At this very moment, atop the tower, Big Wooden Stake's true body was also beginning to show faint traces of grime.
Upon closer inspection, the grime was gradually taking the shape of a gecko!
It looked particularly terrifying.
"Teacher's done for!"
"Teacher's about to be corrupted by chaos!"
"Run!"
After those three screams, all the students around Big Wooden Stake scattered.
Only Wenren Sheng, the Backstage Black Hand, remained standing nearby.
After a while, the distant scene shattered. Big Wooden Stake appeared to have abandoned its attempt to anchor Li Cheng.
It swept its gaze around. The place was empty; only Wenren Sheng was still there.
"I never expected that the one who stayed until the end, the one who cared most about loyalty, would actually be an outsider." It actually let out a sigh reserved for humans.
"I've always valued loyalty and affection above all else," Wenren Sheng said with utter righteousness.
As if he had not been the one who had just set the other party up.
He was not wrong. When it came to loyalty, his bond with the Patrol Division was naturally far deeper.
"Forget it. I never expected human forces to grow so quickly," Big Wooden Stake sighed.
"Did you really not expect it?" Wenren Sheng did not find its words very credible.
After all, prophets were incarnations of Anomalies.
"Uh, the principals did bring it up during a meeting, but none of us cared. Your Main World only entered the mysterious realm less than twenty years ago. How far could you possibly have developed? But I forgot that some principals, for their own purposes, opened up secondary worlds to you," Big Wooden Stake said with considerable regret.
"What purpose?" Wenren Sheng caught that phrasing and immediately pressed further.
"Oh, some principals believe that among