Chapter 753 - 723: Sensation (Part 2)

The student’s loud shout naturally drew a great deal of attention.

"Hey! Skinny, what are you yelling about? What’s going on?" an acquaintance asked, poking his head out.

"Heh heh, go to the Mission Hall and see for yourself. In any case, it’s good news—great news," the student known as Skinny replied, deciding to be mysterious.

Seeing this, the curiosity of the crowd that had gathered around was inevitably piqued.

"Let me guess... Has Xinghai Squad’s Points surpassed Capital University’s Flying Hero Team?" someone ventured a guess.

The Flying Hero Team was the squad reorganized by Wan Feiyang and Yi Hao, two Divine Demon Realm powerhouses.

"You’re halfway there—no, more like one-tenth of the way there!" Skinny said with a chuckle.

The person laughed in exasperation. "I could accept ’halfway there,’ but now you’re giving me ’one-tenth’? Are you itching for a fight? Why don’t we take a trip to the arena?"

No matter how the others provoked or threatened him after that, Skinny remained unmoved, his expression clearly saying, ’I’m just not going to tell you,’ which made everyone else’s teeth itch in frustration.

However, this stalemate didn’t last long. Soon, a second person came flying back, his face just as excited as he shouted the news, "It’s over a hundred million! Heavens, it’s over a hundred million!"

"What the hell is this about now? Can’t a single one of you speak clearly?" At that moment, everyone in the crowd felt as if their hearts were being clawed by a cat.

But after the second person appeared, a third, fourth, and fifth quickly followed, with more and more people running back as if they’d gone mad.

Those still in their dorms soon learned what had happened from the ones who had returned.

It turned out that just a minute ago, the Xinghai Squad’s total Points had been around 13 million. But in the next instant, the number suddenly leaped, and the increase was so staggering that everyone who saw it thought the system had glitched.

Because when the number finally settled, the Xinghai Squad’s total Points had become 135 million.

That was like adding a zero to the original amount, and then some.

A staggering increase of 122 million.

An increase of this magnitude wouldn’t just surprise these students; Lin Xinghai himself would probably be shocked if he were here.

After all, if you deducted Liu Miaomiao’s 10 million from the increased Credit Points, it meant the military had awarded him 112 million—far exceeding his own estimate of 80 million.

Of course, regardless of what Lin Xinghai might think, every student who heard the news was momentarily stunned.

Their first reaction was to think they’d misheard.

Their second was to assume the system had made a mistake.

After all, the situation was just too outrageous, to the point of being almost impossible to believe.

But no matter what, for the students of East Sea Academy, this was a fantastic development. So, regardless of how absurd it seemed, they were willing to believe it was true.

Immediately after, everyone acted in unison, rushing toward the Mission Hall to witness this legendary moment with their own eyes.

If someone had been looking down from high above at that moment, they would have seen people rushing toward the Mission Hall from all directions. These were, without a doubt, the students who had heard the news and were coming to see for themselves if it was true.

Among the three major academies, the students from Capital University had been riding high and feeling immensely proud of themselves this evening.

Meanwhile, the students of East Sea Academy were anxious and resentful, yet utterly helpless.

But now, in an instant, the expressions on the faces of the students from the two academies seemed to have been completely reversed.

In fact, the reversal was even more extreme.

"Impossible! There must be a mistake somewhere," a Capital University student exclaimed, staring at the total Points behind Lin Xinghai’s name at the top of the leaderboard.

"Ha! I think you’re the one who’s mistaken," a student from East Sea Academy immediately retorted. "News like this is definitely verified before it’s announced. How could there be a mistake?"

"Who can guarantee something like that won’t happen? Maybe someone in the military was careless when relaying the message and accidentally added an extra zero at the end!" a Capital University student suggested.

"That’s hilarious. Just because you’ve made such a Low Level mistake before doesn’t mean you can assume everyone else does," a student from East Sea Academy shot back, going tit for tat.

In an instant, the students from the two academies were at each other’s throats.

Of course, it wasn’t just them. Modu University students soon joined the fray, and their target was, naturally, East Sea Academy.

After all, East Sea Academy had been at the bottom. Even if Modu University couldn’t compete with Capital University, they could at least hold on to second place.

But now, if East Sea Academy managed to turn the tables and knock Capital University down, Modu University would be the ones at the bottom.

As the arguments between the students escalated, the situation spiraled, soon alerting even the instructors, who rushed over to investigate.

In truth, it wasn’t just the students who were in disbelief; even the academy instructors found the situation hard to accept.

It was, after all, simply too outrageous. They, too, suspected that a mistake had been made somewhere along the line.

Thus, after a brief discussion, the instructors from Capital University and Modu University jointly submitted a request to the Mission Hall, asking the military to re-verify the amount of Points Lin Xinghai had been awarded to see if there was an issue.

"I’ve already told you all," Elder Guo, the person in charge of the Mission Hall, said to the instructors, clearly displeased. "I verified this data with the General Staff multiple times before the update. There is absolutely no mistake."

For two academies to make such a request was, without a doubt, a direct challenge to his work!

Elder Guo had originally intended to brush them off. But these instructors had actually gone and involved the higher-ups from their academies.

"Old Guo, our instructors aren’t questioning you. We’re just considering the possibility that the General Staff might have made an error."

"That’s right! Just look at how absurd these Points are. It wouldn’t be strange if there was a mistake, would it?"

One after another, highly prestigious senior officials from the two universities began to speak up.

Some of these senior officials had reached the Divine Demon Realm themselves. Even those who hadn’t had disciples at the Divine Demon Realm Level. The weight carried by their words was far beyond what mere instructors could match.

Under all this pressure, Elder Guo had no choice but to bite the bullet. He reported the situation to the General Staff and asked them to verify the Points once more.

What followed was an agonizing wait.

This agony was felt not only by the students from Capital University and Modu University but by those from East Sea Academy as well.

They were terrified that this whole affair was nothing more than a beautiful illusion—a flower in a mirror, the moon in the water.

After all, the event was so utterly inconceivable that even they, deep down, didn’t truly believe something like this could happen.

In this agonizing state of suspense, five minutes quickly passed.

Just then, on the leaderboard, the Points behind the Xinghai Squad’s name vanished. This meant the number was being updated.

At that moment, the corners of the mouths of the students and teachers from Capital University and Modu University slowly curved into smiles. It was obvious: if the Points were being changed, it meant that Lin Xinghai’s previous total had indeed been a mistake.

As for the students of East Sea Academy, their faces turned ashen.

But just as their expressions began to shift, they froze instantly. Their bodies went rigid, as if struck by an Immobilization Technique, leaving them rooted to the spot in utter shock.

Because the Points behind the Xinghai Squad’s name had just changed to 200 million.

Not only had the Points not decreased, but they had actually increased by another 65 million.