3: Chapter 3 Don't panic, I'll go fix it.

Screams erupted.

A large section in the middle of the Awakening Plaza collapsed, and a black rift tore through the surroundings like a living creature.

The students closest to it didn't even have time to react before they were dragged toward the rift.

Shen Tingxue raised her hand.

An ice-blue light swept across, freezing the ground and temporarily sealing the edges of the rift.

"Back away!"

The teachers finally reacted.

The protective shield rose halfway, then flickered and went out.

The Education Bureau Commissioner's face turned ghastly. "Activate the level-two emergency formation!"

"Activation failed!"

"The core is unresponsive!"

"The outer runes are providing power in reverse!"

The previously confident Commissioner's voice cracked in that moment.

Lin Jin stood at the edge of the rift, notifications refreshing frantically before his eyes.

[Temporary Dungeon: Damaged Awakening Plaza]

[Level: Fluctuating from E to C]

[Status: Collapsing]

[Fault 1: Core runes providing power in reverse]

[Fault 2: Protective shield authorization broken]

[Fault 3: Abyss contamination continuously seeping in]

[Overall Danger Level: Catastrophe]

[Perform maintenance?]

Lin Jin gripped his wrench tightly.

"Yes."

The next second, more information flooded his mind.

[Maintenance Plan 1: Destroy outer runes, cut off power supply]

[Success Rate: 41%]

[Consequence: Dungeon permanently solidified, personnel within the plaza die randomly]

[Maintenance Plan 2: Replace the formation eye with an awakening stone fragment, rebuild temporary stability anchor]

[Success Rate: 78%]

[Cost: Severe mental exhaustion]

Lin Jin did not hesitate.

"Plan 2."

A black monster crawled out of the rift and lunged at him.

Chen Ye raised his shield and rushed over.

Bang!

The monster slammed into the shield, causing Chen Ye to slide back three meters, his face turning pale.

"Brother, hurry up!"

"It's my first day on the job, I'm not familiar with the routine yet." Lin Jin bent down to pick up an awakening stone fragment. "Hold them off for ten seconds."

Chen Ye cursed, "You're in the mood to joke at a time like this?"

"Should I cry while I fix it instead?"

On the other side, Zhou Heng had already brought several newly awakened combat-class students and rushed forward.

His Thunder Spear pierced through the monster's body, exploding in a flash of lightning.

"All combat classes, follow me and suppress the rift!"

He did indeed have strength.

As an A-rank Thunder Spear Knight, his lethality among the newly awakened students was extremely high.

One low-level abyss monster after another was torn apart by the lightning.

The students in the plaza began to cheer.

"Zhou Heng is awesome!"

"A-rank classes are just strong!"

"It's suppressed!"

Only Lin Jin's expression darkened.

He saw that every time the Thunder Spear landed, the black contamination inside the rift poured back out faster along the broken runes.

Zhou Heng wasn't solving the problem.

He was continuing to provide energy to the broken formation.

[Contamination Spread: 43%]

[Contamination Spread: 51%]

[Contamination Spread: 64%]

Lin Jin looked up: "Don't hit the core area!"

Zhou Heng looked back and sneered: "Now is not the time for a Repairman like you to seek attention."

Lin Jin's voice turned cold: "If you hit it again, you're going to drag everyone into the dungeon."

"What a joke."

Zhou Heng raised his Thunder Spear.

"I am an A-rank Thunder Spear Knight, and you are an F-rank Repairman. Who should they listen to here?"

Lightning gathered once more.

Lin Jin didn't try to persuade him again.

He threw the screwdriver in his hand directly.

Clang!

The screwdriver deflected the tip of Zhou Heng's spear.

The lightning struck the empty ground nearby.

Zhou Heng was furious: "Lin Jin, are you looking to die?"

Lin Jin had already rushed to the side of the formation eye.

"Chen Ye!"

"Coming!"

Chen Ye raised his shield and knocked away the lunging monsters.

Shen Tingxue moved as well.

An Ice Phoenix phantom expanded, and frost spread along the ground, sealing the rift tentacles behind Lin Jin for him.

She didn't ask what Lin Jin was going to do.

She only said one thing: "Thirty seconds."

Lin Jin replied: "Twenty seconds is enough."

He crouched down.

In others' eyes, he was just holding a wrench and randomly knocking on a pile of rubble.

But in his eyes, the entire awakening formation had been deconstructed into countless glowing lines.

Which one was broken.

Which one was flowing backwards.

Which one was contaminated.

It was all crystal clear.

Lin Jin pressed the awakening stone fragment into the gap of the formation eye.

The fragment immediately turned black.

His mental energy felt like it was being violently drained away by a hand.

His vision went white, and he almost collapsed to his knees.

[Stability anchor rebuilding]

[13%]

[27%]

There were more and more monsters.

Zhou Heng was forced to retreat, his expression ugly.

He finally realized that the more he fought, the larger the rift became.

"How could this happen?"

No one answered him.

Because everyone saw that the F-rank Repairman they had just mocked was kneeling beside the rift, using a broken wrench to forcibly suppress the rampaging formation.

The Commissioner widened his eyes: "He's rebuilding the formation eye?"

The principal's voice trembled: "A newly awakened Repairman?"

Shen Tingxue's face was pale, and the Ice Phoenix phantom had dimmed significantly.

"Lin Jin."

Her voice was still steady.

"Hurry up."

Lin Jin bit the tip of his tongue, forcing himself to stay conscious.

[Stability anchor rebuilding: 71%]

Just a little more.

A black chain shot out from the rift, heading straight for Lin Jin's back.

Chen Ye couldn't make it back in time to defend.

Shen Tingxue's ice was also a beat too slow.

Zhou Heng saw it.

But he hesitated.

Just as the chain was about to pierce through Lin Jin, Lin Jin suddenly raised his left hand and grabbed the chain with his backhand.

His skin was instantly burned, leaving bloody marks.

Yet he smiled.

"Found you."

[Fault Source: Abyss Contamination Anchor]

[Recommended Action: Dismantle]

Lin Jin smashed down with his wrench.

Crack.

The black chain shattered.

The awakening stone fragment burst into a blinding white light.

[Stability anchor rebuilding: 100%]

[Fault repaired]

[Catastrophe-level maintenance complete]

[Hidden Talent: Hand of Rules, officially activated]

The entire plaza jolted violently.

The rift contracted.

The protective shield rebooted.

All the monsters disintegrated instantly, as if erased by an eraser.

The broadcast voice echoed throughout the school.

[Temporary Dungeon "Damaged Awakening Plaza" has stabilized]

[Core Contributor to this incident: Lin Jin]

[Class: Repairman]

[Level: F]

The entire place fell into deathly silence.

The wind blew across the cracked plaza, and no one spoke.

The people who were laughing the loudest just a moment ago didn't even dare to breathe too loudly now.

Lin Jin stood up, leaning on his wrench, his face deathly pale.

Chen Ye rushed over to support him: "Brother Jin, are you okay?"

Lin Jin looked up at Zhou Heng.

Zhou Heng's face was ghastly.

Lin Jin pulled at the corners of his mouth.

"If that Thunder Spear of yours actually breaks in the future, you can come find me."

He paused.

"But I won't give you a discount."

Chen Ye was stunned for a moment, then burst into wild laughter.

Shen Tingxue couldn't help but lower her head, the corners of her lips curling up ever so slightly.

No one laughed at Lin Jin anymore.

Because they had just witnessed with their own eyes an F-rank Repairman repairing the Abyss.