[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-global-psychic-powers-starting-off-with-the-awak":3,"chapter-global-psychic-powers-starting-off-with-the-awak-global-psychic-powers-starting-off-with-the-awak-chapter-7":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Global Psychic Powers: Starting Off with the Awakening of Purple Heaven Divine Thunder",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2358508,4613,"Chapter 7: Ruins Town, Wu Ke Gaokao Rules","global-psychic-powers-starting-off-with-the-awak-chapter-7",7,"\u003Cp>The Gaokao is a grand event in the Great Xia Nation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To ensure students get adequate rest, one month before the Gaokao, every province and city begins enforcing nighttime noise control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even upscale residential compounds hire specialized sonic-type adepts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At exactly nine p.m., they unleash their abilities to block all external sounds outside the compound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the day of the Gaokao itself, protections for examinees reach an extreme level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only are roads under traffic control, but armed soldiers and adept squads patrol key intersections to prevent emergencies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of this, the forty-plus buses carrying Wu Ke examinees traveled unimpeded through the city and soon entered the military zone on the outskirts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The buses then pulled over to an open field, and students disembarked one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around the field, every three meters stood a soldier, weapon in hand, posture rigid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The severity on their faces left no doubt: anyone daring to charge the formation would face a hail of bullets!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very front of the field stood a temporary podium.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind the podium was a region enclosed by barbed wire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside lay the ruins of a small town—vast, stretching beyond sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Between the ruins, dark shadows of ferocious beasts flickered, accompanied by their growls and roars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Phew, that’s our exam site.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Holy shit, I just saw a unicorn rhino!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Unicorn rhino? No way—this year’s exam can’t be that brutal?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ruined town within the military zone was originally called Weiyuan Town, a small village under Jiangcheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Decades ago, it was overrun by a beast tide and reduced to ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though later reclaimed by the military, since it was already in ruins, rebuilding held little value, so it became a training ground for troops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But every June 7th, it is used as a Wu Ke Gaokao site.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the types of ferocious beasts placed inside are not chosen casually as during regular troop drills—they are determined by Jiangnan Province’s Wu Ke Gaokao examiners.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All Wu Ke Gaokao sites under Jiangnan Province use identical beast combinations to ensure absolute fairness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The species and strength of the beasts determine the difficulty of the Wu Ke Gaokao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Generally, no powerful beasts appear in the outer zones of the ruined town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only common beasts like Shadow Cats and Iron-Haired Pigs are found there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet in past Gaokaos, rare and formidable beasts such as Unicorn Rhinos and Arm-Knife Tigers have appeared in the outer zones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this also meant that year’s Wu Ke Gaokao was harder, with greater risk of death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, when many students saw the Unicorn Rhino inside the ruined town through the barbed wire, their faces turned pale and they panicked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So what if it’s a Unicorn Rhino? If you can’t even handle a beast like this, even if you barely get into an Adept University, you’ll never amount to anything!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A loud voice suddenly rose above the students’ murmurs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a young man dressed in pale green combat gear, resembling an ancient swordsman, holding a long sword in hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His demeanor matched that of a knight—open, sharp, his eyes like an eagle’s, radiating intense pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many students turned angrily to argue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But upon seeing him, they fell silent, embarrassed and dared not make a sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This scene puzzled Xu Jingming, who turned curiously to a tall boy beside him, carrying a sword and shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who is that guy? So full of himself?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tall boy’s name was Liu Jie; his awakened ability was a C-grade Enhancement ability: Gigantification.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When activated, his body swells over twice its size, and his strength increases accordingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Class 5, besides his best friend Zhang Hao, Xu Jingming was closest to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who else? Zhou Mingyang from No. 1 High School, the Light Wind Sword.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Jie nodded toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So it’s him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jingming instantly understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No. 1 High School of Jiangcheng was the high school with the deepest educational roots in the entire city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It offered genuine adept instruction and occasionally arranged live combat drills with ferocious beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its graduates were all fierce—nearly all of Jiangcheng’s top ten Wu Ke Gaokao candidates came from No. 1 High School.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Zhou Mingyang was one of its most outstanding students!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He possessed a B-grade Elemental Wind ability: “Lightning Gale.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When activated, he could condense wind blades and reduce air resistance, greatly increasing his movement and attack speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lightning Gale” ranked among the top-tier abilities among all awakened powers in Jiangcheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Zhou Mingyang was one of the very few students in Jiangcheng to have surpassed the Adept stage and reached the Adept Upgrade level before the Gaokao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the exam, he was already a top contender for Jiangcheng’s Wu Ke champion, earning the title “Light Wind Sword.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, ordinary examinees dared not provoke such a powerful adept.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Excellent! Swordsmanship must carry this fearless, forward-moving spirit!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The principal of No. 1 High School, watching this, nodded approvingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, all students from the forty-plus buses entered the field and lined up neatly by school and class.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each class had its homeroom teacher standing beside them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a middle-aged man in military uniform stepped onto the podium.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was tall, with a long scar running down his right cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Merely by glancing around, he silenced every whispering student in the field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Zhou Mingyang’s gaze brought pressure, this officer’s gaze felt like that of a ferocious beast—instilling dread!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Definitely a second-rank adept or higher.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jingming silently thought in the formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I am Wang Haiyang, overall commander of this year’s Jiangcheng Wu Ke Gaokao. Before the exam begins, I will reiterate the rules.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Wu Ke Gaokao begins precisely at 9 a.m. and ends at 9 p.m., lasting twelve hours total.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The exam site is the ruined town behind me—same as previous years, divided into outer, middle, and core zones.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The outer zone contains only non-rank beasts; the middle zone holds peak non-rank beasts and first-rank beasts.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The core zone contains only beasts above first-rank; the innermost area is dominated by high-tier first-rank beasts and second-rank beasts.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Commander Wang Haiyang’s voice echoed across the field—he did not use a microphone, yet every student heard him clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Outer, middle, core, and innermost—these zones are like a math exam: different areas correspond to different difficulty levels.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The innermost area, where high-tier first-rank and second-rank beasts dwell, is like the final question on a math exam—designed for top students to conquer.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A smile touched Xu Jingming’s lips in the formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before, he would have dared only to kill beasts in the outer zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, he not only had confidence to enter the core zone, but even dared to explore the innermost area!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Killing different types and ranks of beasts grants different scores.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The higher the beast’s rank and strength, the more points you earn upon killing it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But you must act within your limits—choose zones suitable for your strength.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, resource distribution begins now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the podium, Wang Haiyang waved his right hand; several squads of soldiers stepped forward, and a large truck rolled in from afar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The truck’s cargo doors opened, revealing row upon row of black tactical backpacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the soldiers’ distribution, each examinee received one tactical backpack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside were three items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One was a smartwatch, used to track the number and type of beasts killed and accumulate scores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It also contained a map of the ruined town to confirm the examinee’s location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another was three energy bars—each consumed rapidly replenished stamina.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The final item was a safety ball—a silvery metallic sphere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When activated, it generated a high-voltage electric net around the user, impervious to ordinary beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, once activated, the Gaokao ended immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jingming strapped the smartwatch to his wrist, placed the three energy bars inside the tactical backpack, slung it on his back, and hung the safety ball at his waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This way, in case of danger, he could activate the safety ball with maximum speed to preserve his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most other students chose the same setup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet even with the safety ball, absolute safety was not guaranteed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, in the chaos of beast combat, life and death hang by a thread—sometimes you won’t even have time to activate the safety ball...\u003C\u002Fp>",1363,"2026-06-21T05:33:57.936Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","234cec68643d03c74089c23eac3bfa15f33e402bc68e73df06c3e43cccd45b2f","global-psychic-powers-starting-off-with-the-awak-chapter-8","global-psychic-powers-starting-off-with-the-awak-chapter-6",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fglobal-psychic-powers-starting-off-with-the-awak-cover.jpg"]