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บท 12: So we were overthinking the situation!

When the text on the metallic wall fixated on the words "Mind Expanse: S Class, Psy-genes: S Class", everyone turned dumbfounded.

Kevin was dumbfounded. He recalled Shi Xiaobai acting ignorant, implying that he didn't know what a Psyker was, followed by how he looked dazed after his cocky act. He finally recalled Shi Xiaobai's depressed expression after he left quickly, having mocked him in underhanded fashion. At this moment, as he looked at the two rows of text, he felt a pain in his face. It was very painful, extremely painful. Fuck, is it that fun acting the pig to devour the tiger?

Yang Yang was dumbfounded. He was still relishing in the Kool-aid Shi Xiaobai brewed for him. It was a bowl of chicken soup for the soul named, "No Geniuses, Only the Strong". But he suddenly realized that the person who brewed the bowl of chicken soup was a genius several times more of a genius than Kevin. He immediately felt a bitter taste linger in his mouth. Damn it, this bowl of chicken soup is poisoned!

The three older people on the platform were dumbfounded. As senior members of [Gaia] with a rather lengthy resume, they had witnessed numerous Rookie Evaluation Tests. However, this was the first time they encountered a double S Class result. If not for their absolute confidence in the evaluation machine's accuracy, they would probably scramble to check if there had been any chances of fraud.

Riko was also dumbfounded. Although she had learned early on from One-Pun that Shi Xiaobai was a Psyker, she did it with an attitude of treating him as a Hail Mary effort, so she had never expected Shi Xiaobai's natural endowment to be so terrifying. Shi Xiaobai was probably the rookie with the highest natural endowment ever since the establishment of [Gaia]. Riko was laughing herself silly, thinking how lucky she was to have come by this treasure.

After everyone was dumbfounded, they involuntarily thought of the final words Shi Xiaobai said before entering the evaluation box.

Shi Xiaobai said that geniuses were ordinary people who worked hard, but they were after all ordinary people.

Shi Xiaobai said that an ordinary hard-working person could become one of the strong, and a lackadaisical genius would never be fated to be one of the strong.

Shi Xiaobai said that this world did not have any geniuses, only the strong.

When Shi Xiaobai said those impassioned words, they were more or less moved, but most of them scoffed at it. However, as they gave his words careful thought, they were suddenly enlightened. Shi Xiaobai said those words not for them, but as a warning for himself!

Shi Xiaobai was telling himself that although he was a genius amongst geniuses, he did not believe he was stronger than others. If he did not work hard, he would never become one of the strong. This world did not have geniuses. Shi Xiaobai felt disdain for becoming a genius. He wanted to be one of the strong, and for that, he would work harder than anyone!

Was there anything more persuasive than a remark from a genius with two S Class evaluations?

Nearly everyone felt admiration for him. They imagined themselves in his shoes. If I were to have dual S talents like Shi Xiaobai, will I be able to remain so modest and maintain the purest of intentions, so as to strive to become stronger?

The answer was no, they could not do it. A person with dual S talents probably numbered less than a handful in China. Any organization would treat that person as a hot potato, but also a precious gem. If they were Shi Xiaobai, even if they could maintain a false sense of modesty, they would definitely not be able to say those sincere words.

Shi Xiaobai was not only a genius, he was, in fact, even more likely to be a genius that was more hard-working than any of them!

This understanding made everyone's mood turn heavy. An inexplicable emotion began to brew in their hearts. They closed their mouths without prior arrangements, as they stared at the thirteen-year-old youth that had just walked out the metallic box.

The youth wasn't very tall or short, nor was he fat or thin. He had delicate facial features, with eyes bright like the stars, and was dressed in clean clothes. He was not considered suave, nor did he look extremely handsome. He was the type of person who would be filtered out by one's brain when placed in a crowd.

But such a youth was clearly more of a genius than anyone else, yet he was the one who spurned geniuses more than anyone. Clearly, he did not need to work as hard as anyone, but was more motivated than anyone to work hard.

What sort of soul was hidden beneath Shi Xiaobai's plain exterior?

Everyone was lost in thought when they suddenly heard Shi Xiaobai's hard-hitting voice.

"Everyone! This King takes back everything he just said. This world does have geniuses!"

Everyone was stunned, thinking that they had misheard him, but it was quickly followed by Shi Xiaobai's second sentence.

"This King is a genius. Hahahaha~! Tremble and be filled with despair. Mortals, the true genius is here!"

Shi Xiaobai's unbridled laughter echoed in the spacious room, assaulting their every nerve.

Holy shit, so we were overthinking the situation!

Shi Xiaobai is a complete idiot!

Such a foolish idiot is a dual S class genius?

In that case, aren't we worse than an idiot?

What the fuck, this world sure isn't fair!

...

...

"Why do these ordinary people look like they want to devour This King?"

Shi Xiaobai suddenly found something amiss with the atmosphere. Instinctively, he quickly walked towards the seats on the left from the platform. He noticed how everyone's gazes were following him, giving him the creeps.

"Could a jealous demoness have captured their hearts and minds? This King better be careful!"

Shi Xiaobai gingerly moved to his seat and realized Yang Yang was looking at him with complex looks from behind. Shi Xiaobai's eyes lit up and immediately blinked his eyes at Yang Yang.

"Praise This King. Hurry, hurry..."

With this thought in mind, Shi Xiaobai's eyes blinked even faster, but after blinking all day, he realized Yang Yang had failed to receive his intentions, turning him melancholic.

"Back then, Pleasant Goat wasn't like this when he was praising Blondy Narcissist. This King is so much more of a genius than Blondy Narcissist, so why aren't you praising This King?"

Seeing Yang Yang ignore him, Shi Xiaobai immediately turned towards Kevin who wasn't far away. He waved his hand and said, "Hey, Blondy Narcissist!"

Shi Xiaobai found Kevin's logic to be very reasonable. Humans were born unequal. For example, wasn't he, Shi Xiaobai destined to lead an extraordinary life from the moment he was born?

Shi Xiaobai cast a kind smile at Kevin, but Kevin turned to look away with an ashen face. This made Shi Xiaobai even more melancholic.

"The path of the King is indeed lonely."

Shi Xiaobai sighed as he felt that they had hurt his fragile heart.

"Shi Xiaobai, I believe what you said was right. A genius does not equal to being one of the strong." Suddenly, Yang Yang's passionate voice rang in his ears.

Shi Xiaobai was stunned as he suddenly recalled himself saying something similar just a moment ago. Just as he was about to cough to correct the incorrect point of view, he heard Yang Yang say solemnly, "I am not a Psyker, but I'm [Order]'s most promising rookie that has a chance of becoming this batch's A Class rookie. That's because the second stage of the Rookie Evaluation Test is a test of one's ability. It's not a comparison of talent, but the accumulation of each person's hard work."

"So Shi Xiaobai, if you can convince me whole-heartedly in the evaluation of ability, I will acknowledge that you are not only a genius, but truly one of the strong!"

Yang Yang's eyes flickered with intense fighting spirit and an endless amount of anticipation. Shi Xiaobai might have said those words previously out of jest, but Yang Yang had taken those words to heart. He sincerely hoped that those words were true. Only then could he persist in this belief. For this, he had to first prove that Shi Xiaobai, who said those words, was authentic.

Looking into Yang Yang's eyes, Shi Xiaobai, who wanted to say, "This King does not need your acknowledgment", had for some reason said, only with a smile, "This King is not afraid of any challenge."

  1. Ye Jiaquan (叶家拳) translates to Ye Family Fist.

บท 13: Shi Xiaobai's Confidence is Shaken

The strange atmosphere in the room loomed for a period of time before it gradually dissipated. After all, the Rookie Evaluation Test was not yet over. [Gaia]'s evaluation of rookies was typically split into two, "natural endowment" and "ability". Over the years, there was no lack of rookies who had extremely high "natural endowment", but received terrible evaluations due to extremely low "Ability" scores. As such, Shi Xiaobai's final evaluation was still uncertain.

However, certain things were just clear-cut.

Riko smiled beautifully as her gaze turned smug, "Mu Hongli, do you still remember our bet? Go home and pack up, for I happen to lack a maid servant to order around. Ke Ke~"

Mu Hongli's face sank and looked indignant. She said hatefully, "Our bet is the final outcome of the rookie evaluation. It has only been the first stage."

Riko smiled widely and did not think much of it. "Shi Xiaobai has already led Blondy Narcissist by so much in the first stage. Unless Shi Xiaobai receives zero points in the second stage and receives a "Useless Person" verdict, Blondy Narcissist is definitely losing."

Mu Hongli also knew in her heart that the chances of Kevin winning was extremely low, but she refused to admit it verbally. She snubbed back, "Who knows, maybe Shi Xiaobai will really get zero?"

Riko gave Mu Hongli a look, as though she was watching a retard. Mu Hongli opened her mouth halfway but remained silent. Getting zero points in the second stage was truly unheard of.

Regardless of how idiotic Shi Xiaobai was, he was still a genius after all. He couldn't be so bad that he couldn't score a single point, right?

...

Shi Xiaobai was now filled with fighting spirit, as he had just accepted Yang Yang's challenge. As for what the challenge entailed, *cough*, he temporarily had no idea.

"This King will adopt the necessary measures depending on the situation."

Shi Xiaobai had such a thought in mind, but he had pricked up his ears, making sure to attentively listen to the elder explaining the rules of the ability test.

"The second stage's ability test is to assess one of the most basic abilities of a Hero, shooting."

Upon hearing the elder's words, Shi Xiaobai was a bit stunned. When did shooting become the most basic ability of a Hero?

Don't tell me the Heroes of this world relied on firearms, spraying around with machine guns? Shi Xiaobai was immediately disappointed. The Heroes in his heart needed to beat calamity fiends with their punches, kicking Astral Calamity Beasts and slashing extraterrestrial motherships with a sword. They could not rely on external forces, much less technology.

"Why is shooting ability one of the most basic abilities of Heroes? Don't tell me Heroes do not use ?" Shi Xiaobai forwent his dignity as King and asked Yang Yang shamelessly.

"Are you serious?" Yang Yang rolled his eyes at him.

"Of course!" Shi Xiaobai nodded seriously.

"I really have no idea if you are acting the fool or you truly are a fool." Yang Yang could not help but denigrate him. After a moment of hesitation, he seriously explained to Shi Xiaobai, "Although Psionites are split into several realms, most Psionites are in the weakest Psionic Mortal Realm." And a majority of Heroes are in the Psionic Mortal Realm. That means Psionic Mortal Realm Heroes are basically F Class Heroes, but these F Class heroes form the bedrock of society's general safety. Most criminals and terrorists are apprehended by F Class Heroes. At the Psionic Mortal Realm, one isn't able to perfectly withstand the strike from a bullet, so using a cold weapon is greatly inferior to firearms in terms of power. Hence, to F Class Heroes at the Psionic Mortal Realm, the best choice of weapon is a firearm."

"To anyone who has the ambition of becoming a Hero, their shooting ability is considered a basic ability, as most people can only be stuck, struggling in the Psionic Mortal Realm," Yang Yang recited without any expression. "On the other hand, Psykers are a bit of a special case. A number of Psykers would have sufficient means to resist firearms at the Psionic Mortal Realm, but most Psykers at the Psionic Mortal Realm typically have offensive strength less than a gun. Hence, one's shooting ability is something that has to be definitely mastered by Psykers. In conclusion, be it Psionites or Psykers, before they break through from the Psionic Mortal Realm to the Psionic Soul Realm, firearms have an advantage over cold weapons. After they make the breakthrough, the reverse situation happens. Those Heroes above D Class basically only use cold weapons."

Having heard a bunch of terms from Yang Yang that he had never heard of before, Shi Xiaobai was immediately filled with confusion, but that did not stop him from asking further.

On the other side, the elder had finished explaining the rules for the second stage.

Once the elder was done, the wall with the shimmering numbers suddenly went white. On the gigantic white screen, the four rookies' names were written on the top left hand corner, followed by a number. At this moment, the numbers were all "0".

The ability test was simple but had a strong smell of gunpowder. The four rookies would compete on the same platform, while black target spots would randomly appear on the large white screen. The four of them could only use laser guns to shoot at it. The person who hit the target first would score a point. After a target was struck, the next target would randomly appear, and there would be a total of a hundred targets.

The randomness here both referred to the location of the target, as well as the time interval between the appearance of the targets.

Such a test could assess the rookie's reaction, shooting speed as well as shooting accuracy. It could be considered quite a well-rounded test subject.

Shi Xiaobai took a laser gun from the elder. It looked quite similar to a normal pistol. He curiously pressed the trigger, and a red beam of light shot out of the barrel. Immediately, Shi Xiaobai turned playful and began shooting laser beams at everyone in the room with "Pew Pew Pew" sounds. Only when the elder stopped him with a blackened face did he stop in resentment.

The other three rookies standing in line with Shi Xiaobai did not appear as relaxed as him. They were extremely nervous. Shi Xiaobai's dual S natural endowment in the first stage had already determined that he would be first at this rookie evaluation. To the three of them, the second stage was even more important.

Shi Xiaobai was indeed not worried at all. He was already trying to figure out how to dismantle the laser gun.

"Hey, Xiaobai, how's your shooting ability?"

A pearly girl's voice echoed, making Shi Xiaobai turn around to see Riko standing behind him. He did not know when that happened.

"Don't worry. Be it or , This King has already attained perfection. No one can match me in shooting ability. Girl, do you want to try?"

Shi Xiaobai answered with great confidence, raising the laser gun at the girl's face.

Riko was stunned upon hearing that. She kept feeling that there was something strange about this and subconsciously punched Shi Xiaobai in the face. As this world did not have the two games, Counter-Strike and CrossFire, Riko did not know what Shi Xiaobai was referring to. But from his confident expression, she felt assured. However, she still made it a point to say, "Anyway, as long as you do not get zero points, that's all that matters, even if it's just one point."

"Tch~" Shi Xiaobai felt disdain towards her statement, but for some reason took the opportunity to ask, "What happens if I get zero?"

Riko hesitated for a while and felt that there was no point hiding it from him at this stage. Hence, she said, "Cough, that red-dressed ugly freak and I had previously made a bet. As long as you exceed zero points, I'll win."

"So that's the case. Rest assured, Girl. Since This King has already signed a blood pact with you, I will naturally help you win your bet!" Shi Xiaobai patted himself on the chest.

Riko rolled her eyes at him. Seeing that the test was about to begin, she exhorted him once more before walking slowly to her seat on the right.

"What a joke. How can This King get zero points? Naive girl."

Realizing that he just needed to obtain one point, Shi Xiaobai immediately felt extremely relaxed. What a joke. Although he had never managed to break past ten points during his school examinations, he had never received zero points before. For this, Shi Xiaobai was rather confident.

"Make your choice, youth!"

Suddenly, a fiery voice boomed in Shi Xiaobai's mind. Time halted along with it, and everyone in the room froze.

Two rows of black text slowly appeared in front of Shi Xiaobai.

That scamming scene from the "Absolute Choice" system had appeared once again!

[ Choice 1: During the test, only one shot can be made without opening your eyes (Reward: E-level) ]

[ Choice 2: Directly give up. Pass the test with zero points (Reward: D-level) ]

(Gentle Reminder: This choice is considered a "daily-style choice" where there is only one opportunity after choosing. Successfully completing the choice's mission will yield a reward, and failure will lead to punishment of the same level.)

Shi Xiaobai was stunned for a moment after seeing the two rows of black text.

"D-level reward..Looks like it's possible for This King to get zero points."

At this moment, Shi Xiaobai's confidence was shaken.

  1. Ye Jiaquan (叶家拳) translates to Ye Family Fist.

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