Lawrence was stuck on the second stage because his second-stage task was not something he could complete independently.
According to Lawrence, the vice-principal's exclusive task required choosing a route.
The first was the city management route.
The second was the academy district management route.
Only after confirming the management route would the corresponding exclusive tasks be issued, and Lawrence had undoubtedly chosen the academy district management route.
For the academy district management route, the first-stage task was likewise to begin one's career, and he had passed it with ease.
The second-stage task then became—
"You have accepted the second stage of the Vice-Principal's Exclusive Task—Faculty Review and Teaching Team Formation." "Task objectives: Complete an initial assessment of the qualifications of the first batch of faculty and staff, divide them into teaching teams, establish a faculty archive, and achieve precise matching between 'faculty capabilities and teaching assignments.'" "Note 1: This is a chained task. Only by completing all tasks can you leave Wonderland." "Countdown: None"
When Angel learned of the vice-principal's second-stage task, his face was filled with astonishment.
The difficulty of the vice-principal's exclusive task was simply not on the same level as the principal's exclusive task!
The second stage alone had given him a full four objectives!
Angel still remembered that his own second-stage task had merely been: recruit a new student, appoint a teacher, and bring the Academy City into a new phase.
A comparison made the disparity in difficulty obvious.
Logically speaking... if the vice-principal's exclusive task was this difficult, then the principal's exclusive task should have been even harder, right?
So why had his task been so simple?
Angel pondered for a moment. The only answer he could think of was... cheats had been enabled.
Not for him—the Wonderland Authority simply had not disabled