"Received a challenge task clue—[Crying Little Girl]."

"[Wail of the Bloody Night]: Completion progress 70%."

"Received a challenge task clue—[Endlessly Resetting 1401]."

"[Wail of the Bloody Night]: Completion progress 80%."

Back in his room, Jiang Che had no time to worry about what would happen to Li Jiahao.

He was only concerned about the progress of the challenge task.

"80%!" Jiang Che's eyes burned with intensity.

To be honest, Jiang Che never thought a slacker like him could complete a challenge task.

What does this mean?

It's like the underachiever in the class, who unexpectedly aces the college entrance exam and gets into Tsinghua or Peking University.

How many people have studied hard for years just to make a stunning impression in this Uncanny Trial!

Not to mention, the school offers a reward of one million for students who can complete the challenge task!

Just this alone is enough to drive many people crazy.

Although Jiang Che is a transmigrator, his family background hasn't changed.

Ten years ago, his parents disappeared, and his sister Jiang Wan raised him through hardship.

The family was so poor that he couldn't even afford to take a girl out for a night.

He couldn't live like this forever, could he?

Shaking his head to clear his thoughts, he stopped dwelling on these trivial matters.

Lying on the bed with his eyes closed, the clues and experiences kept connecting in his mind.

Soon, it was 6 o'clock.

The fourth day in the Mystic World.

Jiang Che hadn't slept all night.

Gathering on the first floor, all the students looked pale and thin.

Every day, they completed tasks with their hearts in their throats, yet they received very few Spectral Coins.

The mental stress was enormous, and they were starving.

They were almost at their breaking point.

Unexpectedly, Li Jiahao returned alive.

He wasn't killed by the nurse on the fourteenth floor?

This puzzled Jiang Che.

He certainly didn't know the small mechanism.

Even if he did, Xiao Xiao was unwilling to come out at that time.

How did he survive the nurse's hands?

Hiss—

A hidden master?!

...

As usual, the Head Nurse began assigning today's tasks.

Today's tasks were surprisingly uniform.

Caregivers had to give injections to each of their patients, every single one!

Three janitors needed to clean all the public restrooms from the first to the fourteenth floor.

The task difficulty skyrocketed!

Take the caregivers, for example; originally, tasks were targeted at a specific patient or ward.

But today, they had to give injections to all patients!

Could those patients be so easy to deal with?

This undoubtedly greatly increased the mortality rate!

After the Head Nurse left, the students were all stunned in place.

Today's task was simply impossible for them to complete.

It was akin to a death sentence.

On the fourth morning.

Everyone broke down...

Finally, someone stood up and said, "Actually, from the start, I felt something was off. Why is our task difficulty E? Logically, for the first entry, with school intervention, it should be F."

"Yeah... but nothing is absolute. Some people in the neighboring class also encountered E-level difficulty."

"So they lost 13 people."

"And that was even after Ye Qingyao made a pact with the Uncanny, yet they still lost 13 people."

A single sentence delivered a direct blow.

Then followed a silence that lasted over ten minutes.

Jiang Che wasn't in a hurry to go to the fourth floor either. For him, it didn't matter what injection was given.

As long as he survived, he could be willful!

After a while, a male student said, "I'm not playing anymore. Rather than being tortured to death by those ghostly things, I'd rather quit now."

"Don't you still have one revival chance?" someone asked.

"What good is it? It still hurts when being tortured. I'd rather quit."

With that, the male student's body began to fade, eventually disappearing without a trace.

He really quit.

"I'm quitting too."

"Then I'll quit..."

"And me."

Two more male students and one female student quit.

Now, only three male students and two female students remained.

Males: Jiang Che, Zhou Fu, Li Jiahao.

Females: Li Xiaoxiao, Jin Yudi.

The number of people was halved.

At this moment, Jiang Che looked at Li Xiaoxiao, raised an eyebrow, and asked, "Are you continuing?"

"Mm..."

Li Xiaoxiao nodded, a determined look in her eyes, "Even if I don't complete the challenge task, as long as I finish the main line, there's still a chance to get into Tsinghua."

Li Xiaoxiao: "In short, it's either Tsinghua or the grave."

Jiang Che smacked his lips, "I didn't expect you to be so persistent."

At this moment, Li Jiahao suddenly asked, "Do you all still have your revival chances?"

Everyone was silent.

Li Jiahao sneered, "You're all crazy."

"Huh? You've all died once?" Jiang Che asked incredulously.

Li Jiahao twisted his neck and said, "Last night on the fourteenth floor, I was stabbed to death by a nurse."

Li Xiaoxiao: "I was cleaning when a cabinet suddenly fell and crushed me to death."

Jin Yudi: "I was cleaning an empty room when a ghost crawled out from under the bed, and then... I died."

Zhou Fu scratched his butt awkwardly and said, "I was dozing in the lobby when something stabbed me to death, hehe..."

"Then why don't you quit? If you encounter danger again, you'll really be done for," Jiang Che said.

For the sake of rewards, can they really go to such extremes?

Li Xiaoxiao looked at Jiang Che and asked, "So you still have one revival chance?"

Jiang Che shrugged, noncommittal.

The four exchanged glances, each revealing a wry smile.

Jiang Che was left speechless.

Am I the only one with a different vibe?

"Since everyone has their own unavoidable reasons, let's all do our best," Zhou Fu said with a chuckle.

"Mm." The three nodded.

No one suggested cooperation.

Li Jiahao didn't even ask Jiang Che how he dealt with the nurse.

There was still mutual distrust, but no arguments over past events.

A familiar sense of being strangers.

At this moment, Li Xiaoxiao stood up, stretched, and said, "Let's get to work then!"

"If we all make it back alive this time, I'll treat everyone to a meal!"

Everyone laughed it off and went their separate ways to start their tasks.

At this moment, Jiang Che finally understood.

Why, despite being able to exit the Mystic World early, so many people still died here.

These people, driven mad by the rewards.

They were determined from the start.

Either succeed or die trying.

As the saying goes.

If you endure, you stand out; if you can't, you're out.

Only by gritting your teeth and being stubborn can you ride the waves!