Yun Chen lay alone on the sofa at home, the curtains drawn shut, the room dim and gloomy. Perhaps it was this lonely atmosphere that made him reflect deeply.
If not for the support from compulsory education, Yun Chen wouldn't even have been able to learn so many beginner-level skills across various professions.
Even the equipment he brought into the dungeon was all old antiques left by his father.
The ammunition and guns were bought with the last of his savings, biting the bullet to purchase them from the market.
Besides...
Yun Chen was quite satisfied with his own talent.
It was an innate combat instinct—he picked up and mastered weapons quickly, and his grasp of battle timing was exquisite and flawless.
Of course, if there was one big regret,
it was probably that his awakened talent was a bit awkward: it could raise all skills by two grades, but only up to a C- level.
Because of this, he was excluded from the Rocket Class.
In their eyes, this talent was useless, a dead end—he couldn't carry advanced professional skills later on.
No matter how much training, it was pointless.
This had been a huge blow to Yun Chen at the time.
It also made him form the thought of not advancing his profession and just remaining an Unclassed Drifter.
Raising all beginner skills by two grades...
Combined with his innate combat instinct...
Wasn't that a match made in heaven, perfect and flawless?
But... despite all these innate advantages, Yun Chen didn't have much confidence because not advancing meant fewer free attribute points and skill points as he leveled up.
This was an old, well-known problem.
The turning point, the key that solidified his conviction, was still the appearance of the "golden finger" — the system.
After all these years since crossing over, he had almost forgotten about it, no longer expecting the kind of system commonly seen in to appear for him.
The activated system was very simple: it helped the chosen profession become the strongest in the world.
"Please choose your career path."
Yun Chen still remembered swallowing hard at that moment.
When he heard the system's words, his first thought wasn't "Demon Swordsman," "Mage," or "Warrior."
It was... Unclassed Drifter.
But a Drifter counted as a profession?
That was just what players who didn't advance their class were called in past online games.
Would the system accept that answer?
With a "why not try?" attitude, nervous Yun Chen replied "Unclassed Drifter."
Unexpectedly, the system accepted it.
From then on, his daily missions all offered generous choices of free attribute points, skill points, or skill .
The biggest drawback of the Drifter was instantly patched up, and even his four-dimensional attributes became a huge advantage.
After all, other first-tier professions got fewer than 10 free attribute points per level, while he could claim them every day if he wanted.
In addition, the system issued tasks as part of his career path.
His first task was still unfinished:
To become the top scorer in the college entrance exam and claim the corresponding system reward.
A system product was guaranteed top quality.
He only wanted the TOP1 reward—so this time, the Jiangnan Province top scholar title was a must-win.
"Just..."
"Still have to wait for the ranking to be released."
Whew!
Yun Chen let out a light breath, stood up from the sofa, drew the curtains open, turned on the light, and then headed toward the kitchen.
Before the principal's driver returned with the car, he had also asked the driver to stop by the market.
The college entrance exam was over; it wasn't right to keep making his sister cook.
……
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Five days passed slowly.
Yun Chen, living at home, remained extremely disciplined.
Every morning after waking, he did 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats, then ran 10 kilometers along the riverbank.
Daily missions were mandatory.
Most of the time, he chose the 10 free attribute points, distributing them in a balanced '3-3-2-2' split among his four-dimensional attributes.
Balanced development, progressing steadily.
Skill points were also very important. For example, to upgrade Fireball Spell to level 8, he needed 16 skill points.
Looking at it now, the cost-performance ratio wasn't good—it was better to level other beginner skills.
Plus, high-quality professional skills consumed even more skill points, sometimes needing 16 skill points just to level up twice.
For Yun Chen, it made more sense to save skill points for university, where he could get more universal skills and various beginner skills from other professions.
After all, East Yun High School was too small, with limited resources.
The TOP7 universities each held a wider variety of skill and even secret class advancement paths—some for rare classes.
These resources never leaked outside.
Because of this, a couple of years ago, some media criticized the TOP7 schools as academic oligarchies.
In response, the schools' spokespersons sneered and invited those reporters to drink tea by the school's hero monument.
Looking at the monument, which displayed one hero after another from the school, the reporters fell silent, saying nothing more.
It was much like the old world: better school credentials meant better resource status.
Five days passed, still no news.
Principal Fang had personally said the fastest would be three days, the latest seven days for news.
But now it was only the fifth day, and Principal Fang had called several times, telling Yun Chen to stay calm and not worry.
Actually, Yun Chen was fine.
But he could clearly feel Principal Fang was more anxious than he was.
However... on the morning of the sixth day—
After going out for his morning run, Yun Chen noticed his sister waiting downstairs at the community gate.
His lively, youthful sister was waving wildly at him as he approached, her pure and cute white face brimming with excitement.
"Brother..."
Bouncing on the spot, she couldn't contain herself any longer and took off running.
Like a swallow returning to its nest, she jumped straight into Yun Chen's arms.
Yun Tang grabbed Yun Chen's shoulders tightly, shouting joyfully:
"Brother!! You're the Number One in Jiangnan Province! The top scholar is you!!!"
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