10: Impossible. Absolutely impossible.
Settlement area cafeteria.
"I never expected us brothers to become neighbors."
Zhang Ganchao laughed carelessly, without the slightest sign of discomfort.
"However, I didn't expect that so many people in our class failed to survive the disaster."
Even now, ten classmates have yet to register in the class group document.
It is said that the homeroom teacher, Zhang Xin, has already contacted their parents.
Apart from the confirmed deaths of four classmates, the other six, along with their parents, are all missing.
In this situation, what being missing implies goes without saying.
Just as the two finished breakfast and were preparing to leave the cafeteria to return to school for class.
A familiar figure suddenly entered the cafeteria entrance.
"Oh my, isn't this our top of the class."
Seeing the slightly haggard appearance of the person who arrived, Zhang Ganchao was stunned for a moment, then let out a teasing mockery,
"A Genius from a dignified Martial Artist family, when did you become so pathetic? Reduced to the point of living in settlement housing with us?"
The person who arrived was none other than Xu Yifan, who had squeezed Li Canglan out of the top spot in the class.
Beside him were a few lackeys from other classes.
At this moment, Xu Yifan was extremely depressed.
Their family hadn't actually suffered from the disaster at all.
Xu Yifan's grandfather was a Three-Star Martial Artist.
Although he couldn't compare to top powerhouses like Chen Anmin, he was still considered a person of status in Luofeng City.
With a Three-Star Martial Artist in charge, even Sprinters and Assassins could not destroy their house.
But after the disaster, his grandfather actually insisted on leading by example.
Turning their house into an official temporary storage site for resources, and making their whole family move into settlement housing!
Having grown up pampered and always living in a high-end villa area, when had Xu Yifan ever suffered such treatment?
This kind of hard plank bed made it so he couldn't sleep well all night!
With a groggy head, Xu Yifan felt even more furious when he saw Li Canglan and his companion.
Just as he was about to speak, he noticed the scars on Zhang Ganchao's face.
Xu Yifan's eyes filled with mockery, "Two pieces of trash who fled in a sorry state from the Crawlers, I suppose you barely managed to save your lives yesterday, right?"
In Xu Yifan's eyes, the marks on Zhang Ganchao's face were clearly wounds left by a Crawler.
Although he was probably not a match for a Crawler himself, it didn't stop him from mocking the other's pathetic state.
Now, having been tempered by the blood of yesterday, Zhang Ganchao would not lose his composure over a few words from Xu Yifan.
He retorted unceremoniously, "I'm afraid certain people didn't even see a single Crawler, did they?"
"If it weren't for the protection of your parents, I'm afraid you would have pissed yourself before you even had a chance to run away upon seeing a Crawler!"
Exposed by the truth, Xu Yifan immediately flushed red with shame and anger.
As a Martial Artist, who doesn't have the heart to become a powerhouse?
He had thought about going out yesterday to kill Crawlers.
As long as he was careful and cautious, plus the equipment and Martial Skills his family had prepared for him, dealing with a Crawler shouldn't have been a problem.
But no matter what Xu Yifan said, his parents wouldn't agree to let him go out.
The final fact was that he indeed did not go out to face the monsters!
"Heh, no matter what, it's still better than you trash who were chased down!"
As Xu Yifan's voice fell, several pairs of unfriendly eyes were cast from within the cafeteria.
Everyone who came here was homeless.
The vast majority of them had basically been chased by Crawlers or Corroders yesterday.
In their eyes, Xu Yifan's words were tantamount to attacking everyone present!
Noticing these gazes, Xu Yifan couldn't help but feel his scalp tingle.
"We killed quite a few Crawlers yesterday."
Zhang Ganchao sneered, "Canglan even killed a Corroder yesterday!"
"Canglan is not someone comparable to a petty person like you who only knows how to use cheap tricks to steal the first-place reward!"
Hearing this, Xu Yifan and his lackeys were stunned for a moment, then burst into frantic, belly-clutching laughter.
"You're killing me, aren't you afraid of biting your tongue while bragging?"
One of the lackeys with dyed yellow hair said maliciously, "Saying you scavenged and killed a Crawler is one thing."
"The defensive power of a Corroder is such that even a Martial Apprentice in the Body Tempering Realm might not necessarily be able to break through its defense."
"Just the two of you in the Qi Blood Realm, if you put a Corroder in front of you, you wouldn't be able to do anything about it!"
Xu Yifan shook his head, looking with pity at Li Canglan, who hadn't spoken the whole time.
"I originally thought that because you worked hard to Cultivate, you could barely be considered my rival. Now it seems I overestimated you."
"People who only know how to brag will sooner or later fade into the crowd."
"You are not worthy of being my rival."
In Li Canglan's eyes, Xu Yifan was like a clown craving attention.
However, with Xu Yifan mocking him to his face, even if the other party was a clown, Li Canglan could not let him run his mouth.
However, just before he could speak, a middle-aged man in a suit walked into the cafeteria.
"Excuse me, where is student Li Canglan?"
The voice was not loud, but it attracted the attention of many people.
Li Canglan waved at him, "That's me."
The Suit Man walked up quickly and compared Li Canglan's appearance and information.
After confirming it was correct, he handed the small briefcase he was carrying to Li Canglan.
"Thank you for killing the Corroder and protecting the lives and property of other citizens. This is your reward."
The three words "Corroder" made Xu Yifan's pupils shrink sharply.
He looked at the Suit Man in disbelief, "Impossible, he is just in the Qi Blood Realm with a Qi Blood value of only seventy-something. How could he possibly kill a Corroder?"
The Suit Man couldn't help but frown slightly at someone questioning his actions.
Although he also didn't understand how someone in the Qi Blood Realm could kill a Corroder that rivaled a Martial Artist.
But the official authority had confirmed this fact, and it was not for outsiders to dispute!
"You must be a shill hired by this guy Li Canglan to show off in front of the classmates!"
One of Xu Yifan's lackeys, thinking he had grasped the truth of the matter, shouted loudly.
There weren't only these students in the cafeteria.
There were many students from other classes, and even other schools, who just hadn't joined their argument.
"Hmph, are you questioning the authority of the officials?"
The Suit Man snorted coldly, and the powerful aura belonging to a Martial Artist was undoubtedly revealed.
How could the person sent to award a hero who stood up against monsters be a simple character?
It was one thing to be suspicious at first, but to speak up again and again.
That was not just doubting Li Canglan, but also doubting him!
The powerful aura pressed down on the nearby Xu Yifan and others, making them almost unable to breathe.
Xu Yifan, who had indulged his lackey in speaking, was even more shocked in his heart.
Coming from a Martial Artist family, Xu Yifan understood the strength of Martial Artists better than the average person.
Such a powerful aura was enough to show that the Suit Man was not just a simple Martial Artist.
He was very likely a Two-Star Martial Artist!
Such a young Two-Star Martial Artist would surely achieve more than Three-Star in the future.
Although Xu Yifan's grandfather was a Three-Star Martial Artist, he would sooner or later be surpassed by the Suit Man!
In this situation, Xu Yifan dared not rely on his family background to boss people around here.