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The homeroom teacher’s gaze fell on the two players, his eyes filled with undisguised disgust. “I don’t even know how you bunch of students got transferred to Qingyi High School. Out of the bottom 100 in the grade, 78 are from your group.”
“...”
“Isn’t this dragging down our school’s college admission rate?” His disgust turned into malice. “How can we allow that?”
Then he smiled, and when he did, the necrotic muscles on his face seemed to heal, piling up layer by layer with his smile, forming a sinister curve.
His pitch-black eyes were full of excitement, as if shadows were flickering inside. “Don’t worry, after a few visits to the Reflection Hall, you’ll all become good students.”
The players ranked in the bottom 100 shivered one after another.
From the behavior of the teacher and the students, they could all tell that the Reflection Hall was not a good place.
Ning Su’s expression also grew slightly serious.
Ling Xiao was also on the list of the bottom 100.
The third-year students of Qingyi High School had decent grades after nearly three years of education at Qingyi. Even with a math score of 144, Ling Xiao couldn’t pull himself out of the bottom 100.
If this were any other instance, Ning Su wouldn’t be worried about Ling Xiao.
But this instance was related to memory, and he had a vague feeling that it was specifically targeting Ling Xiao.
Ling Xiao, whose memories were chaotic and fragmented.
As soon as the class meeting ended, the students in the bottom 100 were taken away by the teacher.
Ning Su immediately asked Ling Xiao’s desk mate, a girl named Zhong Huiling, “What is the Reflection Hall?”
Zhong Huiling’s eyes flashed with a trace of panic; the usually lively girl lowered her head and remained silent.
“Qingyi’s students also referred to the Reflection Hall as the ‘Little Black Room,’” unexpectedly, it was Tang Yichen who answered, looking at his exam paper as he spoke. “Students with poor performance go there to reflect, and exceptionally outstanding students also go there to receive praise from the principal.”
Ning Su was momentarily stunned.
He then reached his hand into the desk hole. Wang Zhiqiu had carved more than just his name in there.
Ning Su carefully felt around, tracing the marks Wang Zhiqiu had left behind one by one.
“Wang Zhiqiu.”
“700 points.”
“Don’t go to Reflection Hall!”
“Don’t go to Reflection Hall!!!”
As Ning Su traced these words, he seemed to see a boy sitting here, carving these words in terror for his future self.
Wang Zhiqiu, 700 points.
This must have been his goal, and it had been smoothed over from being touched so many times.
Every time he sat here, whenever he felt tired or down, he would reach into the desk hole and touch his goal to regain motivation.
Over time, it became a habit—something he had to do every day.
He was alone, with no one knowing the goal he tirelessly worked toward, day and night.
This place was his little refueling station.
Later, he discovered something.
He knew he would touch this spot every day, so he left behind the most urgent warning here.
Don’t go to Reflection Hall!
That day in the exam room wasn’t the first time. He hadn’t lost his memory without any warning.
Ning Su hurried out of the classroom, just as Ning Changfeng was walking towards him.
His expression was somewhat grim. “Shi Tianzhu has also gone to Reflection Hall.”
Ning Su clenched his fist.
He had been in the dungeon for so long; Heaven-Piercing Silk and dark swamp flower were still cooling down, and only the two children had been forcibly brought out by him last night.
It was obvious that the other players’ weapons were also on cooldown.
Under these circumstances, even if they sensed something was wrong, no one dared to recklessly resist against the eerie homeroom teacher and the fierce instructor—NPCs who were clearly responsible for maintaining order.
As a result, all 78 players were sent to the Reflection Hall.
Ning Changfeng reassured him, “Don’t worry, it won’t cause major problems right away.”
“Mm.”
Ning Su thought the same. With 78 players in total, even though it’s a level-six dungeon, it’s unlikely that they’d all be killed off on the second day.
Ning Changfeng said, “Let’s go check out the Reflection Hall.”
Many players followed them to see what was going on.
Only one player among them was an exception.
Several teachers surrounded that player, including the grade director.
The teachers were enthusiastically praising him with smiles all over their faces.
“Student Shi He is truly the pride of Qingyi High School.”
“It’s our honor that Shi He came to Qingyi.”
“If Student Shi He has any requests, just let us know, and we’ll make sure they are met!”
Ning Changfeng whispered to Ning Su, “Shi He got first place in the grade.”
Ning Su had some impression of Shi He, having seen him in the individual competition. He performed quite well and made it to the finals, though he was killed not long after entering.
When Shi He looked up at them, his eyes couldn’t hide his pride.
Their current situation was already very clear. Players couldn’t use skills or weapons, at least in the early stages. At Qingyi High School, academic performance was everything. Being first in the grade meant the teachers would fawn over you.
Even top players like Ning Changfeng and Shi Tianzhu, who were highly regarded at the base, could be overshadowed by him here.
After just two days at Qingyi High School, the atmosphere where exam scores were a symbol of status already influenced some players.
Ning Su glanced at him once before continuing to walk with Ning Changfeng.
Qingyi High School covered a vast area with a beautiful campus, featuring mountains, water, and a deep forest.
From a distance, the forest had a blackish tint. Upon closer inspection, they realized that the tips of each leaf on the trees were blackened.
The same darkness as the school gate.
Beyond the woods lay a black lake.
The Reflection Hall was built on that black lake.
The students of Qingyi refer to the Reflection Hall as the “little black room.” Not only did it serve the function of a little black room, but it was, indeed, black.
It resembled a house entwined with black roots, surrounded by the dark mist rising from the black lake.
It seemed out of place in a modern, advanced high school, like something from another dimension.
Ning Su stood at the edge of the woods and heard that familiar sound again.
“Plop—”
An instructor and a security guard stood in front, blocking the way. “Go back to your evening study. The Reflection Hall is off-limits!”
They had no choice but to return to their evening study session.
After the session ended, as students began to walk from the classrooms back to the dormitories, the bottom 100 students were gradually emerging from the little black room.
As Ning Su, Ning Changfeng, and Lu Yue returned to the dormitory, the other three had already arrived.
Ning Changfeng hurriedly asked them, “How was it?”
Zhou Xiang said in surprise, “It really was just reflection, nothing else happened.”
“After we went in, we were asked to write a self-reflection, pondering why we scored so poorly, identifying our weaknesses, and determining what scores we need to achieve in the next assessment.”
Ning Su looked at Ling Xiao, who nodded in agreement.
The group felt somewhat puzzled, slightly relieved, but not entirely at ease.
The six of them discussed it again, confirming that nothing unusual had happened, and then each prepared for bed.
When Ning Su came out of the bathroom, three people on the left were still studying downstairs.
After taking the exam, they all realized that even though they had all taken the college entrance exam before, it would be extremely difficult to score 600 points in just two months.
Not to mention scoring 600 points in two months, what lay ahead of them was the weekly assessment for Qingyi’s third-year students, where the bottom 100 students each time had to go to the little black room for reflection.
Even though nothing had happened in the little black room, they all understood that place was unusual and should be avoided as much as possible.
Therefore, they were all working very hard to avoid being in the bottom 100.
Everyone started their tests.
Ning Su noticed that Ling Xiao wasn’t studying and gave him a questioning look, as if asking why he wasn’t.
Ling Xiao: “I don’t think this is how you’re supposed to play this game.”
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Ning Su across from him throw a book at him with a stern expression.
Ling Xiao reached out and caught it precisely.
[Primary School English Vocabulary].
Ling Xiao: “...”
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