The trainees on the field sucked in a breath of cold air.
The bullet screen was filled with jubilation.
[Reinforcements are here! Don't worry, don't worry. Every time this lord appears, it's always exciting.]
[No wonder No.1 chose to act as an NPC this time. The main system wanted to lower the difficulty.]
[This Instance Dungeon is a little depressing. I want to watch it on another channel. Sister, do you have any other recommended venues?]
[The A-grade luxury cruise ship next door has fast-forwarded to the point where it's being targeted by sea monsters in the Arctic Ocean. The war in Olympus has escalated to the point where it's a war between gods. The deserted island has even pulled out a survival bar and is already gnawing on tree bark. This dungeon has the least visual impact so far.
[Why are you leaving? Sister, don't leave. Watch this Instance Dungeon! Based on the Instance Dungeons this lord has been to before, this Instance Dungeon is likely to be destroyed. Hehehe, I'm looking forward to seeing this scene live.]
[I'm looking forward to it too + 10086.]
On the other hand, under everyone's anticipation, Zong Jiu thought that the devil was out of his mind.
Not only did he save his nemesis, but he was also doing this now?
Zong Jiu dared to stand the devil up when he used his identity as a teacher NPC. Now, he was expecting him to fulfill his promise. That was ridiculous.
Even if No.1 didn't do anything, he could still solve the problem perfectly. There was no need for him to interfere.
However, since the devil was willing to come to his door, Zong Jiu would gladly accept it.
The Dean of Students looked embarrassed. "But … Mr. Nan, although you're a teacher specially hired by the school, these students are not good. They're immoral and have tried to break the school rules. You can't just let it go so easily. There should be some punishment. "
No.1 chuckled. His voice rose, but there was a hint of coldness in it. "Indeed, but these are the top students in the school. If they can't take it, the school's enrollment rate will be affected. Don't you think so?"
He hit the nail on the head.
The Dean of Students' hands trembled as he wiped the sweat off his forehead.
The person in front of him continued to persuade him. "If these top students make a mistake, I'm sure you won't be able to answer to your superiors. Why don't you change the punishment?"
"Besides —"
The black-haired demon narrowed his eyes. "The student you want to take away first is my favorite student."
He purposely emphasized the word 'doting'.
Zong Jiu was speechless.
Indeed, she doted on him a lot. She doted on him so much that she only asked him to answer questions in every biology class. If he couldn't answer, he would be punished to stand.
After all this, Zong Jiu's Biology results improved by leaps and bounds. Last time, he actually scored more than ninety points and was firmly ranked first in the grade.
When the Dean of Teaching heard this, cold sweat broke out on his back.
He hadn't thought so much before. Now that he was awakened by the demon, he remembered that these people were in the top ten of the grade. It would be fine if the mastermind was caught and given a big demerit, but if all of them were punished and didn't do well in the monthly test in a few days, they would be held accountable by the higher-ups.
"Teacher Nan's reminder is correct. These are all students with excellent grades in our school. Even if they made a mistake, how can the Emperor's mistake be treated the same as the common people?"
The pot-bellied Dean of Teaching righteously described privilege as reasonable and didn't care about the expressions of the trainees who ranked at the bottom of the class.
In the end, after this intervention, the failure of the collective blank exam papers could be considered to be more bark than bite and was easily brushed aside.
The Dean of Teaching's only requirement was that the current class monitor must be in the top ten of the grade in the next monthly test. Otherwise, they would be given a demerit.
After this incident, everyone had a new understanding of No.1 Middle School's favoritism towards the top students. Furthermore, under the impression that "good grades are a golden ticket to avoid death", they worked even harder in their studies.
At the same time, the end of this incident also declared that the alliance between the trainees was completely null and void.
This meant that within this instance, the trainees could no longer unite.
After the alliance was broken, the situation of tit-for-tat became more serious.
Although Fan Zhuo and The Dark Wizard, who were S-ranked, didn't say anything, the trainees who first voiced their dissatisfaction on the field that day were also vaguely isolated. Everyone in each class was wise to protect themselves and didn't want to get into trouble.
The monthly test was postponed for three days. During these three days, the students in each class studied like crazy.
During this time, Fan Zhuo suddenly found Zong Jiu and the two of them engaged in a very long conversation.
His tone was still cold and hard, his deep concern hidden under these words. "It's best if you don't interact with No.1. There's a problem with his ability, and he's also very scary."
Even No.2, who was full of iron and blood, gave No.1 such an evaluation. It was clear what kind of image No.1 had left in the hearts of the survivors of the Infinite Loop.
Zong Jiu guessed that perhaps Fan Zhuo had seen his interaction with No.1 on the field and had purposely sought him out to say these words.
As mentioned before, although the two of them didn't care about the engagement, Fan Zhuo was still doing his best for him because of the score from their childhood together. Like an older brother taking care of his younger brother, Fan Zhuo would help him if it didn't involve matters of principle.
From this, it could be seen that as long as the original owner had survived one more instance, he would have been able to cling onto a golden thigh. What a pity.
Thinking of the cards he had drawn from Zhuge An and the Demon, the white-haired youth's eyes turned. He decided to investigate the leader of the Night people and see if he could obtain more information.
"Prophecy?"
It was clear that Fan Zhuo knew about this prophecy.
"There was indeed such a thing."
As the leader of a large faction, he would always know more information than the average person.
Since Guiguzi was an important figure whose name resounded throughout the Infinite Loop, not only did it spread among the trainees, but it also left behind clues and files in various factions.
Ten years ago, Guiguzi, who was at the peak of his power, decided to destroy the Infinite Loop that would never leave.
His followers were different from the Demon. The Demon's strength was feared by everyone. People only dared to look at his back and worship him, but they didn't dare to step forward. And Guiguzi was a qualified leader. He had methods, schemes, ruthlessness, and patience. At the same time, he also had great ambitions and ideals. His speaking ability was outstanding. In this Infinite Loop world filled with darkness, there were very few people who wouldn't be shocked by his goals.
In addition, Guiguzi's ultimate goal was to benefit the people. Although he had an eccentric temperament like all reclusive experts, it was undeniable that he still used his great ideals to gather many like-minded people who were willing to follow him.
Unfortunately, this plan still failed.
It had been a long time, and the specific reason for the failure was no longer known.
But on the eve of his failure, Guiguzi had a premonition about his foggy future.
Fortune-Tellers didn't divine themselves, especially when it came to matters of fate.
So he chose to divine the future of the Infinite Loop.
This divination was made in the S-rank instance, Investiture of the Gods. There was abundant spiritual energy there, and the mysteries had yet to disappear.
At least three small teams of nearly a hundred advanced trainees had watched him make the prophecy.
It was said that Guiguzi had held the Eight Trigrams Plate in his hands, his eyes bleeding. He had paid an excruciating price for peering into the future, but he still managed to complete the prophecy.
Fan Zhuo recalled the contents of the file. "The prophecy mentioned that in the future, there would be someone who would inherit his will. It also mentioned an old enemy. It even accurately predicted the existence of this frightening trainee competition. "
At first, not many people paid attention to this prophecy. It wasn't until the main system suddenly announced the start of this frightening trainee competition that people dug it up again.
It turned out that ten years ago, Guiguzi had actually predicted the existence of this competition, and frankly said that this would be the only chance to leave the Infinite Loop. Once this news came out, it could be said that it attracted the attention of all the powers.
It was only then that Guiguzi's prophecy was taken seriously once again.
But even with the intelligence network of the Night people, they still couldn't determine who the savior and demon king in the prophecy were.
Or rather, they had some guesses about who the demon king would be, but they still hadn't decided on who the savior would be. They couldn't find his whereabouts.
"Is there something wrong with this prophecy?"
Zong Jiu waved his hand. "No, I just heard Zhuge An mention it before, so I'm a little curious."
Zong Jiu was a little interested in the possibility that Zhuge An had fooled him.
Even though he didn't really believe Zhuge An's words, he still wanted to find out what he was up to.
The cooldown of the tarot cards was only twenty-four hours. Even if Zong Jiu had nothing to do, he would still draw a card every day to prevent the cooldown from accumulating to a maximum of three times. That would be a huge loss.
So for the past twenty days, Zong Jiu repeatedly tested the prophecy that Zhuge An had told him.
He wanted to find out which part of Zhuge An's prophecy had tricked him.
That was where the problem lay.
Zong Jiu repeatedly tested it a few times and found that Guiguzi's prophecy was true. In fact, Zhuge An didn't lie to him about the prophecy. But as soon as he tested whether Zhuge An was lying to him, the Moon Alignment Card would pop out.
He asked Fan Zhuo skeptically, but his suspicions only grew.
Zong Jiu couldn't figure out how Zhuge An had tricked him.
After all, the S-Grade item said that Zhuge An's prophecy was the truth.
Zong Jiu couldn't help but think of another possibility.
Could it be that Zhuge An had bad intentions and was deliberately adding fuel to the fire?
Other than deception, the Moon Alignment Card also had the meaning of making people feel uneasy and gloomy. It didn't necessarily mean deception.
For this reason, Zong Jiu tested Zhuge An's words again. "I will never be your enemy."
The result was the Sun Alignment Card.
This meant that the words "I will never be your enemy" were absolutely true and came from the heart. There was absolutely no possibility that Zhuge An had any intention of harming Zong Jiu.
Even Zong Jiu was stunned by this result.
This was really strange. Zhuge An had actually volunteered to assist him and be his incompetent advisor?
A No.3, just because of a prophecy, had nurtured a newbie all the way up. This was too shameful.
Zhuge An wasn't in this quest, so Zong Jiu didn't know what he wanted to do. He could only give up for now.
Originally, Zong Jiu thought that Zhuge An had other reasons for wanting him to reach B-Grade as soon as possible. Now it seemed that all the mysteries would have to wait until he returned to the trainee's dorm to solve them.
Unexpectedly, after hearing Zong Jiu mention Zhuge An, Fan Zhuo's eyebrows furrowed even tighter.
The gray-haired man stood in front of him. He was tall and had a cold expression. He gave off an extremely oppressive aura, and his gaze was complicated.
After a long time, he spoke. "No.3 is a sly old fox. It's not good to have a close relationship with him."
Fan Zhuo's evaluation of Zhuge An was even lower than that of the devil.
At least he had never had a direct confrontation with the devil. No matter how crazy the devil was, it had nothing to do with him. However, Zhuge An had actually wandered the three organizations in the Mask of the Cursed dungeon. He had become the ultimate beneficiary of the mastermind behind the scenes, and had even tricked Fan Zhuo.
In the eyes of the Night people in power, if Zong Jiu's fledgling magician younger brother had a personal relationship with Zhuge An, then No.3 would probably kill him.
Perhaps because he realized that his tone was too stiff and cold, Fan Zhuo tried his best to soften his tone.
Unfortunately, he had been in a high position for too long, so he wasn't of much use.
"You've never entered the Infinite Loop before. Many people here don't act as they do on the surface. You can't go wrong by being a little more wary of others."
Zong Jiu was speechless.
He felt like he had been educated.