[Settlement complete. Congratulations, Xinglan, your performance in the annual assessment was flawless and impeccable. You have earned a huge amount of points and your latest ranking number has soared to 0002.]
“0002, huh… That’s even higher than I expected.”
Yun Ruoxi nodded in satisfaction.
Her initial points had a massive gap compared to 0001, and as long as the other party’s performance remained steady throughout the year, it was pretty unrealistic to overtake them based solely on the annual assessment.
You could even call it wishful thinking.
After all, she hadn’t even considered surpassing 0002 before; just the gap between her and that person alone was more than 2,000 points.
But looking at it now, either Beimeng or Dr. Forefinger must have given her extremely high marks.
Otherwise, there was no way a single battle could make up a 2,000 point difference.
Yun Ruoxi opened the Battle Camp leaderboard.
Moyuan, NO.1 — 14,241 points
Xinglan, NO.2 — 14,100 points
Gaoguang, NO.3 — 14,099 points
“Just one point… The difference is even smaller than I imagined!”
Such a coincidental gap made it hard for Yun Ruoxi not to suspect the Battle Camp’s higher-ups were intentionally manipulating the scores.
But it didn’t matter.
So long as she would eventually surpass 0001.
Looking further down, Yun Ruoxi noticed that most trainees in the Battle Camp had given themselves new names with just two characters.
It was probably influenced by the instructors’ naming style.
Still, there were a few with three or four characters, and one eccentric even gave themselves a six-character name.
[Name: Battle Camp Ge Ya]
Of course, the system quickly corrected it to “Ge Ya.”
Yun Ruoxi glanced at the top right corner, confirming Lin Zhen’s new name and ranking.
His number had jumped from 432 all the way up to 99, a clear sign the higher-ups recognized his final performance.
At least Yun Ruoxi’s earlier hardships weren’t for nothing.
But this new name…”Azhen? Why don’t you just call yourself A-zhen!”
Yun Ruoxi couldn’t help but chuckle inwardly at the random naming so true to the original story.
She knew it was because Lin Zhen had no attachment to the Battle Camp at all, his mind always on how to escape, so he just carelessly chose a name.
Yun Ruoxi closed the leaderboard and clicked into [Entertainment].
This section hadn’t been introduced in the original plot, so she was somewhat curious.
After all, in a place like Battle Camp, “entertainment” itself seemed out of place.
But after clicking in, she was greatly disappointed; the so-called entertainment was essentially like dungeons, letting her carry out assassination missions in various ways and places.
“No wonder it wasn’t mentioned in the original plot. With Lin Zhen’s personality, there’s no way he’d enjoy this kind of ‘murderous entertainment’… But I have to admit, it really fits Battle Camp’s style.”
Yun Ruoxi then clicked into the [Points Privileges] section.
This section did appear in the original plot; it was where one could use points to exchange for items.
But it was different from the place for redeeming daily necessities.
Here, the points spent didn’t affect your ranking.
But the points you could use here were only the extra reward points outside your basic ranking points.
Still, the things available for exchange here were truly top-notch.
Star Energy equipment, weapons, star arts, secret techniques, and martial arts, as well as advanced knowledge—everything was available.
With over five thousand years of legacy, the profound foundation of Battle Camp was fully displayed here.
Yun Ruoxi was too young to know how her own family’s heritage compared, but it was probably nothing like Battle Camp’s.
In fact, the breadth of things the trainees could exchange for here likely surpassed even what her family had.
“In the original plot, there were a lot of things to exchange here, but the required points were all really high. The only thing that could be considered cheap was advanced knowledge…”
Yun Ruoxi quickly skimmed through the exchange list, getting a rough idea of all the items available and confirming it matched the outline.
“Lin Zhen, with his ability, could craft equipment himself, so he exchanged for lots of powerful equipment blueprints. But knowledge isn’t much use for me… Star arts and secret techniques are better exchanged through the system.”
The knowledge granted by the popularity system could be directly understood and mastered, and the star arts and secret techniques exchanged through it were more stable and reliable.
From this perspective, for her, it was most worthwhile to directly exchange for equipment.
After roughly picking out a few things as future exchange targets, she exited the virtual space.
As soon as she took off her helmet, Aili’s voice rang out, as if she had been waiting the whole time:
“Sis, what name did you pick?”
Yun Ruoxi used her mind power to press down her stubborn ahoge, told her the new name “Xinglan,” and asked in return:
“What about you, Xiao Ai? Did you pick a name?”
“I haven’t yet, but I want something like yours…”
Aili thought for a moment, then her eyes lit up, “How about I go with Xingkui?”
“Not bad,” Yun Ruoxi nodded.
Anyway, Aili would eventually leave with the main cast. As long as the name wasn’t unpleasant, it was fine.
Besides, this so-called “new name” was more like a codename—just some trainees who believed they’d never leave Battle Camp fooling themselves.
“Now that things are settled, why not go look for Lin Zhen…”
There was no training task today; Battle Camp had deliberately given them the day off. Yun Ruoxi wasn’t sure what to do, so she decided to take Aili and try to get some screen time.
After Aili finished picking her name, the two of them went to the training room for Class Three, just in time to find the entire main cast present.
Yun Ruoxi naturally greeted everyone and smoothly introduced Aili into Lin Zhen’s little circle.
Lin Zhen and the others had already exchanged new names among themselves.
But now with Yun Ruoxi and Aili joining, they had to do it all over again.
“Xinglan? That’s much nicer than Azhen,” Kaiaosi interjected with a grin. “Just call me ‘Fengjun’ from now on.”
The others nodded quietly, except for Lin Zhen, who couldn’t help but complain with a helpless look:
“What’s wrong with Azhen…?”
“Everything’s wrong with it!” Kaiaosi immediately shot back.
The others then reported their new names one by one.
Zijiu was now Muxin, Yun Che became Yuying.
As for Anvil, since that was already his nickname, he just used Anvil as his new name.
Aside from Kaiaosi, the others’ naming sense was just as bad as in the original plot.
But it didn’t matter much; their ways of addressing each other remained unchanged.
“Xiaoxi, we were actually worried your mental state would be affected after you lost control, but it’s great to see you’re fine now.”
Lin Zhen’s tone carried lingering concern, but Yun Ruoxi’s reaction was a bit unexpected.
“Why did you all think something would be wrong with me?” She beamed with a radiant smile.
Kaiaosi hesitated, “Well… Maybe because you killed other trainees? After all, they’re technically comrades?”
“Or maybe losing control itself affects the mind?” Zijiu chimed in.
“You really were scary at that time.”
“Actually, not at all!” Yun Ruoxi glanced at Aili, her smile undiminished. “I did it to protect the people around me.”
“In the past… my strength was too weak.”
She raised her right hand, her gaze dimming for a moment before determination replaced it.
“But now I have power, so I will never allow anyone around me to get hurt right in front of me.”
“So at that moment, my resolve was stronger than ever, even if it meant getting my hands covered in blood.”