The monsters trying to stop Luo Yu froze in shock.
What, why had these weak students suddenly stopped obeying?
Scratching its head, one monster plopped down. For the first time in the classroom, a few whispers were heard, and some students glanced secretly at Luo Yu with complicated expressions.
Luo Yu did not have time to care about the small stir in the class.
She strode straight out of the classroom and went to other classes to gather people. The girl she had promised to team up with was scheduled to meet at the third period’s big break.
But with the changed circumstances, no teachers were present the entire morning. Luo Yu did not wait for the break. She started calling people immediately.
The hesitant girl, seeing Luo Yu boldly striding down the corridor with no one to reprimand her, suddenly gained courage. She brought along several classmates from her own class.
Luo Yu led them toward the broadcasting room.
The broadcasting room was on the top floor of the office building, connected to the teaching building via a sky corridor.
On the way, Luo Yu encountered very few monsters.
A couple of security guards left behind were casually smashed by the gadgets Sun Heng had given her.
The students following her gawked in amazement.
“Is killing people okay?” one whispered.
“They do not look human,” another said.
Some raised their fists indignantly. “Revolution requires blood.”
But it was clear they were all still nervous.
Luo Yu opened her mouth to explain, but the girl from last night beat her to it. “They are not human. They are all monsters.”
She told the others the truth. The school was overrun by monsters. Classmates had been replaced or killed. The mission ahead was to confront this absurd, cruel, and bloody reality.
Students were shocked, skeptical, and in disbelief.
But thinking of the changes in school, the hellish environment, and their own experiences, each fell silent.
“Maybe it is true,” one whispered.
“Even if it is not, we have nothing to lose.”
“This school is not right. We should resist. We must restore it to what it was.”
The hesitancy and fear vanished, replaced by firm resolve.
Youth is a wonderful thing, Luo Yu thought. Now, she no longer regrets her decision.
The broadcasting room lay ahead. Luo Yu quickened her pace and kicked the door open.
Bang! The monster stationed inside spun around, shocked.
How did students find this place?
Why were they all so fierce and determined?
No, it could not fight so many at once. Its fellow monsters were out handling incidents. It alone could not handle this group.
Wait. The monster’s eyes rolled.
It might not be able to win, but perhaps it could scare these children away. After all, they were just kids. Seeing its terrifying true form, surely they would cry in fear.
And anyway, in two days, the school would be theirs. Exposing itself now would not cause much trouble.
With that, the monster sneered.
Its sharp fangs bared, saliva flying, it instantly transformed from a neat human figure into a grotesque beast.
Cute! Try scaring me.
It glared at Luo Yu at the front, thinking it might even grab a few for a snack.
Huh?
Seeing Luo Yu’s expression, the monster froze.
Why was this student sneering? Looking down on it? How dare she?
Luo Yu quickly demonstrated why she dared. “Outnumbered, advantage on my side. Attack!”
The students surged forward, fists and feet flying.
A righteous group attack.
Unsurprisingly, Luo Yu successfully took over the broadcasting room.
She cleared her throat and switched on the microphone.
“Fellow students of Qinggang High. This is the Adc Friends Club.” Luo Yu borrowed the name of the underground resistance group.
“Some of you may have just come to Qinggang High, while others have been here for nearly three years. No matter your grade, it is clear Qinggang High has changed. It was not always like this.”
This speech had been prepared the day before. With the girl’s help, its content was sincere and moving. It recalled the simple, happy, laughing times before the monsters took over.
Her voice carried invisibly through the airwaves to every classroom.
The monsters listened, confused. The surviving students’ eyes glimmered with emotion.
“Right, Is this really how we want to be?”
Though they had worried about grades and stressed over exams, they had also found joy and freedom in their free time.
It should not be like this.
“It should not be like this.” A boy jumped onto the podium, shouting so loudly it echoed across the classrooms. “We must resist.”
A member of the Adc Friends Club. He did not know who was in the broadcasting room, but seeing the name, he knew they were allies.
If allies had already seized the broadcast room, he would follow closely.
Led by him, more students stood up.
“Resist!”
“Resist!”
The same scene unfolded in other classrooms. Their voices formed a tide that filled the teaching building.
The monsters mixed in with the students panicked. They feared the awakened students, feared the strong power radiating from them, power born of anger.
Anger burned like fire, scorching the monsters.
Unable to maintain their human forms and weakened, they had no choice but to flee into the grove.
There, Sun Heng, who had just fought, nearly jumped out of his skin seeing the sudden horde.
To support Luo Yu’s plan, he had delayed the monsters for some time. Without the exorcist statue, even the seemingly competent group would likely have been overpowered.
At this moment, a flood of incompetent monsters poured in. The exorcist statue took effect.
Floating in midair, it sucked the monsters up like a vacuum. Unfortunately, the numbers were too high. As the last monster disappeared, cracks appeared in the statue, which shattered into pieces.
Sun Heng watched the statue crumble, heart aching. If intact, it would have been a powerful item to bring back to the player center.
Yet despite the heartbreak, the moment all monsters vanished, a notification sounded in his mind.
“Dear player, congratulations on completing Qinggang High. You will exit the game world in ten seconds. Countdown: ten, nine.”
Luo Yu heard the countdown in the broadcasting room.
She handed the microphone to nearby students and quietly walked out. This world was only hers to pass through.
“Six, five…”
Pity she did not get to see the man who made her heart race one last time.
“Congratulations, did not expect you to really succeed.”
Huh? That voice?
Luo Yu looked up sharply. There he was, the man. His face was exquisitely perfect. A faint smile played on his lips, making her dizzy with admiration.
“Three, two…”
No time. He was just an NPC. No need to be responsible.
In a final impulsive act, her heart daringly bold, she cupped his face and kissed him.
“One…”
Cool!
Soft!
She had kissed him. She was so moved.
A single tear fell from Luo Yu’s eyes, then transformed into a sparkling point of light, vanishing from that world.