It was a quiet night.
Lu Bai woke up in the morning, washed up, and headed to Zudian Campus as usual.
He hadn't told the siblings that he would be taking part in a Deathmatch Showdown today.
Aside from not wanting to worry them, he simply couldn't be bothered to explain it all over again.
After all, as far as he was concerned, the risks of a Deathmatch Showdown were very low.
Unlike ordinary deathmatchers, Lu Bai had never worried about his own safety. With [Save and Load], deathmatchers simply couldn't pose a threat to him.
The only real variable was probably those so-called Replicants.
He hadn't encountered any yet, though, so he'd reserve judgment on that front.
Zudian Campus, at the entrance.
Pu Xueli stood with his hands clasped behind his back, dressed in a neatly pressed coffee-brown suit.
"You're here."
"Yes, I'm here."
"You shouldn't have come."
"But I'm already here."
Silence. A long silence.
At the campus entrance, the two stood facing each other like statues, while sunshine blazed across the holographic canopy overhead.
"I really don't understand why you have to rush into this."
Pu Xueli gave a wry smile and turned around. "Forget it. Come with me."
Lu Bai followed him and declared solemnly, "As the head of Zudian and a pillar of the city, Principal Pu must make an unprecedented contribution in this time of peril, turning the tide and saving us from disaster. Only then will your name go down in history, and your life will have been well spent."
"What kind of nonsense is that? Did you take the wrong medicine today?"
Pu Xueli's mouth twitched. He waved a hand. "Looks like I was worrying for nothing. You're even more relaxed than I am."
When faculty members who had become Formal