At the same time, in the real world.

Tianqing High School, multimedia classroom.

"Slurp~"

Zhou Yong, with his well-developed limbs, was slurping noodles from a self-heating pot, looking utterly content.

"When you want to indulge, eat a self-heating pot!"

"Um, Brother Yong..."

The humble principal quietly asked from the side, "Isn't it against the rules to force them to stay in there for two days?"

"Look, it's just a few more hours. Can't we lift the restriction early?"

The principal glanced at the twelve glowing dots on the entry device.

Although everyone was still alive, these twelve students were the pride of their school.

Forcing them to stay for two days seemed a bit excessive.

If someone were to die because of this, how would it be different from intentional murder?

However, Zhou Yong impatiently replied, "Haven't I explained this before? In recent years, Uncanny invasion incidents have increased, and the Mystic Stones have become very unstable."

"Although it hasn't been exposed, this isn't the first time it's happened."

"It's not that I'm forcing them to stay for more than two days, but the Mystic Stone has encountered irreversible, unfixable issues."

"Last time, our captain was locked in for ten days, who were we supposed to complain to?"

Principal: "I don't believe it, you say that people from Daxia don't deceive each other."

Zhou Yong rolled his eyes: "If you had downloaded an anti-fraud app, you wouldn't say that."

"But they're just kids..." the principal sighed.

"Yes." Zhou Yong put down the self-heating pot and lit a cigarette.

"But they're also our hope, our future."

Zhou Yong patted the principal's shoulder and said, "Do you know why our Uncanny Bureau suddenly intervened in schools?"

The principal shook his head.

Zhou Yong: "Originally, according to the normal process, these young punks would start university after their first entry into the Mystic World."

"After four years of various training and education in university, only a tiny fraction of talents would join our Uncanny Bureau."

"But now, with the increasing number of Uncanny incidents, four years is too long. We've received orders that if outstanding challengers are found locally, and if they are willing, they can be directly recruited into the Uncanny Bureau."

"The original four-year university life has been replaced with direct training by the Uncanny Bureau, effectively and quickly solving the manpower shortage."

"Whether Tsinghua or Peking, we're not discussing how well they teach, but a lot can happen in four years."

"How many promising talents chose to give up in university, or went astray?"

"Simply put."

"You can understand it as conscription after university graduation being moved to high school."

The principal slumped down, sighed deeply, and said.

"Forcing 18-year-olds into the Mystic World has already caused social unrest. If conscription is moved to high school... wouldn't those people be even more..."

This topic was quite sensitive, and the principal couldn't continue.

Zhou Yong took a drag from his cigarette and said, "There's no choice. Should we really let the Uncanny run rampant? Someone has to stand up."

"A few days ago, an Uncanny appeared in our city, codenamed 'Infinite Fear.'"

"It can enhance its power through the fears in our hearts. Even though it's just a D-level Uncanny, it killed two of our C-level brothers in the Uncanny Bureau."

"There were even more below C-level."

"One of the sacrificed brothers had a child who wasn't even a month old."

"Now our captain is hunting Infinite Fear."

"I'm not well-read, can't play the captain's game of grand theories."

"But I know one saying..."

"The rise and fall of Daxia is the responsibility of every man!"

The multimedia classroom fell silent.

Only the sound of Zhou Yong slurping noodles remained.

But soon.

Zhou Yong's phone rang, breaking the atmosphere.

He answered.

An urgent voice came from the other end.

"Lao Zhou! Infinite Fear is heading your way!"

"What?!"

Zhou Yong looked at the principal beside him and asked, "Are there still students at the school?"

"The first and second-year boarders are still here. The third years were given an early holiday after the Uncanny Trial ended."

"What's wrong?" Seeing Zhou Yong's expression, the principal felt a sinking feeling in his heart.

"Evacuate, immediately!"

Zhou Yong almost shouted these words.

At this moment, the voice on the other end of the phone came again.

Very urgent.

"Lao Zhou, you need to evacuate immediately too. This Uncanny incident isn't simple!"

"There's more than one Uncanny, and those guys might be involved!"

"We're tied up here, you evacuate first!"

Zhou Yong: "Evacuate? There are still students here, first and second-year boarders, there must be hundreds of them, right?"

"Zhou Yong! You're support-type! Don't be reckless, evacuate first, wait for backup!"

Zhou Yong chuckled.

"So what if I'm support-type?"

"I'm also a warrior of the Uncanny Bureau."

"Tell me, how much time do I have?"

"......"

"At most ten minutes!"

"Okay."

Hanging up the phone, something seemed to ignite in Zhou Yong's eyes.

It was...

Rage and fighting spirit!

The rise and fall of Daxia is the responsibility of every man!

...

...

On the other side.

Mystic World.

"Squeak..."

The door to dorm room 209 was pushed open.

A strong stench of blood surged in like a tide.

Even the walls and floor began to rapidly decay at this moment!

It was the Instructor...

However, the Instructor's appearance was completely different from before.

His face looked like it was pieced together, covered in cracks that made one's teeth ache.

His gaping mouth constantly drooled.

His jagged teeth were still hung with bits of flesh...

Was this the Instructor's true form?

Jiang Che's scalp tingled.

"Clack, clack..."

As the sound of bones rubbing together echoed.

The Instructor slowly walked in, staring at Jiang Che on the bed.

His throat seemed to choke on blood.

"Lights... out."

"Why are you still awake..."

"Heh heh..."