56: The key to this year's college entrance examination is time! The longer you persist, the higher your score will be!

At this moment, the crowd also noticed Su Bai's presence, immediately causing a commotion.

"Is that Senior Su?"

"The genius Creator who entered the 1st Rank overnight? Nanshan's strongest prodigy this year?"

"It's him! It's him! It's really him! I heard that a few days ago at the Creation Guild, he cleared the ultra-high-risk mission 'Forest of the Giant Tree'!"

Some parents even pulled their children, who had failed to awaken, and said with a look of disappointment:

"Look at others, then look at you. You're really going to infuriate me. Why can others do it, but you can't?"

Among them, one figure caught Su Bai's attention.

Li Hao sat in a wheelchair, his legs in casts, watching the team around Su Bai with jealous eyes.

When his gaze met Su Bai's, he immediately looked away in a panic, like a startled beast, pushing his wheelchair and leaving the examination hall in a sorry state.

With disabled legs, he couldn't even participate in the written exam.

His life was destined for low-level work, making it difficult to ever rise above it!

As Li Hao's figure gradually faded into the distance, Su Bai withdrew his gaze.

Jiang Ruyue, beside him, looked over curiously: "Mu Tou, what's wrong?"

Su Bai shook his head, "Nothing."

Their past grievances had been resolved.

Su Bai had no habit of kicking someone when they were down. His feud with Li Hao had already been settled.

Beep beep— The bus horn sounded, signaling the arrival of their vehicle.

Led by the Old Principal, they quickly disappeared from the Nanshan school gate...

On the bus, the Principal was explaining the rules:

"This year's College Entrance Examination will be held inside the World Tower, requiring you to clear three different layers of planes!"

"The first layer, I believe some of you in the group chat have already revealed, is the Zerg Hive!"

The Principal's voice was light, but the meaning behind it was deafening. Aside from Su Bai, the other examinees' faces turned pale.

The Zerg Hive was one of the most troublesome and terrifying opponents in the Human Alliance's fight against the Abyss!

It possessed an unimaginable reproduction speed and could evolve at an ultra-high speed. Even if you used the most terrifying weapons, as long as it had a few seconds to breathe, it could reproduce a complete Zerg army again!

And it would evolve in a specialized direction to counter the weapon that destroyed it last time, thereby gaining immunity to similar weapon damage.

It was precisely because of this characteristic that the Human Alliance always adopted a defensive posture when facing the Zerg, rarely engaging in battle.

Once they did engage, they had to completely annihilate all Zerg on nearby planets!

To this day, hundreds of thousands of Creators have fallen solely because of the Zerg!

It was truly terrifying!

A student said with a face full of fear: "Principal, facing the Zerg, aren't we doomed to die?"

The others also chimed in:

"That's right, every time we deal with the Zerg, it requires at least a thousand Creators working together; otherwise, there's a huge probability of total annihilation!"

"If it's really about dealing with the Zerg, then I'd rather not take the exam!"

The level of Creators in Nanshan this year was very low.

Aside from Su Bai and Jiang Ruyue, the strongest among the remaining individuals was only at the 15-kilometer level.

He was even inferior to Li Hao back then.

The Principal listened to these words, his eyes betraying his disappointment.

Did no one truly guess his intention?

Just then, Jiang Ruyue raised her hand and said thoughtfully: "Principal, do you mean there's still a turning point?"

The Principal nodded, "That's right. The Human Alliance cannot abandon any Creator, so naturally, we won't send you to your deaths."

"However, I hope you can find the turning point of this assessment yourselves..."

Su Bai suddenly said: "Principal, is it about how long we can hold out?"

Upon hearing this, the Principal's eyes lit up, and then he finally smiled, "Excellent! Excellent!"

He said "excellent" twice in a row, and the Principal finally revealed the essence of the first stage.

"Facing the Zerg Hive, not to mention you young ones, even a seasoned Creator like myself could stumble."

"Therefore, the essence of this assessment lies in two words."

The Principal held up two fingers, his eyes slightly narrowed, and said in a deep voice: "Time!"

"The specific time has not yet been announced, but it will be at least an hour!"

"By extension, the longer you persevere, the higher the score you will obtain."

"And unlike previous years, it will no longer be a separate exam, but a national joint examination!"

"This means you will face the scores of all examinees nationwide!"

"Only the top one hundred will be eligible to enter the most elite academies!"

"Within the top thousand, you will enter advanced academies!"

"Within the top ten thousand, you will enter intermediate academies!"

"Creators who do not even make it into the top ten thousand nationwide will uniformly enter low-level academies, and after graduation, they will go to the Immortal Great Wall to serve as cannon fodder!"

The Principal's voice was very solemn as he looked at each student's face.

Finally, he gave Su Bai a deep look before saying: "This is the crossroads of your lives. In the future, will you soar against the wind, becoming a Kunpeng that charges into the sky?"

"Or will you fall to the bottom, becoming a character worse than a common chicken?"

"All of this depends on your own strength!"

As his voice faded, the bus fell silent, and a suffocating atmosphere enveloped them.

The Principal's words had successfully cast a shadow over everyone's hearts!

…Jiangcheng, Teleportation Plaza!

Pillars of light, like sharp swords piercing the sky, shot straight into the clouds, thousands upon thousands, densely packed. From a distance, they looked as sacred as the holy land of myths and legends!

Above the countless pillars of light, a massive floating island hung in the air, radiating ten thousand rays of divine light!

It was the Jiangcheng City Lord's Mansion!

At this moment, as the bus came to a stop, Su Bai and his group officially arrived here.

The Principal left with the principals of other schools, and Su Bai led the group through the crowd to the center of the Teleportation Plaza!

A voice sounded from mid-air: "Welcome, all Jiangcheng examinees. I am Ma Huateng, the City Lord of Jiangcheng."

The voice echoed, lingering for a long time.

Thousands of people simultaneously looked up at the sky, only to see a figure standing prominently on the edge of the floating island!

A hint of shock flashed in Su Bai's eyes.

He had just tried to discern the other party's strength, but unexpectedly, as soon as he made contact, it melted away like a snowflake!

Great terror! At least a Creator who had entered the Fifth Rank!

Su Bai dared not move again. A genius naturally had pride, but that didn't mean he could be disrespectful to a powerful individual.

In this world, the strong reigned supreme!

At the same time, on the floating island, Ma Huateng felt that faint mental force, which piqued his interest. Following the sensation, he looked down.

Amidst the crowd, Su Bai's height of 1.8 meters made him stand out like a crane among chickens. His face was like a jade crown, his appearance rivaling Pan An, and his eyebrows were like sharp swords, revealing their keen edge and soaring straight to the clouds!

His handsome appearance was like that of an exiled immortal descending to the mortal world!

Even he couldn't help but his eyes light up, exclaiming: "He is truly a prodigy!"

These words caught the attention of someone beside him. Chen He immediately said: "How dare you, how dare you. My son is merely mediocre and not fit for grand occasions."

Behind him followed Chen Shang.

At the scene, Chen Shang was the only young person.

Naturally, he took Ma Huateng's words as praise for his own son.

Chen Shang was overjoyed, and despite his best efforts to maintain humility, a hint of self-satisfaction still showed.

He gave what he thought was a polite chuckle, stepped forward, and walked in front of Ma Huateng, "Thank you, City Lord, for your praise. I will definitely win the top scholar of the province for Jiangcheng this year!"

He expected to receive praise, but unexpectedly, Ma Huateng frowned slightly, looked at the self-important Chen Shang, and out of respect for Chen He, ultimately chose not to expose him.

He merely said indifferently: "Is that so? Then I shall look forward to it."

With that, he glanced down at Su Bai again, a hint of regret in his eyes.

What a pity that such a prodigy was not his descendant. If he had such a descendant, let alone being the Lord of Jiangcheng, what difficulty would there be in becoming the Lord of Jinghai Province?

As for Chen Shang? He was merely a parasite who rose through resources and did not even enter his sight.

He flicked his sleeves and left. Chen Shang still thought he had gained the City Lord's favor and was overjoyed. Chen He, who was beside him, finally realized something was amiss.

Following the City Lord's gaze, in an instant, his pupils constricted sharply, and his hands clenched into fists, a surge of anger welling up in his heart.

It was... that Su Bai again!