With that thought, Zuo Lin'an turned his gaze back to Ming Ruofeng. While the other players in the classroom stood up and left one after another, he didn't make a single move.
Wasn't he going to look for the path of survival?
Zuo Lin'an's confusion deepened.
But in the next instant, a sudden guess flashed through his mind.
Could it be... Ming Ruofeng really planned to stay behind?
That shouldn't be the case.
He was a Houtian Rank martial artist at only twenty-two years old, suave and elegant, loved devotedly by countless women. Wasn't that enough for him?
No, that wasn't right.
Zuo Lin'an suddenly recalled what Ming Ruofeng had said earlier about Xuan Jingyuan's youth and the constant pursuit by the imperial court.
Could it be because of that?
But as a Houtian Rank expert, in such a vast world, if he truly wanted to hide, even the Emperor wouldn't necessarily be able to do anything to him.
The fact that Ming Ruofeng had lived perfectly fine until now was the best proof of that.
“Hmm...”
Besides, the core question remained.
Ming Ruofeng hadn't even been born back then. Even if some of his relatives had suffered from those events, he shouldn't harbor such a deep, heavy resentment.
After all, they had never even met, so where would any family affection come from?
Without that bond, why would he risk his life for it?
Zuo Lin'an's mind swirled with endless thoughts, but no matter how he looked at it, he couldn't figure it out.
Xu Youyou sat quietly behind him, his gaze casually sweeping across the classroom.
After confirming that all the players had left, leaving only themselves and a few scattered NPCs, and sensing no living auras lurking outside to spy on them, he finally turned to Zuo Lin'an.
“Brother An, are we going straight home later? Or are we going to look around?”
Zuo Lin'an knew Xu Youyou was referring to after the dungeon cleared.
“We should head back quickly. There are still many things we need to handle at home.”
Once this National War Dungeon ended, their Daily Dungeon would open up again. At that time, they would have to face a total of twenty players, and they would be randomly assigned!
He had checked the time earlier; the upcoming Monday was only two days away.
In other words, they only had two days to set up their own dungeon.
First, they needed to buy some wild animals to drop into the dungeon. They had to prepare at least enough to last twenty players for three days, not to mention the pits they had dug earlier.
He had poured a lot of water into them before, but he didn't know if the plastic sheeting they laid at the bottom was actually effective.
If all the water had leaked out, he would have to replenish it.
“True. It looks like we won't be able to have any fun in the city. I wanted to go back and see my aunt,” Xu Youyou remarked.
Zuo Lin'an didn't even turn his head.
“Aunt Mei has her own things to do. Even if you go back, you might not see her.”
Xu Youyou sighed.
“That's true. Before this, eight out of ten times we went home, she wasn't there.”
As a member of the Starry Group, Zheng Mei was indeed very busy.
As they chatted, they completely ignored Ming Ruofeng sitting in front of them.
Ming Ruofeng merely listened in silence, his eyes slightly unfocused as if his mind had wandered off, lost in his own thoughts.
An hour wasn't long.
After some casual chatting, it was suddenly five o'clock.
The players who had gone out to search for the path of survival returned one by one, but one look at their expressions made it clear that they had found nothing.
Zuo Lin'an shifted his gaze and saw Liu Gaomei appearing in the corridor outside the window.
“The teacher is here.”
Someone called out, and the entire classroom instantly fell silent.
Holding a report card in her hand, Liu Gaomei slowly walked in through the front door of the classroom.
Her gaze swept across the room before she placed the report card on the lectern with a grim expression.
Without saying a word, she simply stared at them in silence.
An invisible pressure gradually spread through the air.
Even though Zuo Lin'an and Xu Youyou were no longer students, they couldn't help but feel tense.
They couldn't be blamed. After all, back when they were in school, Liu Gaomei had used this silent method more than once to express her anger.
Fortunately, this was just a dungeon.
Liu Gaomei sneered, “You all really gave me a massive surprise! Out of fifty students in the class, only three achieved excellent scores across all subjects!”
Hearing this number, all the players subconsciously frowned.
That was impossible!
How could there be so few?
Liu Gaomei sighed, her expression filled with disappointment.
“Forget it, there's no point in telling you all this. Now, I will distribute the rewards to the three excellent students. Come up and collect them when I call your name.”
Liu Gaomei's voice was ice-cold.
“Lu Yuanhan!”
Sitting in his seat, Lu Yuanhan trembled all over, seemingly frightened. He looked left and right before finally standing up unsteadily to claim his reward.
Overcome with panic, he didn't even look closely at what he had received, quickly scurrying back to his seat.
Only after catching his breath did he look down at the object in his hand.
Was this... a card?
Lu Yuanhan's gaze fell upon the card. There were three characters on it, one on top and two on the bottom.
【School Pass】
He frowned slightly. What did this mean?
Lu Yuanhan had never seen the other card and was unaware of its existence, so he had absolutely no clue what this reward was for.
The other players sitting near him crowded around to inspect the card in his hand.
Liu Gaomei spoke again, “Ming Ruofeng!”
Zuo Lin'an's gaze instantly snapped to the person sitting right in front of him.
He knew this guy would definitely secure a card.
Unbothered by the stares from his surroundings, Ming Ruofeng stood up slowly, walked up to retrieve his item, and began examining the card in his hand once he sat back down.
To Zuo Lin'an's slight surprise, he didn't try to hide it. Instead, he directly pulled out the other half of the card from his robe.
Not only that, but he placed the two cards together right in front of everyone.
A shocking scene unfolded before their eyes.
The edges of the two cards fused together, ultimately turning into a complete 【School Gate Pass】!
Liu Gaomei then called out the last person's name.
“Xuan Jiu.”
Zuo Lin'an blinked. Xuan Jiu?
That should be one of the Dark Dragon Guards.
At this moment, a smile crept onto his face, and his mood became exceptionally good.
That Lu Yuanhan from earlier looked incredibly cowardly. Judging by his posture and expression, he seemed just like those weak, bookish scholars from television dramas who did nothing but study.
Such bookworms were usually very timid, and their only strength was taking exams.
During the exam, he probably didn't dare to sneak a glance at anyone else's paper.
He must have answered every question on his own, which was why he hadn't fallen into any trap.
As for Ming Ruofeng, there was no need to explain.
And Xuan Jiu likely didn't care about the score or was confident enough in his own abilities not to cheat.
As for the rest of them...
Liu Gaomei tapped the lectern and waved the report card.
“I'll leave this on the lectern. Whoever wants to see it can come up and look. Either way, I don't have the face to read out your specific scores one by one.”
“Class dismissed!”
With that, she dropped the report card and walked straight out.
Xuan Jingyuan stood up with a dark expression and walked to the lectern to inspect the report card.
First was his own score.
Language: 81, English: 55, Mathematics: 48, Science: 59!
Then he looked at Gu Hedao's scores.
Language: 85, English: 55, Mathematics: 48, Science: 59!
Immediately after, his gaze fell upon Zuo Lin'an's scores.
Aside from an 80 in Language, the other three subjects had the exact same scores as theirs.
As for the others, they were mostly in the forties and fifties, and he even saw some with scores in the teens.
“Ha!”
Both of his hands holding the report card began to tremble slightly.
If he still didn't understand what had happened by now, he would truly be the biggest fool alive!
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