"It seems he wants to make an example of these little ones in the monthly exam next semester, to ensure they don't become arrogant."

In the prefab room, a young male teacher held his forehead.

"But this is tough on the two of us responsible teachers."

Another middle-aged male teacher half-lay on the couch, complaining while smoking.

"At this pace, how many days will it take to finish?"

"I even planned a few days of public holiday, going on vacation with my wife, already bought the tickets."

The obviously longer-than-expected assessment period left him a bit dissatisfied.

"But aren't you curious about the content of this level?"

The young teacher was a bit curious.

The teachers present were only responsible for supervising students and presiding over the process, unable to directly monitor the real-time situation inside the copy.

Having just joined this year, he was participating in the work of the second half of the semester's monthly exam for the first time, coupled with being young, so he found it rather novel.

"If you're interested, why not go in and take a look directly?"

"Anyway, the students are all asleep now."

The middle-aged teacher had long been seasoned, not caring at all what's inside the copy.

"Huh? Can I?"

The young teacher's eyes lit up.

"Of course."

"But move quietly, don't wake anyone up."

The middle-aged teacher extinguished his cigarette, planning to go to bed and prepare to sleep.

"Alright, I really want to see how difficult this replica is."

"Making all the students look so grim."

The young teacher's competitive spirit was thoroughly sparked.

After saying that, he really pushed the door open and went out.

About half an hour later, just when the middle-aged teacher was about to fall asleep, the prefab room's door was pushed open again.

"Xiao Xiao, what are you up to, staying so long?"

The middle-aged man's sleep quality wasn't great; he was immediately awake.

"Well, haha."

"I wanted to experience the students' feelings, so I only took the lowest-level summoned creature inside."

The young teacher scratched his head.

The students present could bring a maximum of 3 summoned creatures, but as a teacher, he obviously couldn't mirror them.

"How was the experience?"

The middle-aged teacher scrutinized him, finding him slightly disheveled.

"Director Nan's designed level is truly extreme."

"I understand now why so many students were eliminated."

"Even I once thought I wouldn't get out."

The young teacher grimaced.

"But speaking of which, Teacher Huang."

"It seems my pass time was recorded too, now in the first position, how do we account for that?"

Then, he brought up his query.

"Never mind, just let it hang there, no need to explain deliberately."

"Treat it as motivating the students, letting them know the copy isn't that hard."

The middle-aged teacher closed his eyes, waved his hand, and turned around to remuster his sleepiness.

Thus, the next morning when all the students woke up, they saw a stunning scene on the electronic screen.

Yesterday's scoreboard was fairly tight, the top three scores were very close.

But those three scores shared a common trait in that none had managed to compress their pass time to under 90 minutes.

However, today, the inexplicable new number one was nothing short of shocking.

28 minutes.

Not only breaking the 60-minute boundary, but it didn't even reach half of that.

Equivalent to crossing two major thresholds, from beyond an hour and a half, leaping over both the one-hour and half-hour lines in one go.

"What the hell kind of godly score is that for number one?"

"Digging a gap, who is this? Amazing!"

"I just took a nap, has the whole world changed?"

"Is it one of the top ten? Or an exchange student? I heard this batch of exchange students is pretty strong too."

"He's far ahead of the second place..."

"Feeling discouraged, damn it."

"Really, comparisons are infuriating."

"No, on the contrary, this score proves to us the various feasibility of this copy."

"Definitely, maybe it's not that hard if you find the right method."

Reactions to this score varied, some negative, some positive.

Li Pu was clearly part of the positive group.

No choice, because unless he takes first in the monthly exam, his 10 points won't stay.

Last time as the head freshman in the mighty Shark Gobi group, he received a 1 point reward.

Now he has a total of 111 points, still 21 short of the 132 points required for a level 5 summons symbol.

So what he hopes for in this monthly exam is earning 10 points, ideally without missing a single one.

"There was no top ten in the copy yesterday either."

"Not even exchange students."

Gu Zhe was also puzzled by this score.

He even asked around in the group, and the top ten of the grade all expressed they hadn't jumped the queue for the monthly exam.

"Could it be some exchange student with urgent business who jumped the queue due to special reasons?"

Wu Guinan offered his view.

"Only this makes sense."

Gu Zhe nodded, looked at Li Pu and said, "Seems you exchange students really are hidden dragons and tigers..."

To be honest, he was confident he could get within an hour and a half, but to say within half an hour, that score was truly outrageous.

"Looks like this month's exam top spot is already settled."

Gu Zhe's words intensified Li Pu's sense of crisis.

Seems he has to take this seriously this time.

But his number was in the middle zone, so it wasn't his turn yet and he had to patiently wait.

By the evening of the second day of the monthly exam, Gu Zhe and Qian Shanshan had entered the copy.

Their scores were still considered relatively ideal.

Qian Shanshan's score was 81 minutes, barely making it across the 1-hour line.

Gu Zhe, ranked lower than her in the top ten, used only 75 minutes, which could only be attributed to different personal strengths, perhaps he was more suited to this copy than Qian Shanshan.

"This number one isn't simple..."

Sitting in Gu Zhe's tent, Qian Shanshan appeared a bit dejected.

"Honestly, after coming out I went over it thoroughly in my mind."

"Even if I eliminate all mistakes and handle every detail perfectly, I wouldn't get under 60 minutes."

Gu Zhe looked solemn as well.

"Truly don't know how that 28 minutes was achieved."

The two exchanged views but found no answers.

"What exactly is in that replica?"

"Making you feel it's so difficult?"

Wu Guinan couldn't quite follow their conversation, feeling curious on the side.

But out of respect for discipline, neither of them disclosed anything.

Actually, even if they said something, it wouldn't make much difference, that racing copy isn't something that mere prior knowledge would improve speed much of.

By the end of the third day of the monthly exam, more than half of the top ten had entered the level.

In this batch, only 6 of the top ten belonged to the combat category, so more than half meant 3 people.

Apart from that mysterious 28 minutes on the electronic scoreboard, the top three spots were already occupied by those three top ten, specifically in positions 2, 3, and 4.

The second-best score remains Gu Zhe's 75 minutes.

In the eyes of other classmates, were it not for that inexplicable 28 minutes, Gu Zhe would be a strong contender for first place.

In fact, with the monthly exam nearing its midpoint, the first place remains overwhelmingly in the lead, leading to skepticism among many.

Various assumptions about cheating have gradually started to circulate.

Li Pu, upon hearing these rumors, wasn't very bothered.

He couldn't possibly pin his hopes of being top on the notion that the other side cheated.

On the fourth day at noon, it was finally Li Pu's turn to take the exam.

He ascended the platform with four other students he didn't know.

Everyone's summoned creatures had already been put into storage space, ready to be released as soon as they entered the level.

"Hey, wonder if I can score well in this monthly exam."

"Don't overthink, just avoiding elimination is lucky."

"Indeed, I'd be content just getting the minimum points."

"Also, who is this 28 pointer, too crazy!"

The students on stage didn't intentionally lower their voices.

"Ahem, alright, quiet."

"Now proceed into the level orderly, your time starts counting from the moment you enter."

The young teacher standing beside intervened in their discussion.

Under his guidance, Li Pu followed the others into the replica.

Buzz!

A mild sense of weightlessness overtook him as his body passed through the light gate.

Then he took a survey of his surroundings.

"What's going on here?"

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