Chapter 297
"No, no."
Kanasen wished he could stay rooted to the spot, nervously glancing at Qin Su until he saw Qin Su take another step without doing anything to him. Once he was sure Qin Su had disappeared from his sight, he weakly moved a few steps to the side and leaned against a pillar.
In the nearly enclosed space, Kanasen hadn't recovered for long when he keenly sensed that the temperature was higher than before. He first glanced at the real-time temperature display on his Optical Brain, then looked down and scanned the corpses on the ground, his vision going black again and again.
No sooner had Qin Su left than he locked up Kanasen and the Corpse Mountain and Sea of Blood, raising the temperature by ten degrees Celsius.
Thirteen hours remained before the seventy-two hours he had reserved for all the students in Class 6. According to his plan, the glory of killing Kanasen on the surface belonged to He Muzhi, but he would never truly do the work for He Muzhi. He needed to make Kanasen even worse off than when he appeared on the live broadcast not long ago, and use Kanasen to let everyone clearly see that before He Muzhi killed Kanasen, he was already a fish on the chopping board, at the mercy of others.
As the Emperor of the Ossotalia Empire, a notorious tyrant, Kanasen's death and the subsequent demise of the Ossotalia Empire are destined to leave a significant mark on the history of this Comic World.
Kanasen's disheveled and lifeless state at the hands of He Muzhi, in the eyes of the students of Class 6) and the people they brought, who already had a grudge against each other, was that Qin Su had put the opportunity to make a name for himself in history in front of He Muzhi.
Even if He Muzhi and his group disappear from this world, Qin Su will always have a place in the history of the fall of the Ossotalia Empire. According to the system's rules, as long as someone mentions him and has a good impression of him, his Life Points will continue to increase even if the protagonists die.
As for Patrick, who was not part of the plan... no matter how fast he rushed, he couldn't reach Clyus, so naturally he couldn't disrupt his plan.
By now... all the students should be here, right?
Without seeing it with his own eyes, Qin Su couldn't be sure, so he opened the unnamed Sky City Electronic Eye screen.
A few seconds passed, and looking at the densely packed, tensely confronting army on the monitor, he blinked, hoping it was all just his imagination.
Good news, just as he expected, under his deliberate efforts to help the students grow, the students in Class 6) had more and richer experience than the other graduates of the same Military Academy. In addition, they were diligent and eager to learn in private, competing with each other. He didn't need to worry about their interpersonal relationships. Furthermore, with his name Qin Su attached to them, their appeal was only greater. Even those who ranked at the bottom in all aspects in Class 6) brought people with them.
The bad news is, there are over a billion people involved.
"..."
They managed to prevent Patrick from sabotaging the plan, but they couldn't stop the students from being too clever and from leaking the news to each other outside their small group; otherwise, the current overcrowded situation wouldn't exist.
After a few seconds of silence, Qin Su quietly shut down his Optical Brain, opened the previous plan, and skillfully began to adjust the plan he had prepared.
It's okay if he can't manage his classmates, but can't he manage himself? However, given the current situation, he not only needs to adjust, but also speed up, since everyone in the Electronic Eye footage looks like they're in a rather crowded environment.
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Camilla Planet.
Lailisi excitedly used her previously acquired permissions to access the Sky City, whose name no one in Class 6 knew until now. She skillfully landed the Spaceship, strode confidently to the front, and said in a loud, confident voice, "Really, don't worry. How could I possibly lure you all into enemy territory and wipe you all out? I'm that kind of person..."
The Spaceship's hatch was now fully open, and when Lailisi saw the scene outside, her eyes widened, and she exclaimed, "So many people!"
The person behind Lailisi: "...?"
So, she herself doesn't know the specific situation here, right?!
"We were really fooled, weren't we?"
"Not sure, let's see?"
"What are you looking at? Didn't you see that even Military District like Leichakan 464 has people here? What kind of class do they think they are, worthy of running the same mission as us? I think we've been tricked!"
"Keep your voice down, what if Qin Su is here and he hears us?"
(Class 6: "..."
They exchanged glances; they hadn't communicated with each other.
Seeing Lailisi stop in front of them, the person behind them stared blankly at the person outside who was watching them with a cold gaze, and muttered a low, sarcastic remark.
[Seriously, I'm not kidding, they're letting all sorts of trash gather here without any fear of trouble. They're just really hungry.]
[Don't put it so harshly. At first, they all thought only a few people received Qin Su's order, and that he was sending it to everyone because he was afraid there wouldn't be enough people. Who knew that Qin Su really didn't have any selfish motives and sent it to 999 people? It's just that Qin Su didn't make it clear and didn't inform everyone in the public group.]
[Eating someone else's food and then cursing the host? I think some people are really crazy. How could they be this drunk after just a few dishes? Doesn't Su Bao know they're wary of each other and don't want to give each other a chance?]
[Sophia and her team are much better. Those random people weren't even on the shortlist; they brought elites from various planets, clearly here to do serious business.]
[Haha, I've wanted to criticize He Muzhi and his group for a long time. Why didn't they invite others to join? Weren't He Muzhi and Sophia, the group leaders, always the ones in charge before graduation? They've only been out of school for a short time and they've already forgotten their roots? They didn't even remind their classmates.]
[I see now, you think you can do anything wrong, right?]
[I think I've discovered a secret. Ever since graduation... no, it seems like it started during my second summer internship, the more people we've been exposed to outside of school and the more people we've met, the further apart we seem to be. Following this trend, I have a feeling it's going to be a tragedy.]
[Could you tell me something we don't know?]
[There's no need to be so pessimistic. Isn't this normal? In the end, we all walk the path of life alone. Everyone can only accompany each other for a part of the journey. Even family members go through different stages of life, and there are partings and reunions. Take it easy, just enjoy it. But I think we're overthinking it. Considering how they update every little thing they do every day, living like our Real World, we're still worried about the comic not ending. As long as it doesn't end, as long as we don't see them die or really fall out, it's a happy ending for us.]
He Muzhi steeled himself and walked toward Lailisi's Spaceship under everyone's gaze.
Lailisi immediately realized what was happening and said calmly, "Let's go."
Although it looked crowded outside, there were indeed a lot of people. She wasn't sure if there were any extra seats for the people on the three Spaceships, but judging from He Muzhi's expression, perhaps... there were some empty seats for the newcomers?
Although the people on the Spaceship didn't look at Qin Su, they did see He Muzhi. And since they were already here with a buff, despite their previous chatter, they still followed behind Lailisi in their actions.
The crew of the other two Spaceship saw that Lailisi's Spaceship had made a move and followed suit.
At He Muzhi's signal, Lailisi deliberately quickened her pace, creating distance between herself and the group behind her. When she was only a step away from He Muzhi, she whispered, "What's going on?"
"As you can see." He Muzhi said helplessly. He guessed that there was a high probability that it wasn't just the four of them who received the order from Qin Su. This guess was also confirmed when he tried to get information out of Anthony and the others. But he never expected that his classmates would bring so many people.
This aerial city is not very large, and all its facilities are clearly not intended for use as a residential city, but rather as Military District garrison city. Naturally, it is not like a typical residential city, even the smallest of which can accommodate 600,000 people living there at the same time.
The Sky City they were in could only accommodate an army of 300,000 for daily use, but now, it was teeming with people. Although he hadn't counted them, and it was impossible to count them because everyone was in their own camps, anyone could tell by sight that the number of people currently there definitely exceeded 300,000.
"..." The people behind her were still waiting for instructions. Lailisi knew she couldn't remain silent for too long. After two seconds, she whispered, "So what do we do now? The promises I made when I brought them here are nothing like the reality we're facing now; they're worlds apart."
He Muzhi took a deep breath. "... I'll do it."
Isn't it just a hoax? He Muzhi only has a slight understanding of some nonsense and deceptive literature.
Lailisi nodded slightly and stepped aside to let the people behind her pass. He Muzhi tacitly stepped forward, brushing past Lailisi. Facing the people behind and to the sides of him with a slight frown, he secretly cleared his throat. When he spoke again, his voice no longer betrayed the guilt of speaking softly to Lailisi; it was firm and assertive despite its lack of conviction. "First of all, welcome everyone."
"?"
He Muzhi meant was... that this place belonged to him? That he had a say in it?
(Class 6: "..."
If they hadn't arrived first, they would have believed He Muzhi's lies.
Deliberately using the tone of the host to attract everyone's attention, He Muzhi shamelessly continued, amidst the disdainful or speechless gazes of the other students. "Secondly, don't look, Qin Su isn't here."
"?!"
He Muzhi doesn't even deserve to know where Qin Su is!
The students in Class 6, who had previously been silent about He Muzhi, all turned their attention to him, their expressions varied.
[Really?]
[It must be true. Does He Muzhi seem like the type to lie? He never lies, okay?]
[Don't you fans feel guilty saying this? I might have believed the old He Muzhi, but now I have to question whether he's lying about anything he says. Accept reality, he's changed.]
[Whether it's true or not, He Muzhi seemed to have secured his unique position in Qin Su's heart with just one sentence, and the restless man calmed his wandering heart.]
He Muzhi observed everyone's reactions without showing any emotion. The moment he received Qin Su's message, he and Lin Yin arrived here before anyone else in Class 6. They searched every corner of the place three times in advance, but found no trace of Qin Su. He wasn't lying. The students would misunderstand because of this statement. It was a good thing for everyone who stayed here to maintain the current peaceful standoff.
After a two-second pause, He Muzhi continued, "Finally, Qin Su doesn't want to see anything he doesn't want to see here."