Chapter 55

Damn.

Middle school boy Lin Beichen immediately jumped up.

He had just tried it casually, but it actually worked.

Looking at the Baidu Netdisk app interface.

An image file had been automatically generated. When he clicked to open it, it was precisely the 3D pattern of the 'Sword of Virtue'.

"What happened?"

From inside the tent, Yue Hongxiang's voice came.

Lin Beichen's movements were too big, startling the anxious girl.

He quickly composed himself and said, "Nothing, just had a good dream... Sorry for disturbing your rest."

"It's fine."

Yue Hongxiang said a sentence and then fell silent.

Lin Beichen quieted down.

But he was increasingly excited inside.

This is fun.

"This Baidu Netdisk app actually has the same function as the legendary storage rings, storage bracelets, and sesame space magical treasures."

He marveled.

In his excitement, Lin Beichen noticed a 'Download' button next to the 3D pattern file of the 'Sword of Virtue'.

He clicked 'Download'.

A faint light flickered.

The Sword of Virtue reappeared by his side.

Like a child who had just received a much-loved toy, Lin Beichen repeatedly tried using the Baidu Netdisk app to store and retrieve all the small items in the tent.

"10G of storage, which is actually the capacity of Baidu Netdisk, can be converted between data and physical space at a certain ratio. I just tried storing inanimate objects, but I wonder if it can store living beings?"

Thus, Lin Beichen had a thought.

He looked at the blurry silhouette of Yue Hongxiang sleeping in the inner tent and fell into deep thought.

But in the end, he restrained himself and did not try to put Yue Hongxiang into the Baidu Netdisk.

First, he didn't know if there were risks in storing a living person in the netdisk.

Second, if Yue Hongxiang noticed, he wouldn't be able to explain everything, which might expose some of his secrets and bring unnecessary trouble and covetousness.

"Lin Beichen, remember, be low-key, develop stealthily, and never get carried away."

He silently warned himself.

After playing with his phone for a while, Lin Beichen stored it inside his body.

The two randomly drawn apps after the phone system upgrade gave Lin Beichen a huge surprise.

And it gave him a new idea.

Since the Baidu Map and Baidu Netdisk apps had appeared in modified versions, what about other apps?

For example, NetEase Cloud, WeChat, QQ, Meituan, Ele.me, Didi Chuxing, JD.com,

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Tmall, Zhihu, Weibo, SOUL, Jiayuan, Baihe, and other apps.

Would these legitimate apps from Earth eventually appear in the app store of this phone?

What functions would they have after being modified?

Suddenly, it seemed very interesting.

"Xiao Ji, how often does the opportunity to randomly draw an unknown app appear?"

Lin Beichen called the smart assistant.

"I don't know, Master."

The pleasant female voice replied.

Lin Beichen: "..."

You must be a fake smart assistant.

"Xiao Ji, does the phone's version update require specific conditions to be met?"

He asked again.

"I don't know, Master."

The pleasant female voice replied.

Lin Beichen: "..."

"Waste, step down."

He said angrily.

"I don't understand what you're saying, Master."

The pleasant female voice sounded aggrieved.

"Xiao Ji, step down."

"Okay, goodbye, Master."

The smart assistant icon disappeared.

Lin Beichen continued to study the functions of the two new apps.

The night passed without incident.

...

...

The next day.

Sunny, fresh air.

The first rays of sunlight emerged from the distant horizon.

"Time's up, all trainees, immediately leave the campsite."

The loud voice of Captain Chen Jianan of the Yunmeng Guard echoed.

Over a hundred trainees filed out of the camp's main gate and entered the green wilderness.

The wilderness at night was a no-go zone for humans.

But it wasn't entirely safe during the day either.

Because the wilderness was always the domain of monsters.

Fortunately, this wilderness, used as a training ground for the初级学院 (初级 means '初级' and 学院 means '学院'), had been repeatedly patrolled and cleared by human experts. Within a hundred miles, there were no large, ferocious monsters of level three or higher, so throughout the preliminary competition, as long as the young geniuses didn't deliberately seek death, they should be safe from danger.

Of course, nothing is absolute.

There have been cases in the past where geniuses died during the preliminary competition.

"Remember, if you encounter a situation you can't handle, crush your stone token. It will generate a protective formation to ensure your safety and allow you to wait for the army's rescue. However, crushing the token also means you are out of the preliminary competition and lose the right to continue the competition, so use it with caution."

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"Also, the token can only be crushed by the holder. If someone else damages it, the person who damaged it will lose their competition eligibility."

"Return to the campsite before sunset. You cannot enter the campsite outside of the specified time."

"Now, the competition begins."

Chen Jianan's cold voice echoed over the wilderness.

Over a hundred trainees immediately split into different groups of about ten each.

Among them, the most people gathered around the "Twin Stars" of the National Royal Junior College, Tao Wancheng and Li Tao, with over twenty people each, clearly a strong force.

Other influential geniuses from the National Royal Junior College, such as Mu Yan Dong and Shao Yongning, also had over ten people around them.

Then there were a few other geniuses who ranked high on the individual leaderboard, each gathering a portion of the group.

Standing alone were only four people—

Tianjiao Lin Chen.

Lin Beichen.

Yue Hongxiang.

And a boy named Shen Fei.

"Lin classmate," Li Tao smiled, looking refined and elegant, and very sincere, as he extended another invitation: "A single tree does not make a forest. Why not consider joining us? At least in the wilderness, we can support each other if we encounter ferocious monsters."

Lin Beichen shook his head: "I appreciate your offer."

Li Tao subconsciously glanced at Tianjiao Lin Chen, thinking of something, and stopped persuading him.

Tao Wancheng glared at Lin Beichen with a fierce look, making a throat-slitting gesture as a threat, but did not speak.

A silent understanding, none of the trainees left immediately.

Everyone was waiting for Tianjiao Lin Chen to say something.

As if she were the official in charge of the preliminary competition.

The golden morning sun rose above the horizon, casting a thousand rays of light on the group of young people, creating a beautiful scene like a master's oil painting.

And Tianjiao Lin Chen, standing at the front of the group, was undoubtedly the most dazzling protagonist of this painting.

The girl had a presence that was hard to describe, something innate and unique.

If Mu Xin Yue's beauty was still within the human realm, then Lin Chen's beauty had a transcendent, almost otherworldly quality, making her seem distant and as if she belonged to another dimension of gods and immortals, even though she was standing right there.

Today, Lin Chen had resumed her high and mighty, cold and distant expression, re-entering her dominant CEO mode.

This girl really has two faces.

Is she really a schizophrenic?

Lin Beichen thought to himself.

Looking at Lin Beichen, Lin Chen's voice was as cold as a thousand-year-old ice spring, direct and domineering: "Follow me."