This time, there were a total of one hundred and twenty-nine participants in the writing competition.

The top ten will receive exquisite small gifts prepared by the organizers.

As soon as Bob sent over the results, they couldn’t wait to open them.

Han Zhan’s eyes swiftly scanned the list on the form, and soon he saw a familiar pen name.

[Sword Qi of Clear Autumn], ranked 120th.

Story review: Young man, is there only killing and being killed in your world?

Additional comment: Due to the first judge being injured in the eyes by the sword qi filling the article during reading, he has been urgently sent to the hospital for treatment, and ten points were deducted!

Han Zhan’s mouth slightly twitched, almost losing his composure, but fortunately, he managed to keep his expressions in check.

Otherwise, he was worried that an Xuanyuan Sword would be lodged on his forehead.

Regardless, Xiao Jin ranking 120th was also within expectations.

After all, she is a sword cultivator, almost a half martial artist, expecting a martial artist to play with words and ink, isn’t that purely fooling around?

Han Zhan’s gaze continued upward, and it didn’t take long before he found a second familiar pen name.

[Main Palace Lady], ranked 99th.

Story review: Too much scheming and intrigue, not in line with positive energy guidelines, not promoted nor encouraged.

Additional comment: It feels like watching a large palace intrigue drama, and it’s the kind without a paid unlock ending. Do you know how upsetting it is?

Youwei surprisingly ranked so far back, which Han Zhan did not expect.

He originally thought Xia Youwei, being a native of Deep Blue City, writing a story about her and Deep Blue, should at least have a higher ranking.

She must have watched too many palace intrigue dramas, tsk, palace intrigue dramas are indeed harmful!

Thinking of this, Han Zhan continued to scan towards the top of the list, with a large leap this time, and after a while, he saw the third familiar pen name.

[Energy Bricks], ranked 11th.

Story review: I don’t understand it, but I am greatly shocked.

Additional comment: The story has little to do with Deep Blue City overall, but its research value is extremely high and has been forwarded to the Great Xia Research Institute, with a dedicated research team to follow up.

Since this scientific achievement was first proposed in Deep Blue City, it fits the theme of Me and Deep Blue.

Tsk, so Siteng’s so-called "great work" actually means this.

So she spent half a day deriving an entirely new formula for kinetic energy? That’s truly her.

The organizers in Deep Blue City are also considerate, in order to give themselves a little glory and appease this scientific talent, they even ranked her 11th.

Being 11th is very calculated.

Firstly, there’s no reward for it, secondly, it’s just short of getting a reward, and the results aren’t too unsightly.

This point can be seen from the change in Shang Siteng’s expression.

At least her expression is much better than Xia Youwei’s and Gongyang Jin’s.

Shang Siteng is already 11th, and the pen names of Li Lingzhen and Nuannuan haven’t appeared yet, which excites them.

Could it be...

With uncertainty in his heart, Han Zhan continued to look upwards quickly, and sure enough, he saw the name [Time Thief]!

[Time Thief], ranked 2nd.

Story review: The author skillfully portrays different eras she has seen in Deep Blue City, making one feel as if they are traversing the river of time and witnessing the changes of the world.

Second place!

That little green tea Nuannuan, saying things like "Oh, sisters are amazing," ended up getting second herself?!

This feels like taking a test and telling your friend you did bad, while she says she did worse.

Then when the scores come out, she turns out to be the second in class!

That kind of feeling!

All at once, other people’s gazes at Nuannuan changed!

Except for Li Lingzhen.

She looked very excited.

Because after scanning from the end of the list, she hadn’t seen her name, so there’s no doubt, her name must appear at the top!

"I said it long ago, I’ve showcased ninety-nine percent of my strength, this crown of first place must be mine!"

"Hahaha... uh."

Li Lingzhen’s laughter abruptly stopped.

Because appearing at the top was not [1024], but another unfamiliar pen name, [October is Your Lie].

"This, this, this."

"It doesn’t make sense? How is this possible, did I write the wrong pen name?" Li Lingzhen looked confused, and everyone else was equally puzzled.

At this moment, Shang Siteng, who is most sensitive to numbers, suddenly spoke up:

"Did you notice, there’s only one hundred twenty-eight positions on the list."

"Didn’t we say before there were a total of one hundred twenty-nine participants in the competition? Why are there only one hundred twenty-eight rankings?"

"Stop guessing everyone." Xia Youwei pointed to the entrance, "The organizers are posting a notice, they seem to be announcing something."

Upon hearing her, everyone gathered around and finally saw the content on the notice board:

During this offline creation conference, an extremely bad situation occurred, an author with the pen name [1024] blatantly wrote a lot of censorable content, filth, vulgarity, morbid!

The author [1024] has been directly disqualified and blacklisted by us, and we reserve the right to pursue further accountability! We also remind all authors to take this as a precaution!

Han Zhan: "..."

Everyone: "..."

Well, the case is solved.

It wasn’t a wrong pen name, nor did they omit a work, but because Li Lingzhen’s work was blocked by the judges. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

This was also within expectations.

When Li Lingzhen said she utilized ninety-nine percent of her strength, Han Zhan realized this possibility, and it indeed manifested.

"Discrimination, this is dis—" Li Lingzhen’s voice of dissatisfied protest wasn’t finished before Han Zhan covered her mouth and pulled her aside.

"Be quiet, do you want others to discover that [1024] is your pen name and pursue you for accountability?"

With that said by Han Zhan, Li Lingzhen deflated.

Nuannuan was somewhat indignant, feeling she had written well enough, what story could surpass hers to take first place?

With curiosity, everyone looked at the first-ranked evaluation on the list.

[October is Your Lie], ranked first.

Story review: The writer, from a firsthand perspective, writes about his bravery and passion as a Combat Spirit Contract Master, the heartbreak of losing his lover in battle; about his return to Deep Blue City, becoming a City Guardian, decadent and drunk; about a new romance with a dancer girl. This is a story with a rather tragic tone.

Additional comment: With the most sincere heart, writing the most genuine story, first place genuinely deserved.

Plop.

It was the sound of a cup dropping to the floor.

After reading the top-ranked story’s evaluation, Han Zhan’s pupils suddenly contracted!