Those animal ears looked like they were completely attached to the top of his head, blending seamlessly into his entire being, and they would twitch from time to time.
However, it also has human ears, so it looks like it has four ears.
"What are you looking at?" The child's voice was still a bit childish, probably not yet puberty, but his attitude was rather rude.
Cheng Zhu was running and adjusting his breathing, so he had no energy to reply to it.
"snort!"
Perhaps it was because children have boundless energy, but after shutting up, the animal-eared child glared at Cheng Zhu and sped past her.
Although she didn't know why such a child would appear at Slote High School, the traditional Kyushu values of respecting the elderly and caring for the young were deeply ingrained in Cheng Zhu's bones. In the end, she couldn't help but remind her: "Don't talk while running, or you'll get a stitch. Also, if you run too hard, the conveyor belt will go faster when you're on the second lap. It's best to conserve your energy."
The conveyor belt was no longer as slow as it had been initially. Cheng Zhu didn't time it, but he could clearly feel that the third lap took longer than the previous ones.
In addition, everyone had already run two large laps, and their physical strength was depleted. Fortunately, there were no other obstacles except for the machine behind the starting point, otherwise Cheng Zhu estimated that more natives would have died in this group.
So far, apart from the student who stopped after crossing the finish line and was smashed to pieces, all the other victims are behind Cheng Zhu.
Cheng Zhu hadn't gotten too far away from them, so he didn't look back. He only heard intermittent cries for help, screams, and shrieks of terror behind him.
After rounding the first bend, Cheng Zhu was finally able to see what was behind him with a little difficulty.
The number of people was much smaller than before. Of the twenty people, about thirteen or fourteen had survived. Just as Cheng Zhu looked back at the starting point, he witnessed a classmate fall flat on the ground, try to get up but fail, and then be sent directly to the bottom of the machine by the conveyor belt and smashed.
And it's not over yet.
Several more people fell down one after another. One of them didn't get up immediately. Instead, he used both arms to crawl forward for a distance before standing up and continuing to run forward.
We must not stop moving forward.
Even if you have to crawl, you absolutely cannot stop.
After this sentence flashed through Cheng Zhu's mind, he immediately realized that the conveyor belt had changed again. This time, not only was the speed increased, but it also seemed to be getting a little sticky underfoot.
Looking down, Cheng Zhu immediately saw that as many students were crushed by the machine, the protein and fat left on the conveyor belt were being delivered to their feet from time to time, making it more difficult for the students participating in this round of running to move forward.
Cheng Zhu accidentally stepped on a flat surface and almost slipped and fell. He immediately realized why he had seen so many people slipping and falling on flat surfaces from afar.
No wonder the higher-dimensional beings were reminding themselves to be fast...
After turning the last bend, Cheng Zhu's view of the starting point was no different from any other angle: a huge and terrifying machine, a blood-red sky. There was no doubt that the now-complete machine would crush anyone unlucky enough to pass underneath.
Right in front of Cheng Zhu, an indigenous person running in front of her was unfortunately smashed to pieces.
In fact, of the indigenous people in front of Chengzhu, only two survived; the rest were very unlucky and perished under the machines.
The animal-eared child also witnessed this scene and immediately stopped in his tracks. He was then transported back to Cheng Zhu's side by the conveyor belt, and even kindly warned him, "Don't go, you'll really die!"
Cheng Zhu turned around and nodded to the animal-eared child, then casually checked the personal information she had displayed:
[Name: Joey Hill von Kahnem]
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Occupation: Student
Hobbies: Animals, plants
[Summary: The true direction of development lies in the harmony between humanity and nature! May the virus be eradicated from Visstar, allowing plants and animals to once again thrive in the natural world, free from the need for protection! Let us shout "Long live nature!"]
[Social Assessment: Member of the Nature Integration Association]
Surprisingly, this "beast-eared child" named Joey was not a child at all.
Speaking of which, the advertisement did mention that the LAB institution in the smart city could even perform cosmetic surgery on the human body, turning someone into a child would be a piece of cake.
Cheng Zhu sighed. Under Joey's incredulous gaze, instead of slowing down to prolong his life being crushed by the machine, he increased his speed and then... ran off the track.
The Slot Stadium itself is a circular running track, but the original grass inside has now been turned into a mess of piled-up pieces of meat.
Cheng Zhu endured the nausea and stepped on them, bypassing the machines. When he returned to the runway, he was almost knocked over by the backward force of the runway itself. He barely managed to steady himself and accelerated forward for a while before making sure he was safe.
The rules only say you have to run four laps, but they don't specify which track you have to run those four laps on.
She only briefly left the track, so isn't it normal for her to overtake others on the inner lane? The rules don't say it's not allowed, do they?
Cheng Zhu's idea was not wrong. After seeing that her behavior was allowed, Joey and the other classmates behind her followed suit and went around the machine when they got close. As a result, none of the people behind her were injured or killed.
"You're quite smart..."
Joey was still full of energy and quickly caught up with Cheng Zhu, even managing to talk to her as they ran: "Thank you for earlier."
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