Starting as an infant, with parents who are blond-haired delinquents?

The things Tan Yue told Zhang Chaoqiang were unknown to everyone else.

Even An Xitian, the mayor of Tian'an City, was completely unaware of the situation.

At least until the night before the confrontation, neither side knew the truth.

This incident alone demonstrates the breadth of information available to Tan Yue's family and Lao Chen.

Soon, the new week began, and Class 1 of Grade 1 was temporarily missing two students…

Chapter 210 Communication

Linhai Province, Longjiang City.

Located in the heart of Linhai, Zhang Chaoqiang is the only representative from Tianan City to compete for a spot in the combined arms competition…

The place I need to go today.

However, originally only Zhang Chaoqiang went, but now there is a whole extra person.

That's Tan Yue.

I spent a long time yesterday persuading Zhang Chaoqiang before he finally agreed to let me go with him to watch the entire match.

Of course, the majority of her thoughts were about standing up for Zhang Chaoqiang and supporting him. The remaining part was that she had not yet witnessed Zhang Chaoqiang successfully synthesizing an artificial crystal core.

Ever since he showed Tan Yue his first-class, zero-stage synthesizer qualification certificate, she has been unable to forget it and is obsessed with it.

For a young girl, nothing makes her happier than seeing those around her achieve good results and grades.

On the way to the neighboring city of Longjiang, the two people sitting in the back seat of the van began to talk.

Tan Yue was clearly still a little worried. She pouted at Zhang Chaoqiang, who was sitting next to her, before quickly hiding her expression.

Zhang Chaoqiang once said that making this kind of expression frequently would cause wrinkles and marks on one's face.

Tan Yue muttered, "Zhang Chaoqiang, are you really not going to let Grandpa Chen intervene? After all, their plans are too ambitious and too audacious..."

"By taking advantage of the fact that Longjiang City is a key development area in Linhai Province, and that the Linhai Provincial Advanced Scientific Research Center is located in Longjiang, they have been plotting to steal the competition slot that should belong to Tianan City!"

In fact, Tan Yue felt extremely uncomfortable just thinking about how arrogant they were, both openly and secretly.

Why is it that the Linhai Provincial Research Center is located in their Longjiang City?

This involves more than just the name of Longjiang City; it also involves the interests of the subsequent research center. Don't underestimate this one spot.

The fact that there's only one spot for the entire city shows just how important the Synthesis Competition is in the eyes of those people.

How heavy its weight is!

Zhang Chaoqiang remained the same, saying, "It's not too late to see what they're up to. I'm not a masochist. If their methods are too unfair, then it's not too late for Grandpa Chen to intervene."

If I can handle it, then I'll teach them a lesson they won't forget!

On the expressway from Tianan City to Longjiang City, three seven-seater armored commercial vehicles were speeding along the overpass. At the front sat Su Huoyin, the principal of the high school division of Yuhua Martial Arts School, along with two other high-ranking officials.

As for Ma Suying, who teaches science, she has a very busy schedule today, so it's a pity she can't come and watch Zhang Chaoqiang compete against the students from Longjiang City.

However, she had already done her homework in detail before the group set off.

The three students from Longjiang City who competed against Zhang Chaoqiang this time...

One of them comes from Longjiang No.1 Experimental Martial Arts School, which is the top-ranked martial arts high school in Longjiang Province.

The other two just turned twenty this year…

Furthermore, they are studying at Longjiang University, a martial arts university that ranks among the top twenty in the entire Central China!

The two students from Longjiang were even more elite among elites, with outstanding martial arts skills and spiritual levels.

Their synthesizer skills are said to be at least at the third stage of level zero, only one step away from being able to truly synthesize first-order artificial synthetic crystal cores.

The high school student was slightly inferior, only at the second stage of level zero, but it was still quite good. The high school student's attention to detail in the two stages of compressing and purifying the spiritual energy of the demon beasts was also quite good.

After all, this contest cannot be judged solely on a single dimension to determine their victory or defeat, or their relative strengths.

Instead, it considers the level, the concentration of synthetic crystal nuclei, the proficiency, and other aspects.

Therefore, it is not necessarily true that high school students are worse than college students.

This is not only a battle for quotas between two cities, but also a contest between the cities of Longjiang.

After all, the original quota for the synthesis competition in Longjiang City had already been decided, and the only quota they could plan for was the one in the neighboring city of Tianan.

There are too many monks and not enough meat, and this time is no different; those with the ability will take it!

The three armored commercial vehicles, apart from the middle one carrying Zhang Chaoqiang and Tan Yue, the last one carrying An Xitian from Tian'an City and several other high-ranking officials from Tian'an City.

At this time, they were completely unaware that the advanced scientific research center in Linhai Province had already been contacted by the locals in Longjiang.

Later, under the watchful eyes of the provincial leaders and a host of high-ranking officials from Linhai Province…

This will result in unfair treatment of Zhang Chaoqiang.

However, An Xitian and the others were still imagining that Zhang Chaoqiang would successfully snatch back the only spot that originally belonged to Tian'an City from those eyeing him covetously in Longjiang City.

That's right, their thinking is not wrong. With Zhang Chaoqiang's strength, it is not difficult for him to win this spot. But the most important thing is whether this competition is a qualified and fair one.

Meanwhile, the Linhai Provincial Advanced Scientific Research Center, located in Longjiang City, was officially completed last year.

It was used for scientific and technological research and development in Linhai Province. At the same time, many talents from Longjiang City were also absorbed into the Linhai Provincial Research Center and became researchers there.

Under these conditions and circumstances, three students representing Longjiang City were preparing to compete for a spot in this synthetic competition…

Sha Shaojin, a high school student, and Ye Gang and Zhu Hengyin, college students, are all natives of Heilongjiang Province, and their family backgrounds are also very influential in Heilongjiang City.

Zhu Hengyin and Sha Shaojin were born into a family of martial artists. Their family had produced an eighth-level martial artist! Even now, their grandfather's generation of seventh-level martial artists are still alive.

Ye Gang comes from a family of scientists and technologists. His family developed spiritual weapons and spiritual armor in Longjiang City, and through cooperation with the Linhai Province government, they became a semi-state-owned enterprise.

The family of three has both a privileged background and extensive connections…

At this moment, the three people who had arrived at the Linhai Provincial Advanced Scientific Research Center early in the morning revealed mocking smiles…

Because of their special status, they can always use their family connections to treat this high-level research center, which is strictly off-limits to outsiders, as their own home, as long as they don't cause any trouble.

Outside the synthesis space of the advanced research center, they stared at each other, as if each other were their true adversaries this time.

Among them, Sha Shaojin spoke first: "Ye Gang, Zhu Hengyin, this time, who among us will be able to secure the spot for Tianan City in the Synthesis Competition depends on which of the three of us is the most capable!"

During the conversation, Sha Shaojin seemed to have never taken Zhang Chaoqiang seriously.

Even though Zhang Chaoqiang had obtained all the qualifications for a first-class synthesizer, this news didn't bother them much.

Because they had already taken advantage of their proximity and had coordinated and arranged all the relevant matters regarding their response to Zhang Chaoqiang's challenge.

Among them, Sha Shaojin, a high school student still studying at a martial arts school, did not seem to take the two martial arts college students Zhu Hengyin and Ye Gang too seriously.

His words were not only full of challenges to the other party, but he also completely ignored Zhang Chaoqiang.

Ye Gang: "Without strength and background, even a genius is useless..."

Since Zhang Chaoqiang is from Tian'an City, then he shouldn't blame us for resorting to this tactic.

Zhu Hengyin agreed, "That's right. This world is a dog-eat-dog world. So what if he successfully synthesizes a first-order artificial crystal core?"

My dad and the R&D engineers at the advanced research center, along with a group of provincial leaders from Linhai, have been good brothers and friends for many years. In this contest, wouldn't it be a piece of cake for them to pull some strings?

There was some apprehension, but more than that, it was an unbridled arrogance from the bottom of their hearts. The group had no reservations whatsoever and spoke their minds openly.

"This time, Tian'an City is out of luck. We agreed beforehand that we would first try to get Zhang Chaoqiang out of the competition, and then the final spot would depend on our own abilities."

"However, are you sure that doing this will really limit Zhang Chaoqiang from unleashing his true strength?"

You must understand, he had already successfully passed the first-class, stage-zero aptitude synthesis mastery test. His control over spiritual power and mental strength were extremely formidable. We even managed to replace the demon beast's crystal core in this battle simply by using our connections within the research center…

Can the restrictions really be achieved?

After careful consideration, Zhu Hengyin still felt somewhat uneasy about the matter.

They had previously colluded with the researchers participating in this competition to secretly replace Zhang Chaoqiang's monster crystal core, which was intended for the assessment.

Not only were they replaced with demon beast crystal cores containing less spiritual power, but the integrity of those crystal cores also decreased.

This assessment mainly focuses on two results: first, the grade of the synthesized crystal core, and second, whether the spiritual energy and other elements in the artificially synthesized crystal core are at a high concentration.

The concentration of a substance plays a very significant role in influencing the assessment results of this competition.

They replaced the monster crystal cores that Zhang Chaoqiang would be using in this assessment with monster crystal cores of lower concentration and lower quality, containing far less spiritual power than the ones they were using.

Therefore, during the synthesis process, the quality and concentration of the resulting artificial synthetic crystal nuclei will be greatly damaged.

These two factors have become a major aspect of the evaluation, so it was a very wise move for them to tamper with the crystal core used by Zhang Chaoqiang.

They were able to significantly reduce Zhang Chaoqiang's strength, and by starting from that point, they believed that Chaoqiang's advantage could be minimized.

This plan seems absolutely feasible, because in the scenario of the two parties combining, each combining space will avoid the radiation effects caused by people combining with each other and the backlash of spiritual energy generated in the artificial synthetic crystal core, so as to avoid impacting others to varying degrees.

Therefore, each composite space is isolated from the others and not interconnected.

They had no way of knowing what was happening in other dimensions.

Therefore, those crystals cannot be used as a comparison. The reason why they are so fearless is that they have also bribed the staff in charge of the assessment.

Therefore, even if Zhang Chaoqiang was aware that the raw materials he used did not have high energy or quality.

With the help of those staff members, he wouldn't even have a chance to raise any questions during the assessment; they would just brush everything off with a few perfunctory remarks.

This is not a factor that we need to worry about too much.

From the very beginning of this contest, it was destined that the situation would never be fair and just.

The three men, including Ye Gang, all felt confident of victory. They believed that Zhang Chaoqiang, whom they had manipulated, posed no threat to them.

After all, it concerns the interests of Longjiang City. Even among the high-ranking officials of Linhai Province, there are many genuine locals from Longjiang City who have inextricable relationships and connections with them.

Throughout the entire contest, Longjiang City essentially turned a blind eye and tacitly allowed everything to happen.

Even if Zhang Chaoqiang were incredibly capable, he couldn't synthesize a high-quality artificial crystal core from these subpar monster crystal cores.

At least in terms of quality, Zhang Chaoqiang is definitely not as good as the three of them.

Soon, when Zhang Chaoqiang and his group arrived, the witnesses to this contest—namely, the leaders and other high-ranking officials in Linhai Province—were present…

They were already seated in their places outside the four synthesis spaces, preparing to watch the competition between Tian'an City and Longjiang City for the only spot in the Central Country Synthesis Competition.

Upon arriving at the Linhai Provincial Advanced Scientific Research Center, Zhang Chaoqiang and his group, along with Tian Anxi, were completely unaware of the schemes that Ye Gang and his two companions, along with the group of old foxes from Longjiang City, had plotted against Zhang Chaoqiang and their Tian An City. They led the way with smiles on their faces.