Qi Bai interrupted her wandering thoughts. “Can you explain the exam rules at your sister’s school in detail?”
Liu Changyu nodded and began recalling.
“The first stage is escaping from the classroom. All students are locked inside and aren’t allowed to leave until the exam begins.
The entire classroom is sealed with doors and windows closed. You only have one morning to escape the classroom. If you exceed the time limit, you die.
The second stage is a campus-wide free-for-all. There are no restrictions on how you participate.
Various supplies are scattered throughout the school. Everyone must find a specific item, and whoever is holding it at the very last moment of the competition is considered the winner!”
After hearing this, Qi Bai’s eyebrows knitted tightly together, as if she had swallowed a fly, her eyes filled with complicated emotions.
The people in this world were too insane.
No wonder so many people longed to become those at the top. This kind of power truly allowed someone to decide the fate of others.
She couldn’t look at everything like a mere spectator.
Even if she didn’t want to admit it, the truth was that she had already stepped onto the board of this game. There was no way to withdraw now.
“The key now is to find out which noble changed the school rules. If we deal with him, everything will be solved,” Qi Bai said after thinking for a while. She decided to solve the problem at its root.
A change brought by power could only be resolved by someone with power.
“But how could we possibly persuade a noble? We probably can’t even meet him!” Liu Changyu had spent a year moving around various circles at Imperial Capital University.
She knew very well that those natural-born nobles barely considered ordinary people human.
Once, a noble student had said directly in front of hundreds of classmates: “Citizens are just moving consumables.”
Even after hearing such harsh words, everyone merely looked at each other in silence. Some even agreed with him.
They had completely forgotten that before entering Imperial Capital University, they themselves had been ordinary citizens too.
Qi Bai didn’t say much. She only told Liu Changyu to try contacting her sister and confirm that she was still safe. As for everything else, she would handle it.
After they parted, Qi Bai went straight back to her dormitory.
Because Imperial Capital University was filled with nobles among both staff and students, the dormitories were all single rooms.
In the information trading interface, every type of information had a clearly marked price. Based on the importance of the information, the system priced it according to its influence on society.
Ordinary personal information usually cost 50 points.
Information about natural-born nobles cost 100 points, and the content was more detailed.
General low-level social information was also 50 points, while information related to upper structures such as the government, religion, or enforcement squads cost 100 points.
Most information could be obtained for under a hundred points.
After searching online about the reforms at Heze No. 3 High School, Qi Bai identified three key figures: Lin Feizhou, Li Zimin, and Zhang Weisheng.
The first two rarely appeared publicly. People only knew they were natural-born nobles from the four great financial conglomerate families.
The last one, Zhang Weisheng, was a well-known reformist. This was already the fifth campus reform he had handled.
And his style was almost always associated with bloodshed and violence.
There were quite a few discussions online, but people spoke cautiously and didn’t dare openly insult him.
The control this world exercised over people’s speech and behavior was frighteningly meticulous.
Lin Feizhou?
It was hard not to connect that name with the Lin family.
Qi Bai still remembered that she had a debt to repay. After all, the original owner had left her this body to use it wouldn’t be right to ignore that responsibility forever.
“Help me look up Lin Feizhou’s detailed information.”
Information purchase successful 100 points deducted
Information content: Lin Feizhou, Purple-Rank noble. His father is Lin Yongfeng (Purple Rank), head of the Lin family. His mother was a minor corporate employee (Blue Rank).
He was not valued by the family during childhood. His mother was murdered. Since then, he has longed for power.
Through social maneuvering he gained the family’s attention, but due to a feud with Lin Jiashu, he was sent to Heze No. 3 High School.
By family order, he was responsible for carrying out school reform together with Li and Zhang. However, the three disagreed, and Li and Zhang ultimately gained decision-making power.
Additional information: He has complicated feelings toward commoners.
Contact information:..
Frequent locations: parks, Heze No. 3 High School.
Hobbies: fitness, reading, organizing small charity activities.
Qi Bai stared at Lin Feizhou’s background for a long time, her face full of delight.
This information was worth the points!
The enemy of Lin Jiashu is my friend.
Qi Bai absolutely loved the information the system provided. It was as if the system deeply understood her needs and deliberately highlighted the key point for her.
After all, someone had countless relationships throughout their life why would the system highlight just that one?
“Look up Li Zimin’s detailed information as well.”
Information purchase successful 100 points deducted.
Information content:..
Li Zimin, Purple-Rank noble. His father is Li Chengping (Purple Rank), and his mother Liu Kexin (Orange Rank).
He was spoiled growing up. No significant personal achievements, lacking ambition, content to idle away his life. Loyal to friends but often used by others as a tool.
One of Lin Jiashu’s close associates, and one of the people who pushed forward the reform of Heze No. 3 High School.
Additional information:.. The Lin and Li families maintain close relations, possibly due to some special connection.
Contact information:..
Frequent locations: fighting arenas, observation decks.
Hobbies: novel and unusual things.
The Lin and Li families?
If they were closely connected, didn’t that mean dealing with Lin Jiashu would be even harder?
No… maybe not entirely bad.
Within a conglomerate, it was hard to say how united people truly were especially nobles who had to fight for power from the moment they were born.
Inside Qi Bai’s dorm room, the desk lamp shone all night long.
At midnight, the system notification sounded on time.
Daily tasks updating / issuing…
Daily Task 1: Gain the sincere loyalty of one follower.
Progress: 0/1.
Reward: Mental Communication Network ×1.
Daily Task 2: Properly act as “Qi Bai.”
If more than 3 people suspect your identity, the mission fails.
Remaining completion time: 144 hours
Reward: Special Shop Unlock Voucher ×1
Daily Task 3: Gather information about the “Hetero-Blooded.”
Rewards calculated according to the usefulness of the information.
Remaining completion time: Unlimited.