Lin Xinghai cast a questioning look at Little Fatty.

"Boss, you... you took first place on the Points leaderboard," Little Fatty said, his face flushed with excitement.

The battle had lasted for three full hours, and everyone’s mindset had changed significantly. For Little Fatty, the biggest change was how he addressed Lin Xinghai.

That’s right. In order to ride his coattails, he had completely thrown his pride away.

Although his dad was very rich, money wasn’t everything in the apocalypse. For example, he could get a guaranteed spot at East Sea Academy, but at best, it would only be for a Third Class Student slot.

If he donated more money, he might have been able to secure a Second Class Student slot.

But as for First Class Student and Special Class Student slots, those were absolutely impossible to get unless his dad was willing to trade company shares for them.

But all of this could potentially be his for the taking, as long as he held on tight to Lin Xinghai’s coattails.

Lin Xinghai couldn’t help but laugh. "What’s so surprising about that? What, did you think I *didn’t* deserve first place after a performance like that?"

Hearing this, Liu Miaomiao and Jin Tong both nodded in unison.

In fact, they had already gotten all their surprise out of the way earlier. They had all witnessed Lin Xinghai’s performance over the past three hours, so they really weren’t surprised he had taken first place.

"Fine! But once you see the leaderboard, I bet you’ll still be surprised," Little Fatty said mysteriously.

This immediately piqued everyone’s curiosity. They all opened their Communication Wristwatches in unison, and sure enough, a new icon for the Points leaderboard had appeared on the main screen.

After tapping on it and taking a look, they all had expressions of shock on their faces.

They weren’t shocked by how many Points Lin Xinghai had earned; after all, they had seen how many Zombies he’d killed over the past three hours and could roughly estimate his score.

What shocked them was how few Points the students from 2nd to 10th place had earned. The gap between them and Lin Xinghai was enormous.

Jin Tong, in particular, was a little dazed after seeing the leaderboard. This direct comparison made him realize just how terrifying Lin Xinghai truly was.

Even Lin Xinghai was a bit surprised. He hadn’t expected the gap to be so wide either.

He hadn’t really thought about it much during the past three hours. He just wanted to use this opportunity to properly improve his close-combat skills.

So, he had simply led the group on a killing spree all this way.

Seeing their shocked expressions, Little Fatty inwardly gloated for a moment before quickly saying, "Boss, your first-place spot is pretty much in the bag. We should probably take a good rest now, right?"

For the past three hours, they had been charging and killing alongside Lin Xinghai. Even though Little Fatty only had to deal with Ordinary Zombies, he was still exhausted.

However, Lin Xinghai was under the most pressure, and he hadn’t once mentioned stopping to rest, so they could only grit their teeth and endure.

Lin Xinghai glanced at the condition of the others and nodded. "Alright then. There are no Zombies in that house up ahead. Let’s go rest inside."

Hearing this, Little Fatty finally let out a sigh of relief. He glanced at Lin Xinghai, whose expression was as calm as ever, and finally couldn’t hold back his curiosity. "Boss, just how much Energy do you have left to use your Superpower?"

In fact, half an hour after the battle started, Little Fatty had suggested they could take turns using their Superpowers to lessen Lin Xinghai’s burden.

But Lin Xinghai had flatly refused. Little Fatty still remembered what he had said: "Your Superpowers are too slow for killing Zombies. You’re better off saving your strength. When my Superpower is about to run out, I’ll need you to handle any crises."

So they waited and waited. Now, Little Fatty was almost numb from all the killing, but Lin Xinghai’s expression was still unchanged, showing no signs of his Superpower being over-extended.

"It’s fine. My Energy is almost used up, though," Lin Xinghai said perfunctorily.

’How could I possibly tell them I can use the system to restore my Energy?’ he thought. ’Besides, I currently have over 300,000 Blood Qi Power. The amount needed to restore my Energy is just a drop in the bucket.’

Little Fatty rolled his eyes at that but also understood that it was Lin Xinghai’s secret. Seeing that he didn’t want to say more, Little Fatty didn’t press the issue.

Soon, the group arrived at the house. After clearing a space, they sat down directly on the floor.

With limited options, just having a temporarily safe place was already a great boon. As for the environment, even Liu Miaomiao didn’t pay it much mind.

After three hours of combat, everyone was drained. They all quickly took out rations and water from their combat packs and began to eat, trying to recover their stamina as quickly as possible.

Even Lin Xinghai did the same. After all, he had expended the most energy, and the system couldn’t help him recover his physical stamina. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Fortunately, his Physique was at 99.9 points. So, in addition to his damage resistance, his stamina was also the strongest in this Realm, which was how he had managed to hold out for so long.

"Ah, I feel alive again!" Little Fatty said with a burp five minutes later.

Only now did he have the time to open the Points leaderboard again and scroll through it page by page. He wanted to see his own rank.

However, the first person he found was Liu Miaomiao, who was ranked 83rd with 532 Points.

Then came Jin Tong, ranked 97th with 518 Points.

Finally, he found himself at 132nd place with 481 Points.

"Damn it, how am I the only one who didn’t make the top 100?" Little Fatty said, his tone indignant.

"Because you were killing Ordinary Zombies, which are one Point each," Jin Tong immediately pointed out.

At that moment, Little Fatty didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

When Lin Xinghai had assigned the roles earlier, he had thought it was great that he only had to kill Ordinary Zombies. It was safe and easy.

But looking at the rankings now, it didn’t seem so great anymore.

Of course, even so, managing to rank 132nd was actually a bit beyond his expectations.

But after a moment of excitement, he quickly composed himself. His goal now was to enter the top 10 and secure a Special Class Student slot.

As for his confidence? That naturally came from the deal he’d made with Lin Xinghai.

"Boss, after this assessment is over, I’ll immediately make a long-distance call to my dad and have him get the corpse of a Tier Three Mutated Zombie as soon as possible to build the Legendary Level Mecha. So... I’ll be counting on you for that Special Class Student slot," Little Fatty said with a wide smile.

"Mhm, don’t worry," Lin Xinghai nodded. ’I was worried you might forget!’

"Boss, do you have a plan? Getting one Special Class Student slot is obviously a piece of cake for you, but getting several probably won’t be as easy, right?" Little Fatty said, glancing at the other two.

In terms of their relationship, his was definitely the shallowest with Lin Xinghai. He was afraid that if Lin Xinghai couldn’t get enough energy orbs, he would be the first one to be abandoned.

After all, with the amazing talent Lin Xinghai had displayed, if he were given priority training, he could probably obtain a Legendary Level Mecha within the academy anyway.