Chapter 105: Genetic Mutation? Subsequent Impact on Career [Knight]

Li Ming really won the Balkans.

Everyone's eyes met and fell on Li Ming, who seemed to be seriously injured.

The professors sitting next to Dean Chen were moved and looked at each other. This kind of victory violated the basic laws of evolution.

The gap in development progress between the two is at least 90%. Considering the increase in core capabilities, the gap should be even greater.

Even if Li Ming undergoes genetic distortion, it will be difficult to make up for this gap.

But the scene before him was that Li Ming almost killed Balkan with one blow, even though he was also seriously injured, which was unreasonable.

"Judging from his speed, he should be a genetic mutant." Professor Xia thought thoughtfully and offered an idea.

"Does this kind of life form really exist?" Professor Gao looked hesitant.

Professor Bai then added, "Of course there are. The Canles Institute has discovered at least ten cases where genetic mutations occurred during the evolutionary process, giving them strength and speed that were different from those of similarly sized organisms."

"However, this will also weaken the development potential of the organism itself and may even lead to other hidden dangers. It's not necessarily a good thing."

"So his previous development potential, was it after the weakening or before the weakening?" Professor Gao asked a key question.

"Wu Yanqing has truly found a treasure this time!" Professor Bai snorted, feeling increasingly unhappy. "He's already a D-class lifeform. Do you think he was before or after the nerf?"

During the last exam at the beginning of the school year, he didn't have much feeling towards Li Ming himself, but was more dissatisfied with Wu Yanqing's arrogant and domineering attitude.

After all, he had won the first place in the last assessment, and the gap between his development potential and Li Mingming's was only one or two levels.

But now it is completely different. Li Ming's development potential is definitely not just what he showed, it is far more than level eight.

He even guessed that it was above level ten, and this was most likely due to genetic mutation, which weakened it. How great was its true development potential?

"good!"

Suddenly, there was a noisy sound from under the stage. The students from the Polytechnic University cheered and were extremely excited.

Some people even started cursing on the spot, swearing at those people from Sera Royal Academy and venting the depression they had in their hearts for many days.

Xu Wei's cheeks flushed, she slowly exhaled, and her eyes shone with a strange light. She knew that this little brother would definitely shine with a brilliance that no one could ignore.

"I think the internet is buzzing right now."

This friendly exchange conference was broadcast live, and those who have been paying close attention to these things have probably already opened the champagne.

The people from Sera Royal Academy were naturally the complete opposite. They were on pins and needles, their faces livid, but they had no way out and couldn't even find a point to refute.

Li Ming was a completely counter-attacking man, and then he defeated three people at once.

Some people couldn't help but stand up, frown, squeeze through the crowd, and leave in a hurry, unable to stay for a moment.

Dean Chen waited for the crowd to vent for a while before raising his hand. The noisy voices gradually died down. He spoke calmly, "I declare that Li Ming takes first, second, and third place."

After a brief silence, there was a greater excitement, and many young people looked at the figure on the ring with envy.

He turned the tide without making any noise and working hard, and came out at the critical moment to score three goals in a row and maintain their last dignity. How glorious it was.

They are all passionate young people, who wouldn’t envy them?

On the ring, medical staff rushed up quickly and began to treat Li Ming's injuries.

The Sera civilization lost face and didn't want to stay here any longer, so they left one after another.

Saiyin had no expression on his face and turned away without even saying hello.

People from the Polytechnic University were responsible for handling the subsequent matters. Many media flocked to the scene, wanting to interview Li Ming as soon as possible, but were all stopped outside.

Dean Chen and other senior executives took Li Ming away and went to the medical room.

"Good boy, I always felt that you were at a disadvantage by following Wu Yanqing, but now it seems that's not the case." Professor Xia stared at him for a long time and finally sighed.

He often heard Ding Hui express his admiration for Li Ming's talent, and also lamented that such a talented person was wasted.

"Dean, the first, second and third places are my rewards. I can't just give the highest one to you." Li Ming was concerned about another issue.

Dean Chen smiled warmly, wrinkles forming at the corners of his eyes. He closed the door to the medical room and said, "Of course not. The total bonus is 10 million, not a cent less."

"In addition, the school will give you an additional 5 million as a token of our gratitude."

The medical staff had already attached various detectors to him. Li Ming was grimacing at the moment as various liquids were poured onto the torn wounds on his body, causing him to feel constant pain.

Hearing this, he couldn't help but grin and said, "Teacher always tells me that the dean is generous, and it really is true."

Dean Chen laughed, Li Ming's appearance had solved a big problem for him. Although the last friendly exchange had ended in a disastrous defeat for the Polytechnic University,

But the public opinion last time was not so big and did not involve such a wide range of people.

"You should rest for a while and wait until your injuries stabilize before leaving. There should be a lot of noise outside." Dean Chen said.

"That armor..." Li Ming spoke quickly.

"Yours is indispensable." Dean Chen shook his head: "That thing is usually not used, but you are really concerned about it."

"Collecting is still very valuable." Professor Xia said appropriately. He looked at Li Ming with an "I understand you" expression on his face and sighed, "If only your development potential wasn't so high, you would become a very good mechanic."

"Mechanic?" Professor Bai, who was standing by the windowsill, looked over, seemingly puzzled.

Professor Xia chuckled twice, and Dean Chen didn't stay long. He had been stepped on and ridiculed by the Sera Royal Academy before, so now was the time to get back at them.

After straightening his cuffs, Dean Chen pushed the door open and left. The corridor was occupied by security guards, with a guard every five steps.

At the same time, a man quickly walked forward. He was slightly balding, disheveled, and looked hurried. There were a few words on the nameplate hanging on his clothes - Duan Chunsheng, one of Dean Chen's students.

Just as he was about to speak, Dean Chen waved his hand.

The two walked a little further away. Duan Chunsheng opened his smart terminal and a virtual screen popped up. A large amount of data bands were displayed on it. He said, "Teacher, we've tested Li Ming's blood. It's normal. No abnormal factors were found."

"Even..." He hesitated slightly, and Dean Chen gestured for him to continue: "Even more ordinary than the average student."

Dean Chen was puzzled: "What do you mean?"

"According to my test, his development potential is not even at level two, let alone level eight." Duan Chunsheng was somewhat unconfident when he said this.

If he had discovered this before today, he would have thought that Li Ming had cheated in the assessment.

But Li Ming is now a real D-level life form, and his combat ability is ridiculously strong. Anyone who says that his development potential is low will probably be bombarded immediately.

Dean Chen frowned slightly. "It seems Wu Yanqing has made all the arrangements. However, it's not right to suppress the development potential too low."

"Wait half an hour before leaking this blood out. Doesn't that Sein want it very much?"

Duan Chunsheng nodded.

…

In the room, Li Ming put away the smart terminal, looked around, and finally looked at Rosser who had just arrived.

"Lao Luo, I have a friend who's a reporter for the Blue Star Times. She wanted to interview me, but she was stopped. Can you take her over?"

Rosser nodded: "Small problem, what's it called?"

"Xu Wei, he should be outside."

………

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The persistent knocking forced Qi Xing to open the training room door reluctantly. A shadow immediately enveloped him. "Brother, if there's something you need, can't you just send me a message? Why do you have to come all the way here?"

Standing in front of him was Zhao Jingang. Looking at Qi Xing, who was soaked in sweat, shirtless, and with well-proportioned muscles, he was silent for a while and said, "I sent you several messages, but you didn't reply."

"Oh." Qi Xing shrugged and let Zhao Jingang in. "I put the smart terminal in another room. That thing keeps distracting me. It's poisonous."

"What's wrong? What happened?" He casually lay on the sofa to the side. "Calculating the time, today should be the day of the competition. You didn't come here specially to tell me this bad news and disrupt my training, did you?"

Hearing Qi Xing's words, Zhao Jingang showed a rather strange expression on his face, and said slowly: "Let me tell you, Li Ming is already a D-level life form."

"Hmm?" Qi Xing, who had been calm at first, suddenly jumped up from the sofa as if his butt was on fire, gritting his teeth and saying, "This damn bastard, remember what I said last time? He couldn't contact me, so he asked you to come over and provoke me in person, right?"

He clearly remembered that Li Ming said that he would be the first to tell him after becoming a D-level life form.

He thought it was just a joke, but he didn't expect the other party to carry it out so thoroughly.

"I knew it. His development potential definitely isn't level eight. If he keeps it hidden, he might be above level ten!" Qi Xing cursed, pointing at the ceiling.

"That's not why I came here."

Zhao Jingang's expression became increasingly strange, and a strange smile appeared on his face, which looked like it was made of rocks, making Qi Xing shudder.

"Today, Li Ming went to the exchange conference and defeated Yuko, Nathanshan, and Balkan, taking first, second, and third place."

Qi Xing, who was gritting his teeth and cursing Li Ming under his breath, froze after hearing these words.

A look of dullness and confusion appeared on his face, as if he was unable to digest too much information.

One through three?

Take one, two, three?

The fact that Li Ming became a D-class life form was already enough to surprise him, and the series of events that happened afterwards were even more like a fairy tale.

"What did you say!?" He ripped Zhao Jingang's clothes, and with curiosity and disbelief, he said anxiously, "This joke is really not funny."

Zhao Jingang was helpless: "The internet is already boiling with rumors. Why don't you just check it yourself with your smart device?"

Qi Xing screamed and rushed out of the door. There was a crackling sound. After a brief silence, there was another wailing sound, "Since Xing was born, why was Ming born!"

………

"...Then I'll publish it as written." Xu Wei put away his pen, pinched the virtual screen to close it, and said with a smile, "Thank you very much for letting me be the first interview."

"It's a small matter." Li Ming shook his head and asked curiously, "Why haven't you been promoted yet? Wasn't that news big enough last time?"

"I don't want to sit in the office. The news is so interesting. I already have a high position," Xu Wei explained.

"When can we have dinner together? It's always just me and Xiao Yutou. I heard you don't see each other very often." Xu Wei hinted.

"There will be a chance." Li Ming said perfunctorily.

After having Rosser help send Xu Wei away, the blond, blue-eyed handsome man couldn't help but sigh, "This reporter is quite talented. The interview was very...perfect."

Li Ming had long witnessed Xu Wei's charm in journalism and couldn't help but laugh.

Not long after, Professor Xia pushed the door of the medical room open a little further and waved his hand.

Then, a large green iron box was brought in. It was two meters long and one meter wide.

The students who helped move the boxes looked at Li Ming excitedly and took two photos together before leaving happily.

"The retro craftsmanship of the Sera Royal Knight Armor is quite outstanding." Professor Xia patted the iron box and the door popped open.

On the supporting pillar of the iron box, there was a suit of light golden full body armor hanging, and on the breastplate, there was a large green tree carved.

Since the Thra people are born with green hair, green is an important totem in their civilization. There are many legends about the Tree of Life, saying that they were born from the tree and their hair is half green and half leaves.

The helmet almost covers the entire head, and the exposed part is called a "T". The end of the shoulder armor is raised like a curved hook. The gold and green interwoven patterns complement each other. The skirt armor on the lower body is also clearly layered.

Professor Xia sighed: "The Sera Royal Knights are a royal guard that has been passed down for many years. Their symbolic significance far outweighs their practical significance, and they are of great collection value."

"What do you mean by high collection value?" Li Ming had a bad feeling and couldn't help but ask.

Professor Xia further explained: "The production process of this armor is very fine. The fiber thread is crocheted, the alloy is reshaped, and the tempering is almost flawless and there is no stress.

"And beneath the retro exterior lies modern technology, including multiple amplitude reductions, information scanning, joint assistance, and more..."

"However, due to its exquisite retro appearance, its combat capabilities are not good. But this thing is not designed for actual combat, so it is not a big deal."

Li Ming hesitated and said, "Aren't they born for actual combat? Aren't they all C-level life forms?"

Professor Xia laughed. "Yes, but who said they only have this set of armor? This isn't combat armor, it's ceremonial armor. They only wear it when attending important events."

Li Ming was speechless and went over to touch it.

[Sera Royal Knight Armor--Class C: Retro craftsmanship armor, remembering everything that the Sera civilization once had.

Control conditions: 30,000 metal energy points

Mastery Effect: Knight Skills--Master Level

Control Ability - Etiquette: Temporarily improves knight skills and obtains the profession - Knight.

Hmm, Knight Skill Master Level? Knight Class?

It's really just a showpiece, but perhaps because of this, the metal energy required to control it is not much. If this profession has some use, then it is acceptable.

Li Ming was a little bit expectant, but now was obviously not the time to control the situation, so he could only wait.

(End of this chapter)