Zero Class vs. Shrek? Real or Fake?

Just as Lan Kai had chosen a window seat and sat down, Gu Yue moved with lightning speed to elbow Xie Xie aside, taking the seat next to Lan Kai with a calm expression.

In response, Xie Xie, who ended up sitting next to Tang Wulin, was left on the verge of tears, silently clutching the spot where he had been elbowed.

Clearly, Gu Yue's strength wasn't particularly overwhelming, so why did her elbow strike hurt so much? Could she have learned that from Lan Kai?

In the entire Zero Class, Lan Kai was the only one who loved using various elbow strikes in close-quarters combat, yet in daily life, he almost never did such things.

Could it be that Gu Yue has a crush on the class monitor? But there was no need to elbow me! I'm not going to fight you for a man!

Xie Xie desperately wanted to shout this out, but considering the countless people around him whom he couldn't afford to offend, he ultimately held his tongue.

However, what he didn't realize was that in this world, "men" could indeed compete with women for men, and this very thing had happened to Huo Yuhao, the Spirit Ice Douluo who founded the Spirit Pagoda.

Furthermore, the current Sect Master and Deputy Sect Master of the Tang Sect were also a pair of renowned powerhouses in the world of "bros."

That's right, not just good brothers, but powerhouses of the "bro" world—a fact they had admitted themselves, rather than something conjured up by the fantasies of fujoshi.

Back then, the Emperor Auspicious Beast had suffered a great loss in this regard, and it was hard not to think that Gu Yue was taking a page from the Emperor Auspicious Beast's book, eliminating all potential rivals in the bud.

Especially someone like Xie Xie, who looked a bit like a pretty boy; whether one called him a girl in disguise or a cold, aloof submissive, it all seemed to make sense...

...As if!

Fortunately, Lan Kai's imagination wasn't very vivid, far inferior to a certain Ultraman known for his imagination, otherwise, he might not have been able to look at Xie Xie straight in the face.

Xie Xie: Calling me the God King of Defeat is one thing, but you actually want to slander me as a submissive or a girl in disguise? Gu Yue, I'll fight you to the death!

However, truth be told, Lan Kai really had no interest in Gu Yue.

Theoretically, the Dragon God split himself in two; the Golden Dragon King inherited the Dragon God's power, while the Silver Dragon King inherited the Dragon God's wisdom.

But based on Lan Kai's observations of Gu Yue, what the Dragon God possessed was most likely world-shaking power and world-shaking wisdom.

Therefore, the Dragon God was capable of that suspected act of suicide, and the Silver Dragon King's behavior was also quite abstract.

Having read the Sea Tiger series, Lan Kai knew very well that when dealing with someone of world-shaking wisdom, if you couldn't kill them immediately, you had to starve their muscles and bones, exhaust their body, leave them destitute, whip them dozens of times, and drive them to a separate courtyard.

Thus, Lan Kai silently took out a... harmonica, leaving Gu Yue with a face full of question marks.

Gu Yue certainly knew what a harmonica was, but she couldn't understand why he would take one out while riding a bus.

Although the current soul-guided buses had undergone many improvements and were very smooth during travel, combined with the flat roads built and maintained at great expense by these wealthy cities in the eastern region, there wasn't much bumping on the road.

But during this long journey, many people planned to sleep to pass the time, and if Lan Kai...

Before Gu Yue could finish her thought, Lan Kai had already started playing.

A melody that wasn't particularly coherent, yet filled with profound emotion, echoed through the cabin of the soul-guided bus.

"Is this... the tune the class monitor is playing? It's actually quite nice."

Xie Xie, who had been clutching his chest, suddenly lifted his head, listened intently for a while, and couldn't help but nod repeatedly.

He suddenly felt a longing for his mother.

Tang Wulin was the same; his thoughts seemed to drift back to that day when he learned from Mang Tian that his parents had taken on a suspicious and dangerous job just to raise money for him.

Even Wu Zhangkong couldn't help but recall the time he left Shrek Academy to follow Long Bing, only to encounter the Dark Hummingbird, resulting in his own severe injury and Long Bing's death.

Only Gu Yue, for some reason, suddenly felt a splitting headache, as if this little tune were some terrifying entity.

"Stop playing!"

Gu Yue raised her hands to cover her ears, but for some reason, she could still hear the melody clearly, so she immediately tried to elbow Lan Kai with her raised arm.

However, her movement was clumsy and very slow; Lan Kai leaned his upper body slightly forward, easily dodging the elbow and causing Gu Yue to lose her balance, nearly falling onto Lan Kai's seat.

"Phew, I'm still not skilled enough. It seems I need to practice more."

"But every time I want to practice, I get stopped by Juggler, so I can only practice in my spare time like this...?!"

Lan Kai put the harmonica away with some dissatisfaction and was about to lean back against the seat when he felt something poking him.

He quickly stood up to look, only to see Gu Yue lying on their seats, covering her ears with a pained expression.

"..."

Lan Kai was speechless for a moment, simply picking Gu Yue up and placing her back in her own seat.

Who would have thought that someone as bold and straightforward as Gu Yue would be just as afraid of this tune as Juggler?

Or was his technique actually so terrible that it had fused the singing voice of Takeshi Goda with the violin playing of Shizuka Minamoto?

But looking at the reactions of the others on the bus, his playing level didn't seem that bad, did it?

After being placed back in her seat by Lan Kai, Gu Yue couldn't help but blush. If such an embarrassing thing were to get out, she, the real Silver Dragon King, would likely die of social shame, right?

The rest of the journey was silent, except for Gu Yue, who looked at Lan Kai—who was resting with his eyes closed—with a conflicted expression, unsure whether she should take the opportunity to lean over or try to stay as far away from him as possible.

Half a day passed, and Tianhai City appeared in everyone's field of vision.

Unlike Eastsea City, the area where Tianhai City was located had more mountains, so the terrain of the entire city was quite varied; several very tall buildings stood atop mountain peaks, looking as if they were piercing the sky.

Just as Lan Kai and the others were preparing to get off the bus with Wu Zhangkong, several people who clearly looked like Tianhai City officials walked over with exceptionally grave expressions, and by the looks of it, they seemed somewhat dissatisfied.

And this dissatisfaction seemed to be directed at the bus carrying the Eastsea Academy group.

"You are from Eastsea Academy, correct?" the leading official asked, looking at the group from Eastsea Academy who had just stepped off the bus.

"That is correct," Wu Zhangkong replied indifferently.

"Then who are the members of the Zero Class team? I heard from His Excellency Snake Heart of the Spirit Pagoda that you intend to replace the previous youth group champions of the Skysea Alliance to hold an exhibition match against the people from Shrek Academy. Is that true or not?"

Wu Zhangkong: ?

Lan Kai: Teacher Juggler, what are you doing?

Xie Xie: We're fighting Shrek? For real?