Chapter 495: Target

9:30 AM.

The lobby of Mo Ting Hotel’s first floor.

Qiao Sang sat on the reception sofa by the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the materials Nuo Yanling had given her earlier.

Just like the ones Guo Didi provided, they were all special recruitment guides for Top Universities.

However, the ones Nuo Yanling gave were for the Zhiya District.

Zhiya University, ranked seventh among all Top Universities nationwide… Qiao Sang pulled out the special recruitment guides for Zhiya University and Guwu University, which were the highest-ranked among all Top Universities in the Zhiya District, and placed them together.

As Top Universities both ranked in the top ten nationwide, the special recruitment guides for the Zhiya District and the Ancient Mist District were largely similar.

The only differences were the application and assessment times, and the final item of the test content.

For the Ancient Mist District, it was a Skill Application Test, with a full score of 100, while for the Zhiya District, it was a Secret Realm Simulation Survival Test, with a full score of 200.

And there was one last point… Qiao Sang’s gaze shifted downwards.

【Special Notes】

【Candidates who win first place in a national competition and possess a High Level Ghost-type Pet may come to the site to test their Pet’s ability value. If the Ghost-type Pet’s energy value reaches 250,000, 50 points will be deducted from the original admission score.】

The maximum energy value for a High-level Pet is 500,000. Qunbao has only recently evolved, and its energy value hasn’t been tested. There are still four months until Zhiya University’s assessment test. Currently, what she lacks least is money. Simply piling up resources should be enough to boost Qunbao’s energy value to over 250,000 within four months.

Another 50 points deducted from the original admission score means that the second-tier university threshold for similar subjects could be lowered by another 50 points… How much was the second-tier university threshold in the Zhiya District last year…

Just as Qiao Sang was about to pull out her phone to search, a voice, clearly suppressing excitement, sounded beside her:

“Qiao Sang, you’re so early! I hope I didn’t make you wait long!”

Qiao Sang looked up and saw a girl with a sweet face, though it was currently haggard, appear before her.

She recalled and compared in her mind before connecting the girl with heavy dark circles and bloodshot eyes to Yu Ke, who had been sitting beside her with exquisite makeup at the time.

“I just sat down not long ago,” Qiao Sang said with a smile. “We agreed on ten o’clock, so you’re actually early.”

“That’s good!” Yu Ke breathed a sigh of relief and sat down opposite Qiao Sang.

Seeing the dark circles under her eyes, Qiao Sang asked, “Did you not sleep well last night?”

You won the championship, how could I possibly sleep… Yu Ke suppressed her excitement and said, “I watched your match yesterday and got a bit too excited. When I get excited, I can’t sleep. But it’s okay, I had a record of staying awake for three consecutive days during my third year of high school. One day without sleep is nothing.”

Heaven knows how much her adrenaline surged yesterday.

Champion!

The champion of the third-year division of the National Campus Pet Beast League!

And this wasn’t just an ordinary champion; it was a 15-year-old, with three High-level Pets, who swept through the entire third-year division, even defeating a High Level Dragon-type Pet Beast and a General-level Pet!

The value of this championship absolutely crushed any previous champion!

And she, of all people, had managed to connect with such a prodigy!

Yu Ke sat up straight, gathering all her focus, not daring to be negligent.

She knew in her heart that if she hadn’t had the fortune of meeting Qiao Sang at the auction, such a person would never have been available for her to invest in.

Three consecutive days without sleep, what a powerhouse… Qiao Sang mused inwardly.

“Whatever you need me to do, I can do it!” Yu Ke’s eyes shone, skipping the small talk and getting straight to the point.

A prodigy like Qiao Sang, willing to make time to meet someone she’d only seen once, couldn’t possibly be looking to make friends.

Since she was attracted by her investment proposal, she had to demonstrate her value in the shortest possible time.

Otherwise, once the other party returned to the Yuhua District, they would only be able to communicate by phone.

One couldn’t expect an investor who couldn’t be met in person, only spoke verbally, and hadn’t yet created any tangible effect, to leave an impression on Qiao Sang.

If she couldn’t demonstrate her value and establish a beneficial relationship with Qiao Sang in this conversation, how else could she cling to her coattails later!

Yu Ke stared at Qiao Sang, awaiting her reply.

Qiao Sang pondered for a moment, then said seriously:

“I need to make money.”

…

6:40 PM.

An airplane entered the stratosphere.

In the first class cabin, a flight attendant served meals.

Qiao Sang ate while reading a book.

The book’s cover clearly displayed the six large characters “High School Knowledge Checklist,” and on the stand in front of her seat, several books were stacked, all high school textbooks.

These were all bought by Qiao Sang at a bookstore she specifically navigated to before going to the airport.

Seeing this, the flight attendant thought, ‘Who are these kids trying to outcompete now?’

After the flight attendant left, Liu Yao couldn’t help but say, “Why don’t you eat first, then read?”

Qiao Sang shook her head, “How can I do that? The college entrance examination is not far away, not a single moment can be wasted.”

Are you seriously planning to get into one of the top-ranked Top Universities in your first year… Liu Yao’s expression was complex, but he ultimately said nothing more.

Having the motivation to study was a good thing; he couldn’t say anything truthful to dampen Qiao Sang’s enthusiasm for learning.

Qiao Sang read the book diligently.

Ever since her conversation with Yu Ke in the morning, she had been thinking.

Yu Ke’s family was considered a prominent family in the Zhongkong District, verifiable online. Although Yu Ke herself was young, with her family background, doing business was completely feasible.

Money making money, with a background and her own financial support for the next ten months, the possibility of earning money was very high.

If Yu Ke truly helped her make money, then the Zhongkong District would be a place she absolutely had to develop.

Given that, targeting the Top Universities in the Zhongkong District would be ideal.

Among the top ten Top Universities nationwide, Zhongkong University (ranked first), Imperial Capital University (ranked third), and Dragon Country Qing Teng University (ranked sixth) were all located in the Zhongkong District.

Although the special recruitment assessments for different schools varied, there were always application limits, though relatively lenient. Top Universities generally limited applications to 5 universities.

She could target these three Top Universities in the Zhongkong District. Even if she didn’t get in, there was still Guwu University as a fallback.

As for Zhiya University, she wouldn’t consider it this year, as special recruitments required on-site assessments at the school.

The Zhiya District was too far, and traveling back and forth would delay her studies.

With not much time left until the college entrance examination, it was better to focus all her energy on those few Top Universities in the Zhongkong District.

This year, the special recruitment guides for these three Top Universities in the Zhongkong District hadn’t been published on their official websites yet, but they should be similar to last year’s.

Last year, the cultural score requirement for special recruitment at these three Top Universities was 65% of the lowest control line for the second batch of similar subjects.

She had checked, and last year, the second-tier university threshold for related majors in the Zhongkong District was 495.

This meant that, if it were last year, she would have needed to score 322 points on the college entrance examination to get into a Top University in the Zhongkong District.

If there were no surprises, this year’s score should also fluctuate around 322 points.

To be honest, being able to get into a top ten Top University with such a score was truly a dream come true.

However, the difficulty of special recruitment lay in the assessment itself.

The cultural score was merely to filter out the absolute bottom of the academic ladder.

322 points might be easy for an ordinary third-year high school student, but for Qiao Sang, it was extremely difficult.

There was no other way. She was, after all, an “underachiever” and only in her first year of high school. To catch up on all high school courses in a few months was not an exaggeration to call a pipe dream, so she had to squeeze out every bit of time for studying.

For the rest of the time, Qiao Sang spent almost all of it reading.

The next day.

The sky was faintly lit, and the plane landed.