It’s an Academic Fact That Rankers Are Model Students – Chapter 127

Chapter 127: Test Prep Tip: Create the Same Environment as the Exam (1)

Click.

Kyung-joon, having finished writing his psychology performance evaluation report, put down his mechanical pencil.

Instead, he picked up his smartphone and sent a message to BJMiguning.

▶Kyung-joon: I have your Fantasy Pine Mandolin. I’ll give it to you when you come to Beginner’s Village later.

“This should help me make a connection.”

The video that Kyung-joon filmed and BJMiguning uploaded was a huge hit.

An unidentified player completely overwhelming BlackChef, the notorious PK player.

She would definitely want to do more content related to this.

‘According to Namuwiki, her YouTube subscribers have skyrocketed from 300,000 to 1 million since the World broadcast. And it’s still increasing. If used well, she’s perfect for promotion.’

Originally, he had considered creating his own account and uploading the video.

In this day and age, no matter how good a product is, it won’t sell if it’s not promoted.

Although World’s Best was in charge of sales, it wouldn’t hurt for Kyung-joon to personally support it through YouTube in real life.

That way, he could earn extra money as a part-time YouTuber, killing two birds with one stone.

Of course, all of this was contingent on Kyung-joon’s YouTube channel becoming a success.

“Tsk, but YouTube isn’t something just anyone can do.”

Anyone could start a YouTube channel, but not everyone could make it big.

Especially in a hit-driven industry like YouTube, having a knack for entertainment was crucial.

Considering the character, reactions, and clever editing needed to make it shine, it was a tougher job than it seemed.

Of course, if he started, he was confident he could analyze and study all sorts of popular videos and achieve average results, but…….

“I don’t have the time.”

Kyung-joon, busy with his studies, would also run a territory and do YouTube?

That was absurd.

Right now, Kyung-joon was a second-year high school student with the college entrance exam right around the corner.

The Science Certification Exam was coming up, and he couldn’t afford to be distracted.

However.

If you don’t have the time, you can use someone else’s.

Kyung-joon had already learned firsthand that he didn’t have to do everything himself.

“Working with this person might be good.”

BJMiguning.

As evidenced by her subscriber count and recent growth, her videos were entertaining.

She wasn’t particularly skilled at the game, unlike others.

In fact, in terms of control, she was on the unskilled side.

Even Kyung-joon, who had watched a few of her videos, thought he could do better.

But.

“It’s fun.”

Nevertheless, her videos were entertaining.

Her editing was clever, and her reactions were witty.

Her broadcasts weren’t about hardcore gaming but about having fun doing what she wanted to do.

Perhaps that’s why so many different kinds of people came to her channel.

Considering that not all players in World just hunted, her YouTube channel had the most diverse subscriber base.

“And a lot of whales.”

Kyung-joon looked at the system message on his smartphone linked to The World.

The corners of his mouth lifted slightly.

[Donation received from the broadcast.]

[Amount deposited: 992,340,000 liyan]

[Views and ad revenue from uploaded videos will be calculated and paid out on the 6th of the following day.]

The 1 billion liyan promised by WalletSoldier was deposited from the escrow account to his inventory.

Where there was a message about money coming in, there was also a message about money going out.

[Paying 2 million liyan in salary to residents (10% income tax).]

[A total of 192,600,000 liyan will be deducted from the inventory.]

[Current liyan Held: 9,714,360,000 liyan]

Nearly 200 million liyan was deducted for the residents’ salaries, but he still had over 9 billion liyan.

This was because WalletSoldier, a devoted viewer of BJMiguning, had suddenly donated 1 billion liyan.

As a reward for Kyung-joon taking care of BlackChef on her behalf.

It was a very WalletSoldier-like thing to do.

And that wasn’t all.

“I wonder how much more will come in next month.”

Kyung-joon’s unique and rare bread, which had just gone on sale this month.

The proceeds from those sales were scheduled to be deposited on October 6th.

According to TheWorld’sGreatestMerchant, they were selling like hotcakes.

Some people were lining up from the morning to get their hands on the limited quantity of unique bread, and the rare bread was sold out before evening every day.

Thanks to the morning rush, sales of other items had increased as well.

In any case, it seemed like he could start expecting a steady income soon.

“Well then, shall we start working hard today as well?”

Kyung-joon put on his connection gear and logged into the game.

The first to greet him was, as always, Teemo.

<<_</>>

<You have arrived, Master.>

“Yeah. Hi.”

<Tomorrow is finally the day of the Science Certification Exam. Will you be reviewing today like yesterday?>

Tomorrow was Saturday, September 15th.

The day of the Science Certification Exam, held every three months.

Kyung-joon had spent the last vacation studying general physics and general chemistry in preparation for this.

“No, I’m not reviewing today. I’ve done enough of that.”

He had spent most of the past week reviewing for the exam.

He recalled having gone over the material at least five or six times.

“Instead, I’m going to do a test simulation to prepare for tomorrow.”

<ᕙ (•̀‸•́)ᕗ?>

<A test simulation, you say?>

“Yeah. A test simulation.”

Kyung-joon didn’t sit down right after logging into the game. Instead, he did something unusual and went outside.

“First, I need to gather the residents. About 40 of them.”

He headed straight for the village chief’s house to get started.

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷

[Used territory skill 『By the Incarnation’s Command』.]

[The residents of the territory will carry out your command, even if it means their deaths.]

[Uses: 0/1 (Recharges once a month)]

“Hurry up and move! Kyung-joon-nim needs this done right away for tomorrow’s operation!”

“Uoooooh!”

“Sawing for our lives!”

“Moving building materials for our lives!”

“Hammering for our lives!”

Having already built around 500 Energy Towers and even built their own village, the residents were practically house-building machines.

Moreover, they had the territory skill 『By the Incarnation’s Command』, which made them work with a death wish.

Thanks to this, their work efficiency was top-notch.

Summer was coming to an end, so the weather wasn’t too hot, and with Kyung-joon lending a hand, the work progressed at lightning speed.

“Kyung-joon-nim! It’s complete!”

[Completed advanced structure 『Sejong University Science Certification Exam Hall (Virtual)』.]

[Dexterity increased by 5.]

Kyung-joon named the building himself.

The reason it was Sejong University was that it was the actual location of the Science Certification Exam.

He had visited a few days ago and was confident that he had recreated 99% of the exam hall from memory.

The 『space』 for tomorrow’s exam was ready.

All that was left were the 『people』.

“Alright, residents of the Study Village. From now on, you’ll all be students.”

“Huh?”

The residents all tilted their heads at Kyung-joon’s outlandish words.

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷

Creak, thud.

The door opened and closed.

The person who entered was Liant, but he wasn’t dressed as a fantasy resident like before.

He was wearing casual clothes you’d see in real life.

His clothes even had logos of real-life brands like Topten, SPAO, and 8seconds.

Kyung-joon had made all of them himself.

“Uh, um……”

Liant stood at the podium at the very front of the lecture hall.

Thump.

He put down a thick stack of papers and spoke.

“……I am the proctor for the 71st Science Certification Exam.”

For now, Liant was not the village chief of Study Village.

For today, Liant was the chief proctor of the Sejong University Science Certification Exam.

This was the 『test simulation』 that Kyung-joon had mentioned!

Chief proctor Liant continued speaking.

“I will now distribute the OMR sheets and exam papers. Please turn them over when the bell rings. You may fill out the OMR sheet in advance, but do not open the sealed exam paper. Opening it before the exam begins will be considered cheating. Assistant proctors.”

“Yes.”

Two residents had been waiting in the exam hall before Liant arrived.

Their role was that of assistant exam proctors.

More specifically, they were 『physics majors from Sejong University who applied to be assistant proctors to earn some pocket money』.

They had been thoroughly instructed on how to act in their roles.

Realism was important.

It wasn’t just the proctors who were realistically portrayed.

A lot of effort went into the realism of the surrounding residents…… no, students.

‘They look exactly like kids here to take a physics exam. I’m satisfied.’

Not to mention the glasses, they were all dressed in tacky checkered shirts.

Add to that the cargo pants with eight pockets, and their fashion sense screamed ‘physics major’.

It wasn’t just the assistant proctors who were realistically portrayed.

Everyone participating in this physics certification had been dressed to look like they would be ‘good at physics.’

‘It feels like the place is swarming with Kim Chul-soo, the human calculator. I can feel the immense collective intelligence.’

Even though the exam was about to start in a minute, the sight of them still diligently poring over formulas in their books made the exam hall look incredibly realistic.

Of course, it was all just an act that Kyung-joon had instructed them to do.

Ring-a-ling. Ring-a-ling. Ring-a-ling-a-ling.

The bell rang on cue.

It wasn’t a real exam bell, but a similar sound created using the voice modulation skill and a Magic Memory Stone.

“Everyone, please put your books away now.”

At the chief proctor’s words, the residents, no, the students, put their books away under their desks.

Then, the exam papers and OMR sheets were passed out from front to back.

Kyung-joon was very pleased with the realistic exam hall simulation.

But the realism didn’t end there.

“Excuse me, can I get a different OMR sheet?”

The resident sitting diagonally in front of Kyung-joon.

That resident’s role was 『the kid who asks for a new OMR sheet just one minute after receiving it』.

There’s always one of those in every exam.

That OMR student would continue to ask for a new OMR sheet every 5 to 10 minutes.

That was the role assigned to that resident.

“You may leave the exam hall after 30 minutes. Please note that you will not be allowed to leave or use the restroom 10 minutes before the end of the exam.”

The test simulation began in earnest.

The exam consisted of a total of 30 questions, just like the actual physics certification exam.

The questions were similarly designed.

They were new questions that Teemo had created based on past exams, so even Kyung-joon was seeing them for the first time.

But it felt familiar.

After all, he had studied incredibly hard.

Scribble! Scribble, scribble!

Kyung-joon diligently worked through the exam questions.

However, this ‘test simulation’ wasn’t just about solving problems correctly.

It was about getting used to all sorts of situations that could arise.

For instance, like this:

“Sniff! Sniff! Snoooort!”

The person behind him who, as soon as the exam started, suddenly developed a case of rhinitis and kept sniffing loudly!

“Zzz… Cough! Cough, cough!”

The person in front of him who, for reasons unknown, collapsed and started snoring less than a minute after receiving the exam paper!

“Sniffle. Sniffle. Achoo!”

The person next to him with a cold who, while understandable, was incredibly annoying and distracting with their constant sniffling!

Click! Click, click!

And the emotionally unstable student across the aisle who had been incessantly clicking their pen since the start!

“Cough! Cough, cough, cough!”

From the student coughing their lungs out in the distance, as if they had asthma…

Flip! Flap!

To the show-off student who kept flipping their exam paper with exaggerated movements, as if to say, 『Look how fast I’m solving these!』

‘Ugh, this is so infuriating……!’

Indeed.

This 『Sejong University Science Certification Exam Hall (Virtual)』 was a place where all the most distracting and annoying test-taking students were gathered.

Kyung-joon had to overcome it all.

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