I will eventually become a god through sheer hard work.

"Under normal circumstances, that is indeed the case."

Li Suisui continued looking at the map, fiddling with her bracelet, and spoke softly.

"But there is someone in this exam who cannot be judged by common sense."

"That person made the unwise move of forming the entire class into a small team... Generally speaking, this is a very unwise decision."

"No matter what group it is, if the number of people is too large, most of them will inevitably become a burden. The result of trying to make everyone achieve good results is that no one achieves good results."

"But as I said, he is a person who cannot be judged by common sense."

"Such a person, no matter how unfavorable his decisions may be to the rules of the exam, must be assumed to have a way that defies common sense to ensure that everyone gets good grades."

As Li Suisui finished speaking, she glanced at the group of people with a wistful look.

"If you are satisfied with your current scores, you may face the situation where there are suddenly thirty more people above you in the rankings... Although ranking in the top fifty will grant you admission to all universities in the Seventh Metropolitan Area, the martial arts resources of each school are limited."

"Those with better grades and higher rankings will undoubtedly receive more resources. Are you content with just being in the top 50, or are you going to do everything in your power to secure a top 10 position?"

The four looked at each other, then said, "We will listen to you, teacher."

Li Suisui nodded: "Yes, after these few days of practice and teamwork, the four of you should have no problem dealing with some borderland creatures below level 5. In addition, with Xuan Yi's ultimate technique of killing everything, even the most heavily armored iron-based creatures can be broken through. The subjugation mission can be completed, so there is no need to be afraid."

"Roar--!!!"

Suddenly, a beastly roar, accompanied by the sound of metal scraping, came from not far away.

The sound wasn't very loud, but it was extremely sharp, making one's eardrums ache, and it seemed to carry a sense of despair.

Li Suisui frowned.

"It's the voice of the 'Giant Saw Ape'."

"What's going on? That sound... Is it being preyed upon by other creatures?"

Li Suisui flashed and ran towards the source of the shout.

"Follow!"

The four students exchanged glances and quickly followed.

……

"Holy crap, what's going on? Is this a territorial dispute?"

He Han stared wide-eyed at the scene before her.

A gigantic, nearly ten-meter-tall, grayish-brown steel giant ape with a chainsaw-like tail was bound by several thick, silver metal roots around its lower body, causing it to roar anxiously and pound its chest with its fists.

He Han covered her ears, grimacing, and said, "Teacher Xue, have you ever heard that lame joke about the quietest animal...?"

"It's a gorilla, because it can tap its nipples..."

Xue Maomao sat on He Han's shoulder, ignoring him, her cat tail swishing back and forth. She used the [Plant Contract] to control the steel seed in the distance, continuously generating thick metal roots to launch an attack on the target of the slaying mission, the 'Giant Saw Ape'.

The giant saw ape, its muscles bulging and its strength clearly immense, was driven to madness by the ever-growing roots. The chainsaw on its tail swung wildly, sparking as it relentlessly cut the roots, but with each cut, more roots would entwine around it.

Before long, the dense roots bound it tightly like a rice dumpling, making it unable to move even its tail. The giant saw ape could only roar helplessly at the sky.

Xue Maomao glanced at He Han.

"You're really lucky. You just happened to encounter an unknown iron-based plant preying on a giant saw ape... Go ahead, its core organ is in its head. Smash its head with a serious punch, and the mission will be complete. You'll get points for free."

He Han looked strange.

At first, when he arrived in D7 district, he refused when he heard Xue Jing say that he was there to carry out a punitive mission.

Faced with the choice between a cat's claws slicing him in the throat and being torn apart by a gorilla, he could only try to come and check on the situation, based on Xue Jing's implied meanings...

As soon as they arrived at the location, they lured the giant saw ape with the various fruits in their backpack. Suddenly, a strange iron-based plant appeared from the side and whipped the giant saw ape like it was a son. Then it tied the ape up, leaving its head exposed, which made it easy for the plant to do its thing.

This is luck...

how is this possible.

He Han opened his mouth, but suppressed the urge to ask Teacher Xue if he had done it.

There's no need to ask, it's definitely true.

If he had stumbled upon this situation by accident on his own, it might have been a lucky coincidence.

But he was brought here by Teacher Xue.

It's obvious that Teacher Xue manipulated the score specifically to cheat him.

He Han coughed lightly.

No, I can't laugh yet, otherwise it will be a waste of Teacher Xue's hard work if I give myself away.

His eyes showed determination, and he calmly said, "I'm afraid you don't know, but I've been known as the lucky boy since I was a child. If I buy ten popsicles, I'll win 'buy one more' at least once. The aunt next door always praises me when she sees me: 'That child will definitely be a lucky superman in the future.'"

"When something like this happens, it's perfectly reasonable and logical, quite normal and only natural..."

Xue Jing's lips twitched, and he slapped the cat's head with his paw: "Stop talking nonsense."

He Han rubbed his head, cautiously approached the giant saw-axe that was still roaring and struggling, swallowed hard, and hesitated before saying:

"Uh...are you sure it can't move?"

Xue Maomao said calmly, "It should break free in three more seconds."

"1..."

As soon as he started counting to one, the roots binding the giant saw monkey immediately loosened.

Seeing this, He Han panicked and, disregarding his fear, immediately unleashed a powerful punch, slamming it into the giant saw ape's head with a resounding boom.

"boom--!!"

The metal skull shattered, and the giant saw ape, like a machine that had been shut down, stopped struggling in an instant.

He Han touched the fine beads of cold sweat on his forehead and collapsed to the ground.

"No, Teacher Xue, it was supposed to be three seconds, but when I counted down, it felt like it was about to break free..."

He looked at Xue Maomao, panting heavily.

Xue Jing glanced at him and said indifferently, "Who knows that kind of number? A man only needs to remember 1 to survive."

He Han's lips twitched.

"Teacher Xue, your concentration isn't low either..."

……

Chapter 351 A Miraculous Record, Everyone Takes the Front Row, Long Live Teacher Xue! (4K)

"How many points did you get?"

Xue Jing inquired.

He Han took a couple of breaths and glanced at the information on her bracelet.

"3000 individuals and 3000 teams..."

He spoke with great enthusiasm.

"You've made a fortune, teacher!"

"Even if I don't get a single point from now on, I'll still probably make it into the top 50 in the end!"

The scores of the top 50 in this large-scale joint exam are already high enough to qualify for admission to any university in the seventh metropolitan area.

Due to the severe isolation between major metropolitan areas, under normal circumstances, even students with excellent grades will find it difficult to attend universities in other metropolitan areas. Therefore, He Han has now essentially reached the highest level of university that he can theoretically access.

This feeling is similar to that of Xue Jing in his previous life when he learned that he could get into Tsinghua or Peking University, and he was naturally quite excited.

Xue Jing nodded and hummed in agreement.

Before the exam began, he made a point of learning about the various judgment mechanisms of this joint exam.

Then it was discovered that the entire process was monitored and managed by AI. For example, when students were carrying out a task, the determination of whether the examiner had intervened was made by a set of pre-written rules, rather than by human observation.

In this case, Xue Jing's use of the Plant Contract to control the 'Steel Seed,' a native plant of the Steel Tree Sea, to attack the Great Saw Ape would be seen by the AI, which monitors the situation strictly according to the rules, as merely a coincidence and a natural part of the evolution within the Steel Tree Sea.

Unless the examiner intervenes, regardless of the process, the student will be considered to have completed the mission the moment they kill the target and get the kill.

This idea has been proven feasible. AI is not capable of monitoring Xue Jing's divine skills and will not identify the steel seed controlled by the plant contract as being operated by Xue Jing.

Unless it can obtain sufficient evidence from Xue Jing's conversations with his students or other exchanges.

"Let's go, let's go take down the next one... hmm?"

Xue Maomao turned her head to look to the side.

In the steel jungle not far away, several figures were rapidly approaching. The one in the lead was petite, none other than Li Suisui.

“Younger brother…”

Xue Jing narrowed his cat-like eyes.

When Li Suisui and her four subordinates arrived, they were stunned to see the giant saw ape whose head had been smashed open.

"Really... huh?"

Although she had never seen Xue Jing's ability to turn into a cat, Li Suisui immediately spotted Xue the cat perched on He Han's shoulder.

Li Suisui immediately frowned upon noticing his strikingly handsome features and refined demeanor.

"Xue Jing?"

Upon hearing this, the four students beside him were immediately taken aback.

Following the earth-shattering battle between Xue Jing and Li Suisui that day, coupled with the activity in Xue Jing's class in the past few days, and the gradual spread of news about the deaths of various examiners, almost all the students learned that an extraordinary person had entered the examination hall.

He was extremely powerful; even Li Suisui, who was known as the strongest elementary school student on earth, was no match for him.

Upon hearing Li Suisui utter this name, the four of them immediately tensed up and followed her gaze.

"cat……?"

"How could there be a cat in the Sea of ​​Steel?"

"How did you bring this in... By the way, this cat is so beautiful."