The genderless Mechanical Voice briefly explained the rules, after which matching desks and chairs automatically appeared in every compartment.
Zhang Guangmu relaxed into his chair, resting both hands on the desk as he pondered how the plot would develop from here.
The rules of the Mysterious Assignment were extremely simple. You received benefits for completing your assignments, while failure to complete them could result in erasure.
At that moment, Zhang Guangmu discovered that he had regained the ability to speak. Cries for help from the others also kept reaching his ears.
"Erasure? I don't want to die! Let me out!"
"You can exchange completed assignments for any item that already exists in this world? What a boast! A toad yawning—what a huge mouth!"
"My dad's a bureau chief! I've hated doing homework my whole life! Even if the Heavenly King himself came, he couldn't force me to write!"
"Academic Credits can be exchanged for anything? Hahaha, that's hilarious! How could there be such a good thing as a free meal falling from the sky?"
"Mom! I want to go home!"
"You sure know how to brag! I want to see how it's going to erase me!"
"If I'm not mistaken, erasure means killing, right? Mr. Robot, killing is a crime, and you'll go to prison for it! Let's talk this out!"
"Waaah... I'm so scared!"
"I want freedom! I have the freedom not to do homework! You can't force me!"
"If my life is mine to command, only then can I plant golden lotuses in the flames! The books all say, 'My fate is mine, not Heaven's'! Who the hell do you think you are?"
Zhang Guangmu was rendered speechless.
This batch of students is really something...
Apart from a small number of timid, pitiful kids who were frightened into