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"Ultimate Quest 2/5: I Am the Overlord."

"Quest Description: A true overlord doesn’t just dominate their own little patch of land; they dominate the entire Alliance. From the moment you pick up your pen, ’making flowers bloom with a stroke’ and ’turning stone to gold’ are not enough to describe your domineering presence. You are the king of the exam hall, and no one can challenge your authority!"

"Quest Completion Requirement: Dominate the theory exam across the Human Alliance, becoming this year’s top scorer in the entire Alliance’s college entrance theory exam, not just in the Forgotten Land."

"???" Gao Neng was a little stunned.

He wasn’t stunned because the quest was too difficult, but because it was surprisingly "normal." It completely lacked the system’s usual troll-like nature.

Gao Neng had originally guessed that during his theory exam, the troll-like system might throw some curveballs at him.

For example: get first place even after burning the exam paper, or perhaps make him cheat on purpose, get caught, and then have to find a way to get out of trouble.

Why would it issue such a normal quest?

’Has the troll-like system stopped being a troll?’

’No way!’

Gao Neng thought about it carefully. As for whether this quest was difficult... it actually was a bit difficult!

The entire Alliance...

If it were just being the top scorer of the Forgotten Land’s theory exam, he was more than eighty percent confident. But if it was for the entire Alliance, his confidence dropped to thirty percent at most.

After all, something like a theory exam also depended on luck. If he happened to encounter a topic he hadn’t covered, it wouldn’t be strange to get one or two questions wrong.

’Forget it, I won’t think about it. If I can complete the quest just by becoming the top scorer... okay, it’s still a bit hard. I’ll review some more when I get home!’

’Wait!’

The official college entrance exams start in three days.

The theory exam papers must have already been sent over from the City of Hope, right?

So...

The exam papers are in Shen Ning’Er’s hands right now!

What if he could find out the contents of the exam in advance?

Gao Neng looked up at a surveillance camera in the distance. A bold thought flashed through his mind. ’Could the hidden condition for this quest be to take down Shen Ning’Er one more time?’

...

Night gradually fell.

Because Gao Neng had consecutively blown up three testing machines, the talent test dragged on until eight o’clock at night before it finally ended.

The Military Department was very efficient.

The results of this preparatory test were announced quickly. Out of more than 1,200 applicants, only 453 managed to pass, not even 500.

A single preparatory test had eliminated nearly two-thirds of them.

Some were happy, some were sad.

Gao Neng looked at the results and could only think one thing... ’The Alliance is so crooked! Did they just pocket the one-thousand registration fee from over 800 students?’

’That’s over eight hundred thousand!’

’Could it be that Shen Ning’Er is actually a shill? Deliberately giving that passionate speech to trick students into signing up?’

Gao Neng didn’t dwell on it.

The principals of the five high schools were already organizing the students to leave in an orderly fashion.

Buses from the training base had long been waiting outside. They had different routes, all heading back to their respective schools—returning everyone from whence they came.

At 8:40 PM, Gao Neng arrived at the gate of the Third Senior High School.

After getting off the bus, Li Qingping began to take a head count.

Li Qingping was very satisfied with the results of the preparatory test. Although a large number of students had been eliminated, Third Senior High School still had 68 remaining.

This number was already higher than the number of applicants from previous years. Moreover, all these students were now eligible to take the official college entrance exams, so there was great hope.

Most importantly...

They had produced a Gao Neng!

’The goal of getting ten students from Third High admitted this year... is not just a dream!’ Li Qingping grew excited internally, which made him a bit more long-winded.

After finishing the roll call, he couldn’t hold back and added a few more words.

First, he comforted those who didn’t pass the preparatory test. Then, he offered some words of encouragement to those who did pass. Finally, he even touched upon the school’s reward policy for students who get into a Military University.

Time...

Soon, it was nine-thirty.

Li Qingping spoke with great fervor, spittle flying, while the students listened, drowsy and ready to fall asleep.

"Principal Li, my cat is missing!" Gao Neng, seeing Li Qingping get more and more worked up, finally couldn’t take it anymore. He was hungry.

"Ah? A cat... what cat? Oh... you mean that cat of yours... Where did it run off to? Everyone, please help! Quickly, help Gao Neng find his cat..." Li Qingping was stunned for a moment, but then he quickly remembered that Gao Neng had indeed brought a cat with him this time.

"Find the cat?"

"Why do we have to help find the cat? I want to go home..." Fatty said, his face a mask of bewilderment.

"THWACK!"

A knuckle cracked down on Fatty’s head.

"You idiot, we’re finding the cat! Let’s hurry and spread out, go help Gao Neng find his cat!" one student yelled, then decisively took off running.

The other students paused for a second, then they all caught on.

"Time to find the cat!"

"I’ll go look too!"

"WHOOSH..." 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

In no time, the only ones left were Li Qingping and the bewildered Fatty.

Even Gao Neng had gone off to "find the cat."

"Aren’t you going to find the cat?" Li Qingping asked, looking at Fatty with a faint smile playing on his lips.

"I want to go home... I’m so hungry. Principal, I don’t want to look for the cat," Fatty said, rubbing his stomach, his expression so miserable it looked like he was about to cry.

"Sigh, your intelligence is worrying," Li Qingping said, shaking his head. He then turned and left, leaving Fatty standing alone in the cold wind.

...

Gao Xiaomeng was really missing!

But Gao Neng wasn’t worried in the slightest. He even felt a little like laughing. It was a good thing Gao Xiaomeng had disappeared; otherwise, he would have had to stand in the wind listening to Li Qingping for at least another half hour.

「The Forgotten Land.」

The largest garbage factory.

The workers here had already clocked out long ago, but the place was now even livelier than when they were on duty. The number of stray cats gathered here had reached over three thousand.

"MEOW!"

"MEOW MEOW MEOW..."

"MROW!"

All sorts of cat cries rose and fell in succession.

Tonight, the garbage factory was destined to be anything but peaceful.

In the very center of the more than three thousand cats stood nine cats of varying appearances. They each had a different demeanor: some fierce, some one-eyed, some huge, some alluring...

They were waiting for a cat daring enough to challenge their authority to appear.

And just at that moment...

A silver flash leaped down from high above, landing steadily on the ground and kicking up a ring of gray dust.

"MEOW!"

"MEOW MEOW MEOW!"

"..."

There were cheers, there was fury, there were taunts, and there was excitement.

"Tonight is the night that I, the Xiaomeng Queen, shall unite the Forgotten Land!" Gao Xiaomeng declared, rising to stand on her hind legs, issuing her vow to become king.

In her right paw, she held a black iron hammer, and in her left, a silver wrench.

But the most terrifying thing was what was under her feet.

She was actually standing on a small wooden stool!

(To all you handsome guys and beautiful ladies, you are truly handsome and beautiful!!)