Chapter 561: Chapter 3: The Great Challenge (Part 2)
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The North Campus of Huake Institute, the walls inside, that big door, and even the Romeo Robot below our feet, every bit of it is designed with the students of the Reverse Genius Class in mind.
"North Campus is constructed using space expansion technology, designed by a cultivator skilled in physics together with a superpower user adept in architecture. The exact size is not known, details of the campus terrain are undisclosed, with 500 students enrolled. With you two added, the total is now 502. Among them, 385 are male and 114 are female. All members of the Reverse Genius Class are divided into Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced Classes based on their strengths and potentials. The Basic Class comprises sixty percent, Intermediate thirty percent, and Advanced ten percent of the students," Romeo One said, moving away from the center, wandering on the nearby sand, sweeping away trash and excess grass clippings.
Not a single ordinary person is found at the North Campus; all are either superpower users or cultivators. Living guidance officers like Romeo also double as janitors, with over a hundred of them. Romeo One is responsible for some areas of Sector C.
This model, claiming to have "Huaxin" artificial intelligence, can maintain continuous work 24 hours a day, provided it has enough energy.
The robot is equipped with an infrared thermal sensor. It automatically avoids obstacles or people. When its power is depleted, it will return to recharge itself.
The explanations it provided seemed to be pre-programmed.
"Are we freshly arrived? Are we directly assigned to the Basic Class?" Xiao Xian also had many questions, but relying on a mechanically programmed robot to clear all doubts was obviously impractical.
"Not necessarily. First, I need to assess your potential and strength values. Please place your hands on my body," Romeo turned around, its black surface shifting to red.
"Scanning complete, please wait for the results," Xiao Xian did as instructed, consciously concealing her spiritual energy, thereby ending the scan.
Zhang Yiyi was scanned as well.
After a while, Romeo One reported a series of numbers, first for Xiao Xian: Attack Power C+, Potential C. Then for Yiyi: Attack Power C-, Potential C.
"Your assessment results are in. Zhu Xiaoxian, Zhang Yiyi, you are both assigned to the Basic Class based on strength and potential," Romeo One said dryly, without elaborating on how the data was calculated.
Strength and potential are rated on an A, B, C, D scale, with D representing ordinary people.
C-level is just a tiny bit stronger than the average person.
Xiao Xian’s spiritual power was all contained within space, whereas Zhang Yiyi didn’t even understand what spiritual power value is.
The reason they both were graded C is partly due to their young age and basketball team background, having heart rates and muscle conditioning better than the average person.
"That’s it? What’s the standard for C-level? Is that a pass?" Zhang Yiyi was most concerned about passing. She was at the bottom of her class at Sacred Heart Middle School, wouldn’t it be the same in Reverse Genius Class?
Actually, the strength and potential values are fairly scientific.
Strength value is calculated based on the duration of cultivation and attack power—Xiao Xian, without using the Spiritual Rhinoceros Scissors, had negligible attack power. Potential value, on the other hand, indicates personal growth potential. From an undeveloped standpoint, Zhang Yiyi is truly a gem in the rough.
"No matter how you calculate it, based on the class assignment results, you can receive a Heavenly Card," Romeo One spit out two cards from the lower part of its body.
"Index Card? What’s that for?" Xiao Xian picked up one of the cards and saw a number on the bottom left corner: 500.
Zhang Yiyi’s read: 300. There was a difference of 200 points between them, which likely related to the previous rating results.
"Now to answer newcomer Zhang Yiyi’s question about the price of a bucket, a plastic bucket is 10 Heaven-defying Value, an iron bucket is 30 Heaven-defying Value. Other items are similarly labeled with their respective Heaven-defying Value," explained Romeo One. Everything in the supply center cannot be valued in RMB—instead, it’s calculated in Heaven-defying Value.
"Wait, Master Niu’s instant noodles, 100 Heaven-defying Value? One kilogram of rice, 10 Heaven-defying Value? These prices are so disproportionate," Zhang Yiyi was not good at math but knew how to live prudently. She compared the prices with those outside, where a tub of instant noodles cost only 2.5 yuan, and a kilogram of rice was about the same. Why was there such a discrepancy in the North Campus? Having seen exorbitant prices at train stations was one thing, but a gap this substantial between the cost of noodles and rice was unprecedented.
"The school hopes all reverse genius students stick to a healthy diet and regular exercise, firmly rejecting all junk food and unhealthy habits," Romeo’s response left one speechless. Zhang Yiyi rolled her eyes and noticed another price tag on the shelf.
"So, it’s rice as well, but why these two different prices? The pretty rice is only 10 Heaven-defying Value, while the less attractive coarser rice costs 20 Heaven-defying Value?" Zhang Yiyi pointed out another type of rice on the shelf, which looked dull and huskier than the first, resembling rice that hasn’t been well hulled.
Zhang Yiyi’s question seemed to exceed Romeo One’s capacity for response. After all, it was just a machine; its answers were rote or based on frequently asked questions by new students.
"The good-looking one is called fragrant early rice, a three-harvest rice from Hainan, with poor taste and low nutritional value. The other is round-stem rice from the northeast, a single-harvest rice, coarsely processed with ninety-nine percent of the grain’s nutrients preserved in the rice. Eating the second variety, one bowl is equivalent to three," Xiao Xian felt the rice grains and easily distinguished between them.
These rice varieties may not look impressive, but they each contain a certain amount of spiritual energy.
The water on the shelves was priced differently for different qualities too. The most expensive kind, only 200 milliliters, cost several hundred Heaven-defying Value—its secret unknown.
Xiao Xian’s current concern was another matter. If even rice and water, such basic necessities, had clearly marked prices, it indicated one thing: in the North Campus, there was either no water or no basic food available. How were she and Zhang Yiyi supposed to ensure their survival?
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Hmm, Fan Tickets are really cold this month,
Kiddos, have you all gone into hibernation or something?
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