The Green Years

On the Bus, the car moved smoothly.

The afternoon sun at three or four o'clock made people drowsy. On the Bus, some Passenger were looking at their phones, some were resting with their eyes closed, and some were talking quietly... It was a seemingly common everyday scene.

Throughout his hushed conversation with the Chronicler, Bai Zhi maintained a constant, omniscient God's Perspective, continuously monitoring his surroundings.

As Elite Level Support item, Pluto provides him with considerable assistance. It's a rare opportunity to farm Elite Level Item in bulk in this Dungeon, so Bai Zhi plans to upgrade Pluto to Perfect Grade Level this Dungeon.

"Why did you smash the phone?"

After thinking about it very seriously, the Chronicler asked with a slightly puzzled expression.

"In that situation, what good would smashing a phone do?"

"Oh, it's useless, it just means you can die with more flair."

Turning his head to look out the window, Bai Zhi calmly gave his answer.

"..."

The middle school they attended was called Libei Middle School, a semi-boarding school located in a suburban area.

After getting off the bus midway and transferring to another bus for about 20 minutes, they arrived at the school. Since it was a little after 3:30 pm on Sunday afternoon and evening self-study started at 6 pm, there weren't many people at the school.

After parting ways with the other person at the classroom door, Bai Zhi carried the can of chicken soup back to his Dormitory and lay down for a while. The Dormitory was a bit old and dilapidated; he had heard that it had been converted from a girls' Dormitory and was a standard eight-person room.

When Bai Zhi arrived at the Dormitory, there were already two people Dormitory. One was lying on the bed, seemingly asleep, while the other was sitting at the table with his back to the door, as if he was writing something.

After glancing briefly into the Dormitory, Bai Zhi pushed open the door and entered his Dormitory.

His bed was the lower bunk in the corner by the window, which could be considered a prime spot. Just as he pushed the door open, the boy who was facing away from the door seemed to be startled by something. He shuddered inexplicably and quickly stuffed something into his mouth and swallowed it.

"Tingsheng, you're back so early?"

When he turned around and saw it was him, the other person seemed to reluctantly raise his hand to greet him.

--Fleetingly, Bai Zhi saw two black tentacles quickly retract from the other's lips into its mouth.

"The College Entrance Exam is coming up soon, it's still more comfortable to sleep at school."

Keeping his expression unchanged, Bai Zhi smiled slightly, then walked straight past the other person carrying the chicken soup.

The desk in front of the other person was completely empty.

Bai Zhi placed the can of chicken soup he was carrying beside the bed, yawned slightly, and lay down on his bed with one hand behind his head.

Three or four minutes later, "Xu Tingsheng" fell asleep.

At that moment, the boy who had gone back to his bed earlier quietly stood up again and tiptoed to his bedside.

Under Bai Zhi's God's Perspective, the expression on the other person's face was exceptionally clear.

It was a rather strange expression; the person's face was as wooden as a puppet, but their eyes clearly revealed a cold and sinister meaning. The other person just stared at him with that expression, without blinking or even moving their eyes.

After staring at him blankly for a few minutes, just like Xu Tingsheng's mother had done before, the other person quietly went back to bed and lay down.

"That's it? This doesn't feel like a serious story... A lie? Let's just call it voyeurism..."

Having obtained no valuable clues, Bai Zhi rolled his eyes inwardly.

While maintaining his physical body's sleep, Bai Zhi expended 1000 points of Spiritual Energy to summon the Shadow Puppet again. The Shadow Puppet could use all of his Equipment and Skill, but the consumption would be doubled.

However, he is now quite wealthy and can afford to consume a lot of Spiritual Energy.

Controlling the Shadow Puppet, Bai Zhi walked around the school by constantly jumping in the Shadow.

Overall, apart from his seemingly somewhat abnormal roommate, he didn't notice anything unusual at school.

He originally wanted to take this opportunity to find Xia Wen and the other two people, but he didn't know if Xia Wen hadn't come to school yet, because he didn't find anyone who looked like Xia Wen in the school.

And just like that, time flew by, and it was time for evening self-study.

[So, have you found anyone else?]

As soon as Bai Zhi sat down in his seat, the Chronicler next to him handed him a slip of paper.

In this unknown story, finding the other Teammate and reuniting with them is the first thing every Player will do. In the afternoon, it wasn't just Bai Zhi who was searching; the other side was also using their own methods to find the other three.

[No, none of the students in the class match. Either they're in other classes, or they're not even students.]

Maintaining a completely God's Perspective, Bai Zhi casually wrote a reply on a piece of paper.

[What should I do? Am I supposed to run to other classes and give each of them the middle finger?]

The other party quickly replied with a note.

With several thousand students in a school, putting aside whether this approach is realistic or not, it just looks utterly ridiculous.

[Going to others is always the dumbest approach. The best way is to let others come to you. Just let them know that we're here in the [library/book] class.]

The pen tip traced lines on the note, and Bai Zhi casually pressed the completed note into the book. He lowered his head, picked up the pen as if nothing had happened, and began to write intently.

From his God's Perspective, the class Homeroom Teacher had somehow arrived outside the classroom and was now quietly pressing his face against the back window, coldly monitoring all the students in the class with a rather sinister gaze.

During our school days, I believe everyone has a Homeroom Teacher in their memory, a figure from our bygone youthful years.

--But Bai Zhi was certain that no one remembered their Homeroom Teacher as being like this.

At some point, the Homeroom Teacher's neck began to stretch out, slowly peering into the classroom through the back window, looking down at the students below who were writing furiously, striving for the College Entrance Exam.

To be honest, this scene is actually quite terrifying, but if you replace the other person's model with Luffy... Bai Zhi thinks it's actually quite cute.

The Chronicler nearby seemed to have sensed something as well. Although she didn't have Bai Zhi's God's Perspective, the Player's Perception attributes were enough for them to understand the danger of the environment.

Just as she was casually about to open a math workbook and pretend to write a few lines, a note suddenly appeared in front of her.

[If you can't do the math problems, I suggest you choose Chinese instead; the Homeroom Teacher is currently surveying the class on our heads.]

"..."

After a moment of silence, the Chronicler quietly pulled out a Chinese language exercise book.