I didn't know why Zi Qian suddenly got so angry with me.
"Stop lying! If you hadn't been secretly grinding levels, your level wouldn't be higher than others. I think you wanted to clear the game alone, to show off in the game!"
"Zi Qian, stop falsely accusing me, alright? I didn't secretly level up, and I never thought about showing off in the game." Perhaps because Zi Qian's tone was so harsh, I unconsciously raised my voice too. "I said it when we first met: I originally intended to play another game; I only ended up here because I clicked the wrong game icon."
"Everyone is part of the same team, stop arguing. Let's talk this out properly," Xin Hui stepped in to mediate. "Zi Qian, could you be misunderstanding Wu Yi? He didn't even know how to activate his weapon before; he's probably playing a virtual game for the first time."
"He's definitely not playing a virtual game for the first time. Wei Jun said he once teamed up with a high-level Wu Yi in another adventure virtual game to complete a quest. It must be Wei Jun who asked him to come. He just ran into us while trying to clear the game alone, and reluctantly teamed up with us. He's too embarrassed to tell the truth, so he used a lame excuse like clicking the wrong game icon to fool us."
"Zi Qian, don't make false accusations! I didn't make up a reason to fool you!"
This was probably the first time I had ever raised my voice so much at a classmate.
Being falsely accused by a classmate for the first time left a very sour taste in my heart.
"If you have a problem with me,if you don't want me in your team, just say it outright. But don't falsely accuse me."
"I'm falsely accusing you?" Zi Qian snorted. "Neither Xin Hui nor I usually play this type of game, but for the honor of our class, for this competition, we're still giving it our all to challenge the quests. Since you came to substitute for Wei Jun in the game, you should actively clear the stages and strive for a better ranking in the game, not just stand back and watch the show like you did earlier against Boon Fong. Have you ever considered that it's precisely because you were late in meeting up and teaming with us that our class ranking is dead last?"
"Zi Qian, listen to me! First, I am not here to substitute for Wei Jun in this game. I didn't know this was Campus Adventures, and I didn't know you were here clearing stages. I'm not at school right now; I borrowed someone else's smart glasses to get in here. Also, I did not secretly level up. I ran into you and Xin Hui not long after I entered the game. Believe it or not, that's the truth."
This time, Zi Qian had really angered me.
"Everyone has their own preferences and methods for playing games.How you seriously and actively clear stages is your business. How I relax and enjoy the game is my freedom!"
"Stop arguing, we..."
I knew Xin Hui wanted to persuade Zi Qian and me to reconcile, but I stood my ground: "Since our aspirations and paths differ, let's just split up! You go seriously clear the game, I'll go my own way. The team is disbanded!"
"Well, well! Aren't those the students from the class next door?" Just as we were locked in a stalemate, an extremely arrogant voice suddenly rang out. "What's wrong? Having a fight?"
I turned around to see three people standing behind us, their faces full of mocking smiles. They were all classmates from Class 5-2 of Beichuan Middle School, and now they were our competitors in the game.
"So you've found your tardy teammate? I thought you guys from Class 1 considered yourselves the best, looked down on other classes, and planned to compete with just two people," the girl named Jie Rong sneered at us.
"Having internal strife?" A boy named Zu Sheng gave us a malicious smile and patted the taller boy beside him, saying, "Ming Juin, I didn't expect they still had time for infighting. I just checked the leaderboard; they are in last place."
The relationship between our class and their class hasn't been great lately. Although there are various rumors about the reason, I believe the main cause is that our results in the inter-class competitions always surpass theirs.
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