"When did this start?"
Ye Lin strode out of his room and looked gravely at the Vortex.
In the mere few seconds since He Zheng had called him out, the Vortex had begun spinning faster and faster.
The moment he finished speaking, Huang Liang, who had first noticed it, answered quickly in a serious tone:
"About half an hour ago. It wasn't this fast at first, so I thought I was imagining things."
"But before long, its speed started doubling."
"Judging by the speed, the abnormality must have started after we settled on the team name, right when we all went back to our rooms."
He had been the last to return to his room after they decided on the team name, which was why he had happened to notice it.
He simply hadn't expected to find something wrong with the Vortex when he came out again to ask the others a few questions.
"Fuck, don't tell me something's gone wrong with the next Examination!"
"Could it be because we officially formed a team?"
He Zheng's expression darkened. He instinctively looked at Ye Lin, wanting to know whether he had received any system messages.
Ye Lin was their captain now. If forming a team had caused this change, he should have received a system notification.
The Vortex had only two functions: System Exchange and entering Examinations.
The former would be fine; perhaps something new had simply been added. But if something had gone wrong with the latter, it meant their next Examination would be drastically different!
Under the others' gazes, Ye Lin shook his head, indicating that he had received no system notifications.
Besides, the abnormality had begun half an hour ago. It was unlikely to be because he had looked up those things, nor was it because he had