Chapter 9
The sky is falling and the earth is cracking, demons are running rampant, and the current nightmare version of H is in such a state.
Cen Xun said he wanted to kill the principal, but of course he didn't rush straight to the principal's office so recklessly. He still saved many students on the way.
Defeating the BOSS is important, but early development is also essential.
Cen Xun's ability level in the alien space is linked to the number of students who believe that he possesses this ability. The more people there are, the stronger Cen Xun's ability will be.
Therefore, every time he rescued a group of students, Cen Xun would send Cheng Feng to introduce his abilities to them. With facts as a basis, it would appear very convincing.
When the number of students who believed that Cen Xun possessed special abilities exceeded 500, Cen Xun's temporary identity "Father of Aliens" and puppet silk were upgraded to the blue level, and the joystick (magic wand) was upgraded to the green level.
Cen Xun believed that if all the students in the school believed that his "magic wand" was real, then his joystick might be upgraded to the highest level.
But unfortunately, it may be too late this round.
It took Cen Xun some time to search for clues. During this period, most of the students in the school died in various disasters. Only a few students were left, and they could barely gather more than 500 students.
There are not enough people anymore.
During the break, Cen Xun looked at the time, 23:41, 19 minutes until midnight.
What happens when midnight comes?
Cen Xun thought about himself waking up at seven o'clock every day. If the daily cycle reset time was seven o'clock, this would be the ideal situation.
The worst case scenario is that the time will reset at zero o'clock.
Once the time was reset, he would be forced to go back to seven in the morning, and Cen Xun had to prepare for the worst.
At 23:42, Cen Xun decided to take a risk and go to the principal's office to collect more clues within the limited time.
Before leaving, Cen Xun set up a protective shield in the small auditorium, gathered over five hundred students, and briefly explained the current situation: "I'm going to the principal's office now to find out if this matter is related to the principal. If this matter is not resolved, the next round of nightmares may very well begin."
Upon hearing this, the students, who had calmed down a bit, were in an uproar. The sense of security brought by Cen Xun was shattered once again, and the taut string was completely broken. Some people collapsed and shouted without hesitation: "What should we do then? Will we continue to be killed in the next round? What did I do wrong? Why do I have to be tortured again and again? Why am I still alive? I might as well just die!"
The other students were also infected by the panic, some cried, some went crazy, and the auditorium fell into chaos in an instant.
"Knock knock." Facing the chaos, Cen Xun's expression was slightly cold. He knocked on the table twice without being disturbed at all, and said in a deep voice: "Quiet."
Although the voice was not loud, the students were inexplicably stunned. It seemed that Cen Xun had such magic that just standing there alone could make people feel a sense of security as if a towering mountain was standing beside them. They looked at Cen Xun in a daze and slowly quieted down.
Cen Xun glanced at the students in the audience. "I believe you've all seen my abilities. The recurring nightmare isn't a dead end. Give me a few more rounds, and breaking it isn't impossible. You've all persevered through so many rounds. Are you sure you want to admit defeat now?"
The students stared at him in amazement.
Under the gaze of countless eyes, Cen Xun smiled faintly. "After being killed so many times, do you really not want to seek revenge on the mastermind behind all this? Dying is indeed easy, but who is really willing to be an ant being trampled underfoot?"
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With a buzz, the students were in an uproar.
"Yeah! Damn it, if he died like that, it would be a relief for the person who caused me to be like this!"
"I'm going to kill him too. Kill him a hundred times! No, a thousand times! Cut him into pieces!"
"Ahhh, even if I die, I will still chew off that damn piece of meat!"
With just a few words from Cen Xun, the low morale rose to an unprecedented high.
Cheng Feng was also excited by what he said. He immediately raised his hand and asked loudly, "Teacher Cen, please tell me, what should we do next?"
The others nodded and stared at Cen Xun eagerly.
Cen Xun spoke calmly, "If there is a next round, I hope you can tell the other students about my existence as soon as possible and make them believe that I have the ability to save them."
A student weakly raised his hand: "But teacher, what if we are killed too early and can't wait for you to save us?"
Cen Xun thought for a moment and said, "I'll find a way to rig the questionnaire during the day so that you can all have some self-protection skills. Remember, no matter what I ask you to fill in under [Other Suggestions], you must believe that it can come true."
The students already worshipped Cen Xun as a god, nodding their heads in agreement no matter what he said.
As the time approached 23:50, Cen Xun knew that he could not delay any longer. After giving instructions to the students, he left the auditorium and rushed towards the principal's office.
There were terrible rumbles of thunder in the sky, and when the purple lightning flashed, Cen Xun's face was illuminated with a snow-white color.
Cen Xun's pupils suddenly shrank, and he jumped up suddenly, pointing the wand in his hand downwards. Almost at the moment he moved his feet, several steel spikes suddenly emerged from the ground under his feet. They collided with the destructive spell released by Cen Xun and were instantly blown to pieces.
Cen Xun landed steadily on the ground, frowned and looked at the ruins beside him, and a familiar figure appeared in front of him.
"Dean Li?"
The man was wearing a hard hat, and his usually serious face had a grayish distortion. It was Dean Li from the School of Architecture and Environment.
Obviously, in this strange and alien space, Dean Li also underwent some kind of change.
The person who came had bad intentions. Cen Xun narrowed his eyes and became alert.
Dean Li slowly walked towards Cen Xun, raised a piece of steel in his hand and pointed it at him. His hoarse voice was like a stuck machine: "You, as a faculty member, betrayed the principal. You, deserve to die."
After that, something seemed to fall down amid the rumbling thunder.
Cen Xun looked up and almost suspected that he was seeing things.
It’s actually densely packed bricks and steel bars?
Cen Xun: “”
This should have been a situation fraught with danger, but for some reason, seeing this scene, Cen Xun was filled with speechlessness.
Cen Xun lightly waved his "magic wand" and set up a protective shield to block Dean Li's attack.
At this time, Cen Xun finally came to his senses. It turned out that the dean's attack method was related to the teaching content in the college?
The School of Architecture and Environment includes the Department of Civil Engineering, the Department of Architecture, and the Department of Urban and Environmental Planning. Isn't it related to building materials?
Cen Xun thought, this is interesting. If he hadn't prepared in advance and upgraded his skills to the green and blue levels, he probably wouldn't be able to beat Dean Li.
Cen Xun pointed the "magic wand" in his hand at Dean Li: "Is it my turn?"
As soon as he finished speaking, before Dean Li could react, Cen Xun cast a killing curse and knocked Dean Li into the wall.
However, the crisis did not end there. After one Dean Li was killed, more Deans emerged from the shadows.
"You, as a faculty member, betrayed the principal. You deserve to die."
Several different voices spoke the same words in unison, and dark shadows surrounded Cen Xun from all directions. Judging from their aura, each of these deans was no weaker than Dean Li.
Cen Xun made a rough calculation. If it was a group battle, he could call on the aliens to fight together. He might not be defeated, but it would definitely take a long time, and what he lacked most now was time.
In this case, I can only try that trick.
Cen Xun slowly raised his head, opened his eyelids, and scanned the surrounding shadows with a sharp gaze. He said in a stern tone, "How dare you be so rude to the principal."
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If the dark shadow surrounding him could make expressions, there would definitely be a lot of question marks on his face at this moment.
Who are you?
You are the principal, then who is the principal?
Seeing that the deans showed no sign of backing down, Cen Xun began to feel uncertain. Could it be that the rules for the teacher questionnaire and the student questionnaire were different, and that the supplementary rules for [Other Suggestions] didn't apply to teachers themselves?
Cen Xun reflected on it and thought of a possible reason.
He found that he had not instilled in his students the idea that "Teacher Cen would become the principal", resulting in him being the only one who believed that "Cen Xun was the principal of H University".
Cen Xun: “”
As the saying goes, he who wins the hearts of the people wins the world. I didn’t expect that this saying still applies in the university and workplace.
But it didn't matter. When filling out the questionnaire, Cen Xun took double insurance. Even if his dream of becoming a principal came to nothing, he still had another way to save his life.
Taking a deep breath, Cen Xun slowly spoke to the shadows around him, "I have a dream. I dream of facing workplace bullying in college. Do you want to make my dream come true?"
Every time he mentioned a "dream", Cen Xun would deliberately emphasize the word, as if reminding someone of something.
The alien space is a "nightmare" world, the opposite of "dream", where everything is the opposite. Cen Xun thought that if these deans attacked him, it would be equivalent to fulfilling his "dream" of being bullied, and would he be punished by the rules for it.
Cen Xun stared at the black shadows, alert to their next move, but the black shadows seemed to be frozen, staring at him resentfully, and were slow to make the next move.
The bet was right!
Cen Xun didn't hesitate. He waved his wand and quickly blasted away a dean, broke out of the encirclement through the gap, and rushed towards the principal's office.
He had a hunch that the principal must know something about the changes at H University!
The principal must be hiding the most important clue!
A meteorite burning with blazing flames streaked across the sky and crashed towards the campus. A blizzard hit them directly, blocking all vision. The deans roared like wild beasts. As Cen Xun got closer and closer to the principal's office, they were no longer restricted by the rules and their moves became more and more crazy.
The principal's office is located at the top of the Hanging Sun Clock Tower, the tallest building in H University. There is a huge clock on the outer wall of the principal's office, and a large bronze bell in the spire above.
In Cen Xun's somewhat distant memory, this bronze bell would ring when the class was over, but now it has not rung for a long time.
Cen Xun recalled the day he started working.
That day, he walked through the huge white archway with his application form. The president, sitting behind his desk, smiled at him, nodded graciously, and said, "Welcome to H University. I believe you can work with us to create an even better H University."
It turns out that from the very beginning, the president said that he wanted to build a better H University.
Is that the principal's dream?
Why didn't the principal fulfill his promise?
Is the current H University the university that the president dreamed of?
Thousands of questions weighed on his mind, and he urgently needed an answer. At 23:58, Cen Xun slammed open the white archway, and blood left a conspicuous mark on the archway, but Cen Xun didn't care. He breathed softly and looked up at the figure behind the principal's desk.
The principal's office is octagonal in layout, with a huge floor-to-ceiling window on each side. There is also a floor-to-ceiling window behind the principal's desk. Looking out from this floor-to-ceiling window, one can see the entire campus.
The principal stood in front of the window, looking down at the tragic scene on campus, silent.
Compared to the first time Cen Xun met him, he seemed a little older, his back was hunched, and his hands behind his back were trembling slightly.
Cen Xun walked closer step by step, like a child obsessed with the answer, and asked the question to his back.
"Why?"
The principal turned his back to Cen Xun, his voice full of fatigue: "Maybe I did something wrong."
Cen Xun laughed, but his voice was filled with coldness: "Principal, look carefully, you have plunged the entire campus into a nightmare."
"My normal life, the normal life of the students, has all been shattered. It's an endless cycle, an endless nightmare. Is this the beautiful campus you want to create?"
23:59:10.
The principal was silent for a few seconds, then said, "No."
A thunderclap sounded, and the sound seemed to irritate the principal. He suddenly fell into a frenzy. He slammed the French window hard and raised his voice. It didn't seem like he was arguing with Cen Xun, but rather that he was trying to convince himself: "No!"
23:59:16.
The principal gasped, his lower body melting into a black liquid. He seemed oblivious to the situation and continued to grumble, "A group of villains have invaded my school. They destroy, they kill, they treat my students like dirt!" He practically roared, "How can I protect my students? Even I can be killed by those villains!"
"So, I prayed to the gods! No matter what the cost, I will save my students from the evildoers!"
The principal smiled sadly: "The gods have answered my call and granted us an endless dream, but the price is..."
"What's the price?"
23:59:32.
The principal suddenly became strangely calm again.
The lava-like blood-red color climbed up the principal's lower body, which turned into a black liquid, and the melting continued.
"You are too late. This nightmare cannot be ended."
The principal said.
A traveler who walks too far in the long dark night has lost the chance to return.
"Blood, suffering, life, everyone is a sacrifice to the gods."
The principal closed his eyes, and the lava-like blood red had spread to his neck.
23:59:58.
Cen Xun saw the principal turn his head, revealing a pair of compassionate yet indifferent eyes.
"When the nightmare comes, everyone will be blessed with eternal life."
As if in response to the principal's words, at that moment, a meteor fell, and the entire campus was destroyed by the horrific impact. The blazing flames were imprinted on Cen Xun's retina, causing him to close his eyes.
00:00.
Heaven and earth are silent.
I don’t know how long it took.
The screen of Cen Xun's mobile phone placed next to his pillow lit up, and the tune of "Dedicated to Alice" sounded again.
Cen Xun suddenly opened his eyes. The severe pain from the wounds on his body seemed to still linger in his nerve endings. He subconsciously touched his shoulder blade, and the intact skin made his face slightly gloomy.
"Fuck!" Cen Xun pounded the bed under him and sat up suddenly.
Damn loop!
After working hard all day, we are back to where we were before liberation!
Damn old man Hong, why don’t he do something else but go and make a wish to God? What kind of god would want sacrifices such as “blood”, “life” and “suffering”?
Of course it can only be the evil god!
It has already cycled fifteen times, it would be a wonder if we can still save people in time!
Cen Xun gritted his teeth and cursed: "Principal, principal, you are such a good principal." If you can't be a principal, you can give up the position to him.
Originally, Cen Xun just wanted to find out the truth about the cycle, but now that the truth has been revealed, Cen Xun can't stop.
Because what the principal said at the end was "everyone will obtain eternal and happy life", the emphasis was on "everyone", which of course included Cen Xun himself.
If you don't try to make trouble, are you just going to wait for death?
Just as he was about to take action, the nightmare system suddenly made a "ding" sound.
[This round of the special scene "Nightmare Campus" has ended. The total points are being calculated. Please wait.]
Cen Xun is no longer angry when this is mentioned. He killed a lot of aliens last night. Although most of them were +1+1, but a little bit adds up to a lot, the points accumulated should be considerable.
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