Chapter 1683 - 1663: Survival of the Fittest
Luo Qianqian was stunned for a moment, but then thought that she was, after all, a girl, so she probably wouldn’t be treated quite that "cruelly," and she agreed as well.
Only then did He Wenyu stop objecting. Two people together were what you called good sisters, after all. Sharing blessings and hardships.
Luckily, with He Wenyu there, they finally managed to get everyone up.
But when they rushed to the classroom, they were surprised to find the classroom door already open, and both the Heaven Class and Earth Class were properly in the middle of their lessons, showing no particular reaction when they saw their group arrive.
On the contrary, the Mystery Class’s door was still closed, only the lock on it was gone.
And just as they each sat down in their preferred spots, Ji Lei appeared in the classroom, swept a cold gaze over the fifty-three students inside.
"What’s on your desks is the textbook for this period. Class starts now!"
With that, he started lecturing on the continent’s history on his own. For some of them, this stuff was already as familiar as the back of their hands, so they just started chatting off to the side, and the whole class grew rather noisy.
Yet Ji Lei didn’t show even a trace of the anger he’d had facing Luo Qianqian’s group of four that morning; on the contrary, he seemed to turn a blind eye to it all.
Luo Qianqian and He Wenyu, who both lacked knowledge about the continent, not only listened carefully, they even took notes; on the other side, Di Jun and Long Tu were doing the same.
When their Tokens began to grow hot, Ji Lei simply snapped his textbook shut, not caring in the least that he was only halfway through the material, and closed the book. "Class dismissed."
He turned around and left as soon as he finished speaking.
Luo Qianqian set down her pen and looked at He Wenyu with a frown; He Wenyu met Luo Qianqian’s gaze with the same expression.
A teacher like this was something they had dreamed of back in their student days, but why was this teacher like this, exactly?
He ignored the classroom atmosphere completely, and didn’t care whether anyone was listening.
Because of Ji Lei’s attitude, all four of them were on high alert. There was definitely something off about this!
Only later, when the other Mystery Class students finally arrived at the classroom, did Luo Qianqian and the others realize that the earlier heat must have been to wake them up, right?
But...
Something still felt off.
And not everyone else was just there to slack off and enjoy themselves; there were also people who’d noticed something wrong and couldn’t help feeling nervous.
At this moment, a pale, clean-looking boy stood up and walked over to Di Jun. "When we passed by the Heaven and Earth Classes just now, it wasn’t like this, was it? Why are we the ones..."
"Too bad, I’m a newbie too." Di Jun shrugged, face full of nonchalance, though his heart was just as full of doubts.
"I’ll ask Mier tonight," Luo Qianqian said to the others after a moment of silence, taking a deep breath.
He Wenyu nodded. In the entire class, it seemed like only the two of them had any contact with people from the Heaven and Earth Classes. But it was pretty obvious her roommate didn’t like her, so the only one they could pin any hope on was the elegant Luo Mier. Someone like Luo Mier wouldn’t just keep everything from them... right?
That night, when Luo Qianqian asked Luo Mier about it, Luo Mier frowned slightly, then slowly said, "Didn’t they mention it at the assembly yesterday? The Heaven and Earth Classes are the hope of the continent’s younger generation, so of course they have to work harder, with entering that place as their goal. Also, the Yellow Class usually only exists for three years, and the Mystery Class can only exist for six. To this day, all the graduates who’ve made it out have been from the Heaven and Earth Classes."
"Then what’s the point of even having the Yellow and Mystery Classes?!" Luo Qianqian was instantly stunned. So every time they recruited two hundred people, half of them would end up being eliminated?
But in class today, they’d said that anyone who graduated from this academy was an exceptionally outstanding existence...
But the truly powerful ones in this academy were actually those who hadn’t graduated yet.
"I’m not too sure either, but..." Luo Mier took a deep breath. "The Book Garden should have the answer. You guys can go look for it."
The Book Garden, huh?
Early the next morning, Luo Qianqian dragged He Wenyu, Di Jun, and Long Tu to this rather quiet place, handed over their Glory Cards, and entered the Book Garden to start looking up information about all this.
Fortunately, all the academy-related information was on one bookshelf.
By the time they walked out of the Book Garden, the sky was already dark. They had skipped a whole day of classes, but right now the expressions on all their faces were extremely grim.
The law of the jungle and survival of the fittest in society would be magnified to the extreme in this academy. Only teams that were strong enough... would be allowed to remain.
Not the strongest individuals, but teams.
And only the very best individuals from the very best teams would be allowed to stay and enter that place everyone talked about.
As for that place, the books didn’t provide much detail.
Clearly, they didn’t want people at their current stage to know.
And each visit to the Book Garden cost one thousand Glory Points, even more outrageous than eating.
Clearly, getting this information wasn’t something simple either—you could call it a stroke of luck?
Anyone who lost themselves in this seemingly perfect world wasn’t qualified to stay. Providing a flawless living environment for all the students was precisely to test their bodies and minds.
And the class divisions all had their own meanings, except for these three students—since the founding of the academy, the only three unique ones who had been "exiled."
They had become exceptions. Now, standing under this vast starry sky, they actually felt a bit at a loss.
"What do we do..." Di Jun gave a wry smile.
If they wanted to still be here after three years, they would have to lead their entire class to challenge the Mystery Class for a three-year reprieve, and then undergo a survival test against those elites from the Heaven and Earth Classes.
Before them, no one had ever attempted this so-called "survival of the fittest, slow birds fly first" route, even though it was apparently the only way a class was allowed to stay.
Before them, almost no one was willing to spend that one thousand Glory Points to go to a place like a Book Pavilion just to read those records.
"Did you guys notice something?" Long Tu asked.
"Notice what?"
"On the graduation lists, each graduating class has fifty people, which is also the number they started with," Long Tu said.
Luo Qianqian’s face instantly darkened. "Meaning our class can’t afford to have anyone who wants to give up, right? For any reason."
"C-can I really do it?" Even before the rest of the class knew anything, He Wenyu had already started doubting herself.
Looking at Luo Qianqian, her face was full of unease and tension. "My overall rating is only..."
"Shiliu, if, back when you first started school, I told you you’d get into the university you’re in now, would you have believed me?" Luo Qianqian looked at He Wenyu calmly.
He Wenyu shook her head immediately.
"Then what makes you think you can deny yourself because of that stupid overall rating? If someone had told me when I was a kid that I’d be flying around on a chicken, I wouldn’t have believed it either. But look at me now."
He Wenyu stared quietly at Luo Qianqian when she heard this, a little at a loss.
"You only earn the right to complain after you’ve given it your all. We still have time."