In fact, I can add unlimited points

"It's alright. In another three months, once the installment payments for those transfer vouchers are fully completed, this number will skyrocket."

Shun Aragaki smiled and reassured his right-hand man, "Besides, now that there are four more members in the class, we can collect almost 70 yen more in class fees every month. Isn't that a great thing?"

Class A's current evaluation score is 3418. Based on the previous size of 48 students, it can collect 820 million personal points per month to cover class fees, which just balances out with the 4 class transfer vouchers and 20 management fees per month.

With the addition of four new students, and burdened with a staggering 820 million, the class funds will still have a monthly surplus of 70 over the next three months.

If we persist until three months later, when the transfer voucher expense is cancelled, even if the class evaluation score and the number of students in the class remain unchanged, Class A's class fee will continue to increase at a monthly surplus of 870 million, which is equivalent to accumulating 4 permanent transfer slots every 10 months.

It's just that there are too many fools in the lower-ranked classes that he never thought of challenging the entire grade to move up a class; otherwise, the school would definitely have a headache.

"Oh right, Nishikawa and Shiraishi just came out of Class B, they shouldn't have many personal points, so how did you calculate their share?"

Since it's 30 yuan per person for 52 people, it naturally includes the four new transfer students. After all, we can't make exceptions, especially since they are the ultimate beneficiaries.

It wouldn't be difficult for Ibuki Mio and Karuizawa Megumi to come up with 30 personal points, since they are the representatives of Class A in supporting the lower-ranked classes and would receive assistance from time to time.

Not to mention, the former was Shun Aragaki's lover, and the latter received 50 yen as a preferential treatment recipient during the preferential treatment examination.

But Ryoko Nishikawa and Asuka Shiraishi are pure paupers—besides having a monthly allowance of over 10,000 yen, all the personal points of the Class B members have to be spent on the three of them, Koenji. They are even poorer than the average students in Class D. They have to eat a mountain vegetable set meal every two or three days and can't save a single penny.

"Their share was covered by Ichinose's small group, which was like a loan. Anyway, it can be paid off in one or two months."

Each student in Class A earns 34 personal points per month, so this debt is really not a big problem.

In reality, even if the 30 each of the two were missing, the personal points handed over by the remaining 50 people would be enough. However, Ryuji Kanzaki had no intention of omitting them. First of all, it was unfair; giving them special treatment in this regard was tantamount to isolating them. Secondly, Class A had raised money specifically to redeem the two girls, so they should at least contribute a token amount.

The student council president naturally had no objection to this approach.

Overall, Class A benefited greatly from this class voting exam. The loss of individual points is only temporary and can be easily made up in the long run.

Shun Aragaki himself also had a good experience—

[Due to prolonged impact, the amount of Source Energy automatically acquired in March was 8.]

[Achievement Completed: Community of Shared Destiny (Shiho Manabe/Saki Yamashita/Nanami Yabu), your connection to this world has increased, Source Power +6.]

[Achievement Completed: Victory After Victory, winning the class-wide voting exam, Source Power +3.]

[Achievement Completed: Loser Exits, Drops Out of School in This Special Exam (Totsuka Yahiko/Tokito Yuya/Miyamoto Soji), Source Power +9.]

[Achievement Completed: Turn enemies into friends, transfer (Asuka Shiraishi/Ryoko Nishikawa/Mio Ibuki/Megumi Karuizawa) to Class A, Source Power +14.]

[Source Energy: 10 → 50 (Current efficiency: 8 items per month)]

The amount of source energy that can be freely used has once again reached 40, which Aragaki Shun can use to enhance two level 6 skills or one level 7 talent.

The former tends to be versatile and broad-minded, while the latter specializes in one area.

Before fully entering the realm of the extraordinary, Shun Aragaki had been passively pursuing all-round development—mainly because the physique of an ordinary person simply could not bear the power of the extraordinary, so he needed to meet the requirements of all four basic attributes in order to transform into extraordinary talent.

But now that he has mastered the power of the stars, the foundation of the boy as an extraordinary being has changed from the "essence" in "essence, energy, and spirit" to "energy".

Therefore, his most important task now is to enhance the quality and scale of the star power within his body as much as possible, so that he can use extraordinary energy to cleanse his body and thus promote the growth of various basic attributes without consuming source power.

Considering the difficulty of obtaining Source Power, this is undoubtedly the most cost-effective enhancement option.

Having figured this out, Shun Aragaki no longer hesitated—

【太阳眷属·星力lv.7（0/40）→太阳眷属·星力lv.8（0/80）】

[Source Energy: 50 → 10 (Current efficiency: 8 items per month)]

The resources that had been painstakingly accumulated were easily consumed like flowing water, leaving Shun Aragaki feeling somewhat melancholy.

But the next moment, a piece of information from the unseen flowed into his mind, and a look of surprise immediately flashed in the boy's eyes.

This talent upgrade, besides the expected benefit of a significant increase in the efficiency and range of converting solar energy into stellar power, is indeed enough to propel him further on the path to transcendence.

If upgrading [Sun's Companion - Star Power] to level 7 grants Star Power the ability to change its form at will, then Star Power reaching level 8 can produce even more profound changes in its properties.

For example, the fundamental characteristics of stellar power are life, light, and heat. This is because it is naturally formed through its transformation process and is difficult to change under normal circumstances.

But now, with a more profound control over stellar energy, Shun Aragaki is able to reverse light and heat into darkness and cold.

This is just the beginning. In the future, once he studies the characteristics of the myriad phenomena of nature, he will definitely have the opportunity to create phenomena with different attributes, such as storms, thunder, and floods, through the stellar power that originates from the sun and life.

Well, the only requirement is that the amount of stellar energy within the body must be high enough, and that one has a thorough understanding of the nature of these phenomena.

All I can say is, the road is under our feet, let's forge ahead!

Composing himself, Shun Aragaki gently exhaled and looked at his personal panel, which was constantly undergoing subtle changes—

Name: Shun Aragaki

Strength: 21+ → 25+

Physical condition: 21+ → 25+

Agility: 21+ → 25+

Mental state: 21+ → 25+

技能：神兵百炼lv.6（0/20），文以载力lv.6（0/20），异常修正lv.6（0/20）

天赋：金刚琉璃lv.6（0/20），暴食大罪lv.7（0/40），太阳眷属·星力lv.8（0/80）

Items: Magical artifact (heart-protecting mirror), talismans (rejuvenation talisman, protective talisman, explosive flame talisman, star-guiding talisman)

To be condensed: None

Optional tasks: ① Inheritance and Propagation; ② Immortal's Touch

Source Power: 10 (Current efficiency: 8 items per month)

Since the last enhancement, the boy has not invested any extra resources in the four basic attributes.

However, simply by relying on the stellar energy that naturally circulates throughout his body every day, Shun Aragaki's physique and spirit show an endless upward trend.

Of course, this is definitely an illusion. It is only because the two elements of "essence" and "spirit" in the human body are far weaker than "qi" and the star power itself has the characteristics of life that this strange phenomenon occurs, just like water flowing downhill.

As the level of [Sun's Companion - Star Power] increases to lv.8, the growth efficiency of the four basic attributes will continue to increase.

This is undoubtedly fantastic news, meaning that the time he hasn't eaten beef has been shortened again.

I'm really looking forward to it...

.........

After the celebration banquet, Shun Aragaki returned to his dormitory and had more private fun with Hiyori and the others.

The two days and nights of rest passed quickly, and it was the morning of March 8th.

The classroom in Class A now has 52 seats. Although Ryoko Nishikawa and Asuka Shiraishi are not yet fully familiar with their new life, they have already gotten to know everyone in the class.

As the school bell rang, Hoshinomiya Chie began to lead the class meeting.

There was no unnecessary small talk; they went straight to the point:

"As everyone knows, there is one last special exam this school year. Only first-year students who pass this exam safely can move on to the second year with hope."

"In this important final stage, the school will ask you to demonstrate the comprehensive results of your learning so far, such as intelligence, physical strength, cooperation... In short, you must give full play to your potential."

It sounded serious, but the members of Class A were confident of victory and were not intimidated at all.

The homeroom teacher, Hoshinomiya, was very satisfied with this, and continued to explain:

"This assessment is called the 'Selection Project Exam.' The opposing classes will be determined according to the rules, and then the two classes will compete against each other, just like during Paper Shuffle."

"As for the opposing class, that will be decided by drawing lots after school, since luck is also a part of strength."

That's perfect.

Shun Aragaki was confident—when it came to luck, he was absolutely invincible in this world.

342. They're all just chickens and dogs; Kazuma Sakagami: I should move up to Class B.

During the class meeting, Hoshinomiya Chie began to explain in detail the specific rules of the [Selection Project Examination].

"If you don't like this name, you can also call this special exam the 'Command Tower Exam'."

"As for the role of the command tower, just think of it as the commander of each class in this assessment. After school, the command towers of the four classes will need to draw lots to choose the opposing class."

After saying that, Hoshinomiya Chie took out a bunch of cards, some white and some yellow, from her drawer and pasted them one by one on the blackboard.

The cards were almost the size of playing cards. Ten of the white cards had nothing written on them, but the corresponding yellow cards all appeared to have the student's name written on them.

A total of sixty-one cards were pasted on the blackboard.

"First, to help you understand better, I will use ten white cards and yellow cards to match the number of students in the class to continue the explanation."

It was said to be to match the number of students in the class, but compared to the 52 students in Class A, there was actually one yellow card missing.

This is probably because it is necessary to select a member to serve as the commander.

"Let's look at these ten white cards first. Now everyone can discuss and write down ten items that you can decide on."

"What does this 'project' mean? Does it refer to the format and rules of the competition during the assessment?"

Since they've agreed to a free discussion, Shun Aragaki naturally won't hold back.

This was a question that most of the students in the class cared about, so everyone stared intently, wanting to know what kind of answer Hoshinomiya-sensei would give.

"That's right. You can decide the competition events for this special exam yourselves. Whether it's a written test, an intellectual contest like shogi, or a sport like baseball or basketball, if you're interested, you can even apply for poker or e-sports..."

"In short, just write down any projects you think you can win. As for how to determine the winner, that's up to you to figure out and set the rules."

It sounds absolutely ridiculous.

But there are definitely limitations.

Otherwise, if each class sets rules that only their class has a chance to win, wouldn't there be no point in competing at all?

"Ms. Hoshinomiya, could you please tell me the extent of the freedom granted by the school?"

Faced with Ryuji Kanzaki's question, the homeroom teacher of Class A thought for a moment before continuing:

"To put it simply, the rules of the project must be fair and easy to understand. Also, if you choose a non-mainstream competition or game that most people don't know about, and no one except the proposer has a chance of winning, that won't work either."

"Therefore, after you submit your project proposal, the school will review it to determine whether to adopt it."

Everyone in the classroom looked enlightened. What Hoshinomiya said was easy to understand—any event with rules that were fair to both sides and easy to learn could be included.

Therefore, each class can choose projects that its students excel at, while the opposing class is weak in.

In any case, the rules are the same for both sides, and to determine a winner, we have to look at the actual strength of the contestants from each class.

If you're not good enough, you're just bad; there are no other excuses!

"Furthermore, to avoid draws, for games like Go and Shogi, you need to adjust the rules in advance to ensure that even if a draw occurs, the winner can be clearly identified. If you cannot decide on these rules, they will not be adopted."

In short, the ten projects submitted by each class must have only two possible outcomes: win or loss. There can be no loopholes or attempts to tie the project.

"Let me give you a simple example, like flipping a coin, or playing rock-paper-scissors."

As he said this, Hoshinomiya actually wrote the words "Rock-Paper-Scissors" on a blank card.

"The project has been finalized. As for the rules of the game, it can be set as best of three or best of five, but a draw will not count and we will have to start over."

"See? The rules are clear, fair, and just. The school has no reason not to adopt them... In that case, we've completed a project. You understand, right?"

All the students in Class A fell silent.

I didn't expect it to be this simple.

"It actually works?" Shibata clicked his tongue in amazement. "But isn't it purely a matter of luck?"

"It's up to you to think about it. Whether it's luck, skill, or the ability to play psychological games, these are all important components of strength in society."

Hoshinomiya Chie clapped her hands with a smile, "The school's idea is that everyone can showcase their talents in this assessment, so each class can submit ten items following this procedure."

Next, the class advisor for Class A picked up the chalk and wrote down the detailed schedule for the selection exam on the blackboard, which would be roughly divided into three stages:

March 8th – The day the special exam is announced. The opposing class is also decided on the same day.

March 15th – Ten events were finalized. The competing classes announced their ten events and the rules.

March 22nd – The day of the selection exam.

In other words, first graders have seven days to prepare projects and set rules. After all ten projects are submitted, the school will spend another seven days setting up the exam venue, leaving a total of two weeks until the exam day.

However, with a total of twenty events across the competing classes, completing them all in one day is clearly not an easy task.

Then Hoshinomiya Chie added:

"On the day of the selection test, each class needs to further narrow down the scope from ten items to five. In other words, the other five items are just smokescreens, specifically designed to confuse the opponents."

"Moreover, not all of the ten remaining items for the two classes will be selected. The school will use a professional system to randomly select seven items, and these seven items will be your actual assessment content."