Teacher

Weirsterman Teaching Building itself carried a stifling, gloomy, and unsettling air,

Combined with the winding route and the layout resembling a Mental Hospital, everyone had remained highly focused ever since entering the building,

Almost the instant the tungsten lamps went out,

Everyone quickly lit the portable Kerosene Lamps they carried,

When the radiating firelight illuminated the classroom once more, an extremely terrifying scene appeared before their eyes.

Right at the classroom's main entrance,

An extremely terrifying "Living Corpse" was crawling in along the wall.

Its eyes were bound with black bandages,

Its mouth had been pierced through and sewn shut with steel wire,

Lines depicting Human Body Structure had been drawn across its body in thick black strokes,

Long, thick steel spikes had been driven into its spine at equal intervals,

As the first Living Corpse crawled into the classroom, more similar individuals poured in one after another, their numbers even exceeding the total number of gentlemen in the class.

At that moment,

The gentlemen in the class reached for their backpack straps one after another,

Suit → overcoat

Instantly switching into combat stances.

Only Yi Chen hesitated,

His finger, about to touch the strap, stopped in midair... because he harbored some doubts about the "dangerous situation" unfolding before him.

Drip!

Suddenly, a drop of saliva landed right on Yi Chen's collar.

A hideous Living Corpse was sprawled across the ceiling, its mouth wide open as it eagerly awaited a taste of fresh flesh.

It locked onto Yi Chen,

Ended its crawling state, and dropped vertically from the ceiling.

Yi Chen drew his hand axe at the same time, locking his vision onto the target... confident he could complete a precise midair decapitation.

Clang! A thunderous crash rang out.

Before the axe could strike,

A heavy iron desk flew sideways and smashed directly into the Living Corpse, sending it tumbling away... its head completely caved in and pierced through, with foul liquid pouring out.

Not far away,

Dagobert of the North Territory, Quechua, signaled to Yi Chen with his eyes,

Because the classroom was relatively cramped, he could not wield his greatsword here and could only fight the horde of Living Corpses bare-handed... even so, he was not at a disadvantage in the slightest.

Dagobert's physique must have started at four, or even five, right?

He should be able to touch the Limit Membrane with ease in a short time... That brute strength is absurd.

Yi Chen shifted slightly, moving closer to the three members of the team,

Using their powerful coordination and cover to lower his presence so that the Living Corpses would not notice him.

Vision Enhancement

His gaze swept over every Living Corpse that had entered the classroom, observing the various details on their bodies.

"Hmm? This is..."

He soon discovered a "problematic" detail,

And took a deep breath.

Yi Chen straightened his clothes and walked toward a certain part of the classroom with formal, dignified steps. A Living Corpse was gnawing on a student's arm there.

The Living Corpse likewise sensed someone approaching,

Whoosh!

After tearing away a large chunk of flesh from the student's arm, its head instantly turned ninety degrees to face Yi Chen as he walked straight toward it.

Its knees bent and tensed,

Just as the Living Corpse was about to pounce like a beast,

Yi Chen, approaching head-on, performed an action that left everyone present baffled.

He planted the toes of his right foot beside his left foot,

Gracefully rotated his right upper arm and held it against his chest,

Leaning his body forward roughly thirty degrees,

He performed a "gentleman's greeting" toward the Living Corpse that was biting into flesh,

While adjusting his voice, he softly said:

"Good morning!"

For a moment,

The horde of Living Corpses fighting the students throughout the classroom all stopped moving, standing rigidly still.

Even when some of the students did not stop, hacking weapons into their bodies and smashing their bones, the Living Corpses remained unmoved.

The "Living Corpse" to whom Yi Chen had performed the gentleman's greeting,

Gradually changed from its primitive, frenzied crawling into a normal standing position... its spine straightened, and clang, clang, clang! The steel spikes embedded in its vertebrae fell out one after another.

It reached up and pulled out the steel wire threaded through its mouth,

Strangely,

The wounds did not bleed at all. Instead, they healed and mended at a visible speed, without even leaving scars.

A gloomy, hoarse voice emerged from the mouth that had just been freed of the wire:

"What's your name?"

"William Berens."

"You're the first student in the past ten cohorts to notice the abnormality and discover 'me' immediately... You have good powers of observation and a sufficiently meticulous mind.

How did you discover it?"

Yi Chen naturally would not say that he had already learned yesterday that the instructor had certain eccentricities, and had therefore prepared in advance.

"Breathing... and subtle differences in behavior.

I'm guessing this was a flaw you deliberately exposed, Teacher, hoping that we would remain calm in the face of danger and discover these hidden details.

Otherwise, with your level of skill, perfectly imitating a Living Corpse would certainly be no problem."

The "Living Corpse" did not respond immediately after hearing this,

He walked around the disorderly desks, Living Corpses, and students, then stepped onto the relatively clean podium.

From beneath the podium, he took out a black, long coat resembling a lab coat and slipped it over his bare upper body.

"This batch of students is pretty good... better than the previous cohorts.

The corpses you killed are today's teaching materials. They were all individuals in the early stages of infection while alive. After death, they underwent complete 'disinfection' treatment and no longer possess the ability to spread Disease Infection.

Afterward, I reused them through certain 'Corpse Manipulation Techniques.'

Now,

Arrange your desks, choose a corpse each, place it on the desk, and prepare for class."

It was the first time everyone had seen such a bizarre pre-class procedure, and they could not help but feel an instinctive fear toward this teacher,

While everyone adjusted their desks and moved the corpses, the teacher wrote his name on the blackboard: Hogney Zede.

He then performed another series of strange actions.

He removed his black coat and once again stood bare-chested, lying flat on the metal podium,

Then he ordered a Living Corpse who looked rather unintelligent—even with a hole blown through its head—to stand on the podium.

"For the first lesson, I'll give you a simple explanation of Human Body Structure. Do not get distracted. Record every detail.

Only by understanding the human body, which is most susceptible to Disease Infection and possesses the greatest potential, can you comprehend deeper knowledge of Disease Infection in the lessons to come."

Having said that,

He pulled a sharp scalpel from his mouth and handed it to the unintelligent Living Corpse.

Under everyone's watchful eyes,

He ordered the Living Corpse to begin with his hand, cutting through his epidermis while explaining the basic structure of the skin layers.

Next, he had it use tweezers to pull out the muscle fibers, nerves, and other tissues beneath the skin, explaining each in detail.

As Teacher Zede dissected himself, he turned his head toward the students and said, "You don't have to follow classroom discipline too strictly. If you want to see more clearly and carefully, you can come over and observe up close."

A whole morning of "pathology"

Ended amid a strange and bizarre teaching atmosphere,

It had to be said that this hands-on teaching method benefited every student immensely, giving them a deeper understanding of Human Body Structure.

After class,

Teacher Zede, lying flat on the podium, was stitching himself back together, stuffing the organs he had removed for demonstration back into his body.

Yi Chen deliberately declined the after-class invitations from Edmund and the others, remaining alone in the classroom.

After everyone else had left,

Teacher Zede also finished stitching himself up and sat bolt upright.

"Is something the matter, William?"

As instructed, Yi Chen handed over Professor Chamberson's handwritten Letter and Business Card.

Unexpectedly, Zede seemed to be blind and could only read by touching the subtle indentations in the paper,

After finishing his tactile reading, a perverse smile slowly spread across his lips.

"Even though he knows the academy won't let me teach students privately, Professor Chamberson still sent you here... Since you seem rather interesting, I'll reluctantly take on this assignment.

Remember,

My requirements for the living are much higher than those for the dead.

And I can't completely guarantee your safety. You might die directly during the special training."

"Understood."

"Come with me first~ I've only got half an hour of outdoor activity time left. I need to hurry back to my 'office.'"