ACIFITFDB – Chapter 32

“It doesn’t matter, if you die, it just proves you’re not qualified to be my suitor,” Qin Xian’s voice was icy. “After all, I only like the strong.”

The Student Council President also chuckled, “You’re truly heartless, Teacher Qin… but unfortunately, I really don’t know where the owner of this domain is hiding. I only entered half a day before you, I haven’t fully figured out the rules here yet. But I can still tell you everything I know, as long as you come with me to the student council office to rest for a bit.”

Qin Xian stood up directly and walked towards the teaching building. He entered classroom 2203, which was already empty of students, and found a seat.

The Student Council President followed closely, pulling up a chair and sitting beside him.

He shook his head and sighed, feigning concern, “Alas, my place is much more comfortable. Why don’t you appreciate it?”

“Enough nonsense. If you don’t want me to beat you up, just tell me what you know directly.”

Seeing Qin Xian’s fists itching, the Student Council President sighed heavily, “Alright, what do you want to know?”

Qin Xian directly pointed at the armband on his arm, without speaking.

But the President immediately understood. He smiled and directly tore off the student council armband from his right hand, placing it in Qin Xian’s palm. However, the armband immediately disappeared and reappeared on the President’s right hand the next second.

The President spread his hands, “It’s useless, Teacher Qin’s identity is a teacher, and only students can serve in the student council.”

Qin Xian asked, “Does that mean it can be transferred to other students?”

The President nodded, “It can.”

“Can I change my identity? Or, are there any external rescue personnel among the students?”

“Identity cannot be changed. External personnel over 18 years old will not obtain student status; they can only be faculty or maintenance staff, and so on.”

Qin Xian casually sized up the President, “You’re 18?”

The Student Council President smiled a strange, bashful smile, “Yes, I just turned eighteen.”

His tone was normal, but Qin Xian couldn’t help but immediately think of the short videos he’d been seeing lately… those where people pinched their voices and said, “I just turned eighteen~”.

He got goosebumps.

However, it seemed that using the armband to exploit a loophole was not an option.

The President suddenly spoke, “Actually, the armband doesn’t provide 100% protection from attacks. If you face higher-level individuals or grotesque beings, they can directly strip you of your armband.”

“Higher level… So this domain is tiered? Tell me about it.”

“The lowest level is external faculty. Then students, followed by formal teachers, student leaders and other leaders, and finally, missionary teachers. There seem to be levels above that, but I don’t know.”

Qin Xian frowned, “Missionary teachers? Could it be…”

A word flashed in his mind: “Path of Communicating with Ghosts?”

The Student Council President nodded, “It seems to be called that. Ah, speaking of which, the next class is religious studies. Every class has this subject, and each class is taught by a missionary teacher.”

And the content of this class, without even thinking, must be to brainwash the students with their doctrine.

Qin Xian asked, “Have the students taken this class before?”

The Student Council President replied, “No, yesterday was very chaotic. Many people resisted, and many lessons were not successfully carried out.”

Qin Xian lowered his head and thought.

They haven’t started preaching to the students yet, so it’s necessary for him to cause trouble during this class. Fortunately, the efficiency of these enemies is low enough.

Just then, the bell of the teaching building suddenly rang, and a voice came from the broadcast: “Religious studies class will begin soon. Students, please return to your classrooms within three minutes to prepare for class. Exceeding the time limit will result in immediate execution!”

As soon as the broadcast stopped, the teaching building became even more chaotic. Students who had just fled peeked their heads out, and some had already returned to their classrooms.

Seeing the students coming in, Qin Xian struggled to prop himself up on the table and walked out.

The Student Council President followed closely, seizing the opportunity to seem ingratiating, “Teacher Qin, if you don’t want to rest at my place, how about resting in the teacher’s office? The office is in the easternmost room on each floor.”

Qin Xian didn’t reply but had already moved towards the easternmost side of the first floor. After passing through the crowd of students, he indeed saw the office at the end.

There were already several people in the office. Upon seeing him push the door open, they all turned their heads.

Qin Xian walked to the nearest empty chair and sat down. He leaned back in the chair, tilted his body, and looked up at the others in the office without any concealment.

They were clearly not students. They were uniformly dressed in black robes with black masks, adorned with gold and red patterns that looked strange. Outside, it seemed to be the Bagua, but in the center, instead of Yin and Yang, there was a red ghost head with fangs.

Without a doubt, these people must belong to the organization “Path of Communicating with Ghosts.”

As Qin Xian observed them, they also sized him up. One middle-aged man walked over, wearing a smile like a pyramid scheme salesman.

The man said, “Hello, are you a capable person from the folk?”

Qin Xian smiled, “That’s a funny thing to say. Are you from the official side?”

Despite being retorted, the man continued to smile, “But our Path of Communicating with Ghosts is the most legitimate and strongest organization right now. Would you like to join us? We are very welcome to powerful individuals like you.”

“Heh.” Qin Xian’s smile was not genuine. “Strong organizations don’t need to expand their scale by acting as pimps.”

The man’s smile faded slightly, “Our organization is certainly powerful. Ordinary people can’t just join if they want to, but we are very welcoming to talents like you.”

Qin Xian propped his face with one hand, his upper body slumping onto the table beside him as if boneless. He sneered, “Tell me, do you really know what you’re doing? Do you know what your organization does?”

The man immediately replied, “Of course, we do! We are a branch of Taoism. In times of rampant evil spirits, we have come out to save the world!”

Qin Xian rolled his eyes. Still trying to associate themselves with Taoism, what nerve! But these people were indeed quite foolish, thoroughly brainwashed.

“Your saving the world, does it mean imprisoning and torturing nearly a thousand students, possibly even killing them?”

The office fell silent for a moment, but someone immediately retorted, “How could that be! We are just letting the world know the cruel truth!”

The man also reacted, “Yes, the world is in chaos now, and ghosts from the underworld have invaded the human realm. We are now making these children realize the truth! To make them stronger, so they can survive in this chaotic world!”

Qin Xian’s eyes were cold, “What if some children get injured or die?”

“That means they are not suited to survive in this world. Even if they don’t die now, they will inevitably die in the future, so it’s better to be released early. To put it plainly, it’s survival of the fittest!”

The man’s eyes showed madness, and so did the others in the office, with only a very few showing slight hesitation.

Qin Xian looked directly at the Student Council President beside him, “Go, beat them up and shut their mouths.”

The man was stunned for a moment, and just as he was about to mock, he saw the child, who hadn’t fully grown yet, rush forward at a speed imperceptible to the human eye.

A fist landed heavily on his eye socket. Intense pain struck him, and before he could even scream, he was knocked unconscious by a punch to the mouth.

“What are you doing, you student!? We’ll kill you!”

However, the only response he received was more fists.

Seeing this, the other people in the office swarmed forward, but five or six adults couldn’t subdue one young boy.

Qin Xian propped his head, his eyes half-closed, taking in the President’s actions.

This guy fought with a death-defying attitude, paying no attention to protecting his vital points. But every move he made was aimed at a vital point: the throat, the temples, the abdomen unprotected by ribs… Yet, he controlled his strength well, only beating people to the point where they couldn’t move on the ground, and no one died for now.

What was even stranger was that his fighting style seemed a bit uncoordinated, and he liked to attack forward with both hands simultaneously.

In any case, he didn’t look much like a human.

After dealing with these cult members, the Student Council President proudly walked up to Qin Xian, “How was it? Am I strong? Am I obedient to you?”

Qin Xian, who had previously said things like “I like the strong” and “I like those who obey me,” immediately closed his eyes.

While relaxing himself, he pondered how to handle this Student Council President. Although he didn’t know its purpose, since it said it would obey him, it would be a shame not to utilize it well.

After resting for a few minutes, he opened his eyes and ordered, “You, go and see if the police who came have arrived. If they have, tell them to guard the power switch and prevent anyone from damaging the broadcast system. Also, do you know where the broadcast room is?”

The Student Council President smiled and obediently replied, “Yes, I do. It’s the small office in the middle on the third floor.”

Qin Xian slowly got up and walked out. At the doorway, he looked back and said to the Student Council President, who was admiring his back, “Aren’t you leaving?”

“Yes, as you command.” Only then did he move and walk out the door.

Qin Xian directly went to the third floor and found the broadcast room. Pushing the door open, he saw a sleepy man sitting inside.

The man immediately became vigilant upon seeing him and stood up to question him. Then, he was punched directly in the face by Qin Xian and fell to the ground with a thud.

Qin Xian sat down in front of the computer and looked at the unfamiliar operating system, regretting it a little. He should have kept this person to force him to explain how to use it before knocking him out… However, this thing probably wouldn’t be too difficult to use.

He looked closely at the interface, lit up all the broadcastable locations such as Teaching Building 1, Teaching Building 2, Playground 1, etc., turned the volume to maximum, adjusted the microphone, and pressed a record icon.

“Hello, hello?”

“Hello, hello!!!”

A huge sound immediately erupted from outside the window, annoying Qin Xian, who frowned and rubbed his ear.

But this was the effect he wanted: to drown out all other sounds and silence those who tried to spread false ideas through the class.

As expected, after a few “hello”s, angry roars came from outside: “Who’s using the broadcast system!! Go inside and shut him up!!”

Qin Xian watched the door. Footsteps were rapidly approaching. But before they could reach the doorway, a muffled groan and the sound of someone falling could be heard.

He looked up and saw the Student Council President walk in, leaning against the doorframe with a triumphant expression, “How was it? I completed the task and came back. Should I be praised?”

Qin Xian was silent for a moment.

This way of seeking praise after completing a task really made him look like a dog.

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Author’s Note: [Dog Head]