Chapter 77 - 77 63 Ranking

77: Chapter 63: Ranking 77: Chapter 63: Ranking “72nd place? Lower than I expected, but I can barely accept it.” “It’s really exaggerated, Meow, you’re from the Logistics Department, and there are several Special Enrollment Students in it, as well as 2-tier and even 3-tier ones who have a lot of extra points…” After hanging up the phone, Lu Ping’an felt a little helpless but also able to accept such a result. His current total score is 25, and he got 25.19 (3 bonus points), which is considered quite good, especially his interview score of 8.77, which surprised the school leadership. After all, it’s an unwritten rule that interview scores should not be full, and among those regular students with third-tier abilities, only one or two of them had scores above eight. It even made some departments suspect that this year’s Logistics Department was trying to play tricks and suppress them in terms of freshman enrollment. When they learned that the average interview score for this year’s Logistics Department was nearly one point lower and that the first place was an “academic master” with research achievements, they could not comment. After all, this is really not normal. Students can be excellent fighters or have great talents, but having research achievements without a lab or a team makes people doubt their lives. With 8.77, he accidentally got the highest score in the interview (excluding Special Enrollment), and because there was no comparison in the Logistics Department, there was no controversy. Lu Ping’an himself was a little dissatisfied. “…It’s going to be a bit difficult now, the score for the first round of practical tests is a bit low, dragging me down.” The highest is the 21st floor, Lu Ping’an reached the 19th floor which is not bad, but if the competition is high with competitors all around the 20th floor, the gap will appear. They’re on the 21st floor, but only because the highest is allowed to be the 21st floor. Their time scores are very high, with coefficients ranging from 9.7 to 10.0. Lu Ping’an wasted a lot of time opening cans, so his final coefficient is only 8.2. It’s not bad, even excellent, but it’s still a step behind the top-notch people. For some of them, the time it takes to reach the floor only depends on their own climbing speed and the speed of monsters spawning. From the results, it’s a direct loss of 20% of the score, with Lu Ping’an at 3.69 and others starting at 4.7, creating a one-point gap. Lu Ping’an’s written test is quite good, but those people’s written test (cheating ability) is not bad either, and they have a bunch of outrageous bonus points. Things like significant meritorious performance, 3-tier bonus points, national special talent reward bonus points, diplomatic treatment extra points; the highest score has been increased by seven points and it has baffled Lu Ping’an. “I’m ranked 72nd now by removing all the bonus points. I’m only about thirty-something in actual ranking. What kinds of monsters, demons, and ghosts.” In fact, even if we only look at the gap, it’s not that big; the highest-ranked person is only two-points more than Lu Ping’an, but the problem is that even a 0.1 point difference can put ten people between them. This is the result of many people being extremely biased/not taking the exam seriously, such as that titled third-tier expert who got almost a blank written test and knew nothing during the interview and now has only a score in the low 20s. Although they will definitely get into it in the end, the bonus is probably gone. That person who got 7 additional points directly got pulled away from the exam for an emergency task and now has only 17 points, it looks like he has to wait for Special Enrollment. “It’s really tough, even Brother Xue En didn’t expect this competition to be so fierce, and this is only after one round of actual combat…” Lu Ping’an’s first place in Logistics is a sure thing, mainly because most of the Logistics Department’s actual combat performances were… below 10 floors with only a few of them and 90% of them were below 5 floors. In fact, what can low-level Gardeners and the like use for actual combat? This is a path that requires time and resource accumulation. The teachers of the Logistics Department were also afraid that they would lose cooked chickens and tried to make connections for Lu Ping’an, even promising to help him get extra bonuses… Lu Ping’an actually received a Special Enrollment call from other colleges, which shows that the so-called “confidentiality” probably only exists in words. And the teacher also revealed that since the school didn’t expect it to be this tough in the exam, regular students might need 22 or 23 points (last year was 21.7) or more to have a chance to enroll. Considering the impact of the changes, the school is ready to bleed heavily and expand the scope and breadth of the rewards once again. The specific number is not mentioned by the other party, but Lu Ping’an estimates that it will not exceed the 30th place, but the problem is… “If there are more rewards for people behind, wouldn’t the rewards for those in front increase? Those top figures are the ones the school wants to reward the most, right? Raising the welfare, those who benefit the most must be those who are already in the rewarded zone.” Speaking of coveting, Lu Ping’an is truly envious; just that Silver-tier taboo item is said to start at least a million and is priceless, and they just give it away like that? Those bigwigs who skip exams or take them casually can ignore rewards, but poor and destitute Lu Ping’an really needs this “useless” money. “Let’s try harder, it’s not without hope, at least the top ten is only less than…0.7 points away?” This gap is still possible to reverse. But if everyone else thinks so, the final round of actual combat will probably be a bit heavier. “… Meow’s application came in, I hope she can do what she said, and give me a surprise. Lately, even the Leeks are starting to roll, and there isn’t enough room for harvest…” By the way, Meow previously scored 13.32 (3 bonus points) and was actually on the verge of being eliminated. But in the latest interview, she directly got a high score of 7.5 points, which exceeded Lu Ping’an’s expectations. You should know that the Logistics Department values logistics and R&D capabilities, while the general department is focused on practical skills, so Meow accidentally became a small rolling king. As for how she did it, she was still hiding it, saying she wanted to give Lu Ping’an a surprise (when they met)… “Dual cat strategy, huh? Hehe, indeed, it’s worth looking forward to.” In a sense, Lu Ping’an’s “investment” ability in collecting information is also considered cheating. Those scattered memory fragments can reveal things that even the Original Owner didn’t know. For example, he “accidentally” found out that the scariest thing about Disaster Fist isn’t the fist, the most poisonous thing about Golden Medusa isn’t the snake heads behind her head, and the most cat-like thing about the clumsy cat isn’t even the cat herself. This kind of thing is quite alarming, and Lu Ping’an needs to think about long-term cooperation rules and agreements now. But the most important thing right now is practical training. The final round of practical combat is a competition between candidates. S~eaʀᴄh the nôᴠel Fire.nёt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. What is the best way to improve exam scores? Beat your competitors! While most candidates can only use these days to adjust their state, Lu Ping’an can have a qualitative change every day. For him, making choices is more important than working hard, and limited resources must be spent on the edge of the sword. In a sense, Lu Ping’an had also made sufficient preparations before, and most candidates thought he was a powerful close combat fighter… He planned to use this strategic advantage at a crucial moment. “If I disguise myself as a close combat fighter, the Soldier system is indeed useful. The characteristics of All Weapon Specialization are terrific, but it’s too lacking in some aspects. Chris, can’t I use the third part-time job?” One of the Soldier’s core skills, “War Memory,” hasn’t been touched from beginning to end. Lu Ping’an asked Xue En, and it turned out that this passive ability could only grow when one truly fights. Without one of the two core skills, Lu Ping’an’s Soldier development encountered a bottleneck, which is the result of his lucky encounter with the golden leek, “All Weapons At Will” doesn’t require the support of “War Memory.” However, many practical abilities of the Soldier system require it, and Lu Ping’an is still stuck. “You can have a third part-time profession, but that would be the last one. Are you sure you want to choose a close combat system that overlaps with the Soldier system?” Before, Big Cat had said that before determining the main path, don’t have more than three part-time jobs. Now looking back, she didn’t lie at the time… To be precise, along the way, the proud Big Cat didn’t answer many things, but she really didn’t lie. It’s just that even now, when the main path is determined, the big cat still doesn’t recommend part-time jobs before reaching the 2-tier Gardener, because the explanation is quite complicated. She said a lot of things like “mutual checks and balances,” “twisted spirals,” and “source interference.” Many things made Lu Ping’an’s head hurt, even the Taboo knowledge skill grew a lot, but he still couldn’t really understand. But he did understand one analogy. “In a flower bed, there are four plants. When you sprinkle water and throw nutrients, who benefits the most? The one closest to you? The tallest one?” “… All of them benefit? More or less? But I guess the one with the strongest survival ability would benefit the most.” Just like plants compete for sunlight, water, and nutrients, the strongest one will benefit more. But plants… living things are greedy. If unchecked, it will only eat more and more, and after growing up, actively strangling the living space of other plants, eating everything alone. From this perspective, the main path should be stronger than the other professionals, but it shouldn’t be too strong.” In the professional framework set by Big Cat, the pyramid is the most stable structure. When a 2-tier tip is formed, it doesn’t matter if there are more corners below. “If all are first-tier, four professionals can restrain each other, like the four legs of a chessboard. However, this is already the limit. With five, experience has proven that imbalance is a high probability event. Even if you can hold on without problems, once the Soldier or Runner twists into your main path, the fun begins.” It can be said that before the Gardener breaks through the 2-tier, Lu Ping’an has only one last part-time profession choice. Big Cat was right, he was reluctant to use his last slot for a similar close combat system to the Soldier, despite knowing that it would greatly improve his close combat capabilities (Wave-Cutting Technique). At this time, he was even a little regretful about taking a part-time job as a Runner… Compared with the input/output ratio of other professionals, the Runner is indeed a bit too subtle except for Shrink Land. Meow has chosen this as her major because her close combat abilities have been resolved by her talent, while Lu Ping’an’s talent is not suitable for actual combat. “…Well, let’s use the traditional solution. As a Gardener, I have my own tactics. I’ll try to come up with a few more gadgets before the exam.”