Chapter 541 - 233: Shocking the Nation! The Jubilant Hometown

The next instant, a pitch-black beam of light, condensed to its absolute limit, shot out from his fingertip!

It was pure, all-consuming annihilation!

Wherever the beam passed, space warped, the ground melted away, and all matter vanished into nothingness without a sound!

Finally, it pierced through the indestructible alloy wall, leaving a bottomless hole. The black energy continued to madly corrode everything around it.

At that moment, even through the screen, the pure, unstoppable aura of death and destruction washed over everyone!

It made the hearts of countless citizens watching across the country skip a beat!

Those who had previously felt it was unfair to Xiao Lingchen and Xia Lianxue, who still held a trace of defiance in their hearts, felt the color drain from their faces the moment they saw this.

All their doubts, all their unwillingness to accept the outcome, were crushed to dust by that single finger.

They were utterly convinced.

...

In Dong Dongchen’s live stream, the bullet chat was already flooded with an endless barrage of "HOLY SHIT" and question marks.

The popularity meter was skyrocketing at a terrifying speed!

Dong Dongchen watched the numbers climb, feeling as if he could barely breathe.

He took a sharp breath and, with all his might, spoke into his streaming equipment.

"Guys! Did you notice... a certain detail!"

"Whether it was Xia Lianxue or Xiao Lingchen, in their final combat footage, neither of them actually *beat* their instructors! They were just maneuvering, just showing off their abilities!"

"But Lin Ye!"

"Watch it again! This attack of his sealed his victory!"

Hearing this, countless viewers instantly realized it was true.

[He’s right! HOLY SHIT!!]

[Hiss... What the fuck...]

Dong Dongchen watched the scrolling comments, feeling the time was right.

He took another deep breath. He slowly aimed his camera at the figure on the sky screen, who was wreathed in brilliant golden light. Then, in a tone that was almost a dreamy murmur, he announced a fact that was both unexpected and yet, upon reflection, perfectly logical.

"Guys, weren’t you all just asking if that guy, the one called Goblin Soldiers, made it into the rankings?"

As soon as he said this,

the stream chat went silent for a moment.

Then, countless comments flooded in as people realized the implication.

[Oh yeah! I totally forgot until you mentioned it, streamer! What rank did that dude get?]

[Stop keeping us in suspense, you damn streamer! Spit it out!]

[Wait... Streamer, you’re bringing this up now... You don’t mean...]

[HOLY SHIT! No way...?!]

The quicker viewers had already realized the scalp-tingling possibility.

A fanatical smile spread across Dong Dongchen’s face.

"That’s right!"

"It’s exactly what you’re thinking!"

"The mysterious player on the online versus platform who broke the all-time record under the name Goblin Soldiers!"

"It’s him!"

"He is this year’s new national top scorer for our Great Xia—Lin Ye!"

"He made history online!"

"And now, in the real world, he has also created a... myth... for our Great Xia that no one has ever been able to match!"

The moment Dong Dongchen shouted those words,

the millions of viewers in the stream were utterly stunned!!

The figure in the game, holding a long spear and climbing the lightning step by step.

And the figure in reality, on the sky screen—this divinely handsome young man wreathed in brilliant golden light.

They merged into one!

[????????????????????]

[HOLY FUCK!!!!!!!!!!]

[It’s really him?!]

[What the hell... I thought that dude’s in-game avatar would look pretty similar to him in real life... But he’s this handsome IRL?!]

[Honestly, I wasn’t jealous that he became the top scorer, but seeing that he’s both strong AND handsome, now I’m really jealous! Is he even gonna let us normal people live?!]

[A golden fish was never meant for a small pond! Chen, you didn’t just witness the rise of a new star, you witnessed the birth of a myth!]

[His future accomplishments... will be more than just a Martial Saint, right?]

[Martial Saint? Think bigger! Be bold, Martial God!!!]

...

In the plaza before the Dongjiang City Education Bureau building.

Sun Changkong and a group of head honchos from the Dongjiang education system were all staring up, dumbfounded, at the "sky screen" simulated by a drone matrix.

When Lin Ye’s name and the glaring "1st Place" froze in the center of the sky,

you could have heard a pin drop in the entire plaza.

Everyone was frozen as if hit by a Body Fixing Skill, their heads tilted upward, completely motionless.

After a long moment, Sun Changkong’s body began to tremble slightly.

He murmured to himself, his voice choked with tears.

"My Dongjiang... My Dongjiang... a true dragon has been born..."

"The national top scorer... Heavens... The national top scorer..."

Unbelievable!

Utterly unbelievable!

Their greatest hope had been merely to see Lin Ye’s name at the bottom of this golden ranking, followed by the name "Dongjiang City."

To let this third-tier city make a bit of a splash in front of the whole nation.

But who could have imagined!

The display would freeze with him at the very top!

Lin Ye’s name, along with "Dongjiang City," was seared into the minds of hundreds of millions across the nation in the most brilliant and dazzling way possible!

Beside them, Wang Zhengguo’s eyes were already moist. Two streams of hot tears silently traced paths through the wrinkles on his cheeks.

His Dongjiang First Middle School!

A place many people dismissed as a complete backwater, a public school that was ignored year after year!

Had actually...

Produced a national top scorer!

And not just any top scorer, but one who had broken every historical record—a title of unprecedented value!

At this moment, Wang Zhengguo had only one thought in his mind.

’I’ll have them start construction as soon as I get back!’

’I have to get a statue of Lin Ye built! A gold-plated one! And put it right at the main school gate!’