In an era where everyone is cultivating immortality, the system wants me to become a demon?

Chapter 135 No! I'm the protagonist!

Fortunately, no matter how angry Chen Xian was, he couldn't possibly rush down from the stands and beat up Su Yuan.

As the time for the joint entrance exam of the eight schools approached, Su Yuan stopped paying attention to the other party.

"Please enter the venue in an orderly manner, candidates from the eight schools."

With a command from the referee in the examination room, Su Yuan and all the students in the advanced class headed towards the arena, which was also the tunnel entrance to the examination room.

Two proctors were guarding the tunnel.

One of the proctors was carrying a stick-shaped detection device, while the other was carrying a box of protective patches.

Inside the tunnel, all the candidates first underwent a magic item check to confirm that they were not carrying any prohibited items or taking any prohibited drugs. Then, each candidate received a protective patch and attached it to the back of their neck.

The moment the protective patch touched the examinee's skin, it transformed into an invisible film of light, enveloping their body.

This light barrier will not affect the candidate's ability to launch any attacks or defenses, but it will greatly reduce the damage the candidate suffers from the outside.

However, at the same time, the light film will completely simulate the pain that the injury should bring, and will impose certain restrictions on the injured area to simulate the state of the examinee when they are actually injured.

For example, when a test taker faces a sword wound that could sever an arm, the light membrane protects him, and the damage from the sword wound is less than one-tenth of the actual damage.

However, relying on the simulation of the light membrane, the test taker will also lose control of their arm and experience the real pain of a severed arm.

This is the difference between being tested in the real world and being tested in the illusory realm.

Although the former still has protective mechanisms, test takers still have a chance of getting injured.

It's simply a matter of turning a fatal or serious injury into a minor injury that can heal in one or two weeks.

The college entrance examination follows the same model.

After all, the Realm of Illusion has only been around for a little over twenty years. It's enough for mock exams, so how could it possibly be incorporated into the college entrance examination system?
"You may enter now."

After watching Su Yuan and the others cover themselves with the protective light film, the proctor made way for them.

The students from the advanced class lined up neatly and walked out of the tunnel entrance.

Su Yuan stood at the back of the line and secretly activated his magic finger device on each of the protective light membranes.

After the ten uses of the Demonic Art - Finger Weapon are completed, the clan effect will occur.

At this point, the protective light shields of all students in the advanced class will be able to function at an enhanced level, resulting in better damage reduction and a reduction of nearly 10% in the simulation of real damage.

Candidates from other schools will receive the exact opposite debuff!

A completely legal cheat.

The moment they stepped out of the tunnel, the stadium was bathed in bright, daylight-like light, and the Taihua High School examinees immediately saw the other examinees emerging from the other seven examination room entrances.

Candidates from the eight schools appeared at the eight corners of the examination room, each ready to go.

Among these eight high schools, all of which are ranked in the top five, Tianyin High School, where Yin Qiyue attends, is not included.

In terms of resources and strength, Tianyin High School should easily rank among the top five in the city.

However, because it is an arts school, it follows a different path from other regular high schools, so it naturally will not participate in this joint entrance examination.

So, where is Yin Qiyue now?

This girl naturally skipped class and spent a lot of money to buy the front seat in the audience, holding up a support sign that was even bigger than herself.

The support banner was naturally filled with heart-shaped elements, and included Chen Nuoyi's name.

The exam referee, who also served as the commentator, stood on a flying sword and began his presentation with a microphone in hand.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the joint entrance examination of eight schools! I am the chief examiner, Lao Huang."

"This joint exam will be broadcast live on Miaoyin Live. For those who regretfully could not attend in person, please log in to the live stream to watch."

"At the same time, we would also like to ask all audience members, whether present or not, to scan the QR code on the big screen to enter the popularity ranking page of the eight-school joint entrance examination, and select one of the 304 candidates in this joint entrance examination to boost his/her popularity!"

"Although this joint exam only has team rankings, the student who wins the popularity poll will, in a sense, become the strongest high school student in Taihua City." "I will conduct a special interview with this Taihua popularity king in front of all my family members in the live broadcast room!"

"What? A popularity ranking competition!"

Su Yuan looked up in astonishment at the referee who was spitting everywhere in mid-air.

Why hasn't anyone told me about this?
Damn it, it must be because I studied too hard and became out of touch with society.

Clearly, Su Yuan desperately needs the opportunity to become the most popular person.

This is a special interview aimed at hundreds of thousands, even millions of viewers!
If you advertise in front of so many viewers, wouldn't your account's followers skyrocket?
After a brief moment of surprise, Su Yuan felt a little more relaxed.

To prevent Chen Xian from suddenly calling his shop in Golden City, he had Su Yuan No. 1, the main soul of the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, guarding him in the spirit network.

It must have seen the live stream by now, and it can easily mobilize the 10,000 troops of the Myriad Soul Banner to help itself climb the rankings.

Hmph, he has 10,000 online trolls and thousands of loyal followers. Who can beat him when it comes to ranking?
Just as Su Yuan was thinking so confidently, the rankings on the big screen gave him a slap in the face.

Number one on the popularity chart: Li Zhengxing (38966)

Second on the popularity list: Xiao Meng (34870)

Third on the popularity list: Chen Nuoyi (30173)

Fourth on the popularity list: Yun Ling (29857)

……

10th on the popularity list: Liang Yunyun (5132)

After the tenth place, it is no longer displayed.

Su Yuan: "???"

Not buddy!

And me?

If I'm not number one, I should at least be in the top five, or at the very least, in the top ten, right?

Why didn't I even make the list?

Who's that tenth place winner? Where did Liang Yunyun come from, this extra?
Why is a supporting character with only a little over 5,000 views more popular than me?

Even disregarding everything else, just considering 10,000 online trolls, I should at least have 10,000 followers to guarantee.

Su Yuan strongly suspected that there was something fishy about this popularity ranking!
It must have been a setup by investors who stole his popularity!
Chen Nuoyi, who knew Su Yuan quite well, glanced cautiously at the boy beside her and said:

“Su Yuan, it’s okay if you’re not on the popularity chart. It’s the same if I am. I can help you advertise.”

"And for some reason, my popularity is unusually high. Maybe I can really become number one."

Su Yuan: "..."

He looked thoughtfully at the girl beside him who had a concerned expression.

Chen Nuoyi's words woke him up. The class monitor, who had always kept a low profile and never revealed his family background to outsiders, was far less popular than the two celebrities, Li Zhengxing and Xiao Meng.

Her popularity is certainly due to Yin Qiyue's enthusiastic support in promoting her on the charts...

But another reason might be that Su Yuan No. 1 gave all the popularity that should have been given to him to Chen Nuoyi!

The omnic crisis is here, isn't it?
When I get back, I must give the Ten Thousand Soul Banner a good beating!
So, can a class monitor really win the title of most popular student?

Nine times out of ten, it's impossible.

After all, her popularity is quite different from Li Zhengxing and Xiao Meng's, and she is not as popular as them now, so her growth will only be less.

So we still have to rely on him to turn the tide!
To achieve a breakthrough, it seems we'll have to take the controversial route again.

(End of this chapter)