the bright red number that stood out from the crowd, his tone flat and devoid of any emotion.
"Clarify what?"
"Is this a clarification that we did not set up any hidden redemption points? Or a clarification that Chen Yifan did not cheat?"
"this……"
The deputy chief examiner was speechless upon hearing this question.
Yeah, what's there to clarify?
There was never any such thing as "points redemption points"; it was all made up by Chen Yifan.
Furthermore, the rules do not prohibit candidates from lying...
Another senior examiner shook his head, his face full of bitterness.
"If we try to clarify now, who will believe us? To those candidates who are already blinded by rage, we'll just look guilty and rush to erase evidence, which will only drive them even crazier."
"We can't just stand by and watch! Chen Yifan has become the enemy of the entire map!"
"Old Li."
Zhao Lixin finally turned around slowly, his gaze sharp enough to pierce through people's hearts.
"What do you think?"
"Someone who can achieve an SSS-level super-standard rating in the Goblin Mine;"
"One who could survive the attacks of the legendary assassin, the Hundred-Faced Assassin."
"A young man who has awakened at least three different talents..."
Zhao Lixin paused, and each word struck the hearts of everyone in the command room like a heavy hammer.
"Will they be a 'weakling' that we need to worry about?"
One sentence plunged the entire command center into absolute silence.
Yes.
They were all misled by the spectacular "behind-the-scenes" drama, subconsciously assuming that Chen Yifan was a "connected person" who relied on privileges.
But they all forgot.
Putting aside all the conspiracies and schemes, this boy himself is an unprecedented ferocious beast!
Zhao Lixin stood up and slowly walked to the huge main screen.
The screen overlooks the hundreds and thousands of candidates who are surging towards the same coordinate point from all directions.
The scene resembled a group of sharks that had caught the scent of blood, recklessly pouncing on their prey.
"You think he's hiding?"
Zhao Lixin stretched out his finger and gently tapped the center of the screen, on the coordinate point that seemed to have been surrounded.
A smile, a mixture of amazement and fervor, curled at the corners of his mouth in a way that no one could understand.
"No."
"He is not the prey."
"He's... gathering monsters."
"Gather...gather monsters?"
All the examiners were completely dumbfounded.
The word, spoken by the highest-ranking official in the education bureau, carried an indescribable sense of magic.
A young examiner gasped in surprise.
"Director Zhao, you mean... he wants to take on thousands of examinees all by himself?!"
This speculation is a million times more outrageous than the previous "behind-the-scenes manipulation" theory!
"I misjudged him..."
Zhao Lixin did not answer directly, recalling his first meeting with Chen Yifan in the hospital ward.
A complex emotion flashed in his eyes.
"This child has the heart of a tiger and cannot be judged by ordinary standards."
He surveyed the entire room, his voice regaining its absolute authority.
"Pass on my orders!"
"All monitoring personnel, immediately activate the second backup scoring mechanism!"
"I want to ensure that, aside from the points system, the final result of this exam is absolutely reasonable, compliant, and legal!"
"From now on, we will only be spectators in this hunt, responsible for recording Chen Yifan's actions, compiling a report, and submitting it to our superiors."
"As for the rest..."
Zhao Lixin slowly sat down, his gaze returning to the solitary yet serene figure on the screen, his voice so soft that only he could hear it.
"Let nature take its course."
……
Meanwhile, inside the examination room.
In a secluded mountain hollow, Wang Fugui and Lin Xiaoyu nervously guarded their surroundings.
"Brother Fan, what do we do next? Should we just wait for them to come?"
Wang Fugui lowered his voice, his palms covered in sticky sweat.
They had just deliberately exposed their whereabouts, and now they were surrounded by thousands of people. Just thinking about it made their scalp tingle.
"wait?"
Chen Yifan opened his eyes from his rest and shook his head.
"No, our time is precious."
He stood up and looked toward a dense thicket outside the valley.
"We need to give them another push."
"Add more fire?"
Before Wang Fugui could react, he witnessed a scene he would never forget.
Chen Yifan slowly raised his right hand.
There were no incantations, no hand gestures.
Om-!
The next second, the shadow beneath his feet came to life.
It was no longer a fragment of light, but a pitch-black life, like ink dripping into clear water, suddenly sweeping outwards and instantly engulfing an area of hundreds of meters!
[Shadow Realm]!
This ability comes from the max-level talent "Myriad Thoughts Return to Shadow" of the legendary assassin "Hundred Faces".
In this realm, he is the shadow, and the shadow is him.
The next second, another ability was activated.
【Touch of a Thousand Shadows】!
In an instant, hundreds and thousands of pitch-black arms burst forth from the distorted shadows on the ground, growing and waving silently.
The scene was as if an evil god had descended, extremely eerie.
"This...this is..."
Wang Fugui stammered, his eyes almost popping out of their sockets.
field!
Domain-specific skills?
Good heavens! When did Fan Zi acquire such terrifying abilities?!
Lin Xiaoyu covered her mouth tightly with her small hands.
"die!"
Chen Yifan uttered a single word softly.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh—!
At this moment, countless shadow puppets transformed into the most terrifying barrage of death in the world!
It indiscriminately covered the jungle ahead.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The sounds of flesh being easily crushed echoed one after another.
Those level 30 monsters hidden in the jungle, which Wang Fugui believed would require at least a hard fight—the [Iron-Armed Demon Ape], the [Poisonous Flower Python]...
They didn't even have time to utter a scream before their bodies were instantly crushed into puffs of blood mist.
[Defeat a common Iron-Armed Demon Ape (Lv.31) to earn 1 point.]
[Defeat a common Iron-Armed Demon Ape (Lv.31) to earn 1 point.]
[Defeat Elite Venomous Flower Python (Lv.35) to earn 5 points.]
[Killed...]
In an instant, Chen Yifan's personal panel was flooded with points notifications like a waterfall!
"this……"
Wang Fugui was completely dumbfounded.
He recalled how he had struggled hand-to-hand with the monster for ages, shield in hand, just to earn one point.
Look at what's in front of us now.
Is this what they call killing monsters?
This is called a massacre!
"Unfortunately, it consumes a lot of psionic energy."
Chen Yifan frowned slightly and muttered to himself.
Fortunately, the Ring of the God of Stealing provides him with continuous psionic energy regeneration; otherwise, this single blow would have drained him dry.
After doing all this, he turned to the dazed Wang Fugui.
"What are you still standing there for?"
"Hurry up and finish them off, gather evidence, stage the scene, and move on to the next location."
……
at the same time.
"It's going up...it's gone up again!"
"Holy crap! Look at the leaderboard!"
Amidst the surging tide of examinees frantically searching for Chen Yifan's whereabouts, a series of exclamations suddenly erupted.
Everyone opened the leaderboard.
Then, they saw the name hanging at the top of the list, and the numbers following it were jumping wildly at a speed visible to the naked eye!
[First Place: Chen Yifan (Jiangcheng No.1 Middle School) - Points: 338]
……
[First Place: Chen Yifan (Jiangcheng No.1 Middle School) - Points: 368]
……
[First Place: Chen Yifan (Jiangcheng No.1 Middle School) - Points: 418]
……
[First Place: Chen Yifan (Jiangcheng No.1 Middle School) - Points: 435!]
In just a few minutes, it surged by nearly 100 points!
Zhou Kai clenched his fists tightly, staring at the number, his chest heaving violently, and the bloodshot in his eyes becoming even more pronounced.
"Recycling point!"
"He must have found a new recycling point!"
"He made a fool of us! He was frantically exchanging points while he was running away!"
This "fact" is like a resounding slap in the face of every "critic."
They considered themselves righteous hunters, unaware that in the eyes of their prey, they might just be a bunch of fools chasing after bait.
"We can't wait any longer!"
"Find him! Force him to reveal the location of the 'recycling point'!"
"Yes! Why should he get to keep it all to himself!"
Humiliation, anger, and an amplified greed completely destroyed the last shred of reason.
The speed of the entire crowd suddenly increased.
However, they did not know.
Thousands of meters in the air, a shadowy raven is taking in their faces, each one twisted by desire.
And the direction they were heading was precisely the one Chen Yifan had carefully chosen for them...
The burial ground.