Chapter 52: Chapter 52: Back on Top! Another Perfect Score in Round Three! Report to the Imperial Capital!
"So, have you found out the reason?"
Li Yuanjing called over his subordinate to inquire.
However, the answer he received was that there was no issue with Lin Yi, the instance didn’t have any bugs, and everything was normal.
As for why Lin Yi was able to kill the Goblin Giant with infinite health, they had no idea.
Li Yuanjing was not angry.
If anything, the details reported by his subordinates further corroborated his and Qi Guoguang’s suspicions.
And they had done what they were supposed to do.
The rest was beyond their control.
Li Yuanjing continued to instruct, "Report to the Imperial Capital."
"Let them intervene in this matter, as the underlying framework and logic of our national college entrance exam instances can only be accessed over there."
The subordinates were stunned: "Mr. Li! Please... please give us a little more time, we will definitely find the cause and fix the problem!"
This matter was really about to escalate to the Imperial Capital.
That would confirm their incompetence.
Naturally, he intended to fight for another chance with Li Yuanjing.
But Li Yuanjing reassured, "Just report it, this is no longer something you can thoroughly investigate, and I don’t blame you."
"Even if the Imperial Capital’s Bureau blames us, I, as the deputy director, will take the responsibility, what are you afraid of?"
"Yes!" Seeing Li Yuanjing say so.
The subordinates immediately went to comply.
...
Five minutes later.
At this moment, 28 minutes had already passed since the third test began.
There were 2 more minutes until this round of testing would end.
Both Li Yuanjing and Qi Guoguang finally received the news from the Imperial Capital Education Bureau.
"Report!!"
"Deputy Director! We just received the cause of the incident and handling suggestions from our colleagues at the technical department of the Bureau!"
"The reason the candidate Lin Yi encountered the instance monster: Goblin Giant was killed is that it triggered its built-in instant-death mechanism!"
"This monster, in the underlying framework, has been given an infinite health upper limit."
"But it actually has a health bar capable of withstanding 1 million hits!"
"You can think of it as having an infinite health bar on the surface, but in reality, its health bar exists!"
"With each attack, 1 life point is reduced."
"After 1 million hits, its real health bar drops to zero, and it naturally dies!"
"Colleagues from the Imperial Capital’s technical department have consulted their top officials, and the relevant handling opinion is: this candidate did not use any abnormal means for the test, he merely accidentally triggered the monster’s instant-death mechanism."
"Thus, this round of testing should be considered passed, with a full score!"
"Furthermore, it seems the highest official has developed a strong interest in this candidate named Lin Yi, and they have requested us to divert the next testing footage to them!"
Li Yuanjing and Qi Guoguang both looked shocked.
Goodness, even the real bigwigs of the Imperial Capital are interested in Lin Yi!?
But thinking about it carefully, this is no surprise!
To kill a Goblin Giant requires exactly 1 million segmented attacks.
Which ordinary candidate can accomplish that?!
But this Lin Yi is not ordinary!
"The Violent Wind Vortex provides 5 attack segments per second."
"This kid just now summoned at least four to five hundred Violent Wind Vortexes on the Goblin Giant!"
"Causing the Goblin Giant to endure nearly three thousand attacks per second!"
"That’s 180,000 hits a minute!"
"Finally reaching a million segmented attacks to completely kill the monster is justified!"
Qi Guoguang analyzed from the perspective of a Wind Attribute Mage how Lin Yi managed it.
Still, he felt ecstatic.
He, too, was a Wind Attribute Mage!
Regrettably, when he took the national college entrance exam back in the day, he only knew how to use the most basic Wind Blade Skill.
As for high-level spells like the Storm Vortex, he hadn’t even heard of them!
Perhaps in all of Xia, even considering the thousand-year history after the Catastrophe Era.
There might never be another Lin Yi!
After listening to the analysis.
Li Yuanjing’s originally serious face lit up with joy again!
The senior figures in the Imperial Capital’s Education Bureau have set their sights on Lin Yi!
Naturally, the entire Dongjiang’s performance in this national college entrance exam is also going to attract their attention!
The benefits that come with that are just too numerous!
Li Yuanjing waved grandly, looking at his subordinates who seemed to be waiting to claim credit, and scolded, "What are you dawdling for??!"
"Do as our Bureau leader instructed!!"
"Put his ranking back to first! Let the senior officials of our Education Bureau see!!"
Li Yuanjing, having been in politics for so many years, had a very keen sense.
Now he felt like he had a trump card.
And that was Lin Yi.
Lin Yi, oh Lin Yi!
In the fourth round, do not falter!
If you continue to score full marks, you don’t just secure the provincial first place; you’ll have a shot at the national first as well!
The national top scorer, its gold value landing in Dongjiang.
Li Yuanjing couldn’t even dare to imagine!
For the past hundred years,
The national top scorer had only come from top-tier city bases like Shanghu, Imperial Capital, and Tian’nan.
The Imperial Capital monopolized all the national top three for the past decade.
He was already dreaming of the future!
"Ah...! Ah, ah, ah! I’ll go take care of it now!!" The subordinate was clearly very excited as well.
He had been so happy he forgot about this matter.
Now he quickly dashed off.
In less than a minute.
In the last minute before the third round’s test was about to conclude.
A name.
Like a dazzling meteor, streaked across the dark night sky!
Reclaiming the top spot on the leaderboard!
Once again trampling all so-called geniuses underfoot!
Dongjiang, your real demon king is back!
[Current Testing Round: Third Round]
[Ranking: NO.1, Candidate Lin Yi, Current Total Output: ∞, Points Earned: 2000!]
[Ranking: NO.2, Candidate Li Zerui, Current Total Output: 156693, Points Earned: Calculating]
[Ranking: NO.3, Candidate Qi Xia Ying, Current Total Output: 149688, Points Earned: Calculating]
...
"Huh??????"
"Holy crap!!!!!!"
"What the hell!!!"
"What does that sideways 8 mean!!"
"Isn’t that the infinity sign!"
"That’s the infinity symbol right! What are you examiners doing?!"
"Didn’t he get disqualified for cheating?!"
Explosion!
In the last less than 1 minute of this test.
No one expected.
He would come back!
And he brought back a damage record they couldn’t even dream of.
No exact numbers, just a cold symbol.
That symbol signifies infinity!
The most outrageous thing is that Lin Yi has already earned the points!
Now, the third round hasn’t officially ended yet.
Others are still trying hard to output.
Even if they were already exhausted, oil run dry.
Even inflicting a little more damage might yield a few more points in the end.
The rankings might change, too.
However, Lin Yi’s appearance announced the end of this round’s first-place battle.
There was no suspense left.
points!
He scored full marks once again!