Chapter 39: Chapter 39: Even Among Geniuses, There Is a Gap!
The students of Class Eight from Jiangcheng First High School felt even more inferior.
It’s not only because of the ridicule from the Minchang First High School students, but more so because, along with other candidates from different base cities, they passed through the gate.
At least others had green labels.
While they had white labels above their heads.
Although the real exam hadn’t officially started, this gate mechanism immediately allowed countless people to witness the disparity of the world.
They saw the gap between themselves and others.
Lin Yi couldn’t help but sigh.
So realistic.
Although the original intention of this design was to facilitate the selection of candidates and then give them a reasonable difficulty range to choose from.
But this thing really messes with your mindset.
Soon, Lin Yi arrived at the gate.
He stepped over the gate.
The next moment, Lin Yi also found that above his head, a magic staff icon slowly appeared.
The icon for the Knight profession is a war hammer, for the Warrior it’s an iron sword.
For Mages, it is naturally a magic staff.
However, the icon was not the main point.
The main point was the star label that appeared along with the profession icon.
The moment the golden star appeared.
The entire examination hall erupted in exclamations!
"Damn, golden!"
"Which bigshot’s head has a golden star?!"
"Ahhh, my titanium alloy eyes, I’m going blind!"
"Wow, is this the golden legend, it’s so beautiful!"
"Bow to the bigshot!"
The exclamations of countless people, along with the endless stream of people entering through the gate, filled the hall.
Amidst a sea of blue and green star labels, a few purple star labels were already extremely eye-catching, not to mention a golden star label.
Instantly, Lin Yi garnered a ton of attention.
This naturally included his classmates from Class Eight.
All the candidates from Class Eight at Jiangcheng First High School were dumbfounded.
"Damn, Lin Yi has a golden star label!"
"Holy shit!"
"Wasn’t he Level 20, supposed to be a green label, at most a blue label?"
"Nonsense, this only means Zhang Shan underestimated Mr. Lin’s Level!"
"Holy cow! A gold label, that’s just too badass!"
"I feel like I’m just making up the numbers in this world..."
"The gap between people, it’s bigger than between a person and a dog..."
Zhang Shan’s face, originally wholly flushed with anger, was now entirely stunned, then he was overjoyed!
If he hadn’t been diverted to the white star label’s entrance queue, he would’ve run over and given Lin Yi a bear hug!
He was very happy!
He knew his brother here could never be a mediocre, ordinary person!
He just didn’t expect Lin Yi to give him such a huge surprise!
In the other green label queue, Jiang Ya watched the golden label above Lin Yi’s head.
She showed a relieved smile.
Yes, she was completely relieved.
She was even happy for Lin Yi’s current achievements.
Moreover, she knew that from now on, she and Lin Yi would probably belong to two different worlds.
As for the students from Minchang First High School who openly mocked them just now.
Now, each and every one of them was speechless, dumbfounded.
They looked at the golden star label flashing above Lin Yi’s head, all like poultry with their necks squeezed, unable to breathe.
Then, when they remembered their mockery on the bus and all the way after getting off.
They instantly felt like the real clowns.
The difference in levels between him and them was unknown.
Yet he quietly rested on the bus, completely uninterested in arguing with them.
Now it seemed it was they who weren’t worthy...
At that moment, all the students from Minchang Middle School turned crimson.
They hung their heads low, hoping to disappear into the crowd, not wanting Lin Yi to notice them.
"Hello, this classmate, please follow me." The one receiving Lin Yi was a female examiner.
Perhaps it was because of Lin Yi’s good looks or the golden label above his head.
Lin Yi noticed that other examiners appeared fierce, but this female examiner was exceptionally polite to him.
Following the examiner, he walked forward.
Lin Yi soon saw from afar a gate with "Entrance 1" written on it.
More than twenty people were already standing in front of the entrance.
"Student, please go to Entrance 1 for exact level and profession specialization registration, then choose your difficulty." The female examiner gave Lin Yi a warm smile, providing the final guidance.
Then she left.
Lin Yi walked slowly toward the gate of Entrance 1.
Meanwhile, he also saw Entrances 2 and 3 next door.
The number of people at those entrances was huge.
Directly exceeding thousands.
The labels above their heads were all purple.
One could imagine, in front of the entrances for candidates with white, green, and blue labels, how many people there might be.
Instead, at the entrance where he was about to line up, Entrance 1, there were only over 20 people.
Upon getting closer, Lin Yi unsurprisingly found that the star labels above these people were like his, also golden.
Hmm, these people should be the so-called "geniuses" cultivated by those elite schools and top families from the top base cities of Dongjiang.
There were a total of 22 examination halls in Tianhai.
If each examination hall had more than 20 people with golden labels.
Then the entire Dongjiang, among this year’s awakened students who took the college entrance exam, those above Level 25, were only about 400 people.
Compared to the over 100,000 examinees in Dongjiang, this was already the very top of the pyramid.
As Lin Yi gradually approached, the young men and women who were already waiting outside the gate of Entrance 1 all noticed the arrival of a new face.
"Jiangcheng sent an examinee?"
"No way, what’s this place, why haven’t I heard of it?"
"Seems like it’s a remote base city in our province..."
"Really, did something go wrong with the gate, how can a place like that produce a golden label?"
Obviously, even though these so-called geniuses were not particularly familiar with each other, they had at least crossed paths.
But Lin Yi, they hadn’t seen him at all.
"Hello, this candidate, please come to register." A very serious-looking examiner in an invigilator’s uniform said to Lin Yi.
Lin Yi glanced at the others.
Clearly, with only a bit more than twenty people, the registration work for Entrance 1 was extremely efficient.
These people should have already completed their registration.
Lin Yi stepped forward.
The examiner waved a hand, and a Spirit Crystal projection screen instantly appeared in front of Lin Yi.
As Lin Yi was about to reach out his hand to touch the Spirit Crystal, to input his information, he heard a flamboyant voice from behind.
"Hey, brother, reaching Level 25 isn’t easy, is it?"
"Here’s a piece of advice: don’t choose nightmare difficulty, or the monsters inside will make you cry!"
Lin Yi slightly turned around.
He saw the speaker was a boy with dyed yellow hair, thinking himself handsome.
As this yellow-hair egged him on, the other candidates around started to chuckle quietly: "Kai, there’s a difference even among golden labels."
"Not everyone can reach Level 29 like you, haha!"
Yellow-hair felt secretly pleased.
He cared more about the opinion of a beautiful girl standing next to him.
But when he turned to look at her, he saw disgust in her eyes.
The girl slightly parted her red lips: "Zhao Kai, you don’t need to use this method to attract my attention."
Like having a bucket of cold water poured over them, Zhao Kai and his cronies instantly shut up.
At the same time, the girl turned her gaze to Lin Yi.
The next moment, her eyes widened, face filled with disbelief.
Because what she clearly saw was, the moment Lin Yi’s hand touched the Spirit Crystal.
A number displayed on the screen—
42!
At that moment, everyone at Entrance 1 was dumbfounded.
The one who said there was a difference among golden labels went into a mental freeze.
He wasn’t wrong.
The so-called geniuses do indeed have differences.