““Huh?””

When everyone saw Lin Zichen casually kick his opponent off the stage, that sound echoed in their minds.

The fat senior actually lost? Kicked off the stage by a freshman? How was that possible

Everyone present was stunned, their faces full of disbelief, thinking for a moment they were hallucinating.

Among them, one senior sister even opened her mouth into an O-shape, big enough to fit two cucumbers, with her eyes nearly bulging out, looking extremely exaggerated.

“How is this possible?! How could I be kicked off the stage so easily?! This isn’t scientific!!”

The fat boy rolled over ten meters on the ground before stopping, then immediately sat up, face full of denial, shouting loudly.

He thought, weighing over 250 jin, with rough anti-slip soles giving him massive friction against the ground, he could normally stand firm even against several people pushing him. How could a freshman kick him off the stage?

It was simply unreasonable!

But, no matter how unreasonable, the fact had just happened before everyone’s eyes.

“Zichen, did you hold back during the physical test?”

Once Han Yuanfeng recovered from his shock, he immediately looked at Lin Zichen and asked.

Lin Zichen shamelessly lied, “Mm, I held back a bit, but not much. The main reason I kicked him off just now was because my legs are naturally explosive.”

Han Yuanfeng didn’t doubt his words and quickly asked, “Zichen, how much weight can you lift one-handed now?”

Lin Zichen calmly said, “I tested at home last week, about 400kg.”

400kg?!

When Lu Gang heard that number, he froze completely.

‘You can lift 400kg one-handed?! I’m supposed to be born with divine strength, but I can only lift just over 310kg. Who’s the one with divine strength here?!’

As Lu Gang felt crushed, Wang Shujie beside him wasn’t any better, his face full of doubt in life.

He used to think that before graduating high school, he’d make a comeback against Lin Zichen, pin him down in front of everyone and grind him into the stage.

But now, he realized he was delusional.

In both current ability and future potential, he was worse in every way. How could he ever turn things around?!

He’d be lucky if the gap didn’t keep growing.

* * *

Not far away.

He Yu snapped out of his daze, face full of disbelief, “Huh? Lifting 400kg one-handed? He’s really a freshman? Zichen has been playing weak this whole time?”

Li Chuxin looked at Shen Qinghan and asked in confusion, “Hanhan, I really don’t get why Zichen isn’t the top scorer of the city exams. Did he have diarrhea during the entrance exam?”

“Mm, Xiao Chen wasn’t feeling well during the exam, so he didn’t perform. Also, he trained hard during the summer after, improving a lot then.”

Shen Qinghan covered for Lin Zichen, hiding the unreasonable parts of him. It was the only thing she could do.

As for why he was so strong, even as his childhood friend, she didn’t know.

What she did know more than others was that Lin Zichen was far stronger than what he usually showed.

She still vividly remembered the time years ago, after school, when they were followed by a human trafficker.

At just eight years old, Lin Zichen had punched the grown man to the ground, making him vomit blood and lie there dying.

* * *

“Zichen junior, you’re amazing, so handsome and strong, you’ve stolen my soul!”

“Zichen junior, I want to be friends, can we add each other on WeChat?”

“Zichen junior, I’ve been your fan since you were in middle school!”

“…”

As soon as Lin Zichen came down from the stage, several senior sisters surrounded him.

He didn’t give out his WeChat, making a poor excuse to escape, not wanting too much contact with strangers.

“Zichen, you really hid it well, acting weak all this time. Today you pulled off such a big show, must feel great, huh?”

He Yu went up first thing when Lin Zichen returned and said that.

Lin Zichen laughed, “Yeah, it feels great.”

But in truth, he didn’t feel great.

What he wanted was to take down the entire opposing class by himself.

That way, he could enjoy the ultimate glory in front of everyone and also progress his achievement in Natural Selection.

But today, where he was a spectator most of the time and only fought in the last round, there was no sense of satisfaction, just a waste of time.

‘Hopefully next time when we fight the elite class, they’ll be stronger, beat our class down to the last seedling earlier and then I’ll sweep them all myself.’

Lin Zichen hoped.

* * *

Afterwards, the two classes lined up, facing each other, like after a basketball game, shaking hands as a friendly gesture.

While shaking hands, Lin Zichen smiled and said “Well played,” acting like someone with both strength and manners.

When it ended, the two homeroom teachers stood together chatting.

As they talked, Han Yuanfeng called Lin Zichen over to join their conversation about his amazing performance on stage.

“Brother Feng, your Zichen is incredible, almost like Wu Tiancheng back in first year.”

The Second-Year Class 6 teacher couldn’t help but praise when remembering Lin Zichen kicking the fat boy off stage.

Han Yuanfeng laughed, “Not quite, Wu Tiancheng wasn’t even human back then, he scared the principal half to death with how strong he was.”

“Teacher, who is this Wu Tiancheng?”

Lin Zichen asked curiously.

Han Yuanfeng replied, “Wu Tiancheng was a senior who graduated a few years ago. Back in first year, he singlehandedly cleared through the elite third-year class, shocking all the school leaders.

I don’t remember his exact physical test stats in first year, but they were much higher than yours. In short, he was a once-in-a-century genius, the strongest student in Shanhai Middle School’s history, with the second place left far behind.”

Then he looked to the Second-Year Class 6 teacher, “Brother Jie, do you still remember Wu Tiancheng’s first-year stats?”

“Of course,” he answered, “100 meters in 6.12 seconds, vertical jump 3.96 meters, one-handed lift of 650kg.”

Hearing those numbers, Lin Zichen realized that the strongest student in school history, back in first year, was almost at the level he himself had reached by the summer of sixth grade.

He had to admit, it was impressive, worthy of the title of strongest in history.

“Well, hearing those numbers, are you scared?” The Second-Year Class 6 teacher smiled at him.

Lin Zichen nodded, “A little scared.”