The viewers in the live chat burst into laughter at the teacher's bewildered expression.
"She definitely doesn't know that Boss Ye used smoke to suppress the strange students last night, leaving the smell of smoke all over them."
"That way, she'll have no way of finding the student who entered her room last night."
"However, if he gets caught once, the teacher will be more cautious than before, and it won't be good for Boss Ye to go again."
"That's alright, we still have Brother Xiu!"
"Absolutely! With Brother Xiu around, I feel so at ease!"
Last night, Yin Xiu and Li Mo spent the night in the classroom, trying to verify whether staying overnight in his teaching building would allow them to travel to Ye Tianxuan's space.
The result was a failure.
When he opened the classroom door at dawn, he was still surrounded by strange creatures; there were no players, and he didn't see Ye Tianxuan either.
He could only wait in the classroom for another student who arrived early, forcing that student to do his homework before starting class.
The comments section informed Yin Xiu about Ye Tianxuan's situation last night, and also mentioned that there was information in the classroom and dormitory.
In order not to alert the teacher, Li Mo was still hidden in Yin Xiu's sleeve during class today, and then he planned to go to the classroom and dormitory to check on the situation after class.
Throughout the class, Yin Xiu kept his attention focused on Li Mo, who was hiding in his sleeve, listening to him ramble on about random things to distract himself.
But today's class was slightly different from yesterday's.
In the silent classroom, the teacher's cold gaze swept across the room, her voice icy, "Now, I'm going to call on a student to answer the question on the blackboard. If they can't answer it correctly... they don't deserve to be my student."
Her voice paused slightly, and all the students in the class unconsciously tensed up, immediately sitting up straight, highly focused, and extremely attentive.
After all, everyone knows the consequences of being deemed unworthy to be her student by this teacher.
All the students were on high alert, except for Yin Xiu, who was still daydreaming in the last row.
The teacher's gaze swept around the classroom and, unsurprisingly, landed on Yin Xiu, instantly enraging her.
How dare anyone stand there in a daze right under her nose!
"You! It's you, stand up and answer the question!" The teacher's angry gaze instantly focused on Yin Xiu, pointing at him.
Yin Xiu didn't hear him and was still in a daze, so he didn't respond, causing the entire classroom to fall into a deathly silence. All the students were sweating profusely under the teacher's increasingly sinister expression.
Finally, the girl next to Yin Xiu gave him a silent nudge and whispered nervously, "Teacher...the teacher is calling you."
Yin Xiu snapped out of his daze before noticing the changes around him.
He gripped his sleeve tightly and looked up at the teacher standing on the podium. Even after being caught daydreaming, he calmly looked back at her. "What's wrong?"
The teacher glared at him through gritted teeth, pointed to the words on the blackboard, and said, "You, come and answer this question."
Yin Xiu silently looked at the words written on the blackboard; he didn't recognize a single one of them.
He casually scratched the hair behind his ear, and as his sleeve brushed past his ear, Li Mo's voice came from inside, "Answer, your understanding of human nature."
Yin Xiu calmly raised his eyes to look at the teacher glaring at him from the podium, and said in a low voice, "Teacher, I have no humanity, so I cannot understand."
His answer instantly turned the students' faces pale. They trembled, completely unprepared for Yin Xiu's response, which was tantamount to courting death.
"Inhuman…" The slender human figure on the platform let out a sinister laugh. "Don't you consider yourself a human being?"
"I am human, but I haven't fully understood human nature yet, which is why I'm taking classes with you. Is there a problem?" Yin Xiu stared at her lazily, showing no fear whatsoever, unlike the other students. "Or do you think you don't need to teach these things, that we can understand them on our own? Then what am I doing here?"
He sensed the murderous intent emanating from his teacher, and naturally, he returned the murderous intent with his own.
Without any rule prohibiting teachers from being killed, he had no reason to be afraid.
The teacher stared intently at Yin Xiu's calm face, then slowly smiled and said, "You don't need to answer. In my opinion, you have already learned about humanity. You are more human than they are."
Her gaze was meaningful, and when Yin Xiu thought about her so-called anthropology, he felt that her words were not a compliment.
But the teacher didn't pursue the matter further; instead, she waved him down and told him to sit down.
The lesson resumed in the classroom. Yin Xiu was still bothered by what the teacher had just said, and unconsciously began to pay attention to the lessons the teacher was uttering.
"Human nature is about giving up when you should, moving forward when you should, and stopping when you should move forward. It's about not expecting any hope, not praying for so-called light, resisting effort, following your instincts, sinking into the swamp, and not being afraid of death."
"When faced with difficulties, do not struggle, let nature take its course, and give up on yourself."
As her light, airy voice rang out, Yin Xiu felt another wave of dizziness.
Everything the teacher said was the opposite of what Yin Xiu knew, whether it was the appearance of a person or the consciousness of a person, it was completely the opposite.
So, what does it mean when she says she's more human than these monsters? Is she a monster among humans, and a human among monsters?
As soon as I started thinking about it, the dizziness suddenly returned, accompanied by a long ringing in my ears.
His left hand suddenly rose uncontrollably and covered Yin Xiu's ear, some sticky liquid seeping into his ear and blocking out the sounds.
The sound of gushing liquid filled his ear canals, and it seemed as if his entire head was filled with a sticky sound, but it slightly distracted Yin Xiu from the teacher's voice.
"I think I just... accidentally went to class. Why didn't you call me?" Yin Xiu tightened his breathing beside his ear, feeling inexplicably uncomfortable.
A small tentacle emerged from the sleeve and said innocently, "I called you, but you didn't seem to hear me."
"Didn't I hear that?" Yin Xiu was taken aback, his brows furrowing. This was not a good sign.
"Yes... I kept calling you, but you didn't answer me..."
Li Mo's answer left Yin Xiu with a complicated expression. He lowered his eyes and touched the tendrils on his sleeve. "Next time you see me acting strangely, call me immediately. Don't hesitate."
The corruption in this instance is always silent and imperceptible. If Li Mo were not by his side, Yin Xiu would probably be affected without even realizing it.
"Okay…" The tentacles touched his face, and Yin Xiu's displeasure could be felt.
Not only did he sense an invisible strangeness in this instance, but Yin Xiu felt the same way.
I could sense something, but I couldn't quite grasp the sense of danger.
"Never mind." Yin Xiu lowered his eyes and slowly took a deep breath. "Continue telling me the story of the three frogs you saw earlier. I haven't finished listening yet."
"Oh." Li Mo obediently leaned close to Yin Xiu's ear and told him stories from books she had found in the past to distract him.
The teacher on the podium slowly delivered the lesson while keeping his eyes fixed on Yin Xiu in the back row.
In the dark and eerie classroom, Yin Xiu emitted a faint light.
She could clearly see the changes in Yin Xiu.
His soul has gradually been tainted with black, and his consciousness is slowly entering a long slumber, just a little short of completely falling asleep.
But it's okay, there are still several days to let him slowly become immersed in this place.
As for the minor accident that happened beside him... it won't have a significant impact.