"…"
Meng Chao resisted the urge to pinch the girl's cheeks and asked, "How's Exam Site 5523? How many people died?"
"I saw the news. I think more than ten examinees died," the girl said.
"More than ten …" Meng Chao had mixed feelings.
The death of more than ten people of the same age was heart-wrenching.
But in his previous life, without Principal Sun's protection, more than one hundred people might have died.
Nearly one hundred people changed their fates, and they had hopes of entering universities to further their studies. In the future, they would play an even more important role.
If Principal Sun's soul was in heaven, he should feel relieved, right?
"Don't be sad, Big Brother. It's just like how I couldn't stop Granny Wang from sacrificing herself no matter how hard I tried. You tried your best. I heard that when the rescue team found you, you looked like a rotten watermelon that had been stabbed hundreds of times. You even grabbed the superbeast's head and refused to let go!"
Granny Wang's sacrifice and her brother's bravery made the girl become much more sensible.
Even though the analogy was not appropriate, she finally knew how to comfort people.
She thought about it and carefully brought out a wooden box covered in red velvet from the bedside table. She opened it as if she was presenting a treasure. There were two silver medals and one bronze medal inside.
"These are your medals. Everyone thinks that you're very brave, really!" the girl said seriously.
The first silver medal was in the shape of a square city. There was a roaring dragon coiled around it, and there were the words "Third Grade Citizen" below it.
This was the proof of a citizen's meritorious service that the Survival Committee gave out, and it was commonly known as the Dragon Medal.
The second silver medal was in the shape of a pentagram. The picture was of crossed swords and sabers supporting a murderous cannon.
This was the proof of a soldier's meritorious service that the Red Dragon Army gave out, and it was commonly known as the Cannon Medal.
The third bronze medal was in the shape of a rectangle. On it was the Supernatural Tower that reached the clouds. There were stars around it, and they shone brightly.
This was the proof of a superhuman's meritorious service that the Supernatural Tower gave out, and it was commonly known as the Star Medal.
Dragon City was a lone army in a foreign land. To encourage the citizens to fight bravely against their enemies, they paid a lot of attention to the evaluation of meritorious service.
The citizens, soldiers, and superhumans had their own meritorious service and promotion system.
There were five grades of medals: iron, bronze, silver, gold, and the most honorable and the Blood Medal, which was the most difficult to obtain and was dyed red by the blood of martyrs.
Every level represented a different level of bonus, extra marks in the college entrance examination, early admission under the same conditions during the employment and civil service examinations, tax relief when starting a business, the queue order and the size of the area when applying for public rental housing, and so on.
As long as one made contributions in battle, one would be able to obtain benefits in life, work, and training.
Two silver badges represented third-class merit.
A bronze medal represented a fourth-grade merit.
Since the difficulty of the practical test for the national college examination this year was incredibly high, the examinees who died were treated like soldiers, and Meng Chao had broken through the limits of his life during the fierce battle.
Therefore, if the three major organizations were to award him with honors at the same time, he would at least gain 30 to 50 points for the college entrance exam.
Meng Chao was a layman.
When he faced the Bloody Moon Wolf King, he was filled with rage, and his mind was blank. Even if he had to pay 500 RMB, he had to kill that bastard.
However, to be able to obtain the official recognition of the matter and gain both material and spiritual benefits, he was still very happy.
He placed the medal on his chest and flirted with his little sister.
"Look at you." Bai Jiacao pouted. "Next time, I'll have my own medals too. I'll definitely have more than you and be even more impressive!"
Just as they were talking, her parents finished eating and came back to take over the shift.
When they saw their son wake up, they were naturally overjoyed. The entire family hugged each other.
Her parents reassured Meng Chao.
There was no problem in his national college examination.
A dimensional crack had appeared in Exam Room 5523, and they had taken nearly an hour less than the other exam rooms, so they were at a disadvantage.
But many of the examinees who were sent to the wild fought bravely and showed the graceful bearing that youths from Earth should have.
Their actions were recorded by the devices they brought with them. Even if they were interfered with, a lot of the data could be recovered.
The examinees who did not know each other could also verify their testimonies. They also had the carcasses and wounds of the Bloody Moon Wolves as proof, so it was not difficult for them to give marks for their performances.
This was especially so for Meng Chao.
Luo Hai and the others testified that he was the first to suggest defending and waiting for reinforcements, the first to kill the Bloody Moon Wolves, and the first to sing at the top of his lungs, which gathered a large number of examinees and boosted the students' courage.
When the reinforcements arrived, they saw that he had plunged his entire arm into the wolf king's head.
The soul-stirring scene left the powerhouses in a daze.
Based on the principle that those who actively saved their companions would get double the points, Meng Chao received hundreds of extra points.
With the bonus points from the three medals, his overall score was ranked 39th in the city.
"That high?"
Even Meng Chao was shocked.
In just a short month, he had gone from being ranked one hundred thousand in the city to fighting his way up to the top one hundred. It was as if he had cheated.
Wait, he really did seem to have cheated.
He thought about it and asked, "By the way, Lil 'Sis said that this is Fengshui Medical Center. Why am I here? Isn't it expensive?"
His mother had her joints replaced here, and even if someone familiar recommended it and gave him a discount, it would still cost him a few million.
Given his injuries, if they did not fork out a few million, they would not let him leave the hospital.
"You don't have to worry about that. Someone will pay for it," Bai Suxin explained.
When Meng Chao ran into an accident and performed meritorious deeds, regardless of whether it was the education bureau, insurance company, or the three official organizations that gave out medals, they would pay for his medical expenses.
During the first few days, he was in the ICU of a public hospital and received the best treatment for free.
But once his life was no longer in danger, someone suggested that he be transferred to a private medical center.
It did not mean that private hospitals were definitely better than public hospitals.
Instead, there were plenty of cutting-edge medical plans and expensive drugs that were not included in the reimbursement list. They could not be used casually in public hospitals.
"Mister Ning Shewo was the one who suggested this. Yan Organization also joined in. They introduced a lot of famous doctors to form a joint medical group with Doctor Su Yuan," Bai Suxin said.
Bai Suxin said, "Your father said that Mr. Ning is trustworthy. The Yan Organization is a big company, and Doctor Su Yuan has done his best to treat me. Besides, the environment here is better than in a public hospital, so he thought about it and transferred you here.
"As for the treatment fees, if it's a private hospital, the government will reimburse half of it. Mister Ning and the Yan Organization will take care of the rest. Their explanation is very strange. 'Just treat it as us expressing our gratitude to the Old Fire Relayer.' Who's that?"
Meng Chao coughed. "Mom, it's a master I mentioned last time. I acknowledged on the life science forum."
"What?"
Bai Suxin was shocked. "You acknowledged a master on an unhealthy website?"
"…" 'You've rehearsed your lines before, right? Why are all of you saying the same thing?!'
"By the way, there's another important person, Soul Breaking Saber Luo Wu. He also brought a lot of valuable herbs and promised to pay for your medical fees."
Bai Suxin gasped in amazement. "Chao 'er, how did you get to know Master Luo Wu? He's a Heaven Realm superhuman!"
Meng Chao was stunned for a moment before he registered what was going on.
Luo Hai, the student council president of Construction High School, was Soul Breaking Saber Luo Wu's son.
Could it be that Master Luo Wu thought that Meng Chao was repaying him for saving his son's life because of his heroic performance?
Or did he have a deeper motive?
"Big Brother, I noticed that you've gotten to know a lot of people lately," Bai Jiacao said with sparkling eyes.
"Aside from Master Luo Wu, two other girls came to visit you while you were unconscious. One of them is Mister Ning's granddaughter, and the other is Ripple Force Princess Yan Feirou. Forget about Mister Ning's granddaughter, but isn't Yan Feirou the girl you leaned over in front of the TV with your butt sticking out while you studied her with a magnifying glass? Why did she come to visit you?"
"About that …"
Meng Chao tilted his head and thought about it. "Maybe she admires heroes a lot?"
Bai Jiacao was about to retort when the handsome Doctor Su Yuan entered the room while surrounded by a group of doctors in white robes.
Behind him was Ning Shewo, who looked delighted.
He had come to Doctor Su Yuan for a checkup, and he was just in time to see Meng Chao waking up.
"Based on the physiological parameters, you've recovered pretty well. How do you feel now?"
Doctor Su Yuan placed his hand on Meng Chao's shoulder.
Meng Chao immediately felt a few very comfortable currents flowing slowly in his body like the roots of a tree. They were growing.
Meng Chao's body was the hungriest one he had ever seen. His cells' activity was several times that of a normal person's. The gene medicine and high-calorie nutritional fluid he took over the past few days were all good things that could not be bought in the market even if he had money.
Forget about normal people, many of the Earth Realm superhumans who had one to three stars did not eat as well or as much as Meng Chao.
A normal new superhuman would not be able to withstand such powerful energy nourishment. It was like a three-year-old child eating ginseng as if it was a carrot. Something bad would definitely happen to it.
But Meng Chao's body was like a black hole. No matter how many treasures were stuffed into it, they would all be digested and absorbed, and they would disappear without a trace.
Fortunately, he had contributed to the war, so the government reimbursed half of his expenses. The other half was shared by Ning Shewo, Yan Organization, and Soul Breaking Saber Luo Wu, which was why he could afford such a luxurious treatment plan.
Meng Chao really did not know where he hid all the energy he absorbed.
Meng Chao knew that this was because Kindling continued growing stronger.
But there were plenty of talented people in Dragon City, so there was no need to hide this.
"I feel pretty good. It's just that there's something floating around in front of me that looks like seven-colored smoke," Meng Chao said.
Meng Yishan and Bai Suxin looked at each other. Seven-colored smoke? Why didn't they see it?
Bai Jiacao looked like she wanted to say something, but she did not. She shrank into a corner.
"This is spirit energy. Do you remember that you became a superhuman on the battlefield? It's only natural that you can see spirit energy," Doctor Su Yuan said.
Dr. Su Yuan said, "The reason we can see is because the visual system converts visible light into electrical pulses.
"Different creatures have different strengths and weaknesses of this transformation ability.
"Canines can only read information from different gray classes, but they can't distinguish colors. But a mantis prawn's eyes have sixteen different color sensors.
"Originally, a human's visual system has one hundred times more color and light sensors than a mantis prawn's. They can see infrared rays and ultraviolet rays, and there are tens of thousands of colors in a huge range. Theoretically speaking, they can also see electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields of planets, vitality magnetic fields, spirit energy, stellar storms, and many other natural phenomena and energy forms.
"But most of the visual sensors in a normal person's body are in hibernation. Only when they break through the limits of their lives will these sensors be activated, and they will be able to see the dazzling and real world.
"Being able to see spirit energy is the simplest standard to distinguish a normal person from a superhuman."
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