The teacher on the podium stared intently at Su Chen, the disgust in her eyes gradually turning into anger.
"Su Chen! What exactly do you want?!"
"Everyone is listening attentively, and you're just looking around and messing around!"
"And didn't I emphasize that speaking Common Language is not allowed in my class?!"
"Are you ignoring me?!"
the teacher demanded sharply.
Su Chen awkwardly scratched his head.
"Well, it was purely accidental. The thing is, that sentence was too complicated; I don't know how to say it in Seventh Language!"
Hearing Su Chen continue to argue in Common Language, the teacher became even more furious.
"You think you're right? How could you speak Seventh Language if you weren't even listening attentively?!"
"And you said Common Language again! You dare to speak Common Language?!"
The teacher's chest heaved with rage.
Su Chen ???
"No, you're the one asking me a question! It would be rude of me not to answer!"
"And what you just said is also problematic. What do you mean I can't speak the seventh language because I wasn't paying attention? It's clearly because you haven't taught us many words yet! Don't believe me? Let everyone answer, how do you say 'cramp' in the seventh language?"
"If they can say it, I'll immediately admit my mistake!"
Su Chen said confidently.
After saying this, the teacher was completely enraged by Su Chen's words!
She flicked her right hand and threw a
piece of chalk at Su Chen's head. But Su Chen was incredibly agile.
Without moving his body, he tilted his neck and dodged the chalk with style.
"You dare dodge?"
"Of course, I'm not stupid!"
Su Chen gave her a look as if she were an idiot.
At this moment, all the students' eyes were on Su Chen.
Everyone was dumbfounded by Su Chen.
Seriously, what kind of troublemaker is this kid?
He beat up classmates before entering school.
He argued with teachers in class.
Isn't he afraid of violating school rules and being punished?
The teacher stared at Su Chen silently for a few seconds, then took a deep breath.
He pointed at Su Chen.
"You, you're something else!"
"If you don't want to learn, then get to the back and stand there. Don't disturb the other students!"
With that, the teacher ignored Su Chen and continued lecturing. Seeing
this, Su Chen didn't argue.
Instead, he casually walked to the back of the classroom, leaned against the blackboard, and began to observe his classmates discreetly,
wondering if any more strange things would bother them.
Time passed slowly.
Suddenly, Su Chen felt his vision darken.
He turned to look out the window and saw the sun high in the sky, the sunlight bright and clear.
Su Chen was puzzled.
Why had the classroom darkened?
Just as he was pondering this question, a cold breath suddenly came from the back of his neck,
as if a ghost was breathing on him.
Goosebumps instantly rose on Su Chen's neck.
At the same time, two soft, snake-like black arms reached out from behind Su Chen and wrapped around his neck.
Like lovers deeply in love.
Holy crap?
What's going on?
Why is this weird thing targeting me?
Su Chen was startled and instinctively raised his hands, grabbing the two arms, trying to break free.
To his astonishment, he found the arms like iron clamps.
No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't budge them an inch.
Even more terrifying was that these arms, pressed against his neck, felt soft and warm.
But when he reached out and grasped them, they felt like millennia-old ice.
In an instant, Su Chen's hands were numb, devoid of feeling.
Seeing how strange these arms were, Su Chen quickly withdrew his hands and forcefully inserted his own arms between his neck and the strange arms.
Using his clothes to shield himself from the bitter cold, he strained his arms, desperately trying to pry open a gap in the blackboard.
But before Su Chen could even duck and escape,
several more arms emerged from the blackboard behind him.
These arms gently embraced his chest, abdomen, legs, and even his entire body,
making it impossible for him to break free.
And that wasn't all. Then, Su Chen felt the chill on the back of his neck intensify.
The next moment, a sinister voice rang in his ear.
"Little brother, you actually dared to disobey the teacher! You're so cool!"
"You're amazing, I really admire you."
Hearing this voice, Su Chen's scalp tingled instantly.
Damn it! How could a bad student be targeted by such a strange entity?
What kind of logic is this?
The rules didn't mention it!
Su Chen turned his head with difficulty.
He saw a beautifully drawn blackboard illustration.
It depicted a group of young men and women listening to their teacher's lecture in the sunlight.
However, at this moment, the figure of one of the girls was distorted.
Her once beautiful face was now a grotesque mask.
The corners of her mouth stretched upwards, dividing her entire face and reaching her upper ear.
Her arched eyebrows drooped over her cheeks.
Her body was utterly twisted.
A jumble of arms extended from every corner of her body,
even her ears sprouting slender arms.
These arms clung to Su Chen's body, appearing both eerie and intimate. When
Su Chen turned his head, the female ghost grinned
, revealing a radiant smile.
However, what
was revealed wasn't teeth
, but rather a row of neatly arranged eyes and a constantly waving black hand.
These eyes darted around wildly before fixing their gaze on Su Chen.
Simultaneously, the black hand gently caressed Su Chen's cheek.
Seeing this terrifying scene, Su Chen broke out in a cold sweat.
He couldn't understand which rule he had violated.
Fortunately, Su Chen was a man who had weathered many storms.
Even faced with this terrifying situation, he restrained the urge to use his trump cards.
After all, once some methods are used,
it's hard to back down.
So, he suppressed the strange feeling in his heart and continued to desperately struggle to break free from the restraints of those arms.
At this moment, the eerie voice spoke again.
"You're quite clever, knowing that studying is a harmful poison."
"Hahaha~ That's right! Only fools study, while clever people should be with us!"
"Come on, join us, from now on we'll be inseparable."
"Mmm~ Your body smells so good, I can't wait to melt into your chest."
The woman's arms tightened around Su Chen's body again,
dragging him towards the blackboard.
Correspondingly, Su Chen immediately felt the abnormality behind him.
The blackboard, which was originally hard, was now as soft as a swamp,
leaving him with no foothold .
The more he struggled, the deeper he sank.
Su Chen stumbled, his entire body slowly sinking into the interior of the blackboard.
At the same time, the classroom in his eyes became even darker,
as if a black veil had covered his eyes.
Through the black veil, he looked at the backs of his classmates, and a deep sense of doubt welled up in his heart.
Couldn't they hear the eerie sound?
Was he the only one who could hear it?
Otherwise, why were they able to concentrate on the lesson so much?
As Su Chen pondered these questions, he suddenly noticed the teacher's expression.
She was smiling.
She was smiling at him!
In that instant, Su Chen realized something.
It wasn't that he had broken the rules and attracted the monster.
It was this petty language teacher who was behind it all!
He had argued with her a few times, which might have provoked this woman's murderous intent.
If that were the case, it would be troublesome.
He would be caught in a dilemma.
Using his trump cards, such as the paper doll, would inevitably attract the attention of the teacher and the monster.
There was a high probability that he would have to directly confront all his enemies in a peak battle.
If he won by brute force, everyone would be happy. If
he lost by brute force, he would be doomed.
But if he didn't use his trump cards,
and was dragged into the blackboard by this thirsty female monster, Su Chen felt that wasn't a good thing either.
Losing his virginity was a small matter; losing his life was a big deal.
As Su Chen pondered and struggled, half of his body was already embedded in the blackboard.
Seeing that the situation had reached a point where he had to make a choice,
Su Chen finally steeled his heart, opened the system space, and
prepared to flip the table and quit.
Just then, Su Chen suddenly felt a pang of surprise, realizing something was amiss. Something
was wrong. The students' inability to hear the strange words could perhaps be explained by some mystical explanations.
But he had struggled for so long,
making quite a bit of noise.
Why couldn't they hear him either?
Why hadn't anyone turned around?
Thinking this, a conjecture instantly formed in Su Chen's mind.
To verify this conjecture, Su Chen directly gave the paper figures a command:
"Gently pat Babu and the others."
The paper figures obediently
followed Su Chen's instructions and began patting Babu and the others again.
The next moment, a smile appeared on Su Chen's lips.
It turned out he hadn't attracted anything strange.
Rather, he had been hypnotized by his teacher and entered an illusion.
Because, after the paper figures patted him, Su Chen hadn't seen Babu and the others turn to look at him.
In other words, everything he saw was an illusion constructed by his teacher.
Furthermore, there was another strong piece of evidence:
during the lesson earlier, the teacher had hypnotized Su Chen's secondary mind.
Keep in mind, Su Chen was a young man with a mental strength of 17 points.
Even he fell for it, and the teacher had just hypnotized an entire class.
That meant the teacher's hypnotic skills were definitely not weak.
So, constructing such an illusion wasn't outrageous.
Having figured this out, Su Chen looked at the teacher again through the black veil.
Seeing the mocking smile on her lips, he simply gave up struggling
and let himself be pulled into the blackboard.
As for why he wasn't worried about dying from being trapped inside,
it was simple.
First, since it was an illusion, it was safe to assume the teacher had no intention of killing him.
Second, after calming down, Su Chen discovered a logical flaw.
According to the rules, the academy's main goal was to encourage students to study hard.
And the students were punished for failing exams.
This meant the teacher had no reason to kill him simply for not paying attention in class.
She could have waited until after the exams and used the school rules to eliminate him.
Why bother with such a charade?
Furthermore, this conjecture was supported by evidence within the rules.
[Please listen attentively in class and don't daydream. When the teacher asks you a question, please try your best to answer correctly, as this affects your grade.]
Not paying attention in class will negatively impact your grade.
This means the teacher won't directly kill off a poor student.
All judgment will come during the exam.
Because of this, Su Chen instantly saw through the teacher's intentions.
She was scaring him.
She was using this method to force him to study harder in the future.
What teachers want is for students to study diligently!
This is the logical chain that can be closed!
Having figured this out, Su Chen was no longer afraid.
He simply gave up, letting the "weirdness" drag him into the blackboard.
As for the female ghost embracing him, he pretended not to see her.
He ignored the piercing screams.
As his entire body sank into the blackboard,
the scene before him began to become increasingly abstract.
The number of students in the class increased dramatically.
Many students' figures even overlapped.
Watching everyone listening to the lecture and taking notes, Su Chen's eyes narrowed slightly.
The students' handwriting was completely different from the Seventh Language.
Instead, it corresponded to the six languages he had found in his desk drawer.
In other words, the students he saw were from previous years.
The teacher was deliberately showing him past scenes to increase his fear.
The next moment, the scene before Su Chen changed again.
He saw a large number of students sitting obediently at their desks, diligently answering their exam questions.
But soon, one student stood up.
He shouted desperately at the podium.
"I don't know! I really don't know!"
As soon as he finished speaking, his entire body swelled up like a balloon. His
round belly writhed incessantly.
With a soft "pop,"
his belly split open.
A distorted human head emerged from within.
It grinned at the student,
revealing a mouthful of sharp teeth.
"I know! I'll teach you!"
With that, another arm sprouted from the head.
The arm snatched the pen from the student's hand and began scribbling on the exam paper.
"You write really well,"
the student said blankly.
"Of course, but one hand isn't enough; I need another,"
the distorted head said.
"Okay, as long as you help me with the exam, I'll do whatever you say."
"Then I won't be polite."
The head grinned.
The next moment, the student's body began to twist violently.
Arms of various shapes sprouted from all sorts of bizarre locations on his body.
Some grew from his legs, some from his buttocks, and even some from his elbows.
Before long, the student was no longer human.
At the same time, his flesh and bones began to rot.
Large amounts of red and green fluid dripped onto the ground.
As the flesh and bones decayed,
the student's figure grew shorter and shorter,
eventually turning into a disgusting lump of mud.
Within the pulp, numerous twisted arms swung incessantly.
These arms then snatched the exam papers from the table, dipped their fingers in the pulpy fluid on the ground, and began scrambling to answer questions on the papers.
Watching this scene, Su Chen felt nauseous. He
almost vomited.
He quickly turned his head to look towards the back door.
What he saw made him jump again.
The homeroom teacher had appeared at the back door.
Su Chen's gaze met the teacher's directly.
Inanna's beautiful eyes were filled with excitement.
Then, her face began to contort. The corners of her
mouth spread upwards,
and her eyebrows drooped downwards.
It suddenly resembled the "female ghost" in the blackboard poster.
Finally, it grinned widely at Su Chen.
However, before Su Chen could even see the eyeballs filling its mouth,
the teacher's words from the podium suddenly reached Su Chen's ears.
"Su Chen, after reflecting for so long, have you realized your mistake?"
As the teacher's voice rang out,
the terrifying images shattered.
Bright sunlight once again filled the classroom.
Many students turned to look at Su Chen.
But Su Chen didn't rush to answer the teacher.
Instead, he kept looking towards the back door.
Because Inanna was indeed standing outside the back window.
Her eyes gleamed with curiosity as she stared intently at him.
Looking at her delicate face, Su Chen unconsciously recalled the distorted face he had seen earlier.
When did she appear here?
Was it after I fell into a hallucination?
Was the face I saw in my hallucination really hers?
Could it be that I wasn't hypnotized by the language teacher,
but by Inanna instead?
While pondering these questions, the teacher's voice rang out again.
"Su Chen, I'm asking you a question. Have you realized your mistake?"
Su Chen's thoughts were interrupted. He turned to look at the teacher and nodded casually.
Seeing this, the teacher's expression softened.
"Very good, since you've realized your mistake, I'll ask you a question. If you can answer it, I'll let you go back to your seat."
"Come on, translate this in the seventh language. I promise I'll study hard from now on."
Hearing the teacher's question, Su Chen didn't rush to answer.
Instead, he glanced at Inanna again out of the corner of his eye.
Seeing that she was still staring at him,
Su Chen felt a sudden discomfort.
Why was she staring at him?
What had he done to pique her interest?
Finally, Su Chen steeled himself and decided to test Inanna.
This person was too strange. He
felt he would suffer greatly if he didn't understand her psychology.
So he ignored the teacher's question and remained silent.
Seeing Su Chen's attitude, the teacher became even more displeased.
She spoke again sternly.
"Are you mute? Why aren't you speaking? Quickly translate this sentence!"
Su Chen raised an eyebrow and said decisively.
"I don't know."
Upon hearing this, the teacher's face darkened further.
She raised her right hand, pointing at Su Chen,
and began to curse.
"Su Chen! Is that a head on your neck? You're just a blockhead!"
"You can't even do something this simple! Aren't you ashamed? If I were you, I would have smashed my head against a wall long ago!"
"Also, how many times have I emphasized that we're not allowed to use the common language in my class? Don't you understand?"
Looking at the other person's angry expression, Su Chen observed Inanna
while flashing a smile at the teacher.
"Hey, are you out of your mind?"
"I've been silent for ages, it's obvious I don't know!"
"And you keep asking, forcing me to speak."
"I told you I don't know in Common, and then you started nagging me about not speaking Common."
"Fine, tell me, how am I supposed to tell you I don't know?"
"Should I use sign language? Can you even understand that?"
After these words, the entire room fell silent again.
The students were shocked a second time.
Wow!
Su Chen is a real man!
He actually dared to confront the teacher head-on.
And how dare he break the rules?
Doesn't the rule require answering the teacher's questions?
Isn't Su Chen afraid of dying?
In fact, Su Chen really wasn't afraid.
Because the chosen ones had all overlooked one point.
That is, the rule says to try to answer the teacher's questions.
And in context, the rule says it will affect the participation grade.
It won't trigger any other serious consequences.
So Su Chen naturally dared to use this rule to test Inanna's attitude towards him.
At the same time, the teacher on the podium was once again trembling with anger at Su Chen.
Pointing at Su Chen, she stammered "you" for ages, unable to utter a single complete sentence.
Seeing this, Su Chen pressed on.
"And what kind of garbage language is that lousy seventh language you teach? It's complicated, inefficient, and you just gibberish all over the place. Doesn't your tongue get tired?"
"How about this, you come down and listen to the lecture, and I'll go up and be the teacher. I'll give you a simple language, guaranteed to be more reliable than your garbage."
"And it'll be perfect for people like you who are bad at speaking."
After saying this, the teacher's blood pressure skyrocketed.
She slammed her hand on the podium with a loud bang, denting the
solid surface .
"Su Chen! You good-for-nothing scoundrel! I hereby declare that your participation points are gone! Zero!"
Su Chen didn't care.
He casually nodded and walked to his seat.
He plopped down comfortably and started rocking the chair.
"Did I tell you to go back to your seat?"
the teacher continued to roar.
Su Chen rolled his eyes.
"No way, are you out of your mind today? My grades are all zero, why would I even bother with you?"
Hearing this, the teacher was speechless.
After a long silence, she said angrily,
"Su Chen, you wait, I'll definitely tell your homeroom teacher what happened today, and you'll be punished!"
"Okay, I got it."
Su Chen picked at his ear, put on a nonchalant expression, and said in a cocky tone.The teacher 's portrayal of a struggling student was incredibly convincing.
He took a deep breath, suppressing his anger.
He then ignored Su Chen and continued lecturing.
Su Chen, seeing this, turned his head and looked confidently at Inanna outside the door.
He was now eager to know how Inanna would "punish" him. He
hoped that through these punishments, he could deduce some information.
However, to his surprise,
Inanna wasn't angry like the teacher.
Instead, she smiled slightly at Su Chen and mouthed a sentence:
"Listen to the lesson, don't cause trouble."
Su Chen was stunned.
After a few seconds of stunned silence, he turned his head, his expression turning grim. Something
was very wrong.
Why wasn't she angry?
Because of the strange blood he provided?
Because of his bizarre behavior?
Or some other reason?
It couldn't be because of his face!
Lost in thought about these questions, before Su Chen could figure anything out,
the bell rang.
The teacher first wrote the homework on the blackboard, then glared angrily at Su Chen before striding out of the classroom.
After the teacher left, the class instantly became lively.
Many NPC students were discussing Su Chen,
with several even pointing and whispering about him.
In this atmosphere, the two Chosen Ones who had been beaten up by Su Chen, knowing he wouldn't retaliate, took the opportunity to vent their resentment towards him.
"What a loser! He can't even answer such a simple question. So embarrassing,"
Seiko said with disdain.
"Exactly, he's rubbish. No wonder he ended up in a lousy school and even got expelled."
"Ha, forget back then, even now, I reckon he'll be expelled from the academy in a few days." "
That's right, daring to talk back to the teacher, he's incredibly audacious."
"Some people are just so stupid, they don't know how to assess the situation! Do they really think they can do whatever they want just because they're powerful? Little do they know there are always people more capable than them, and the sky's the limit! The more arrogant they are, the faster they'll die!"
"Brother, insightful. I think some of these arrogant people probably won't live long."
...
Just as these two were venting their frustrations, the other members of the study group joined in.
With more people around, the two became bolder.
Their language became even more vulgar.
If they weren't afraid of breaking the rules, they would have even pointed at Su Chen and cursed him.
At this moment, Arik, sitting next to Su Chen, couldn't hold back any longer.
He stood up abruptly, clenched his fist, and prepared to beat up those two idiots again.
But Su Chen grabbed him.
"What are you up to now, kid?"
"They've been insulting you, so I'm going to beat them up for you to vent your anger!"
the bear said, rubbing his fist.
Su Chen rolled his eyes.
"What they said makes a lot of sense, why did you hit them?"
Arik was dumbfounded.
Someone insulted him, and he said they were right?
Su Chen narrowed his eyes and smiled slightly.
"Because I share their views, I also think some arrogant people won't live long."
Hearing this, Arik's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly.
"You're planning to kill them both? When are you going to do it? Take me with you!"
Su Chen went up and slapped him.
"When did I say I was going to kill them? I beg you, stop thinking!"
Arik was stunned, and Babu and the others were also dumbfounded.
If you're not going to do it, why would they die?
Among the bewildered crowd, only Estelle frowned and asked.
"You think the Strange One is about to make a move?"
Su Chen shook his head.
"It's not weird, it's just that the teachers are about to take action."
"Why?"
"Think about it, the teachers' goal is to help us study hard, but then a troublemaker appears in the class, never studying properly and disrupting others. To prevent everyone from following in their footsteps, what do you think they'll do?"
"Punish the troublemaker, make an example of him? Shoot the nail that sticks out?"
Estelle said uncertainly.
Su Chen nodded.
"That's right, but you've overlooked one point: that troublemaker knows his limits, only causing trouble but not breaking the rules. So what should the teachers do?"
Hearing this, the girl fell into deep thought.
Su Chen waited a while, seeing that Estelle didn't speak.
He knew she was getting stuck on the wrong idea.
So he simply revealed the mystery directly.
"It's simple, let's make an example of them!"
"Use some unlucky ones to intimidate the whole class."
"As long as we can use strong methods to directly scare everyone and make them see the consequences of not studying, what does it matter if the troublemakers die or not?"
After saying this, Estelle suddenly understood.
At the same time, her gaze towards Su Chen became even more admiring.
"So, the teachers' counterattack is about to come? And it's aimed at the idiots?"
"Most likely."
"Master, are you a monster? How did you come up with all this?"
Estelle's face was full of complicated expressions.
Su Chen chuckled when
he saw this. "It's all just random guessing, it might not be right, just take it as a joke."
However, soon, Su Chen's words really came true.
As the class bell rang, a man walked into the classroom.
"Hello everyone, I am your math teacher."
"Today, we're having an entrance exam!"
the man said to the whole class.
Then he grinned, revealing a mouthful of neat, white teeth.
Upon hearing the math teacher's words, all the students' faces changed.
An entrance exam?
Are you kidding me!
We haven't even had a math class yet!
Given the usual practices of your lousy school,
who knows what kind of math problems you'll give?
What if you give us a weird problem about counting hands and feet in a cage with a person? How are we supposed
to solve that? And most importantly, they haven't forgotten the school rules.
Being in the bottom five twice in a row will most likely get them killed.
Panic immediately gripped everyone, filled with worry.
However, Su Chen's underlings
were relatively calm. Having been warned beforehand, although they were also panicked, they managed to maintain a semblance of composure.
They turned to Su Chen, seeking his advice.
Su Chen smiled back at them.
Then, he mouthed to everyone, "Don't panic, just watch out for the little paper doll."
Seeing the students' panic, the teacher on the stage smiled even more broadly.
His gleaming white teeth, under the sunlight, appeared sharp and dazzling.
Immediately afterward, he picked up the exam papers from the podium and distributed them to the students in the front row, gesturing for them to pass them to the back.
As the papers were distributed,
a strange thing happened.
Each time a student received a paper, a black, semi-transparent light screen would rise from the ground around their desk,
isolating them
like a small cubicle.
Others looking through the screen could only see the outline of the person;
the exam paper on the desk was impossible to discern.
It seemed this was the academy's method to prevent cheating.
Soon after, Su Chen also received his paper.
A corresponding light screen rose as well.
Su Chen didn't rush to investigate whether the screen had any bugs, nor did he hurry to look at the contents of the paper.
Instead, he closed his eyes and recalled the rules:
"Exams are serious, tense, exciting, sad, and unexpected. Exams are very important to you; please take them seriously."
This rule was written very abstractly.
At first, Su Chen didn't pay much attention to it.
But when he actually received the paper, this rule was the first one that came to mind.
Exams truly are unpredictable!
After being proven true in reality, this rule suddenly became quite interesting.
So, what do seriousness, tension, excitement, and sadness represent?
Tension is relatively easy to understand.
But what do excitement and sadness represent?
Does it mean there are rewards for good grades and punishments for bad ones?
And what does seriousness represent ?
Taking exams seriously and not cheating?
If so, wouldn't that conflict with the fourth rule?
Su Chen remembered that the fourth rule was about using any means necessary to achieve good grades.
After thinking it over, Su Chen came to a rough guess.
The so-called "any means necessary" might not necessarily mean cheating.
Perhaps it refers to some more ruthless methods.
As for the seriousness of exams, there's another interpretation:
if students don't take exams seriously, then the proctor might have to take them seriously.
Understanding this, Su Chen glanced at the teacher on the podium and narrowed his eyes. "
You're smiling so brightly, are you trying to establish your authority by killing someone?"
Taking a deep breath, Su Chen blocked out these thoughts and began to focus on reading the contents of the test paper.
The entire text of this math test paper was written in the Seventh Language.
However, the actual math problems were unusually simple.
It was mostly addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division below 1000.
Even elementary school students could easily handle it.
Frankly, calling this a language test would be more accurate.
After reading the test, Su Chen smiled.
It seemed his guess was right; after the language teacher recounted Su Chen's "troublemaker" deeds, the teachers decided to use a test to curb the students' arrogance.
This test, written in the Seventh Language, was truly designed to punish.
Any student who hadn't paid attention in class, or who lacked comprehension or intelligence,
was guaranteed to be unable to understand the test. They
would undoubtedly perform poorly.
For example, Meng En, the chosen one from the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Islands, was completely dumbfounded.
When he received the test and discovered the text was in the Seventh Language, his test-taking syndrome kicked in.
His brain went blank, and he completely forgot what he had learned in the previous lesson.
Looking at the tadpole-like characters on the test paper, he broke out in a cold sweat.
However, the more anxious he became, the less his mind worked.
And his thoughts were starting to become muddled.
Even the few characters he recognized before now seemed uncertain to him.
Overall, he was completely terrified by the exam.
Just then, Inanna walked into the classroom.
After greeting the math teacher at the podium, she pulled up a chair and sat at the back of the classroom.
It seemed she was there to proctor the exam for the math teacher.
Su Chen turned to look at her in surprise, seeing that she had coincidentally sat down right under the blackboard.
And directly above her head was the little girl who had just been twisted into a bizarre shape.
Su Chen felt increasingly uneasy.
Was it all a coincidence?
Seeing Su Chen turn and stare at her, Inanna smiled at him.
Then, she mouthed silently,
"Do your best on the exam. I'll be angry if you don't do well."
Su Chen nodded blankly,
turning his gaze back to the exam paper.
At the same time, the math teacher at the podium spoke.
"The exam is now officially starting. The exam duration is one hour. Please answer the questions carefully."
"If you finish the exam paper before the end and have checked it carefully, you may choose to submit it early."
"Because if you and someone else get the same score, your ranking will be determined by the time you submit your paper."
As the teacher finished speaking, everyone felt a jolt.
Ties based on submission time?
Many people became nervous.
After all, with such simple questions, it was very possible that everyone except a very few would get full marks.
Therefore, the submission time became crucial.
So everyone quickly picked up their pens and began answering rapidly.
However, correspondingly, the chosen one of the Ten Thousand Islands Kingdom, Meng En, became increasingly nervous.
Large beads of sweat kept appearing on his forehead, which he wiped several times with his sleeve but could never dry.
Looking at the exam paper in front of him, he felt that the handwriting was beginning to distort.
He couldn't understand a single word.
Then, he even involuntarily imagined terrifying scenes of what would happen if he got the lowest score.
The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became; the more frightened he became, the more nervous he got; and the more
nervous he got, the less he could answer. He stared at the exam paper for five minutes, unable to answer a single question.
Just as he was about to give up in despair, he remembered the rules:
"For your own sake, please obtain excellent exam results by any means necessary."
By any means necessary?
Yes, by any means necessary!
To survive, I must get good grades!
A ruthless glint flashed in Meng En's eyes.
He first tried to peek at the exam papers of his classmates through the semi-transparent screen.
He quickly gave up
, as the screen made it impossible to read the text.
Seeing that copying was impossible, he had a sudden inspiration and turned his attention to his notebook in his desk drawer.
It contained his notes from the previous class; by referring to those notes, he could understand the exam paper.
Without hesitation,
Meng En glanced at the math teacher on the podium, then furtively reached his left hand into the drawer and pulled the notebook out slightly.
Taking advantage of the teacher's absence, Meng En quickly looked down at the notes.
Soon, he found the answers he needed.
At that moment, he felt a sense of clarity.
Looking at the questions on the exam paper, his confidence soared.
Meng En picked up his pen and began answering the questions rapidly, referring to the translation in his notes.
The tens of thousands of viewers on the island nation of Blue Star finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"I was so scared! I thought that idiot Meng En was going to fail his first exam. Thankfully, he's not completely stupid."
"Meng En did well. The process was a bit bumpy, but the result was good."
"Look at the corner of the live stream, Su Chen is just staring at the exam paper without answering. Does he not understand the text either?"
"Definitely! That slacker was busy arguing with the teacher last class, didn't listen to anything, and didn't even take notes. It would be a miracle if he could understand the exam."
"Hahaha, this was so satisfying! It hit Su Chen's weak spot. He's so arrogant, isn't he? He's so cocky! Let him be arrogant in the exam too!"
"Awesome! I've disliked Su Chen for a long time! Now I finally got my revenge!"
...
Seeing that their team was out of danger, the viewers from the island nation immediately turned their anger towards Su Chen.
After suffering so many setbacks, finally seeing Su Chen fail again, they naturally picked up their keyboards and unleashed their fury.
Just then, a well-known jinx from China entered the Wan Island Kingdom's live stream.
"Seeing you guys having so much fun arguing, I thought I'd check it out. What country are you from? Oh, Wan Island Kingdom! That's a nice name. The background music started playing as soon as I entered."
"Um, let me pluck your heart, and try to melt it slowly..."
"Ugh, I'm starting to shiver from singing it myself. Forget it, I'm not staying in your live stream anymore, it's bad luck."
After posting this, the jinx left the live stream,
leaving behind a bunch of bewildered Wan Island Kingdom viewers.
After a few seconds of silence, someone posted a comment:
"When our Chosen One had his heart ripped out of the building, didn't this person also post these lyrics?"
Upon seeing this comment, the Wan Island Kingdom viewers felt a chill.
Oh no, could it be a second time?!
Damn it, why is China using causal weapons?!
Just as they were filled with fear, a change actually occurred in the live stream.
Meng En was engrossed in flipping through his notes, searching for the translation of the last question.
He quickly found the answer, and a happy smile spread across his face.
However, just as he was about to write down his answer,
a delicate hand pressed down on his test paper.
Meng En froze, looking up in confusion.
There stood Inanna, her radiant smile.
Seeing her face, Meng En instinctively panicked.
Taking advantage of Meng En's momentary lapse in concentration, Inanna reached out with her other hand and pulled the notebook from his desk drawer.
"You were cheating, weren't you?"
she asked with a smile, slamming the notebook on the table.
Meng En involuntarily shivered.
"I...I, I didn't,"
Inanna stammered, her smile widening.
She raised her left hand and gently pressed it against Meng En's head.
"But I saw you cheating. Lying isn't a good thing."
Meeting the smiling gaze of his homeroom teacher, Meng En felt his heart pounding faster and faster.
His heart was pounding with panic.
Finally, he timidly said,
"I...I only glanced at it, teacher, I'm sorry, I'll never do it again."
Inanna gently patted his head.
"It's good to admit your mistakes and correct them, but you also have to bear the consequences of your wrongdoings. Come on, tell me, what punishment do you want?"
Hearing this, Meng En was even more frightened.
His heart was pounding wildly, as if it would jump out of his chest.
At the same time, through the other person's clear eyes, Meng En felt as if he were seeing mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
Countless bones and rotting flesh piled up like mountains.
Blood surged and converged into a sea.
These mountains and seas pressed down on him, and he felt an unbearable tightness in his chest, unable to breathe. He
couldn't even utter a cry for mercy.
Just then, a sinister, indistinguishable male or female laugh flashed through his mind.
"Hey, you're really stupid, how did you get caught cheating?"
"Wow, you're going to be punished by the teacher, aren't you scared?"
Hearing this voice, Meng En couldn't help but shudder.
The supernatural had arrived?
Was he going to die?
Meng En was filled with despair.
"You're in despair? You think you're going to die?"
the shrill voice said.
"You can hear my thoughts?"
Meng En was shocked.
"Of course, and besides, it's not me who's going to kill you, it's your dear teacher who's going to kill you."
"You won't kill me?"
"Yes, what, you don't believe me?"
the supernatural asked.
Meng En didn't answer, clearly not believing it.
What supernatural being doesn't kill?
"Believe it or not, it doesn't matter anymore, because you're about to die. Your heart is beating so fast, your body has reached its limit."
"Soon, you'll explode with a bang, like a dazzling firework. How about that, exciting?"
This time, Meng En was startled again.
Am I really going to die?
No!
I don't want to die!
I haven't lived enough!
"You don't want to die? In that case, how about I take pity on you and save you?"
"Really?"
"Of course, as long as you beg me, I'll help calm your heart that's about to explode."
Hearing this, Meng En felt like he had grasped a lifeline.
So he quickly begged for help.
A whole bunch of humble, flattering words poured out like they were free.
The eerie creature listened with a chuckle.
"Alright, alright, I'll help you now."
The eerie creature let out a sharp laugh.
As the words fell, Meng En's body began to change.
His abdomen began to writhe violently, like a pupa.
Then his belly ruptured, splattering out a pool of black liquid.
Two long, slender arms emerged from his abdomen.
These arms rose and gently caressed his chest,
as intimately as lovers, soothing his restless heart.
With each touch, Meng En felt a refreshing current flow into his soul,
an indescribable comfort .
"Thank you!"
Meng En thought to himself.
"You're welcome, it's something I enjoy doing too,"
the eerie figure chuckled.
But before Meng En could say anything more
, the two arms, fingers like knives, plunged into his chest cavity without warning.
Before those dark hands, his ribs felt as fragile as paper.
Then, the arms slowly withdrew from Meng En's chest.
And along with the hands, a heart that had ceased to beat appeared.
"See, I've calmed your heart, you should be happy,"
the eerie figure laughed gleefully.
Unfortunately, Monen could no longer answer.
His large eyes stared blankly at Inanna's.
There was no life in them.
Seeing this, Inanna smiled slightly and withdrew her hand from his head.
Then she shifted her gaze to Monen's abdomen.
Looking at the arms clutching his heart, she coldly said,
"Get lost." As soon as
she finished speaking, the two arms, like mice before a cat,
vanished into the ground, clutching the heart.
At the same time, an announcement from the highest rules appeared before all the Chosen Ones.
[Monen, the Chosen One of the Myriad Islands Kingdom, has died first. Based on the overall assessment, the Myriad Islands Kingdom's national fortune has been reduced by 15 points, currently remaining at 40 points.]
[The physical fitness of all citizens of the Myriad Islands Kingdom has decreased by 10%.]
However, this obvious and dazzling announcement did not attract the attention of the Chosen Ones.
Their gazes were firmly fixed on Monen.
Caught cheating, killed?
From their perspective, it was entirely Inanna who had discovered Monen's cheating.
Then, Meng En's heart was ripped out by a strange arm.
It seems the fourth rule, which advocates getting good grades by any means necessary, might not actually be about cheating.
After all, exams are serious!
Everyone quickly snapped back to reality.
They realized that breaking the rules could mean death at any moment.
Therefore, their math exam rankings became paramount.
To avoid being the unlucky ones,
these students immediately forgot about Meng En's death, lowered their heads again, and began carefully answering and checking their work.
What do I care if others die!
My own life is the most valuable!
Soon, several top students stood up, rushed to the podium, and handed their exam papers to the teacher.
The teacher nodded after receiving the papers.
"You can leave now. There are signs downstairs; you can follow them to the cafeteria for lunch."
"Also, don't be late for class this afternoon,"
the math teacher said kindly.
The top students nodded, politely thanked the teacher, and left the classroom.
Soon, Saike and his friends finished the exam.
They eagerly rushed to the podium and handed in their papers.
This time, the teacher didn't say anything, just nodded and waved,
signaling them to leave quickly so as not to disturb other students.
Saike and the others obediently complied.
However, as they left, Saike glanced back at Su Chen.
Seeing Su Chen sitting upright, staring blankly at the exam paper,
a smile crept onto his face.
Once outside, their deliberately loud conversation could be heard in the corridor.
"Hahaha, someone's in for it! He didn't pay attention in class last time, now he's doomed!"
"Hilarious! In their language, it's called 'the show-off always gets screwed'!"
"Looking forward to the results! I really want to see his face!"
"What will he look like? Definitely snow-white! Even dead people look pale!"
"Don't talk nonsense, he'll only die after two consecutive last-place finishes. What if he feels ashamed and starts studying harder?"
someone said sarcastically.
"Then he'll realize that even if a slacker tries hard, he can't learn anything! Then he'll get another last-place finish in despair!"
"Hahaha, this is so satisfying! I'm going to eat two extra bowls of rice for lunch today!"
...
The voices grew softer and softer, gradually disappearing into the corridor.
Listening to these words, Su Chen smiled helplessly.
Some people, how can they be so carefree?
How can they be so naive?
Don't they find it strange?
A math test on addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division? That's child's play.
Yes, indeed, this exam also included the seventh language.
Even so, the difficulty wasn't too high.
Unless someone like Meng En, whose mind goes blank during exams
, everyone else should be fine.
Wouldn't that mean the whole class would get full marks?
Was it really just a competition to see who handed in their paper first?
Su Chen shook his head. He didn't think the Supreme Rules would arrange such an absurd assessment.
There must be some shady dealings he hadn't figured out yet.
Thinking of this, he looked up at the podium.
The math teacher was flipping through the submitted papers.
As he turned each page, the teacher's smile faded, turning somewhat gloomy.
Even through the semi-transparent screen, Su Chen could tell the teacher wasn't happy.
Su Chen frowned.
Why was the teacher unhappy?
After thinking it over, there was only one possibility.
It was known that teachers wanted students to study hard and get good grades.
So, the reason for their anger was likely that the students' exam papers were a mess.
If that was the case, things got interesting.
These top students couldn't possibly be unable to do basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, could they?
And even if a few people did misread the question and wrote down the wrong answer,
it's impossible for all of them to make a mistake!
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Judging from the teacher's expression, Su Chen deduced that everyone's exam papers were a complete mess.
From this, Su Chen could deduce that there was a deep trap hidden in these simple math problems.
Perhaps the way math was calculated in this strange world was different from that on Earth!
Realizing this, Su Chen suddenly felt anxious.
If that were the case, wouldn't they be doomed?
The Chosen Ones were newcomers, none of them had ever encountered the mathematical system of Eden Academy.
Who knew how to calculate it?
What if one plus one equals three?
After racking his brains for a long time, Su Chen still couldn't figure it out.
He even signaled to the officials to think of a solution.
If the officials had any clues, please let him know immediately.
The result was that the officials remained silent.
Completely clueless, they didn't know what to do either.
Finally, with only fifteen minutes left before the papers were due,
Su Chen's eyes involuntarily swept over the native students.
His eyes lit up, and he inwardly cursed himself for being an idiot.
If anyone truly understood Eden Academy's mathematical calculation system, then that person would undoubtedly be them!
Having grasped this, Su Chen focused his attention on these individuals, searching for clues.
Due to the light barrier, he couldn't see the trajectory of their pens.
However, he could barely discern their body movements.
He saw a student finish a problem, put down his pen,
and begin counting on his fingers.
Watching this person's finger-counting motion, Su Chen's pupils suddenly contracted.
Something was wrong. Why was he only using one hand's fingers to count?
The other hand was only using his thumb to count knuckles?
Like a fortune teller.
Thinking this, Su Chen's body jolted.
A fortune teller?
Right, why did fortune tellers count knuckles instead of using their fingers?
The answer was simple.
Because fortune tellers needed to calculate the 12 Earthly Branches.
And a human hand, excluding the constantly counting thumb, has exactly twelve knuckles.
This was the most convenient way to count.
At this, Su Chen's eyes instantly brightened.
He discovered the trickery in these math problems and understood why all the previous chosen ones had failed.
It was because mathematics on Earth was based on a decimal system.
The system here was clearly different.
How could those fools not make mistakes when answering the questions according to Earth's calculation method?
It's like the relationship between a sexagesimal and decimal system.
11 = 61. It would
be strange if the chosen ones didn't make mistakes.
As for the system used in the supernatural world, Su Chen now completely understood.
It wasn't a base-12 system.
Because if it were a base-12 system, the other person, like a fortune teller, could use only one hand.
There was no need to use both hands.
Combining the movements of the other hand, the answer was obvious.
A base-60 system!
One hand has twelve knuckles, the other five fingers.
With this combination, one could count to 60!
Having solved this mystery, Su Chen turned his attention back to the exam paper.
The exam paper was very cunning.
All the numbers at first glance appeared to be decimal.
There was nothing unusual about it.
And this was the biggest anomaly. "
Burying your head in the sand!"
Su Chen smiled, picked up a pen, and began rapidly filling in the exam paper.
At the same time, he gave the little paper figures an instruction:
"Write these characters on Babu and the others, base-60."
The little paper figures were very obedient.
Upon receiving the instruction, they immediately began repeatedly writing these characters in Babu and the others' pockets.
Before long, Babu and the others' eyes cleared.
They understood the principle.
So they all buried themselves in calculations.
Only Alik, that simpleton, showed a clear lack of intelligence.
He simply couldn't figure it out.
Fortunately, Su Chen knew this simpleton very well.
Su Chen was still considerate of his not-so-bright little brother.
So, at Su Chen's instruction, the little paper figure began repeatedly writing Su Chen's answers on Alik's thigh.
This time Alik understood.
"I can copy the answers!"
Before long, as the bell rang, Babu and the others finished their answers and put down their pens.
After handing in their test papers to the teacher, everyone excitedly walked out of the classroom, surrounding Su Chen.
On their way downstairs, they bumped into Saike and his group, who had just finished eating.
Both groups were beaming with joy.
At the same time, both groups thought the other was doomed.
And so, a happy ending was achieved.