Because there had been no response from inside the room for a long time,
the young man had no choice but to slowly push open the door. Yet the instant he began to do so, the shadows shrouding part of Andrew's consciousness seemed to finally fall completely asleep.
They released their control over Andrew.
Only then did the Judgement Knight slowly come to his senses, though his reason still seemed far from clear after the recent contamination incident.
Not until he saw the young man's waist badge reflecting Lorenz Riel's encrypted credentials did he hear him ask,
"Sir,
is there anything you need help with?"
Andrew clutched his head in pain, hiding his pupils in the shadows, before slowly rasping,
"I'm fine now."
While these interludes unfolded,
Su Wen's first major lecture was also drawing to a close.
The handsome Scholar stood in the middle of the stage, shut down the courseware he had prepared, and delivered his final words:
"So, becoming a Transcendent
means that you must possess considerable willpower.
The weak will suffer, and the cowardly will regret.
If your kindness overflows without any rationality, you will not only harm yourself—you may also kill even more people."
Upon hearing this, an auditing teacher from the High Tower Faction finally could not restrain himself and rushed onto the stage, intending to interrupt Su Wen's conclusion.
This middle-aged teacher, who appeared nearly fifty, had studied at Lorenz Riel for a long time. He was even a Borderlander himself.
Thus, he was extremely dissatisfied with Su Wen's words:
"Before the term Spiritual Energy Era appeared,
thirty-seven years and four months ago,"
the middle-aged teacher's voice rolled through the entire classroom.
"I have conducted research here for a full thirty-seven years and four months. I have counted the rings of every windbreak