Zheng Qing had heard that upperclassmen were required to perform volunteer service.
In previous years, volunteer service had mostly focused on preparing and organizing Alliance conferences, the World Cup, or Zeus Cup hunting competitions. If the School Labor Committee was short-handed, some students would also be assigned to help manage the school hunting grounds or patrol museums and other venues. Beyond that, Beta Town often applied to the school for volunteer assistance each year when resisting the Black Tide from the Silent Forest.
But since Old Yao had specifically emphasized its importance this time, it naturally would not be work like managing hunting grounds or patrolling museums. Resisting the Black Tide was possible, but the professor at the podium had just mentioned that this year's Black Tide would not be very large, which did not match the importance he had stressed.
For a moment, several guesses flashed through Zheng Qing's mind, all vague and inconclusive.
"Don't be so nervous!"
Perhaps noticing the slightly tense atmosphere in the classroom, Old Yao waved a hand from the podium, dispersing the smoke before him. With a chuckle, he said, "Since the school is assigning you second-year students to handle this, it certainly won't be too difficult... Specifically, the school plans to establish a new academy and has recruited some new students... Normally, freshmen enroll in September, right? It's only February now. Those extra six months will serve both as a trial run for the new academy and as a sort of preparatory course for those freshmen, letting them familiarize themselves with First University's rules and regulations and adapt to university life... Your task as volunteers is to guide them through that process, helping them become familiar and adapt..."
His tone was utterly matter-of-fact, as though he were telling everyone that he had eaten