The results came out soon. Xiao Mei topped the rankings with 732 points, more than fifty points ahead of second place.
Ye Chu looked over his graded papers. Red check marks covered the pages, with only a few points deducted here and there in Chinese and English.
There was one other strange thing: he had received no points for the bonus question.
Ye Chu frowned. Shouldn't political theory questions like this award a point or two for effort as long as you wrote something? He had filled the entire answer box.
Seeing Ye Chu's frown, Pei Yanchuan turned and caught Xiao Mei. "What was the answer to that last bonus question?"
Xiao Mei looked up and thought for a moment. "Oh, that was the easiest question on the whole test. The ideal relationship between Person-Eaters and ordinary people? Person-Eaters enslaving ordinary people, of course."
Ye Chu froze for a moment, then understood. In this world, that way of thinking did seem reasonable. The phone in his pocket vibrated with an unread message.
[Congratulations to all players on completing the [Cannibal School] placement site task. Reward: 2h of unrestricted movement. During this period, players may move freely without being pursued by Person-Eaters. Current task progress: 4/4. Congratulations to all players. All of today's tasks have been completed.]
A pendulum icon appeared on the phone, along with a countdown: 02:00.
Ye Chu started back toward where Wu You and the others were, but just as he was about to leave, he felt someone tugging at the hem of his clothes.
He looked back. It was Pei Yanchuan, the corners of his eyes red, wearing that familiar, pitiful expression.
"Ye Chu, your hand..."
If Ye Chu hadn't known the boy's sensitive period was already over, he really would have offered him