The battle between the old and the new, replica crystal

"Everyone, look! It's Jun Bujain!"

"Lin Xuan is out!"

"He's the only one teleported out of the Ant Nest. Don't tell me he blew up the dungeon!"

"Such intense frost power; it really is his Awakening Skill phenomenon!"

Seeing Lin Xuan emerge, many students exclaimed in surprise.

However, some upperclassmen who had rushed over chuckled when they saw the dungeon had been destroyed.

"The Ant Nest isn't just some ordinary dungeon. Now that he's blown it up, I'd like to see how he compensates for it."

"Exactly. The Ant Nest dungeon drops an item called the Strength Orb, which permanently increases your Strength stat by one point upon consumption."

"The limit is five per person; it's a must-run dungeon for almost every melee Professional."

"Now that the dungeon is destroyed, the freshmen this year are going to... tsk tsk..."

Although school had just started, the amount of credit resources Lin Xuan possessed already surpassed many upperclassmen, which naturally made some people jealous.

However, since Lin Xuan had earned so many credits through his own strength, they couldn't shamelessly bully him.

More importantly, they realized they might not be able to beat Lin Xuan.

Now, seeing that Lin Xuan had destroyed an important school dungeon, they couldn't help but feel a sense of schadenfreude.

"Idiots! Whether we can farm the Strength Orbs or not is our business as freshmen. What are you laughing at?"

"Exactly! It's only five points of Strength; so what if we don't get them?"

"Those old geezers are just trying to sow discord. Jun Bujain, don't listen to them; we don't care!"

The freshmen who had come here had already formed a united front and stuck together.

Upon hearing the upperclassmen, they immediately started arguing back.

The freshmen weren't stupid.

The school prohibited bullying incidents that involved direct physical confrontation.

According to Mingzhu University regulations, if you want to challenge someone and win their credits, you need to use credits to exchange for a Challenge Flag.

You have to mark the flag with the opponent's name and plant it in front of them.

As long as the opponent pulls the flag, both parties will enter the arena.

The credits for the challenge are agreed upon by both sides and deposited into a public challenge pool.

The winner takes all the credits!

During the day, many students had been challenged by upperclassmen, who then won their credits.

Later, the upperclassmen initiated arena challenges.

The freshmen decisively refused and just engaged in verbal sparring instead.

They also planned to slap them in the face by breaking the upperclassmen's dungeon records.

Of course, since a few hours ago...

Many freshmen realized that this strategy had already been accomplished by Lin Xuan.

Now, they had thought of an even better means of retaliation.

That was to settle things in the pet arena.

Pets are different from Professionals; level doesn't represent everything!

At this moment, the freshmen's retort angered some upperclassmen, and they immediately started swearing at each other.

"If you've got guts, stop flapping your gums and see me in the arena!"

"Do you dare to accept the challenge? If I don't win all your credits, I'll call you Daddy!"

"I can't beat Jun Bujain, but I can definitely handle you little brats. If you've got guts, pull the flag!"

The freshmen and upperclassmen started trading insults just like that, with neither side willing to back down.

The teachers who came here saw this but didn't intervene.

Such situations were commonplace at Mingzhu University and even at all universities with credit-based systems in the country.

What they were currently having a headache over was how to handle Jun Bujain.

Meanwhile.

Lin Xuan watched the surrounding crowd, his heart pounding.

In just this short while, he had heard quite a bit of news.

Regarding the conflict between the new and old students.

He actually had some thoughts on it.

This kind of rule was indeed a method to motivate freshmen.

But the flaws were significant.

It was very easy to sow seeds of hatred.

If he could dampen the arrogance of these upperclassmen and curb this bad habit.

Lin Xuan would naturally be very willing to do so.

However, that was a matter for the future.

He currently had a major problem to deal with.

"I'm afraid I've really caused trouble this time."

As a place where one could farm resources within the city, the importance of dungeons was self-evident.

Especially since Ming University could set the Ant Nest as a two-stage dungeon.

It was naturally a sign that the dungeon's resources were extremely precious.

"It seems that in the future, when running dungeons, it's better to deal with the BOSS outside of the domain."

"Or drag it into the domain, beat it to a pulp first, and then move it into the dungeon space."

Lin Xuan had a headache and felt too embarrassed to just leave like this.

At this moment, the five teachers from Ming University who had come to the dungeon hall had finished their discussion.

Two of them separated to direct the students to return to their dorms to rest.

The remaining three came up to Lin Xuan.

One of them, a slightly bald, chubby teacher, stepped forward and smiled.

"It's getting late, you should go back and rest too."

"Don't feel any pressure. It's just one dungeon; the school can afford the loss."

After the chubby teacher finished speaking, he led the other teachers away without looking back.

Lin Xuan stood there, stunned.

He hadn't even managed to say thank you before the teachers' figures had already disappeared.

"Since the school treats me this well, if I can't do something for the school in return, I'd be less than human."

The freshmen entering Mingzhu University were mostly around level 50.

The Ant Nest was a medium-sized, two-stage dungeon covering levels 40 to 60.

Every year, it could absolutely produce tens of millions of credits for the students.

Converted into resources, that could even establish a small Professional family.

Lin Xuan decided to go back and first look into the principles of dungeon creation.

Or the tasks issued by the school.

Even if he couldn't compensate the school with a dungeon, he at least had to find a way to make up for some of the losses.

He checked the time.

It was already 2:30 AM.

Lin Xuan picked up the shattered crystal ball from the ground, put it into his inventory space, and walked out of the dungeon hall.

Only then did he realize.

The anomaly caused by his Awakening Skill had spread directly across the entire campus.

Now, inside the campus in the middle of the night.

It was even livelier than during the day.

Many students were running in the snow, taking photos, having snowball fights, and rolling around.

Of course, there were also some students sitting together.

Watching the playing students, he smiled faintly.

"These guys are definitely from the North; I've seen this plenty of times."

Lin Xuan nodded slightly. He wasn't very interested, so he headed straight for his villa.

"Ah-da-da-da-da-da-da!"

"Haha, Qinghan, this snow is much more fun than the fake snow you create with your skills."

"Come on, join the evolution of the snowman!"

From a distance, Lin Xuan saw a round, red-haired creature jumping around on the playground.

From time to time, the red-haired creature would use a skill to grab a handful of snow.

And pile it onto a white-haired woman nearby to make a snowman.

"..." Seeing this, Lin Xuan rubbed his forehead.

He hadn't expected that something he said casually...

This Shen Hongying would actually take it seriously.

Yesterday, after the academy assignment, Lin Xuan received notification that the job transfer scrolls and talent cards he exchanged with credits had arrived.

Therefore, before heading to the Kong family manor, he had handed these items to Shen Hongying.

Before leaving, he looked at the bouncing Shen Hongying and the white-haired Lu Qinghan.

He couldn't help but think of the classic characters from the "Eight Million Warriors" game back on Earth—the Manhole Cover and the Fat Ancestor.

Of course, since the Manhole Cover had red hair.

Lin Xuan had just casually said that red hair went better with Blue Punch.

As a result, today he saw Shen Hongying's red-haired Blue Punch loli.

What's more, she even used the blizzard to recreate the classic snowman outfit!

"Ah, hahaha."

Shen Hongying's laughter echoed across the playground.

She used the Blue Punch's dodge skill to constantly move around on the snowy ground.

Playing around with her classmates.

Seeing her and Lu Qinghan having fun, Lin Xuan didn't go over to greet them.

He went straight back to the villa and summoned Irena.

Lin Xuan studied the dungeon creation methods for a while longer before falling into a deep sleep.

Nothing happened overnight.

Lin Xuan woke up early the next day.

Irena was highly intelligent and very responsible.

She had prepared breakfast early.

Seeing that she was performing well.

Lin Xuan ate his breakfast.

Deciding that today he could go look for that Shadow Assassin senior.

At the time, she had sworn that she knew a powerful blacksmith.

It was time to forge a weapon for Irena.

Of course, before that.

Lin Xuan had to go find Li Ming first.

Although the bald teacher who looked like a leader had told him not to feel any psychological pressure last night.

It was better to go to Li Ming's place to sound him out.

"The data shows that the main material for dungeon creation is the Replication Crystal."

"I'll ask by the way how to obtain this Replication Crystal."