Chapter 103

Aiseboer didn't have time to pay attention to Zhang Minglang's dismissive attitude. He leaned closer to Zhang Minglang's Optical Brain and saw the real-time kill count leaderboard in the 1st Brigade group.

Based on his previous two experiences, he should have looked up at the top of the screen without hesitation, but this time, unbelievably, his gaze landed on the very last position.

"Is it really 0???!"

Aiseboer's eyes widened like saucers; at first, he thought Zhang Minglang was joking with him.

"What else?"

Only the Class Advisor of the class where the Commander was chosen by the students themselves could see the real-time data. Before Aiseboer, countless people had asked Zhang Minglang to share Qin Su's real-time kill data. Because Zhang Minglang had heard Aiseboer's words too many times, he had become accustomed to it.

Aiseboer: "..."

Seeing that Aiseboer was staring intently at Qin Su, whose data was 0, without saying a word for a long time, Zhang Minglang did not urge him.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhang Minglang, having no room to resist, handed the data to seven more people in front of Aiseboer. Aiseboer finally began to believe that it was a fact, not an illusion or a dream.

"I understand."

Aiseboer's tightly furrowed brows relaxed, and he let out a heavy breath.

"Huh?" Zhang Minglang was puzzled.

Aiseboer confidently analyzed, "The moment they arrived at Maikafukelai... no, perhaps the moment Qin Su learned of their destination, he had already guessed their intentions."

"It's them," Aiseboer emphasized to Zhang Minglang, "But not me. Don't talk nonsense in front of Qin Su."

Even Greyliff, that devilishly terrifying fellow, mistakenly believed that the Fourth Military Academy's selection of Maikafukeclai Planet as the Purge site was due to someone's tampering. He was deliberately "standing up for" Qin Su and questioned him personally for the first time, a man they had never seen before, whom he had never spared from.

There were quite a few people like Greyliff who questioned Qin Su on his behalf.

As expected of Qin Su, when the world thought Qin Su was a person of impeccable morality and character, who could have imagined that the truth was that Qin Su had connections in both the legal and illegal worlds.

God knows how shocked he was after repeatedly explaining that he hadn't received any special orders from anyone.

Even if Qin Su doesn't care, anyone else who has contacted him could easily eliminate him without a trace if they hear even the slightest hint of trouble.

He has now deduced this information, but he dares not speak it out. He has to keep this dangerous information to himself, even if it kills him.

Zhang Minglang couldn't help but roll his eyes. "Me, that kind of person?"

After the first real-world incident, Qin Su's attitude towards him didn't change, and he wasn't shameless enough to think he could expose someone's secrets in front of Qin Su.

Giving Qin Su face is just a habit of his impeccable manner.

They may not show it on their faces, but once they feel even the slightest hint of betrayal, they've probably already drawn an insurmountable chasm between themselves in their hearts.

Aiseboer chuckled, ignoring Zhang Minglang as long as he hadn't said anything wrong that might give him ammunition, "In short, Qin Su knew they were watching him, so he deliberately maintained a 0-kill count, mocking them while clearly telling those secretly observing that he knew everything, warning them to make no rash moves."

Zhang Minglang nodded in agreement. "Mm."

"Remind me when Qin Su's numbers change." Aiseboer said this and left Zhang Minglang's office.

He didn't do anything specifically targeting Qin Su this time, which made him feel much more at ease.

"... good."

Zhang Minglang glanced at Qin Su, who had the second-to-last kill count, but no one reminded Zhang Minglang the student with the worst kill count in the previous 1st Brigade had performed exceptionally well in this actual battle.

He wouldn't believe that Qin Su wasn't involved in all of this.

Since Aiseboer himself didn't ask, there was no need for him to chime in.

When others asked Qin Su, he only provided Qin Su's data, just like he did with Aiseboer. He didn't proactively inform them about the anomalies in the other people's data. When they finally asked, they said it was because they themselves didn't understand and asked what it had to do with them.

Today is only the first day; there are still several days to go. He needs to observe continuously to confirm his conjecture.

As for why Qin Su did this... a complex expression flashed across Zhang Minglang's cloudy, aged eyes.

He knew it; Qin Su had guessed that countless people were secretly watching him. How could he possibly use just a data point of 0 to warn and mock him? Qin Su would definitely retaliate.

If what he suspected was true, even if everything Qin Su did for everyone in the 1st Brigade was just for revenge, the members of the 1st Brigade still received real Star Coins.

They didn't care what Qin Su's motives were; all they knew was that because of Qin Su, they had reached an unprecedented 'height,' and their hearts would involuntarily lean towards Qin Su.

Using Federation money to buy the hearts of Qin Su's people... Zhang Minglang eagerly awaits the moment when everyone learns the truth.

Whatever their motives, those who secretly followed Qin Su were simply blaming themselves for never taking ordinary students seriously. In the end, under Qin Su's manipulation, they suffered a major setback at the hands of the students, paying the price for their arrogance.

Not long after Aiseboer left, Zhang Minglang received several more messages inquiring about Qin Su's data, and Zhang Minglang took screenshots of Qin Su's real-time data for each one.

Regardless of who asked, almost everyone who saw Qin Su's data thought of the same thing as Aiseboer for a moment.

Realizing that Qin Su knew their ulterior motives, everyone said similar things to Aiseboer, no longer daring to openly spy on Qin Su's results. Feeling guilty, they all asked Zhang Minglang to inform them only if Qin Su's data changed.

Zhang Minglang answered each one correctly.

In the end, Zhang Minglang realized that no matter who asked the questions or what their location was on their respective planets or within the Federation, no one asked whether any ordinary students had been injured or killed.

In a group chat with only 118 Class Advisor from the Class of 26, many Class Advisor were anxiously watching the death statistics from this practical exercise.

So far, there have been no fatalities in the 1st Brigade, while the Unit 2 has suffered 13 fatalities.

The first day wasn't even over yet, but 13 people had already died. That's a lot, but considering they were spread across 59 Classes, and in a place where the Zerg were multiplying and running rampant, from the perspective of the ruthless superiors, this number was already considered very good.

Qin Su...

It's impossible to compare Qin Su's team with an ordinary one.

During the training, although they didn't see it, they could clearly see from the comments of the students in Forum 1st Brigade that in Qin Su's team, there was no difference between Alpha, Beta, and Omega. Qin Su only cared about whether they could pass each test, and didn't care what they were good at. As long as they had weaknesses, Qin Su would target and tutor them in the same way.

Besides, Blumer knew nothing about the Maikafukeclai Planet, but Qin Su might not.

No matter what method Qin Su used to keep the 1st Brigade free of casualties, everyone knew that it was Qin Su who led the 1st Brigade. No matter what happened, they would have the deeply ingrained thought, "It's Qin Su, then everything will be alright."

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Micafoklai 0725 Jump Point.

At 11:59, with just over thirty seconds to go, the entire 1st Brigade, led by their respective squadron leaders, boarded their Warships and landed on the platform behind Qin Su.

Before leaving, both the Warships and the groups were clearly divided into areas. Without Qin Su saying anything, everyone parked their ships in their respective areas in an orderly manner.

As soon as the Warship came to a stop, before many people had even had a chance to Warship, they could easily see from the highly transparent platform that the Prisoners below were clearly restless, crowding around the edges of the ten huge transparent support pillars at the edge of the prison.

Why are they so agitated?

Witnessing this scene, most students had similar thoughts.

They were facing heinous Prisoners, and even though they knew they were imprisoned down below, their obvious riotous behavior still made the students uneasy.

With a mix of trepidation and excitement, they unconsciously adjusted the settings of their Visual Helmets to look downwards.

As noon drew closer, the students could clearly see countless people forcefully pounding on the transparent pillar wall, and looking up, their eyes, which were on the platform where they were standing, were bloodshot.

"Holy crap, those are terrifying eyes! What are they doing? Are they trying to climb up here?"

"I don't know, but they look really creepy. The sense of terror they give me is exactly the same as those insects."

"Perhaps because they are of the same kind, not insects."

"I hope the prison pillars are of good quality and don't collapse. I can't imagine what it would be like to fall from the sky to the ground below; it's disgusting and terrifying."

"It's all wrapped up. My grandma said this prison was built over a hundred years ago, so it's definitely high quality... Wait, that's quite a long time ago. Could the quality have deteriorated due to its age?"

[Be careful, you swallows! (covers face and smiles bitterly)]

[From the information Blumer provided to the Unit 2, we learned that Qin Su informed Blumer that ten Prisoners from both prisons would be allowed to exercise at midnight. Qin Su knew about this, so why didn't he tell the 1st Brigade?]

[These students could be blasted to smithereens with any weapon, and they've already killed so many bugs, what's with all the fuss?]

[Qin Su is right here, what could possibly happen?]

[They're not insects; it's not something you can easily get over your own mental hurdle. If you actually did that, those with weak minds would probably develop psychological problems. What students have ever experienced something like this?]

[It's easy to understand by comparison. Look at those who gut fish, slaughter pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens, and ducks—aren't they all quick, ruthless, and precise, killing countless people? Would they dare to kill people so easily?]

[I understood it instantly!]

[I've noted that in another comic involving the death penalty, to protect the mental health of the executioner, multiple people fire together during the execution, so the person doesn't know who fired the shot and thus reduces their psychological burden.]

[I have a guess that Qin Su did this on purpose; he wanted to see how everyone would react?]

"Um..." Lailisi glanced at the other classmates who had quickly looked away, maintaining her downward gaze. Her voice, initially hesitant, turned to shock as she watched the normally tightly closed transparent pillar slowly open at the bottom, "It's an elevator!"

He Muzhi jumped down from the Mecha and heard Lailisi's voice. In this kind of place, the only thing related to elevators is the Jump Point Platform pillar.

He Muzhi quickly looked down.

Lailisi's voice made the students, who were initially reluctant to look at the hellish scene below, instinctively lower their heads.

As the elevator slowly opened, people rushed in. After the doors closed, the elevator rapidly ascended towards the platform where they were standing. Everyone looked terrified, their eyes involuntarily following the elevator as they quickly moved back to back on the platform, facing outwards, gripping their weapons tightly, their bodies tense.

They finally understood why Qin Su had suddenly asked them to return!

Everyone's gaze unconsciously lingered on Qin Su and the slowly ascending elevator in all directions.

Before the Ten Team Leaders could even process what was happening, their bodies had already formed neat, evenly spaced positions facing each other in front of their classmates.

' Qin Su chose them as group leaders, and given the dangerous situation, they naturally cannot let Qin Su down and their classmates' trust!'

He Muzhi: "..."

'You guessed right. Qin Su wasn't here for the first time. He not only knows the environment like the back of his hand, but he's also very familiar with the prison rules.'

He Muzhi had been standing on the periphery of the students, turned his gaze away from the direction where the elevator doors had not yet reached the Jump Point Platform, and silently turned his head to look at Qin Su, who was standing not far from him.

He Muzhi wasn't the only one doing this; ninety percent of the people present instinctively looked at Qin Su.

When in doubt, consult Qin Su!

[Their dependence on each other is unbelievable. If Qin Su were to buy them in the future, they'd probably all be foolish enough to help Qin Su count his money.]

[Doesn't anyone think this is moral blackmail? I understand their killing of insects, just like how we Earthlings slaughter livestock—we're afraid to touch people. But what do they mean by looking at Qin Su? Do they want Qin Su to do things they can't do for them?]

[They probably didn't think that much about it; people always like to find a pillar of support when faced with a difficult decision.]

Qin Su pretended to be oblivious to the stares of his classmates from all directions.

Not long ago, he activated the Comic Capture Camera so that he could catch a glimpse of He Muzhi's every move out of the corner of his eye and let He Muzhi see his profile clearly. He carefully chose his position before the Prisoners came up and stared ahead with a calm expression.

Second.

The circular, transparent platform opened simultaneously from all sides, revealing twenty large, blood-stained, rough hands that slammed onto the clean, transparent floor.

The resounding slaps of slaps hitting the ground were exceptionally clear amidst the tense atmosphere where many students unconsciously remained silent.

"!"

Seeing the traces of clearly fresh human blood, everyone's hearts tightened, and they instinctively took a step back.

Immediately afterwards, tall, muscular figures, as strong as oxen, crawled out and stood before them.

Students: "!!"

They'd rather face a swarm of insects than a human. Insects... they wouldn't even hesitate, they'd just open fire and blast them to smithereens.

People... these are people, just like them.

Completely different from the Zerg.

The fact that these ten Prisoners were able to "stand out" among so many "beasts" shows that their fighting ability should not be underestimated.

Before the Prisoners came up, they could clearly see that they could tear apart the limbs of Prisoner were trying to fight for their chance to enter the elevator with their bare hands. Just seeing and recalling such a brutal scene of not treating people as human beings made them feel chills and nausea.

What should we do now?

'What if the Prisoners charge at them? Should they really shoot them...?'

'If they were to kill someone... could they really bring themselves to do it?'

On the real-time updated comic page, apart from the spot where Qin Su was standing, which had no punctuation marks above it, everyone else had similar internal monologues floating above their heads.

Before the students could think too much about it, the Prisoners moved.

As the Prisoners, their faces contorted with grotesque fur and their eyes dark and inhuman, approached them, the students nervously swallowed hard.

What frightened them even more was that, as they approached, they heard eerie 'heh heh' sounds coming from the throats of Prisoner had completely lost their humanity and were now nothing but beasts.

Between the Prisoners ' gaping teeth, the plaque was black, their teeth were yellow, and some of their receding gums had small bits of meat stuck at the base.

Despite the blood gushing from their wounds, they seemed oblivious to the pain, their facial skin twitching abnormally as they approached them step by step.

Physical strength alone is not enough to survive in this hellish environment. The Prisoner are granted the right to go outside have an average Pheromone level of S or higher.

The Prisoners are adept at using Pheromones to subdue people and then ruthlessly kill them; why would they give up using Pheromones now?

As I moved around, the Pheromones in the surrounding air were terrifyingly strong.

Aside from the betas, over 90% of the students had low Pheromone levels. Sensing the suppressed Pheromones, countless students wore pained expressions, their instinct to avoid harm and seek advantage causing them to retreat towards the center.

The middle is becoming increasingly crowded.

Not all of the group leaders selected by Qin Su had Pheromone levels above S like He Muzhi.

Qin Su noticed that some of the group leaders with lower Pheromone levels were struggling, but he didn't offer any reminders or give any orders to any of the students.

He was curious: as danger approached, what would everyone choose to do?

Only...

As the Prisoners approached, regardless of what their original Pheromones smelled like, and whether he could smell them or not, after spending years, decades, or even centuries in that terrifying 'hell' below, a mixture of mutilated corpses, feces, blood, and various Pheromones fermenting together, every inch of their skin, including their Glands, had been pickled with the pheromones.

Countless strong, indistinguishable Pheromones lingered around Qin Su's nose, their pungent, suffocating stench constantly testing his endurance.

Qin Su: "..."

The stench of feces, the Corpse Stench, the stench of human sweat, the stench of fermentation... it's beyond description as 'stinking'.

Fortunately, he still couldn't smell the Pheromones.

Unfortunately, the smell produced by the fermentation of several foul odors is no different from smelling Pheromones; both have an 'aggressive' effect.

As the group leaders with low Pheromone levels regretted their decision, the group members with high Pheromone levels spontaneously stepped forward to take their place.

They gripped their weapons tightly, their expressions growing increasingly tense.

The Prisoners pressed harder and harder, their facial muscles twitching faster and faster, revealing the heightened emotions within them.

'They really are a bunch of fools who have good stuff but only know how to play around and kill insects, except... um, why is it that only that child doesn't show any fear in his eyes when he looks at them?'

Why did that black-haired child look at me with such boredom?

'So confident, he's obviously an Alpha with Pheromone level higher than mine.'

'Forget it, let's avoid him. There are too many people; we can't finish the food, we simply can't.'

'It's been so long since I've smelled anything so fresh. It must taste delicious if I tear it open and eat it. That man looks so bored; he obviously doesn't care whether his brats live or die.'

'Where to go after escaping? Ah... first, I'll chop up that traitor Qiu Pang and make him into a meat sauce.'

'What Federation? The former empire was so glorious! All the lowly people who support the Federation should die!'

[Sure enough, everyone picks on the weakest target.]

[Thanks to Qin Su's reminder, the students from the Unit 2 next door, under Blumer's orders, all took off in their Spaceships. The ten Prisoners below watched the students of the Unit 2 in the sky with helpless rage, hahaha!]

[The people in 1st Brigade are so stupid, why don't they go airborne?]

[It's confirmed! Qin Su deliberately prevented everyone from taking off, and he didn't make a move either. What is he waiting for?]

[Hilarious! Even the Prisoners could see the boredom in Brother Su's eyes. Don't be too nervous, everyone. Brother Su must have had a deeper meaning behind what he did, we just don't understand it yet.]

[Boss 1: I'll just quietly watch your performance.]

Qin Su: "..."

Of course, it's about He Muzhi's reaction.

The Prisoners pressed closer and closer, He Muzhi remained steadfast at the front, enduring Prisoner foul-smelling Pheromones without releasing his own to Pheromone.

Clearly, He Muzhi was worried that when he used his Pheromones back, it would affect the students behind him.

He Muzhi must have understood that the weapon in his hand made it unnecessary for him to use Pheromones.

Just look...

Whether he's willing to use it or not.

Seeing the Prisoners ' 'bored' expression through the bullet comments, Qin Su became more patient, keeping a close eye on He Muzhi's every move while trying to convey 'coldness' in his left eye and 'indifference' in his right.

He Muzhi's lips moved slightly. Seeing three Prisoners in succession cross the line he had secretly set up in his mind to threaten the lives of his classmates, mimicking Qin Su's cold and ruthless demeanor, he sternly said, "Take another step forward, and don't blame me for being impolite!"

Led by He Muzhi, the other students, who were suppressing their own pheromones to repel the Pheromones, followed suit with similar warnings.

Qin Su: "..."

Good news, He Muzhi has finally made a move.

The bad news is, everyone was still being quite polite.

No one understands the meaning of 'a dog that bites doesn't bark' better than these beasts.

The students' comments only emboldened Prisoners and confirmed their suspicions. The Prisoners clearly looked down on the students who were exterminating insects, considering them naive, foolish, and ignorant, and didn't take them seriously at all. Even if a student fired a shot, it would only be an accidental discharge out of fear, not out of their own volition.

The seasoned Prisoners looked down on the students with equal disdain.

Sure enough, Qin Su saw through the Visual Helmet the Prisoners in the prison below, who were locked in a fierce confrontation, exchanged glances after hearing their classmates' stern warnings. Their eyes gleamed with a morbid excitement. The tacit understanding unique to perverts made them suddenly burst into action, rushing towards the lambs waiting to be slaughtered in the middle with bizarre and twisted postures.

He Muzhi's profile showed a look of surprise. His first reaction was to rush forward and fight the Prisoner hand-to-hand, without any intention of using weapons.

Qin Su: "..."

Although his objective wasn't achieved, Qin Su wasn't particularly disappointed. Gripping his weapons tightly in both hands, he coldly commanded over the Full-Band Communication: "Crouch down."

"!"

Although everyone was filled with fear and helplessness at the sight of the rioting Prisoners, the moment they heard Qin Su's unyielding order, their upright bodies suddenly sprang into motion, and in less than a second, they all squatted down in unison.