Chapter 187
Qin Su: "..."
He Muzhi: "..."
(Class 6: "?"
Caught completely off guard, He Muzhi met Qin Su's gaze. He froze for a second, and when he came to his senses, he was a little embarrassed to find that his facial expression was faster than his brain. He had already forced a smile onto Qin Su's face, and he immediately felt even more embarrassed. The question flashed through his mind: 'Why is Qin Su looking at me for no reason?'
Unexpectedly, their eyes met. Qin Su pretended to be calm and continued moving without stopping. When he saw He Muzhi smiling at him, he naturally looked away and looked in the direction of the teacher who was walking towards them.
Puzzled, He Muzhi racked his brains trying to figure out what he could say to ease the tension, given the distance between him and Qin Su. Just then, he saw Qin Su's gaze sweep past him and head towards the entrance.
He Muzhi followed Qin Su's gaze and saw the teacher approaching.
He Muzhi: "..."
Although he was relieved, who could tell him what Qin Su was looking at him for?
Thinking that he wouldn't get caught because Qin Su was watching the teacher, He Muzhi secretly glanced at Qin Su.
Not wanting an awkward scene to repeat itself, Qin Su stopped looking back at the gazes from He Muzhi and the other classmates, waiting for the teacher to approach while secretly pondering to himself.
'As the class the Protagonist Group belong to, they wouldn't bring up Xuan Jingcheng's location without a reason. The students have already made their promises, so there's a high probability the Fourth Military Academy will get involved.'
'Since we're already there... He Muzhi might as well bring Xuan Jingcheng along... No, that won't do.'
Upon realizing the wicked thoughts in his mind, Qin Su quickly refuted them in his head.
'They all belong to the Federation, they're on the same side. Harming Xuan Jingcheng is tantamount to harming one's own ally. Given He Muzhi's far superior moral character, it's absolutely impossible for him to do what Xuan Jingcheng is thinking.'
If this path is blocked, then... Qin Su began to worry about something else.
Should he tell He Muzhi that Xuan Jingcheng is He Wenyuan?
To be honest, He Muzhi would recognize Xuan Jingcheng immediately. The thought that Xuan Jingcheng, despite having changed his gender, height, and appearance, could still be recognized by He Muzhi... would secretly feel a surge of joy?
Qin Su: "..."
Given Xuan Jingcheng's peculiar thought process, it's quite possible that he secretly hoped Xuan Jingcheng wouldn't know that he was He Wenyuan until the moment He Muzhi killed him.
Xuan Jingcheng himself was well aware of He Muzhi's personality and knew that once his identity was exposed, He Muzhi would investigate and make it public.
He dared not tell He Muzhi the truth.
As the only person in this world besides Xuan Jingcheng himself who knows about Xuan Jingcheng's past, Qin Su is suffering from a serious case of indecision, wishing he could find a rose and start plucking its petals.
The students in Class 6, whose gazes lingered between He Muzhi and Qin Su, asked, "???"
"Hiss... Did the Class Monitor really make eye contact with He Muzhi alone? Or was it just my imagination?"
"Yes, we made eye contact; it wasn't your imagination."
"Shut up, well said. Don't open your mouth again next time."
"Now is not the time to argue. I think the way the Class Monitor looked at He Muzhi must have conveyed something to him that we don't know. Damn it, it's my fault for not being from the original (Class 6. I can't understand it at all."
"It's our fault for being too inexperienced. The people from the original (Class 6 would definitely know. Just ask them secretly in the group chat."
Original Class 6): "..."
'Sorry, they don't understand either.'
The original (Class 6 members, who had no clue what to do, dared not reply to the 999 Group to ask for information, for fear of revealing that they did not have the experience of 'old friends' in understanding Qin Su's thoughts. Instead, they frantically tagged He Muzhi in the 499 People.
Looking at the screen full of @ tags, He Muzhi: "..."
After a second of silence, still puzzled, He Muzhi replied in the group chat with 499 People:
[I agree with you that the Class Monitor looking at me must be trying to convey something, but I'm sorry, I don't understand it yet.]
[I'll let you know as soon as I understand.]
Countless people asked Qin Su to answer, He Muzhi shut down his Optical Brain.
'Ask? Asking him is out of the question. The classmates don't want to reveal their lack of understanding of Qin Su in front of the new (Class 6, and he doesn't want to expose his own dullness in front of Qin Su, failing to grasp the meaning behind Qin Su's gaze.'
They all have a dark future.
Upon seeing He Muzhi's reply, the "Old 6" (the original Class 6 members) tacitly chose to reply in unison among the 999 members of the "New 6":
[The secrets of heaven cannot be revealed. It's okay if you don't understand now; you will understand later.]
The 'New 6' members. "..."
'That annoying riddle teller!'
[Support! Riddler, get out of the comic book world!]
[Isn't this easy to guess? It's obvious it's because they mentioned Leichakan, and our all-knowing Baby 1 definitely knows that He Wenyuan... ah no, now we should call him the Plague God, no, let's call him Xuan Jingcheng, is there, and knows that Xuan Jingcheng is He Wenyuan, so that's why he looked at He Muzhi with such a meaningful look.]
[What? Qin Su also knows they're a destined couple in the comics? Qin Su's "Su" is actually their destiny, a part of their relationship?]
[Those who try to sneak in their own agendas, get out! They're bad luck!]
[Am I too weak to wield a knife, or have you Plague God fans gotten too cocky? Get lost!]
[If Qin Su knew but didn't tell, that would be very strange, confirming Qin Su's ambiguous stance of straddling the line between right and wrong.]
[Never mind, just marking this page. If this is truly prophetic, I'll come back and dig it up later.]
Mei Qingyu walked to the front of the students and saw that everyone's eyes were lingering between Qin Su and He Muzhi. She was puzzled for a moment, but did not ask anything. She directly told all the students in Class 6) to stand in the same groups as in the last class.
After everyone had assembled, Qin Su heard Mei Qingyu's arrangements, which were pretty much what he had expected.
"Huh?"
"Teacher, what's wrong with you? You treated us like this without even telling us. Are we still your favorite students?"
"Keep your voice down, are you afraid Qin Su won't hear you? We can't possibly be worse than those guys in Team 2... Damn it, we really are lagging behind in some aspects this week."
"So what? It's okay. We have the outcome of Team 2 as a precedent, so at least we have one more reference point than Team 2. Be content."
"Right, Brother Su should treat us the same way he treats the people in Team 2... right?"
In an atmosphere where most of the members of Team 1 were not laughing, while Team 2 was laughing, some levels were closed by Mei Qingyu, and the process was manually accelerated. The three-hour "Assassination training" began.
Two hours and twenty minutes later, after overcoming numerous hardships, they finally arrived at their final destination, Qin Su's room. Team 1 still had nine people left.
The nine people outside the door involuntarily started playing the debriefing video they had seen a week earlier.
"Hey, should we delay going in? We still have about forty minutes left. Given what happened before, we might take less damage than Team 2, but our injuries could be much more serious."
Qin Su might show leniency towards the original (Class 6, but he might not be so lenient towards them.
"Objection? Have you forgotten? Although we'll get beaten up, Class Monitor Qin will seize the opportunity to demonstrate every Assassination technique he can. Do you want to waste such a chance? Besides, being able to spar with Class Monitor Qin is such a rare opportunity. Do you want to waste it?"
The other eight people instinctively shook their heads.
'They don't want to!'
The nine people reached a consensus, turned their gaze away from each other, took a deep breath, and quickly determined the Firearms and Cold Weapons they could carry. After a shout of "Charge!", they opened the door and entered the room in an orderly fashion.
At the same time, Mei Qingyu and the other students who had finished their tasks gathered outside the Passageway leading to Qin Su.
"There are still more than 30 minutes left in the three-hour period. With the experience from last time, I'm sure I'll be able to get enough this time."
"Don't leave it blank; it might not take that long."
"How could that be? He Muzhi and the others have been working for almost an hour, while Team 1 only has thirty-odd minutes left. We can't favor one over the other."
"That is."
"You talk too easily outside, try going inside and see what happens."
Listening to the students' chatter, Mei Qingyu's curiosity was piqued. Then she remembered that the school staff responsible for decorating the banquet hall had learned from the previous experience and this time the banquet hall was decorated with heavy objects that were not easy to move. Even the hanging crystal Chandeliers were replaced with lights welded to the ceiling. She couldn't help but smile.
Regardless of the duration, with the staff's special arrangements, the situation inside the room this time should not be as serious as last time.
--
Inside the house.
Having had the experience before, and with the room layout largely unchanged and the rules basically the same, Qin Su listened carefully to the sounds.
Confirming the number of people to be nine by the sound of footsteps, Qin Su turned on his solo live stream. Instead of immediately using the K-110 on himself, he first determined who they were, mentally reviewing their strength rankings and their preferred and habitual attack methods. A second before they attacked him, standing next to the giant sculpture, maintaining the posture of casually resting one hand on the sculpture beside him, he injected the drug into both arms.
Nine people entered and saw Qin Su calmly watching them with one palm pressed against a black sculpture.
Realizing that Qin Su would be the first to seize their Firearms, and that they wouldn't be able to harm him even if they tried their best, the nine men didn't hesitate to unite and shoot at Qin Su.
With targeted, controlled injections, Qin Su, who had a very high threshold for drug use and was already accustomed to its effects, would not lose his mind at this level of dosage. His black pupils reflected the direction of his classmates' movements just moments before. He spotted their positions and, without hesitation, forcefully pressed his palm against the sculpture beside him.
Thump!
The sound of the ammunition leaving the muzzle was masked by the sound of the sculpture breaking and collapsing.
The scene before them was completely unexpected. They watched as the two-story-long sculpture was casually pushed by Qin Su and collapsed towards their location, which was also the entrance.
'Holy crap!!'
A look of horror flashed in their eyes, and their bodies' instinctive reaction to danger made the nine people scream "Holy crap!" as they sprinted toward the Safe Zone.
Bang!
With a loud crash, the sculpture slammed into the ground, causing the floor to tremble and sending large chunks of stone flying.
[This is something a human could do... (puts on glasses) (vision becomes clear) It's our King Su! (regains composure) It's alright then.]
[I knew it!! I, a pure original (6) person, am overjoyed. Even though it's the same level, the treatment of the original (Class 6 and the 'new 6' people is always different.]
[I just love how this Boss 1 acts so calmly and silently, yet so ruthlessly and coldly.]
[Unnoticed by anyone, 'New 6' fainted on the spot]
[9 people:? Shouldn't they surrender their weapons first, then demonstrate with loving gestures while teaching?]
[Qin Su: All that fancy stuff, get rid of it, get rid of it all!]
[As it turns out, no one can fathom the thoughts of the King Su; his King Su are now confirmed.]
Hearing that sound, the nine people clearly realized that Qin Su had easily pushed over the sculpture, which even the nine of them combined could not budge, with just a light push.
The sculpture is large and solid; it wouldn't collapse even if a hundred people stood on it.
It's easy to imagine how loud the commotion would be when it collapsed.
Those waiting outside the Passageway not only heard the commotion, but also felt a tremor emanating from where they were standing.
"What's that noise? An earthquake?"
"This planet doesn't even have earthquakes, as your geography teacher taught you?"
"Who's shelling outside? Has someone broken in?"
"Seriously Raymond, you should donate your brain if you don't want it anymore. Who could possibly break into this place? This building is practically indestructible... Wait a minute, that sound... could it be..."
The speaker seemed to realize something and looked towards the Passageway, where he saw the other silent people staring at the tightly closed Passageway with varying expressions.
They can't see anything.
However, aside from the room where Qin Su was, they couldn't find another source that could cause such a tremor in the building.
Because only Qin Su could create such a commotion on his own.
After figuring it out, everyone gasped in shock.
"W-w-w... are they still alive?"
"What are you thinking? Our Class Monitor always knows how to be careful when he takes action!"
The 'New 6' members. "..."
Do these "old 6s" have some misunderstanding about the meaning of "discretion"?
Mei Qingyu had the authority to open it, but she didn't touch it. Although it sounded... terrifyingly bad, based on her interactions with Qin Su, she felt that Qin Su wasn't someone without restraint...
Boom boom--
Before Mei Qingyu could even finish her thought, less than a second after the first loud bang, a second, a third... and then the Nth sound rang out.
Then came a series of deafening sounds. The people waiting outside, who had been very close to the Passageway, began to tremble as the sounds continued and the building shook repeatedly. The place where they stood also emitted a buzzing vibration. They moved closer and then backed away step by step. Hundreds of people, whether they were "old 6" or "new 6", were now huddled together against the wall behind them, their necks hunched back, their brows furrowed, their mouths slightly open, and their eyes wide open, staring in the direction of the door.
That's too brutal!
Let's observe a moment of silence for those inside.
Turning her head, Mei Qingyu found herself completely alone behind her. "..."
Indoor.
With time running out, Qin Su knew he couldn't afford to waste any more time. In the instant the sculpture collapsed, he launched a series of attacks on the sides of his classmates...
"They're here again! Run!"
"Hurry up!"
"Where are you looking?"
Nine people screamed, one after another, as they fled, accompanied by a series of rumbling sounds.
Qin Su gave them no chance to breathe; neither Firearms nor cold weapons were of any use at this moment.
They had no time to think; under Qin Su's relentless attacks, their only thought was to escape.
What frustrated the nine people the most was that Qin Su never actually attacked them; instead, he created earth-shattering destructive attacks wherever they went with lightning speed.
In the gaps between their escape attempts, all they could see, besides flying fragments of some unknown object, were huge craters smashed out by Qin Su with his bare hands.
'When will all this end?! They're really in a hurry!'
For the nine people, every second felt like an eternity. Once they started to flee, they became so desperate that they forgot all about their emotions and only focused on escaping. They lost track of time and their minds were buzzing. Just escaping Qin Su's earth-shattering attacks had exhausted all their strength.
They had no idea what would happen next, or what would crumble under Qin Su's hands. The sense of urgency, the feeling of impending collapse, left them no time to even look at their surroundings...
In just over a minute, Qin Su used a simple, brutal, yet measured approach, without actually harming the students, to force them to retreat step by step, turning the entire room into ruins.
Before the students arrived, in order to save time, the 'destruction' route had already been planned, and even every action had been carefully designed in the mind.
Qin Su moved swiftly and decisively, even anticipating where he would stop.
Seeing out of the corner of his eye that the plan was proceeding 99% as envisioned, Qin Su decisively stopped at the expected location:
The position in front of the Passageway.
Standing still, Qin Su watched as the nine people were enveloped by a huge curtain that stretched from top to bottom, suspended in mid-air, swaying continuously with their movements.
Even as it shook, sounds continued to emanate.
"Help! Why is it dark?"
"Let me out! I'm running away!"
"Oh no, what's going on? How did I end up hanging like this...? Why are you on top of me?"
Who stepped on my stomach with their shoe?!
Qin Su: "..."
'He's very lively; his conscience isn't hurting so much anymore.'
Before the three minutes were up and his hand, which Injected the Drug, was still usable, Qin Su decisively pressed the 'End' button and quickly returned to the Changing Room to change back into his own clothes.
'It's finally stopped!'
Having retreated to the elevator, with nowhere left to retreat, the Class 6 members no longer heard any sounds or felt any tremors from all directions. Their anxious hearts slowly calmed down.
Mei Qingyu saw that the 'End' button had been pressed inside, and one of the two lights that would normally illuminate on the outer Passageway lit up. She breathed a sigh of relief and called out to reassure the students, "It's over."
"Team 1 was 'counter-attacked,' meaning the 'Assassination Target' achieved victory."
Two lights illuminate. A red light indicates that the Assassination Target successfully killed, while a Green √ light indicates that the Assassination team's mission has been successful.
Since the 'Assassination Victim' inside was Qin Su, this result was not unexpected by anyone.
Mei Qingyu used her privileges to open the Passageway and went in first.
Despite the terrifying commotion, she believed that even if the students of Class 6 tried their best, they would not be able to resist Qin Su's charm.
Mei Qingyu had only taken a few steps when she heard the sound of running footsteps behind her.
"Don't push, don't push."
Who held my hand?
"What?! Less than two minutes have passed?!"
Lin Yin corrected, "To be precise, it's one minute and thirty-seven seconds..."
Then, Lin Yin, who was rushing to the front and was right behind Mei Qingyu, was crossing the long Passageway. When she saw the scene before her, she temporarily forgot what she was going to say. Her eyes widened, just like the other students behind her who saw the same scene, and she was speechless for a moment.
The situation indoors was even worse than last time.
Last time, the walls and floors were fine, but Qin Su had plucked the decorations as teaching aids.
This time, the decorations are much better than last time, but the walls and floors aren't very good.
The walls were pitted and uneven, revealing the metal underneath, and even the metal surface had countless dents. The floor was the same.
The entire space was more desolate than ruins themselves.
(Class 6 members. "...!"
Mei Qingyu looked up at the still bright lights. "..."
Good news, the Chandelier has been remanded for repairs; it wasn't damaged.
Bad news, everything else is ruined.
Mei Qingyu glanced around and could imagine the complex expressions on the faces of the staff in charge of this place when they saw the situation.
Pulling herself out of her thoughts, Mei Qingyu looked toward the Floor-to-Ceiling Window.
The constant movement and frantic sounds coming from behind the Red Velvet curtains confirmed to her that the nine people had been packed up and hung inside by Qin Su.
Such a high height...
Even without watching the surveillance footage, Mei Qingyu could imagine the scene of Qin Su throwing them up.
(Class 6 everyone calmed down, they easily noticed the location of the Floor-to-Ceiling Window from which the sound was coming from, and their expressions were hard to describe.
In less than two minutes, nine people, a room in ruins... These key phrases kept flashing through the minds of the students in Class 6), causing their emotions to fluctuate wildly.
Realizing that only the original (Class 6 had the nearly one-hour lesson, the original (Class 6 was secretly overjoyed despite their shock.
The members of Team 1 felt a pang of sadness. They hadn't expected Qin Su to give them an hour of training, but... a little over a minute? That was just too much... a blow to their hearts, a far cry from what they had anticipated.
The differential treatment should not be too obvious.
Are they really that unworthy compared to the original (Class 6?
Different perspectives led to different emotions. In the eerie silence that followed, the familiar footsteps below stood out starkly against the backdrop of a series of sounds coming from afar.
Everyone swallowed hard and looked down, watching Qin Su step over the scrambled ground. Without looking up, he expressionlessly ascended the steps amidst their varied expressions.