"With so many students, each with different scores, won't they eventually get separated if they act together?"

Cheng Shuang also looked back at them curiously. To be honest, the car full of vibrant young men and women, dressed in flowing or elegant Hanfu, actually looked quite beautiful, unless they were sloppy and unkempt.

"They won't be scattered." The one who answered her was Han Meimei, looking dejected, her gaze fixed intently on the river. "The teacher will arrange for students of the same grade to have their scores standardized. This will be linked to grades and the class. If the score is zero, you'll have to repeat the grade. Once you repeat the grade more than ten times..." Her voice trailed off. She seemed unable to recall where people were after ten repetitions, because most people, in order to live a healthy and disease-free life, would try their best not to have too low a score.

She spent too much time on work and life, and never considered who would continue to study on campus after all the students left and the school lost its new students.

The coldness of human relationships meant that she had never returned to see the teachers who had taught her since she left school.

"If you maintain a certain score, only walk on familiar routes, go to familiar places, and avoid dungeons, wouldn't you never harm your body and remain immortal?" Sun Han asked rhetorically.

Li Lei nodded eagerly, hoping everyone would ask more questions to distract his girlfriend.

"No," Han Meimei said softly. "If you don't enter a dungeon for a long time, your score will slowly drop. Also, there are no familiar routes, and the locations of dungeons are not fixed. They will change every once in a while. Otherwise, I would have published a complete dungeon strategy guide and made money long ago."

Lianrong wanted to ask something more, but the people on the bus behind them had grown impatient and several got off and walked towards them.

"They must have come to run the dungeon as a group. The bridge itself is a large dungeon with a score of around 30, similar to an isolated island or a secret room."

As Han Meimei had predicted, the group consisted of senior students who had been busy with their graduation theses and internships and hadn't been able to play the game for a long time. The school had provided a bus for them to play together and farm points.

At first, the driver thought the car in front was blocking the road, but then he realized that the bridge spanning the river was gone, so they got out of the car to ask what was going on.

"The bridge was demolished." Han Meimei blurted out naturally. Li Lei looked at her in realization, his eyes flashing, and he agreed, "Yes, it was demolished a while ago."

The college students lamented, "What other large-scale dungeons are there that we can participate in together?" They were third-year students from different majors, and the bus had a total capacity of 45 people. That means the total number of students from all four years of college and different majors was only about 200.

Han Meimei laughed and said, "Let's split up. You're not middle school students anymore, why do you have to stay together!"

She was in a good mood, and her tone was playful.

Li Lei patted the leading college student on the shoulder and said, "Young man, I suggest you work in small groups. This is the best opportunity to impress the girls!"

The male college student chuckled sheepishly and scratched his head.

Cheng Shuang and the others exchanged glances. Seeing the couple's sincere expressions and the fact that Han Meimei's sadness had vanished in the blink of an eye, they felt a chill run down their spines.

Lianrong, quick to speak, pulled Han Meimei aside and whispered, "Sister Han, when was the bridge demolished? Think about it carefully."

Han Meimei looked at her in surprise, "They said on the news a couple of days ago that they were going to demolish the bridge!"

Han Meimei's volume was normal, and a college student immediately chimed in, "Oh dear, I remember now, it was reported on the news! How could I have forgotten something so important!"

He slapped his forehead in frustration and quickly ran back onto the bus with his classmates who had gotten off with him, wanting to tell everyone what had happened.

Li Lei put his arm around his girlfriend's waist and said to Lian Rong with a smile, "You forgot, we watched the news together at the hotel."

Who was watching the news with you at the hotel?

Several people clicked their tongues in admiration.

The girl's face darkened. She thought she might not be wrong. Li Lei was already dead, and his consciousness was completely controlled by the game, which was why he was assimilated so quickly.

Forgetting happens gradually!

Once this cycle of reincarnation closes, he will probably forget his identity as a maintainer, and even forget that he was never born into this world.

Once you forget your identity, your skills will naturally disappear as well.

Countless maintainers and visitors have left their mark here, sacrificing their lives to ensure the game's smooth operation.

Has the environment in the real world become so bad that humans can no longer survive?

Cheng Shuang blinked blankly.

Does this mean that not disturbing the lives of these indigenous people is the right thing to do?

The college student quickly returned, waving as he ran. "There's a port downstream, the driver told us about it. We're thinking of giving it a try, just in case the ship is a new instance! Are you guys coming?"

Li Lei glanced at his teammates, who were all deep in thought, and saw Sun Han, the old man, and the others nod at him. He then walked towards the bus with the college students, told the driver that they would follow behind the bus.

Since you need someone to show you the way, you should at least say a few polite words.

The port is surprisingly close, only a five-minute drive away, as seven-seater cars and large buses are not allowed on board.

Han Meimei paid the bill using the bus's smart positioning system, and staff would come to pick up the car. The group bought tickets and boarded the ship with the chatting and laughing college students.

Clearly, the ship is not a copy.

This boat is designed for sightseeing; before reaching the other side, it slowly takes passengers along the riverbank to enjoy the scenery. The banks are mostly wooded and wild, and a visit here can indeed be a pleasant experience.

While on the ship, Lianrong and Sun Han chatted with Han Meimei and Li Lei to get information out of them. The two remembered meeting the five old people at the hospital (Academy of Sciences), and even the game "Eternal New World" that the old people mentioned existed in their memories. Han Meimei said that she must try to enter that dangerous instance, because she wanted to know the truth about the world.

It is clear that her memory has not been completely erased.

In other words, the game system is not actually afraid of humans knowing its identity.

"What's there to be afraid of!" Cheng Shuang glanced at Han Meimei, who was having a sweet chat with her boyfriend, and said with a hint of regret, "Maybe the closer they get to the truth, the more they'll want to stay in the game."

The truth is: humanity's planet is facing a cataclysmic catastrophe.

Who would willingly seek their own death by running away?

Can the maintainers really say that the wanderers are hiding behind the system, maliciously draining your life force?

Who would believe that?

The indigenous people would just think they're crazy!

It's not like these things don't happen.