After Chen Jie finished off the Blood Moon Demon Bird, the entire classroom fell silent.
Chen Jie's series of actions left the students present stunned.
The monsters in the room also sensed the powerful aura emitted by Chen Jie's Pangu bloodline.
One by one, they stopped what they were doing and turned to look at him.
Chen Jie didn't hesitate in the slightest. With a leap, he charged toward the remaining monsters at lightning speed.
In three minutes, all the mutated beasts in the classroom were cleared out.
Only then did the surviving people in the classroom begin clamoring to leave.
Chen Jie walked onto the podium with a cold expression.
"Everyone, be quiet!"
The moment Chen Jie spoke, the classroom instantly quieted down.
"The apocalypse is here!"
"Outside right now are nothing but monsters. If you want to live, listen to me!"
Just as Chen Jie finished speaking, a massive hellhound outside the door opened its ferocious mouth, baring its fangs and sticking out its tongue as it stared at the people inside the classroom.
Low, rumbling growls echoed through the room.
At this critical moment, a girl in the crowd suddenly let out a sharp scream.
"Ah—!"
The hellhound immediately became agitated.
Chen Jie frowned deeply, his gaze fixed on the hellhound outside the classroom door.
In his previous life, this hellhound had slaughtered and evolved within the school, eventually transforming into a Cerberus and becoming the overlord of Yuncheng.
If not for high-level extraordinary beings arriving, the entire city would have become its food.
This time, Chen Jie had no intention of acting himself.
Instead, he gave Xia Wanrou a look.
"Go!"
Seeing his signal, Xia Wanrou condensed Azure Sky Divine Thunder in her palm, and the phantom of the Azure Scale Longsword appeared.
Boom—
Caught off guard, a bolt of divine lightning struck the hellhound. When the dust settled, its body was charred black in patches.
As expected of the renowned Azure Sky Divine Thunder—it specifically suppressed evil entities.
This completely enraged the hellhound.
Dragging its charred body, it opened its massive mouth, let out a roar, and charged into the classroom.
With a single breath of black flames, desks and chairs were instantly reduced to ashes.
The two people beside them were directly incinerated into nothing.
"Beast, you're courting death!"
Seeing that the hellhound could withstand Xia Wanrou's Azure Sky Divine Thunder,
Chen Jie decided to act personally.
His mimetic divine weapon, the Heaven-Opening Axe, struck first.
Whooshing through the air, it smashed straight toward the hellhound.
Chen Jie followed closely behind, charging toward it.
Although the hellhound nimbly dodged the axe's attack, the Chen Jie that followed was like a raging bull, directly knocking the hellhound to the ground.
Xia Wanrou hurriedly handed the weapon in her hand to Chen Jie.
Chen Jie gave the hellhound no chance to counterattack.
With a single strike, he slit its throat.
Then Chen Jie walked over to the hellhound's corpse.
He cut open its body and took out a pure white crystal from within.
In his previous life, such crystals were called spirit crystals by the extraordinary.
As long as one absorbed a spirit crystal, there was a chance to advance—this was the fastest and most stable way to progress.
However, not all mutated beasts could produce such crystals.
Only a very small number could yield low-tier spirit crystals, and high-tier ones were even rarer.
Correspondingly, the higher the quality of the crystal within a beast, the stronger it was!
The world was just that cruel—survival of the fittest, and even the strong would be hunted by those stronger!
Thinking of his previous life, and Xia Wanrou's unwavering devotion to him, and now that he had awakened the Pangu bloodline talent,
Chen Jie handed the spirit crystal to Xia Wanrou.
"Hold it to your forehead and absorb it with your mind…"
Xia Wanrou took the crystal without hesitation and followed his instructions.
When the light faded, the crystal in her hand had disappeared.
Xia Wanrou herself now appeared refreshed and refined.
Her skin was fairer, her gaze clearer, her long hair darker and more lustrous.
Her aura also became more noble.
And this was only her outward appearance.
The actual growth of her abilities was even greater.
She had reached a second-tier awakened level!
At this early stage of global mutation, a second-tier awakened individual already had the strength to handle most crises.
Meanwhile, Chen Jie walked over to the girl who had screamed earlier and attracted the hellhound.
With a swift motion, her head fell to the ground.
Chen Jie swept his gaze across the room with a fierce look:
"In the apocalypse, people must pay for their stupidity."
Less than a dozen people remained alive.
"C-Chen Jie, we'll listen to you from now on."
"Chen Jie, whatever you tell us to do, we'll do it."
"…"
At that moment, a miserable cry for help came from outside the classroom.
"Please save me, I beg you, save me!"
The cries for help mixed with the roars of mutated beasts echoed outside.
Chen Jie knew that the mutated beasts in the school had begun to gather into groups!
In his previous life, because the school was densely populated, many students had mutated into monsters.
As a result, a large army of mutated beasts had formed in the school.
Even with Chen Jie now wielding the Heaven-Opening Axe, facing thousands of such monsters, he would still be powerless.
Making a quick decision, Chen Jie immediately shut the classroom door.
"Don't just stand there! Move desks and chairs to block the doors and windows!"
Chen Jie shouted to the people in the corner.
After a brief hesitation, their survival instincts kicked in, and several people quickly got up, following his instructions to barricade the doors and windows.
"It's Xiaowei! It's Xiaowei!"
As the horde of beasts approached, the class beauty Xiao Qianqian recognized Xiaowei, who was fleeing in front of them.
That was her roommate—and her best friend!
At this moment, Xiaowei outside the classroom had not a single uninjured spot on her body.
Her miserable state instantly triggered Xiao Qianqian's overwhelming sympathy.
In an instant, Xiao Qianqian rushed to the classroom door and reached out to push away the desks blocking it.
At that moment, Chen Jie instantly appeared beside her and grabbed her wrist tightly.
Gritting his teeth, he said:
"Do you want all of us to die with her?"
Chen Jie's cold voice rang out.
His strong hands tightly gripped Xiao Qianqian's wrist.
"Chen Jie, what do you mean? Xiaowei is about to die—I can't just stand by and do nothing!"
With the global mutation, human order had already collapsed.
Any mistake could lead to death—or even drag others down with you.
Be a hero? Only a strong self can be your own hero!
Seeing that Chen Jie refused to let go, Xiao Qianqian became furious out of embarrassment.
"Chen Jie, how can you be so cold and heartless?!"
A grin spread across Chen Jie's lips:
"Fine, since you think I'm cold—"
"Then go be a saint yourself."
As he spoke, Chen Jie activated his mimetic battle armor.
He then opened the door and shoved Xiao Qianqian out.
Immediately afterward, he gently closed the door again.
Standing in the corridor, Xiao Qianqian was instantly terrified and turned back, pounding frantically on the door.
"Chen Jie, I was wrong! Chen Jie, I was just anxious for a moment…"
"Chen Jie, please let me back in!"
The mutated monsters and beasts in the corridor saw the crying Xiao Qianqian.
Their eyes turned red, and greedy expressions appeared on their faces.
Then they swarmed toward her…
Inside the classroom, the others were all silent as cicadas in winter, huddled in the corner, listening to the sounds of the beasts outside tearing and fighting over prey.
Not daring to make a single sound.
Chen Jie stood straight behind the door, his expression tense.
If any mutated monster broke in, he was prepared to risk everything.
At the very least, he would ensure Xia Wanrou made it out of the school alive.