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Chapter 57: People Will Really Die
"Um… isn't my strength insufficient?" Yang Fan asked, puzzled.
He knew all the names Luo Bing had mentioned; they were all top-ranked students in the grade.
If one excluded the advantage of troop replenishment and considered only the strength of the believers, Yang Fan didn't think he would catch the eyes of these geniuses.
Luo Bing said proudly, "If I say you can, you can."
Upon hearing this, Yang Fan couldn't help but feel puzzled.
"Why would she want to look after me? Could it be that this ice block is on such good terms with my Rou'er?"
Yang Fan wasn't stupid; the other party's action was clearly intended to give him a hand.
90% of the Alien Divine Kingdom's assets were in the core area. By following her, even if he only got the smallest piece of meat, his ranking in this midterm exam wouldn't be low.
If he didn't have the Evolution Talent, Yang Fan would have agreed immediately, but now he preferred to explore on his own.
This was the Alien Divine Kingdom of an Alien Demi-god, after all; who knew what good things were inside? If he followed these monsters, how could he possibly get a turn if they encountered high-value structures?
Yang Fan took a deep breath and said, "Thank you, Sister Bing, but I know my strength is insufficient, so I won't hold you back. Besides, I want to explore the Alien Divine Kingdom on my own."
"Fine." Luo Bing nodded and didn't try to persuade him further.
That was Luo Bing's personality: cold and aloof. Even if she was puzzled as to why Yang Fan had refused her, she wouldn't take the initiative to ask.
Back in reality, Yang Fan looked at Luo Rou lying on the bed and asked, "Rou'er, are you and Luo Bing very close?"
Luo Rou shook her head. "We were just ordinary friends, but after my Divine Kingdom was damaged, we lost touch."
"Is that so?" Doubts swirled in Yang Fan's mind; he didn't quite understand the significance of Luo Bing's actions.
Thinking about what Luo Bing had said to him, Yang Fan felt much more relaxed now.
Luo Bing and Li Tianheng's actions would definitely enrage that Alien Demi-god.
Heading to the core of the Alien Divine Kingdom was equivalent to raiding its nest. Even if this Alien Demi-god went crazy in the end, its main firepower would definitely be focused on those seven people.
If someone was willing to attract the firepower, the risk for others would be much smaller.
For Yang Fan, while the exam ranking was important, safety was absolutely the top priority.
"With my current strength, hoping for the core assets of an Alien Divine Kingdom carries too high a risk. Not only would I have to withstand the pressure from the Alien Demi-god's believers, but I would also have to guard against Luo Bing and the others."
"A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. It's easy to choke while eating meat, so it's better to choose to drink soup."
"The road ahead is long; I'll take it one step at a time and see. There's no need to compete for momentary supremacy." Yang Fan muttered to himself.
On the day of the exam, all the third-year high school students arrived at the school playground.
The procedure was the same as the last exam.
Luo Chengfeng, Li Yuan, Wan Sanqian, Tie Wuqing… the familiar faces from last time were already seated on the high platform.
Each student's nutrient pod was already prepared.
On the high platform, the Li Family elder, Li Yuan, couldn't help but say, "Elder Luo, you have good luck. I didn't expect you to have picked up a treasure last time."
Yang County was only so big; Yang Fan's ranking in the Divine Kingdom Simulation Battle had already spread.
As the admissions elder for the Li Family, he naturally felt pained that such a genius, who had a high probability of becoming a god, had been snatched away by the Luo Family.
"After all, I married my granddaughter to him. Elder Li Yuan doesn't seem to have a granddaughter, hahaha." Luo Chengfeng laughed proudly.
Once the others found out that Yang Fan had comprehended the Myriad Spirits Return to Origin Array to the Great Completion stage, they would probably regret it even more.
Thinking of this, Luo Chengfeng felt even more smug.
Li Yuan merely snorted at this. If this had been three months ago, given Yang Fan's performance, he wouldn't have married off his granddaughter even if he had one; after all, he didn't have any descendants with damaged Divine Kingdoms.
However, Li Yuan only said this in his heart; everyone was a god, so there was no need to poke at each other's sore spots.
Wan Sanqian looked full of regret; he had been the one who thought most highly of Yang Fan initially, but unfortunately, he couldn't possibly be a match for the Luo Family.
Director of Studies Yang Wanli suddenly flashed onto the platform, performed a gentleman's bow to everyone on the high platform, then turned around and said in a high-pitched tone, "Students, this is the second exam of your third year. As for the specific details of the exam, I assume your respective class teachers have already explained them clearly, so I won't go into too much detail."
"Now, I want to tell you the criteria for ending the exam: either someone breaks the core of the Alien Demi-god's Alien Divine Kingdom, or the Alien Demi-god invades the students' Divine Kingdoms, resulting in mass casualties among the students. Only then will our school's teachers forcibly terminate it."
"As for the duration of the assessment, I can clearly tell you all: there is no time limit. This midterm exam will really kill people."
As Director Yang's voice fell, most of the third-year students below were panicked and at a loss.
Breaking the core of the Divine Kingdom—didn't that mean killing that Alien Demi-god?
Could Divine Creatures really kill a Demi-god?
As for the Divine Kingdom being invaded, what a joke—those were the believers of a Demi-god! Would the one dying be themselves?
Everyone had already prepared themselves mentally, especially the weaker students, who had already decided to just collect valuable spiritual plants at the edge of the Alien Divine Kingdom and leave it at that.
Now, after hearing Director Yang's words, everyone's heart rate accelerated. They felt this midterm exam was a dragon's den and a tiger's lair.
Under the pressure of Director Yang's terrifying divine aura, not a single student dared to speak up and question him.
"Now, everyone enter the nutrient pods; the coordinates are inside."
"I hope all you students can come back alive." Director Yang's voice suddenly turned eerie, making people feel a chill down their spines.
Under immense psychological pressure, everyone entered the nutrient pods.
The midterm exam officially began.
"Director Yang, are the requirements for ending this assessment too strict?" Li Yuan asked.
Even if the Alien Demi-god had been weakened, wanting to rely on a group of Divine Creatures to break its Divine Kingdom core sounded like a fantasy no matter how you looked at it.
As for mass casualties among the students, that was even more outrageous.
This was an exam, not a real Divine Kingdom war; there was no need to pay such a huge price.
The powerful gods on the high platform all frowned.
"This is the principal's intention. However, rest assured, what I just said was mainly to scare these children who have not been baptized by blood and fire. The principal has already signed a contract with this Alien Demi-god; it will hold back."
"Then the Divine Kingdom core?"
"We made a replica for it," Director Yang laughed.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. If it was just a replica, this Alien Demi-god definitely wouldn't resist to the death.
Everyone would just be putting on a show; Yang County No. 1 Middle School would use this to cultivate the younger generation, and the Alien Demi-god would get a chance to survive.
Director Yang raised his hand and pointed at the light screen in the sky. "The 2026 third-year midterm exam of Yang County No. 1 Middle School officially begins. Please observe, fellow Daoists."
The huge light screen projected onto every student, and everything they could see would be reflected to the outside world.
Unlike the last assessment, this time it was in an Alien Divine Kingdom. Because the Alien Demi-god was still alive, the human intelligent life could only observe what was happening inside the Divine Kingdom through the students; it was impossible to open a global view.
All the third-year high school students descended into the same open space.
Students who had made arrangements before the exam formed teams and set off toward the depths of the Alien Divine Kingdom.
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