77: Chapter 77 Jiang You's Sense of Crisis!

Everyone turned their heads and stared at Jiang You as if looking at a prehistoric creature.

Even Junior Zhong Wu, who had been playing on her phone, stopped typing and looked up, giving Jiang You a look that said, "Are you a caveman?"

Gou Fugui opened his mouth wide in exaggeration, his glasses sliding down to the tip of his nose:

"J-… Brother Jiang?"

"Are you serious?"

"You're the top scorer of the College Entrance Examination! You got a perfect score in theory! You even correct the textbooks!"

"And you actually don't know what an Otherworldly Space is? This is Chapter 1 content from the third-grade primary school textbook, 'A Brief History of Spiritual Energy Recovery'!"

Teacher Shen Qing was also stumped by this question.

Looking at Jiang You's expression of ignorance, which really didn't seem faked, the veins on her forehead throbbed.

This kid… is he a true genius, or an absolute illiterate?

Perfect theoretical scores, yet lacking common sense?

"Huu…" Teacher Shen Qing took a deep breath, telling herself to stay calm; this was a student she had personally specially recruited, she couldn't beat him to death.

"Fine, since someone's foundation is so poor, I'll waste two minutes to enlighten a certain top scorer."

Teacher Shen Qing snapped her fingers. A wisp of spiritual power gathered at her fingertips, drawing a simple model in the air.

"Listen well."

"Ever since the Spiritual Energy Recovery began three hundred years ago, the spatial barriers of Blue Star have become unstable."

"In the universe, there exist countless planes and worlds."

"When the spatial coordinates of two worlds overlap or collide, connection channels are created, which we commonly call—[Spacetime Rifts]."

The light points at Teacher Shen Qing's fingertips exploded, forming countless small specks of light:

"Some rifts connect to a complete, unknown, vast world filled with terrifying creatures. Such places are called [Otherworldly Battlefields], the front lines of humanity's resistance against invasion."

"And some rifts…" Teacher Shen Qing drew a small circle: "connect only to a small fragment from a shattered world."

"These fragments drift in the turbulence of time and space, eventually attaching themselves to Blue Star."

"They have limited area and incomplete rules, much like individual small rooms."

"These are collectively referred to by us as [Dungeons], or [Otherworldly Spaces]."

"The Mist Swamp we are going to this time is an Otherworldly fragment of about one hundred square kilometers that has been completely controlled by our school and transformed into a trial ground."

After explaining, Teacher Shen Qing looked at Jiang You: "Now, do you understand?"

"You don't need a visa or a rocket here; you can just enter through the dungeon entrance."

The whole class looked at Teacher Shen Qing with expressions that said, "Teacher, you've worked hard, having to teach kindergarten-level knowledge."

As for Jiang You, he nodded in sudden realization.

He stroked his chin and summarized it with his unique slacker logic:

"Oh! I get it!"

"After all that, it just means the school fenced off a piece of land, raised some monsters, and is letting us go in to grind and level up, right?"

"That's just a private zoo!"

"Since it's controlled by the school, there must be fences, right? There must be security guards, right?"

"That makes it easy."

Jiang You let out a long sigh of relief, a reassured smile appearing on his face: "Since there's no danger, then I'm relieved."

"It seems this so-called special training… is just changing the location for a nap."

Looking at Jiang You's expression that clearly said, "I can slack off again," Teacher Shen Qing couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth.

"Heh…" Teacher Shen Qing sneered without exposing him, just giving Jiang You a meaningful look: "Sleep? I hope you'll still be able to sleep when the time comes."

After saying this, Teacher Shen Qing had essentially accomplished her purpose for coming. She turned, chatted with Senior Ji Youyou for a while, and then left with Teacher Gu Yan.

Inside the Class F hall, as the last crisp sound of Teacher Shen Qing's red high heels disappeared outside the door, the previously frozen air seemed to start flowing again.

That female devil standing at the top of the food chain, after dropping this bombshell called "S-Class Otherworldly Special Training," left behind only one light, yet insomnia-inducing command:

"Go back and prepare. Assemble and depart early tomorrow morning. I don't want to see a single deserter, otherwise…"

She didn't say what would happen otherwise, but everyone understood. If you didn't go to the Mist Swamp to feed the crocodiles, you'd likely be hung by Teacher Shen Qing on the school's highest lightning rod to serve as a lightning attractor.

"Phew…" Gou Fugui plopped down on the ground, wiping the sweat from his forehead: "Scared me to death… That aura is really too terrifying."

"Got to hurry, only one night to prepare, I need to go stock up! Insecticide, gas masks… must get the goods ready tonight, and tomorrow I'll fleece those fat sheep from Class A!"

The others also dispersed, returning to their rooms to prepare for the upcoming "Hellish Special Training."

Only Jiang You remained slumped in his spot, the half-eaten apple in his hand already oxidized and yellowed.

"Tomorrow…" Jiang You's eyes were hollow, as if he had lost his soul: "Are we going camping in the wild early tomorrow morning? Doesn't that mean tonight is the last night I can sleep peacefully?"

A strong sense of crisis surged into his heart. Jiang You stood up abruptly; in that instant, an astonishing burst of initiative erupted from him.

"No! Can't waste time! I need to go back to the dorm! I need to get enough sleep for once! I need to overdraft all my future sleep!"

Jiang You, wearing his flip-flops, rushed up to the second floor like a gust of wind.

…Returning to Dorm 201. Jiang You looked at the wooden bed frame, which was missing a leg and currently propped up with a few bricks, and felt his anger flare up.

"Damn Faceless Man!" Jiang You cursed while rummaging under the bed to find a roll of wide adhesive tape.

"Stealing my essence and blood, stealing my Source Crystals, and even sawing off my bed leg! Is that something a human would do? Don't let me catch you, if I catch you, I'll…"

Jiang You made vicious vows while crouching down, clumsily starting to wrap the broken iron leg with the tape.

[Internal Chat Group] [Right Hand (somewhat guilty)]: "Um… who is he cursing? Faceless Man… that seems to be us, right?"

[Brain (righteously)]: "Nonsense! Faceless Man is a code name, a concept! As long as we don't admit it, this is just a frame-up!"

[Legs]: "Exactly, we don't need to take these external misunderstandings to heart. The most important thing for us now is to conserve our energy and prepare for tomorrow's feast! Hehehe…"

In reality, Jiang You used all his strength to finally wrap the bed leg until it looked like a mummy; although it was a bit ugly, it was at least stable.

"I knew propping it with books wouldn't work, I didn't sleep well yesterday, but it should be fine now! Phew… finally time to sleep."

Jiang You collapsed onto the bed with satisfaction. "Creeeak—" The bed frame let out a protest, but it didn't collapse.

"Perfect." Jiang You pulled the blanket over and fell asleep instantly.

…The night was dark and windy, with black clouds obscuring the moon. Outside the towering walls of Magic City Martial Arts University, in a small forest with desolate weeds, three sneaky black shadows were conducting their final pre-battle mobilization.

Although the three were wearing night-traveler outfits, the clothes clearly looked like cheap items bought with free shipping, with loose threads flying everywhere. Not to mention, worn by the fat guy leading them, it was stretched so tight it looked like a layer of seaweed wrapped around a rice ball.

Although their getup made them look like clumsy, novice thieves, they had a loud and mysterious-sounding organization name—[Wusheng Divine Sect · Daxia Branch · Magic City Logistics Task Force].