71: Chapter 71 is not strong enough, nor is that a reason for it to be replaced.

The line of text on the blackboard lingered for a long time.

【Real Reward: List of Replaced Individuals】

【Description: A record of those who were replaced by their own teammates in the first level of the White Tower twenty years ago.】

No one spoke again.

Because everyone understood that once this list appeared, it was not merely a simple White Tower reward.

It could directly tear open the reason for the split of the final Rule Maintenance Special Class twenty years ago.

Who replaced whom.

Who was abandoned.

Who survived because of it.

Who disappeared because of it.

If the name of Deputy Director Zhou Chengyue was on it, what Zhou Heng would have to face was not just family concealment.

If the name of Shen Qingshuang was on it, what Shen Tingxue would have to face was not just the truth about a disappearance.

If the name of Lin Shoushan was on it...

Lin Jin did not continue to think.

Thinking was useless.

They hadn't entered the White Tower yet, and they hadn't obtained the list.

The most important thing now was to enter the first level alive, and come out alive.

Qin Shanhe tapped the podium.

"Sleep."

Chen Ye looked up, staring at him in disbelief.

"Dean, you're letting us sleep at a time like this?"

Qin Shanhe glanced at him.

"If you don't sleep, what will you use to resist the White Tower tomorrow?"

Chen Ye opened his mouth.

"But..."

"There are no buts."

Qin Shanhe's voice was deep.

"The first level of the White Tower loves people who are fatigued."

"Once a person is fatigued, they start to doubt themselves."

"Once they doubt themselves, they easily feel that others are more suitable."

"If you don't sleep now, you are handing the knife for replacement rights to it yourself."

As soon as these words were spoken, Chen Ye immediately shut his mouth.

He silently slumped back onto the table.

"I'll sleep."

"I'm sleeping right now."

Zhou Heng let out a cold snort.

"You sure folded fast."

Chen Ye closed his eyes and replied:

"This is called tactical sleep."

Zhou Heng wanted to say something else, but seeing the line 【Sleep time: Three hours】 on the blackboard had already started counting down, he finally leaned back into his chair with a dark face.

Shen Tingxue did not lie down.

She sat by the window, holding the Ice Key, closing her eyes to rest.

Lin Jin put the rule correction wrench into his toolbox, and tucked the error-correction copy under the bottom of his schoolbag.

After doing all this, he sat back in the Maintenance Position.

Three hours.

It sounded very short.

But after this night, it was already considered a luxury.

He had just closed his eyes when four candidate specimens appeared in his mind.

Youthful Projection of Zhou Chengyue.

Ice-sealed projection of Shen Qingshuang.

Unknown S-Class Defense Sample.

Maintenance afterimage of Lin Shoushan.

Every one of them was more "compatible" than they were.

Every one of them looked like the correct answer handed over by the White Tower.

Lin Jin forcibly suppressed these images.

Sleeping was also part of the training.

If he didn't even dare to sleep, it would only be worse once he entered the White Tower.

The last sound he heard was Chen Ye's very light snoring.

This guy had actually fallen asleep.

Three hours later.

The blackboard lit up on time.

【Sleep finished.】

【First Day Training: Identity Stability and Pollution Resistance.】

Chen Ye jerked his head up.

"Enemy attack?"

Shen Tingxue opened her eyes.

Zhou Heng also opened his eyes, with a bit of bloodshot in the corners of his eyes.

Lin Jin rubbed his temples, feeling his head was still heavy, but at least clearer than before.

The door opened.

Teacher Xu Wenzhou walked in.

He held a stack of thin paper in his hand, his face still pale, but much more stable than last night.

Qin Shanhe followed behind, holding an enamel cup, and sat in the last row.

Teacher Xu Wenzhou stood on the podium, looking at the four people.

"The first level of the White Tower is not testing whether you can fight."

"It is testing whether you know how to compare."

Chen Ye frowned.

"Compare?"

Teacher Xu Wenzhou nodded.

"The White Tower will place you into the same standard for ranking."

"Who is stronger."

"Who is more stable."

"Who is more compatible."

"Who is more worth keeping."

He looked at Chen Ye.

"Protection Role will be asked if they can block."

He looked at Zhou Heng again.

"Barrier Breaker Position will be asked if they can break through."

He looked at Shen Tingxue again.

"Lockdown Role will be asked if they can freeze it."

Finally, he looked at Lin Jin.

"Maintenance Position will be asked if they can fix it."

"As long as you accept this set of rankings, the first level has already won half the battle."

Chen Ye was stunned.

"The White Tower wins half?"

"Yes."

Teacher Xu Wenzhou distributed the thin paper to the four people.

"So the first lesson is not to prove that you are the strongest."

"It is to admit that you are not strong enough, but refuse to be replaced."

Chen Ye looked at the paper.

There was only one line of title on the paper:

【Self-Definition Nail】

Below was blank.

Teacher Xu Wenzhou said:

"Everyone write one sentence."

"This sentence must be true."

"You cannot shout slogans."

"You cannot lie to yourself."

"Otherwise, the White Tower will shatter it at a touch."

Chen Ye picked up the pen, thought about it, and wrote:

【I am the strongest Protection Role.】

The paper surface had no reaction.

The blackboard immediately appeared:

【False.】

Chen Ye's face darkened.

"Can you give me some face?"

Zhou Heng sneered.

"It is indeed false."

Chen Ye glared at him and crossed it out to rewrite.

This time, he wrote a bit slower.

【I am not the strongest now, but I will stand at the front first.】

The paper surface lit up slightly.

【Established.】

Chen Ye looked at those two words and suddenly went quiet for a moment.

Zhou Heng held the pen, his expression ugly.

His first sentence was:

【I am not Deputy Director Zhou Chengyue.】

The paper surface had no reaction.

The blackboard wrote:

【Still using Deputy Director Zhou Chengyue as a reference.】

Zhou Heng's face turned black instantly.

Chen Ye couldn't help but say in a low voice:

"You got schooled by the blackboard."

Zhou Heng looked at him coldly.

"Do you want to die?"

Lin Jin spoke:

"Rewrite."

"It's not to prove who you are not."

"It's to write who you are."

Zhou Heng gripped the pen, silent for a long time.

Then he wrote:

【I am Zhou Heng, Thunder Spear Knight, Barrier Breaker Position of the Rule Maintenance Special Class.】

The paper surface lit up with thunder light.

【Established.】

Shen Tingxue wrote the fastest.

【I will search for the remnants of Shen Qingshuang, but I will not become Shen Qingshuang.】

The Ice Key lit up slightly.

【Established.】

Finally, it was Lin Jin.

He looked at the blank paper.

He wrote:

【I am Lin Jin, I will not live for Lin Shoushan, nor will I let Lin Shoushan live for me.】

Gray-gold light appeared on the paper surface.

【Established.】

But immediately after, another line of small text appeared:

【Paternal anchor is still too heavy, needs continuous stabilization.】

Chen Ye leaned over to look.

"Even you got annotated?"

Lin Jin put the paper away.

"Normal."

"I am indeed not fully stable yet."

Teacher Xu Wenzhou glanced at him.

"Being able to admit this point is more important than pretending to be fine."

He turned around and wrote the second item on the blackboard.

【Mutual Proof Training】

"The White Tower will not only ask you why you shouldn't be replaced."

"It will also ask why you want to keep others."

"Now, prove each other."

Chen Ye raised his hand immediately.

"I'll prove Lin Jin first."

Teacher Xu Wenzhou nodded.

"Speak."

Chen Ye didn't even think.

"Because he is the captain."

The blackboard immediately wrote:

【Insufficient.】

Chen Ye choked.

"He is also the core Maintenance Position."

The blackboard continued:

【Professional reason insufficient.】

Chen Ye became anxious.

"Then he can fix rules!"

【Ability reason insufficient.】

Chen Ye almost slapped the table.

"This is also insufficient?"

Teacher Xu Wenzhou said lightly:

"The White Tower can give you a stronger maintenance afterimage."

"You must prove why it is the current Lin Jin."

Chen Ye was silent.

He looked at Lin Jin.

After a few seconds, he scratched his head.

"Because he will check if the question is wrong first."

The classroom went quiet for a moment.

Chen Ye continued:

"Others might think about how to answer the question."

"He will first ask, by what right is this question asked like this."

"The Abandoned Hospital was like this."

"The Forbidden Building was also like this."

"The replacement right just now was also like this."

"So, it's not because he is the strongest."

"It's because he won't follow the answers to a bad question."

The blackboard lit up.

【Passed.】

Lin Jin glanced at Chen Ye.

Chen Ye immediately sat up straight.

"Don't be moved."

"I just said it randomly."

Zhou Heng said coldly:

"You said it pretty accurately for being random."

Chen Ye grinned.

"Thanks for the compliment."

Zhou Heng looked at Lin Jin.

"I'll prove Chen Ye."

Chen Ye was stunned.

"You?"

Zhou Heng frowned.

"What, can't I?"

He looked at the blackboard, his tone somewhat awkward.

"Chen Ye's level is not high."

"His mouth is also loose."

Chen Ye: "Can you not start from the shortcomings?"

Zhou Heng ignored him.

"But he has one point that the S-Class Defense Sample given by the White Tower might not have."

"When he blocks, he won't calculate if it's worth it first."

The classroom was quiet.

Zhou Heng continued:

"This kind of person might be stupid."

"But in rule pollution, he is actually stable."

"Because the White Tower loves to make people calculate the benefits."

"He doesn't calculate, so he is harder to be taken away."

The blackboard lit up.

【Passed.】

Chen Ye looked at Zhou Heng, his expression somewhat complex.

"Are you praising me or scolding me?"

Zhou Heng said coldly:

"Understand it yourself."

Shen Tingxue spoke:

"I'll prove Zhou Heng."

Zhou Heng raised his eyes.

Shen Tingxue said:

"Zhou Heng is not stable now."

"But he has already actively cut off a bloodline anchor once."

"This proves that his barrier breaking is not just a professional ability."

"It can also be aimed at the wrong definitions on himself."

"The White Tower wants to break not just doors."

"But also identity traps."

The blackboard lit up.

【Passed.】

Zhou Heng did not speak.

Just his fingers tightened slightly.

Finally, Lin Jin looked at Shen Tingxue.

"Shen Tingxue is not a substitute for Shen Qingshuang."

"She is calm, but not without obsession."

"She wants to find Shen Qingshuang, yet she can stop and wait for detection when the White Tower sends a letter."

"This point is more important than ice-type Lockdown Role ability."

"Because in the first level of the White Tower, it doesn't fear what you want."

"It fears that you will immediately agree to it for the sake of what you want."

The blackboard lit up.

【Passed.】

The four papers floated up simultaneously, fell below the blackboard, and turned into four tiny gray-gold nails.

【Identity Stability Training: Preliminary Complete】

【Mutual Proof Training: Preliminary Complete】

Chen Ye let out a long breath.

"Isn't this going quite smoothly?"

Teacher Xu Wenzhou did not smile.

"It's only preliminary."

"The real pressure won't be this gentle."

As soon as the words fell, the door of the old classroom suddenly opened by itself.

The corridor outside the door became completely pale.

Heavy footsteps came from the white light.

Thump.

Thump.

Thump.

It was like someone dragging a huge shield.

The relaxation on Chen Ye's face disappeared instantly.

In the white light, a tall figure wearing heavy armor slowly appeared.

He held a tower shield taller than Chen Ye himself in one hand.

The badge on his chest read:

【S-Class Defense Sample】

The person stopped at the door, looking down at Chen Ye.

The voice was dull and steady.

"D-grade."

"You can rest now."

On the blackboard, a new training prompt slowly appeared.

【White Tower First Level Pressure Preview Enabled】

【Round One: Protection Role Replacement Pressure】

【Target: Chen Ye】