: Qiao Yuan, you deserve to die!

To the left of the blue tower of Galaxy University, occupying the southeast area, in the first conference room of the Academic Affairs Office near the turquoise lake, twelve associate professors and about thirty lecturers are currently seated.

Around them, twenty screens were filled with 360-degree holographic projections, each representing one of the twenty batches of tower challenge sites.

The screen mostly displays images of the top students from each batch.

The conference room was large, and the overall seating arrangement resembled the two light gold concentric circles on the Galaxy University emblem. The inner circle was occupied by twelve associate professors, while the outer circle was filled with thirty-three lecturers.

They were all discussing the rankings and performances of the top students in each batch.

Some associate professors also used college entrance examination rankings as a reference, and were quite appreciative of certain geniuses.

At that moment, a burly old man with jet-black hair and mechanical prosthetics implanted in his eyes flickered slightly: "This Gu Qingshan is from the Rodel District. He is indeed quite good. The seedlings in the Fourth Main City in recent years have been quite good. I think he should have no problem entering the Galaxy Class."

Beside him, a middle-aged blonde woman in a silver-white suit poked her face and said with a smile, "Congratulations, Elder Li, on finding such a promising talent. Given time, he may become another reserve member of the Apocalypse Temple."

Associate Professor Li with black hair immediately shook his head: "Ava, don't flatter me too much. The Temple is too far away. It would be great if I could get into the Deep Space Club before graduation."

"Yes, Gu Qingshan is indeed good, but I think this white dragon from Chixiao Star is even better." The speaker was a male associate professor with long hair.

"It's that white dragon from the time-space sequence, right? It's said to come from the Watchers' White Clan."

"That's right, this young man possesses the legacy of the Watchers, and he is even more secretive than Gu Qingshan."

"The spacetime sequence..." Associate Professor Li's eyes gleamed with reminiscence: "Unfortunately, spacetime is too difficult, comparable to the pioneers, requiring many years or even a lifetime."

"That's true. The higher the level of understanding of spacetime, the more difficult it becomes," the long-haired associate professor said with a smile, pursing his lips. "Speaking of which, were there any outstanding pioneers among this year's freshmen?"

A bald, hook-nosed old man diagonally opposite the conference table said with satisfaction, "Xue Xingzi, who is currently ranked second in the third tower, comes from the Flounder Star. This year, all kinds of talents are blooming, and there are many outstanding talents in the unpopular ranks."

"And then there's Elizabeth Lucy, the daughter of a high-ranking executive at Legalist Heavy Industry. She has an amazing physique and is even a rare third-order ascendant. She's a shoo-in for the Galaxy Class."

"There are about ten new students who have undergone the third stage of transformation this time. They are all children of high-ranking officials from wealthy families or large enterprises. Only the young lady from the Tushan family is somewhat lacking."

"Haha, he seems to be very socially awkward. The Duke of Tushan even gave him a special greeting."

"They're all great, but I prefer Yan Baobao, who's competing with Gu Qingshan. The gap is getting smaller and smaller, and the top spot on the First Tower will probably change hands. Her potential is greater than I've ever seen in my life." Associate Professor Ava, wearing a silver-white suit, had a look of delight in her eyes.

Associate Professor Li nodded slightly and said, "This girl from Huanxi Prefecture, who was specially recruited by Yu Jin, is indeed extraordinary. She has amazing talent and is said to be favored by the director of the Tiandu Branch Bureau. Moreover, Director Wei of our Education Department also admires her very much."

"That's true. It's said that Lao Wei is competing with the Tiandu branch for an apprentice," said Wang Xinjie, the deputy director of the teaching department who had just announced the tower challenge, his eyes full of smiles.

His voice sparked a lively discussion in the conference room, with everyone paying more attention to Yan Baobao.

The associate professors here are the backbone of Galaxy University, but not all of them.

Above them are two levels, with Director Wei of the Academic Affairs Office being a full professor.

At the same time, the hook-nosed, bald old man smiled at the screen on the seventh tower and said, "If you ask me, this kid is more outstanding and should also be in the pioneer sequence."

"Huh? I saw him a while ago. This freshman is named Qiao Yuan, and he's also from Huanxi Prefecture," Deputy Director Wang of the Academic Affairs Office said in surprise. "I thought he was just temporarily in the lead. How come he's almost 20 floors ahead and still in first place?"

"This kid really annoyed Charlie and Lu Qiuhai the whole way, haha."

"He seems quite familiar with the Tower Challenge?"

"That's how the pioneer sequence works, but his physique isn't good enough. He hasn't reached level seven yet, so he hasn't been able to create a significant gap. I estimate he'll fall behind in the end."

The associate professors and lecturers around them were discussing Qiao Yuan, even comparing him to Xue Xingzi.

"I think he's only at the first level of the Lone Ranger class, but he's much stronger than Xue Xingzi, who's at the second level."

"What are you saying? Xue Xingzi's number one spot belongs to the White Dragon of the Watchers' Legacy."

"Qiao Yuan is so confident, as if everything is under control. Was he like this back in high school too?"

"It is a bit strange. I think his high school grades were average, and it was barely enough for him to get into Galaxy University. His outstanding performance today is a bit unusual."

"That's true, but there are no signs of cheating..."

Discussions about Qiao Yuan grew louder in the conference room, with many professors and lecturers expressing considerable suspicion and gradually gathering their own information.

It wasn't until Wang Xinjie spoke up with a smile: "He and Yan Baobao are siblings. They made great contributions to the Ember Bureau during the catastrophe of the Last Day."

"Oh, they're siblings?" Associate Professor Ava's brow gradually relaxed. "No wonder."

Associate Professor Li nodded slightly: "It seems that he has been accumulating knowledge and experience over the summer, which is quite normal."

The discussion subsided considerably, as there were simply too many scenes of exceptional genius.

Deputy Director Wang stated confidently, "This young man has considerable potential. He'll likely be able to secure a top-five finish in the Seventh Tower, but getting first place is absolutely out of the question."

"Yes, that's my opinion too. If we run out of energy, we might drop to around tenth place."

"Not bad. His level of solo skill at Tier 1 is impressive. It would be great if he could even stay in the top ten at the end."

Regarding Qiao Yuan, a certain consensus seemed to gradually be reached in the meeting room.

Their attention was quickly drawn back to elite geniuses such as Bai Long, Yan Baobao, Gu Qingshan, and Elizabeth Lucy.

Meanwhile, Qiao Yuan inside the seventh tower had already reached the nineteenth floor.

In fact, the higher the level, the greater their advantage becomes, because as the difficulty of the level increases, they will have more time to think, but the disadvantages also increase.

He hadn't felt anything at first, but in the last two floors, he realized that physical constitution was still very important.

The most intuitive feeling is that speed and strength are on completely different levels.

Charlie and Lu Qiuhai both have physiques above level 20, so they can catch up with him in a single step.

It was a complete and utter crushing defeat!

However, Lu Qiuhai had just made a mistake and was now yelling at him, "You wait!"

Lu Qiuhai, with his muscular physique, is a master of martial arts with the [Overbearing] rank. He's a trained fighter, and now he's glaring at Qiao Yuan with gritted teeth, his desire for first place reaching its peak, and he's determined not to give up.

He just wouldn't accept it, and he became increasingly resentful.

Not only that, Charlie also made a mistake on the previous level, which annoyed him greatly. As a second-tier psionic ascendant [Awakened], he considered himself to be excellent and never thought he would make a mistake.

This is an absolute disgrace.

Qiao Yuan already knew about the ascension sequences of these top students, but this tower climbing challenge did not rely heavily on the abilities of the ascendants.

For example, Hu Tu from the hacker sequence had absolutely no chance to use his skills. He felt that the main test this time was their individual reactions and mindset.

It's still very meaningful.

As they reached the twentieth floor, Charlie moved with incredible speed, finally overtaking him after a period of intense effort, and temporarily taking first place in the seventh tower.

The reason is that the future timeline he saw in the previous one happened to be the twentieth level.

But it's not a big problem.

He can go in three more times.

At that moment, Charlie Bruce seemed to have finally reaped the rewards of his hard work. Instead of rushing to the twenty-first floor, he sneered at Qiao Yuan, "Nonsense! I told you, you can't stay in first place forever! Someone like you should be ranked hundreds of places behind!"

Lu Qiuhai followed closely behind, overtaking Qiao Yuan, and immediately burst into laughter: "Hahaha, you brat, I'll teach you to be arrogant. Your luck has run out."

Qiao Yuan smiled enigmatically: "In such a hurry to be reborn? You're so smug just because you've temporarily surpassed someone. You're really pathetic."

Hu Tu chimed in, "A petty person who has gained power!"

"What a joke!" Lu Qiuhai laughed angrily. "Kid, you have no chance. Soon you won't even be in the top 10. You won't even see me. You're not worthy, understand?"

"And you fatso, get out of here! You have no right to speak!"

Hu Tu scoffed, "Getting impatient?"

"Oh right, I'm getting impatient," Lu Qiuhai laughed even harder, "Just be a good Ah Q, haha."

The blond Charlie scoffed, "Stop with the empty talk. I have to say, being able to stay on the same level as me for twenty consecutive nights is enough to bring honor to your ancestors."

The short-haired girl behind them, Jiang Wan, frowned slightly, clearly disliking Charlie and Lu Qiuhai's behavior. She smirked, "You two are so annoying!"

The sickly-looking boy, Meng Ziming, smiled and said, "Oh, it seems this little sister has fallen for him."

"Hahaha," Lu Qiuhai laughed from ear to ear.

Behind them, curly-haired Finn and Ye Yutang were arguing fiercely, as if they were about to fight.

Qiao Yuan remained calm and composed, having already re-entered the timeline and completed all the levels up to the thirtieth floor. Victory was truly within his grasp.

A moment later, he returned to reality and couldn't help but find Charlie and Lu Qiuhai's smug faces amusing. He couldn't help but say, "You two are really terrible, only managing to surpass me once after spending twenty floors."

As he spoke, he called Hutu to set off.

"How arrogant!" Charlie the blond sneered.

Lu Qiuhai raised his hand and waved: "All that's left is empty talk. If you've got the guts, surpass me, hahaha."

As soon as he finished speaking, he and Charlie rushed to the twenty-first floor to quickly figure out how to pass the test.

Jiang Wan, Meng Zimo, and the others followed closely behind.

Charlie, now ranked first, was already arrogant, and at that moment he was even more outrageous: "Qiao Yuan, are you any good? Do you want me to teach you? Too bad, I don't talk to first-tier players, they're too weak, it's a complete waste of their lives."

Before Charlie could finish speaking, his eyelids suddenly started twitching wildly as he stared intently at Qiao Yuan as he swiftly passed through the zombie-transformation checkpoint, as if it were empty!

"What?" Lu Qiuhai was suddenly shocked.

Their brief first and second place were overtaken by Qiao Yuan in less than a minute.

After passing through the area of ​​zombies, Qiao Yuan deliberately stopped, turned around with a smile, and said, "I could actually teach you, but unfortunately you're clumsy and can't keep up with your brain. What's that called again?"

"Oh, I remember now."

"This is a precursor to Alzheimer's disease!"

Hu Tu watched from the sidelines, amused. He had just felt that it didn't matter if he was overtaken, as his ranking was already very high, and he was quite content. He just hated the faces of these guys and was a little indignant.

He never expected that Qiao Yuan, after dropping to third place, would regain first place in the blink of an eye.

That's incredible.

Because he could sense that Qiao Yuan's strength was clearly not keeping up with these guys.

Looking back now, when Qiao Yuan was determined to choose the Pioneer sequence a couple of days ago, he was extremely worried, fearing that the other party would make a mistake and regret it too late.

Charlie's face darkened, and he immediately roared in fury, "Bullshit! Shut up!"

Lu Qiuhai was so angry he gritted his teeth: "If you've got the guts, don't run away. See if I can overtake you and that'll be the end of it!"

Qiao Yuan yawned: "You're all classmates, I'll definitely wait for you."

"Arrogant!"

"Load the cargo!"

Lu Qiuhai and Charlie were furious and subconsciously sped up, but what they didn't expect was that Qiao Yuan would stay in the lead all the way up to the twenty-fifth floor and they couldn't overtake him no matter what.

With each setback, Charlie grew increasingly impatient, and on the twenty-sixth floor, he made another mistake in his attempt to regain first place!

"Fuck!" he cursed irritably.

Looking at Qiao Yuan, who always gets ahead of them in passing through checkpoints, they feel a strong sense of powerlessness, as if there is an insurmountable barrier between them.

"Didn't I tell you?" Qiao Yuan shook his head in disappointment. "This is a precursor to dementia."

"You beast!" Charlie trembled with rage, completely losing his composure.

The students behind Meng Zimo and Fen En were repeatedly shocked.

Jiang Wan's admiration grew stronger, especially towards Ye Yutang, who kept mentioning Qiao Yuan to mock Finn.

"Tch, what does his first place have to do with me? You're right behind me, the less skilled you are, the more you like to yell!"

"Again!" Lu Qiuhai continued chasing Qiao Yuan with bloodshot eyes, unable to bear the blow.

It's so frustrating.

Charlie didn't let his guard down, but after two mistakes, he hesitated more because another mistake would mean elimination.

"Damn it!"

"Qiao Yuan, you deserve to die!"

He cursed and swore the whole way, and was almost overtaken by Jiang Wan and Meng Ziming several times.

The challenge to reach the top of the 30th floor of the tower was nearing its end. In the first conference room of the Academic Affairs Office, several associate professors were very pleased: "The champion of the first tower challenge has been decided, and it really is Yan Baobao! This girl's potential is truly one in a million."

"It's a pity about Gu Qingshan. He was just 0.03 seconds behind, almost neck and neck."

Associate Professor Ava said with great enthusiasm, "This Yan Baobao has even broken through to the first level of limit breaking while climbing the tower. It's a second-level magic potion of the Heavenly Fate King sequence. Don't compete with me for it."

"Haha, go ahead and deliver it."

"I didn't expect her to be the biggest dark horse today. Congratulations, Associate Professor Ava."

Many lecturers and professors around were all smiling, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

Associate Professor Li smiled but didn't say anything.

The long-haired man shouted, "The White Dragon of the Third Tower is undoubtedly number one, hahaha!"

They watched one after another. Elizabeth Lucy, Xue Xingzi and other geniuses were all expected. But the top spot on the seventh tower that came out later... surprised Wang Xinjie and the other associate professors.

"Is Qiao Yuan the number one in the Seven Towers?"

"What? He actually came in first place? Is that normal?"

"No way, wouldn't that mean he could also get into the Galaxy Class? That's not a good idea, is it?"

"What's wrong with it?" Ava asked, frowning.

Associate Professor Li immediately smoothed things over, saying, "What's the rush? We still need to combine the college entrance examination scores for a comprehensive ranking."