By the time the group returned to Xinghai University, it was already midnight.
Zhao Qiu and Duan Fei headed back to their places.
Zhou Fan returned to the villa with Lin Qianqian.
It was late, so after quickly tidying up, they each went to bed.
Early the next morning.
Zhou Fan was still asleep when a burst of urgent knocking woke him.
"Old Zhou! Old Zhou! Get up! Something huge happened!"
It was Zhao Qiu's voice.
Zhou Fan reluctantly sat up, rubbed his eyes, and opened the door.
"What is it? Why are you knocking on my door so early..."
Zhao Qiu stood at the door, looking excited, with his phone in hand. Its screen showed today's top trending topic-
"Shocking! A mysterious powerhouse cleaves Ashen City apart with a single sword strike! Suspected to be the same person behind the Lanya Island incident!"
"Old Zhou! You're trending again!"
Zhou Fan: "..."
"That's it? You came over this early, and here I thought something serious had happened."
Zhao Qiu shoved the phone in his face, his eyes shining. "This is the number one trending topic! Aren't you even a little excited?"
"I read the comments. Loads of people are wondering if you're some mysterious powerhouse. Some even think you're sixth tier, or even seventh tier."
"But they'd never guess you're just a university student."
Seeing how excited he was, anyone who didn't know better would have thought they were praising him.
"It's not like I've never topped the trending list before. I've even topped the trending lists worldwide." Zhou Fan yawned.
The last time he had cleaved Lanya Island in half, he had topped the trending lists worldwide. For a while, countless people around the world had been discussing it.
By comparison, cleaving Ashen City apart had drawn nowhere near