13: Chapter 13 You say you're lightning-type? I don't believe you.
The two admissions directors, who had returned to the monitoring room after making their calls, watched the scene of Su Mu killing the ferocious beasts on the screen.
Director He Kui: !!!
Cui Yuyu: ???
The two of them couldn't help but mutter to themselves.
'I feel like what I asked the principal for just now was still too little. Can we really recruit Su Mu with our current conditions?'
Seated in the middle, Jianglan No. 1 Middle School's Principal Gao Sheng stared with his small eyes wide open.
Deep wrinkles formed on his slightly balding forehead.
'Wait, how is Su Mu this fierce?'
All the school principals were helpless, especially Principal Liu Wenju of Jianglan No. 16 High School.
Originally, the best school in Jianglan City was Jianglan No. 16 High School; every year, the city's top scorer came from there.
For the past two years, Jianglan City's results in the Ability College Entrance Examination had been declining, which greatly distressed Liu Wenju.
Fortunately, the school produced two "twin stars" this year: Zhou Yang and Wu Shuang.
However, a few days ago, he learned that the Little Monk from Luohan Temple had actually awakened an A-rank Reinforcement Type ability—Vajra.
He also knew how well this ability synergized with Arhat Fist.
But in the battle just now between Su Mu and Luo Zhenyue, Su Mu had consumed a huge amount of energy, while Luo Zhenyue was directly eliminated.
Although it was unkind, Liu Wenju was still very happy.
Yet he hadn't expected Su Mu to be so powerful even after two consecutive battles.
Su Mu actually still had the strength left to go this far.
'Sigh—in the end, Su Mu isn't a student of our school.'
Liu Wenju cast another envious glance at Principal Gao Sheng sitting next to him.
'I'm afraid starting next year, the best high school in Jianglan City will become Jianglan No. 1 Middle School!'
The Ministry of Education of Huaxia adopts a certain strategy toward high schools and universities.
Resources go to those with the most merit.
No matter which school you are, as long as you produce results, you will be recognized.
Recognition from the Ministry of Education isn't just a verbal compliment.
Recognition corresponds to a massive tilt in resources; as long as there are enough resources, an ordinary high school can take off overnight.
'Sigh—'
Although the Ability College Entrance Examination is live-streamed, most people watch the stream for their own city.
Seeing someone you know on TV is always more interesting than watching a blockbuster movie.
For instance, every household in Su Mu's residential complex was watching his examination.
However, many people there also recognized that the venue chosen for this year's exam was the city where they used to live.
They all had tears in their eyes as they watched Su Mu kill the ferocious beasts like a madman.
They were happy that the child had grown up to be capable, yet worried about the hardships he was enduring.
It was a similar scene in Su Mu's home.
Ever since Su Mu entered the abandoned city, Leng Jing realized that this was their hometown, which had been ravaged by a beast tide years ago.
Her beautiful plum-blossom eyes were filled with tears, but the corners of her mouth were turned up.
Lin Ruoxi was still in elementary school three years ago and didn't know the city very well, but when she saw...
"Hegu County People's Gov..."
...those few words, she also fell silent.
The hemp rope always breaks at its thinnest point, and a cruel fate always finds the wretched.
The three orphans had lived together for a long time, and none of them ever mentioned their pasts.
They all knew that their wounds were the same.
So, like wounded little beasts, they huddled together to lick each other's wounds.
Lin Ruoxi secretly made up her mind that she must become very, very strong, just like her Brother Mu.
And then kill all those hateful ferocious beasts.
The two of them continued watching the exam live stream.
Inside the examination grounds.
Su Mu stood atop two Tier 2 ferocious beasts; the small beast tide from just now had been completely wiped out, leaving none alive.
Zhou Yang and Wu Shuang stepped forward and thanked Su Mu.
"Thank you, Student Su. Otherwise, if we were chased by this beast tide, even if we could shake them off, it would probably waste a lot of time."
"You're welcome. I was just hunting beasts anyway. Helping you was just incidental."
Su Mu was telling the truth; if it weren't for the need to kill the beasts, he likely wouldn't have stepped in.
He assumed there was no life-threatening danger, as they could survive just by opening their defensive barriers.
The two didn't mind Su Mu's cold words.
You can't exactly take the moral high ground with someone you've only met twice.
"Student Su Mu, you must have come here because you're interested in the beasts in the core area.
My proposal remains the same: let's form an alliance. I'll go lure the beasts out, and then we'll kill them together.
With you joining us, it won't matter even if we lure out seven or eight beasts at once."
Zhou Yang proposed the idea of cooperation again.
"Thanks for the kind offer, but I don't need a team."
Wu Shuang had a short fuse, but after witnessing Su Mu's strength just now, his tone softened slightly.
"Student Su, I understand your Reinforcement Type ability is very strong, but there are dozens of Tier 2 beasts in the core area alone.
Not to mention a Tier 3 beast.
This wasn't meant for one person to kill. It's clearly designed to be cleared by a team."
Actually, Wu Shuang was right. The examiners' intention was to lure the beasts out bit by bit and kill them.
Until only the final Tier 3 beast remained in the core area, at which point everyone would unite to kill it.
The examiners wanted to use this segment to teach the candidates a lesson.
One person's strength is limited; sometimes, you need to rely on everyone's strength to overcome difficulties.
But the examiners never dreamed that a freak would appear who could solo the core area beasts.
"No, I've still decided to hunt the beasts alone.
Besides, I don't have a Reinforcement Type ability."
Wu Shuang found it funny; he had just seen Su Mu's combat.
That power!
That speed!
How could it not be a Reinforcement Type ability?
"Oh? Then what is your ability?"
Wu Shuang was speechless; abilities are announced when they awaken, and one could find out with just a little inquiry.
Was there any need to lie?
Su Mu didn't hide it either; after all, it couldn't be hidden anyway.
"Lightning Type."
Zhou Yang's face was full of disbelief.
"Lightning? Type?"
Where in your appearance of piercing a beast's skull with a spear is there even a hint of a Lightning Type user?
Zhou Yang muttered in his heart.
'If you really don't want to say, then don't. Why be so perfunctory? In the end, my trust was misplaced.
Once the entrance exam is over, I'll have to ask some students from Jianglan No. 1 Middle School. I have to find out exactly what your ability is.'
Seeing that Su Mu had absolutely no intention of cooperating, Zhou Yang didn't make a fool of himself further.
He said, "We won't disturb your hunting then. The two of us will go elsewhere to find beasts to kill."
But inside, he was still grumbling.
Seeing the two were about to leave, Su Mu gave a kind reminder.
"I suggest you go to the outskirts of the core area to find beasts to kill."
This cryptic sentence left Zhou Yang and Wu Shuang feeling very confused.
Neither of them took it seriously.
They just assumed Su Mu was worried about people stealing his kills.
After walking some distance away, Wu Shuang's temper finally flared.
"Holy crap! This guy is seriously arrogant, even telling us to leave the town area.
He's just afraid we'll steal his beasts, isn't he?"
Zhou Yang also felt some dissatisfaction with Su Mu's words, but there wasn't much to say.
Su Mu had already saved him twice during this one exam.
You can't bite the hand that feeds you.
"Alright, stop complaining. His strength is greater than ours, so what can we do?
Let's look around the outskirts of the city and see if there are any high-level Tier 1 beasts.
If we get more points, we might even be able to break into the top hundred in the province."
But just as the two were about to start searching for beasts, a burst of thunder echoed from behind them.
'Rumble rumble rumble—'