101: Chapter 101 This is absolutely mental pollution.

Gu Lang took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the urge to unleash Sequence 033 from within his body to bite someone.

He was now not only a piece of bait that could be eaten as a snack by his seatmate at any moment, but also a pervert stamped and certified by the entire class.

"I'll say this one last time."

Gu Lang gritted his teeth, every word dripping with blood.

"I. Did. Not. Eat!"

"I just stayed inside for a little too long!"

Su Yun nodded.

His eyes were filled with suffocating tolerance.

"I understand."

"A dog can't change its… *cough*."

"A wolf also has its own special survival techniques."

"It's okay, we're classmates, I won't discriminate against you."

Gu Lang's vision went black.

He had thoroughly experienced something even more terrifying than facing the abyss head-on.

Social death.

Just then, the Homeroom Teacher pushed the door open, carrying a stack of test papers.

"Quiet!"

"The tsunami outside has passed, but your college entrance exam hasn't!"

"Everyone focus now, I'm handing out the papers!"

Gu Lang felt as if he had been granted an amnesty and hurriedly sat up straight.

An exam.

A good thing.

At least the test paper wouldn't spread rumors.

When the Homeroom Teacher walked over to hand him his paper, her footsteps faltered noticeably.

She frowned slightly.

Then, she quietly took half a step back.

She held the corner of the test paper with her fingertips and gently placed it on his desk.

"Student Gu Lang."

The Homeroom Teacher spoke earnestly.

"The school cafeteria still has affordable meals."

"If you are really in difficulty, you can apply to the teachers for subsidies."

"Remember to go to the washroom after class."

"Wash your hands a few more times with hand soap."

The whole class fell into a deathly silence again.

The way Li Hao looked at Gu Lang had turned into complete awe.

Even the teacher could smell it.

It seemed he really had eaten it.

Gu Lang looked at the desk, his hands trembling.

He felt that life no longer had any value worth lingering for.

He turned his head to look at the culprit.

Su Yun had already pulled out a pen and was calmly writing his name on the test paper.

"What are you looking at?"

Su Yun didn't even lift his head.

"Still want to copy my answers?"

Gu Lang closed his eyes.

He would endure.

He was a lone wolf.

Not a mad dog.

The paper handed out this time was an English test.

Su Yun stared at the dense English letters on the paper.

Especially that long, difficult sentence in the reading comprehension section.

His brows gradually knitted together.

He had absolutely no idea how to do it.

This thing was harder to kill than a half-king level Strange Tales.

A half-king level Strange Tales at least had a core.

English did not.

It was full of traps.

Gu Lang keenly sensed the increasingly low air pressure coming from his seatmate.

Remembering Captain Jiang's death order: "Hold him back, absolutely do not provoke him."

Gu Lang swallowed hard.

He quietly slid his answer-filled paper toward Su Yun.

His voice was very low.

"How about…"

"You copy mine?"

Su Yun looked at that paper.

Then he glanced at Gu Lang.

The next second.

He pushed back his chair and stood up.

He pointed a finger, looking righteous and stern.

"Teacher!"

"I report!"

"Gu Lang is attempting to cheat on the exam!"

Swish!

The entire class's gaze converged on him.

Gu Lang froze.

He had just decided to act like a human being.

Su Yun had turned around and sent him to the judgment seat.

The Homeroom Teacher walked quickly down from the podium.

The look she gave Gu Lang was filled with complex pity.

"Gu Lang."

"The teacher understands that you just transferred here, can't keep up with the pace, and are under a lot of pressure."

"Plus, you have some…"

She paused.

"Unspeakable, special dietary habits."

"It's inevitable that your mental state would be tense."

"But you can't just give up on yourself and cheat."

"If you have any difficulties, feel free to come find the teacher to talk."

Gu Lang's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

"Okay, teacher."

"I understand."

After the Homeroom Teacher left, Su Yun sat back down.

He continued to stare fixedly at the test paper.

But he still had no clue.

He grabbed a handful of his hair.

Annoying.

Very annoying.

Along with his movements, the surrounding air temperature suddenly dropped by several degrees.

The pen refill in Gu Lang's hand cracked with a "snap."

A fine layer of white frost appeared on the window glass.

Chu Youwei looked up and glanced at the air conditioner.

It wasn't on.

Li Hao shivered.

"Why did it suddenly get cold?"

Su Yun stared at the first question of the reading comprehension.

A.

B.

C.

D.

Four options.

Four abysses.

In the Void Realm, a tiny bit of distortion emerged.

The Corpse-eating Dog inside Gu Lang's body curled into a ball on the spot.

It was whimpering.

It was begging for mercy.

It even wanted to bury itself voluntarily.

Gu Lang's expression changed.

This wasn't right.

This wasn't ordinary irritability.

This aura had only revealed a sliver, yet it gave Sequence 033 an immediate premonition of death.

He slowly lowered his head, looking at that English test paper under Su Yun's hand.

Gu Lang suddenly understood.

The true crisis of human civilization might not be the Void Realm fissures.

It was the English exam.

Gu Lang exhaled a long breath.

He swore in his heart.

After he survived until the end of class today, the first thing he would do was submit a report to High Command.

Even if it meant using nuclear weapons, he had to have foreign languages permanently removed from the Daxia high school curriculum.

...

Linhai Investigation Bureau.

Underground conference room.

Executive Jiang Xu held his phone, silent for three seconds.

Three seconds later, he confirmed he hadn't misheard.

On the other end of the line, Gu Lang's voice was very low, yet extremely serious.

"Captain Jiang."

"I suggest that High Command immediately research a major national policy."

Executive Jiang Xu frowned slightly.

"Speak."

Gu Lang took a breath.

"Cancel foreign languages."

Inside the conference room.

Chen Jianguo had just picked up his thermos, his hand stopping in mid-air.

Ye Zhiwei tilted her head.

Executive Jiang Xu stared at the phone, not speaking.

Gu Lang continued: "Especially English."

"This subject has a clear stimulating effect on high-risk entities."

"Just now, when Su Yun was doing the English test, the classroom temperature dropped, the glass frosted over, and Sequence 033 inside me showed a near-death reaction."

"I suspect the foreign language test paper is inducing a The Rancher-level disaster."

Chen Jianguo slowly put down his thermos.

He felt that he was getting old.

These days, even Strange Tales had started attacking the education system.

Executive Jiang Xu's voice was very flat.

"Gu Lang, say that again."

Gu Lang gritted his teeth and said: "I suggest canceling foreign languages."

"This is from the perspective of public safety."

"It's not because I want to be lazy."

Chen Jianguo couldn't help himself.

"You're just a piece of bait, why are you managing educational reform?"

Gu Lang lowered his voice.

"Chen Jianguo, I'm not joking."

"When Su Yun was staring at the first question of the reading comprehension, his aura fluctuation was much lower than before in the East Sea, but the sense of status was very close."

"I suspect he hates English."

"He hates it very much."

Chen Jianguo looked at Executive Jiang Xu.

"Captain Jiang, how should this intelligence be filed?"

Executive Jiang Xu was silent for a moment.

"Temporarily list it as an abnormal trigger."

Chen Jianguo's mouth twitched.

"Abnormal trigger: English?"

Executive Jiang Xu looked at him.

"What else should I write?"

Chen Jianguo thought about it.

"Write 'foreign language pollution source'?"

Ye Zhiwei said softly: "From the perspective of Strange Tales studies, language can indeed become a triggering medium."

Chen Jianguo was stunned.

"You're really taking it seriously?"

Ye Zhiwei said: "If the target's status is high enough, things it dislikes may be mistaken by lower-sequence entities in the vicinity as their natural enemy."

Chen Jianguo looked at the phone.

"So Gu Lang isn't trying to skip class."

"He's clearing mines for human civilization?"

Gu Lang immediately said on the other end of the line: "Yes."

"Please let the organization understand my sacrifice."

Executive Jiang Xu said coldly: "Shut up."

Gu Lang immediately shut up.

The conference room went quiet again.

Executive Jiang Xu's fingers tapped on the table.

Once.

Twice.

On the third tap, he spoke.

"Gu Lang's state is not right."

Chen Jianguo was taken aback.

"You mean, he's been influenced by Su Yun?"

Executive Jiang Xu said: "He is a quasi-S-class bait and has received mental stress resistance training from High Command."

"Under normal circumstances, he wouldn't propose abolishing a subject to Daxia because of an English test paper."

Chen Jianguo thought seriously.

"It's also possible the kid really doesn't know how to do it."

Executive Jiang Xu glanced at him.

Chen Jianguo immediately changed his tune.

"Of course, it could also be pollution."

Executive Jiang Xu continued: "Su Yun just had an emotional fluctuation, and it caused Gu Lang to have policy-level associations."

"This isn't ordinary fear."

"This is cognitive bias."

Ye Zhiwei nodded gently.

"After lower-status life forms come into contact with higher-status existences, they will actively rationalize the needs for Him."

"He doesn't like English."

"Therefore, Gu Lang believes English harms the world."

Chen Jianguo understood.

His expression changed.

"That is to say, if one day Su Yun finds sweet tofu pudding unpalatable, Gu Lang might suggest a nationwide ban on sugar?"

Executive Jiang Xu said: "It's possible."

Chen Jianguo gasped.

"Then what if he thinks housing prices are too high?"

Executive Jiang Xu was silent.

Ye Zhiwei was also silent.

A few seconds later, Chen Jianguo whispered: "This pollution isn't entirely unacceptable, actually."

Executive Jiang Xu looked at him coldly.

Chen Jianguo coughed.

"Just a joke, to liven up the atmosphere."

On the other end of the line, Gu Lang spoke with difficulty.

"Captain Jiang, I can hear you."

Executive Jiang Xu said: "Are you still in the classroom?"

"Yes."

"How is Su Yun's state?"

Gu Lang glanced not far away.

Su Yun was lying on the desk.

The test paper was more than half empty.

But he had already given up struggling and started studying whether the shading on the answer sheet was round enough.

Gu Lang said in a low voice: "Temporarily stable."

"He has moved from the reading comprehension to the answer sheet."

Executive Jiang Xu said: "Don't let him continue to come into contact with the stimulus source."

Gu Lang was stunned for a moment.

"The stimulus source is the test paper?"

Executive Jiang Xu said: "As of now, yes."

Gu Lang took a deep breath.

"Captain Jiang, do you know what this means?"

Executive Jiang Xu: "Speak."

Gu Lang's tone was sorrowful.

"I might be reported for cheating by Su Yun again!"

Executive Jiang Xu: "…"

Chen Jianguo: "…"

Ye Zhiwei: "…"

Executive Jiang Xu's voice was cold and hard.

"Execute the mission."

Gu Lang gritted his teeth.

"Understood."

The call hung up.

In the conference room, Chen Jianguo finally couldn't help but ask: "Captain Jiang, it's so dangerous, should we call Su Yao?"

"Let her stop the operation first?"

"What if she loses control of her emotions after arriving at the school and really provokes Su Yun into coming out…"

He didn't say the rest.

But everyone understood.

If Su Yun is The Rancher, then Su Yao isn't going to investigate.

She's going to her death.

Executive Jiang Xu picked up the dark gold spear.

The spear tip grazed the floor.

The conference room lights flickered.

"No need."

Chen Jianguo frowned.

"Why?"

Executive Jiang Xu looked toward the door.

The direction Su Yao had left.

"Finding out the truth is her right."

Chen Jianguo was silent.

Ye Zhiwei said softly: "It is also her punishment."

Executive Jiang Xu did not refute.

He only said: "Send two teams to stand by outside the school."

"Do not enter the school."

"Do not scan."

"Do not carry high-psionic weapons."

Chen Jianguo immediately picked up the communicator.

"Then what should we bring?"

Executive Jiang Xu paused.

"Bring the school doctor."

Chen Jianguo was stunned.

Executive Jiang Xu said: "If something really happens inside, weapons are useless."

"The school doctor can at least bandage the students."

Chen Jianguo: "…"

These words sounded very desperate.

But they were very realistic.

...

Outside Linhai No. 2 High School.

A black Investigation Bureau SUV was parked on the side of the road.

The car window was half-lowered.

The wind after the rain blew into the car, carrying a damp smell.

Su Yao sat in the driver's seat.

She didn't get out of the car.

Order had already been restored at the school gate.

The security guard was holding a loudspeaker, telling students not to gather.

Several investigators disguised as maintenance workers stood by the streetlights.

They saw Su Yao's car, but no one went up to her.

Because Executive Jiang Xu had given the order.

Do not disturb her.

Su Yao gripped the steering wheel with both hands.

On the dashboard, there was still a warning prompt left from her speeding earlier.

She didn't look at it.

She only looked at the third floor of the teaching building.

Senior Year Class 2 was right there.

The windows were open.

Students inside were poking their heads out to look.

Someone was laughing.

Someone was arguing.

There was even someone hanging their wet school uniform by the window to dry.

Everything was very ordinary.

So ordinary that it made her chest feel tight.

Xiao Yun was in there.

Sitting in the back row.

Maybe he was slacking off.

Maybe he was chatting nonsense with Li Hao.

Maybe he was being tormented by the English test paper.

Or maybe.

He had just returned from the East Sea.

Swallowed a half-king level.

Ate six S-class.

Then walked into the classroom carrying half a bag of bread, asking if class was over yet.

Su Yao closed her eyes.

Scenes from their childhood floated into her mind.

Su Yun had a fever, holding a pillow and refusing to go to the hospital.

She carried him down the stairs on her back.

At that time, he was very light.

His face was pressed against her shoulder, whispering: "Sis, when I grow up, I'll earn money to buy you a big house."

Later, he grew up.

His mouth was very annoying.

He would make Su Qing angry.

He would talk back to their father.

He was Su Yun.

He was her younger brother.

But that day at the reservoir.

That giant eye looked at her.

It said that humans were leeks.

That voice also sounded very much like Su Yun's.

Lazy.

Calm.

Even carrying a hint of a punchable smile.

Su Yao opened her eyes.

Her palms were sweaty.

"Xiao Yun."

She called out softly.

No one answered in the car.

On the passenger seat lay a report provided by Gu Lang.

The Slit-Mouthed Woman incident.

D-class Strange Tales.

List of victims.

Su Yun's name was circled in red ink.

Death judgment: Vital signs terminated.

She had read this file many times.

Every time, she told herself.

That was a misjudgment of Gu Lang's ability.

That was a lingering shadow from a past life.

That was a time displacement brought about by Rebirth.

But now all the coincidences were piled together.

Su Yao raised her hand, pressing against her chest.

It was beating very fast.

She was suddenly very afraid.

Not afraid of monsters.

She had seen the apocalypse.

She had seen cities burning.

She had seen the sky split open.

What she was afraid of was—if she pushed open the classroom door and didn't see her younger brother.

What should she do?

Kill him?

Could she bring herself to do it?

Not kill him?

Then what about the people who died in the past life?

Outside the car window, students ran past.

A girl said with a laugh: "I heard we might not have evening self-study today!"

Another boy immediately replied: "Really? Long live the tsunami!"

A teacher nearby roared: "Say that again?"

The student immediately changed his words: "The tsunami is shameful! Evening self-study is great!"

At this moment, her phone suddenly vibrated.

It was a message from Executive Jiang Xu.

[Do not interrogate.]

A second message popped up quickly.

[Confirming whether he is Su Yun is more important than confirming whether he is The Rancher.]

Su Yao stared at this sentence.

She didn't move for a long time.

Executive Jiang Xu was a man as cold as iron.

But this sentence was not wrong.

If she only went in with fear, what she saw would definitely be a monster.

If she went in with a sister's eyes, maybe she could still see Su Yun.

Su Yao let go of the steering wheel.

She opened the car door.

Her foot stepped into a puddle.

Water splashed onto her pant leg.

She didn't care.

She walked toward the school gate.

The guard saw her and immediately stood straight.

"Captain Su."

Su Yao nodded.

"I'm going in to see my brother."

The guard made way.

But as soon as she walked into the school gate, a scream suddenly came from the direction of the teaching building.

The voice was very familiar.

It was Gu Lang.

The next second, Li Hao's loud voice echoed through the corridor.

"Teacher! Brother Gu intentionally let Su Yun see his answers!"

"Look, he's cheating again!"

Su Yao stopped.

She looked up.

At the third-floor window.

Su Yun leaned half his body out, holding an English test paper in his hand, his expression innocent.

He also saw Su Yao.

The siblings looked at each other across the entire playground.

The wind stopped for a moment.

Su Yun blinked.

Then, he hid the test paper behind his back.

"Sis."

"Why are you here?"