[{"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-279":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},2356889,4610,"Chapter 279: Hope Was Just Our Overthinking","just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-279",279,"\u003Cp>Long Country, Jingdu University.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The central hall of the dungeon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All eyes were locked onto the rift above the dungeon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A row of data showing each war zone’s progress floated in midair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind the line 【Long Country War Zone: 1\u002F20】.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blinding golden light suddenly erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light slowly coalesced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally forming a small, exquisite golden weapon icon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone present understood what this meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the mark of a Unique Weapon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the first Unique Weapon in the entire battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo secured the first kill of the entire battlefield!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“First kill!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Great Demon King got the first kill!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The students erupted in cheers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My god! How long has it been? The boss’s kill protection timer just ended, right?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I think it was less than three seconds...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Great Demon King is awesome!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Great Demon King’s reputation is going to grow even more...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the front of the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The members of Long Order Class were equally excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aaaaaaah!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Mengqing grabbed Chu Lingxuan beside her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lingxuan sister! The class monitor got the first kill! I told you! The class monitor is the number one in the world!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Those foreign bastards don’t even deserve to wipe his shoes!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Dawei bounced up and down uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Class monitor is awesome!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Crush them! Let those seven countries’ brats know what a Long Country Great Demon King really is!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Kong and Han Mengyao wore complex expressions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were proud of Lin Mo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But mostly, they felt powerless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the day they were accepted into Long Order Class.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were full of ambition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had imagined countless times how they would enter the Ten Thousand Nations Battlefield, slaughter everyone, bring glory to their country.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Basking in the cheers of Long Country students.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Lin Mo’s moonlike radiance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn’t even have the qualification to enter the Ten Thousand Nations Battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Kong’s lips curled into a bitter smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He loosened his clenched fists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t deny it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were him, a three-second first kill on a boss? Impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Mengyao also shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The faint disappointment in her eyes was replaced by determination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was there to be disappointed about?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Personal glory meant nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as Lin Mo was there, Long Country’s future held infinite possibilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was what mattered most!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Mengyao looked up at the rift and whispered:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Class monitor, keep going.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of Long Order Class.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The senior figures were all beaming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Wenchang was ecstatic:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good kid!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Well done!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“First kill in under three seconds? Man, I can’t even imagine how those foreign bastards look right now...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahahaha...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guhe also burst out laughing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he tried hard to maintain the composure of a university president,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t help it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This Lin Mo...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not only is his strength unmatched, but no one can outshine him in stealing the spotlight.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nie Zhenguo stood with his hands behind his back and nodded slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That first kill was impressive.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“One man silenced a hundred and forty.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Tianhao crossed his arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood rigidly, chin slightly raised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ahem...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Tianhao glanced sideways at everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That brat—I’ve taught him since he was little: when you go out, get things done efficiently.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s just a level 40 boss.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why the big deal?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Lin Tianhao’s shameless humblebrag,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Wenchang’s mouth twitched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Old Lin, enough already.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your grin’s practically reaching your skull, and you’re still pretending?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahahahaha!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laughter erupted around them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ying Country, the Supreme Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thousands of Ying Country students stared fixedly at the prompt above the rift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Complete silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One Ying Country student trembled as he spoke:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is that... a first kill?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is it... Long Country?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How is that possible?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Long Country only sent in one person?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Three seconds?! Are you kidding?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Baka! Impossible! How can one person be faster than everyone?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I get it—other countries, including our own Kami no Tsuki, probably didn’t care about the first kill. They were probably planning to surround Long Country.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That makes sense...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So that’s how it is!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The central square of the entire dungeon gradually grew lively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of the square.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instructor Inoue Yu and Principal Tokugawa stood frozen in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Principal Tokugawa…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inoue Yu murmured:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This… what’s going on?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In less than three seconds… that man from Dragon Country claimed the first kill?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Principal Tokugawa stared fixedly at the golden unique weapon icon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hands clenched unconsciously within his long sleeves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Inoue.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tokugawa’s voice was low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It seems…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dragon Country really sent in that one specialized dungeon class.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inoue Yu froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Impossible?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Such an important class, just thrown into the Ten Nations Arena with no protection?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even a fool could guess this Ten Nations Arena is far more dangerous than previous ones?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Principal Tokugawa took a deep breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Inoue.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I believe Dragon Country is not mad.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inoue Yu blinked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you mean?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Principal Tokugawa sighed softly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Such an important class could never be sent in just to die.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s only one possibility…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This man isn’t just specialized against monsters.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He… likely possesses terrifying strength.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Strong enough that even facing a coalition of seven nations, Dragon Country’s high command isn’t worried about his safety!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At these words,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inoue Yu froze, then shook his head wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s impossible!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Principal Tokugawa! Are you joking?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Strong enough to ignore an ambush of one hundred forty?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inoue Yu swallowed hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even Adamas family’s greatest prodigy—the one hailed as a god incarnate in their history!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Could never survive such a horrific ambush!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Principal Tokugawa gave a bitter smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I thought it impossible too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But if not this…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Principal Tokugawa asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tell me, why would Dragon Country dare send him in?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tell me, how could Dragon Country claim the first kill?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inoue Yu opened his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But not a word came out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No nation’s high command is foolish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could they send such an important class to die?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cold sweat instantly broke out on Inoue Yu’s forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was panicked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was truly panicked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then… what about Shinmugetsu and others…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shinmugetsu and Yanagawa Kenichi are our nation’s most talented and hardest-working prodigies in the past century!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They are the future of the Great Ying Empire!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If that man from Dragon Country is truly that terrifying…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then they…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Principal Tokugawa closed his eyes and let out a long sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s too late to say anything now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We can do nothing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All we can do is pray…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That we’ve imagined too much.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1091,"2026-06-21T04:41:50.524Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","898846468aa4de6d9e391972c035de1713a5ba5fb636224ee87f002eff850a84","just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-280","just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-278",374,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fjust-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--cover.jpg"]