[Number 6-10107 <Shared Memories> is being opened for the first time.]
[Welcome players to Qingyi High School.]
[Qingyi High School is a renowned private high school, known far and wide. For five consecutive years, it has been a part of the “Principal’s Recommendation” and the “Leading Plan” among the top 100 high schools, with a graduation rate far exceeding other schools in the same city. It is the dream school for both parents and students across the city.]
[You players are very lucky to become students of Qingyi High School. Please cherish the opportunity to study at this school, achieve excellent college entrance examination results, and bring honor to your alma mater.]
[Main Quest: Successfully pass the college entrance exam with a score of over 600 points.]
[Quest Duration: 60 days (15 days in base time)]
[Kind Reminder: To achieve good grades, memory is very important.]
[Wishing players an enjoyable journey and excellent results.]
Shi Tianzhu: “...”
Human Pupa Master: “...”
Ning Su: “...”
Upon hearing the system’s initial broadcast, Ning Su was bewildered.
As soon as he entered the dungeon world, he did not look at the environment first. Instead, he found Ling Xiao among the crowd of players, with a look that said, “Aren’t you setting my mom up for failure?”
Shi Tianzhu entered the dungeon at the age of ten. Even if she had an extraordinary background and received elite education from a young age, it’s still unlikely for a ten-year-old to have learned high school-level knowledge.
Unless, like him, she couldn’t afford to attend school and had to skip grades constantly to join a special youth class. Even then, he went to college at the age of twelve.
How could Shi Tianzhu, who never attended high school, score 600 points on the college entrance exam in 60 days?
Under normal circumstances, he might believe Shi Tianzhu could achieve it with full dedication, but this was a level six dungeon world. There’s no way they would be left undisturbed to study properly.
In reality, scoring 600 points would be very difficult not just for Shi Tianzhu, but for other players as well.
Ning Su heard a chorus of wails as soon as he landed.
“How many points? 600? I struggled for three years and couldn’t even reach 500!”
“What did we even learn in high school?”
“Entering the infinite game, we only thought about how to survive. Who would have thought we’d still need to take the college entrance exam?”
“Dammit, this is worse than just going out to kill monsters.”
Ning Su looked at Ling Xiao again.
Ling Xiao: “...”
They were standing outside Qingyi High School, each wearing the school’s uniform.
Qingyi High School, such an outstanding and dazzling private school, naturally wasn’t short of money. The uniforms looked like they were designed by a professional designer—simple, elegant, and not boring.
The boys wore high-quality white shirts and black school pants. On the black casual ties, there was a layer of low-key sheen from the gray embroidered English name of the school.
On Ling Xiao, this slightly concealed his dark and unpredictable aura, making him appear tall and slender, with a hint of youthful grace amidst his nobility.
Ning Su blinked as the sunlight shone in.
While Ning Su was looking at Ling Xiao, a teacher hurriedly ran out from the campus, “Great, students, you’re all here!”
Before the person arrived, a loud voice had already carried over.
Ning Su turned his head to look.
Qingyi High School didn’t have many students, but it covered a large area. The school walls were much higher than ordinary walls, and the gate was the same.
The gate was over five meters high and nearly a hundred meters wide, a pure black iron fence gate, tall and sharp, with a layer of cold, sharp light reflecting under the sunlight.
Imposing, yet it gave off an inexplicable sense of oppression.
“You came just in time, today happens to be the placement test!”
“...”
He pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses and said, “I’m a teacher from the Political Education Office, here to take you for registration and to your classes. Let’s hurry in so you can still make it for the placement test.”
A hundred players, looking constipated, followed him towards the school.
Ning Su slipped over to Ling Xiao’s side and quietly asked him, “Why did you choose this instance?”
He glanced around, noticing many people glaring at them with resentment.
Ling Xiao: “Isn’t this a school instance? The difficulty seemed suitable, and the name sounded fitting too.”
The instance was called <Shared Memories>, and the system had also hinted that memories were very important.
This instance might have something to do with memories.
Ning Su nodded and looked towards Shi Tianzhu and Ning Changfeng.
Ning Changfeng didn’t immediately walk over to Ning Su because he was next to Shi Tianzhu when he first entered the instance.
If he walked over to Ning Su and then back to Shi Tianzhu, she would definitely think he was crazy.
So, he stayed by Shi Tianzhu’s side and followed the teacher towards the school.
Ning Changfeng said, “President Shi, I heard you entered the Infinite Game at the age of ten. Do you know what trigonometric functions are, what the derivative formula is, and what the equation of a moving point’s trajectory is?”
Ning Su: “...”
No wonder you don’t have a wife.
Shi Tianzhu turned her head to look at him, “Do you know what it means to lack perception?”
Ning Changfeng: “...”
Ning Changfeng quickly walked over to Ning Su, feeling dejected.
He said to Ning Su, “Don’t worry, I’ve got your back. I’m sure I can score 600 points. I scored over 680 in my college entrance exam.”
Ning Su: “...”
Qingyi High School boasted an extraordinary graduation rate and strong faculty, as well as green channels to many foreign universities. Many wealthy and influential people wanted to send their children here.
Wealthy people wanting to send their children here often donated and invested substantial amounts, so the school environment was exceptionally good, comparable to many scenic universities.
The school had pavilions, winding bridges, rockeries with waterfalls, and lakes with blooming flowers.
“Our school has six teaching buildings. The senior year occupies two, and there are also dedicated laboratory and library buildings,” the teacher said as they walked, introducing the school to them.
The players observed their surroundings. While the school’s natural environment was impressive, the people here were more important.
It was evident that the school’s study atmosphere was intense, even a bit tense.
On their way, they saw several people studying as they walked.
Some were memorizing words from palm-sized notebooks, some were muttering math formulas, and others were reciting ancient poems.
On the shaded path to the right, under a sturdy banyan tree, a girl in a white shirt and black pleated skirt was anxiously pacing back and forth, repeatedly muttering a word.
“Persuade, to convince.”
“persu... persuade.”
“per... persuade.”
Her steps grew more hurried, and her expression became increasingly panicked. “Persuade, persuade, persuade what... ahhh!”
She suddenly grabbed her hair, squatting down and frantically tugging at it. She started hitting her head madly, her voice hysterically crying, “Persuade, persuade, persuade to death, death! Death! Death!”
She crazily yanked at her hair, her fingers turning white from the force. Large clumps of hair came out, some even with chunks of scalp attached.
Her once thick black hair was now more than half gone, leaving her scalp patchy with white, black, and red spots.
She hadn’t stopped, and her fingers clawed at the bald spots, scratching frantically until her scalp was a bloody mess. Pieces of torn flesh slid down along the few remaining strands of hair.
The players watched, feeling their scalps tingle.
