“What the hell is going on?!”
They scratched their heads, unable to comprehend. A notorious bandit was more cultured than them?!
Martin, in particular, felt his confidence once again shaken, as if he were a clown…
“Chen Shu, did you… study this before?”
Andre from Snow Country turned to ask for the specific situation.
“Of course!”
Chen Shu smiled slightly and said, “It’s on page 300-something of ‘Exotic Space Materials II’.”
“??”
Andre’s eye twitched. Was he sure he was telling the truth?
Who memorizes the page number of a book they read?!
Andre asked in confusion, “These treasures are all extinct now, why are you looking at them?!”
“Actually, they aren’t extinct,”
Chen Shu smiled slightly and said, “In our academy’s exhibition hall, there’s a specimen on the third shelf!”
“Moreover, touching it would trigger an emergency alarm, and the principal himself could arrive swiftly.”
“???”
The others were taken aback, their gazes becoming incredibly strange.
Why do you know this so clearly?!
Just then, a second treasure phantom appeared, a broken black branch.
Chen Shu stopped chatting with the others and began to answer the questions seriously.
Before long, complete information was uploaded.
His cloud rose by another meter, while everyone else remained stationary.
“Damn it! This kid is too damn weird!”
Martin furrowed his brows, realizing that Chen Shu would likely win the second round as well.
Time passed gradually, and treasure phantoms appeared one after another.
Martin and the others could try at first, but they gradually gave up.
This was because the difficulty of the questions kept increasing, with all sorts of unheard-of beast-taming materials appearing, which were simply impossible for anyone to answer.
“The questions are a bit too niche…”
Chen Shu muttered to himself, but his answering speed did not slow down. He was in the zone.
The white cloud beneath him had already risen nearly twenty meters, and the others could no longer see him.
“Is this kid in the Beast Taming Department, or the Archaeology Department!”
Despite being somewhat accustomed to it, the group couldn’t help but sigh.
With the materials appearing now, apart from specialized scholars and professors, no one else could possibly answer them.
“Chen Shu…”
Jonna from the Free Alliance murmured with an unreadable expression.
She had thought that she was only a step behind Chen Shu,
But now, it seemed that the other party was simply unfathomable…
“Thunder Crystal! A rare treasure of the lightning element, last seen in Revitalization Year 12, in the destructive-grade exotic space [Immortal Thunder Mountain]…”
Chen Shu continued to answer questions with all his might, without any slack.
He didn’t understand the scoring criteria, so he could only write down everything he knew, just like a humanities student taking an exam.
Logically, even if he stopped answering, he would still comfortably secure first place.
However, Chen Shu was experienced; the stages in the ruins had perfect rewards, which required meeting certain conditions.
Another ten minutes passed,
As a blood-colored leaf dissipated, the ‘Treasure Omniscient’ stage finally came to an end.
No more treasure phantoms appeared in the sky.
At the same time, a piece of information appeared in Chen Shu’s mind.
[Congratulations on becoming the champion of ‘Treasure Omniscient’! You have received ten points of Star Power!]
[Because your accuracy rate is 100%! Additional reward: five points of Star Power!]
“As expected, there are perfect rewards…”
Chen Shu raised an eyebrow, a hint of excitement in his eyes. A total of fifteen points of Star Power, which was three times that of the first round!
“I didn’t get a perfect score in the first round… Will this ruin be judged?”
He shook his head, feeling a little regretful.
*Hummm—*
At that moment, his cloud descended, bringing him to the same height as the others.
The crowd looked at him with strange expressions, even a hint of hostility and greed.
“Hm?”
Chen Shu frowned. These people were golden beast tamers, they shouldn’t be so narrow-minded, right?
Just then, starlight swept over them again, engulfing everyone.
Before long, they were back on the Sea of Stars.
Almost simultaneously, all twenty people summoned their contracted spirits, fearing being ambushed.
Only half a day had passed, but they had already experienced two rounds consecutively.
Some were happy, others were sad. Some hadn’t even obtained any Star Power.
To get the qualification certificate, they had pulled strings and paid a high price. The current outcome was definitely not acceptable to them.
For a moment, people’s gazes frequently fell on Chen Shu, their eyes filled with a strange light.
Chen Shu’s expression was calm, and he said slowly:
“If you keep staring, don’t blame me for robbing you right now!”
“Kid, you’re just a Silver rank, don’t be so arrogant!”
A beast tamer from the Immortal Kingdom sneered and said,
“Don’t think you can be so arrogant just because you’ve achieved something. Even a bystander like me can’t stand it!”
“Hmm? A bystander?”
Chen Shu’s mouth twitched. He said, “Since the ruin opened, you and this guy named Martin have exchanged glances more than ten times.”
“…”
The man’s expression froze. He hadn’t expected Chen Shu’s observation skills to be so keen.
“Either you’re a pervert, or you two have an improper relationship. What are you pretending to be a bystander for?”