71: Didn’t she fail in awakening?

The moment the words fell, it was as if a depth charge had detonated in the crowded lobby.

"What?"

"His family?"

"701?"

Countless gazes, with a 'whoosh', all focused on Mother Su, Aunt, and Second Uncle.

Those eyes were no longer the casual observation of spectators, but the hungry stare of a wolf at fresh meat, or a vulture at a decaying corpse.

The previously restrained reporters instantly went wild.

"Crash!"

The crowd, which had been forcibly held back by Brother Wang, surged like a breached dam, instantly overwhelming the invisible barrier and rushing madly towards the small area around the elevator entrance.

"Move aside! Move aside!"

"Don't push! My equipment!"

Long and short lenses, various microphones, and countless raised mobile phones, like frenzied piranhas, swarmed towards Mother Su and the others.

"Ah!" Aunt stumbled, letting out a shriek as she was bumped by a rushing cameraman.

"What are you doing! Are you crazy!" Mother Su instinctively shielded Su Qingxue behind her, screaming in a sharp voice, but her voice was instantly drowned out by the surging crowd.

Second Uncle adjusted his glasses, his face deathly pale. He had lived half his life, but when had he ever seen such a scene? He was completely frozen in place, unable to move.

"Excuse me! Are you Lin Yu and Lin Yao's relatives?"

"You just came out of his house? Then you must know the inside story!"

"Lin Yao awakened a Mythical-grade profession, as her family, how do you feel now?"

"Lin Yu announced he would challenge the thirty-two-times Hell College Entrance Examination, do you support him?"

One question after another, like cannonballs, bombarded them, making the three dizzy.

Mother Su, Aunt, and Second Uncle were completely bewildered.

Lin Yao awakened a Mythical-grade profession?

Lin Yu challenging the thirty-two-times College Entrance Examination?

What was all this about?

They felt as if they had misheard, or perhaps these reporters had all gone mad?

"What Mythical-grade profession?" Aunt was closest to a microphone, and she subconsciously retorted, her face full of disbelief, "You must be mistaken? That child, Lin Yao, failed her awakening!"

As soon as these words were spoken.

The entire noisy lobby fell into an eerie silence for a second.

All the reporters, all the bloggers holding up their phones, their expressions froze.

Even Brother Wang, who had just been so aggressive, stopped pushing forward and stood stunned in place.

The silence lasted only a second.

The next second, there was an even crazier eruption!

"What?!"

"Failed awakening?!"

"Impossible! The official announcement has been released! Red Mythical-grade profession [Omniscient Sage]! It was pushed city-wide!" A young reporter held up his phone, almost poking Aunt's face.

Aunt was startled and took a step back, bumping into Mother Su.

Mother Su steadied her and also saw the words on the screen; she was completely dumbfounded.

Red Mythical-grade?

Omniscient Sage?

How... how could this be?

What echoed in her mind was Mother Lin's ashen face and Father Lin's heavy sighs from their visit to the Lin family just now.

And Lin Yao, the child's dejected, silent appearance.

Did that look like someone who had awakened a Mythical-grade profession?

"You must be mistaken!" Mother Su finally found her voice, she retorted emphatically, "We just came down from upstairs! We saw it with our own eyes! That child was crying like a teary mess, and her parents' faces were pale! If she had successfully awakened, would that be their reaction?"

"Exactly!" Aunt also reacted, feeling that she had been played by these reporters, and immediately became furious, "You people, you'll make up any lie for a story! Their family is grieving, and you're still spreading rumors! Do you have any conscience!"

Second Uncle also pushed up his glasses, frowning as he added, "Facts speak louder than words. What we saw is the truth. As for what you call Mythical-grade, it's simply nonsense."

The three of them spoke one after another, their words firm and assertive.

Now, it was the reporters' turn to be bewildered.

On one side was the official system announcement, which could not possibly be wrong.

On the other side were relatives who had just come from the scene, speaking with certainty.

Who was lying?

What... what exactly was going on?

Everyone felt their brains weren't enough.

Brother Wang stared intently at Mother Su and the others, trying to find traces of lies on their faces.

But he failed.

The expressions of these people were purely conviction and the anger of being wronged; they didn't look like they were lying at all.

Could it be... that the official announcement was wrong?

As soon as this thought emerged, he dismissed it himself.

So where exactly was the problem?

Just as everyone was plunged into great confusion, on the periphery of the crowd, a bespectacled reporter who looked refined suddenly raised his hand, his voice trembling with excitement.

"I've got it!"

Everyone's gaze once again converged on him.

"I've been reviewing all the detailed replays of the awakening ceremony!" The bespectacled reporter excitedly pushed up his glasses, "Lin Yao's awakening was an anomaly in itself! She didn't awaken directly, but first triggered thousands of purple professional runes, and only then did she perform 'fusion'!"

Fusion!

These two words, like a bolt of lightning, instantly cut through the fog in everyone's hearts!

Brother Wang's eyes suddenly lit up, frighteningly bright!

He understood!

He understood everything!

"So..." Another female reporter also reacted, her breathing becoming rapid, "The official announcement is that Lin Yao successfully fused a Mythical-grade profession! This is the result!"

"But!" Brother Wang took over, his voice filled with an uncontrollable fervor, "Her family says she failed, says she's heartbroken! This indicates that something went wrong in the process!"

"Fusion... failed?"

"No! It's not a fusion failure!" The bespectacled reporter almost shrieked, "It's that she successfully fused a Mythical-grade profession, but this profession, perhaps due to some reason... collapsed in the final step of fusion! Or, a fatal flaw appeared!"

Boom!

This deduction was a hundred, a thousand times more explosive than "awakening failure" itself!

A genius girl, an anomaly from the heavens, gaining the qualification to step into the realm of myths!

Yet, at the last hurdle, she fell from the clouds!

What a tragedy!

And what a... captivating super news story!

"Oh my God..."

"A family with two geniuses, the brother wasting five years, the sister's mythical dream shattered?"

"Is this family cursed?"

"This... this is simply the best tragic script of the year!"

All the reporters went mad, their eyes on Mother Su and the others were no longer looking at a news source, but at a newly discovered, glittering gold mine!

"Excuse me! Is this speculation true? Is there something wrong with Lin Yao's Mythical-grade profession?"

"How is she doing now? Has she suffered a huge mental blow?"

"What about Lin Yu? Does he know about his sister's situation? Is he challenging the thirty-two-times difficulty because of his sister's failure, having been stimulated?"