[{"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-198":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},2356808,4610,"Chapter 198: Long Country Must Have Hacked a BUG","just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-198",198,"\u003Cp>When Lin Mo’s silhouette finally vanished from view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Wenchang stood in place, gazing at the direction Lin Mo had left, unable to hold back a long sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What a monster.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Wenchang counted on his fingers:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just this morning, he learned three high-grade ice techniques, one high-grade lightning technique—one of which he discovered on his own…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, Xu Wenchang looked up, his eyes filled with bitterness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Including the three he already knew, he now has seven high-grade skills altogether!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heh…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Wenchang glanced at Guhe and Zhang Daoyuan, then chuckled bitterly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All three of us old men combined don’t know as many high-grade skills as Lin Mo, this first-year student!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How absurd.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Xu Wenchang’s words,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Daoyuan also sighed heavily beside him, his face utterly deflated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xu, don’t say any more—it’s painful to compare.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Wenchang laughed heartily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough with the self-pity.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned to Guhe:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Principal, everything’s done. Shall we head back?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guhe shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You two go back first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m not leaving.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Wenchang froze, staring at Guhe in confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guhe ignored Xu Wenchang’s bewilderment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply crossed his legs and sat down on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll stay here to meditate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lin Mo’s words just now were too profound.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I must seize this moment to fully comprehend them. You two go back.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah, this…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Wenchang opened his mouth slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is he that eager?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whatever—he’s in this state now, and no one can talk him out of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then good luck, Principal.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zhang, Teacher Han, let’s go!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, the group quietly left the Back Mountain Plain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Guhe remained, sitting motionless atop the lifeless ice field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ying Country, Supreme Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Replica Center Plaza.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the entire plaza was packed with dense crowds of Ying Country students.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone strained their necks, staring fixedly at the glowing rift in the plaza’s center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hum—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a ripple of spatial distortion,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>twenty figures staggered out of the replica rift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were the current members of Ying Country’s strongest prodigy group, “Oni Clan.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, these twenty individuals bore no trace of their former arrogance; their faces were filled with despair, even a hint of hopelessness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aso Katsuro’s eyes were bloodshot, his hair disheveled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he stepped out of the replica, he immediately pulled out a tablet from his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This can’t be…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His fingers frantically swiped across the screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even now, he believed the fault lay with himself—he had failed to uncover the perfect solution to this replica.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How could this happen?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How did Long Country manage it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surrounding Ying Country students, upon seeing them emerge and the unchanged replica record, erupted into murmurs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did they fail?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even the strongest Oni Clan ever assembled couldn’t reclaim the record for Burial Dragon Snowfield?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is insane… How did Long Country achieve a 1:50 clearance of a Hell-tier dungeon? Is that even human?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s cheating! Definitely cheating!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes! Long Country must have found an unknown exploit in this replica—they hacked a BUG to get this result!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The students’ chattering reached Shinomochi Kyō’s ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shinomochi Kyō clenched his teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced around at the faces filled with expectation, yet unmistakably tinged with disappointment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His cheeks burned with shame!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humiliation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Utter humiliation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just yesterday, when they shattered Long Country’s record, standing here, they had been so triumphant, basking in everyone’s worship!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, only one night later,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>their record had been crushed by Long Country.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Worse still, today they had personally attempted to reclaim it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet they couldn’t even match their own previous time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough, Aso.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yanagi Ken’ichi reached out and gripped Aso Katsuro’s hand, still frantically swiping the tablet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sighed, speaking in a low, soothing tone:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Listen to the crowd.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everyone believes Long Country found a loophole in ‘Burial Dragon Snowfield’—they hacked a BUG to achieve this!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This isn’t about skill difference.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yanagi Ken’ichi sneered:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s just one replica.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t forget—we still hold the records for two other dungeons! Long Country can’t find loopholes in every single one!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Yanagi’s words,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aso Katsuro still muttered in a dazed rebuttal:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No… If Long Country can find a loophole, then I, Aso, can too!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I have no clue… It’s impossible…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ve really lost it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yanagi Ken’ichi shook his head helplessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he glanced at the records above the other two replica rifts and snorted:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aso, look—this entire morning has passed, and the records for the other two dungeons are still ours.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If Long Country truly had this ability, they would’ve reclaimed those records by now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t tell me Long Country people sleep until noon?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aso Katsuro snapped his head up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He seemed to have just been awakened by Yanagi’s words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they really had that kind of strength, they would have reclaimed the record long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Yanagiba Kenichi saw this, he slapped Aso Sōichirō on the shoulder, his eyes blazing with murderous intent:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aso, if you really want to know how Longguo did it, it’s simple...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t forget, among our cohort, what we’re best at is killing, not grinding dungeons or chasing records.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Once we reach the Ten Nations Battlefield, we’ll capture Longguo’s Dragon Order class, interrogate them brutally, and everything will become clear.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, Yanagiba Kenichi licked his lips, his gaze cold and sinister.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to these words, Aso Sōichirō’s manic stare gradually faded, replaced by a sickly excitement on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That makes sense...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We must interrogate them—I must find out what loophole they exploited that I, Aso, never noticed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shinomochi Kyō spoke coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough. Let’s go.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice carried a thread of fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t want to stay here another second, surrounded by the watching students—each moment felt like public execution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shinomochi stepped forward first, heading toward the outside of the dungeon center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, the others suppressed their emotions and hurried after him.\u003C\u002Fp>",981,"2026-06-21T04:41:49.398Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","849344979b3596b6be21b85ac61483b0921b20d5e5e3321dfd0342a9170c0fea","just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-199","just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-197",374,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fjust-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--cover.jpg"]