[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware-":3,"chapter-just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-173":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Just Became a Mage, and My Skills Got Self-Aware? What the Hell?",{"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},2356783,4610,"Chapter 173: The Rewards You Deserve? Not One Will Be Missing!","just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-173",173,"\u003Cp>Beijing University, Replica Center Plaza.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Less than two minutes had passed since Lin Mo and the others entered the [Dragon Burial Snowfield] replica.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The upperclassmen on the plaza were still arguing over how the Japanese had cracked the mechanism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A third-year male student suddenly rubbed his eyes and looked up at the space rift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He froze for a moment, then shouted loudly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Holy shit!! Look over there!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The replica record board… changed!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone turned to look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? The record changed? Are you kidding?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, it’s been less than two minutes!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before anyone could finish speaking,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the students present fell into a deathly silence, as if rehearsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Dragon Burial Snowfield (Hell Level), Clearing Team: Long Xu Class (Lin Mo, Ye Kong, Han Mengyao, Chu Lingxuan, Wang Dawei…）】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Final Clear Time: 01:50!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Comment: 15:45? That record is truly boring. Were you all sitting out the postpartum period in there? Even my grandma pushing a wheelchair beats you faster—Long Xu Class, Lin Mo】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ssshh—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the silence, a synchronized hiss of breath filled the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did I go blind or am I still asleep? Did we just see a clear time under two minutes?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...You’re not blind. It’s really 1:50.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Holy crap! Is this even humanly possible? I can’t even boil a bowl of instant noodles in that time!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This world is definitely insane! The Japanese kids took 15:45, and we crushed it down to 1:50?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the crowd, the sophomore female fan who had loudly defended Lin Mo earlier was now flushed with excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She jumped up in place, thrilled:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“See! See!! I told you so!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whenever Lin Mo the Demon King steps in, there’s never any problem!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people around her had no energy left to argue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The glasses-wearing boy who had confidently analyzed the mechanism as unbeatable hadn’t even noticed his glasses had slid down to his nose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This… this can’t be real?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The glasses-wearing boy muttered, “Under two minutes… If it were me, I wouldn’t even have finished the first stage…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone asked, voice trembling:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Could it be… that the monsters inside the replica, seeing Lin Mo the Demon King enter, just collectively slit their own throats?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone nearby chuckled bitterly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bro, you’re saying our Lin Mo the Demon King is actually from the Abyss?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a joke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, many actually began to consider this line of thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, there was no way to explain such an absurd record!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop talking nonsense!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An upperclassman took a deep breath and analyzed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No monsters killed themselves! There’s only one possibility!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They just smashed through everything—completely ignoring every mechanism!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The upperclassman scanned the crowd, his eyes filled with awe:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t forget—Lin Mo is a monster who wields both Thunder and Fire special skills, plus three high-grade abilities!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“At this level, high-grade skills are a dimensional downgrade attack!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this analysis,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>everyone suddenly understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So… this dimensional downgrade attack works on monsters too?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was normal they didn’t know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, no one had ever used high-grade skills against monsters of the same level at this rank before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahaha! Well done! If the Japanese kids see this comment, they’ll probably be so furious they’ll commit seppuku right here!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Replica Center was once again drowned in ecstatic cheers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, everyone was once again humbled by Lin Mo’s unmatched power!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Wenchang and Gu He also stared fixedly at the newly updated record above the space rift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Under two minutes…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Wenchang murmured unconsciously:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“1:50… Principal, Lin Mo really… really did it…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Gu He maintained the dignity of a principal on the surface,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his slightly trembling hands betrayed his inner turmoil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Xu Wenchang’s mutter,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu He took a deep breath and suddenly laughed softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahaha… Indeed!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I finally understand—this kid is the very definition of a miracle. You never know what surprise he’ll bring next.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Our Long Country has truly found a treasure! No—we’ve found a god!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Wenchang joined in the laughter:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who could disagree!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the two spoke,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the space rift began to ripple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waves of spatial distortion spread outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough with the sentimentality.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu He straightened his robe, smiling:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The kids are coming out. Let’s go, Old Xu—we’ll go welcome our country’s greatest heroes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Got it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hum—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The space rift surged open violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo’s tall figure stepped out first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the other nineteen members of Long Xu Class emerged one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each face glowed with excitement and fervor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lin Mo is awesome!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Long Xu Class is invincible!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Raise our nation’s glory!! Crush the Japanese devils!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instant Lin Mo appeared,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Replica Center erupted in thunderous cheers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the deafening roar around him,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo merely smiled faintly, his gaze piercing through the crowd to land on Gu He and Xu Wenchang approaching him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Principal, Teacher Xu.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo gave a slight nod in greeting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu He stepped forward quickly and clapped Lin Mo on the shoulder:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good! Good! Good!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“One minute fifty seconds! Lin Mo, you did an incredible job!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This battle has restored our Long Country’s honor!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Wenchang’s face glowed red as he gave a thumbs-up:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kid, you’re amazing! Ignoring the mechanism and smashing straight through—only you could pull that off!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ve avenged us all!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing the lavish praise from the two elders,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo said humbly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah, it’s mainly because the Japanese brats are just too weak.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At these words,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guhe and Xu Wenchang paused in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good kid,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>you’re really playing the humble one now!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t you know this new record from Japan broke a fifty-year-old record that no one in Dragon Country had ever surpassed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And to you, it’s just “too weak”?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only someone like you, the Demon King, would dare say such a thing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahahaha! You kid…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guhe pointed at Lin Mo and laughed, scolding: “Your bragging skills are just like Lin Tianhao’s…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone else burst out laughing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Mengqing stepped forward:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Um, Grandpa Principal!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She rubbed her hands together, grinning:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You see, our boss Lin Mo led us to accomplish something huge for Dragon Country—we made the Japanese look like fools.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So… shouldn’t the school give us some real rewards to show appreciation?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the girl’s greedy remark,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Mengyao beside her sighed and pressed her palm to her forehead, wishing she could sink into the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Guhe laughed heartily, unfazed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course there will be!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked around, his gaze settling on Lin Mo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lin Mo, to be honest, I just went to Tianshu Mansion and reported your deeds truthfully.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Five Elders have decided to personally receive you within the next few days.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When that happens, the state will give you every single reward you deserve—none withheld.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1116,"2026-06-21T04:41:49.398Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","00e0198c638a19143a5724bd93a1dee8a446b47ab560bc11f3fcd22610f4f407","just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-174","just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-172",374,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fjust-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--cover.jpg"]