Warm sunlight streamed through the glass windows into the classroom, illuminating the delicate profile of Yang Linlin.

A beautiful woman with an impressive performance was enough to attract a multitude of fans, especially male fans.

So, not long after Yang Linlin entered this dungeon, the live streaming room quickly gathered over a thousand viewers.

Although she had only experienced four dungeons, her growth was evident to them.

From a useless rich girl to a newbie player who knew how to think and empathize, her progress attracted many fans.

Upon awakening at the dungeon's spawn point, Yang Linlin's face turned extremely pale!

The words "Hell Difficulty" on the system screen made her entire body go weak!

This was only her fourth dungeon!

How could she be so unlucky to encounter Hell Difficulty?

The previous dungeon on normal difficulty had already tormented her to death, and she couldn't even imagine what would happen this time!

She was now Level 4, with a total of 25 Life points. Having died three times in previous dungeons, she had lost 15 points, leaving her with only 10.

If she died again, the pressure of entering the next dungeon would be immense!

It was known that once a player's Life points hit zero, they would no longer revive at the guild's base!

Stunned for a few seconds, Yang Linlin frantically turned her head and saw that only half of the people in the classroom were sitting crookedly.

Among them, three had obvious markers above their heads.

They were the players matched with her.

Looking at these three guys, Yang Linlin felt a bit hopeless!

Their levels were even lower than hers, they were newbies through and through!

She couldn't rely on them at all!

Were they really going to fail today?

And that guy named Zhao Yi seemed completely unaware of the dungeon's terror, still having the leisure to look around!

Yang Linlin painfully closed her eyes and exhaled.

At this point, they could only take it one step at a time.

It was now lunchtime.

The students in the classroom were either whispering or sleeping.

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She glanced at the timetable and the large clock.

There were ten minutes left until the first math class in the afternoon!

A good opportunity!

They could just discuss and exchange information with each other!

So, at Yang Linlin's invitation, the four of them went to a lawn outside the classroom.

"Listen, we are now facing unprecedented difficulties and dangers! In the next seven days, we must work hard to unite and cooperate if we want to survive!

Now, do you have any thoughts on this dungeon?"

Zhen Tao and Lu Bai shrugged helplessly.

Just entering the game, what thoughts could they have!

Zhao Yi, with one hand in his pocket, stood outside the window, carefully observing the classrooms on the first floor.

None of the classrooms were full.

And in all the classrooms, the number of people was less than half the number of seats.

If a classroom had forty-six seats, then there would be no more than twenty-three people in it.

Eight classes in a row, all like this.

An interesting phenomenon, but... what did it signify?

Zhao Yi became alert.

"Hey—Zhao Yi, why aren't you talking? Didn't you hear me say we need to unite? We must communicate more now, exchange useful information, to have a chance to survive!"

Yang Linlin watched Zhao Yi walking by himself, not paying attention to them, and couldn't help but feel anxious.

The dungeon was already difficult, and if teammates didn't cooperate, the difficulty would increase!

"Zhao Yi... this name seems familiar..."

Zhen Tao muttered, suddenly raising his head.

"Aren't you the newbie who scored S+ in the Hell Difficulty dungeon 'Colossus Hospital' and topped the newbie leaderboard?"

The other two were also stunned upon hearing this.

Quickly, they learned about Zhao Yi through the system.

Top of the newbie leaderboard!

Impressive!

This was a big shot who emerged from millions!

Zhao Yi looked at the three with their fervent gazes, stroked his chin, and said:"Do you remember your seats?"

Yang Linlin replied:"Of course, why?"

Zhao Yi didn't answer, instead glancing meaningfully at the classroom on the third floor.

"Nothing. Class is about to start, let's go back to the classroom.

If nothing unexpected happens... quite a few people in our classroom should die today.

Oh—by the way, remember to sit in your own seats... don't sit in the wrong place!"

The tone of that last sentence made one's hair stand on end.

The three exchanged glances, Zhen Tao's face gradually turning pale.

"Zhen Tao, what's wrong?"

"I... I think I forgot my seat!"

He looked at Zhao Yi.

"Brother Zhao, is this... is this important?!"

Zhao Yi rolled his eyes and said: "I'm not sure if other seats are dangerous, but our spawn point is definitely safe for a short time. If you really can't remember, try recalling any reference points you remember."

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Live Streaming Comments:

: As expected of the top ranker! Clear thinking!

: After leaving the newbie recommendation platform, Brother Zhao Yi's popularity dropped, only three hundred people in the live room.

: Come on, which newbie's live room has this kind of popularity? Three hundred is a lot, okay?

: Wow! Another Hell Difficulty dungeon, Zhao Yi is really unlucky!

: For those with ability, the higher the dungeon difficulty, the better. It's impossible to score S or above in dungeons below Nightmare difficulty.

: This time, without the system weakening the specters, he can't rely on tricks! Let's see how he dies!

: No way, does anyone really think you can top the leaderboard with just tricks?

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Ding dong—

The class bell rang.

The music was still familiar, but with too much static, vaguely mixed with a wailing sound, sending chills down one's spine!

All the students in Class 8, Grade 1, sat up straight, ready to welcome the teacher.

It was clear they were very nervous.

Zhao Yi's gaze swept over all the students in the classroom.

In that instant, his pupils turned a terrifying scarlet, spinning like a kaleidoscope.

He took in all the data of the students.

In this classroom...

They were all ghosts!

Not a single person!

But fortunately, these students were in a neutral state and wouldn't harm them without reason.

The door was pushed open, and a female teacher in formal attire walked into the classroom.

[Female Teacher: Trigger-type Neutral]

[Note: This unit remains neutral until its hunting conditions are triggered. Once triggered, its strength will surge, and it will return to normal after killing the target.]

Trigger-type neutral?

Zhao Yi seemed to understand something, glancing at the test papers in her hand.

Was the trigger point related to the test papers in her hand or their seats?

Or... both?

"We have a test this class."

The female teacher said calmly.

After she spoke, Zhao Yi clearly noticed the fat ghost in front of him... trembling!

The female teacher explained the exam rules and then personally distributed the test papers.

From the first on the right to the last on the left.

Even if there were empty seats without students, the female teacher patiently placed the test papers and scratch paper on those seats.

Zhao Yi glanced at an empty seat near him.

The test paper and scratch paper on it were pure white.

The test paper... had no words.

But some of the empty seats had test papers with words.

Zhao Yi looked at his test paper, which had some very basic and simple math problems.

For example—prove the Goldbach Conjecture.

Great!

No idea.

Zhao Yi quickly wrote his name and student number.

The rest, he left to the eraser.

The exam discipline was a mess, with many people looking around, and some even taking out their phones to search for answers, but the female teacher didn't seem to care. She opened the roster on the podium, carefully checking the students in the classroom.

But Zhao Yi keenly noticed that the ghost sitting in front of him... was trembling even more!

It seemed... it was afraid!

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