Chapter 177

"In the end, I ranked 68th," Zhao Xing reported truthfully.

"Sixty-eighth?" Lieutenant Helian Lie Lie was startled. "Ten days before the end, my little junior brother was only ranked 98th."

"With only ten days left, he actually managed to climb 30 spots?"

Even Lieutenant Helian Lie Lie found it incredible.

He had originally been worried that Zhao Xing might drop out of the rankings in those final ten days.

After all, at 98th place, it was very possible to drop out during the final ten days.

Because the geniuses were all grinding for total points.

Their tactics were fierce, and injuries didn't matter—they could just spend points to heal. Geniuses in the top 100 had plenty of points to spare.

Amidst such intense competition, Zhao Xing's ranking didn't drop; it rose.

And he climbed 30 spots!

"Junior Brother Zhao is quite fierce too," Lieutenant Helian Lie Lie sighed inwardly.

"68th?" On the other end, Like Yun Duo, who had received Lieutenant Helian Lie Lie's message, blinked as he looked at the reply on the yellow dwarf star.

"Hahahaha."

Like Yun Duo's laughter echoed across the entire star.

If the final ranking had been 98th, there would have been a certain element of luck.

But 68th place was absolute strength!

No one could say it was inflated!

On the mechanical spaceship orbiting the star.

The robot Mark, hearing the laughter, couldn't help but be puzzled.

"Why is the Young Master so happy?"

"Could it be that he has broken through his realm?"

"But the spaceship's intelligent sensors show the Young Master is still at the late Star Rank Lord stage, with no signs of a breakthrough."

The robot Mark tilted its head.

"Mark." Like Yun Duo quickly flew to the spaceship parked on the outskirts of the star.

"Check the history of the Beihe Star System for students who have participated in the Primordial Realm Glory Battlefield and see if any final ranking has exceeded 68th place," Like Yun Duo asked the robot Mark.

This was the robot bodyguard his father had left him.

Mark's combat power was fully capable of handling a siege by hundreds of Silver Moon-tier enemies.

Even if a Sunlight-tier Lord wanted to kill Like Yun Duo, Mark could provide an immediate warning and quickly launch the ship to escape.

The ship's defense level and speed were both S-grade!

"Yes, Young Master, I have found the information."

"In the Beihe Star System, the last time a final ranking in the Primordial Realm exceeded 68th place was 509 years ago, by a genius Lord named 'Li Yuan'."

"His final ranking was 54th, but he went missing 488 years ago and his whereabouts remain unknown to this day."

"After Li Yuan, only 5 people broke into the top 100, but none exceeded 68th place."

"The most recent one was 103 years ago..."

The robot Mark reported these findings.

"Hahahaha." Like Yun Duo laughed out loud.

"Young Master, why are you so happy?" Mark asked.

"Can I not be happy?" Like Yun Duo laughed. "I was the first to discover him and give him attention and investment!"

"Him?" Mark was confused.

"Don't ask about that," Like Yun Duo said, clapping his hands. "You'll know when the time comes."

"Yes." Mark nodded.

"Hehe." Like Yun Duo smiled as he looked at the data. "Father always thinks I'm not doing proper work and complains that I've been spoiled by my sisters."

"Hmph, with Zhao Xing appearing this time, let's see what the old man has to say."

"When the many councilors see the Imperial Envoy descend and want to fight over Zhao Xing, I'll tell Father that this is someone I invested in early on... Hahaha."

Imperial Envoys are always very grand when dealing with geniuses in the top 100.

The two-month period for announcing results in batches isn't because the envoys need that much time to travel.

It is to bestow glory upon the geniuses.

Merit, glory, titles, rewards... The Empire's entire mechanism is designed so that when these geniuses grow up, they will be grateful to the Empire and cultivate a sense of national honor.

Otherwise, those Sunlight-tier or Void-tier Lords could easily declare themselves kings and live happily elsewhere in the Great Wilderness Star Region.

They might even join alien races!

Talent drain is something the Empire does not want to see.

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Blue Star, Daxia Prefecture.

Mo Ercha was pacing back and forth in a large hall.

Having waited 10 days without news, he was extremely anxious.

Suddenly—

"Beep beep!"

Mo Ercha immediately opened his smart computer.

Then he saw the message sent by Lieutenant Helian Lie Lie.