Chapter 101: The Joint Examination Opens, the Governor Personally Escorts Her to the Site, and You Still Say She Has No Connections?

But now, the Thunder Emperor had mercilessly ripped away this final fig leaf, forcing him to confront the bloody reality...

Qi Chongshan’s heart sank to rock bottom.

’It’s been two days, and Gu Yuexi and her team still haven’t come out. Could... could it be true, just like the Thunder Emperor said? Have they... have they already met with disaster?’

Zhang Chengye and the others nearby also turned deathly pale, a chill running through their bodies.

’If Gu Yuexi really died in Du Nan, every last one of them would be finished!’

Seeing Qi Chongshan’s distraught expression, a flicker of contempt flashed in the Thunder Emperor’s eyes.

’He’d stop at nothing just to protect his position!’

’A petty man like him is fit to rule?’

"When did that little girl go in?" the Thunder Emperor asked coldly.

"T-two... two days ago..."

"...Then she’s most likely dead." The Thunder Emperor’s expression darkened as he made his judgment almost instantly.

In his view, a young prodigy who hadn’t even reached the Third-Grade, no matter how talented, could never survive for two days amidst a swarm of hundreds of millions of insects.

As soon as he said this, the entire venue was instantly enveloped in an atmosphere of despair and dead silence.

HUMMM—!!

But just then,

the spatial rift, which had been silent for two days, suddenly rippled.

Then, a cool and slender figure emerged, walking out at a leisurely pace.

The young woman was still in her white dress, immaculate, her expression so calm it was as if she’d just returned from a stroll in the countryside.

On her shoulder, the menacing-looking, blood-red mosquito rested lazily, looking as if it hadn’t yet had its fill.

The girl and the mosquito were completely unharmed!

"THUD!"

Gu Yuexi casually tossed a massive, dark carcass that reeked of a foul stench out of her Storage Ring, and it slammed onto the ground.

She didn’t even glance at the crowd’s ghost-stricken expressions, simply stating faintly:

"The mother worm has been dealt with."

"The Spirit-Devouringg Worms inside the Secret Realm have mostly been wiped out. Once we deal with the ones out here, there shouldn’t be any more problems."

"..."

The entire area fell dead silent.

Everyone stared, dumbfounded, at the massive mother worm’s corpse, then back at the unfazed Gu Yuexi and the mosquito on her shoulder. Every last one of them was completely baffled.

Disbelief was written all over the Thunder Emperor’s face as he sized up the young woman incredulously.

’She... just walked out of there alive, looking completely untouched?’

’Did I just get proven wrong in an instant?’

’No, wait. How did she do it? With just that mosquito?!’

The Thunder Emperor took a long look at Chu Sheng, perched on Gu Yuexi’s shoulder. When he sensed the vast Qi Blood within the mosquito’s body, his heart skipped a beat.

’This level of Qi Blood... Third-Grade Late Stage?!’

’The Master is only eighteen, not even in college, but her Contracted Beast is already at the Third-Grade Late Stage? Is this mosquito’s growth rate that terrifying?’

’This creature...’

’Its future potential is limitless!’

The Thunder Emperor marveled inwardly. He had a feeling that before long, this girl and her mosquito might just be qualified to fight by his side!

"Good! Good! Good!"

The first to react was Qi Chongshan!

He stared at the mother worm’s corpse, trembling all over with excitement. The despair and fear from a moment ago were instantly replaced by boundless ecstasy!

’I won the gamble! I fucking won!’

"Governor Qi, the joint exam is about to start, isn’t it? Please take us there as soon as possible." Gu Yuexi glanced at the time, shot a surprised look at the Thunder Emperor, and finally addressed Qi Chongshan.

The Thunder Emperor frowned, a strange feeling creeping in. ’That look the little girl just gave me... it was almost as if she knew me.’

’Must be my imagination. How could she possibly know me?’

Shaking his head, the Thunder Emperor didn’t dwell on it and ordered Qi Chongshan directly, "You take her. I’ll handle things here."

"Yes! Of course!"

Qi Chongshan nodded eagerly. At this point, he wanted to worship Gu Yuexi like an ancestor. Personally escorting her to the joint exam was the least he could do!

Gu Yuexi glanced at the Thunder Emperor again, surprised.

’I can’t believe it. The Little Lei who knelt before me in my past life, calling me "Grandma" and begging for mercy, is actually so good at putting up a front?’

The Thunder Emperor: "..."

He was now beginning to suspect there was something wrong with the girl’s head.

...

「Sui Ming Province, Central Stadium.」

The massive stadium, capable of holding a hundred thousand people, was now a veritable sea of faces, with not an empty seat in sight.

Tens of thousands of high school seniors, candidates from all over the province, were gathered here.

This year, the joint exam’s format had undergone a major change.

The first three days consisted of the ’preliminary tournament’ for Sui Ming Province.

Only the candidates who ranked in the top three thousand in total Points during the preliminaries would qualify for the next round, where they would represent Sui Ming Province and compete against the geniuses from the Canglan and Celestial Fire provinces.

That was the true tri-province joint exam.

Meanwhile, in the section of the stadium reserved for Du Nan First Middle School, the group of students who had gathered on their own accord because of the "Gu Yuexi incident" were now chattering amongst themselves.

"Do you think that girl, Gu Yuexi, will show up today?"

"Of course she will! The school already put out an announcement. If she doesn’t show, the school administration would just be making a fool of itself, right?"

"Hmph. With this year’s rules, and her pathetic level of strength, I doubt she’ll even make it into the real tri-province joint exam!"

This statement immediately drew a chorus of agreement.

"Exactly! Only the top three thousand in the province get to participate in the real tri-province exam. Our Du Nan First Middle School has over a thousand candidates; I’m sure all of us can secure a spot... Heh, all of us except her!"

"Hahaha! A First-Grade Middle Stage with a contracted White-striped Aedes Mosquito? How could she possibly make it into the top three thousand? She’s going to be so humiliated!"

"I’m telling you, we won’t even have to wait for the tri-province exam. She’ll get crushed in the preliminaries alone!"

"That’s right! If I get matched against her, I’ll make sure she learns that connections are useless without real strength!"

The crowd was filled with righteous indignation. They rubbed their hands together eagerly, as if preparing to deliver justice themselves.

However, a few had their reservations.

An average-looking boy spoke in a low voice, "That’s easy to say... but what if her connections really are that powerful? If we teach her too harsh a lesson, won’t there be retaliation?"

"Afraid of what!" a hot-tempered, burly youth next to him shot back, glaring. "There’s safety in numbers! With so many of us, what’s she going to do, punish all of us?"

"If she really dared to do that, it would just prove she’s a bully who throws her weight around! Public opinion would swing even more in our favor!"

Sounds of approval immediately erupted from the crowd.

Seeing their reaction, the burly youth felt his blood boil and he stood up. "You’re all right! We have nothing to fear!"

"We’re not doing this to bully anyone! We just want what’s fair! We want to show those high-and-mighty elites the fury of ordinary people!"

"We want to make them understand that privilege can’t be placed above the rules! At the very least... the next time they try to pull something like this, they’ll have to think twice!"

His speech was impassioned and resonant.

Hearing this, the surrounding students became as hyped as if they’d been shot up with adrenaline, and they all roared in support.

However, just then,

BOOM—!

a violent sonic boom echoed from the sky above the stadium!

Everyone was startled and instinctively looked up.

They saw a streak of light descend from the sky at an incredible speed, finally coming to a steady hover in mid-air before the Du Nan First Middle School contingent.

The light faded, revealing two figures.

In the lead was a middle-aged man with a dignified expression, dressed in a Zhongshan suit.

Beside him stood a stunningly beautiful young woman in a white dress, her expression cool and aloof.

"Th-that’s... Lord Governor?!"

Someone recognized Qi Chongshan and let out an incredulous gasp!

In an instant, the entire Du Nan First Middle School contingent fell deathly silent.

Everyone stared, dumbstruck, their minds completely blank.

’The Governor... personally escorted a student to the joint exam?’

’What the fuck kind of special treatment is this?!’

"Holy shit! That’s just next level! They’re not even trying to hide it anymore!"

The burly youth was dumbfounded. "And they fucking expect us to believe she didn’t get here on connections?!"