pjbooks Chapter 177 Snatching People! Jacket Man: They're All Cages
Chapter 177 Snatching People! Jacket Man: They're All Cages
Two days passed by quietly, like sand slipping through one's fingers.
Online storms come quickly and subside even faster.
An official announcement swept away all the filth and noise.
The name "Jiangcheng No.1 Middle School" has become a deeply ingrained mark in the education sector.
The name "Chen Yifan" has become a symbol.
A legend that countless peers can only look up to, and even envy seems pale and powerless.
The day the college entrance examination results are released.
At Jiangcheng No.1 High School, a large crowd gathered in front of the senior high school building.
Everyone craned their necks to the same angle, staring intently at the huge electronic display screen on the outer wall of the teaching building.
On the screen, a bright red countdown was ticking down to the last second.
three.
two.
One.
Zero.
A huge golden list slowly unfolds from top to bottom.
The world was absolutely silent at that moment.
All the noise and discussion were firmly suppressed by an invisible hand.
Everyone present had their eyes fixed on the very top of the list.
Those names listed side by side, yet there was a shocking distance between them.
[Dragon Kingdom Higher Education Entrance Examination (Jiangcheng Examination Area) - Final Score Ranking]
[First Place: Chen Yifan (Jiangcheng No.1 Middle School) - Final Score: 595 points]
Second Place: Su Qingxue (Jiangcheng No.1 Middle School) - Final Score: 552 points
[Third Place: Lin Xiaoyu (Jiangcheng No.1 Middle School) - Final Score: 548 points]
[Fourth Place: Wang Fugui (Jiangcheng No.1 Middle School) - Final Score: 537 points]
Fifth Place: Qin Zheng (Jiangcheng Affiliated High School) - Final Score: 536 points
【…】
The list, frozen in time.
Fault!
That's not a gap, that's an insurmountable chasm!
After a suffocating silence came a deafening roar.
A wave of screams and gasps filled the air.
It almost turned the entire campus upside down.
"595 points! Out of 600, he was only 5 points short! If it weren't for the 5 points he lost on his conduct earlier... he'd have gotten a perfect score?!"
"Is this a monster?!"
"He's not even human!"
"The second-place team is now 43 points behind!"
……
Wang Fugui stood in the crowd, his face flushed red, his fists clenched so tightly that his knuckles turned white.
His body trembled slightly from extreme excitement.
537 points!
He did it.
He and his brothers truly stood together at the peak they had once only dared to look up to in their dreams.
Lin Xiaoyu remained silent as always.
But even in those clear, icy eyes, tiny ripples spread out.
She glanced at Chen Yifan beside her.
The boy had only a calm smile on his face.
It was as if this overwhelming glory, this ranking that could change the fate of countless people, had nothing to do with him.
She never imagined she could reach this level.
All this is because of him.
"Fanzi, we... succeeded!"
Wang Fugui slapped Chen Yifan hard on the shoulder, his voice trembling.
"Um."
Chen Yifan nodded.
He achieved his goal.
Whether it's Wang Fugui or Lin Xiaoyu, with this score, they can easily choose from several top universities across the country.
"Over here...over here!"
At this moment, a commotion broke out on the outskirts of the crowd.
Several middle-aged men dressed in black suits, exuding composure, walked straight toward them, personally accompanied by the principal, parting the crowd.
The man in the lead wore an exquisite dragon-shaped badge on his chest.
"He's a specially recruited teacher from Longdu Martial Arts University!"
Someone in the crowd exclaimed.
When the person in charge, surnamed Liu, saw Chen Yifan, his professional smile instantly turned into one of utmost sincerity and enthusiasm.
"Chen Yifan!"
He strode forward and grasped Chen Yifan's hand tightly.
"We knew you were excellent, but we never imagined you could be this excellent! A perfect score! A perfect score! You've broken the record for special admissions students at Longdu Martial University in nearly ten years!"
One sentence ignited the entire audience once again!
"What? You were already specially recruited?"
"My God, so he doesn't need to take the college entrance exam at all? He only came here to carry his teammates?"
"Outrageous... He just happened to get the top score in the exam area for his friend?"
Regarding Chen Yifan's special admission.
Although there had been rumors before.
However, this may be accompanied by an A-level disaster event in the Goblin Mine.
Furthermore, Chen Yifan has hardly returned to school since then.
Most students at the school guessed that the special admissions program had fallen through.
No one expected that the secrecy measures were so tight.
"It's all thanks to the good school education..."
Chen Yifan nodded with a forced smile.
However, at that moment, a violent engine roar tore through the sky!
Several hovercars painted with the emblems of China's top universities swooped in savagely, aggressively taking up space in the air above the playground.
A gasp of surprise erupted from the crowd!
"It's Tsinghua or Peking University!"
"That's the military's 'Azure Dragon' special-purpose aircraft! Even the military has been alerted!"
"Shanghai, War God, Kyushu... My God, all ten of the top universities in the Dragon Kingdom are here!"
One after another, powerful figures leaped down from mid-air, their strong spiritual energy fluctuations sweeping across the entire campus!
The first person to arrive, Director Liu from Wuhan University, froze instantly.
He realized things were going badly and tried to seize the initiative.
"Chen Yifan! You promised our school you'd be admitted through a special program..."
"Director Liu, you're here quite early."
A voice suddenly interrupted Director Liu of Wuhan University.
Immediately afterwards, an elderly professor dressed in the uniforms of Tsinghua, Peking, and Wuhan Universities, with a refined and scholarly demeanor, squeezed through the crowd, his eyes burning with a intensity that seemed to melt steel.
"Chen, don't listen to them! Wuhan University promised you an S-level resource package, and Tsinghua and Peking University will provide double that!"
The entire audience erupted in uproar!
Double S-level resource packs!
Director Liu's face turned green instantly.
"Yifan already promised Wuhan University; this is a blatant breach of contract!"
"It was just a verbal agreement," the old professor from Tsinghua and Peking University sneered. "Times have changed! He deserves better now!"
"A bunch of academic nerds think they can compete with us for talent?"
Another voice rang out, and several officers in different uniforms strode over, their general's stars on their shoulders dazzling the eye.
"Kid, the Southeast Theater Command, the Central Guard Division, or the Railroad Airborne Corps—take your pick!"
"You'll start with the rank of major! We don't teach you dragon-slaying techniques, we'll take you straight to slaying dragons!"
The scene was in complete chaos.
Chen Yifan became a unique and rare treasure, attracting a frenzied bidding war.
However, he simply smiled politely.
His gaze passed through the bustling crowd and inadvertently landed on an inconspicuous corner.
There was a figure standing there.
An ordinary middle-aged man wearing a gray jacket and a baseball cap.
He didn't step forward, nor did he offer any conditions. He simply stood there quietly, as if watching a circus performance that had nothing to do with him, with a faint hint of mockery in his eyes.
As if sensing Chen Yifan's gaze, the man looked up, smiled at him, then turned and walked slowly out of the school.
Immediately afterwards, a voice rang out in Chen Yifan's mind.
"I'll wait for you in the back."
Chen Yifan's eyes narrowed.
This is……
"I apologize, teachers."
He turned his head and gave the group of bigwigs who were about to come to blows an apologetic smile.
"Could you give me some time to discuss this with my family?"
After saying that, without waiting for a response, he gave Wang Fugui and Lin Xiaoyu a wink, squeezed out of the crowd, and quickly followed.
……
The back street of the school, a quiet alleyway.
The man in the gray jacket was leaning against the wall, fiddling with an old-fashioned lighter, clicking away, as if he had been waiting for him.
"What's up?"
Chen Yifan stopped in front of him and got straight to the point.
This person is clearly not like those people from Longdu Martial Arts University or the military.
The energy fluctuations emanating from him were extremely familiar.
Heretics!
And it is also a power of mental strength.
The man looked up.
Beneath the shadow of the baseball cap was an ordinary face, except for those eyes, which shone with an astonishing brightness.
"Nothing much, just came to see the top scholar from Jiangcheng this year."
The man's voice was a little hoarse, but his tone was familiar.
He looked Chen Yifan up and down, his gaze like an invisible probe trying to pierce into the depths of his soul.
"Not bad, he's a good prospect."
He nodded and gave his evaluation.
He took a black metal card out of his pocket and handed it over.
The card felt cold to the touch and had no text on it.
The front features only a complex and simple circular pattern engraved in silver thread.
In the center of the design is a single character.
summer!
"What is this?" Chen Yifan frowned.
"One option."
The man took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, his voice somewhat muffled.
"Dragon City, Wuhan University, Tsinghua University, Peking University, the military headquarters... those places are the cradle of geniuses and the stage for heroes."
"But ultimately..."
"They're all just a bigger cage."
cage.
These two words made Chen Yifan's eyes suddenly sharpen.
"When you feel that the cage this world has given you is too small and too suffocating, and you want to see the scenery outside the cage."
The man gestured with his chin towards the card.
"Just crush it."
"Someone will come to pick you up then."
After he finished speaking, he straightened up and patted Chen Yifan on the shoulder.
"Young man, the road ahead is long, take your time, don't rush."