High Martial Arts: Slay enemies to become stronger, forge invincibility from billions of corpses.

Chapter 76 Battlefield Live Broadcast

Someone chimed in, "Have you heard? This year's top scorer from Nanjiang Province has also come to Tianhai."

Wei Hong frowned: "The top scorer in Nanjiang Province? Who?"

"I think his name is... Song Chen? Yes, Song Chen, from Anning City."

Wei Hong thought for a moment: "Anning City? Never heard of it. Which martial arts school is it from?"

"From Shenlong Martial Arts School."

Wei Hong raised an eyebrow: "I've never heard of such a person at Shenlong Martial Arts Academy. The overall level of martial arts in Nanjiang Province isn't very good this year."

The people around him laughed, their laughter carrying a natural sense of superiority that a genius from a big city had over a top student from a small town.

Sun Ming pushed up his glasses: "You can't say that. To be the top scorer in the imperial examination, one must have some ability."

Wei Hong crossed his arms and said, "Having ability is one thing, but in Tianhai, ability alone is not enough. The waters here run very deep. It's questionable whether people from small places can adapt."

His words drew a chorus of agreement.

"Exactly, in a small place like Anning City, there aren't even many high-level alien beasts. What kind of practical combat experience could they possibly have?"

In the eyes of these geniuses from various base cities, a top scorer from a small city is like the biggest fish in a pond being thrown into the sea; no matter how big, he's still just a fish.

Sun Ming didn't laugh along. His eyes searched the crowd, seemingly looking for the person named Song Chen, but he couldn't find him.

On the other side of the stadium, a group of girls were gathered together, discussing the same topic.

"The top scorer in Nanjiang Province? Male or female?"

"It's a man. His name is Song Chen."

"From a small town, huh..." A girl with a ponytail pouted. She had an outstanding temperament and delicate features.

Her name is Qing Xiao. She comes from Donghai Base City and comes from a prominent family. Her grandfather is the vice president of the Donghai Martial Arts Association. Her blood energy value ranks among the top ten among the freshmen, and she is a recognized genius.

"Sister Wan, have you seen him?" a round-faced girl next to her asked.

Qingxiao shook her head: "I've never seen it, but this year's martial arts champion in Nanjiang Province seems to have a blood energy value starting at... 0.6?"

The round-faced girl's eyes widened: "0.6?"

"Isn't that the lowest level? Does someone like that deserve to be the top scholar?"

Qingxiao frowned: "No, I looked at his performance curve. His improvement rate in the last six months was extremely exaggerated. He went from 0.6 to the second level in less than half a year."

The round-faced girl scoffed, "So what? It's data from a small place; who knows if it's inflated?"

Qingxiao didn't continue the topic. Her gaze fell on the big screen, watching the live battlefield footage, and she remained silent for a while.

"No matter what, those who can get in are not useless. As for how good they are... you'll find out when you get to school."

The round-faced girl pursed her lips and stopped talking.

Suddenly, the stadium's loudspeaker blared, and a deep, steady male voice resonated throughout the arena:

"Dear new students, please be quiet. We are now beginning a live broadcast of the frontline battle situation report. General Zhao Yuan, Deputy Commander of the Tianhai City Defense Command and Honorary Professor of Tianhai University, will be speaking to you."

The noise gradually subsided, and thousands of eyes turned to the large screen.

Dozens of small images on the screen shrunk simultaneously, converging at the edge, and a middle-aged man in military uniform appeared in the center.

He stood in a command room, with a huge battle map behind him, densely marked with red and blue markers.

His face bore the marks of gunpowder, and his voice was hoarse, but every word was clear and powerful.

"Dear new students of Tianhai University, I am Zhao Yuan."

"I know that many of you are here at Tianhai for the first time today. You come from all over the country and are the pride of your hometowns. You are geniuses and elites. You have come here with dreams and expectations, ready to start a new chapter in your lives."

"But today, I want to show you what protects the city of Tianhai."

He turned to the side, and the battle map behind him was enlarged, with the locations of the thirty-six fortresses lighting up one by one.

"In Tianhai City, all thirty-six outer fortresses are currently engaged in battle, with a million alien beasts attacking our defenses. Our soldiers and warriors are using their flesh and blood to hold this wall."

Several live feeds of fortresses were displayed on the screen.

In the footage of Tianhebei Fortress, psionic cannons are roaring, and the blue-white flames from their muzzles are particularly striking against the dim sky.

On the wall, warriors and soldiers were fighting against the strange beasts that had breached the defenses; swords flashed and blood and flesh flew everywhere.

A warrior was knocked off the wall by a strange beast and disappeared into the trench. His comrades didn't even have time to look at him before continuing to slash at the next beast.

In the footage of Tianhai East Fortress, a gap has been torn in the defensive line.

A group of second-tier martial artists were blocking the gap, using their bodies to hold back the surging alien beasts.

The middle-aged man at the front had half his body stained red with blood, but he was still swinging his knife, mechanically and stubbornly swinging it again and again.

The scene at the coastal outpost was the most horrific, with countless corpses...

The stadium was completely silent.

The expressions on the faces of the freshmen who were just laughing and joking gradually changed.

Some clenched their fists, some bit their lips, and some lowered their heads.

Zhao Yuan's voice continued, even hoarser than before:

"The people you see include professional soldiers and civilian martial artists. Many of them are about your age, eighteen, nineteen, or twenty."

"They had no choice, but you did."

"You are all geniuses. The future of humanity belongs to you. So, it is only right that you stay here today. No one will blame you."

"But I hope you remember..."

His voice suddenly became very deep.

"What you are seeing is not a movie, not a game, it is real."

"The blood of these people is real, their deaths are real."

"Behind the wall they guarded is your school, your dormitory, and the new life you are about to begin."

"So, when you're sitting in the classroom, when you're sweating on the training field, when you feel tired, exhausted, and want to give up..."

"Remember today."

"Remember what you saw."

"Remember that someone is standing on that wall for you."

The scene shifts back to the command center, where Zhao Mingyuan stands in front of the map, his gaze fixed on the camera as if he were looking at everyone.

"Tianhai University welcomes you, Tianhai City welcomes you."

"May you be worthy of this wall."

The screen froze for a second before switching back to the live battlefield footage.

The stadium remained silent for a long time.

Then, I don't know who started clapping.

The applause started sporadically, then grew more frequent and louder, eventually merging into a thunderous roar.

Thousands of young people clapped at the same time, their voices echoing under the dome, making people's ears hurt.

The applause lasted for a full minute before gradually subsiding.