Chapter 521
“Everyone is just teaching a lesson to a kid who doesn’t know how high the sky is, why fight over it?” someone spoke up.
Lu Zhiwei furrowed her brows, stepped in front of Xiang Beifei, and shouted, “Hey, are you done? He’s under my protection, try touching him and see!”
With her shout, Yu Xiaoyao and the others also stopped and looked at Lu Zhiwei.
“Lu Zhiwei, does your detective club also want to join in this mess?”
Yu Xiaoyao cautiously looked at Lu Zhiwei, she still had some reservations about Lu Zhiwei, as she was not someone easy to mess with.
Tall boy Ding Ming sneered at Lu Zhiwei, “Lu Zhiwei, are you saying that your detective club plans to cover for this N-grade trash that’s ruining our Liangzhou University’s reputation?”
“Stop pinning big labels on us.”
At that moment, a crew-cut boy stepped out of the crowd in response, then turned and frowned at Lu Zhiwei, saying, “Lu Zhiwei, what are you doing? Why are you hanging out with an N-grade? Don’t ruin our detective club’s reputation!”
Lu Zhiwei retorted angrily, “Are you guys idiots? Where did Xiang Beifei ruin our Liangzhou University’s reputation? The news even said that it was all Yu Lei’s own doing, yet you all live in your own perceptions, deliberately ignoring the truth, right?”
“Anyone can say anything in the news, but I won’t let an N-grade person into our Liangzhou University, he doesn’t deserve it!”
“Right! This is a gathering place for elites, not a garbage shelter!”
“N-grade people, get out of Liangzhou University!”
“N-grade people, get out of Liangzhou University!”
Many people started shouting, and near them, only a few students did not join in, they just watched from the side. Not all elite students have such hostility, some are quite rational.
However, given the situation at the scene, there were too many people against Xiang Beifei, even if rational people spoke up, they might inadvertently become targets of attack.
Lu Zhiwei was very angry, someone from their detective club was looking for her, telling her not to cause trouble, but Lu Zhiwei was not someone who avoided trouble, she was arguing her point with the other party.
“Lu Zhiwei, if you keep shielding this N-grade person, our detective club will have to distance ourselves from you!” the crew-cut boy said.
“Distance away! You think I care?”
Lu Zhiwei, furious, clenched her fists and declared, “Come on, I’m putting it out here today, if anyone dares to touch even a hair on him, ask my fists.”
“Lu Zhiwei, if you really want to fight, why don’t I fight you?” a boy stepped forward, looking at Lu Zhiwei.
This boy was also a late-stage Qi-Controlling expert!
Lu Zhiwei eyed him warily, clearly this person was not easy to provoke, but she did not back down.
However, Zhuo Jing’s expression looked very unpleasant.
Now, Xiang Beifei had become the center of attention, his lucky score of 581 no longer attracted any more praise.
He had to actively seek appreciation.
“What does it matter how high you score? As if you could attend an elite university!”
Zhuo Jing spat in his head out of jealousy.
Among the nine elite universities, only Liangzhou University takes in N-grade Awakeners. But even Liangzhou University sets assessment thresholds for N-grade students, not letting them pass easily.
And Zhuo Jing, his score was more than enough for any elite university!
Zhuo Jing looked at his system panel, his appreciation value had reached 5129, which was enough to exchange for the “Piercing Strike” Cultivation Technique. Another mission required a score of 550 points and 2000 appreciations to exchange for a double appreciation card, which he had also completed.
But he wasn’t in a hurry to exchange them right now, it was not the time to exchange for the cultivation technique yet. As the crowd was all gathered here, he wanted to take the opportunity to garner more appreciation values.
Soon, he thought of another way to attract people’s attention.
“Exactly, with my scores, I’m more than qualified for the nine elite universities, after all, I am S-grade, not N-grade. It’s too easy for me to get into an elite university, but elite universities don’t admit N-grade people.”
Zhuo Jing loudly stated this to a friend nearby, not hiding the pride in his voice.
While a group was surrounding Xiang Beifei, hearing Zhuo Jing’s words, they also momentarily pondered, and soon realized the issue.
Right!
How does it matter if Xiang Beifei was the top student of his school? He is just an N-level, and elite universities normally do not admit N-level students! Even Liangzhou University, the only exception, has not admitted an N-level student for ten consecutive years.
Elite universities set very high thresholds for N-level students!
Many people, upon hearing Zhuo Jing’s words, suddenly changed their views on Xiang Beifei, their admiration mingled with regret.
This is indeed too regrettable!
Even those with 500 points at S-level can be admitted easily, but a high school exam score of 732 points keeps him out of elite universities!
Everyone was sighing.
Chapter Eighty: Feeding the Dogs
The awakening system’s talent determined the threshold for colleges.
This world is just so realistic.
But everyone also understood that the reason this situation exists is because the N-level system is outrageous, the system tasks are illogical, and the potential simply isn’t there.
In this world, the most profound truth was: learning should be for practical application!
A good system enables one to apply acquired knowledge more adeptly. If it were an absurd system like the N-level, even if you acquired a lot of knowledge from books, it would be difficult to complete the system tasks, making it impossible to achieve practical application.
In other words, academic scores determine a person’s basic foundation, while the level of system talent dictates a person’s future ceiling.
In a system world, high academic scores only mean your understanding of this world is deeper than normal people, but it does not mean your future achievements will be higher than others.
If you compare a person to a tree, then the awakened system is like the fertilizer that helps nurture this tree.
The fertilizer produced by an N-level system can at most make this tree grow to one meter, but an R-level can make it grow to ten meters, while an S-level can make it grow to one hundred meters!
As for levels SR and SSR, needless to say, they are enough to nurture a person into a towering tree!
And the nine elite universities, as the name suggests, nurture students who have high future ceilings.
“What a pity for such a promising seedling, even an R-level system would have been better,” someone couldn’t help but lament.
“Yes! Such a pity.”
Others chimed in with sympathy, regret, schadenfreude… all kinds of looks were cast, even though there was still a slim hope that Liangzhou University might admit N-level candidates, that hope was very slim.
Because that assessment, legend has it, is a gap that N-levels simply cannot cross.
Who would have thought that a top scorer of 732 points would face such an embarrassing situation?
Meanwhile, people were more optimistic about Zhuo Jing.
Although his score was only 581, more than a hundred points less than Xiang Beifei, but his was an S-level! With such scores, he could easily get into one of the nine elite universities, and even choose a good major.
“The class president is really impressive! Which of the nine elite universities is the class president planning to choose?” someone asked enviously.
“Do we even need to ask? He has a total score of 631 points after bonuses, he can pick any of the nine elite universities.”
“Yes, an S-level 631 points is much stronger than an N-level 732 points.”
[You received praise from Kangkang, appreciation value +2]
[You received praise from Liu Lan, appreciation value +2]
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Zhuo Jing seized the moment to harvest more appreciation value, feeling refreshed.
He humbly claimed, “It’s nothing, everyone flatters me too much. I’ve already set my target. As a part of Liangzhou, I plan to stay here and apply for Liangzhou University!”
Actually, his decision to apply for Liangzhou University was spontaneous, he was annoyed that Xiang Beifei’s normal academic performance was not as good as his, yet Xiang scored higher than him on the college entrance exam.
He knew Liangzhou University was Xiang Beifei’s only chance to apply to an elite university.
So, he chose Liangzhou University!