If you slap me, the whole world will suffer the same harm.

Then the town guard's armored vehicles were deployed.

More than a dozen armored vehicles rushed into the street from different directions, their searchlights aimed at the group of "mudmen." Armed guards jumped out of the vehicles, their weapons all pointed at the unidentified creatures.

"Stop! Don't move!"

Li Tieshan, the director of education, was on night shift today. He grabbed his greatsword, jumped onto the top of the armored vehicle, and unleashed a powerful aura of supernatural energy, preparing to attack the group of mud figures.

Then a familiar voice came from among the group of clay figures.

"Teacher Li, don't hit me! It's me! Long Xiaotian!"

The tallest and strongest figure made of black mud raised his hands, and black mud dripped down from his arms.

Li Tieshan was stunned.

"Feng Ling'er?"

Another figure in black mud waved his hand helplessly: "Teacher Li, it's me. Could you please ask the guards to put down their weapons? They're terrifying."

"white night?"

"Yes, teacher, it's not a monster, it's us."

Li Tieshan looked at the thousands of black mud figures in front of him, and his lips twitched violently several times.

He jumped off the armored vehicle and walked closer to take a closer look... Although these "mud figures" were completely blackened, judging from their size and voices, they were indeed his familiar students.

"You...you all went to mine coal in the middle of the night instead of sleeping???"

"It wasn't coal mining!" Hong Shaohuang wailed. "We don't know what happened either! Suddenly our whole bodies were burning up and black mud was coming out! We suspect Lin Chen is behind it, and we were just about to go to his house to find out!"

Li Tieshan took a deep breath, turned to the town guards and shouted, "All clear! It's our own people! A group...a ​​group of students have stomach problems."

The town guards looked at each other, their expressions shifting from tense to confused, and then from confused to disgusted.

One of the guards couldn't help but complain, "A stomachache can cause this much trouble? You've practically emptied your intestines!"

"It's flowing out of my pores!" Shui Miaomiao cried. "Waaah, I feel like an eel! You're not allowed to look at me! I'll drown anyone who looks at me! (ノД`)・゜・.

Looking at the students' miserable state, Li Tieshan glanced at the direction they had come from... the direction of Lin Chen's house.

He had a guess in his mind, even though the guess sounded utterly absurd.

"Don't go looking for Lin Chen yet. You're all in no condition to help anyone. Everyone, come with me to the school clinic," Li Tieshan said decisively.

"But teacher, Lin Chen, he..."

"This is an order! In your current state, what if you've actually been poisoned? Go to the infirmary for a check-up. I'll send someone to pick up Lin Chen."

The students looked at each other, then at the black mud on their bodies, and finally gave in.

They were in so much pain and heat all over their bodies, and they were constantly oozing black mud. They were in such a terrible state that it was really not appropriate to confront them.

So, more than a thousand people covered in black mud moved in a grand procession toward the school clinic.

Residents along the street saw this scene through the gaps in their curtains and posted it on their WeChat Moments: "A large-scale mud figure parade appeared in Qingshui Town tonight. Officials say it was a mass food poisoning incident among students (questionable)."

The school clinic has never seen so many patients before.

More than a thousand people filled the entire medical building to capacity. Students covered in black mud sat in the corridors, on the stairs, and even on the lawn outside.

The medical staff hurriedly examined the students, but the results left everyone stunned.

"Director Li," a medical teacher said, holding the lab results with a complicated expression, "all of these students' health indicators are normal, and... and they are continuing to improve."

"Turning in the right direction?" Li Tieshan frowned. "Can being covered in black mud be considered turning in the right direction?"

"The black substance is mainly composed of metabolic waste and impurities in the body. It's like a deep detoxification. Simply put, these students are undergoing a process similar to marrow cleansing and bone regeneration."

"Marrow cleansing and bone tempering?!" Li Tieshan's voice trembled. "Over a thousand people undergoing marrow cleansing and bone tempering simultaneously? Do you think it's like wholesale cabbages?"

"The data doesn't lie." The medical staff also felt helpless. "These students' physical condition data is continuously improving, and their supernatural abilities are also increasing. I've been studying medicine for thirty years, and I've never seen anything like this before."

Li Tieshan remained silent.

Then he glanced in the direction of Lin Chen's house.

This student has been doing incomprehensible things ever since the day of the awakening ceremony.

First, over a thousand people asked him to stay; then he got everyone to fight alongside him; and now he's getting everyone to undergo a marrow cleansing and bone-refining process...

Who exactly is Lin Chen?

Li Tieshan made a decision in his heart: before the college entrance examination is over, Lin Chen must be kept at school and he must not be allowed to run around anymore.

As for the teachers going to pick up Lin Chen, the people they sent returned quickly with the message: "Lin Chen is at home, he's... he's rolling around on the ground, he seems to be in a lot of pain, and they told us to leave him alone."

Lin Chen was indeed rolling around on the ground.

The medicinal power of a physique-enhancing pill raged wildly within his body, turning every inch of his skin into a detoxification channel. Black, viscous substances poured out continuously from the pores all over his body, enveloping him in a black cocoon.

After an unknown amount of time, the effects of the medicine finally began to subside.

Lin Chen got up from the ground, feeling sticky and smelly all over.

He looked down at himself... He was wearing a new set of clothes, now black and clinging tightly to his body.

Without saying a word, he rushed into the shower. The hot water from the showerhead sprayed over his body, and the black stains flowed into the drain with the water. It took him a full twenty minutes to finally wash himself clean.

Then he stood in front of the bathroom mirror, stunned.

In the mirror, his skin was noticeably whiter and smoother, and his complexion, which had been sallow from staying up late, had become rosy and fair.

Although his face still bore the bruises from the beating he received during the day, his entire demeanor had changed, and a subtle, indescribable air of heroism emanated from his brows.

He looked down at his stomach...

Eight-pack abs.

Although the muscles are still somewhat dehydrated and shrunken because they have just expelled impurities, the outline of the eight-pack abs is already clearly visible.

Lin Chen froze for three seconds, then excitedly clenched his fist.

He casually slammed his fist into the wooden chair next to him.

"Snap!"

The back of the wooden chair broke off, and a piece of wood flew out and hit the wall with a crisp sound.

"Holy crap!" Lin Chen was startled by the power of his own punch.

But then, a sharp pain shot through my knuckles and spread in all directions along the shared connection.

School clinic.

More than a thousand students, who had just calmed down, suddenly clutched their right hands in unison, their screams deafening.

"Ouch!"

"My hand!"

"What's going on! It's happening again!"

"This time it's my hand that hurts!"

Shui Miaomiao was in so much pain that tears streamed down her face. Looking at her bright red hand, she couldn't hold back any longer. She grabbed her phone and sent a voice message in the group chat, her voice filled with anger, grievance, and a sob:

"You bastard Lin Chen!!! What are you doing in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?! I'm going to come over and kill you!!! (╯°□°）╯︵┻━┻"