Terrible news! My deskmate's first chapter is gone!

Upon hearing this, Chen Xi frowned. Zhang Wanyi jokingly remarked:

"What's wrong?"

"I can't bear to part with my status as a top student."

"Indeed, with your grades, you're guaranteed admission to Tsinghua or Peking University. It's a bit of a shame to have to give that up."

"No, that's not it."

Chen Xi shook his head and explained:

I don't have much of a desire for university, and it doesn't matter if I don't go; I won't have any regrets.

"I just don't know how to tell my parents about this."

"There has to be a reason for suddenly dropping out of school, right?"

"I come from an ordinary family, and my parents are ordinary too. Like countless other parents, they long for their son to succeed and have paid a lot for it."

"Although I don't have much desire for the Jackie Chan they see, they have raised me for so many years, and I happen to have the talent of Jackie Chan, which is just right to fulfill their wishes. I don't resist this, and it can be considered a way of repaying them."

"But this makes it difficult for me to explain. Although I could be forced to drop out of school, I can't live with myself morally and in terms of conscience."

After a few seconds of silence, Zhang Wanyi broke the silence first:

"I have an idea."

"Speaking."

"When you were looking for Lin Fan before, didn't everyone in the class think you were crazy?"

"Then you should go with the flow. The reason you give is that you are under too much academic pressure. You can have Li Jibin talk to your parents about this. The original plan was for him to resign after you woke up, but he hasn't resigned yet."

"There are also surveillance cameras in the classroom. He is the homeroom teacher, and if he applies to the higher-ups, he can access them. Although he can't record it, he can let your parents come to the school to see it."

"This way, you can legitimately use the excuse of excessive academic pressure to take a year off from school."

"Then they would use this as an excuse to say they wanted to change their environment and relax, and thus move out."

"You should use this time to become a farmer and farm like crazy!"

"If all goes well, you'll reach the Extraordinary II stage within a year, and then you can go back to school."

"Of course, that's assuming you're still willing to study, or rather... if you're still willing to fulfill your parents' wishes."

Chen Xi nodded thoughtfully:

"Your idea is good. My parents don't know I have hyperthymesia and think I study very hard every day."

"Actually, I spent most of my time playing games after that, except for reading a lot of books in the early days when I was locked in my room."

"Sometimes I'll play until the end of the night, but I'm worried about the damage to my eyes, so I always keep the lights on."

"They think I'm studying hard!"

"Looking back now, I think I've created a persona of myself as someone who studies hard every day, and now I can put it to good use."

"Let's settle on that then. I'll talk to the homeroom teacher later."

As soon as Chen Xi finished speaking, the sound of the elevator ascending came from outside the door.

As if on cue, the elevator stopped on the 7th floor, and there came Li Jibin.

"What's going on?!"

Li Jibin, who had been leisurely, suddenly showed an expression of utter surprise when he saw the broken state of Zhang Wanyi's home, the bright red stains all over the floor, and the two people in very poor condition.

Chen Xi was afraid that the imposter was suspicious and wanted to give the impression that he would leave immediately after taking Zhang Wanyi's identity, so he didn't close the front door.

I glanced at the time out of habit.

19: 05.

Because of a flat tire, Li Jibin chose to take a taxi instead of driving himself, and the arrival time was reasonable.

The fake man arrived at 18:50, 15 minutes earlier than Li Jibin.

The reason they didn't create a significant time difference was probably because they were afraid Li Jibin would notice something and rush over, which would backfire.

Fifteen minutes is just right, no more and no less, enough for them to carry out their plan.

"Wait a moment!"

"What did Zhang Wanyi write as the last answer to the last big question on that math test this morning?"

Chen Xi was on edge. Although he had already killed the fake mind reader, he was terrified that another fake would appear.

After all, fake people can transform.

"How would I know what answers she wrote? That test paper doesn't even need to be handed in."

Li Jibin was speechless.

"And why are you asking this?"

"Didn't you two look at the test papers together this morning?"

"Are you suggesting I wait while you all study here?"

"And then they got into a fight because they didn't agree on the answers?"

"Isn't that unnecessary?"

He doesn't know the answer?

Could he be a fake too?

Chen Xi was startled. He did this just in case, since he knew from listening to the voices earlier that there were only two fake people.

The reason we're still asking is because we're afraid there might be two imposters lurking nearby, unaware of the truth, plotting a fight between the two, with the third party reaping the benefits.

Just as Chen Xi's nerves were starting to tighten, a hand gently patted his shoulder:

"Don't overthink it, Li Jibin really doesn't know."

"He just asked me to show you the world of superhumans so that it would be easier for you to accept; he didn't ask me to do anything."

Zhang Wanyi spoke at just the right moment, dispelling Chen Xi's doubts.

Li Jibin wasn't stupid; he immediately realized what was going on.

"The fake humans have attacked you? Where are they? What happened? Tell me quickly!"

"No wonder no one replied to my messages. I thought one of them was taking a shower and the other was taking an awakening test."

Chen Xi really wanted to say that if his mental power wasn't strong enough and the fake person hadn't come, this would indeed have been the scene.

"Chen Xi, you should talk to him. Li Jibin is a trustworthy person, there's nothing to hide."

"I'm going to take a shower, but I didn't finish before and now I'm covered in blood again. It's so uncomfortable."

After Zhang Wanyi finished speaking, she got up and went into the bathroom in the tatami room. Soon after, the sound of running water could be heard.

Neither of them said anything. After closing the front door, Chen Xi sat down on the sofa with Li Jibin.

This morning she was my homeroom teacher, and now she's become my comrade-in-arms. It's a very subtle feeling, but fortunately everyone is very receptive and didn't say anything. Instead, it proceeded in a tacit manner.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Xi told Li Jibin everything that he had told Zhang Wanyi.

Li Jibin clasped his hands together, placed his elbows on his thighs, forming a triangle, and rested his chin on them, striking a somewhat handsome pose as he listened.

"I see. I didn't know magicians had such a story. Fortunately, you are all safe and sound."

"However, I really didn't expect you to awaken the second sequence. You're amazing, Chen Xi."

"You're a top student among ordinary people, but I never expected you to be so outstanding in the world of extraordinary people."

"This time, it was a perfect storm of favorable timing, location, and people."

Chen Xi said earnestly.

He wasn't being modest; if it weren't for the surprise attack by the fakes, this awakening sequence should have been the fourth sequence.

After all, he didn't have a third-order exclusive containment object, or a cheat code.

Li Jibin nodded, not saying anything more on the topic:

"Your dropping out of school is a simple matter; it's just a matter of going through the motions. Your parents will probably find it hard to accept right away, but they will eventually agree."

"The other two questions that Zhang Wanyi couldn't answer were a bit more difficult."

"Because as far as I know, the forbidden object number 5, the Primordial Seed, does not have the ability to transform. It is just a tree-shaped seed, not a tennis ball or a sphere."

"But that's not the point. The point is, according to the information we have so far, this forbidden artifact is still in the Black Tower's Lost Paradise and has never been taken out!"

"Never, you know that, Chen Xi, never!"

"In other words, you are... the first human to awaken a second-sequence transcendent!"