A month before the college entrance exams, Luo Feng put almost all his energy into studying. As the review progressed and with each practice exam, his confidence in the upcoming test grew stronger.

That was Luo Feng’s mindset.

June 7th, the first day of the college entrance exam. In Huaxia, the exam period is three days long, from June 7th to 9th, just as it was before the Great Nirvana.

According to the seating arrangements, Luo Feng, a student of Third Middle School, was assigned to take the test at First High School.

"Don't worry, Dad."

...

"Xiao Feng, keep a relaxed mindset during the exam. Even if you can't get into the First Military Academy, the Second Military Academy is fine too. Take it easy!" His father, Luo Hongguo, said with a smile as he looked at his son.

“Beep—beep—” Suddenly, a sleek, all-black Mercedes S600, radiating aristocratic elegance, approached the gates of First High School, escorted by police motorcycles. Parents and students nearby instinctively stepped aside, all eyes focusing on the car.

Three people got out of the Mercedes S600, laughing and chatting as they made their way to the school entrance.

"Isn't that Director Liu from the Education Bureau?"

Nowadays, the battle between humans and monsters continued without end.

Warriors held an exalted status among humans.

"Warriors."

"In the near future, I’ll earn the title of 'warrior' too!" Luo Feng silently vowed to himself.

The gates of First High School slowly opened.

“Xiao Feng, it’s time to go in. Hurry!” urged his father, Luo Hongguo, while his mother, Gong Xinlan, added, “Go on now. I’ll head back to make you some lunch, and your dad and brother will wait for you here.”

Luo Feng smiled and nodded.

"Good luck," he said, pumping his fist in encouragement.

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"2056 Jiangnan City Science Exam, Version A"—a clear line of text at the top of the exam paper.

Scanning the test, Luo Feng glanced over the final few questions. They seemed familiar. "This test shouldn’t be too difficult. If the questions aren't tough, it’ll be hard for me to fully leverage my strengths in science. I'll just have to be careful and avoid losing points on questions I know how to solve."

...

The science exam covered physics, chemistry, and biology combined.

The math exam was, of course, solely math.

So—

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June 8th, humanities exam.

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"Only the math exam left," Luo Feng took a deep breath. "The science test wasn’t hard, and I think I did well. I also performed normally on the humanities exam! This means my scores for both science and humanities should be within my usual range. As long as I don't make too many mistakes on the math test, I’ll definitely get into Jiangnan’s First Military Academy."

He encouraged himself and began working on the exam.

"This is really tough." Luo Feng quickly realized the difficulty. "Harder than previous years! But… the harder, the better!"

When the questions are tough...

“Snap!” A sharp sound echoed in the room.

Looking at the students, the proctor thought to himself, "Judging by their faces, this year’s math exam is really tough."

Students who were already weak in math found themselves staring at questions they didn’t know how to answer, one after another. The sheer difficulty of the exam pushed many to the verge of collapse.

An hour into the exam.

By now, Luo Feng had completed the multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank sections, leaving the calculations. The combined points for multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank questions was only 90. The five calculation problems accounted for 160 points. After all, large calculation problems best assessed a student’s mathematical abilities.

Each of the first four problems was worth 30 points, while the final one was worth 40 points.

Luo Feng furiously scribbled and calculated on his scratch paper.

“Okay, solved the first problem.” Luo Feng glanced at his watch and felt a jolt of urgency. “It took me 20 minutes to solve just one problem? I need to speed up.”

At first glance, the second problem seemed easier, so Luo Feng quickly started his calculations on scratch paper.

He soon realized his initial approach wasn’t working, furrowing his brow as he reconsidered the problem. Time ticked away as he dove deeper into his solution. "Right, that’s the approach. But how do I prove the next step?" Luo Feng’s brain raced as he analyzed the problem.

Meanwhile—

120… 125… 130… 140… 150…

Immersed in solving the exam questions, Luo Feng failed to notice the pulse monitor on his watch.

Luo Feng felt his heart rate quicken, but he attributed it to the stress of the exam and didn’t think much of it.

230!

"I don’t feel well." Luo Feng’s heart pounded as if it were about to burst from his chest. His blood, driven by his rapidly contracting heart, surged through his veins. Waves of invisible energy flowed into his brain, causing a searing pain to shoot through his skull—

“Are you okay?” the proctor rushed over, staring in shock at Luo Feng.

“No, no—stop, slow down, slow down!” Luo Feng’s intuition screamed that something was wrong. He stared at his watch, eyes wide with alarm.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

As his blurry vision made out the number “268” on his watch, an intense pain exploded in his head, and Luo Feng collapsed into unconsciousness. As he faded out, he vaguely heard a voice...

"This candidate, this candidate, wake up, wake up. Quickly, quickly call an ambulance!"