The next day, sunny.
As usual, Lu Bai finished talking with the school's psychologist and left the Psychological Counseling Room. He tilted his head back to look at the holographic sky.
The sun was bright as ever, and there was still some time before lunch.
Since it was still early, he simply headed toward the combat training arena.
After making such a commotion yesterday, he was no longer a nobody in other people's eyes.
He'd ranked first in two consecutive rounds of the Deathmatch Showdown. The result was so impressive that many people found it a little hard to stomach.
Every student who passed him instinctively stepped aside.
"Lu Bai? Is he that newly risen genius from our campus?"
"That's right, it's him."
"I heard that when they announced his results yesterday, nobody believed it. They even nearly expelled him."
"No way. Who'd be that stupid?"
"It's absolutely true. My cousin was there at the time. It definitely happened."
"If they'd really expelled him, that would've been quite a story."
Many students whispered among themselves after passing him.
But they only dared to talk behind his back. When they were in front of Lu Bai, most didn't even dare look up.
"How come we've never heard of such an outstanding talent before?"
"Shh, keep your voice down. I'll tell you—he wasn't impressive before. I heard he fell into a river..."
Normally, faced with a promising talent like this, people would approach Lu Bai to strike up a conversation, whether to get on his good side or recruit him on behalf of their organization.
But Lu Bai wasn't exactly a normal case. His previous life's social circle had been limited to his class, and no one had ever gathered any information about him.
On top of that, there were rumors that