Starting with 10,000 times the experience, and you're calling me a terrible player?

Everyone's attention was instantly drawn to the light screen.

At the very bottom of the light screen, numbers began to scroll wildly.

Starting from the 10,000th place, a dense array of names and scores flashed by rapidly.

Most people's scores hover around ten or twenty points.

Soon, it entered the top 100 in the rankings.

Those who make it into the top 100 generally have a score of 70 or higher.

This means they killed at least 7 level 2 monsters today.

The numbers continued to climb, and the scrolling speed on the screen slowed down.

[105th Place: Li Sisters' Mutual Learning Team, Score: 75 points]

……

[101st Place: Teacher Chicken Team, Points: 92]

"Brother Tai! Our entire team made it into the top 100!"

Chen Cong shouted excitedly.

Zhao Tai took a deep breath and stared intently at the top of the screen.

[92nd Place: Thailand's Marumi Team, Points: 135!!]

"135 points!"

Zhao Tai clenched his fists, his face beaming with joy.

This score is a very good result, surpassing all previous attempts at the Siege of the City of Light!

"Definitely spicy! Absolutely definitely spicy!"

Wang Meng roared loudly.

Zhao Tai turned his head, raised his nostrils, and looked at Lin Mo with arrogance in his eyes:

"See that? 135 points! What makes you think you can compete with me? Kneel down right now, and maybe I can forgive your earlier offense!"

Lin Mo didn't look at him.

He didn't even look up at the light screen; he just stood there calmly.

"What was the first place score? Why hasn't the result been announced yet?"

Someone shouted in confusion.

"890 points and only second place? Who got first place?!"

The light screen froze for a full five seconds in first place.

It's like the system is repeatedly checking some extremely absurd data, for fear of making a mistake.

Then, the golden, shimmering lettering made everyone's eyes hurt from the light.

All eyes were focused on those two words and that long, dazzling string of numbers.

[1st Place: Lin Mo]

[Points: 155,000]

silence.

A deathly silence.

The only sound in the hall was the faint electrical hum of the mechanical instruments.

The arrogance on Zhao Tai's face froze instantly.

His pupils contracted sharply as he stared intently at the five-digit score, his body trembling uncontrollably.

"10...55,000 points?"

Chen Cong rubbed his eyes, his voice changing tone.

"The system has a bug? This is definitely a system bug!!!"

A level 1 monster is worth 1 point. A level 3 monster is worth 20 points.

155000 point?

This is equivalent to slaughtering all the low-level monsters in the buffer zone, and it wouldn't even be enough!

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Zhao Tai roared hysterically, turning abruptly around and pointing at Lin Mo.

"Cheating! You must have used some kind of cheating device! I'm reporting you!!"

On the observation deck on the second floor.

The commander of the Black Fang Hunting Camp was holding a cup of hot tea when he saw the data on the screen. His hand trembled, and the scalding tea spilled directly onto his thigh.

"Hiss—this, Your Excellency, is this points-based system...?"

The battalion commander looked at Qin Lan beside him in a panic.

He suspected that Qin Lan had personally given Lin Mo such a high score, but he didn't dare to say it outright.

Qin Lan crossed her arms and watched the commotion in the hall below with a blank expression.

Only she knew that the score was genuine.

A level 17 elite monster with a base score of 1000.

In addition, Lin Mo later ran to the level 30 monster area.

Those dozen or so level 30 steel-toothed wild boars that he killed with his parry... each one is worth at least 5000 points.

Adding in the monsters he encountered later, it's quite normal for him to have over 100,000 points; the system even rounded it down to zero.

"The system isn't broken."

Qin Lan's voice sounded tired.

A complex emotion flashed in his eyes.

Lin Mo, surrounded by the crowd below, remained arrogant, as if to say, "I cheated, go ahead and report me!"

"Get ready."

Qin Lan suddenly turned her head and said to her adjutant Chen Rui behind her,

"Send a top-secret message to headquarters, saying that Lin Mo has a hidden talent, and that I have volunteered to stay by his side and temporarily become his protector."

Chen Rui's eyes widened:

"A hidden talent?!"

"A protector of the Way?!"

"Are you kidding me, team leader?"

Qin Lan took a deep breath.

"His value...can only be understood through in-depth study."

"If he continues to perform this way, his value is probably no less than that of a typical mythical profession."

"Battalion Commander Zhang, immediately classify all his records as top secret. No one may access them without my permission."

"You can come up with any reason you want."

Battalion Commander Zhang, standing nearby, looked at the recliner beneath Lin Mo and nodded silently.

"I see."

Inside the lobby.

Zhao Tai had already rushed up to the officer in charge of the assessment records, slamming his fist on the table and shouting:

"Sir! I request an immediate full medical examination!"

"How could a complete beginner like him possibly score 80,000 points?"

"This is not only an insult to our intelligence, but also a blatant provocation against the alliance's assessment system!"

The officer frowned, also finding the data absurd.

He was preparing to retrieve Lin Mo's combat video.

"stop!"

Battalion Commander Zhang suddenly roared.

"As a family member of a legendary core member within the alliance, no one has the right to directly access Lin Mo's information."

"Whatever the grade is, that's the grade. No one can cheat here."

"You're talking nonsense!"

Wang Meng couldn't stand it any longer and glared angrily.

"Tell me, how did he get those 15 points?"

"Did he level up to level 30 in just one day?"

He soon met Battalion Commander Zhang's fierce eyes and began to tremble.

I was too hasty; I actually contradicted the hunting camp commander...

"Hey, you who just spoke, come out here."

Battalion Commander Zhang pointed at Wang Meng with a dark expression.

"W-what are you doing?"

Wang Meng hunched his neck, like a fertilized quail.

"What? Run 100 laps around the campsite. If you don't finish, you're not sleeping tonight!"

"By...by what right?"

"You don't have to go, but you've insulted your superior. I'll cancel all your grades and ban you from participating in any hunting camp activities for three years."

Battalion Commander Zhang roared.

Wang Meng's face turned green; not being able to participate in the hunting camp activities meant he couldn't go to university.

"And you!"

Battalion Commander Zhang pointed at Zhao Tai and roared.

"What's it to me?"

Zhao Tai was completely dumbfounded.

"You lost to Lin Mo. Now, go and fulfill your bet."

"ah?!"

Zhao Tai's face was contorted, as if he had eaten ten tons of excrement; it was hard to describe his expression.

"What do you mean, 'huh'?! You have to do what you say you'll do!"

"Keep your bet like a man!"

"What kind of behavior is this, dawdling like that?"

"If you don't want to, then do what Wang Meng did and have your results canceled!"

Battalion Commander Zhang's voice was like a loudspeaker; his roars were audible to everyone in the camp.

The sound was so loud it hurt everyone's ears.

It’s over.

The camp was protecting Lin Mo.

This was Zhao Tai's last thought.