After that, Lin Xiao sat steadily on the silver throne, which was second only to the nine gold thrones. He watched the other contestants challenge each other and occasionally looked at the rostrum.
At this time, most of the contestants had completed their challenges. More than two-thirds of the contestants without seats had been eliminated. There were only two or three hundred people standing below the fifth level.
The host, Instructor Mo, was already standing on the rostrum. He smiled as he looked at the few remaining challenges. He occasionally communicated with the observers from the various academies in the air and smiled from time to time.
Suddenly, he tilted his head as if he was listening to something. Then, the smile on his face slowly disappeared. He frowned and looked up in an unknown direction.
Lin Xiao did not notice this. At this time, he was communicating with the "Ether" observer, who was ranked thirteenth among the higher academies.
Or it could be called a top academy.
Strictly speaking, Ether was also an institution of higher learning. However, people preferred to call the top twenty institutions of higher learning as top academies to distinguish them from other institutions of higher learning.
After the battle with Li Shengyuan, the Ether observer had sent a special invitation to Lin Xiao. He also said that if he accepted Ether's special invitation, he would not receive any more special invitations from other top academies. Correspondingly, if he rejected, Ether would not send out any more special invitations. This was a tacit understanding between top academies.
In other words, if he rejected Ether, he would have one less choice.
Of course, he could still rely on his own ability to get into a top academy of Ether, but he would not receive the special treatment. This would be a great loss.
Lin Xiao fell into deep thought. This was something he had not thought of. This meant that he did not have many choices left.
There were only seven top 20 academies in the Huaxia region. Deducting two of them that were not suitable and eliminating the possibility that they had already chosen a special invitation candidate and did not have any extra spots, he did not have many choices left. He might only have two or three. In fact, he did not have many choices.
Lin Xiao was not sure if any of the top academies would take a fancy to him and give him a special invitation after all the stages of the summer camp were over. If there was no special invitation and they were only willing to give him an invitation, he would suffer a great loss if he rejected them.
One had to know that being specially recruited wasn't just a title. It was the actual provision of resources. Every specially recruited quota came with a generous supply of resources. Therefore, even the top academies didn't provide many specially recruited quotas each year.
Just like the resources that Ether provided for the special recruitment quota.
First of all, as long as one accepted the special recruitment, they would immediately receive two additional card slots, a suitable Ancient-grade card, a Divinity Card, and a Gold Mythical-grade Divine Territory Card.
After that, he would get an extra slot every season and a gold Mythical-quality God Territory Card every month.
Then, every year, he would obtain a suitable Ancient-grade card, a Divinity Card, and a Golden Mythical-grade Divine Territory Card, which would be stacked with the second card.
These were all basic resources. Any higher education institution would have a fixed quota for special recruitment and would definitely have them.
Apart from that, there were also resources unique to the various great academies. Depending on the ranking of the academies, the resources were different. Generally, the higher the ranking, the more generous the resources. Lin Xiao wasn't too sure about the specifics, but he was sure that it wouldn't be too bad.
The Ether Academy was ranked 13th in the Higher Learning Academy. The resources given to the specially-recruited students would definitely not be too bad. To be honest, it had already met Lin Xiao's requirements.
After all, there were only five super academies and seven top-notch academies in the Huaxia region. The Ether Top Academy had already entered the top ten in the Huaxia region. There was no reason for him to look down on such a top-notch academy.
Therefore, he replied straightforwardly, "Thank you for acknowledging the Ether Academy.
I'm very honored to be a member of the Ether Academy! "
The observer from the Ether Academy immediately replied,
"Towering Ambition, Wind Speed, Lightning Shock, your choice can't be wrong. See you on campus next semester!"
Lin Xiao replied humbly,
"Lin Xiao also looks forward to this day!"
At this point, as long as there were no major accidents, he would be a member of the Ether Academy's One Middle School after the holidays.
Yes, it was the One Middle School affiliated to the academy.
As a specially-recruited student, he would naturally study at the affiliated high school. Just like how Wu Zhonglin would study at the super academy, Throne of War's One Middle School affiliated to the super academy, Throne of War, next semester, all the specially-recruited students would do the same. This was also a resource that came with being a specially-recruited student. The transfer application would be sent to Eastcalm Fifth High School after the summer camp ended.
After all, to be specially recruited by a higher education institution, one's strength would definitely far surpass their classmates. They would not be able to keep up if they were still studying at their original school.
Eastcalm Fifth High School would also be happy to send him there because it would increase the school's reputation. Ordinary high schools were meant to nurture outstanding geniuses and send talents to higher education institutions. It didn't matter if they did it in advance.
The reason why they had to wait until the summer camp to confirm it was mainly because the five super academies had priority. Even if a student had already reached an agreement with a certain higher education institution, they could still have priority if any of the super academies took a fancy to them.
Of course, it had to be a specially-recruited invitation. If it was just an intention, they had to ask for the student's opinion.
Generally speaking, a mere intention wouldn't be considered. Even if the intention invitation had a certain amount of resources, how could it compare to a specially-recruited student?
As the saying went, it was better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix. Wouldn't it be better to be a specially-recruited student at another higher education institution?
In any case, if Lin Xiao were to choose, he would definitely be willing to be a specially-recruited student at another higher education institution, even if it was a low-ranked one.
Lin Xiao didn't think that he could obtain a specially-recruited spot at a super academy now. If he had another year, it would definitely be a sure thing. Now, even he knew that he definitely didn't have the qualifications.
At that moment, the second stage of the summer camp was coming to an end. Those who remained had basically completed the challenge. Those who were supposed to be eliminated had already been eliminated. Those who remained were mostly capable.
There were less than ten people from Yunmeng Province, including Gu Cheng, Lin Xu, and the others. The others had all been eliminated, including Bai Ze, Shang Xiaoxue, and Tang Ling.
There was only one round of elimination in the second stage of the summer camp. There wouldn't be any more eliminations. The third stage was also the last stage. According to the previous military hosts, there was a high chance that it would be actual combat.
It was to let them go to the crystal wall war zones controlled by the military or even not controlled by the military to train. There was a certain level of danger, at least more dangerous than the actual combat experience of the academies. However, it was very good for tempering them. They could see in advance how the main world attacked the planes in the Chaos Void Sea and how to actually attack a plane under the military's supervision.
It was important to note that this plane referred to a civilized plane. It was a plane with civilization and had existences above the demigod level. There was no need to attack a plane without civilization.
In the last stage, no one came to challenge Lin Xiao. In other words, none of the nine gold contestants or the top 12 of the 36 silver contestants challenged him.
These 21 people seemed to be the strongest batch of this year's summer camp. Three of them had been selected. They were Lin Xiao, Gu Cheng, and Shen Yuexin. Although Lin Xu was also a silver contestant, he was not in the strongest batch.
Well, if Wu Zhonglin was included, there were five people from Yunmeng Province who were above the silver level. They were quite strong.
Time ticked by, until one of the challenges ended. Suddenly, a deafening bell rang, and everyone knew that this stage was over.
Instructor Mo's voice rang in everyone's ears.
"First of all, congratulations on reaching the last stage. You can collect your rewards later. Before that, I will announce the rules of the third stage of this summer camp, which is also the last stage."
Lin Xiao listened attentively. Instructor Mo said in a deep voice,
"I believe that many of you have guessed that the last stage is actual combat. It was originally the same as before, but I just received a new message. Therefore, the third stage of this summer camp has changed. You will exchange pointers with the winners of the Ivy League's Super Freshman Competition."
"Wow!"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was an uproar. Everyone was very shocked and whispered to each other as they discussed spiritedly.
Lin Xiao was also stunned for a while before he recovered. His heart was full of surprise.
Exchanging pointers with the winners of the Ivy League's Super Freshman Competition? Wasn't this a competition between the younger generation of the Huaxia Region and the Ivy League?
This so-called Ivy League was not a league of colleges and universities. It was a major force in the Main World that was comparable to the Huaxia Region.
At this point, it was necessary to talk about the structure of the human Main World.
There were four major forces in the Main World —
The Huaxia Region: Based on the ancient Huaxia civilization, it united all the friendly races of ancient Huaxia to form a huge force. It was temporarily ranked first.
The Ivy League: Based on the Ivy League from the Ancient Earth Era.
When the game God's Domain first appeared, the outstanding students cultivated by these top universities could easily stand out and become True Gods. Later, the concept of nations disappeared. These students from the Ivy League universities used their alma mater as a button and united with other first-rate universities to form a new Ivy League. This name was also the name of this force.
The Giant Alliance: Formed by giant corporations, super financial groups, and top capitalists.
Capitalists had huge manpower and financial resources. Relying on these resources, some giant corporations, super financial groups, and top capitalists united to form this huge force.
The Aristocratic Parliament: Formed by large families that worshipped the ancient aristocratic system.
These large families had ancient histories. There was no lack of super families that originated from the Ancient Earth Era hundreds of thousands of years ago.
These four major forces were the strongest in the Huaxia Region. The Ivy League was second, the Giant Alliance was third, and the Aristocratic Parliament was fourth.
However, in the Main World, the Ivy League, the Giant Alliance, and the Aristocratic Parliament had a very close relationship. There had always been occasional friction with the Huaxia civilization that had been passed down for hundreds of thousands of years.
When facing some powerful Crystal Wall systems outside the Main World, they were united against outsiders. However, internal disputes had always existed. They had not disappeared since hundreds of thousands of years ago.
The Ivy League's Super Freshman Competition was a top freshman activity similar to the Huaxia Region's Super Freshman Summer Camp. It was also an activity to select the most outstanding geniuses.
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