Evolving infinitely from ground zero

"Lin Zichen, 100 points."

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire classroom fell into silence.

It was as if the Earth had stopped spinning.

It was as if time had stopped flowing.

Everyone turned into stone sculptures, all with frozen expressions and stunned still.

It was only when Lin Zichen stood up to leave his seat and went to the stage to collect his test paper that the people below gradually snapped out of their daze, exclaiming incredulously:

"100 points! He actually scored 100 points! How, how did he do it?!"

"Outrageous! This is just outrageous!"

"Even the two top students from Nanguan City have been taken down, Lin Zichen is really awesome, glory to Shanhai!"

Taken down...

Hearing these extremely harsh words, both Lu Gang and Wang Shujie looked rather upset.

Especially Wang Shujie, his face had turned green.

From childhood, even in the academically competitive Nanguan City, he had been the star everyone looked up to, revered by his peers.

Unexpectedly, upon arriving in Shanhai City, where educational standards were notoriously average, his first exam at the start of the school year had someone dominating over him.

This was difficult to accept for someone who considered himself superior and full of pride.

On the other side.

He Yu's expression was also a bit unpleasant.

He had thought that scoring 88 points would surely secure him the third place and the reward of 333 yuan.

But Lin Zichen's perfect score pushed him out of the top three.

This made him feel quite embarrassed, feeling as though he, who had confidently spoken about treating his group members to a meal with the prize money, was like a clown.

On the stage.

Lin Zichen, ignoring the shocked exclamations coming from all directions, walked up to Cai Yuanfei calmly to receive his test paper.

Cai Yuanfei handed him the test paper, all smiles, and said:

"Zi Chen, your written test scores are very good, everyone knows that, but I really didn't expect them to be this good, not even Lu Gang and Wang Shujie could compete with you."

"You flatter me, Teacher Cai."

"Not at all, not a bit of an exaggeration." Cai Yuanfei said, and then laughed again:

"Zi Chen, martial artists should not be too modest, not too humble. If you have strength, you need to be a bit arrogant. That's how you show your mettle and make further progress."

"You're right, Teacher Cai," Lin Zichen nodded in agreement, then added, "By the way, Teacher Cai, when will the first-place prize of 888 yuan be distributed?"

Cai Yuanfei laughed: "It will be distributed after all the students' scores are announced. I will send the prize money through a personal transfer to the class group."

"I understand, Teacher Cai," Lin Zichen said, then went back down to his seat.

As soon as he sat down, Shen Qinghan at the desk in front of him turned around and said:

"Xiao Chen, you actually scored full marks, that's amazing!"

"Quick, quick, show me your test, I want to see how you did it."

Shen Qinghan looked eagerly at the perfect score test paper in Lin Zichen's hands with curiosity and urgency in her voice.

Lin Zichen smiled and handed her the test paper.

Seeing this, He Yu and Li Chuxin quickly came over as well, eager to see how a perfect score test was achieved.

...

An hour later.

The Genetic Fusion teacher, Liu Deren, carrying a stack of graded test papers, walked into the classroom.

He strode to the podium, looked at everyone with a smile, and said:

"Students, thanks to other teachers, the scores for that Genetic Fusion test you just took have all been graded."

"Teacher, please distribute the test papers."

Wang Shujie urged Liu Deren.

Having been outperformed by Lin Zichen in the Mechanical Transformation test, he was eager to surpass him in the Genetic Fusion scores.

Liu Deren chuckled and said, "Don't rush, I'll read out each name and score, and you can come up to get your paper when you hear your name."

Soon, the names with scores were announced from the podium.

Most people failed.

Those two top students from Nanguan City, Lu Gang scored 81, and Wang Shujie scored 83, barely passing the excellent mark.

However, the one who captured everyone's attention was Lin Zichen, shocking the entire class again with a perfect score.

Two perfect scores in a row!

Especially since most people couldn't even pass the Genetic Fusion exam, he still got a perfect score!

Such incredible performance completely changed everyone's perception of a top student.

This wasn't just a top student, this was more like a study god!

During this time, Wang Shujie, unwilling to believe this outrageous fact, expressed his doubts to Liu Deren.

Saying how could one possibly achieve a perfect score on such a difficult paper?

He must have known the answers in advance to score that high.

However, this baseless suspicion was directly denied by Liu Deren.

Liu Deren said that he designed the questions for this paper himself, and the answers weren't available online; there was no way to cheat.

Wang Shujie fell silent.

Seeing his smug classmate looking crestfallen, He Yu, delighted, complained to Lin Zichen:

"This guy makes me laugh, can't accept he failed, and even suspects you cheated, what a disgrace to us people from Nanguan City."

"Exactly, that Wang Shujie is really tasteless, and ugly people always make more trouble!" Li Chuxin, always focused on appearance, also chimed in.

Hearing these two gossiping behind someone's back, the timid Shen Qinghan quickly whispered, "You two stop it, it would be bad if someone heard."

He Yu, unfazed, retorted, "Afraid of what? He was the first to be a sore loser and suspect Zichen of cheating. What's wrong with me scolding him a bit? Is he going to hit me or what?"

Li Chuxin also said with a displeased face, "Exactly, that Wang Shujie deserves scolding, just talking behind his back is too mild for me, I'll curse him with a voodoo doll when I get home tonight!"

"Ah, a, a voodoo doll?"

Shen Qinghan was profoundly shaken.

Seeing Li Chuxin getting carried away, Lin Zichen also couldn't hold it anymore and quickly spoke out:

"Chu Xin, a little gossip is enough, let's not do the voodoo doll thing."

"Okay, then I won't do it."

Li Chuxin didn't listen to Shen Qinghan's advice, but she listened to the advice of everyone's dream lover.

While they were whispering, Liu Deren was still reading names and scores on the stage.

When the names dwindled down to the last paper, he finally announced Shen Qinghan's score.

"Shen Qinghan, 78 points."

Upon hearing her score, Shen Qinghan first blinked in surprise, then trembled with excitement.

78 points!

Only lower than Lin Zichen, Wang Shujie, Lu Gang, and He Yu!

Top five in class!

"Oh my gosh, Han Han, how did you score so high?!"

Li Chuxin was shocked, at first thinking she had misheard, her face showing disbelief.

He Yu didn't find it surprising at all and said matter-of-factly:

"What's so strange about that? Haven't you seen who her childhood friend is and his level? She grew up with Zichen, how could her grades be bad?"

At the same time.

Almost everyone in the class turned to look at Shen Qinghan, their faces showing extreme surprise; they hadn't expected her to score so high on the Genetic Fusion test.

After all, in the previous Mechanical Transformation test, she had just managed to pass.

Feeling everyone's looks of surprise, shock, disbelief, and incredulity, Shen Qinghan stood up grinning and walked to the podium to collect her test paper.

All the while thinking how wonderful it was to have Xiao Chen as a childhood friend, who had been taking her to read books related to Exotic Beasts since childhood. Otherwise, she definitely wouldn't have scored so high now.

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