Inside a private room in the restaurant.
Chai Haotian and Huang Tao were sitting facing each other, staring at each other.
After five minutes of silence, Chai Haotian finally spoke.
"Do you know?"
"I just found out."
Do you believe it?
"We have no choice but to believe it."
Huang Tao let out a slight breath, barely calming down, and a bitter smile appeared on his face. "Unfortunately, I was unaware of this beforehand, so I was not prepared at all. I did not expect to cause such a big blunder today. Please forgive me, City Lord."
Who would have thought?
Chai Haotian shook his head, "Speaking of Shen Qian, I've actually heard of his name before."
"Oh?" Huang Tao looked surprised.
"A while ago, a major incident occurred at the Martial Arts Bureau. Liu Changqing caused quite a stir, and the key figure in it was Shen Qian. I paid special attention to it at the time, but in that incident, Shen Qian's talent was only passable and did not exceed expectations."
Chai Haotian recalled, "Later I asked the people from the Martial Arts Bureau, and Liu Changqing's original words were that Shen Qian was his disciple. Liu Situ's disciple was naturally extraordinary, but he was still far inferior to Wang Shuo. So I forgot about it. Who would have thought..."
Huang Tao nodded and said with emotion, "I never expected that Marquis Jingcheng would take on another disciple, let alone that Shen Qian could break the simulator's level record and make such a big commotion."
"It was my oversight that I haven't visited the Tower of Babel recently, otherwise I would have known about this."
Chai Haotian shook his head and said, "As for these universities, their emphasis on geniuses is even more exaggerated than you can imagine."
"It seems even worse this year?" Huang Tao asked tentatively, considering the various unusual practices of universities in their admissions processes this year.
"Have you heard some rumors?" Chai Haotian asked with a smile.
"I did hear some rumors during my trip, but they were just snippets," Huang Tao said, shaking his head.
"The Martial Arts Department is still working on this matter, and it involves many complex issues, so I cannot go into details with you."
Chai Haotian stood up, looked at the night outside the window, and sighed, "I'm afraid... peaceful days won't last many more years."
Huang Tao felt a chill run down his spine, but seeing that Chai Haotian had no intention of continuing to explain, he stopped asking.
"How does the city lord intend to handle this matter?"
Huang Tao pointed outside the door. At this moment, the heads of admissions offices of various universities were still waiting in the hall.
With a wave of his hand, Chai Haotian displayed another projection on his bracelet.
This is a screenshot he just received from a university admissions officer.
The screenshot shows a collapsed bronze figure and fireworks soaring into the sky. Below the four large characters "Congratulations on clearing the level," stands a boy with his head tilted back. Although his figure is somewhat illusory, his face is clearly recognizable.
This is a screenshot of the Bronze Man Formation walkthrough, taken by the Martial Arts Department.
The heads of admissions offices at major universities are not fools. Naturally, they wouldn't travel thousands of miles to Jingcheng just because they heard a little bit of a rumor. After failing to contact the person in question, they would think of other ways.
This screenshot is the evidence they painstakingly obtained from various channels.
The video data of passing the level will be saved on the local simulator, but the screenshot will be automatically sent to the email address of the Martial Arts Department's Logistics and Welfare Bureau to verify identity information when redeeming prizes.
After glancing at the boy in the screenshot a few more times, Chai Haotian slowly spoke.
"In any case, the rise of Shenqian is a good thing. Since these university leaders have come to Jingcheng, we can't let them leave empty-handed."
Huang Tao naturally understood the deeper meaning behind Chai Haotian's words and couldn't help but smile knowingly.
"What about the area before the sinking?"
"Let him choose for himself. Even if we wanted to interfere, we couldn't, could we?"
Gazing at the towering structure in the city center, Chai Haotian paused for a moment before continuing, "But please tell him that I, Chai, will remember this favor."
...
Sitting in the presidential suite of the Xuanwu Hotel, Shen Qianren felt a little numb.
He never expected that while he was still pondering how to explain things to Grandpa Xu that afternoon, trouble would arise that very evening.
And when it came, it was so overwhelming.
After Huang Tao informed Shen Qian of everything and the city lord's reaction, Shen Qian, who lacked experience in dealing with such situations, was still pondering the best course of action when he unexpectedly received a call from Shi Dingyan.
After Shi Dingyan explained the underlying interests and suggested solutions to Shen Qian, Shen Qian felt enlightened.
Shen Qian vaguely felt that these were actually things that the big boss Gao wanted to tell him, but were just relayed through Shi Dingyan's words.
Except for one sentence that I didn't understand before I fell silent.
"...Chai Haotian will also be grateful for your kindness, which is related to his principles."
However, Shen Qian didn't hesitate and immediately took a taxi to the Xuanwu Hotel, where he told Huang Tao about his plans.
Huang Tao looked puzzled after hearing this, but in the end he patted Shen Qian on the shoulder and left without saying anything.
A knock on the door interrupted Chen Qian's thoughts.
"Please come in." Shen Qian straightened his clothes.
An elderly man with gray hair and some bruises on his face entered through the door.
Yang Xueshi, who was already extremely familiar with the screenshot, recognized at a glance that the boy in front of him was the person who had cleared the game in the screenshot.
"I'm Yang Xueshi, the head of the admissions team at Huawu University. You can just call me Professor Yang." Yang Xueshi smiled kindly at Shen Qian. "You must be Shen Qian, right?"
Although Yang Xueshi had a smile on his face, he was not at peace inside.
At this moment, representatives from various universities were waiting in the adjacent lounge...
Yes, no one expected that the young man would not choose to meet with each other individually, but instead planned to meet with everyone in one night.
My dear reader, there's more to this chapter! Please click the next page to continue reading—even more exciting content awaits!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com