Zuo Lin'an and Xu Youyou naturally swapped beds. They then opened the oversized canvas bags resting on their beds, took out the bedding inside, and made their beds.
They also opened their suitcases, taking out their clothes and shoes to put them away one by one.
Zuo Lin'an noticed that the items inside their suitcases were things they had previously brought to school, such as their personal clothes.
No wonder their homeroom teacher had sent a message earlier telling them to bring their own clothes.
He paused as he looked at his clothes. He then took off his school uniform, threw it into the wardrobe, and changed into his own clothes.
Walking into the bathroom, he looked at himself in the mirror.
Mm.
Wearing his own clothes was much more comfortable, and he looked quite stylish too.
Xu Youyou was stunned for a moment when he saw this. He quickly changed out of his school uniform as well, sighing with emotion as he did so.
“It really is nice not having to obey the school rules.”
Zuo Lin'an glanced at the self-amused Xu Youyou, walked back to sit on his bed, and picked up his backpack, wanting to check the textbooks inside.
However, when he reached inside and pulled something out, he found a palm-sized book titled 《Mental Arithmetic Training》.
What's more, 《Grade Three, Volume One》 was clearly printed on the cover.
This...
With a bizarre expression, he subconsciously flipped through the pages.
Sure enough, it was filled with addition and subtraction within one hundred, along with some extremely simple multiplication and division.
“Holy crap.”
Hearing the commotion, Xu Youyou walked over to take a look.
“Huh? This is... Wait, let me check mine.”
After checking his own backpack, his expression went blank.
“Brother An, it looks like we have to study third-grade material.”
Zuo Lin'an sighed and packed the book away.
“It's fine. We don't have to study.”
Xu Youyou nodded as he packed his backpack. He glanced at the time. “Huh? It's already five-forty without us even realizing it. Should we go to the cafeteria to eat first?”
He jiggled the wallet in his hand, which he had just pulled out of his backpack.
Inside the wallet were a few hundred yuan, some personal items, and a campus card.
Zuo Lin'an slung his backpack over his shoulders. “Let's go. After eating, we'll head to the academic building. I checked the list earlier, and we're still in Class One.”
The two of them walked out of the dorm room.
There still weren't many people outside, and the vast majority of them were NPC students like themselves.
The players were probably still over by the school gate.
Just as they were about to leave the dormitory building, they saw the open door of the campus shop. They wanted to go in and buy something, but the dorm auntie standing nearby gave them a reminder.
“You two just arrived at school, so there's no money in your campus cards yet. Go top them up first. It won't be too late to buy things after evening self-study.”
Zuo Lin'an finally snapped out of it.
Right, the school didn't allow cash.
“Thank you, Auntie.”
Although they didn't have to obey the school rules, the shop didn't accept cash, so they couldn't buy anything even if they wanted to.
Xu Youyou sighed. “We miscalculated. We should have gone to the cafeteria to top up our cards first.”
Zuo Lin'an said, “Let's go. It doesn't make much of a difference anyway.”
Only then did the two of them leave the dormitory building.
As they walked out of the dormitory area's gates, they finally saw the players. However, there were only a scattered few. They hadn't expected the players to only arrive now—they were way too slow!
But this meant they crossed paths head-on.
The two of them calmly accepted the condemning, angry, and resentful glares of these people, acting as if they hadn't done anything at the school gate earlier.
Fortunately, there was a large number of veteran players, and most of them were rational and calm. They didn't start any conflicts with these two "vicious" natives.
However, there were still some private discussions.
“It's those two!”
“They were the ones who took the lead in tearing down those lists earlier! That's why the other natives followed suit.”
“The existence of these natives in the school is probably just to cause trouble for us! Why don't we find a time to kill them?”
“Do you want to die? If you kill a native in a dungeon, you'll die too!”
“I feel like this National War Dungeon is much more difficult than the last one. Could it be related to the secret we learned earlier?”
Someone couldn't help but ask in a low voice.
“It's likely because the commotion we made earlier was too big, so the specter dungeon implemented corresponding countermeasures. I just had a brief chat with some other players.”
“Oh? Did you find anything?”
“I noticed that more than half of the players in this dungeon are highly experienced. It's the complete opposite of the situation in the previous National War Dungeons.”
“In other words, this National War Dungeon is meant to weed out the veteran players of our Great Xuan Dynasty?”
“Probably...”
They spoke in very soft voices, assuming Zuo Lin'an and Xu Youyou couldn't hear them. Little did they know that the two of them possessed special constitutions and could hear every single word clearly.
However, the two of them ignored the whispering, looking-around players.
Just when Zuo Lin'an thought these players wouldn't bother them, someone suddenly turned around and quickly caught up with them.
“You two, please wait a moment!”
Seeing this, the people behind him reacted immediately. Two of them handed the items in their hands to the others and quickly followed.
Zuo Lin'an and Xu Youyou stopped and turned to look at the newcomer.
“Classmate, who are you? Is there something you need?”
The other party wore a friendly smile.
“I am Xuan...”
He subconsciously wanted to give a fake name, but remembering that he had seen his own name on the list earlier, he abandoned the idea.
“I am Xuan Jingyuan.”
“It's nothing... nothing major. I just wanted to ask where you two are heading.”
Zuo Lin'an blinked. “To eat.”
To eat?
He pointed to the two-story building ahead. “That way is the cafeteria.”
Xuan Jingyuan asked, “Cafeteria? A place to dine?”
“Yes.”
Speaking of which, Zuo Lin'an realized it was almost five-fifty, and a mischievous urge rose within him.
“We still have evening self-study later, so we're in a hurry and will be heading off first.”
Xuan Jingyuan subconsciously followed them.
“Evening self-study?”
He was somewhat confused, but upon hearing those three words, the memories granted to him by the dungeon fluctuated slightly, instantly allowing him to understand what evening self-study meant.
So that was it.
Evening self-study was a night class.
Zuo Lin'an asked, “Yes. Don't tell me you forgot?”
Xuan Jingyuan replied, “Of course not. May I ask when evening self-study begins?”
Zuo Lin'an thought for a moment. “Around seven o'clock. No need to rush, it's still quite early.”
He had just said they were in a hurry for evening self-study, and now he was saying it was still quite early. Unless Xuan Jingyuan was a fool, he would know Zuo Lin'an was talking nonsense.
Xuan Jingyuan asked suspiciously, “Is that so?”
Zuo Lin'an seemed completely oblivious as he chuckled. “It's fine. Even if we're late, the teacher won't blame us. After all, school just started today.”
Looking at his gentle expression, Xuan Jingyuan felt a chill run down his spine.
The person in front of him was highly likely saying the exact opposite of what he meant.
Once they were late, something absolutely terrifying would happen.
Just then, a familiar figure drifted over and landed right in front of them.
“Classmate, we just asked others, and they all said evening self-study begins at six.”
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