Rebirth in Another World: My Brother is an Intelligent Being

When Li Xingchen heard the announcement while lying in bed, he immediately regretted his decision and told Zero beside him that he should have booked a few more rooms and brought a few more school bags!

After listening, Zero analyzed, "Judging from the number of backpacks, if each bed is assigned one, then everyone staying here will have one. However, not everyone who occupies a room will necessarily have a backpack, and not everyone who occupies a backpack will have a badge. So, the hospital must have other arrangements."

After hearing this, Li Xingchen nodded in agreement.

Zero continued his analysis, "And once a token is used up, it's gone. There will definitely be other arrangements tomorrow. If tokens are still exchanged for food tomorrow, then most of the trial participants, besides us, will probably be out of tokens."

Sure enough, after the broadcast repeated the above notice three times, it immediately issued a notice to dissuade people from joining.

The announcement essentially stated that children who hadn't yet secured a silver medal or a room could enjoy a deluxe meal on the first floor if they wanted to eat and rest. The hospital would arrange new accommodations for them, and their parents would be notified. They would be picked up at the registration office tomorrow morning. The announcement also highlighted the rich variety of food included in the deluxe meal and the soft, comfortable beds in the accommodations. Furthermore, children who hadn't secured a room by 10 p.m. would be automatically eliminated. This meant that if you knew you couldn't secure a room, you shouldn't waste time and could leave early.

The tone was clearly that of someone trying to fool elementary school students! Oh, they were just elementary school students now.

This is clearly a big test of the children's concentration!

Furthermore, this announcement was repeated three times. Immediately afterwards, Li Xingchen heard a commotion outside. It was obvious that the children without tokens or rooms had begun a new round of competition. After about an hour, the noise gradually died down. Presumably, those who were supposed to win had already secured theirs, and the corridor grew considerably quieter.

Zero was about to go out to change the lunch boxes for the two people, but when he opened the door, he saw Lei Wuji and Tang Hao waiting at the door.

At this moment, there were very few people in the corridor, with only one or two pairs still sparring. It seemed that many trial participants had chosen to leave, either because they had given up after being persuaded by the academy, or because they had voluntarily forfeited.

When the two people at the door saw that the person coming out was Zero, they hesitated for a moment, but eventually shouted respectfully together, "Big Boss."

Zero nodded slightly in response, then looked at them calmly, waiting for their next words.

Lei Wuji also understood that Zero was not a talkative person, so he explained his purpose: "Boss, we are going to exchange for lunch boxes. If you need them, we can help you get them."

Upon hearing about this matter, Zero, in line with the principle of "minimize trouble if possible", handed the two silver tokens in his hand to them.

It seems that their dinner problems were solved quite well.

Li Xingchen naturally overheard the conversation outside. After Zero returned, he told him the details of the situation outside. It was less than an hour until ten o'clock. Both of them felt that the rest of the day would be quite uneventful. So, when Lei Wuji and the others returned with their lunch boxes, Li Xingchen informed them that they would gather together tomorrow morning, and everyone went back to their rooms to rest.

After finishing their lunch, Li Xingchen and Zero took turns washing up. Just then, they heard an announcement over the radio: "Today's room grabbing game is over. All clients, please go to bed early. The trials will officially begin tomorrow." Hearing this, Li Xingchen pondered: It seems this first day was just an audition! Those with less ability have probably been eliminated. So, while more people have signed up, the number of people who actually participate in the trials is likely to be similar to previous years. On the other hand, the physical fitness of those participating this year might be higher than in previous years!

As for why so many applicants applied this year, Li Xingchen also learned the reason from Lei Wuji and the others' conversation. On one hand, the school had increased its publicity efforts this year, including the use of live webcasts. Another reason was the new trial format. It was rumored that the third stage would include a competition. The school had already started selling tickets. Furthermore, the top three applicants would receive a full tuition waiver and a special prize, the grand prize of which was said to be a spirit pet.

Li Xingchen's reaction to this reward was rather unimpressive. First, he didn't know how much this spirit pet was worth in this world, but judging by the current situation, it must be quite rare. Second, he didn't think he could take first place; it should go to his older brother, as he definitely couldn't beat him anyway. And he already had Xiao Hei.

Although he didn't know what level Zero's combat effectiveness was here, after a whole day of understanding, he roughly knew that his own strength was still relatively outstanding among this group of children, oh no, it should be said that among his peers.

It seemed this world wasn't as exaggerated as he'd imagined, with no gods or magic everywhere. Instead, it was very similar to Earth in his previous life, right at a turning point in technological development. Artificial intelligence, cell phones, public transportation, and so on—all of it felt familiar to Li Xingchen. The only difference was that some plants and animals had mutated or developed aggressive traits, and the same was true for the humans here.

Li Xingchen understood this. The reason the people here possessed special abilities was most likely due to mutations, just like the animals. For example, Lei Wuji, whose Lei family cultivation techniques had reached a late stage, possessed lightning-attributed attacks. Tang Hao, for example, possessed the ability to summon wind, allowing him to cast wind-related spells. Of course, some people possessed two or more abilities simultaneously, but this was relatively rare.

Aside from a small number of people with special abilities, the majority are still ordinary, normal people. Therefore, normal people's scientific research and the progress of the times also continue to advance normally. Killing people here is also illegal, so people with special abilities, aside from their special abilities, are actually no different from normal people! Li Xingchen came to this conclusion in his mind.