Chapter 11

【Hey, the B-class Bone-Eating Beast King has been killed, score: 100】

【F-class Ji Fu enters the high score list of the Interstellar Academy】

After the fall of the Bone-Eating Beast King, two messages popped up simultaneously.

The first message was just a notification in Exam Room K437, but the second message was broadcasted throughout the entire school.

All students of the Interstellar Academy received the notification.

Including those who were taking exams, attending classes, and even those like Tan Xi, who were resting lying down.

Tan Xi opened his eyes, hesitated for a moment, and then reopened the forum page he had just closed.

At this moment, the Interstellar Academy forum had descended into complete madness.

New posts were popping up so fast that it was difficult to catch them with the naked eye, and various words were swirling madly under the bright new student score list.

In such a lively situation, the name of Ji Fu, who topped the list, along with her talent level and score, became golden under everyone’s gaze.

The golden score frame also represented the highest score in the academy.

Tan Xi watched the uproarious forum quietly for a second, and the next moment, a large bold title appeared in everyone’s sight.

【Fellow students, the situation has changed】

The commotion outside was unknown to the people in the exam room.

But the impact they received was the greatest.

“Since the establishment of the Interstellar Academy by the Alliance, for hundreds of years, the highest score list has undergone countless changes, but never once has there been an F-class.” Someone in the Special A class took a deep breath and uttered these words.

The people around him all had unpleasant expressions.

Most of them came from prestigious families. Having looked down on lower-class people for a long time, this was the first time they had tasted being firmly suppressed by an F-class.

Zhou Lu Hai was also stunned. The ammunition he fired had blasted off half of the Bone-Eating Beast King’s shoulder, and Wan Feng’s sword had penetrated the beast king’s chest.

But they were both a step too slow.

If Ji Fu’s gravity silver fish shell had been fired alone, it probably would have only caused some damage to the Bone-Eating Beast King. B-class and C-class were completely different levels, and the beast king’s physical strength far exceeded that of ordinary mutant beasts.

But neither of them expected that Ji Fu’s mechanical dog would actually transform and reassemble.

Mechanical transformation and reassembly, not to mention the Interstellar Academy, even if all three major universities and the Interstellar Alliance were combined, not many people could do it.

Liu Can beside Zhou Lu Hai suddenly stood up, “Impossible!”

The veins on his head bulged, “Is that mechanical dog really her creation?”

“Bringing someone else’s manufactured mechs and machines into the exam room is cheating!”

With only five minutes left until the end of the exam, and the Bone-Eating Beasts on the exam site almost cleared out, Zhou Lu Hai happened to stop the mech. Hearing this, he turned around, looking coldly at Liu Can, “Are you implying that there’s a problem with the detection machine?”

In every exam, machines were used to detect the items they brought in. This anti-cheating device came from the hands of the third-ranked engineer on the Heavenly Ranking.

Liu Can naturally knew the reputation of the other party. His breath choked, “That’s not what I meant.”

“What do you mean then? Looking down on F-grades?” Zhou Lu Hai smiled faintly, “If I remember correctly, the number one engineer on the Heavenly Ranking is also a low-grade species.”

The Heavenly Ranking was established by the light brain and was the most authoritative list in the entire galaxy.

The lifelong dream of all students of the Interstellar Academy was to be able to ascend to the Heavenly Ranking.

The Heavenly Ranking had been in existence for hundreds of years, with a set of operating algorithms and rules. For hundreds of years, there had never been an exception.

And over six years ago, because of one person’s appearance, the Heavenly Ranking, which used to be only for mech masters and mech soldiers, opened up a new list just for that person.

That’s the current Mechanical Engineer Heavenly Ranking.

And that Yun Chi, so far, is the only person who has died but still hangs at the top of the list.

Zhou Lu Hai patted his shoulder, “I know you mech masters are all proud of your talents and don’t really care about ordinary mechanical engineers.”

“So… people always have to pay the price for their ignorance.”

He and Wan Feng had tried their best in this exam, but restricted by the level of mech operation, they were still one step slower than Ji Fu.

The mech master beside him was still questioning Ji Fu’s cheating, which was meaningless.

Zhou Lu Hai, with a bottle of nutrient solution in his mouth, didn’t even look at him anymore and left the mech cabin directly.

As soon as he came out, he bumped into Jiang Wei, who was dragging a bunch of stuff over here.

“Ji Fu? Are you okay?” Jiang Wei couldn’t care less about Zhou Lu Hai, only anxiously looking towards Ji Fu.

Flame had already transformed back into a black dog, and at this moment, Ji Fu was half-lying on the ground, Ji Fu was lying on its body, doing something unknown.

Zhou Lu Hai suddenly reacted and ran over.

But it was too late.

【Key recorded】

“Kill the beast king to get the key to start the third round of the exam!”

Damn.

Zhou Lu Hai cursed softly. She was almost dead and still hadn’t forgotten to take the key.

Ji Fu drank the nutrient solution brought by Jiang Wei and smiled at him, “Could you trouble you to call everyone from your team over?”

The Special A class people were close by, so they arrived quickly.

Many people’s expressions became complicated when they saw Ji Fu.

Before they arrived, Ji Fu, supported by Jiang Wei, had turned from lying prone to sitting.

She looked calmly at the people from the Special A class and said, “Hello, everyone.”

“The third exam is about to begin, so let’s get straight to the point.” She smirked, “The key to the third exam is with me.”

“Now, I’ll give you all a chance.”

She opened the light brain on her wrist, and a screen popped up in front of her. On the screen was the key she found on the Bone-Eating Beast King.

“One, bid for the key in my hand.” She paused, her dark eyes looking at everyone, “Two, fail the exam.”

“Choose, everyone.”

The expressions of the Special A class people changed instantly.

Sun Yiming was especially angry, “Ji Fu, are you using the exam key to do business?”

Ji Fu raised an eyebrow, “You can also refuse to make this deal with me.”

She looked innocent, “And all of you in your class can also reject this proposal.”

“After all, not everyone needs the score for the final exam.”

This last sentence accurately hit the thoughts of all the people in the Special A class.

To pass the assessment in the Special A class, the three exams combined required at least 240 points.

So far, except for Zhou Lu Hai and Wan Feng, no one in the Special A class had reached the standard.

They could indeed ignore Ji Fu, but what awaited them was failure.

The Special A class was different from other classes; they operated on a survival of the fittest system.

This meant that failing once would directly result in expulsion from the Special A class.

And people like Sun Yiming, who could afford to lose such a person, their families couldn’t afford it.

The punishment they would face then would be much more than just leaving the Special A class.

After weighing the consequences, these people’s faces became particularly ugly.

Sun Yiming was particularly frustrated, unable to vent his anger.

“My time is limited. If you don’t want this opportunity, you can leave now.” Ji Fu looked around, but didn’t see anyone leaving.

She smiled, “So, let the bidding begin.”

“Starting price—” She paused, looking calm, “One hundred thousand interstellar credits.”

As soon as these words came out, the whole room erupted.

Sun Yiming couldn’t bear it anymore, “One hundred thousand? Why don’t you go rob someone?”

What did one hundred thousand mean? To put it bluntly, with that amount, you could buy an A-class mech directly.

And now she was asking for one hundred thousand for an exam score.

Wasn’t she asking for too much?

“As I said before, if you think it’s too expensive, you can choose not to buy it.” Ji Fu shrugged, smiling recklessly.

Most of the Special A class students came from aristocratic families, and one hundred thousand interstellar credits might be a huge sum for ordinary people, but it was nothing to them.

“If you don’t have that many interstellar credits, B-grade or higher materials will also do.”

Calculating like this, she was still at a loss.

“Jiang Wei, start the timer.” She nodded at Jiang Wei, “If no one bids for the key within ten minutes, then only you and I will participate in today’s third exam.”

“Ding, ding.”

Jiang Wei opened the light brain, and a countdown of ten minutes appeared in front of everyone.

The alternating sound of the numbers changing made everyone tense.

Ji Fu lowered her gaze, calmly drinking the nutrient solution.

It seemed like she wasn’t worried at all that they wouldn’t accept her offer.

She hadn’t even finished half of the new nutrient solution, and someone couldn’t bear it and stood up.

Liu Can’s expression was dark, his attitude extremely cold, “One hundred thousand, I’ll bid.”

The people around him breathed a sigh of relief.

Liu Can came from a mech master family with a very strong background. If he bought it, everyone in the Special A class could smoothly enter the third exam.

“Alright, hurry up and hand over the key.” Sun Yiming burst out.

But Ji Fu said, “Don’t be in such a hurry, time’s not up yet.”

“Since it’s an auction, the highest bidder naturally gets it.”

“Oh, right.” Her eyes sparkled, “You guys don’t know yet, do you?”

She manipulated the light brain for a few moments, and suddenly a line of small text appeared under the key: “After the start of the third exam, the person holding the key will receive 60 points.”

Everyone’s expression changed.

Sun Yiming angrily said, “Did you just add that?”

“No,” answered Wan Feng instead, gesturing for them to check the specific rules of the second exam.

“It’s clearly written here. This key is called the Sixty-Point Key.”

After reading it, there was a strange silence within the Special A class.

Liu Can frowned; he wanted to remind them not to fall for Ji Fu’s trickery. He had already bid, and adding more now would just be giving her money for free.

But before he could say anything, Sun Yiming burst out impatiently, “I bid 110,000.”

Liu Can looked at him sharply.

“Fifteen thousand!” someone else said without hesitation.

“Fifteen thousand five hundred.”

…

With just that simple sentence, the true colors of the Special A class people were revealed. The price soared, and in the end, it was Sun Yiming who shouted a sky-high price of three hundred thousand.

Throughout the process, only Zhou Lu Hai and Wan Feng remained unmoved.

The reason was simple: no matter who won the key in the Special A class, they would have to include the two of them.

Everyone knew that the third round of exams was the hardest. Without bringing along two S-rank students, even with the 60 points from the key, they wouldn’t be able to pass.

Zhou Lu Hai stood with his hands in his pockets, watching them bid with impatience written all over his face, almost saying outright that these people were all idiots.

But the auction continued.

There were only five seconds left.

Ji Fu smiled, “Three hundred thousand, once.”

“Three hundred thousand, twice.”

“Three hundred thousand…” She paused, amidst the tense gazes of everyone, and calmly said, “Three times.”

“Sold! Congratulations, Mr. Sun!”

Sun Yiming’s face turned ashen; he had practically spent a fortune.

He tried to access the light brain to go and get the key, but Ji Fu stopped him.

She raised her hand, “Hey, money first.”

“You…” Sun Yiming was furious, but in front of everyone in the Special A class, especially Liu Can, who had been the most aggressive in bidding, he could only restrain himself.

Gritting his teeth, he transferred three hundred thousand interstellar credits to her account as Ji Fu requested.

Ji Fu checked the balance, looked at the display on the light brain showing three hundred thousand and two hundred interstellar credits, nodded in satisfaction.

“Well then, I wish Mr. Sun success in the exam.”

She opened the light brain and sent the key to Sun Yiming.

Sun Yiming saw the key being sent over and quickly opened it to check. When he saw that the key did indeed add sixty points, his heart finally settled.

However, his joy didn’t last long. He heard a notification sound echoing throughout the K437 exam room.

[F class Ji Fu, F class Jiang Wei, withdraw from this round of exams]

Sun Yiming: ?

He suddenly looked up and saw the starship used by the academy to pick up students who withdrew from the exam.

So.

This person had planned to withdraw from the exam from the beginning, but still participated in the auction with this key, and managed to take away three hundred thousand from him?

The moment Sun Yiming realized this, his vision darkened.

According to the exam rules, once someone withdraws from the exam, any exam-related items on them will be forcibly left in the exam room.

In other words, he could have waited for Ji Fu to leave and then directly taken the key.

But now, he had spent a full three hundred thousand.

Sun Yiming couldn’t contain his anger. “Ji Fu, damn you!”