Gaining a tiny bit of weight every day, my weight is a billion tons.

Zhennan City

Southern United Martial Arts Academy.

late at night.

The giant holographic ranking list of geniuses on the second floor of the tactical hall is always lit up with blue light.

Several third-year university students on night duty were dozing off in their chairs.

"Beep beep beep!"

The leaderboard emitted a piercing system notification sound.

Several students were startled.

I rubbed my sleepy eyes and looked out.

The next second, everyone's drowsiness vanished.

On the list, one name is skyrocketing in popularity.

Shen Qingci.

[Federal Prodigies Ranking - Overall Ranking]

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188th place: Shen Qingci, points 3420

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150th place: Shen Qingci, points 4200

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97th place: Shen Qingci, points 5500

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50th place: Shen Qingci, points 6800

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The numbers in the points pool were jumping around like crazy.

Each flash swallows up several names that are already in front of it.

Finally, in the dead silence, the string of numbers slowly froze.

[Federal Prodigy Ranking - Overall Ranking: 32nd place, Shen Qingci, 7100 points!]

[Southern United College Campus Ranking: 5th Place, Shen Qingci, 7100 points!]

Inside the hall, you could hear a pin drop.

A few seconds later, things completely exploded.

"Is this points system... malfunctioning?"

"7100 points? Am I seeing things?!"

"Fifth in the school?! She knocked out Lei Ze, who had been holding fifth place for years!"

"One day! Just one day! She went from 188th to 32nd?! Did she wipe out the entire den of monsters in the Source Abyss?!"

The night shift worker took a screenshot with trembling hands.

He sent it to the class group chat.

Three seconds later, the group chat exploded.

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School gate.

Inside a lightning-themed hovercar,

Lei Ze was having a lively conversation with the female student in the passenger seat.

The wristband suddenly started vibrating wildly.

He opened it somewhat impatiently.

When I realized that I had gone from being "fifth in the whole school" to a glaring "sixth in the whole school",

His handsome face contorted instantly.

"Bang!"

He slammed his fist on the steering wheel.

The expensive leather wrapping sparked an electric shock.

"What a joke!"

Razer growled.

"A freshman racking up 7100 points in the outer area of ​​Yuanyuan? Did she go there to wipe out the enemy with a nuclear bomb?!"

He slammed the car door shut.

The engine roared,

The sports car sped away and disappeared into the night.

The girl in the passenger seat stood still.

The wind ruffled the hem of her skirt.

...So we're not going to the bar tonight?

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Southern United Martial Arts Academy

Girls' dormitory building.

Tang Qiqi had just finished taking a bath.

Her voluptuous figure was wrapped in a bath towel.

He was drying his hair while browsing the terminal.

When I saw that post trending on social media,

She sprang up from the bed.

He typed messages rapidly.

[Ms. Tang, no coffee]: Qing Ci! Did you secretly massacre the city behind my back? You went from 188th to 32nd?!

I waited for about ten seconds.

【Half a poem in Qingci】: Hmm... no, but it's about the same.

Tang Qiqi stared at the line of text, her lips twitching.

almost?

[Ms. Tang, who doesn't add coffee]: ...Are you serious?

[Half a poem in Qing style]: Well, I'll treat you to dinner when I get back.

Tang Qiqi couldn't help but laugh.

This girl actually said "I'll treat you to dinner"

This is already the highest level of explanation that the ice queen could give.

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In the same dormitory building, on the west side of the third floor.

Xia Youyou also saw the ranking update.

When school started, she was ranked 14th, and Shen Qingci was ranked 16th.

The two are not far apart in age.

But now?

She's still hovering around 12th place.

The other team has already reached the threshold of being in the top five in the entire school.

Xia Youyou opened Shen Qingci's detailed battle record list.

The screen was filled with a dense array of hunting records.

[Slayed: Tier 1 Poison Sac Spider x13]

[Killed: Tier 1 Needle Flies x20]

[Slayed: Tier 2 Rock Armor Centipede x6]

[Slayed: Tier 2 Ash Windblade Wolf x37]

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She fought tooth and nail for three Tier 2 lizards last month.

I almost lost my life.

Xia Youyou closed the battle results page.

Open the college's intranet forum.

Start typing.

The title was revised three times.

Finally, a seemingly very "objective" approach was chosen:

Data Analysis: A Second-Tier Awakened Individual Gains 7100 Points in a Single Day – Is it a Powerful Overpowered Strike or a Loophole in the Rules?

The post was a lengthy two thousand words.

From the spawn rate of alien beasts in the Abyss Ashes to the theoretical output ceiling of second-tier awakened beings.

After referencing a bunch of data models, the final conclusion was...

Based on Shen Qingci's publicly revealed second-tier realm and known talent sequence,

It is theoretically impossible for an individual to complete such a hunting volume.

She did not write the word "cheating" directly.

But each paragraph hints at something.

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The post was published in less than ten minutes.

It immediately became a trending topic on the forum.

The number of comments surged.

"Really? Isn't she only at the peak of the second tier?"

"The analysis is reasonable and well-founded; it is indeed absurd to achieve such a high score with a second-order independent attack."

"Even with a 50% reduction in points when playing as a team, that's still over 3,500 points. It was pure slaughter in one day!"

"She hunted down thirty-seven Tier 2 Windblade Wolves! Even military squads don't dare to easily touch those creatures with Ash's trinkets!"

"They must have teamed up to farm points! Otherwise, they couldn't possibly be this efficient!"

"I know someone in her year; apparently, this girl was born with SS-level Gengjin Blade Bone, an extraordinary talent, and she's only just started to unleash her full potential this year!"

There are also voices of support.

But it was quickly submerged.

Those whose rankings were surpassed by Shen Qingci

At this point, the outlet for the vent was found.

They may not actually believe that Shen Qingci cheated.

But what gives her the right to ride on my head in just one day?

I can't swallow this insult.

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Male dormitory area.

Gu Linchuan, who was ranked 9th in the school, also saw the post.

He pursued Shen Qingci.

He confessed his feelings in public at the beginning of his freshman year.

They were rejected on the spot.

At this moment, he stared at Shen Qingci's ranking and the line "Temporary Two-Player Team".

Silent for a long time.

My roommate chimed in, "Hey Gu, your goddess's gotten even better! You can't win her over anymore, can you?"

Gu Linchuan remained silent.

He clicked on Xia Youyou's post.

Scroll to the bottom and replied:

"It is recommended that the academy release a summary of the battle."

The credibility of the Elite Ranking needs to be supported by transparency.

The tone was restrained and the wording was appropriate.

But the meaning is clear: I also want to know who that partner is.

This reply was pushed to the top of the most popular comments.

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The post continued to gain traction.

Some people started looking through Shen Qingci's admission records.

Someone checked the recent energy fluctuation records of the Southern Source Ash Belt.

Several radical students even threatened in the post to file a formal complaint with the academic affairs office.

The forum was divided into two factions.

One faction believes that Shen Qingci lets her abilities speak for themselves.

SS-level talent is inherently superior to others of the same level.

The other side felt the data was too outrageous.

There must be something fishy going on behind this.

The argument has raged for over a hundred floors.

Neither of them could convince the other.

Just when public opinion was at its peak...

3:42 AM.

The entire screen of the college's intranet turned red.

All posts were forcibly suppressed.

A pinned post was sent from the highest-authority port.

Signed: Huangfu Jing, Colonel.

Commander of the 7th Independent Regiment of the Zhuque Corps of the Southern Military Region.

The post itself contains no explanation whatsoever.

There are only two pictures.

The first image shows energy fluctuations captured by the Yuanyuan monitoring station.

The horizontal axis represents time, and the vertical axis represents energy intensity.

The two sharp red peaks in the image shoot straight up to the top of the grid.

Like two spears piercing the coordinate system.

The label next to it coldly reads:

"Near Tier 3 - Ash Wind Blade Wolf Guard - Death Energy Release. Quantity: 2."

The second image is a screenshot of the kill location automatically uploaded by the system.

The image is blurry, but large patches of dark blood on the ground are clearly visible.

And the shredded remains of a wolf pack.

Minced meat and broken bones covered half the hillside.

It looked like it had been run over by something.

Below the two images, there is only one line of text:

"If you think it's unfair, go and fight a near-third-tier beast one-on-one before spouting nonsense."

The entire intranet,

A moment of deathly silence.

Ten seconds later,

The comment section exploded like a tsunami.

"Near-third-tier wolf guards?! And they even killed two of them?!"

"Isn't that a level that only a military squad can handle?"

"Colonel Huangfu himself has joined in! This is officially confirmed!"

"So she wasn't just boosting her score... she really went and slaughtered people..."

Xia Youyou looked at the line of text on the screen.

And those two red peaks piercing the coordinate system,

My fingers are frozen on the keyboard.

A new system note appeared below her ID:

This user was punished for posting false information.

He has been banned from speaking for seven days.

The letter was personally stamped by a fifth-rank colonel.

She didn't even have a chance to delete the post.

The post was immediately branded with shame.

This farce,

To forcibly end it in the most violent and direct way.

But another, even bigger storm,

But it was quietly brewing in a higher-level circle.

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Yubei City, Northern Xuanjia Academy.

Inside the gravity training room,

A burly man over two meters tall lowered the alloy barbell weighing at least a ton from his shoulder.

Sweat soaked through his vest.

He glanced coldly at the terminal screen.

Xiao Zhan, with an S-rank indestructible golden body, is ranked first on the Xuanjia Academy's combat power list.

"Shen Qingci..."

He thought about it and vaguely remembered it.

Last year, during the four-school competition, the substitute was sent from the south.

He sat on the bench the whole time and didn't get a chance to play.

7100 points.

Even if there is moisture,

They're good enough to be a key player in the four-school competition.

He turned off the terminal.

He picked up a towel to wipe his sweat.

"I hope she'll have the chance to test just how tough my indestructible golden body really is during the Grand Prix of Talents at the end of this year."

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Pingxi City, Western Shadow Academy.

In a dormitory room with the lights off,

The dim light from the terminal screen shone on a face devoid of expression.

Codename "Night Raven".

The top spot on the Shadow Academy's combat power ranking has been hidden for years.

He marked a name in the terminal: Shen Qingci.

Add to the "Key Watchlist".

Then the screen was turned off, and the room fell into darkness again.

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Andong City, Oriental Lingyun Academy.

Feng Wuhen chuckled.

I typed a line on the four-school joint channel:

"Second tier? Hopefully, he's not just being carried by someone else. Is the Southern Academy starting to use that 'packaging geniuses' tactic?"

This message sparked another round of online arguments.

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Imperial Capital Federal Central Academy, Freshman Forum.

Theoretical genius Qin Zhao retrieved Shen Qingci's integral growth curve.

He pushed up his glasses.

The curve is very smooth.

Normal hunting points increase in a step-like manner.

Each wave of price increases significantly.

Rest and resupply before continuing the fight.

However, Shen Qingci's curve is almost a straight line with a constant slope.

This shows that she hardly stopped throughout the entire operation.

Either she has unlimited stamina.

Either... someone is taking the blame for her.

Qin Zhao posted a brief analysis on the forum:

"The integral growth curve is unusually smooth."

There is a high probability that a partner with high defense or high output will bear a lot of the pressure on the front line.

There are two possibilities why this person is not on the list of prodigies:

First, students not registered at military academies.

Secondly, they proactively disabled the points record.

Either way, they are worth paying attention to.

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The reaction from the Shanghai Academy was even more direct.

After reading all the analyses, Chu Xiaoxiao, the heiress of a wealthy family,

I posted a status update on my social media:

"Can anyone find out who her temporary partner is this time?"

I want to invest. Better to make a wrong investment than miss out.

The accompanying image is the back of a Federal Black Gold credit card.

The comments section was filled with phrases like "inhumanly extravagant."

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A stone stirred up a thousand waves.

On the public forum of Wuxin.com,

The wind direction has completely changed.

"Please disclose the teammates' combat information! If the temporary partner's contribution exceeds Shen Qingci's own, is the points allocation fair?"

"If we find a top expert to mentor us, the stats will look much better, right?"

quickly,

Everyone's curiosity and doubts,

They all converged on the same point!

That person who carried the SS-level genius Shen Qingci to victory,

Even a mysterious partner who accompanied her in hunting a near-fourth-tier source beast.

Who is it?!

For a while,

"Shen Qingci's Mysterious Partner"

It became the hottest topic among freshmen at the six top universities.

Some speculate that it was active-duty soldiers from the Southern Military Region who were secretly escorting them.

Some people guessed that Shen Hongyuan had paid to hire a Tier 3 mercenary.

Someone used connections,

I pulled out Shen Qingci's task application record.

The partner section only had one line of text.

"Jiangcheng No.1 High School, temporary cooperating personnel, information not disclosed."

Jiangcheng No.1 High School?

A regular high school in a D-level satellite city?

Everyone thought this was a cover identity.

After all, being able to withstand a near-Tier 3 alien beast in the Abyss Ashes...

A ruthless player who helped an SS-level talent achieve 7100 points.

How could he possibly be a high school student?

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