Chapter 55
Jiang Cheng's brow twitched, and he couldn't help but ask, "If I remember correctly, didn't you say you didn't want it?"
"The person I was back then is not the person I am now." Qin Su said seriously.
Life is either about slapping others in the face or about slapping yourself in the face.
Jiang Cheng: "...176 left."
For some reason, he felt that Qin Su had a kind of calm madness.
He handled all the work of getting things out and in. Even President Qin didn't know exactly how many ghosts were inside, because President Qin was obsessed with just bringing them into the 'warehouse,' a classic case of 'killing without burying.'
He only finds peace of mind when he handles every cleanup so meticulously, carrying the national emblem, flag, and banknotes while listening to the national anthem.
176...
Qin Su memorized the number: (Class 6 had a total of 499 People besides him.
If each ghost takes on 2 to 3 students... that's just right.
After a moment's thought, Qin Su said, "Wait a moment."
"Okay," Jiang Cheng replied, completely bewildered.
A few minutes later, Qin Su reappeared before Jiang Cheng, who saw that he was holding a stack of printed papers with human photographs on the cover.
Having successfully retrieved the data prepared according to plan in the Comic World, Qin Su looked at Jiang Che and spoke again, "Take me there."
Jiang Cheng: "... Okay."
Ghosts... bringing photos of a whole bunch of people? Some people seem fine on the surface, but inside they've completely gone mad.
It was called a 'warehouse,' but it was actually a villa in the mountains, filled with nothing but ghosts. Usually, he would only go with Qin Dai, and he would go alone... Just thinking about that eerie mountain villa that exuded ghostly energy for miles around made Jiang Cheng's scalp tingle. He would never go.
Clearly, the Qin Family shares the same trait of 'high skill and daring'.
With time running out and the task at hand, Jiang Cheng immediately took Qin Su by car to go there.
On the way, they first went back to his house to get the 'essential items for seeing ghosts' that Qin Dai had left behind.
In the car, Qin Su opened the box and took out a ring engraved with an unknown, intricate pattern.
The letter 'S' engraving on the inside of the ring is distinctly different from the other skillfully crafted patterns, clearly the work of his older sister, whose carving technique when carving peach wood swords is exactly the same.
Based on the clearly handwritten, illegible instructions from his older sister, Qin Su put the ring on the ring finger of his right hand.
He then opened another porcelain gourd-shaped bottle embedded in the box and dripped two drops into his eyes.
Following the instructions, Qin Su completed the smooth combo of "Seeing Ghosts," and his eyes met those of a bright red figure in the middle of the road.
The pair of bloodshot, scarlet eyes that were choosing a substitute in the middle of the road froze for a moment when they met Qin Su's eyes.
In an instant, it vanished into the middle of the road in a flash, so fast that Qin Su only saw a red afterimage.
Qin Su: "..."
They moved so fast he didn't even have time to be scared. Between the two of them... who was the ghost?
Qin Su glanced down at the ring on his finger and thought to himself, 'As expected of something my sister prepared, it's so powerful that even ghosts would run away in its wake.'
Jiang Cheng saw Qin Su's movements in the back seat through the rearview mirror and felt a familiar, chilling wind sweep past the side of the window. His heart pounded. "Excuse me, Young Master Qin, did you see something?"
"A red ghostly figure." Qin Su spoke the truth, not finding it particularly terrifying. Having been baptized by the Zerg, his threshold for accepting 'new things' had risen dramatically.
Jiang Cheng: "..."
How can you remain so calm?
During the two-hour drive, Qin Su picked up scissors and cut the paper he had brought back.
Jiang Cheng brought Qin Su to their destination, but only stood at the villa entrance without going in, bidding Qin Su farewell.
What's inside is like Pandora's box to him. Now, he just wants to be a lowly worker with a multi-million dollar annual salary.
'Good riddance,' Qin Su thought.
He didn't really want Assistant Jiang to see him lecturing the Ghosts later and misunderstand that he was crazy.
The villa had already been copied and registered with Qin Su's fingerprints. The moment the villa door opened, Qin Su saw Ghosts standing on both sides, their limbs twisted to varying degrees and their faces pale.
They trembled at the sight of him.
Recalling the contents of the instruction manual, Qin Su expressionlessly raised his right hand, the one wearing the ring, in front of all the ghosts.
The Ghosts: "!"
Damn, another monster! One flick of his finger and he's gone in a flash.
The moment the right hand was raised, the Ghosts visibly trembled even more violently than before. Several arms, eyeballs, heads, and even legs fell to the ground with a thud because they were shaking like leaves.
"I'm so sorry..."
"I'll pick it up right now!"
"Please don't be angry, getting angry is bad for your health..."
Accompanied by these sounds, the Ghosts tremblingly picked up the limbs that had fallen to the ground and put them back in their original positions.
Qin Su: "..."
It's confirmed; they are genuinely terrified of the ring in his hand, and they even possess 'thought' and can understand commands.
As long as the rings are present, they will obey your every command, which makes things much easier.
After the Vitelta incident, even the protagonist He Muzhi, was unable to defeat him in the Class Monitor election.
He will pass it unanimously.
However, the election rules clearly state that if no one signs up, the students who participate in the Class Monitor election based on their actual combat Sequential Placement must demonstrate to the students on stage how to mobilize Pheromones in an instant to create the pressure of being a 'commander'.
Cold Blast Bombs can cool the body and also cause people to tremble in extremely cold conditions, creating the illusion of being 'oppressed'.
But it wasn't the overwhelming pressure he described when he learned about ABO, the kind that made people want to kneel down and submit instantly.
In the Comic World, he thought and thought that he could press down on people, creating pressure through 'physics' and generating cold air, thus creating the illusion for his classmates that only he could see ghosts that others couldn't. It was a good choice.
Qin Su: "..."
The truth came late, but it did eventually. His initial rejection of ghosts was truly a sign of his arrogance.
"Come in."
Qin Su strode through them.
The Ghosts exchanged bewildered glances after Qin Su passed by, then cautiously followed.
As the Ghosts gathered in the villa's hall, Qin Su held in his hand several pieces of paper that he had individually cut out based on the Pheromone levels of his classmates while in the car.
The leader is He Muzhi from Class 6), who, through casual conversations with classmates and repeated observations, is undoubtedly the strongest in terms of Pheromones and strength.
Qin Su's gaze rose from the ID photo printed by He Muzhi, sweeping over the numerous Ghosts: "Line up according to your strength, and press down on my shoulders with all your might."
He needs to use ghosts to create a sense of oppression, and he also needs to 'tailor his approach to the individual'.
"Otherwise..." Qin Su deliberately raised his hand with a cold expression, his left hand twisting the black ring on his right ring finger, his gaze sweeping coldly over the ghosts.
To prevent the Ghosts from hiding their secrets, Qin Su's threat was quite obvious.
The Ghosts were both shocked and terrified. "???!!"
To be honest, this was the first time in their lives they had heard such an outrageous request.
Confused and deeply shocked, the Ghosts, burdened with questions, obediently lined up under the ring's threat, unwilling to be annihilated.
With a death-defying attitude, the leader floated behind Qin Su and cautiously pressed down hard on Qin Su's shoulder.
In the past, it was always the players who deliberately experienced "sleep paralysis" to scare them; this was the first time they experienced "shoulder paralysis."
Feeling the force applying to his body, Qin Su was satisfied, but his expression remained unchanged as he calmly said, "That's enough, get down."
"!"
The ghost on Qin Su's shoulder seemed to have been granted a pardon, and it swiftly floated to Qin Su's front.
Qin Su: "..."
The ghost was indeed fast.
After a moment of reflection, Qin Su handed over He Muzhi's photo and said succinctly, "Remember his face; he's your next 'shoulder-pressing' task target."
"Huh?... Oh, okay, okay."
It wasn't 'scaring' but 'pressing down on the shoulder'?!
Regardless of what the ghost in front of him was thinking, Qin Su's dark eyes swept over the ghosts behind him. "Next."
With some lessons learned from past misdeeds, one can be less worried about future ones.
After the ghosts have passed, everyone will receive a solo photo.
The ghosts at the back didn't get any photos; they were looking at an entire wall of photos.
Qin Su stood in front of the photo wall, pointed to the students in the photos, and lectured the Ghosts: "At that time, implement the 'one ghost responsible for two or three people' plan. At the moment I give the order, they can freely assign themselves to the nearest group until everyone in the classroom has a ghost on their shoulder."
Before the Ghosts could recover from their shock and confusion, Qin Xiao continued, "To ensure that everyone executes the plan perfectly according to my orders at the same time, training will now begin."
Over the next eight hours, Qin Su implemented comprehensive 'military-style' training and management on the 176 Ghosts, ensuring that each ghost could achieve the desired result within a mere second of receiving his 'eye signal'.
After training, the Ghosts: "..."
They're clearly dead, so why do they still evoke a 'feeling of being slightly dead'?
Ahhh, no wonder they're from the Qin Family members, devils! They're all devils!
Nobody told them that even if they died, they still had to 'go to work'!
Those who considered themselves veteran ministers who followed the Qin Demon Lord and had seen all kinds of storms had never seen anything like this before.
The Qin Family members before me are simply devils!
Seeing that the time was almost up, Qin Su expended his Life Points to pack the Ghosts into his spatial dimension, and then went to his apartment to retrieve the 'Pheromone' Cold Blast Bomb containing the 'pheromones' he had personally concocted.
Before the Ghosts could react, they found themselves in a strange, pitch-black darkness, trembling with fear.
Before leaving the Real World, Qin Su sent a message to his Assistant Jiang, asking her to prepare enough 'salary' for them.
Jiang Cheng: "..."
Haha, the world has finally turned upside down in ways he could never have imagined. The Qin Family is still too ahead of their time; hiring people is no longer enough for them, and they've started to go so far as to hire ghosts.
--
Comic World.
Qin Su opened his eyes and saw not only the familiar dormitory facilities, but also a room crammed full of Ghosts that were practically bursting at the seams.
Qin Su: "..."
Hopefully, when he arrives at the classroom on time, the Train won't be too crowded, otherwise everyone will get cold.
The Ghosts looked at this completely unfamiliar world, peeking around cautiously, but dared not ask Qin Su any questions.
The eight hours they spent with Qin Su, which sounded short, felt like an eternity to them. Throughout the training, they learned that the person before them was cold-hearted and had a cold face, so they dared not act recklessly.
With the time approaching 2 o'clock, the reveal was about to take place. This time, Qin Su, leaving the dormitory, simply applied Pheromone Blocker Patch and only used his Life Points to activate the Comic Capture Camera before entering the Train.
Contrary to expectations, the Vitelta incident made Qin Su almost the most popular figure on every planet. By asking around among the people in Class (Class 6), we fully understood Qin Su's habit of scouting locations. Now, the number of people in the Train carriages is not small.
Qin Su entered the Train amidst the attention of everyone. A group of Ghosts, 'well-trained' by Qin Su, gathered around him in this unfamiliar place.
Therefore, the students who were watching felt:
Accompanying Qin Su as he entered the Train was a chilling aura emanating from him, pervasive, powerful, and icy.
The students who had spontaneously made way for Qin Su were startled and quickly moved further away from Qin Su.
They were far away, but that didn't stop their eyes from gazing at Qin Su with unwavering admiration and fervor.
Qin Su: "..."
On the surface, he appeared to be alone, but in reality, he was surrounded by ghosts. The Ghosts, unable to contain their curiosity, peered at the group of strangers.
"Such a powerful, icy aura!"
"Of course, because Qin Su didn't wear Pheromone Blocker Patch. Although he wasn't in his Heat Period and wasn't intentionally releasing Pheromones, so there wouldn't be Pheromone, Qin Su already has a powerful aura. Without the Pheromone Blocker Patch, his aura would be even colder."
"As expected of Qin Su, even though we are far enough away, we can still feel the chill emanating from him."
"Wait... Qin Su is wearing a ring?!"
"Besides that, did you feel a chill down your spine, a really creepy feeling?"
"Have..."
I felt that too.
[A strangely patterned black ring was slipped onto the well-defined knuckles of this Boss 1! Help! Does anyone understand the feeling of "wearing a ring makes you feel like the owner"? awsl]
[Is it just my imagination? I feel like today's Boss 1 looks incredibly cold and intimidating.]
[Zhang Minglang personally told Qin Su that he was to be the Class Monitor, and he was also one of those who were scheming against him. Qin Su's cold and gloomy expression was normal.]
[Does anyone have the same ring?]
[Who told him to be the Class Advisor of Class 6? In the workplace, he would be Qin Su's direct supervisor, and above that direct supervisor are even higher-ups. Naturally, he has no choice but to obey.]
"..."
Hearing his classmates chirping crickets, Qin Su felt secretly guilty and dared not tell them that whether it was cold or creepy, it was all because of the presence of the 'Ghosts' and the way they were being stared at.
The "gloomy and eerie" feeling mentioned in the comments is probably because there are too many ghosts around him, and the "ghostly aura" is too strong.
Just like the Real World of "ghosts appearing," even if you can't see them, those who experience it will feel a chill run down their spines.
At exactly 2 PM, Qin Su sat down in the leftmost seat of the first row, a spot that everyone had unconsciously vacated.
The moment Qin Su sat down in the seating area, the students around him shared the same feeling as the students on the Train.
Everyone noticed immediately that Qin Su didn't have an Alpha Pheromone Blocker Patch on the back of his neck. One or two people, taking advantage of sitting behind Qin Su and being unable to see Qin Su, stared intently at the back of Qin Su neck with undisguised fervor.
"I finally understand why Qin Su always wears Pheromone Blocker Patches when he appears. His aura is not only cold and intimidating, but also terrifying and chilling, something that not everyone can withstand."
"From the very beginning, he was always thinking of us. He may seem cold on the outside, but he's warm on the inside. I actually misunderstood Qin Su and thought he was cold-hearted. I deserve to die."
Why did Qin Su suddenly start wearing a ring?
"They were probably already wearing it, but they took it off earlier."
Qin Su: "..."
He answered incorrectly; he was acting entirely in his own self-interest.
(Class 6 Advisor Zhang Minglang arrived at the classroom early. The familiar coolness and special feeling when Qin Su entered the classroom told him the fact that 'Qin Su has arrived'.
Although he was following orders from above and had no choice but to comply, he could have offered a gentle reminder, but he didn't, because some of the people who made the decision were his students.
Years of teacher-student relationship made him emotionally and rationally stand on his side; they were in the same boat.
But human hearts are complex. He followed orders and chose the other side. Even now, seeing Qin Su, he still felt guilty and subconsciously avoided looking up at Qin Su.
When the class bell rang, he looked up from his Optical Brain and looked at all the students with a natural expression. "After summarizing the practical experience, he said: "... Now, it's time for our (Class 6 Monitor election."
"Since no student from Class 6 has signed up for the Class Monitor election so far, according to convention, the election list will be composed of the top ten students in this practical kill ranking, namely Qin Su, Sophia, Jeffrey, Sheng Shuang, Zhong Lin, He Muzhi, Raymond... Li Rong, ten people will participate in this Class 6 Monitor election."
[The top ten are all Alphas. In the ABO setting, Alphas are still strong. They need to be nerfed.]
[It wouldn't be fun if it were cut; I came here specifically for this setting.]
[Speaking of which, I vaguely remember that the ABO setting was meant to make things easier for viewers, how did it develop into a shonen manga about fighting bugs? Did it mutate?]
[Get out of here, I have somewhere else to go for a bite to eat.]
Although Zhang Minglang resisted contact with Qin Su because he felt guilty towards Qin Su, Qin Su was simply too strong.
Having nearly single-handedly defeated that behemoth, he can no longer be described as an absolute top-1; he is the absolute top-1 among all students in the entire Fourth Military Academy.
As the undisputed number one, he was naturally the first to go on stage.
Zhang Minglang steeled himself and looked in Qin Su's direction. Meeting Qin Su's deep, dark eyes, he forced a smile, "Qin Su, the first place winner in this practical competition, please come up to the stage and demonstrate your strength to the class."
Their strength has been evident in actual combat, and what they are demonstrating is the deterrent power of Pheromones.
The significance of a squad leader is not just that the Class Monitor is the best in the squad, but also that on the battlefield, what is needed is not only unity, but also 'core cohesion'.
In other words, it's about the 'deterrence' over the entire class. When morale is low, it can overwhelm everyone with its powerful and overwhelming Pheromones. Even those who don't obey will have to kneel down because of the Pheromones, and will have no choice but to submit and not cause any trouble.
Qin Su no longer felt any particular emotion towards Zhang Minglang. Even those at the highest point can be subject to circumstances beyond their control.
Moreover, it's Zhang Minglang.
He simply followed social etiquette, making eye contact with Zhang Minglang the instant he looked over, and after hearing his voice, he stood up and walked towards Zhang Minglang's location.
In this unfamiliar world and environment, the Ghosts wanted to get close to Qin Su, the only person they knew. But when they saw Qin Su turn his ring before getting up, they immediately became obedient. Seeing the 'instruction,' they all went to find their own targets.
Only one ghost followed Qin Su with its head held high, amidst the envious gazes of the other Ghosts.
Step 2 of pretending to be an A: The lack of Pheromones creating an aura?
It's simple; he has his own plans.
The scene of humans relying on the power of ghosts is about to unfold.
Qin Su stood naturally beside Zhang Minglang, his hands, naturally curled up and hanging at his sides, clutching a short-acting Cold Blast Bomb containing Pheromones.
The ghost beside Zhang Minglang on the stage was also waiting in ambush.
Everything is ready; all that's left is to "act according to his whims."
As Qin Su turned to face his classmates, he caught a glimpse of the Ghosts had already taken over the 499 students in the classroom, one, two, or three at a time, just as he had been trained.
Qin Su didn't give the other students a chance to react at all. He had already planned to finish the battle quickly. The moment he turned around and faced the students directly, his pupils narrowed as he looked at everyone.
At the same time, he crushed the Cold Blast Bomb mixed with Pheromones between his fingertips.
The ghosts. "!"
Eight hours of grueling training meant that the Ghosts, upon seeing Qin Su's signal, dared not delay for a moment. Instinctively, without time to think, they immediately began to float swiftly according to the plan, using all their strength to cling to the shoulders of their targets, haphazardly swaying across the water.
They pressed and squeezed it.
In just a second, it had already executed all of Qin Su's commands, and then, as if seeking praise, it looked up expectantly in Qin Su's direction, its entire body seemingly radiating the message, "See, I did the right thing, didn't I?"
With his dark eyes slightly narrowed, Qin Su, having completed his performance, thought, "..."
From his perspective, all he could see were rows of disfigured heads staring at him menacingly.
It was both eerie and somewhat comical.
From the perspective of all 500 students in the classroom, aside from Qin Su, during the Class Monitor election, the moment Qin Su's face darkened, accompanied by an oppressive and chilling aura and a familiar Pheromone he had once smelled...
It was a fear that made them feel as if fate was choking them, suffocating them.
Their bodies were cold and stiff, their knees felt weak, and their shoulders felt as if they were bearing the weight of a thousand pounds. Their minds were blank, their bodies unable to resist. The feeling of being ruthlessly and forcefully oppressed by Qin Su swept over them in an instant, leaving them completely out of control, both physically and mentally...
They were certain that if they hadn't been sitting in chairs, they would have collapsed to the ground the moment Qin Su released his Pheromones.
'So this is the oppressive aura created when Qin Su releases his Pheromones? So powerful that they simply can't withstand it.'
Snap--
Just moments before, everyone felt the overwhelming pressure from Qin Su's unstoppable Alph pheromones. The thought had barely crossed their minds when, in the next instant, Zhang Minglang, the Class Advisor standing beside Qin Su, suddenly collapsed to his knees, unable to withstand even a second of Qin Su's Pheromone release.