92: the truth

The next day.

The school's conference hall.

To ensure the students were in good condition for their assessment, they didn't start taking their seats until 9 AM.

Liu Yan, however, was seated on the stage, among the teachers.

Principal Wang stood at the podium, passionately delivering some irrelevant remarks before finally getting to the point.

"Without further ado, as you all know, the graduation assessment is to collectively attack Liu Yan!"

The students below did not feel it was unfair that Liu Yan, their classmate, was serving as an examiner.

On the contrary, everyone looked worried; they were all too aware of Liu Yan's strength.

Not only that, they hadn't seen the aftermath of yesterday's events, and everyone believed that Zhao Chuang was surely dead, and Liu Yan could have simply escaped.

But to their surprise, Liu Yan not only didn't run but also successfully rescued Zhao Chuang.

"The assessment location is Dam Zero. Students will enter in batches and battle within the Administration Building."

"Considering Liu Yan's strength, there's no need to kill him or cause him damage."

"Teachers observing will score based on each person's overall performance."

"That's it. Does anyone have any objections?" Principal Wang finished speaking and looked at the students below.

There was a moment of silence, then some long-suppressed voices began to rise.

"Expel Lin Han and Guo Li!"

"Yes, we want to know the truth about Bakshi!"

"Everyone saw yesterday's video! In the Top Secret Area, death means no revival. In such a desperate situation, God Yan still didn't abandon his teammate!"

"Exactly! The school didn't even investigate the situation before making an announcement about the slander back then, which led us to wrongly accuse God Yan for so long!"

More and more students stood up to protest. For a moment, the conference hall was on the verge of chaos.

Ever since the deposit match ended, Principal Wang had forbidden anyone from bringing up the matter again.

But after seeing Liu Yan and Zhao Chuang's experience in the Top Secret Area of Bakshi yesterday, the students could no longer hold back.

This unexpected situation left the Principal Wang and teachers on stage looking at each other, unsure of what to do.

Principal Wang looked at Liu Yan, who seemed unfazed by all this, instead deep in thought about something.

In the noisy conference hall, a different voice rang out.

"I'll speak!!"

The students slowly quieted down and looked towards the voice. Lin Han had already stood up, and Guo Li beside him had also been pulled to his feet.

"It was indeed us who abandoned Liu Yan back then," Lin Han said, gritting his teeth with his head down.

"Damn you! Why didn't you say it earlier! Are you scared now?"

"Exactly! Not only did you not admit it, but you also slandered God Yan, claiming he harmed you?"

"Everyone, stop arguing! Let him continue!" Zhao Chuang slammed the table with force.

Clearly, Zhao Chuang's deterrence was a bit more effective than that of the Principal Wang and teachers.

In the entire conference hall, only Lin Han's voice remained.

"It was indeed us who abandoned Liu Yan. Guo Li went to the dropped-package extraction point, and I went to the tower-top extraction point!"

"But I didn't slander Liu Yan! We had no choice but to run!"

Lin Han angrily pointed his finger at Liu Yan.

"I don't know why he's so strong now, but back then, if it weren't for him, we wouldn't have had to run halfway!"

"Because of him, the items in Guo Li's bag were also forcibly dropped! We didn't even get to loot the team we worked so hard to defeat!"

Liu Yan raised his head and looked into Lin Han's eyes, their gazes meeting.

Zhao Chuang, about to erupt, was stopped by a look from Liu Yan.

"You continue," Liu Yan said calmly.

Lin Han snorted coldly.

"Alright, then I won't hide it for you!"

"Your family background wasn't good, and your strength wasn't strong, but despite that, I still let you join the team."

"But after entering Bakshi, what did I say? I told you to follow orders throughout!"

"At first, you followed orders, but ever since Guo Li was accidentally possessed, you kept complaining of a headache!"

"I could only provide cover fire alone! I told you to carry him back, but you just lay on the ground, not moving! No matter how much I called, it was useless!"

"In the end, it was still me alone who managed to seize the opportunity and rescue Guo Li."

"After rescuing him, we originally didn't intend to abandon you, but you kept lying on the ground, not moving!!"

"Did you expect us to die there with you?"

"Why should we?!"

"I admire you for being able to save Zhao Chuang in a life-or-death situation."

"But I can't bear the after-effects of death with you when you offered no help and were just lying on the ground AFK!"

Lin Han excitedly blurted out the entire truth of what happened then, his chest still heaving violently.

The entire conference hall fell silent.

Even Liu Yan's eyes showed a hint of shock.

He had no memory of this part, and from Lin Han's eyes, he could tell the other party wasn't lying.

That scene from back then... Liu Yan could now almost completely confirm that the time he transmigrated was during that scene in Bakshi.

If that were the case... the previous scenes... were also real!

Seeing that Liu Yan didn't speak, Lin Han looked at everyone in the conference hall and said:

"You can say I abandoned my teammate; I did let Liu Yan down."

"But I didn't slander him! At least I preserved his dignity back then by not revealing that he was lying on the ground AFK!"

"When you all spread rumors about me for Liu Yan, I wanted to speak out countless times, but in the end, I told myself, forget it!"

"I don't have his strength! And we weren't close to begin with; I couldn't risk our lives with Guo Li to save him!"

After speaking, Lin Han directly sat back in his chair, panting heavily with anger.

In fact, ever since the deposit match ended, neither Liu Yan nor Lin Han had dwelled on the past incident.

Liu Yan had been busy with various matters, while Lin Han had been blocking the bridge at the Aerospace Base. The two had no opportunity to interact at all.

But now that graduation was approaching, and the students were using this matter to provoke Lin Han, he naturally couldn't bear it.

Liu Yan's reaction was completely opposite to Lin Han's; he was currently preoccupied with one thought.

Find an ECMO and quickly clear this damn after-effect!

Principal Wang glanced at Liu Yan. At this moment, Liu Yan was frowning in thought, clearly unaware of all this.

He was very weak before, then suddenly lay motionless in the action zone... and then suddenly became incredibly strong... Such a situation had occurred once before, decades ago...

Principal Wang narrowed his eyes, looking at Liu Yan. Combining this with their previous conversations in his office, Principal Wang could now confirm that Liu Yan was like that person from the past.

Principal Wang turned his head and spoke into the microphone on the stage:

"Regarding the school's initial misunderstanding of Liu Yan, on behalf of the entire school, I apologize to Liu Yan."

"Regarding the subsequent sarcasm and ridicule from students towards Lin Han, I once again, on behalf of the entire school, apologize to Lin Han."

"Today is the day of the graduation assessment, and I do not wish for everyone to continue discussing this matter."

Principal Wang shook his head. This matter was too difficult to judge right or wrong.

Moreover, if he was like that person from the past... then lying on the ground was by no means Liu Yan's intention.

And all of this had nothing to do with the current Liu Yan... Principal Wang sighed.

"Now, the assessment begins. According to seating order, groups of 20 will follow Liu Yan into Dam Zero."