Chapter 94 If You Don’t Study, You Will Die
Li Ziyue sat at the back window seat in the classroom. The dead man's blood gradually spread from the table in front of him to his feet, only a hand's distance away from him.
The classroom was eerily quiet, with only the unpleasant urging coming from the head teacher, who was so old that he seemed to be nothing but a soulless body.
"Tuition fees, evening self-study fees, test paper printing fees... Students in Class D... You have to pay 20 English credits in tuition and miscellaneous fees every day. If the balance is insufficient..." She shook her body twice and chuckled, "Students whose scores are reset to zero will only end up dead."
"Only students in Class A can enjoy full tuition and miscellaneous fees exemption. If you don't want to be oppressed by your scores, work hard to get promoted to Class A."
Her eyes rolled quickly, and her wrinkled face showed a stiff and weird smile: "But... maybe you won't be able to hold on until the day when you are qualified to challenge Class A..."
The strong smell of blood attacked his nostrils, and he felt nauseous again. Li Ziyue looked coldly at everything in the lecture hall, as well as the other students around him who didn't dare to move at all.
People died extremely quickly here. In just a few minutes, the dead flesh of the person at the front table began to rot and crawl before the heat had even dissipated.
The blood coagulated into black.
He heard the point deduction reminder from the system in his mind.
[Hello, player Li Ziyue, your tuition and miscellaneous fees for today have been deducted. Your remaining English score is: 1]
At the end of the first day's payment process, there were 43 people left in the class, and 7 people died on the spot.
And all this is just the beginning.
…
【A few hours ago】
The player lobby was extremely noisy. Li Ziyue had just come back to his senses from the space transition and was still dizzy when he heard people talking around him.
"What's going on? I've been changing this live broadcast room over and over again, but why is it gone? Where are my dear audience friends? How can I earn points without them?"
"That's right. The points I get for clearing a dungeon are pitifully small. They are not enough for the regular maintenance of my world. Is there a bug in the live broadcast room?"
"Really? Why hasn't the system come out to explain yet?"
"I asked around and found out that all the live broadcast rooms were gone. It's really unbelievable."
Sun Yuancheng stood in the crowd, looking nervous. "Ah? I'm at a big loss. I just taught the moderator of my live broadcast room to perfectly record my handsome posture so that I can pass it on to my descendants. Now they are doing this. I'm really impressed. I even stayed up for several nights to do this."
Others: "...? Wait a minute, your focus is not right."
Li Ziyue opened the system and found that the previously eye-catching live broadcast room section had indeed disappeared.
Something is wrong.
The latest email he received only mentioned the update of the live broadcast room, and did not indicate the cancellation of the live broadcast room. How could this happen?
Before anyone could come up with an idea, a blue digital image suddenly appeared in the center of the hall. The image gradually took shape and finally took the form of a beautiful female character.
She bowed to everyone and said softly, "I am your friend A3. Welcome to the player lobby of the "I Voluntarily Come to School" dungeon. I will guide you into the dungeon."
"Don't talk about the dungeon yet!" someone shouted, "What's going on in the live broadcast room?"
"Please wait a moment."
As soon as he finished speaking, the walls of the room were instantly replaced by layers of fluorescent codes. The codes gradually shrank and turned into countless small video cubes.
A moving human figure can be seen in the block.
The audience of all the players present gathered together.
"The last round of copies was 'Comprehensive Plan 1.0', and the name behind the 1.0 version plan is——"
A3 turned around and slid his finger in the air, and two words appeared on the light blue screen.
【filter】
Li Ziyue stood there in a daze.
All the changes to the live broadcast room of "Snowstorm Villa" seemed to be piled up in front of him, and turned into a complete logical line in chronological order.
No wonder.
The so-called "players share vision and ideas", "audiences with higher overall scores can enter the dungeon", "shared pain"... these changes all point to a common goal.
In the blink of an eye, the A3 flips the screen over.
"This round of copy is 'Comprehensive Plan 2.0'."
"The name behind the 2.0 version of the project is," she smiled, "Replacement."
"The item selection process before the dungeon has been cancelled, and the audience reward process after the dungeon has been cancelled. The reward pool will be doubled after the audience successfully replaces the player."
"What!"
"Replace? What do you mean, huh?"
A3 ignored these questions. Her figure floated in the air, and then she lightly tapped the air with her fingertips.
The player lobby collapsed in an instant, people suddenly lost weight, their bodies moving uncontrollably through the collapse.
A3 looked down at everyone with pity.
A cold mechanical sigh came from far away.
“All players, work hard to avoid being replaced by the viewers of your live broadcast room who are most familiar with you.”
…
When I opened my eyes again, I was in a huge classroom that seemed to have no end. All the players were forced to sit in their seats, and there were several 0.5MM black pens and 2B pencils on the table.
A giant six-sided clock was hung in the center of the ceiling, which showed: 8:23 Beijing time.
Once all players have been teleported to their locations, a broadcast will be made around them.
"Instructions before taking the entrance exam."
"The examination subjects and time arrangement refer to the National College Entrance Examination, that is, 9:00-11:30 in the morning for Chinese, and 3:00-5:00 in the afternoon for mathematics..."
"Please take this entrance exam seriously. The system will summarize the candidates' scores in each subject and divide them into classes based on the 'barrel principle'."
"Ah?" The middle-aged man next to Li Ziyue was confused. "What is the 'barrel principle'?"
The barrel principle states that no matter how high a bucket is, the height of the water it holds depends on the lowest plank in it. Therefore, it is also called the short board principle (law). (Quote 1)
Li Ziyue looked solemn.
It is very disadvantageous for him to be divided into classes according to his weaknesses.
"There are four classes in total: A, B, C, and D. Class A enjoys the best treatment, and Class D the worst. The score a player gets in the entrance exam will directly determine your ability to survive in the next few days."
"A warm reminder to everyone, if you want to survive, don't give up~ Even if you don't know how to write, you have to fill the test paper~"
The beep stopped and the clock turned to 8:45.
15 minutes left.
"What should I do?" the uncle sitting diagonally opposite Li Ziyue held his head in agony. "I haven't even been to school properly for a few days. What's the point of taking the exam?"
Sun Yuancheng yawned and twirled a pen beside him: "Uncle, how many people around here look like high school students? I'm not saying that unless the seniors come to take the exam, the others are doomed. Have you seen the news about the senior student HaX taking the college entrance exam for his junior and sending him to a junior college with only 300 points?"
"The questions on this test paper," he analyzed carefully, "seem to test your knowledge, but they are actually testing your reasoning."
"Ah?" The uncle didn't understand. "What's the reasoning?"
"Since I don't know any of the knowledge points, I can only guess based on the questions and common sense." Sun Yuancheng shrugged.
"No, there is still a way," he suddenly had an idea, "I wonder if you have heard of a unique skill in the martial arts world called - stealing views with sidelong eyes?"
"Little brother, what do you mean?" The uncle suddenly realized.
Sun Yuancheng said proudly: "Look around you and see who looks the smartest..."
"I think you are very smart, little brother." The uncle admired him.
Sun Yuancheng: "...Uncle, I am a muddy man crossing the river, and I can't protect myself. If you want to copy me, we will definitely meet in Class D. I am not kidding."
[The system will distribute different test papers according to the region where each candidate is located to strictly prevent the possibility of plagiarism]
Sun Yuancheng made a "tsk" sound. The disadvantages of customization were fully demonstrated at this moment.
At the same time, a dense automatic monitoring system grows on the surrounding walls to ensure that every corner around the player is within the system's viewing range.
[Plagiarism, cheating and other bad behaviors are strictly prohibited. Violators will pay the price of their lives.]
Several people swallowed nervously.
Most of the people present had played infinite dungeons before, so they naturally knew which rules could be challenged and which rules must not be violated. Although most people were dissatisfied, they still sat down obediently and waited for the test papers to be distributed.
The questions on the test paper were all regular college entrance examination questions, and there was no deliberately difficult answer. Li Ziyue carefully wrote down the irrelevant answers.
I felt sleepy as usual halfway through writing, and looked around. I saw that some people with poor mental quality could no longer hold the pen, and their faces were so pale that they seemed like they were going to faint in the next second.
Although the subjects are arranged according to the time schedule of the general college entrance examination, Chinese, mathematics, English and comprehensive subjects are actually tested together, and only ten minutes are left for candidates to rest between subjects.
The nearly ten-hour exam was finally over. Li Ziyue gently closed the pen cap. All the players he saw collapsed on the table.
Sun Yuancheng in front of him looked back weakly: "...Brother, why are you still so energetic? I'm going to die..."
Li Ziyue thought about it and said: "Normal intensity for a senior year of high school."
Senior high school students often have mock exams for all subjects from morning to night, and Li Ziyue is no longer surprised.
The test papers were marked very quickly, and since the last subject was English, the scores and rankings came out almost as soon as all the players had a chance to catch their breath.
The clock that was originally hanging on the ceiling turned into an electronic shadow, and when people opened their eyes again, they saw a huge report card hanging above.
【Class placement test results】
【Class A】
Total number of people: 10
Minimum score: 608 (comprehensive liberal arts)
Highest score: 684 (Science Comprehensive)
【Class B】
Total number of people: 30
Minimum score: 435 (Science Comprehensive)
Highest score: 667 (Science Comprehensive)
Class A is relatively stable. After all, it is more difficult to get high scores in liberal arts than in science. But the total score disparity in Class B is too large. Although they are at the same level, the difference between the highest and the lowest is more than 300 points.
Something is not right.
Li Ziyue frowned slightly.
【Class C】（Liberal Arts Class C, Science Class C）
Total number of people: 60
Minimum score: 309 (Science Comprehensive)
Highest score: 636 (Science Comprehensive)
"How are the classes divided?" Some people were still confused. "The highest-scoring BC students can obviously go to Class A..."
"The class is not divided according to the total score," Li Ziyue explained, "but according to your worst score in the subject. For example, even if someone's total score is nearly 600, but he only scored 10 points in English, he can only go to Class D."
This kind of class division will cause a very interesting phenomenon.
Li Ziyue stopped talking about the second half of his sentence.
I only saw the last display on the transcript.
[D Class] (a total of 10 D classes, namely Chinese D, Mathematics D, English D, Physics D, Politics D...)
Total number of people: 450
Minimum score: 123 (Science Comprehensive)
Highest score: 634 (Science Comprehensive)
The difference between the highest and lowest total scores was over 500!
Everyone was dumbfounded.
"No, what's going on in Class D? Who is still in Class D if they scored 634?"
"Which class is the great player from 634 in? That's amazing! That class won without any effort!"
"Tsk," Sun Yuancheng said with an unfathomable look on his face, "Just look at the results of Class A. If you want to find the real masters, you have to look at Class D."
[The class list is now announced, please check the system email in time]
"Brother..." Sun Yuancheng walked over with great admiration, "You are so awesome, 634... You told me before that you were terrible at English and Chinese."
Li Ziyue was also stunned: "...It's not me, I didn't make 600."
Sun Yuancheng exclaimed "Ah?" and then saw Zhang Lian in the other corner.
"Oh, I remember that Lian Lian's grades were also very good. He was even helping you with English in the dungeon."
Zhang Lian also shook his head: "It's not me."
"Oh, that's right," Sun Yuancheng scratched his head, "I'm confused, Lian Lian should be in Class A."
Zhang Lian showed his system email: "No, I'm in English D."
Li Ziyue: "...? Zhang Lian, how many points did you get in English?"
Zhang Lian blinked: "9."
"Is this true?" Sun Yuancheng exclaimed, "I scored 32."
"Oh, I understand now," he concluded, "This is the master deliberately controlling the score. After all, there are so many multiple-choice questions in English. If he just stepped on the answer sheet, he wouldn't get only 9 points."
The person next to him looked at his English score of 7 and forced himself not to say anything.
Several people together cannot produce a passing English test paper.
As he was speaking, Zhang Xingzhi appeared from nowhere.
"Hiss..." He looked at his grades. "Although I didn't do well in the exam, I didn't do particularly badly either, right? Why am I still in Class B? Have any of you received the notice from Class A?"
The three people from Class D all shook their heads.
"That's weird."
"How is your score composed?" Li Ziyue lowered his eyes, "I have a guess..."
"Chinese 116, Math 128, English 131, Physics 96, Chemistry 80, Biology 76." Zhang Xingzhi didn't understand, "Could it be that my weakness is Biology?"
Li Ziyue was removed from the A-class list.
"None of these 10 people in Class A look familiar to me." Li Ziyue hesitated for two seconds. "Logically, this shouldn't happen, but considering the notification from the player lobby system just now..."
Before he finished speaking, the system explained again.
[Class A is selected based on the comprehensive ranking of each player’s live broadcast room audience performance in the previous instance + this exam results]
[Different viewers correspond to different live broadcast hosts. If the host's comprehensive evaluation does not exceed that of the audience at the end of the copy, the host will be replaced by the audience in your live broadcast room]
[If no class successfully replaces Class A, all anchors will be eliminated]
Li Ziyue felt more and more depressed.
There are 10 people in Class A, and 2 of them are viewers from his live broadcast room.
The disadvantages of his usual love of studying were fully revealed at this moment.
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