136: Golden Generation

After speaking, Teacher Lu did not give Li Wen a chance to ask questions and immediately continued.

"So, take a guess, who do you think will be the top student on the New Student Ranking?"

Li Wen couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"So this is what he was waiting for!"

He didn't even need to think; based on the battle records displayed so far, there was no doubt that the top spot belonged to him.

Thinking of this, Li Wen couldn't help but let out a wry smile, secretly sighing that this was truly karma, a just retribution!

He had once schemed against others, but he never expected that the tables would turn, and he would be pushed into such a prominent position, and with the development of the situation, he felt he was in a bit of danger!

At this moment, Teacher Lu continued.

"New Student Ranking, first place, Li Wen, from Tiannan University, his title is 'The Chessmaster'. During the College Entrance Examination, he possessed a commander-level intermediate pet beast. The key is that this pet beast also mastered a unique individual independent secret art."

"Furthermore, Li Wen, relying on his own strength, incited all the seeded contestants to jointly hunt down the examiners, and in the end, he even single-handedly defeated the chief examiner."

"It can be said that he treated everyone involved in this examination as chess pieces in his hands, skillfully planning and scheming, thus earning him the title of 'The Chessmaster'."

After Teacher Lu finished these words, he paused for a moment, then a slightly teasing smile appeared on his face, and he continued.

"Oh my, I really didn't see it coming. You usually seem so straightforward, but I didn't expect you to be so cunning."

"However, compared to before when I thought you were just simply a bit abnormal, now that I understand your actions, I actually feel you've become much more normal!"

Hearing this, Li Wen's heart was like ten thousand horses galloping, with all sorts of "beautiful Chinese words" — that is, C-language — wildly looping in his mind.

"What exactly is going on? How can someone expose another person's past like this!"

Li Wen couldn't help but roar in his heart.

Originally, he thought that the exposure of his achievements was already outrageous enough, but he never expected such a meticulously detailed analysis.

This person either witnessed everything firsthand at the scene, or his status was high enough to obtain the most comprehensive information.

You know, he hadn't engaged in any form of communication or incitement with anyone; this could entirely be called an open and aboveboard scheme.

If it were anyone else, without an omniscient perspective or personal experience of the details, it would be absolutely impossible to achieve such an accurate interpretation as now.

After much thought, there weren't many candidates who could simultaneously meet these stringent conditions; in total, there were only two.

One was the opponents he had previously faced in the City League, but upon closer thought, those guys didn't seem like the type to do such a thing.

As for Lu Chen, with his brain, he couldn't pull it off. So, the biggest suspicion pointed to another possibility—those high-level invigilators.

However, the higher-ups would never take such a series of actions without reason.

There must be some deeper meaning behind this, and the only reasonable explanation is that.

They intentionally provoke competition and use the so-called rankings to ignite the competitive spirit deep within some people.

Not only that, even the more experienced seniors couldn't help but feel the pressure.

After all, the root cause of this situation was the astonishingly high overall quality of this year's new students; calling them the "Golden Generation" would be no exaggeration.

Almost every renowned prestigious school saw the emergence of new students with the potential to carry the banner.

At the same time, the already budding geniuses in various major universities were gaining momentum.

All signs indicated that a magnificent trend was about to surge forth.

If one were to expect to see this exciting showdown next year, the time would probably still be a bit too rushed.

However, it is foreseeable that the National University Beast Taming Competition held the year after next will definitely be a highly anticipated event.

Perhaps after the New Student Ranking is announced, more other types of rankings will be successively launched, aiming to fully arouse the public's passion for Beast Taming.

However, whenever such a seemingly prosperous scene appears, it often also implies that a potential huge crisis is quietly approaching.

Therefore, as a transmigrator, one must not limit one's focus solely to this great struggle.

Instead, one should go all out and strive to successfully join the School Team within a short year.

Only by possessing sufficiently powerful strength can one resist the crisis brought by the tide of the times.

"Teacher Lu, please help me read out the menu." He said this with a hint of anticipation on his face.

Teacher Lu was stunned for a moment after hearing this, then displayed a look of utter astonishment, appearing incredulous.

!!?

Seeing Teacher Lu's reaction, Li Wen also realized he might have said the wrong thing and quickly waved his hand to explain.

"I'm sorry, Teacher Lu, I misspoke. It should be, please read the list."

However, at this moment, Teacher Lu had already fallen into his own world of thought, beginning to over-interpret. He said solemnly.

"Hmm, I understand what you mean. You just wanted to say 'ten lotuses in the back pond, pick nine' — 'practice more' right?"

Li Wen: You understand, you understand nothing, you just understand!

At this moment, Teacher Lu cleared his throat and continued to read the list.

"Ranking. Fourth place, Gu Duochuan from Whale Island University, title is 'Son of Weather'. During the College Entrance Examination, he possessed three commander-level primary pet beasts! The cultivation direction of his pet beasts is mainly focused on weather environment flow."

"Possesses a special talent, [Rising Airflow] weather effect directly doubles!"

After a brief pause, Teacher Lu continued to read: "Ranking, fifth place, Uncle Yan, from Lingdu University, title is 'Little Mech God'. The reason for this title is that he possesses a very unique talent — [Code Awakening]."

"Through this talent, he can transform the code he writes into pet beasts, theoretically with no upper limit. All the pet beasts he contracts are 'crafted' by his own hands!"

(PS: It's the kind that can possess, truly 'hand-crafted Gundam' in the literal sense.)

"Sixth place, Luo Luyao, from Haidu University, title 'Environmentalist'."

"The only one among all candidates to possess a commander-level advanced pet beast, but she rarely makes a move. Her strength's upper limit is unknown, but she is first in Haidu City, temporarily ranked sixth."

Li Wen couldn't help but exclaim.

"This is too exaggerated!"

He had always dedicated himself to cultivation with all his might, not daring to slack off in the slightest.

These people had also barely fallen behind in their cultivation progress.

He was ultimately able to rank first simply because of Yabao's "Sword of Life."

Thinking of this, Li Wen couldn't help but shake his head and smile wryly.

Looking at the person named Luo Luyao again, with his current condition and strength, he couldn't even reach the commander-level advanced tier back then, which was truly somewhat incredible and too outrageous.

After much deliberation, Li Wen felt that there might only be one reasonable explanation—that Luo Luyao's talent was even more directly biased towards nurturing than his own.