Going out.
The Mute Academy.
As usual, Ye Chuan followed his younger sister to the academy. Boarding the bus, his gaze swept across the seats, only to find no one else on board.
The absence of people was the biggest problem. No matter how bright the sunlight outside was, the interior of the bus still felt eerily cold. Ye Chuan glanced toward the driver’s seat.
The driver’s back was turned, but his arms were a sickly grayish-white.
"Brother?" The white-haired girl beside him leaned closer.
"Ah, it’s nothing." Ye Chuan sat down with his sister, who immediately snuggled up to him, pressing herself against his side—he even shifted slightly to make it easier for her to cling to him.
"Brother~"
"Hmm?"
"Can you… not go looking for the basement?" Her voice carried a pleading tone.
"Why?"
"It’s not safe there. You just need to stay with me. We can be together forever…" Her words seemed to carry an obvious implication.
If he stayed with her, he’d be safe.
"No." Ye Chuan refused.
"Ah…"
Ye Chuan wasn’t worried about danger—after all, if he died, he’d just return to the real world.
But who would compensate him for losing a legendary-tier item?
Right now, his goal was to tear this dungeon world apart, dig three feet into the ground if he had to, just to get his hands on that red question mark.
He didn’t know what its effects were, but since it was mentioned alongside the Chaos Undying Body and the Holy Grail, how weak could it be?
"……" Hearing his refusal, his sister’s eyes dimmed with disappointment. She glanced around before finally tugging at his sleeve in silence.
Arriving at the academy gates, students filed inside one after another.
Their faces remained expressionless, their movements stiff and uniform as they entered the school.
[Growth]
The stone plaque above the entrance still hung there. Though Ye Chuan didn’t understand what the word had to do with the Mute Academy, the red characters looked as if they had been painted in blood.
"Brother, I’m going to class." His sister’s mood was low, and she seemed reluctant to let go. "Brother… can we still go home together this afternoon?"
"Sure."
"Okay, it’s a promise then." She smiled. "Brother, don’t wander off."
"Mm." Ye Chuan nodded as she skipped away happily.
This scene, however, sent chills down the spines of the players entering the school behind him—they watched in horror as Ye Chuan chatted and laughed with what appeared to be an unidentified mass of flesh.
"That guy… really is a monster." Even Tian Xiaotian had to admit it. Despite the daylight, the sight made her skin crawl.
But why did he look so much like that legendary player she remembered?
Could it just be a coincidence?
"……" If not for the fact that her items were restricted, Tian Xiaotian would’ve tossed a gold bar at him to test the waters.
But experience told her it was better to avoid trouble than invite it. If she caught his attention, her life could be over.
"Let’s go. We shouldn’t be late."
"Right." Tian Xiaotian and her companion exchanged a glance before heading to their classroom.
After parting with his sister, Ye Chuan also returned to class.
……
Lunch break.
Ye Chuan immediately made his way to the school field. Now that he knew the basement was here, he was determined to find out what was inside.
Even if he couldn’t enter, his Magic Glasses would let him see something.
But as he walked toward the field, his actions drew the attention of many.
Even the live chat began scrolling—
[What’s he doing at the field? Does he know where the basement is?]
[Probably. This player’s going for the basement clues.]
[Hehehe, what lies ahead is hell. If he dares to go in, he’ll trigger the Mute Academy’s second phase.]
[The earlier insta-kill traps could be dodged, but the basement is a guaranteed death.]
[And here I thought this guy had potential. Turns out he’s just another idiot who doesn’t understand the rules.]
[Last time someone triggered the second phase, didn’t it wipe out all the players?]
[Yeah. Better to just survive till day seven.]
To the observers, Ye Chuan’s trip to the field was no different from a death sentence. But unaware of this, he arrived at the field without hesitation.
It was lunchtime. Ye Chuan circled around to the back of the bleachers and finally spotted the locker room.
"Interesting. Found it at last."
The locker room door was locked, an ominous, rotting stench seeping from within.
"Click." With a flick of his wrist, Ye Chuan summoned his revolver.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!" A rapid series of shots shattered the lock into pieces.
"Crrk!"
He yanked the door open.
Inside was pitch black—no lights, no windows, just a few rusted lockers that looked like they’d spew out monsters if opened.
Ye Chuan silently put on his Magic Glasses. When he looked again, several of the lockers glowed red.
"An ambush?" A smirk curled his lips as he raised his gun and fired.
After the gunfire subsided, the locker doors swung open, and several deflated skins slumped out—monsters that had been lying in wait.
"Hmm." After confirming the area was clear, he was about to step inside when a voice froze him in place.
"Student, what are you doing?"
Ye Chuan turned to see a familiar old man glaring at him.
The principal!
"Lunch break is for resting. What are you doing here?" The principal took a step forward. Despite his short stature, his presence was overwhelming.
"I wanted to jog during lunch, so I came to change clothes." Ye Chuan forced a smile.
"Do you know what’s inside?" The principal stepped closer, his skin straining as if it couldn’t contain his body, tearing sounds faintly audible.
Ye Chuan could tell—this monster was nothing like the ones he’d faced yesterday.
Silently, he prepared to blast the principal with his Air Cannon.
"Brother!"
A voice interrupted his thoughts. He turned to see a gray-haired girl sprinting toward him, frantic enough that she hadn’t even noticed one of her shoes had fallen off.
"Principal, my brother just got lost! He didn’t mean to wander off!" She stepped between Ye Chuan and the principal.
"……" The principal’s swollen body shrank back to normal.
He stared at the girl for a long moment before slowly turning away.
"Rest during lunch. Don’t wander around."
+【Epic Battles!】 "Your Highness, they say Linxi Temple is miraculous. Won’t you make a wish?" "A wish? It should be making wishes to me." "That may be so, but since you’re already here..." "..." "Fine. Then grant this princess a consort to play with." "He must be obedient, devoted, and utterly infatuated with my body—so much so that he’d kneel and kiss my feet." "Your Highness, that’s not a consort. That’s a dog." "Then add clever, witty, heroic, ambitious yet pragmatic..." "Hmm, that’s enough for now. I’ll add more later." After tossing out these words half in jest, Princess Anle departed the temple—only to catch a fleeting glimpse of the Bodhisattva statue smiling at her. Meanwhile, Yang An, fresh out of university, was having a very bad day. Good news: He’d transmigrated into another world with a cheat granting tenfold combat power. Bad news: He’d immediately fallen into the clutches of a certain villainess. Good news: Said villainess possessed peerless beauty and royal status. Bad news: She was absolutely monstrous!!! In the frozen wilderness, Yang An knelt beneath Qin Guo’er’s feet, drenched in sweat despite the cold. Desperately clutching her porcelain-perfect foot—the very one poised to crush his throat—he could only think: How do I survive this?! Need answers NOW!
lities. One day, Qi Yuan was buying groceries when he unfortunately came face-to-face with a monster. Just when he thought he was going to die on the spot, he suddenly heard the monster's thoughts... "This aura, he's definitely not an ordinary master!" "So terrifying, so terrifying." "A fight with my back against the wall, I can't take it anymore." Qi Yuan: Ah, no one told me that my awakened ability isn't telepathy, but rather the stronger my enemies imagine me to be, the stronger I truly become. PS: Zhou Hai in the first chapter is not the protagonist.
orn and Humiliation】【Forced Love】 In his past life, Lin Ran was betrayed and murdered by his girlfriend and family, while the yandere female aristocrat, who had treated him as a mere plaything, avenged him by doing in his enemies. Upon seeing the yandere female aristocrat lying in the same coffin, ready to die with him, Lin Ran realized how profoundly mistaken he had been. Reborn, he abandoned the fickle campus beauty and wholeheartedly embraced the yandere female aristocrat's arms. "Ran! If I dig out your eyes and turn them into a specimen, you'll only be able to look at me!" Lin Ran: "Darling, kiss me!" "Ran! If I break your legs, you won't run away anymore, right?" Lin Ran: "Love, hold me tight!" "Ran! If..." Lin Ran: "Hush now! Love me more!" Luo Yao: ... Seeing his scumbag dad: "Take him out!" Seeing his stepmother: "Get rid of her!" Seeing his brother: "Eliminate him!" Seeing his white moonlight: "Send that to Southeast Asia!"
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
