hsntnovel Chapter 262 Becoming a Protector
Chapter 262 Becoming a Protector
If the effects of an anisotropic meme could be reversed, and if anyone had ever witnessed traces of superpowers or strange beings, their understanding of the world of superpowered individuals could be enhanced after the reversal.
It was the anisometaphors that caused them to forget.
If it were possible, if we could use anisometics to make them remember all of this...
Before Jiang Xingni could even refine his idea, he saw Shu Yangqiu—who, in theory, should be their teacher for this class—accompanied by Lin Hongguang.
"You guys actually did it." Shu Yangqiu couldn't help but exclaim.
Once the dungeon ended, not only Jiang Xingni and Tang Xiaoxing, the two students who were closest to the answer, but all the others—even those who were completely unaware that the whole thing was related to anime and disappearance—were brought out.
If they aren't brought out soon, Shu Yangqiu is genuinely worried that they'll disappear along with them.
It wasn't that Shu Yangqiu was overthinking things; rather, it was a pattern she had deduced from her numerous on-site investigations.
To be honest, Shu Yangqiu never expected Jiang Xingni to use such a simple solution.
The disappearance is not a particularly troublesome monster. It doesn't have any superpowers for defense or offense. Even the utility knife that Jiang Xingni carries with him can easily kill it.
Its troublesome aspect has always been its abnormal effects.
Those who seek it eventually forget their purpose; those who know what it is try to remember it, but can only watch helplessly as their memories slowly fade away. Even the embers of memory they managed to grasp disappear completely, as if they had never existed at all.
Shu Yangqiu still remembers that after the disappearance was resolved, the records show that they found a girl in the meteorite crater.
Wearing a white coat, surrounded by papers scattered all over the ground, she was emaciated from hunger. She barely survived for three months on the dry food and water she carried with her.
When the soldiers picked up the papers, they found countless A4 sheets filled with the same formulas, similar derivations, the same theorems and rules, and countless SOS letters that she had written but had been forgotten.
That's what makes anisomemes so terrifying.
The longer it drags on, the more torment a person will suffer if the problem remains unresolved.
Even now, though they say they've almost figured out the nature of disappearance, Shu Yangqiu still doesn't know what to do to avoid the final outcome of the anime pulling everyone into a place of non-existence.
She looked around and saw that the students had mostly woken up from their slumber, completely unaware of what they had just experienced. They probably thought there had been a problem with the exam, which was why they had suddenly returned to the classroom.
"Teacher...?" Shu Yangqiu saw a student raise their hand, seemingly wanting to ask a question.
She clapped her hands, then pressed her palms down, signaling them to keep quiet.
The twenty-odd students looked at each other, whispered a few words to each other, and then their eyes returned to Tang Xiaoxing in unison. They gestured to Tang Xiaoxing with their eyes, asking what she was standing there for and whether she should go up to him and ask what had happened.
Tang Xiaoxing simply looked away, pretending that she hadn't seen anything.
—Shu Yangqiu was somewhat relieved.
Among this group of people, not counting geniuses like Jiang Xingni and Xiao Jiming, Tang Xiaoxing was also quite talented. Unfortunately, she just happened to live in the same era as these geniuses.
How can the stars rival the sun and moon in brilliance?
Although Shu Yangqiu knew her personality, she could only watch helplessly as her daughter was deceived by the group of classmates in front of her, habitually becoming the one to stick her neck out and get shot...
Shu Yangqiu would also resent his lack of ambition.
Fortunately, although it's unclear what she's learned from following Jiang Xingni, she has realized that she shouldn't be led by the nose by others and rashly step forward for interests that have nothing to do with her.
"Quiet down," Shu Yangqiu said. "The quiz is over. Your scores will be counted towards your participation grade. Those who didn't pass... continue preparing to register for my course next semester."
She smiled slightly, looked at the expectant gazes of the crowd, and calmly delivered her verdict.
Upon hearing that the course would continue into the next semester, everyone understood—wasn't that just failing the course?
Shu Yangqiu truly lived up to his reputation as the strictest teacher in the entire Taixu Academy.
Nevertheless, the group simply took a deep breath and repeatedly reviewed their performance on the exam paper in their minds. They felt that there were no major problems and that they wouldn't be defeated by the monster and fail the exam. Only then did they feel relieved and comfort themselves.
Shu Yangqiu sneered, watching them comfort him, and then mercilessly read out his name.
"Cai Wan, Hong Shuxuan, Shan Youbai, Jiu Yan..." She read out the names one by one. "A total of fourteen people, who did not realize that the ultimate goal of this instance was to disappear without a trace, and kept going around in circles with the monsters and rules at the very beginning, failed."
The students whose names were called immediately collapsed to the ground, their faces saying, "I have no hope. I'm going to fail. Why do I have to take her class again next semester?"
"Ye Feng, Zhang Zinan, Yuan Xiashan, Xiahou Dang..." Shu Yangqiu read out the names of another group of people. "A total of thirteen people. They realized that the goal of this instance was to disappear without a trace and successfully embarked on the path to find it, but they failed to reach it. Their actions were too slow. Therefore, they barely passed. Keep up the good work in the next test."
"Tang Xiaoxing." Shu Yangqiu's gaze fell on Tang Xiaoxing, and she slowly shook her head. "Your first reaction upon realizing the target was to want to quit the game. You're pragmatic; that can't be called a bad quality."
As soon as he finished speaking, Shu Yangqiu's expression turned serious.
"But have you considered that this is a dungeon, where you can exit and return to school to rest? What if this were reality? What if you were on a mission? Would you abandon countless ordinary people behind you and return to school alone, barely surviving?"
Tang Xiaoxing had no way to refute it, so she could only lower her eyes and purse her lips.
"But thankfully, after Jiang Xingni's words, you realized what you should do."
After all, he was her prized student, and Shu Yangqiu finally sighed with a soft heart.
"Seventy-eight points. You should overcome your cowardice, Tang Xiaoxing. You are not the one who needs to be protected. You are the one who should stand on the front line and become the protector."