167: Chapter 167: Infinite Simulated Rubik's Cube

"None of you are dead yet, are you?!"

The twenty-eight prodigies in the class, who had just crawled back from a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, collectively fell into deep thought upon hearing this opening line.

Everyone was cursing in their hearts.

Over the past half month, which one of them hadn't fought with their lives on the line in foreign planes?

Everyone had worked incredibly hard to complete Starry Sky University's perverted orientation task, returning covered in wounds and ready for class.

Only to be greeted right off the bat with, "None of you are dead yet, are you?"

This was more heartbreaking than any foreign curse.

But despite cursing in their hearts, no one dared to provoke Instructor Wen Muxue at this moment.

Because they truly felt the aura of a powerhouse.

Standing on the podium, as Instructor Wen Muxue's emotions fluctuated, a pressure surpassing that of a True God diffused throughout the classroom.

She was not to be trifled with.

Unless their brains were filled with water, they all knew that saying even one more word right now...

...would definitely lead to a terrible end.

Instructor Wen Muxue cast a sidelong glance at the group of students below, who were as silent as cicadas in winter.

Seeing how none of them dared to speak, anger couldn't help but rise in her heart again.

"What a bunch of spineless, weak-kneed cowards," Instructor Wen Muxue snorted coldly in her heart.

This batch of students had no backbone whatsoever.

If it were the troublemakers from the previous classes she had taught, and she had scolded them like this...

...someone would have slammed the table and stood up to express their dissatisfaction long ago.

At that point, as long as someone dared to jump out and talk back...

...she could naturally slap that show-off right into the cracks of the classroom wall.

Once she laid a hand on them, the discipline issue of this class could be considered a "severe violation."

Then she could announce: this class is changed to self-study, and everyone must face the wall and reflect on their mistakes.

Then she could pat her butt and leave, perfectly slacking off for the rest of the class period.

And the result?

These twenty-eight people were all shrinking turtles; not a single one even dared to breathe heavily.

With her frustration having nowhere to go, Instructor Wen Muxue could only pull over a chair from the podium and sit down with a plop.

She extended her fingers, tapped a few times on the control panel, and pulled up the star key point settlement list for the entire class.

"A bunch of idiots, not even giving me a chance to find fault. I'd like to see what kind of results you've achieved over the past half month."

Instructor Wen Muxue clicked open the data on the holographic light screen, focusing on the first column.

Name: Lin Yuan.

Total Points: 26,500.

Target Conquered: Plane 093 (Abyssal Armor Bone Locust Zerg plane).

Seeing this data, a hint of surprise flashed in Instructor Wen Muxue's eyes.

Over twenty thousand points—this result could be considered top-tier among previous freshmen.

What truly caught her attention was the type of plane Lin Yuan had conquered.

[Zerg Plane]

Zerg planes tended to get more disgusting the higher their rank.

A Diamond Tier level was barely acceptable.

Instructor Wen Muxue raised her head, her gaze landing on the youth sitting in the back row.

Lin Yuan sat there without any exaggerated manifestations of Laws around him.

His breathing rhythm was as steady as if he were on vacation, with absolutely no sign of having gone through half a month of life-and-death battles.

"A bit interesting," Instructor Wen Muxue gave a fair assessment in her heart.

But it was only a bit interesting.

At Starry Sky University, geniuses were as numerous as the stars, but only those who lived to graduation were the truly strong.

She withdrew her gaze, too lazy to look at the subsequent detailed battle reports.

She cleared her throat directly and announced the results in her flat, emotionless voice.

"The results are out."

"First place, Lin Yuan. Total points: twenty-six thousand five hundred. The position of monitor for High-Risk Class 3 is yours."

Instructor Wen Muxue was too lazy to say even a single word of praise, directly locking in the position before continuing to read down the list.

"Second place, Vice Monitor Chu Xiaoxiao. Total points: eighteen thousand nine hundred. Vice monitor."

"Third place, Cheng E. Total points: fifteen thousand. Combat commissioner."

"Fourth place, Shen Yubai. Total points: twelve thousand. Life commissioner."

"Fifth place, Bai Ye. Total points: nine thousand eight hundred..."

Instructor Wen Muxue spoke extremely fast, wrapping up the distribution of all class officer positions in just a few words.

The ones whose names were highlighted were all troublemakers who had been flagged as dangerous on the internal list before the semester even started.

Once the list was announced, a subtle reaction rippled through the classroom atmosphere.

Quite a few students turned their heads to look at Lin Yuan, who was sitting in the back row.

It really was this guy who took the monitor position.

Everyone had been wary of Lin Yuan's strength since the first day of school, but when the results were actually laid out before them...

...the impact was still quite significant.

After all, those who could sit here were all the top-tier favored children of the gods from various major districts.

In their respective hometowns, they had long been used to crushing their peers.

Now, being firmly suppressed by a guy from a commoner background made them feel somewhat uncomfortable.

Of course, discomfort was just discomfort.

No one jumped out to shout and scream, and no one questioned whether the star key's statistics had any shady dealings behind them.

Everyone was a mature Prodigy; a loss was a loss.

Starry Sky University's star keys were directly connected to the Federal Starry Sky Matrix, so the data absolutely could not be faked.

Throwing a tantrum here would only make one look like a sore loser.

The one who truly felt shaken in her heart was Vice Monitor Chu Xiaoxiao, who was sitting in the third row on the left.

She pushed up the black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her nose.

Eighteen thousand nine hundred points.

This was the result of her working without sleep or rest for the past half month.

This was the harvest she had gained by pushing the infectivity of her [Mechanical Plague] divine realm to the limit, continuously steamrolling through four Platinum-rank planes.

She had thought this achievement would be enough to look down on all the other freshmen and secure the monitor position.

Yet, Lin Yuan was nearly eight thousand points higher than her.

Vice Monitor Chu Xiaoxiao continued to analyze.

The average output of four Platinum-rank planes was only about this much.

For Lin Yuan to surpass her, the only possibility was that he had conquered a Diamond Tier plane.

And it had to be the kind of Diamond Tier plane with special species and doubled rewards.

On the podium.

After Instructor Wen Muxue finished reading the list, she turned off the holographic light screen.

She crossed her arms and leaned back against the chair, waiting for the reaction below.

One second, two seconds, ten seconds passed.

The classroom remained dead silent.

Aside from a few intersecting glances, no one made a sound.

Instructor Wen Muxue was a bit stuck.

She frowned, her eyes reflecting massive confusion.

What was going on? Why did these little brats have no reaction at all?

No questioning, no face-slapping?

No troublemakers who thought they were number one in the world and wanted to challenge Lin Yuan on the spot?

The script was wrong!

Instructor Wen Muxue hadn't even had time to prepare any teaching material.

She had only come to go through the motions, and by the way, find an excuse to fly into a rage to kill time.

Her mind was entirely filled with the fact that the mother queen at the Seventh Star Gate hadn't been dealt with yet, and she was anxious to rush back to work overtime.

Now that this group of students was as well-behaved as a flock of sheep,

what was she supposed to do next?

Teach? Teach what? Teach them how to slice a Demi-Main God rank insect into pieces?

These demigods couldn't even withstand the pressure of the insect, so teaching them would be pointless.

The frustration in Instructor Wen Muxue's heart surged once again.

She looked at the twenty-eight young faces below the stage and cursed inwardly.

"Useless! All of them are useless! They don't have a single bit of youth's hot-bloodedness!"

"In our era, whoever wanted to be class monitor had to fight in the classroom until their heads bled! If a few didn't have their guts beaten out, who would accept them?"

"Now look at this, competing for class monitor is actually so peaceful! You came to Starry Sky University to further your studies, not to drink tea in a nursing home."

The more Instructor Wen Muxue thought about it, the angrier she became. Since these students wouldn't give her a way out, she could only force one herself.

A plan came to mind.

It was fine; as long as she wanted to find fault, she could find bones in an egg.

*Bang!*

Instructor Wen Muxue slammed her hand onto the podium.

This sudden commotion startled the entire class.

Instructor Wen Muxue stood up, supporting herself with both hands on the table. She leaned forward, her eyes becoming sharp.

She extended her index finger, pointing at the crowd below.

"Alright! All of you, put away those hypocritical faces of yours!"

Raising her voice, Instructor Wen Muxue continued:

"Don't think that just because you aren't speaking, I don't know what you're thinking!"

"From the expressions on each of your faces and from your eyes, I can already clearly see your dissatisfaction!"

She pointed at Yan Lie and barked, "Look at your eyes! Are you thinking, 'Why does Lin Yuan get to suppress me?'"

"Are you feeling aggrieved, thinking you didn't perform well because you were heavily injured?"

Yan Lie widened his single remaining eye, looking completely bewildered.

He had clearly been praising Lin Yuan in his heart just now, thinking Lin Yuan was a rival worth chasing after. How did that turn into dissatisfaction?

Instructor Wen Muxue didn't give him a chance to speak. With a turn of her finger, she pointed at Vice Monitor Chu Xiaoxiao:

"And you! Why are you pushing up your glasses! Do you feel it's unfair that you conquered four planes only to get vice monitor?"

"Are you doubting the integrity of Starry Sky University's star key statistics?"

"Do you think the point distribution is not public and not transparent?"

Vice Monitor Chu Xiaoxiao opened her mouth, wanting to explain that she believed in Starry Sky University's fairness, but Instructor Wen Muxue's voice pressed down on her again.

"All of you must be cursing me in your hearts right now! You think I'm favoring Lin Yuan, and that the school's mechanism is flawed!"

"You all assume others got high scores purely by luck, while you got low scores due to bad luck! Right?!"

Instructor Wen Muxue's barrage of Soul-searching questions rained down on every student's head.

The expressions on the faces of the twenty-eight students below were surprisingly consistent.

They were all giant question marks.

What was the situation? When did they refuse to accept it? When did they question the statistics?

Their only thought right now was that they were tired! Extremely tired!

They had been fighting and cultivating at high intensity for half a month.

All they wanted right now was to sit quietly and listen to a lecture, experiencing a peaceful campus life.

Fighting? Competing? Could they put those damn things aside for a moment!

They just wanted some peace!

Bai Ye sat next to Lin Yuan, his face bitter.

He nudged Lin Yuan with his elbow and wailed in a lowered voice, "Brother Lin Yuan, does this homeroom teacher have a persecution complex?"

"I didn't even fart, so how did I become a rebel leader?"

Lin Yuan looked expressionlessly at Instructor Wen Muxue on the podium.

This woman clearly just didn't want to teach and was forcing an excuse to torment them.

Instructor Wen Muxue took in the bewildered, speechless, and exhausted expressions of everyone below.

But she didn't care at all; she only needed a reason to act.

"Ahem."

Instructor Wen Muxue coughed twice in an affected manner, her cold expression receding as she put on a righteous facade.

"Alright, as your instructor, I completely understand your youthful vigor and your mindset of refusing to submit to anyone."

"Since you have such strong objections to the current position arrangements, I will give you a chance to compete fairly today!"

After speaking, Instructor Wen Muxue didn't give anyone time to react, flipping her wrist.

She tossed out a palm-sized black Rubik's cube from her storage space.

The Rubik's cube flew out of her hand, expanding rapidly as it met the wind.

An object that was only palm-sized transformed into a portal over ten meters in diameter in the blink of an eye.

"This is the [infinite simulation cube]! Go inside and fight to your heart's content! Whoever is left standing at the end is the monitor!"

Instructor Wen Muxue's voice echoed in the classroom.

A powerful suction erupted.

Lin Yuan only felt his vision go dark, not even getting the chance to mobilize his Divine Power to resist.

Not just him, but all twenty-eight students in the classroom...

...were all forcibly dragged into the black Rubik's cube by the suction.

In less than a second, the vast classroom became completely empty.

"Done."

Instructor Wen Muxue clapped her hands, caught the black Rubik's cube that had shrunk back down and fallen into her hand, and stuffed it into her pocket.

"Finally, I can have some peace and quiet for a while again."

Instructor Wen Muxue curled her lips into a smile, a bloodthirsty light reigniting in her eyes.