“His Majesty is truly too generous!”
“He actually had people gather all the school rules that could be found in the school and post them over by the cafeteria, so everyone going to eat can see them.”
“Then shouldn't we hurry up? We have class in a bit, and we don't have much time.”
At this moment, all the players were rushing toward the cafeteria ahead.
Zuo Lin'an and Xu Youyou exchanged a glance, both seeing the confusion in each other's eyes.
But they didn't discuss it there. After all, there were many players around them, and no shortage of martial artists with excellent hearing.
When they arrived at the cafeteria, they saw that the area was packed, surrounded by layers upon layers of people.
Xu Youyou sighed with feeling. “They really did post the papers. Fortunately, they didn't stick them right at the cafeteria entrance, but on the wall around the corner.”
Otherwise, they wouldn't even be able to get into the cafeteria to eat.
Zuo Lin'an raised an eyebrow at the noisy scene but said nothing.
However, as they drew closer, they could still hear the constant bickering.
“What does it say on there?”
“Haven't the people in front finished reading yet? If you're done, get the hell out of the way! I still need to look!”
“Everyone, make way! Let me out!”
“Ow, don't step on my foot.”
“Don't push, hey! Stop crowding!!”
“Brother standing in the front, read it aloud! If you read it out, everyone will be able to hear!”
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone felt that this was a viable method.
And indeed, a literate player standing right at the front actually started reading it aloud.
What's more, the very first thing he read was the slogan hanging above the guardhouse at the school gate.
“Study hard, balance work and rest. Eat three healthy meals a day. Respect teachers, and love your classmates.”
...
When the person in front began to read, everyone present fell quiet of their own accord. The scene looked quite spectacular. Of course, many players pulled out paper and pens from their schoolbags to write things down.
It looked as if they wanted to take down every single point of note.
Zuo Lin'an and Xu Youyou watched from a short distance for a while before entering the cafeteria to eat.
Just as they approached the food service window, they discovered that there seemed to be a slight problem with today's breakfast.
Xu Youyou was the first to lean in. He stared for a good while at the noodles that had just been scooped out of the hot pot, only to realize that these weren't noodles at all, but long, thin worms.
They were wriggling slowly inside the metal basins.
Seeing them, the cafeteria auntie inside picked up a bowl of noodles. “Student, what kind of noodles would you like?”
There were several kinds of toppings prepared here, including tomato and egg, meat sauce, mushrooms, and so on.
But Xu Youyou rejected it outright.
“I don't feel like eating noodles today, just... these few items.”
Xu Youyou chose a few normal things to eat.
Although he was now a Human-Specter Symbiont, he still had no desire to eat bizarre, disgusting things.
Upon closer observation, Zuo Lin'an discovered that the bowls of porridge also seemed to have issues.
For instance, the pork and century egg porridge.
The small black chunks inside weren't actually century eggs, but... black bugs.
When it was Zuo Lin'an's turn, he didn't hesitate either, directly asking for a few eggs and two steamed buns.
Just like Xu Youyou, even though they were currently NPCs, they still wanted to eat normal food.
Zuo Lin'an and Xu Youyou slipped the eggs into their pockets, then walked toward the classroom together, munching on their steamed buns.
There were currently many players slurping noodles in the cafeteria. Seeing those players swallow the wriggling, slender worms made Zuo Lin'an feel like his stomach was turning.
Consequently, they had absolutely no desire to stay in the cafeteria to eat.
Walking all the way to Academic Building No. 5, Zuo Lin'an instinctively turned his head to glance at the first floor of Academic Building No. 3 ahead. There had originally been two classes there, but now it was completely empty.
Or rather, some players had gone over there, but then made their way toward Academic Building No. 5 afterward.
The reason was simple.
Although last night's Scarlet Dream had been a massive failure for the specter side, quite a few players had still died. Since there were deaths, the survivors from the lower-ranked classes had to be broken up and redistributed into the higher-ranked classes.
Calculating at fifty people per class, one only had to look at how many classes had been emptied to know exactly how many players had died last night.
The two classes in Academic Building No. 3 were empty, which meant a hundred had died.
The three classes on the first floor of Academic Building No. 5...
As Zuo Lin'an and Xu Youyou walked into the academic building, they cast a few casual glances around and noticed that although there were people walking in the corridors, no one was entering the classrooms.
In other words, all three classes were empty. This equated to another hundred and fifty people, which, when added to the previous hundred, made two hundred and fifty.
And when the two of them walked up the stairs to the second floor, taking advantage of the lack of other people on the staircase, they observed briefly and quickly found that people were entering all three classes on the second floor.
The classes on the second floor were Class 13, Class 14, and Class 15.
That being the case, it meant that Class 13 and Class 14 must be completely full. Only under the condition that these two classes were full would students enter Class 15.
However, Zuo Lin'an could be certain that Class 15 was not full.
In other words, the number of player deaths yesterday was between 250 and 300, roughly averaging to a median of around 275.
The two of them did not linger on the second floor. After all, there were already many players walking around here, and staying too long might cause others to notice something amiss.
If there were any of the Emperor's men here, they would quickly find an opportunity to report it to Xuan Jingyuan.
The two walked all the way up. The players they encountered along the way generally controlled their speed; they didn't see anyone running or flying up.
It seemed they had all gone to read the papers posted outside the cafeteria and knew that chasing and roughhousing inside the academic building was forbidden.
Class One on the top floor.
After Zuo Lin'an walked into the classroom, he saw that Xuan Jingyuan and his group had already arrived. In addition, there were some new faces in the class.
Zuo Lin'an could faintly sense that the newly added players seemed to vaguely revolve around Xuan Jingyuan. It appeared that quite a few of them were people from the imperial court.
Munching on their steamed buns, the two made their way toward their seats.
But just as they were about to approach their seats, someone suddenly blocked their path.
“Halt!”
Zuo Lin'an blanked for a moment, looking at the person in front of him in surprise.
“Classmate, what are you doing?”
Asked this, the person suddenly froze.
Perhaps he had only just realized what he was doing.
Seeing the other party's expression, Zuo Lin'an realized that this player's action was likely a conditioned reflex.
After all, he was currently trying to approach their Emperor.
Xu Youyou stepped forward, his tone carrying a hint of dissatisfaction. “What are you playing at?”
Xuan Jingyuan cast a glance at this person. “What are you still standing there for? Can't you see you're blocking the way?”
The other party gasped in fright.
“Yes, my l— I will sit down immediately.”
The person quickly cleared the path. Zuo Lin'an walked over, sat down in his chair, and turned to look at Xuan Jingyuan.
“He listens to you so well!”
Xuan Jingyuan's expression remained calm. “Perhaps it is because he recognized his mistake.”
Zuo Lin'an raised an eyebrow. “Is that so?”
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