"Someone posted in the Black Mud Zone." After saying that, he realized something was wrong. How could someone like Lan Yao possibly look at the Black Mud Zone? After all, students at the Imperial Military Academy generally believed that looking at the Black Mud Zone was a very niche and special hobby that couldn't be shared with others.

"Black Mud District?" Lan Yao repeated the name, but didn't delve into it further.

"How could Cen Yu's pheromones suddenly go out of control?"

He naturally knew that the other party had taken leave recently due to his fertile period. Logically speaking, he was different from Wen Xihe and should not have experienced symptoms of sudden loss of pheromone control.

Lan Yao was starting to get a little anxious, but on the surface he still politely thanked the person next to him for the reminder.

During the break, he specifically asked the old lady for leave, explaining that his roommate's pheromones had gone off the rails and he needed to go check on him.

The old lady glanced at him. "Cen Yu?"

"It seems he didn't come today."

Lan Yao was surprised that the old lady knew. Just as he was about to make an excuse, he saw that the old lady didn't seem to care and said, "Go ahead."

"I know you've all been busy training on the simulator during the scrimmages."

She opened her thermos and took a sip of tea. "But when you're really facing the Zerg... some basic knowledge can protect you."

Lan Yao naturally understood this, and after thanking the old lady, he hurriedly left the classroom.

...

When Lan Yao returned to the dormitory, she saw Cen Yu lying on the bed, and the school doctor preparing to leave.

Wen Xihe stood to the side; this man was born with a fierce and menacing appearance, and Lan Yao couldn't see anything else about him.

"Why are you back?" It was Cen Yu who noticed Lan Yao rushing over.

"I noticed you had a minor issue at the training ground." Lan Yao walked over, greeted the school doctor first, and then went to Cen Yu's bedside. "What caused your pheromones to suddenly spike?"

"It's probably because they overused the simulator during training," the school doctor said calmly. "Alphas often experience this..."

"Did you encounter a particularly formidable opponent in the simulator?"

Cen Yu hesitated for a moment before nodding.

“That’s right,” the school doctor said. “It’s nothing serious, but you need to be careful with your mental energy during this period. I just tested it and found that your mental energy is also in a state of over-consumption.”

He stood up as he spoke, "Even if you use your mental energy these next few days, don't use it all up."

After saying this, he left behind the inhibitors and some mental energy replenishing drugs he had brought, and then got up and left.

Sang Huaizhou hadn't returned yet, leaving only the three of them in the dormitory. Only after the school doctor left did Wen Xihe finally speak—

"What kind of scenario did you encounter in the simulator that required you to exhaust your mental energy?"

He looked puzzled. "I remember simulators don't actually kill people."

The implication is that since Cen Yu wouldn't die no matter what happened in the simulator, why was he able to nearly exhaust his mental energy?