Wu Suowei was leisurely and complacent, "You can choose not to buy. I sell, you buy, it's up to you, all voluntary."
"Buy, buy, buy!" The classmates were anxious.
"I'll buy," Mi Xue'er stepped forward and said in a deep voice.
This little money was nothing to her. If it could ensure everyone's safety, she would pay more.
"Let me buy," Qin Ze blocked Mi Xue'er's front. "Let's start with 10 minutes, and then we'll settle it every 10 minutes."
"No problem."
Wu Suowei happily opened the invoice, in a great mood.
"You're a disgrace to the guild. It's the duty of us Spirit Hunter Agents to protect people from anomalies. How dare you profit from disaster!" Duan Chen looked at him with contempt.
But he didn't have time to haggle with Wu Suowei.
How to get out was the most pressing issue.
"Classmates, don't be too discouraged. The spatial barrier can be broken. As long as we trace it, find the core and shut it down."
As soon as Duan Chen spoke, everyone quieted down and listened to him, naturally becoming the backbone of everyone present.
His words also brought a glimmer of hope to the classmates.
"Is it like playing a game?" Several male classmates were eager to try.
"Yes," Duan Chen nodded.
"What does the core look like?" The classmates began to look around.
"It could be any item that is different from the space, an energy body, usually with a kind of conventional switch, like a light or a faucet."
As soon as Duan Chen explained a little, the smart classmates understood and let out exclamations of realization.
"Hmph, the core isn't easy to find, is it? If we don't hand over a heart within 10 minutes, Teacher Liu will still come to kill us." The boy with thick glasses grumbled again. "Anyway, I don't want to die. I'm the top student in the grade. If anyone has to die, it should be the trash at the bottom."
As soon as he said this, several people were displeased.
"What are you saying, Four Eyes? Top student, so what? Why weren't you amazing when fighting monsters?"
"I saw it just now, you peed your pants hiding under the table. Has your pants dried yet?"
"Since we can't choose the first heart, how about you, the top student, lead the way?"
The Four Eyes' face turned pale, and he trembled, "No, no! I don't want to die!"
"Alright! Enough!" Mi Xue'er loudly interrupted the classmates' discussion.
She didn't know what to do either, and could only rely on Duan Chen. The classmates had already regarded Duan Chen as their backbone and were waiting for him to speak.
Duan Chen, while bandaging his wound, said, "Wu Suowei, stay put. You wait in the safe zone. I'll go out alone to investigate. Call me when the time is up, and I'll come back to deal with Teacher Liu."
"I'll go with you!" Mi Xue'er stepped forward without hesitation.
"No, it's too dangerous," Duan Chen refused her outright.
"But how can you search alone? There are monsters everywhere outside!"
Mi Xue'er clutched her sword-hilted necklace, gritting her teeth unwillingly.
If only I had the power!
At this moment, Qin Ze stepped forward and stood in front of Duan Chen, saying, "I'll go with you."
Duan Chen sized up the young man. He indeed wasn't mistaken; the boy was indeed calmer and more composed than others his age.
His tall and slender figure, clean eyebrows, and the distinctive black earring... many girls' gazes were drawn to him.
Qin Ze, however, glanced at Mi Xue'er and quickly looked away. His eyes flickered with determination as he said,
"You need a scout, and I'm a student here, familiar with the layout of every room in the school. When you're dealing with anomalies, you need a helper to search, and even if nothing else... I can be cannon fodder."
"Brother Ze! Are you crazy?!" His two subordinates were extremely shocked.
"Yeah, Qin Ze, why are you getting involved? You'll die!" Several girls were full of worry.
"Do you know what you're saying?" Duan Chen looked Qin Ze seriously in the eyes this time.
"Yes," Qin Ze showed Duan Chen the copper coin he had been tightly gripping. "Actually, I've also awakened abilities, but they're very weak, not as powerful as you agents... But I also have people I want to protect. If we wait here and slowly die, it's better to die meaningfully."
Duan Chen glanced at the copper coin. The spiritual sense was faint, better than nothing.
"I'll go too!"
From the corner, a short-haired girl stepped forward. She was the ostracized Sun Xiaoxiao. "If I stay here, I'll definitely be the one to die in 10 minutes."
Sun Xiaoxiao rushed to Duan Chen's side recklessly and pressed against him. She directly unzipped her school uniform, revealing the pink camisole she wore underneath. The girl's youthful curves were exposed.
"I'll be very useful, I'm meticulous with inspections, and finding things is my specialty! Big brother, if you save me, I can do more and more! Better than Mi Xue'er!"
"Sun Xiaoxiao, you have no shame!"
"Don't you have any manners or integrity? How dare you sell your body!" The classmates yelled.
"What's shame worth when my life is almost gone!" Sun Xiaoxiao glared at the classmates behind her. "I just want to live!"
She had already thought clearly that although the classroom seemed peaceful, the safest choice was to stay by Duan Chen's side.
This girl had a fierce spirit. Duan Chen looked away. "It's ten thousand times more dangerous outside than here. Following me is no different from seeking death. Have you two thought it through?"
Qin Ze and Sun Xiaoxiao nodded.
"Alright, stay close to me. I won't let you die easily."
"Don't you die easily either," Wu Suowei said to Duan Chen with a smile.
Duan Chen kicked open the classroom door and rushed into the corridor. Qin Ze and Sun Xiaoxiao cautiously followed.
Wu Suowei led the classmates to gather at the classroom door, trying to expand the safe area to the maximum.
Along the long corridor, excluding the restroom, there were seven evenly distributed doors: Grade 3 Classes 1-6, and a teacher's office.
Mi Xue'er and others were in Grade 3 Class 3, which was fortunately closer to the center.
Duan Chen decided to start investigating the door opposite them.
Grade 3 Class 4.
The door was pushed open forcefully.
Duan Chen aimed his gun into the room, only to find the classroom extremely bizarre—
Red festive banners, large "囍" characters for double happiness.
Gauze curtains hung lightly, candlelight flickered dimly, and a bronze ancient mirror was placed on the podium.
A woman stood facing the ancient mirror. She wore a bright red lotus-embroidered wedding dress, a headdress, and a red veil hanging down her face. Her hands were clasped in front of her, holding a pole about two inches long, used to lift the wedding veil.
Duan Chen's gaze shifted to the bride's clasped hands and paused slightly.
These hands were plump, with rounded nails, like carved jade or wax figures, without any of the distortion of the white-clothed vengeful spirit.
Not only that.
Her entire body was upright and proper, her makeup and hair exquisite—
She looked like a real human.
"Is it human or a ghost?" Sun Xiaoxiao muttered softly.
"Shh!" Qin Ze quickly gestured for silence.
The red-clad bride slightly raised her head. Although her face was covered by the red veil, all three could feel that its gaze was directed at the intruders at the door, reflected through the ancient mirror.
Suddenly, it giggled, and its head spun 360 degrees!
"Husband—you've arrived—come quickly and perform the wedding ceremony with me!"
Everyone's faces turned pale instantly, and the classmates hiding in the opposite classroom almost cried out.