[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-how-do-we-play-if-this-boss-isn-t-nerfed":3,"chapter-how-do-we-play-if-this-boss-isn-t-nerfed-how-do-we-play-if-this-boss-isn-t-nerfed-chapter-163":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","How Do We Play If This Boss Isn't Nerfed?",{"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},1618038,2083,"Chapter 163 - 120: The Chasm","how-do-we-play-if-this-boss-isn-t-nerfed-chapter-163",163,"\u003Cp>The two lines of text on the screen were crystal clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But together, they created an effect that was almost absurdly surreal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief moment of stunned silence,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the hall erupted into a frenzy of discussion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dongjiang First Middle School? What kind of school is that? A city public school?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, did you guys miss the most insane part? Year Three, Class Seven? In a Martial Arts High School’s class placement, aren’t the top students always in Class One or Class Two? How the hell is a student from Class Seven topping the ranks?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You mean to say that at this Dongjiang First Middle School, a student like this can only make it into Class Seven? Just how terrifying would the students in their Class One be?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"*Gasp*... Utterly terrifying!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Meng listened to the discussions around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could barely contain himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’We’re not, we don’t.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, the hall was a cacophony of voices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then, someone finally realized what was truly important.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye’s two stats!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, Xue Wangshu’s Qi and Blood index of 158 had already stunned the entire audience, earning him the title of a prodigy the likes of which Dongjiang hadn’t seen in decades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, this guy named Lin Ye had just raised that number by nearly 80 points!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was even more mind-boggling was his Life Index!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>204.77!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a Martial Artist’s training, raising one’s Life Index is far more difficult than raising their Qi and Blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Wangshu’s Life Index, which was already approaching 100, had been a topic of fervent discussion, with many believing his foundation was terrifyingly robust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lin Ye?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had more than doubled that number!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What kind of concept was that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like a long-distance race between two elite athletes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Lin Ye had just lapped his opponent!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Isn’t that a little exaggerated? A high school student can’t possibly have stats like these!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Exactly! The equipment must be malfunctioning! How could a monster like that come from the worst class of a city public school?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A chorus of doubt erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they were quickly drowned out by other voices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone, shut up! Haven’t you noticed the officials on the second floor are silent? Do you think an exam of this caliber is a child’s game?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All the equipment has top-tier anti-cheating systems. If there were a real problem, the alarms would’ve sounded already!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the entire hall buzzed with discussion about Lin Ye, the monster who had come out of nowhere,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>on the main screen of the live feed,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the result of the punch Lin Ye had just thrown was finally processed by the system, under the watchful eyes of the masses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A line of visually stunning numbers appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Punching Power: 23,634.29 kilograms!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the previous Qi and Blood and Life Index stats were merely abstract data,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then this tangible punching power figure was a resounding slap across the face of everyone who had questioned the equipment’s accuracy!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One punch. Twenty-three tons!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the observation hall, countless teachers stared at the number, feeling dizzy as the world seemed to spin. The sense of absurdity intensified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was because it wasn’t just unheard of for a Martial Arts High School student.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even many Martial Artists who spent their entire lives stuck at the peak of the Vein Opening Realm couldn’t achieve even half that power!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the section for Celestial Star Martial Arts High School, the expressions on the faces of the principal and teachers could no longer be described as merely \"grim.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their faces were a ghastly white, a mixture of horror and humiliation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their ace, their pride and joy—Xue Wangshu’s nearly eight-ton punch—seemed like a complete joke in the face of this number.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t just that his number had one more digit than yours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The value was a full three times higher!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, the homeroom teacher of Celestial Star Martial Arts High School’s Class One suddenly started to laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People really do laugh when they’re left speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Chen Meng, he just shook his head gently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A smile never left his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d thought Lin Ye would be strong, even imagining he could make the top ten, or perhaps challenge for the top five.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he never dreamed that Lin Ye wasn’t here to challenge anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was here to obliterate the number one spot!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Second Floor, Private Viewing Area」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Kai Nian watched the screen with great interest, a hint of surprise showing on his face for the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One punch, over twenty-three thousand kilograms... Zhengguo, this student of yours, is he really just from an ordinary family?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Zhengguo’s heart hammered in his chest; he felt like he was about to suffocate from sheer joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He struggled to suppress his excitement, his voice trembling slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Director, I can’t say we know everything about him, but I did personally inquire about his family situation. In terms of financial background, he’s not even as well-off as some of our other regular students...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even as Wang Zhengguo said it, he felt a little unsure of his own words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He, too, found it utterly absurd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Li Kai Nian simply nodded and said no more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gazes of the various Dongjiang City VIPs around them all shifted as they looked at Wang Zhengguo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their eyes were filled with envy, jealousy, and profound bewilderment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’What the fuck kind of luck is this?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’How did Dongjiang First Middle School get so lucky as to stumble upon such a diamond in the rough?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Inside the Testing Arena」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ye stood before the punching power target, his brow furrowed slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Another long wait.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system’s notification still hadn’t sounded, and he was beginning to suspect that the entire examination system had malfunctioned today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, he had no idea that every one of his test results was like a depth charge,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>setting off massive shockwaves in the proctoring center and the spectator hall outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The proctors in charge of reviewing the data didn’t dare to immediately confirm and upload his completely off-the-charts results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each stat had to be reviewed multiple times and even reported to higher-level officials for manual confirmation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was what was causing the delay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, they finally received an order from their superiors: all of Lin Ye’s subsequent test results were to be confirmed and passed immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They would be reviewed together later; the examinee’s pacing and state of mind must not be affected.\u003C\u002Fp>",1073,"2026-06-06T10:31:47.882Z",1,"novelbin.me","441ad78ae19f16ba172c8cfccd4566acc099449fa13df7a108234892ca0cd215","how-do-we-play-if-this-boss-isn-t-nerfed-chapter-164","how-do-we-play-if-this-boss-isn-t-nerfed-chapter-162",250,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhow-do-we-play-if-this-boss-isn-t-nerfed-cover.jpg"]