The Era of Gods - Chapter 141

Chapter 141: Chapter 141 Inter-school Competition Rules

Translator: 549690339

Next, Lin Xiao remained calmly seated at his fishing spot on the silver throne, just beneath the top-tier nine golden thrones, watching as the other contestants continued to challenge each other, occasionally glancing at the chairman’s stand.

By this time, most of the contestants had completed their challenges, and more than two-thirds of those without a seat had been eliminated, leaving only two to three hundred people standing below the fifth level of seats.

Instructor Mo, the host, had already taken his place on the chairman’s stand, smiling as he watched the remaining few challenges, occasionally communicating with observers from various colleges in the Void, and now and then showing a smile.

Suddenly, he cocked his head to one side as if listening to something, and the smile on his face faded away progressively, his brows furrowed, as he looked up in an unknown direction.

Lin Xiao did not notice this, as he was currently communicating with an observer from the Ether Institute, the thirteenth-ranked institution among higher education facilities.

Or it could be called a top-tier college.

Strictly speaking, the Ether Institute is also a higher education facility, but people prefer to call the top twenty colleges as top-tier colleges, to distinguish them from the rest of the higher education institutions.

After the battle with Li Shengyuan, the observer from the Ether Institute had sent Lin Xiao a special recruitment invitation, explaining that if he accepted the special invitation from “Ether,” he would not receive any more special invitations from other top-tier colleges. By the same token, if he declined, Ether would not extend a special invitation again in the future. This is an understanding among the top-tier colleges.

In other words, if he refused “Ether,” he would have one fewer option to choose from.

Of course, he could still earn his way into a top-tier college such as Ether on his own merit, but he wouldn’t receive the generous special recruitment treatment, which would be a big loss.

Lin Xiao fell into deep thought; this was something he had not expected, meaning that he did not have many options to choose from.

Of the top twenty top-tier colleges in the HuaXia District, there were only seven, and discounting the two that were not suitable for him, and others that may have already chosen their special recruitment candidates early on without extra spots available, the opportunities he could choose from were few—he might have only two or three options, actually very limited.

Lin Xiao was not certain that after all phases of the Summer Camp, a super college would take notice of him and offer a special recruitment spot. If not, and they were only willing to express interest, turning them down would be a great loss.

After all, special recruitment is not just a title; it represents substantial resource allocations. Each special recruitment spot comes with a rich supply of resources, which is why even the top-tier colleges offer only a limited number of special recruitment spots each session.

For example, the resource package that comes with a special recruitment spot from Ether includes—

Firstly, as soon as one accepts the special recruitment, they will immediately receive two extra card slots, one suitable Ancient Quality Card, one Divinity Card, and one Golden Mythical Quality Divine Realm Card.

Afterward, every quarter, one gains an additional card slot and, every month, one Golden Mythical Quality Divine Realm Card.

Beyond that, each year, another suitable Ancient Quality Card, one Divinity Card, and one Golden Mythical Quality Divine Realm Card are granted, on top of the provisions stipulated in the second point.

These are the basic resources, the fixed resources that come with any special recruitment spot from any higher education institution, guaranteed.

On top of that, there are unique resources from each college, varying with the institution’s ranking, generally richer for those higher-ranked, what exactly they are Lin Xiao was not sure of, but it was certain they wouldn’t be lacking.

As a top-tier college ranked thirteenth among higher education facilities, the resources given by Ether would definitely not be inferior, honestly speaking, they had already met Lin Xiao’s requirements.

After all, with only five super colleges and seven top-tier colleges in the HuaXia District, and Ether being in the top ten, he had no reason to turn his nose up at such a top-flight school.

So, he replied very straightforwardly:

“Thank you for ‘Ether’s’ recognition. I am honored to become a member of Ether!”

The observer from Ether immediately responded:

“With the aspiration to soar among the clouds and the speed of lightning, your choice is the right one. See you on campus next term!”

Lin Xiao humbly replied:

“Lin Xiao is also looking forward to that day!”

From that moment on, barring any major mishaps, after the holidays, he would be a member of Ether’s affiliated Number One Middle School.

Correct, the Number One Middle School.

As a special recruitment student, he would naturally proceed to the affiliated middle school, just like Wu Zhonglin will be heading to the War Throne Super Academy’s affiliated Number One Middle School next term. This is standard for all special recruitment students, and it is a part of the resources that come with the special recruitment spot. The transfer application would be sent to Dongning’s No. 5 Middle School after the Summer Camp is over,

Because if one is capable enough to receive special recruitment from a higher education facility, their strength is undoubtedly far beyond that of their classmates, and the standard of cultivation at their original school would not keep up.

Dongning’s No. 5 Middle School would also be more than happy to send him on his way, as this would enhance the school’s reputation even further; after all, the primary purpose of ordinary high schools is to cultivate outstanding talents for higher education facilities, whether one leaves early or not.

The reason this arrangement waits until after the Summer Camp is mainly because the five super colleges have priority. Even if a student has already reached an agreement with a higher education facility, if a super college expresses interest in them, they have the option of transferring the student first.

Of course, it must also be a special recruitment invitation; if it’s merely an expression of interest, they must ask for the student’s opinion.

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Generally, mere prospective students would not even consider it, even though the intention invitation letter comes with certain resource bias, but it cannot compare to special recruitment.

As the saying goes, it’s better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix. Isn’t it more appealing to be the most valued special recruit at another elite college?

Given the choice, Lin Xiao would definitely prefer being a special recruit at another elite college, even if it was one of the lower-ranked ones.

Lin Xiao did not feel that he was currently qualified to receive a special recruitment spot from the Super Academy. He would definitely have been a shoo-in next year, but even now, he was well aware that he lacked the necessary credentials.

At this point, the second phase of the Summer Camp was drawing to an end. Those who remained had basically completed their challenges, and those who were to be eliminated had already left. The ones who had survived possessed certain capabilities.

From Yunmengxing Province, the group that initially arrived together, including Lin Xu from Ancient City, has dwindled to less than ten. The rest, including Bai Ze, Shang Xiaoxue, and Tang Ling, had all been eliminated without exception.

The elimination phase of the Summer Camp’s second stage had only one round and did not continue with further eliminations. The third and final phase, historically overseen by the military, was likely to be practical combat.

This meant they were sent to war zones within the Crystal Wall System controlled by the military, or even areas not yet under control, to gain experience. It was somewhat dangerous, certainly more so than the academy-style combat training, but it was very formative, exposing them to the Main World’s methods of conquering planes within the Chaos Sea of Void, and under the military’s supervision, how to practically take over a plane.

Remember, the planes in question here are civilized planes with established societies and entities above the level of a Demigod. There’s no need to conquer plain, uncivilized planes.

In this final stage, no one came to challenge Lin Xiao, or to put it another way, none of the nine Golden Contestants and the top twelve of the thirty-six Silver Contestants, who were the elite among the contestants, faced any challenges.

Among the strongest batch of this season’s Summer Camp, three from this group were selected: Lin Xiao, Ancient City, and Shen Yuexin. Although Lin Xu was also a Silver Contestant, he was not among the strongest batch.

Indeed, if you also count Wu Zhonglin, Yunmengxing Province actually has five people ranked Silver or higher this year, which is quite impressive.

As time passed, until the end of a certain challenge, a sudden loud bell ringing notified everyone that this phase had come to an end.

Instructor Mo’s voice resonated in everyone’s ears:

“First of all, congratulations on reaching the final round. You may claim your rewards later, but before that, let me announce the rules for the final stage of this year’s Summer Camp.”

Lin Xiao listened intently as Instructor Mo continued in a grave voice:

“Many of you may have guessed that the final round is practical combat. It was meant to be the same as in previous years, but we have just received new information, so there will be a change for this season’s final stage of Summer Camp. You will be engaging in exchanges with the winners of the Ivy League Alliance of High Schools’ Super Newcomer Showdown.”

“Wow!”

As soon as the words were out, a wave of noise erupted. Everyone was shocked and buzzing with conversation.

Lin Xiao was also stunned for a while before he could collect his thoughts, filled with surprise.

Engaging in exchanges with the victors of the Ivy League Alliance of High Schools’ Super Newcomer Showdown meant direct competition between the younger generations of the HuaXia District and the Ivy League Alliance of High Schools, didn’t it?

This so-called Ivy League Alliance of High Schools is not what most people would first imagine. It’s a major power in the Main World, comparable in strength to the HuaXia District.

Speaking of which, we need to first explain the power structures of the Human Main World.

The Main World has four colossal forces:

HuaXia District: Founded on Ancient HuaXia civilization, this is a grand power comprising all friendly ethnic groups from Ancient China, currently ranked first.

Ivy League Alliance of High Schools: Formed on the basis of the Ivy League Alliance of top schools from the old Earth era.

When the Divine Realm game emerged, outstanding students cultivated by these top schools became True Gods with relative ease. Later, as the initial concept of nations disappeared, these graduates from their respective Ivy League schools, using their alma maters as a nexus, allied with other first-rate universities to establish a new Ivy League Alliance of High Schools, and this name also became that of the power.

Giant Enterprises Alliance: Composed of giant corporations, super conglomerates, and top capitalists.

With enormous human and financial capital, a number of huge enterprises, conglomerates, and top capitalists have banded together to form this substantial power.

Aristocracy Council: Consists of great clans that uphold ancient aristocratic systems.

These clans boast venerable histories, some of which originated from super clans that existed tens of thousands of years ago, during Earth’s ancient times.

Among these four great forces, the HuaXia District is the strongest, the Ivy League Alliance of High Schools comes next, followed by the Giant Enterprises Alliance ranking third, and the Aristocracy Council fourth.

Within the Main World, the Ivy League Alliance of High Schools maintains a very close relationship with the Giant Enterprises Alliance and the Aristocracy Council, and there are occasional frictions with the legacy of the tens of thousands of years old cultural heritage of China.

They stand united when facing certain powerful Crystal Wall Systems outside of the Main World, but the internal conflicts have never ceased, persisting from tens of thousands of years ago up to the present.

And this Super Newcomer Showdown of the Ivy League Alliance of High Schools is akin to the Super Newcomer Summer Camp in the China District, a top event for fresh talent and also a platform for selecting the best geniuses.