[On the cultivation rankings, your five golden characters, "Inner Cultivation Master, Ninth Stage," seem like a mountain pressing down, making the second-place fifth-stage cultivation pale in comparison.]
[There's also the Mech Resonance Ranking, where you're also in first place, but tied with another Inner Mage at Rank 4, both with 100% resonance.]
[The opponent relies on a special sacred body; you have a level advantage.]
The elimination rounds will end in two hours. Besides waiting, you can also buy materials to upgrade your mech, or enter some public virtual plazas to chat with other players who have passed the rounds.
[100 points are too few; you can't even complete the first step of modifying the mecha blueprint you envision. You choose to enter the virtual plaza and pay attention to the movements of the Xu Wen siblings.]
As a major event covering the entire airspace, this competition naturally attracts a huge amount of attention.
[The first round of eliminations already revealed many promising talents, especially some dark horses who emerged unexpectedly after enrollment.]
"It's Mix from Del Province! My god, an 18-year-old genius, a legendary third-level Inner Manipulation Master! His mech resonance level has reached 26%! Even with the support of virtual space, this is too exaggerated!"
"It's Shen Ping, the boy known as the top junior college student in the airspace! Last year's top scorer in the college entrance examination, he's too strong!"
"Isn't that Huo Hui? He's the top scholar in Xue Shang Province! Four months ago, he was only a fourth-level internal cultivation master, but now he's caught up with the overall champion and has reached the fifth level! Leveling up is as easy for them as eating and drinking."
"And there's Yang Man, the genius girl from a vocational high school! She's also reached the second level of cultivation. After junior high, she didn't go to high school, but went directly to a vocational high school! You have to understand, that's a vocational high school!"
"**What did I do to you?**"
"It's her!? I remember she was different from those who went straight from high school to junior college; she showed extraordinary talent as early as 14 years old!"
"A vocational high school isn't something just anyone can get into, and she went on to get into a junior college, giving her a significant advantage over others!"
"No wonder she's a high-achieving young lady from a vocational school; her aura is truly exceptional."
"Wait, the number one on the ranking list... My God! Am I seeing things or is there something wrong with the virtual space? Ninth dan? Ninth dan Inner Strength Master!?"
"Really?! 100% resonance? No way, it's actually real!?"
"Quickly take a look. Which college's top student is this? Is it the Sky Domain's First Joint College, or Zheng Yuan College? Which mecha family did this direct-admission disciple come from?"
Someone was shocked, then looked at your message.
"Changqing...University?"
"He must have mispronounced it. How could a university produce someone like this? He must have graduated from some prestigious vocational college."
"But the name Changqing doesn't sound very familiar. Could it be some obscure, mysterious, high-level vocational college?"
"No, no! He really is a college student, not a junior college student!" the person who spoke first exclaimed in a panic. "I'm not mistaken!"
A moment later, countless people were stunned.
"You mean... a college graduate is superior to all junior college graduates? A mere college graduate can be stronger than a respectable junior college graduate!?"
"There's a problem, there must be a problem!"
A powerful figure from a mecha family ordered: "Investigate! Investigate this person thoroughly!"
"Check his elementary school, his middle school. I need all the information about this man in three minutes!"
Two hours later, you met quite a few college students who had approached you; they were all the rising stars of the airspace.
[Some people have also expressed hostility towards you, claiming that your cultivation level was achieved through drug-induced manipulation, unlike theirs, which was the result of steady, gradual cultivation.]
[Actually, they were also forcing you to take drugs; otherwise, you might not even reach the first level, but they thought you were consuming too many resources.]
[“Because your families don’t love you, they’re unwilling to give you those resources when you’re in a difficult situation, right?” Your sarcastic remark angers them and breaks their defenses.]
[At the end of the elimination rounds, the player with 600 billion was reduced to 8 billion. What's comforting is that Xu Wen and the other player also cleared the stage, becoming part of that 1%.]
[Thinking about it, it makes sense. Even without considering their sacred bodies, the increased and stronger manipulation power brought by eight times their essence would make their exoskeletons even more powerful. In addition, the eight times their mental strength and double their comprehension would indirectly enhance their combat awareness as well.]
[As rounds of elimination progressed, the number of participants gradually dropped below 100 million. Some mechs were even knocked out of the competition, and Xu Wen and his companion were eliminated at this stage.]
[Thinking about it, although they experienced many battles on the abandoned mining planet, it was still not as many as what the Sky Domain people had experienced in the virtual space.]
Why do you talk like that?
More importantly, they are both illiterate and have very little knowledge. Even with points, they wouldn't know how to properly enhance their exoskeletons, making their enhancement plans far inferior to those of other highly educated college graduates in the airspace.
With the same number of points, others can upgrade their exoskeleton to level 60, while they can only upgrade it to level 30.
Even if its inherent capabilities are superior... it's still far inferior to an exoskeleton when it comes to a machine control system that primarily relies on external devices.
【You're different; you have the blueprints.】
[Yun Shiyi's adopted son, Xiao Yelin, has rebuilt the mecha system. His second-realm divine machine, "Emperor Dragon," is very much to your liking in terms of both appearance and strength.]
[The Emperor Dragon, standing 27 meters tall and weighing 7,400 tons, boasts a performance value of 4.56 million.]
[15 times the power of a Celestial Being at the Perfected Stage, half the power of a first-level Overlord.]
[As for now, thanks to considerable prior preparation, your mech's current performance score is only 70,000, ranking it in the 1,000s, while the top-ranked mech has 180,000.]
As you gradually gained fame, your past was also exposed.
"Talented individuals who emerged from lower-dimensional space?"
"It's unbelievable! To have such a powerful individual emerge from such a backward place with scarce energy."
"Although he is already 20 years old and has cultivated for two more years than other freshmen... even the most outstanding top student of this year, Shen Ping, may not be able to reach the peak of the Inner Manipulation Master in two years!"
"For such talent to be accepted by a diploma mill like Changqing University, they must have gotten incredibly lucky."
"Who can you blame? It was Changqing's teachers who personally went down to the lower realm and snatched up this promising talent ahead of time. But once this competition ends, or is nearing its end, quite a few mecha academies will probably approach him to transfer."
[During this grand event, the entire airspace was abuzz with discussion; your name has become famous throughout the airspace!]
"I have a feeling that my disguise will be exposed soon."
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