The entire school embarks on a survival journey, starting from a primeval rainforest.

The next day, Jiang Fan was awakened by a series of urgent knocks on the door.

When I opened my eyes, it was just getting light.

Standing outside the door was Ji Ran, the chubby boy. The playful smile from yesterday was gone from his face, and his voice was very low: "Brother Fan, hurry upstairs and see what's happened."

Jiang Fan's heart tightened. He closed the door behind him and followed Ji Ran upstairs.

The hallway was quiet, with only the sound of two people's hurried footsteps.

The moment Jiang Fan pushed open the iron gate on the top floor, his pupils suddenly contracted.

The world has changed.

The campus outline that was still faintly visible last night has completely disappeared, replaced by an endless thick fog.

The fog was as thick as solidified milk, obscuring everything in sight.

In the distance, five thick beams of light pierced through the thick fog and shot straight into the sky.

Crimson, golden yellow, turquoise, deep blue, dark purple.

Five beams of light of different colors stood out irregularly in five directions, standing out conspicuously in the thick gray fog, like giant pillars supporting the sky in myths and legends.

More than twenty people had gathered on the rooftop, all looking up at the beams of light.

"What's going on...?"

"It wasn't there last night."

"Is it related to that system?"

Whispers spread through the crowd.

Nangong Yue, standing at the front of the crowd, turned around upon hearing the commotion: "Jiang Fan."

Unlike yesterday's dress, today she changed into a clean and neat dark sportswear outfit, and her long hair was simply tied into a ponytail.

Even through the thick fog, that upright and slender figure still carried a touch of the gentle charm of the misty rain of Jiangnan.

"When did it appear?" Jiang Fan walked to the edge of the rooftop. The thick fog was almost clinging to the building. Looking down, the area where the water was still visible last night was now a white blur. Only the occasional dull sound of water crashing against the building could be heard.

"I'm not quite sure." Nangong Yue shook her head. "I was worried that the meat from yesterday would spoil, so I thought I'd get up early to make something for everyone, and that's how it ended up."

Jiang Fan looked at the beams of light that came from five different directions.

The green stretches to the farthest point, almost to the edge of the horizon.

Golden yellow is next, followed by dark blue on the left and right sides respectively, crimson in another direction of the school, and dark purple is closest to them.

Even so, it is estimated that they will have to cross at least several hundred meters of rainforest.

"What do you think?" Jiang Fan asked.

The crowd immediately stirred.

"We definitely have to go check it out!" Ding Hang was the first to speak, his bald head standing out conspicuously in the fog. "The system has already activated it, so this beam of light is definitely not a natural phenomenon. Maybe it's an exit or something! At the very least, we might be able to get a lot of points from it."

The points system was introduced yesterday, and many people have benefited from it. So now, besides being concerned about this mysterious beam of light, people are most concerned about how to get more points.

"What if it's a trap?" a bespectacled boy retorted. "You guys forgot about the 'regional ranking' the system mentioned yesterday? People ranked higher are definitely stronger than us. This thing might have been created by them."

"It's not that outrageous. It's only been a day. Even those people should still be adjusting to the environment," someone countered.

"Why say so much? Just go and see for yourself."

"Easy for you to say. We can't even go downstairs now; the fog is even thicker down there. Who knows what's hiding?"

Arguments erupted.

Jiang Fan didn't reply. He turned and glanced around, his brows furrowing. "Where's Lin Feng?"

The crowd fell silent for a moment.

Ji Ran scratched his head: "He's not up yet, is he? When I went to call you just now, he seemed to still be sleeping."

"I'll go call him." Jiang Fan turned and went downstairs.

Pushing open the dormitory door, Jiang Fan immediately sensed something was wrong.

Lin Feng lay on the bed, the blankets covering him completely, his body trembling slightly.

"Lin Feng?" Jiang Fan walked over.

no response.

Jiang Fan reached out and lifted the blanket. When the back of his hand touched Lin Feng's forehead, his heart skipped a beat.

It was terribly hot.

"Wake up!" Jiang Fan patted Lin Feng's face hard.

Lin Feng opened his eyes groggily, his face pale and his lips chapped. When he saw Jiang Fan, he managed a weak smile: "Fanzi... good morning."

"Early my foot!" Jiang Fan's voice turned serious. "You have a fever."

"It's nothing... I just caught a bit of a cold..." Lin Feng tried to sit up, but his arms went limp and he fell back onto the bed.

Jiang Fan yanked the blanket off.

Lin Feng's left calf was wrapped with a strip of torn bed sheet. Dark red blood seeped from the edges of the strip, and the surrounding skin was red, swollen, and shiny, and felt hard to the touch.

"Was that from yesterday's bite?" Jiang Fan stared at the bandage.

Yesterday, after coming up from underwater, he specifically asked the other person if they had really been bitten underwater. At the time, Lin Feng said it was a hallucination and that nothing serious had happened.

Lin Feng was silent for a few seconds, then finally nodded: "Yesterday underwater, I was indeed bitten by something, but I didn't tell you because I didn't want you to worry..."

Jiang Fan took a deep breath and reached out to untie the strip of cloth.

"No—" Lin Feng tried to stop him, but he was too weak to move.

After the cloth strip was untied, the wound was exposed.

A bloody hole the size of a billiard ball, the surrounding skin was blackened, the edges were festering, the pus mixed with dark red blood streaks, emitting a faint putrid smell.

"Are you fucking insane!" Jiang Fan roared. "Can you let this kind of injury drag on?"

"I was thinking... just one bite..." Lin Feng's voice trailed off.

Jiang Fan stopped cursing and got up to look for something.

A bottle of mineral water, a stack of alcohol wipes, and a box of anti-inflammatory drugs.

These are all supplies that he selected yesterday from other dormitories using his key.

First, he rinsed the wound with mineral water. Pus and blood mixed with yellow fluid flowed down. Lin Feng was in so much pain that the veins on his forehead bulged and his teeth were grinding together, but he didn't make a sound.

After rinsing it clean, Jiang Fan wiped the wound again with alcohol wipes before finally re-bandaging it with clean cloth strips.

"Eat something first, then take your anti-inflammatory medicine." Jiang Fan handed the last two alcohol wipes to Lin Feng. "Wipe your forehead yourself."

Lin Feng took the cotton pad, his voice a little hoarse: "I'm sorry... I've caused you trouble."

"Enough with the nonsense." Jiang Fan stood up. "Don't eat the snake meat. Eat what you brought with you."

Although the remaining snake meat was smoked into jerky by several people using wooden planks taken from an empty bed after dinner yesterday, Jiang Fan was still worried that it would spoil.

For an ordinary person, it might not be a big deal, but given Lin Feng's current condition, if his illness worsens, it will be difficult to handle.

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Jiang Fan glared at Lin Feng, annoyed. "Even after all this, what are you still thanking me for?"

Lin Feng thought Jiang Fan was angry because he had concealed his illness, so he shrank back and didn't dare to speak.

"You should rest well today. I'll find someone to take care of you." With that, Jiang Fan got up and left.

When I got back to the rooftop, the fog seemed to have lifted a little, but the five beams of light were still blinding.

Everyone turned to look at Jiang Fan.

"Lin Feng has a fever." Jiang Fan didn't hide anything. "He was bitten underwater yesterday, and the wound got infected."

A moment of silence fell over the crowd.

"So... what do we do now?" someone asked in a low voice.

Jiang Fan walked to the edge of the rooftop and looked down.

Thick fog blanketed the area, obscuring the water's surface entirely, but the sound of ripples could be heard.

He knew there were crocodiles, anacondas, and perhaps other things he didn't know about in the water.

After all, the voice last night said that "the first mutation of wild organisms has begun."

"Two questions." Jiang Fan turned around, holding up two fingers. "First, how do we get down? Second, how do we ensure our safety once we're down?"

"Build a bridge!" Ding Hang immediately said, "Take down the bed board and tie it together with vines to make a makeshift ladder!"

"That's not very realistic." Nangong Yue shook her head. "Let's not even talk about whether the vines are strong enough. Where would the vines come from? They're all on those trees far away, and we can't reach them."

"What should we do then..."

Everyone fell silent again.

Just then, a short-haired girl whispered, "I...I might have a way..."

Everyone's eyes were drawn to that direction.