Chapter 78

That evening turned into a small fan meeting for Wang Bo. Without the presence of the two girls, he felt relatively relaxed singing in front of the computer screen, even though Lu Lu was still by his side, she remained silent and did not affect him. So he sang a total of five songs before bowing to the applause, and Jin Xiaoli said, "No wonder my dad said Wang Bo has the potential to be an artist. I thought he was just getting old, but it turns out he has a keen eye. Wang Bo, if you seriously learn to sing, I think you will definitely become famous."

"Yeah, your voice is too unique, very distinctive," Liu Yan agreed, "It's hard to describe, but it sounds good. But your technique is really not great, sometimes you even go off-key, hehe."

"Alright, alright, let's not talk about it anymore," Wang Bo said, "It's getting late, I'm going to sleep. You should also get some rest. I'm going to hang up, bye." The two girls also said goodbye to him, and thus the group chat ended.

Wang Bo turned off his computer and prepared to sleep. He said to Lu Lu beside him, "Sorry, did I disturb you just now? They insisted on hearing me sing, I couldn't help it."

She shook her head and, unusually, said something nice, "No, it was really good." It didn't bother her much during the remote chat, but being praised in person made Wang Bo a bit embarrassed. He scratched his head and said, "Don't say that, I'm blushing."

Lu Lu smiled faintly and said nothing more, then climbed into bed and lay down. Wang Bo turned off the light and crawled into his bed, quickly falling asleep.

On Thursday, the trial was an extreme jump. After receiving the first 10-point reward, Wang Bo knew he didn't have the ability to continue challenging for more rewards, so he boldly leaped into the mist and instantly returned to the white room.

He looked at the display in the middle of the room, which showed 160 points. Although he didn't plan to use them immediately, he wanted to carefully review the items to see if there was anything interesting he could exchange for later.

Last time, he only flipped through the items under 60 points and stopped after seeing the enhancement pill, so this time he started with the 60-point category. He found two familiar items: a blue pill and a red pill. After reading their effects, he learned that these two items corresponded to the 20-point small pills but without the side effect of reducing lifespan.

Then he searched the 70-point category and found two special items: an entry-level singer and an entry-level actor, both equivalent to the level of ordinary graduates from professional schools. He thought to himself that if he exchanged for the entry-level singer, the next time he sang for those girls, he wondered what they would think... This thought made him a bit itchy, but he still held back.

Continuing to flip through, he found very few items in the 80-point category, only two: one was a development promotion item, which would cause his body to rapidly grow over a month, including height, weight, and various physical attributes, with an increase of 3% to 5% depending on the individual. Note: The exchanger must be under 18 years old and can only exchange once.

Wang Bo found this item very useful because it would improve all aspects of his physical attributes on top of his existing ones. Although the increase was not large, it was still quite cost-effective. He was only a few months away from turning 18, so he was eligible to exchange.

At first, he didn't plan to use his points, but after seeing this item, he couldn't help but feel itchy. However, he still suppressed his impulse and continued browsing the next items. The other item was an entry-level chess player, a highly cost-effective skill that would allow him to learn both chess and Go, equivalent to an amateur strong player. Although it was cost-effective, Wang Bo wasn't very interested because he didn't even know the rules of these games, let alone have any interest in them.

Continuing to browse, he found several familiar items in the 90-point category: intermediate driving skills, intermediate teaching skills, and beginner-level football and basketball player skills. Wang Bo did a quick calculation and found that each time a skill was upgraded, it required three times the points of the previous level.

Wang Bo looked at the beginner-level football player, whose skills were already equivalent to a starting player in a top domestic league club. Given the current level of high school league competitions, there was no need to exchange to this level, so it wasn't very attractive to him.

He thought that if he had more points, he would prefer to exchange for the enhancement pill to improve his physical attributes, as it would be useful not only on the field but also in other aspects.

He then searched for 100-point items. Besides the entry-level boxing skills he had already exchanged, there was an entry-level treasure appraisal skill that could identify the authenticity of antiques within a certain age range. Wang Bo guessed that the higher the level of this skill, the older the antiques it could identify.

Another 100-point item he wasn't very interested in was an entry-level director skill. There was also an item he was interested in: an entry-level gun skill, which referred to firearms, not the long spears in martial arts. According to the description, after exchanging, he would be proficient in using a handgun and could hit a fixed target within 60 yards.

As a boy, he had a natural interest in firearms, so this skill was somewhat attractive to him. If not for the strict gun control in the country, he would definitely exchange for it. However, since he had no opportunity to use this skill, he didn't have a strong desire to exchange for it.

In comparison, the entry-level boxing skills were more useful to him because this unnamed boxing set not only improved his physical attributes but also included some leg techniques and staff techniques, which he hadn't had the chance to use yet.

Another useful skill was entry-level medical skills, which required choosing between traditional Chinese medicine or Western medicine. There was also a unique 100-point item: an entry-level hypnotist, which Wang Bo thought was for psychological treatment, but he didn't understand why it was so expensive.

After considering for a while, he decided that after the list was refreshed the next day, he would definitely complete the third task and earn 200 points. With these points as a guarantee, he could support himself in challenging the next task list.

Therefore, he decided to use some of his points first and exchange for the development promotion item, which would take a month to fully take effect. After making this decision, he chose to exchange for the 80-point "development promotion" item. A familiar strong light descended from the sky and enveloped him, and this time the light beam lasted for a very long time, probably because it took a lot of effort to modify his body.

After the strong light disappeared, Wang Bo didn't feel any changes in his body, but since the effect was noted to take a month to manifest, he wasn't concerned.

To be on the safe side, he decided to keep the remaining 80 points until the next day, after the task list was refreshed. So after completing this exchange, he played with the soccer ball in the white room, which the system had given him when he exchanged for the ball skills and had been left in the corner of the room.

After playing for a while, he left the dream and woke up. He specifically looked at Lu Lu's sleeping posture and, seeing that she had been well-behaved and hadn't moved around, he felt reassured and went to sleep.

On Friday morning, the mid-term exam results, after being verified, were printed and posted on the school bulletin board. As soon as the list was posted, Wang Bo, sitting in the classroom, heard the system notification in his mind: Task 3 completed, 200 points reward! All tasks in the first task list completed, additional 100 points reward! Task list refreshing... Refresh completed, please confirm.

Wang Bo was pleasantly surprised to find that completing the list also came with an additional reward, which was a pleasant surprise. This way, he had a balance of 380 points! Compared to the joy of finding out he had made it into the top 100 in the grade, which he had been confident about, this was much more exciting.

The next class was Chinese, and after Teacher Xu entered the classroom, she posted the class list on the bulletin board and gave a brief review of the exam.

Besides the class average, she talked the most about the Chinese scores. She had the test papers in her hands and had flipped through them roughly, unable to tolerate the low-level mistakes made by some students, and criticized them one by one.

Finally, before distributing the papers and reviewing them, she particularly emphasized Wang Bo's drastically different performance between the two parts of the test and expressed deep regret over his essay score. Then she said sternly, "Wang Bo, did you write the essay I asked you to? When will you give it to me?"

Wang Bo quickly replied, "I wrote it, I'll give it to you after class!" Teacher Xu, hearing this, was not pleased but rather angry: "So you finished it so quickly! Did you even put your heart into it? Come to my office after class!"

She thought: This brat actually wrote it, was the tenderness in the small house that day all fake? Is he trying to distance himself from me?

Xu Wushuang, full of thoughts, taught the class absentmindedly. After distributing the papers, she just read out the correct answers and sat by the podium, letting students come up with questions.

Anyone could see that she was in a bad mood, and no one dared to approach her. Everyone was just curious about what had upset Teacher Xu so much.

The person who upset Teacher Xu was sitting in the classroom, answering his classmates' questions about the test one by one. He had almost a perfect score on the first part, and in this classroom, no one could replace Xu Wushuang in explaining the answers except him. Moreover, he explained very clearly, making it easy for everyone to understand.

As a result, everyone, afraid to approach Teacher Xu, came to him instead, and more and more people gathered around Wang Bo.

Seeing this, Xu Wushuang felt her dignity as a teacher threatened. She even felt jealous of Wang Bo and slapped the podium, saying, "Do you still respect me? Is Wang Bo your teacher or am I? Go back to your seats!" The students immediately scattered, and the classroom became as quiet as a tomb, the lively discussion atmosphere disappearing in an instant.

Someone, seeing the teacher get angry about the students going to Wang Bo for answers, bravely approached her with a question. But after hearing the question, Teacher Xu scolded them harshly, "How do I usually teach you? You don't understand this? What were you doing in class? Daydreaming!"

Although she eventually answered the question, no one dared to approach her again, all thinking they would ask Wang Bo after class.

Finally, the class ended, and Wang Bo was taken to the office by Teacher Xu. Jin Xiaoli sympathetically told Liu Yan, "Wang Bo is really pitiful. When his grades were poor, the teacher ignored him, but now that his grades are good, she treats him like a son, giving him strict education!"

"Yeah," Liu Yan agreed, "I have a few things I don't understand and want to ask him."

"No problem, we have plenty of time," Jin Xiaoli said with a sly smile, "We can ask him to teach us during the group chat tonight." Liu Yan nodded excitedly.

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