In class, the students slouched in their seats, clearly unable to muster the slightest interest.
The old teacher paid no attention to them. He continued droning on from the book, rambling:
"When the Great Tomb appeared, countless bones rained down from the sky in a bloody downpour."
"Here in the Underground World of Ten Thousand Beasts Deep Cave, hundreds of millions of skeletons appeared out of thin air, radiating a savage, murderous aura."
"Fortunately, we are natives of this world. Thanks to our connection to it, we can pass through the world's natural barriers and travel freely between the caves."
"If people from other worlds came here, they would only die amid the aura radiating from those countless shattered bones."
"For thousands of years, we have studied the apocalypse bit by bit. We eliminated some of the simplest apocalypses and sealed away others, but when faced with especially powerful ones, we could only be wiped out."
"So you must grow stronger as quickly as you can."
"All right, now I'll tell you how the great writers of history described the various apocalypses..."
"The Dark Apocalypse is an apocalypse in which one loses all sight and the ability to sense anything. It..."
"That's all for today. Class dismissed."
The old teacher closed his book and left.
The students snapped out of their daze.
"Huh? It's over already?" someone asked, bleary-eyed.
"Yep. Let's head back and get ready for lunch," another said, stretching.
The students filed out of the classroom.
Gu Qingshan stayed in his seat a little longer.
He had never heard any of this before. Even though the old teacher had simply been reading from a book, Gu Qingshan had listened with rapt attention.
But when it came to the apocalypse, the hundreds of millions of bones, and the