170: The importance of knowledge

Lin Yao's heart tightened at that moment.

What nine stars, ten stars, or even a hundred stars?

She felt that with her brother's ability, it would definitely be no problem.

But...two hundred eighty-eight stars.

This number was too outrageous.

So outrageous that it exceeded her understanding of the word “difficulty.”

That wasn't a task at all; it was an insurmountable chasm, a certain death situation.

For the first time, an uncontrollable worry arose in her heart regarding her brother's decision.

However, when she saw Lin Yu's overly calm face, that worry was forcibly suppressed.

Her brother wasn't nervous at all.

He must be confident.

He must be.

Lin Yao bit her lip hard, swallowing all her unease.

She nodded heavily in the direction Lin Yu was walking from.

Then, she brushed past him.

Under everyone's astonished gaze, the girl who had just been worried about her brother walked alone towards the enormous light screen.

The noisy crowd quieted down again.

Everyone's gaze was focused on this mythical-level professional.

They wanted to see what choice this madman's sister would make.

Would she choose a safe, low-star mission to preserve the last shred of dignity for this “mad family”?

Or...

Lin Yao stood still in front of the light screen.

She didn't look at the complex mission list.

Her hand reached directly for the topmost option, representing the highest difficulty.

Nine stars.

Solo.

“Student Lin Yao!”

The balding teacher's recently calmed mood instantly shot back up to his throat!

He almost rushed over.

“Don't be impulsive! I know you've awakened a mythical-level profession and have extraordinary talent! But solo nine stars, this is no child's play! Your brother...he already...”

The teacher's words were once again cut short.

A huge shadow completely enveloped him.

Zhao Tianyang.

The silent giant had appeared behind him at some unknown point.

He didn't look at the teacher, nor did he look at anyone else.

He simply took heavy steps, one by one, towards the light screen.

Each step caused the ground to tremble slightly.

That violent aura belonging to the Asura, even when suppressed with great effort, still made people's hearts palpitate, causing the teacher to swallow the rest of his words.

He could only watch helplessly.

Watching Lin Yao's finger gently tap on the light screen.

Candidate: Lin Yao

Selected Mission: Nine Stars · ???

Mission Difficulty Coefficient: x1

Final Assessment Difficulty: Nine Stars

Another crazy choice.

Immediately after.

Zhao Tianyang's large, fan-like palm almost covered half of the operating area, and without hesitation, he slapped the same option.

Candidate: Zhao Tianyang

Selected Mission: Nine Stars · ???

Mission Difficulty Coefficient: x1

Final Assessment Difficulty: Nine Stars

Above the light screen.

Three selection messages hung side by side.

Lin Yu, two hundred eighty-eight stars, solo.

Lin Yao, nine stars, solo.

Zhao Tianyang, nine stars, solo.

The entire examination hall was silent.

If Lin Yu's choice was madness.

Then Lin Yao and Zhao Tianyang's choices were an incomprehensible, blind following.

The teacher completely gave up.

He looked at the three figures standing side by side, seemingly out of place with the entire world.

He didn't want to say anything anymore.

Let it be whatever it will be.

This world was no longer something he could understand.

He was just a middle-aged teacher passing his days at school, waiting to die.

He didn't understand the matters of professionals.

In the crowd, the two young men and women who had been signed by the New Star Project exchanged glances.

“What should we do?” The girl's voice was a little dry.

“The three strongest have all chosen solo nine stars...”

The boy's face was clouded with uncertainty.

Their original plan was to lead the three support teammates arranged by the company to safely attempt a seven-star mission, ensuring a high score.

But now...if they chose seven stars, and those three lunatics...what if they really created a miracle?

Then they and their company would become the biggest laughingstock.

“We can't retreat!” The boy gritted his teeth, making up his mind, “Even if we lose, we can't lose at the starting line!”

“Choose nine stars!”

“But our mission is to lead a team...”

“Leading a team, still choose nine stars!” The boy said decisively, “We are a full five-person team, with much higher fault tolerance than them! They are gambling their lives; we are striving for the upper limit!”

“If it really doesn't work out...the company won't just ignore it!”

The girl was convinced by him.

That's right, they had teammates, healers, and support.

Why shouldn't they dare to compete with three solo madmen?

“Okay!”

The two quickly gathered the other three support professionals in their team who had been waiting for a long time and walked to the light screen.

A moment later.

Their choice was refreshed on the light screen.

Team: Wind Travel New Star

Selected Mission: Nine Stars · ???

Mission Difficulty Coefficient: x1

Final Assessment Difficulty: Nine Stars

The whole place was once again in an uproar.

Today was destined to be a day recorded in the history of Linzhou's College Entrance Examination.

And Lin Yu, the instigator of all this, simply turned his head and glanced at the two “New Star Project” signees who had also chosen the nine-star mission.

The young man and woman felt humiliated.

They had gone through intense psychological struggle to make their difficult decision, yet Lin Yu, Lin Yao, and even Zhao Tianyang seemed utterly unconcerned...

Zhao Tianyang and Lin Yao should have no problem with nine stars.

Lin Yu was aware of Zhao Tianyang's strength.

Before going to the Organization, he was already able to contend with black market overlords of Chen Ao's caliber.

Now he would only be stronger.

A mere nine-star mission, no matter how difficult, could it be harder than overthrowing the Linzhou black market?

For Zhao Tianyang, this might even be more like a warm-up.

As for his sister, Lin Yao.

Lin Yu had not the slightest worry.

Leaving everything else aside, just based on the little bat he gave her.

That familiar, which he had strengthened countless times with millions of Growth cards.

Every day, its maximum HP naturally increased by fifteen billion.

There were still about ten days until the College Entrance Examination officially began.

By then, this little bat's health bar would be ridiculously thick.

A flying meat shield with hundreds of billions of HP, and that number was still constantly growing.

What kind of concept was this?

This meant that Lin Yao wouldn't even need to lift a finger; as long as she let this little bat block in front, she could comfortably, like a turret, unleash her Omniscient Sage's endless skills from behind.

This exam, for her, might not even count as a warm-up.

At most, it was a paid, super high-spec skill firing range.

Lin Yu mused silently.

He actually hadn't paid much attention to this so-called College Entrance Examination originally.

Mainly, his research during this period had changed him.

It made him realize the importance of knowledge.