Taking Care with Exam Questions

"Teacher, this really isn't mine!"

The student who was struggling academically seemed to realize that something was wrong and immediately tried to explain, but the proctor frowned and said:

"I didn't say it was yours, so get up now!"

"I..."

The underachieving student stood up in great distress, and the proctor immediately approached him. Just then, a roll of banknotes fell from his pants.

Time seemed to freeze in that instant.

The proctor's face began to contort, going from barely resembling a human to becoming completely inhuman. His once normal arms became rough and thin, like a withered twig, and he caught the falling paper roll without even bending over.

"Teacher, this really isn't mine! I don't know who threw it on my lap!" The struggling student tried to argue, but the proctor had already opened the banknote, looked at the dense writing on it, and angrily rebuked:

"Get out!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the student's body vanished without a trace, along with the Exam Paper on his desk.

Feng Xue, who witnessed the entire scene, was secretly astonished, but at the same time, she also confirmed one fact—

"It seems that 'certain' school School Rules apply to all 'students,' but it's unclear whether this application is equally strict or less stringent. After all, more than one player made a mistake at the opening ceremony, but only that player disappeared in the end."

Feng Xue muttered to herself, but did not continue to try to frame him. Instead, she obediently filled in the answers on the Exam Paper.

During the principal's speech, he clearly saw that many students were daydreaming and whispering among themselves, but it was the player who triggered something.

However, upon closer inspection, the timing doesn't quite match up.

"The player disappeared when the principal said 'no rules,' not before summoning the ghost. In other words, he didn't disappear because he broke the rules, but because he made a big fuss after breaking the rules."

As Feng Xue pondered this, she vaguely discovered some clues.

In a sense, these players might be too nervous. In reality, breaking the rules at school may not necessarily mean death.

Just like the series of punishments such as demerit, major demerit, probation, and expulsion, there are different levels of wrongdoing in school. For example, conflicts between students usually don't trigger the rules, but are like the Long Neck Ghost from before, which can be resolved directly through fighting.

While minor mistakes will be punished, they generally won't result in immediate consequences. For example, if you can't memorize a text from yesterday's lesson, you'll likely face a lot of homework. Only if you don't do the homework will you be subject to a more severe punishment.

However, things like cheating on exams or shouting during the principal's speech could trigger the highest level of instant-death rule, causing you to disappear immediately.

"However, we can't be sure. It could simply be the difference between School Rules and unspoken rules. After all, the Long Neck Ghost didn't attack me because I broke School Rules."

Feng Xue mentally divided the ghostly attack into two parts. Looking at the Phantom Object Exam Paper in his hand, he vaguely felt that the part belonging to the "School Rules" was the core of this Ghost School, while the likes of the Long Neck Ghost...

"If my guess is correct, then this Long Neck Ghost might actually be an aid in cracking this Ghost School."

Feng Xue quickly filled in the answers, but in her mind she was making new plans for the area of this Ghost School.

"Feng Xue, how did you do on the exam?" After the exam, Da Zhuang waved and came over. Feng Xue recalled the note her Chinese Language teacher had given Da Zhuang and immediately replied, "Not bad. Thanks to the class monitor's tough talk yesterday, I memorized everything I was supposed to."

"Me too! Seriously, did the class monitor know the exam questions beforehand and deliberately remind us like this?"

Da Zhuang said with a laugh, while Feng Xue rolled her eyes inwardly, but still said seriously:

"You can't say things like that carelessly. If someone hears us, the squad leader will probably lose his bonus. Speaking of which, what will happen to Lin Shu?"

"Lin Shu? Who's that?" Da Zhuang's blank expression startled Feng Xue. This Lin Shu was the academic underachiever she had tricked before, but judging from Da Zhuang's seemingly genuine reaction, did he really not remember him?

"Not necessarily, maybe these ghosts are ganging up on me!"

Feng Xue was wary, but shook her head and said:

"Hey, I heard someone say that Lin Shu is in trouble or something. Isn't Lin Shu one of the students?"

It must be said that Feng Xue's acting skills were absolutely spot-on. Her words were ambiguous, yet her expression was full of the innocent naiveté typical of someone in school Da Zhuang scratched his head, as if thinking for a moment, before saying:

"I was in Class 3 in my first year of high school, and there was no one named Lin Shu. They were probably referring to someone I knew from another class."

"Oh, that's true. The next exam should be math. How's your revision going?" Feng Xue chuckled and brushed the matter aside. Da Zhuang shook his head upon hearing this.

"Math? How can you review that stuff? You either know it or you don't, there's no way to improve it no matter how you study!"

"You can't say that, at least memorizing the material is still possible." Feng Xue shrugged, then pulled out her notebook and pointed to the example problems inside:

"Memorize these problem-solving processes. Even if you can't solve the more difficult problems, you can just copy one and maybe get some points for formulas or neat handwriting."

"How come I didn't think of that? You're a fucking genius!" Da Zhuang patted Feng Xue's shoulder hard, then turned around and rushed to his seat, took out his notebook and started memorizing formulas.

Feng Xue grinned, feeling that this person...

She's rather naive.

"Is this thing really a ghost?"

Feng Xue suddenly felt a little unsure, but then shook her head.

This game is full of tricks; he almost let his guard down!

Just like in a game, it's not scary to have levels that gradually increase in difficulty; what's scary is when you're progressing smoothly and suddenly the difficulty spikes dramatically.

First, provide an environment filled with high school students to help you get used to this simple lifestyle, then suddenly throw an office-level trap in your way—you might just fall into it!

"As expected of top-tier difficulty, it's damn insidious!"

Feng Xue thought to himself, and a vague idea began to form. Just as he was refining his investigation plan in his mind, the bell rang again.

The proctor walked in with a batch of math exam papers. Looking at the Phantom Object being distributed to the students, Feng Xue frowned slightly. While most of the papers were similar to the Chinese Language papers, the notes were somewhat different—

"Everything in this world can deceive you, but mathematics cannot, it simply cannot!"

"Uh, what does this mean?" Feng Xue looked at the note, which seemed like a normal rant, with a strange expression.

Until--

"Damn it, so this Exam Paper can actually detect lies?!"

On the first day of adjusting my sleep schedule, I'm trying to get a good night's sleep.