I, the Rock King Emperor with 21 billion in power, have joined the chat group.

Upon learning this news, all the "cursed children" were filled with great enthusiasm.

Of course, as a teacher, Zhong Li did not intend for these children to accumulate exploration experience with their lives.

Before this exploration, he also had to teach them some basic experience in exploring the wild, and provide them with some means of survival.

For Zhongli, as long as he is a teacher, he will not let these children truly die.

Of course, he wouldn't tell these children about this, nor would he stop them from getting hurt.

He had already decided that in this world, he was merely a teacher and would not interfere too much in specific matters.

The happiness that belongs to the "cursed children" in this world still needs to be fought for by them.

......

This is a meeting room that was found temporarily.

It is also a temporary residence converted from an abandoned underground warehouse in the outer perimeter area.

There were about four hundred cursed children chattering away in the conference room.

Maria, Mahjong, Yuko Kobayashi, and four other girls, Hanafuda, stood on the steps of the conference room, looking like class monitors leading children on an autumn outing, constantly tapping the podium with their pointers.

But naturally, the children who were about the same age as them couldn't possibly listen to them. They only paused twice while banging, and then after two seconds, the sound became even louder.

It wasn't until Zhongli stepped into the classroom that the little girls suddenly fell silent, as if they had lost their voices.

"Hello, children." Zhong Li walked slowly to the podium, looked at the children below the stage, and nodded slightly: "I called you all here today because there are some things I want to tell you."

Zhongli smiled gently, even with a friendly air. His smile was even more endearing than when he first came into this world.

He himself didn't know the reason, but he thought that maybe it was because he had spent a lot of time with children, and naturally he wanted to change his own temperament to make children like him.

"Hmm. It's very simple."

Zhongli took out a report from his pocket and opened the cover: "Five days have passed since we hijacked Metal Flower last time. According to our intelligence analysis classroom—well, the classroom where Hanafuda is the class leader—and our analysis of some intelligence in Tokyo, the Self-Defense Forces and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Headquarters should be able to find our location and investigate what we did in about two or three days. So we need to discuss how to deal with this issue."

"Of course, I already distributed this information to Maria's assault class, Mahjong's logistics support class, and Kobayashi Yuko's tactics class yesterday. Each of them has put forward a plan that belongs to their own class. We can just analyze the plan and make some changes."

"This is the first issue."

"The second topic is that in the past few days, with the help of the tactical classroom staff exploring the outer perimeter of the area, we have basically figured out the strength and range of the Gastrea in the approximately five-kilometer radius."

"To the southeast, there is a Stage IV. Stage IV is a bit too difficult for us to defeat right now, so let's leave it for now."

"There are about a dozen Stage 3 monsters to the due north. We can defeat them, but there will definitely be a lot of difficulties, so we can consider it for now."

"To the due east direction, there are no Phase Three or Phase Two, only clusters of Phase One. However, that direction is also a crucial point for communication between the Tokyo metropolitan area and the surrounding urban areas. Phase Three and Phase Two have been largely cleared out by the Tokyo Metropolitan Self-Defense Forces. But if we establish a foothold in this direction, it will also make it easier for the military in the Tokyo metropolitan area to track us. It's a dilemma."

"To the due west, there is a large group of Stage 2 Gastrea, numbering over a thousand. With our current combat capabilities, it will be quite difficult to defeat them."

After reading the reports, Zhongli sighed softly, "It seems things are going to be very difficult."

"If the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Headquarters and the Self-Defense Forces could give us about ten more days to investigate the area within a ten-kilometer radius, that would be great."

"As we anticipated, as long as we are more than ten kilometers away from the Tokyo metropolitan area, the Tokyo metropolitan area will not specifically hunt us down—it is much more difficult for the army to advance in the area where Gastrea is rampaging than for a migration of several hundred people like ours."

"As long as we can build our own town and open a trade route to Tokyo, we can secretly receive the cursed children and expand our forces."

"Of course, reality is not so rosy."

As he finished speaking, Zhongli's gaze shifted again, and when he looked up, his eyes were calm and wise once more.

"However, whether there are difficulties or not, we must overcome them. If there are no difficulties, we will forge ahead; if there are difficulties, we will overcome all hardships and forge ahead. After all, we don't have many ways to retreat. We robbed the government of metal coins and established such a large organization called 'The Cursed Child.' The corrupt and greedy government and capitalists in Tokyo will not let us go."

"Of course, we don't intend to let them get away with this either."

"Therefore, we must make a decision."

Zhongli's gaze was full of determination, and wherever his gaze fell, all the little girls' gazes were also full of determination.

"Then, let's begin the first meeting of the Children's Knights with a vote on the first item."

"We need to determine as early as possible what we should do and what we should do in the future."

"We also need to ascertain our attitude towards ordinary people in Tokyo as early as possible."

"Leaving aside our enemies who are hostile to us, we must certainly eliminate or reform them. But how should we deal with ordinary people who are only hostile to us but have not caused us any harm? This is something we need to consider in the future. To prepare for the future, we also need to think about the difficulties and dilemmas we will face as early as possible."

"This issue may be difficult and troublesome, so everyone should be prepared for it to take longer."

"Oh~~!"

The children who sat down seemed to understand but not quite. For them, it was difficult to comprehend what Zhongli was saying. They liked Zhongli and supported him simply because, in this Tokyo metropolis, Zhongli was the only adult who treated them as human beings and provided them with good education and food.

Therefore, it's impossible for them not to be grateful.

However, this feeling made Zhongli somewhat uncomfortable.

The class monitors from the four classrooms standing next to Zhong Li were mostly deep in thought.

The four of them were more mature than the others and were better able to understand the meaning behind Zhongli's words.

However, it is precisely because of this understanding that some things are not understood.

After all, living in such a repressive environment for so long, they simply cannot expect anything from a win-win situation.

Zhongli saw all of this, but he didn't say anything to remind him, since he had already said it countless times.

He was going to leave eventually, and after he left, there would be no one like him to act as a teacher and instruct these "cursed children".

Therefore, he is looking forward to the transformation of these children themselves.

That is, after he leaves this world, they will not miss him, but will become him.

Of course, these are just Zhongli's current thoughts. There is still a long time before he leaves this world, and he can protect these lovely little girls for a while longer.

"......"

Looking at the little girls who had been standing still with blank expressions since the topic was first raised, Zhong Li still diligently completed the steps, writing down all the contents of the meeting with paper and pen in her hand—this was also required by the system.

As mentioned earlier, the system is the most important thing. If the system is in place, then even if Zhongli were to leave this world, the paradise for the cursed children would still exist—or at least for a very long time.

However, if the team relies solely on him, then its disintegration is absolutely inevitable after he leaves.

Even when Zhongli was still alive, he had already discovered the little thoughts that children had.

Maria and Yuko Kobayashi are good friends, but Maria is slightly averse to mahjong and karuta.

Yuko Kobayashi gets along well with everyone, but she's not close to anyone. It seems the only person she's truly close to is Zhong Li himself.

Mahjong and Hanafuda appear to be very close on the surface, and Hanafuda seems to be somewhat distant from Maria and Yuko Kobayashi. However, Hanafuda seems to have a good relationship with Yuko Kobayashi behind the scenes.

The little girls were much more scheming and manipulative than the little boys, but at least when Zhongli was around, these things were at least to the point that they didn't have to worry about.

But if he were no longer in this world, these would definitely be bombs that would be detonated.

Therefore, Zhongli needs to establish a system that can still be maintained and restrain these little girls' petty thoughts even after they grow up.

Of course, these things are not urgent at the moment. For him and his small group of children, the primary task is to establish an area where they can develop and have a place to live.

"I think we can go due north. Compared to nearly a thousand Phase 2 enemies, a dozen or so Phase 3 enemies are easier to deal with. We kids haven't experienced large-scale battles yet. If there are any mistakes in command and dispatch, or if some of the kids make the wrong judgments, we may suffer large-scale casualties."

Regarding the issue raised by Zhongli, Kobayashi Yuko was the first to calmly analyze, "The dozen or so Stage 3 beings do not have this difficulty. As long as we concentrate our stronger individuals, we can suppress them. After all, our goal is not to eliminate those Gastrea, but merely to get through them."

After listening to her analysis, Maria nodded in agreement; "Yuko is right, that's what I think too."

However, Zhongli felt that Maria's little brain probably hadn't thought much about it; she was just agreeing with Kobayashi Yuko's opinion.

“But…” Mahjong considered things a little more: “But for us, the danger of Phase Two isn’t that great, at most it’s a matter of numbers. If we’re well prepared, we definitely won’t lose any men. But dealing with Phase Three is very troublesome. If we’re not careful, we’ll definitely lose some men.”

"We are fighting for our right to survive, not playing house. If we get hurt, we are really hurt." Kobayashi Yuko said this silently and then fell silent.

Zhong Li immediately understood her meaning. Kobayashi Yuko felt that the possibility of one or two people dying or being injured was greater than the possibility of dozens of people dying or being injured.

However, Mahjong seems to disagree with this.

She shook her head slightly: "No, that's not how it's calculated. We have a very good chance that no one will die or be injured."

Kobayashi Yuko did not respond again. Based on Zhongli's understanding of her, he knew that she had begun to feel that the argument was not going to yield any results, so she kept quiet.

As she remained silent, the children in the audience began to chatter quietly.

Zhongli listened for a while and then knew that it was time for him to step forward.

Zhongli then gently tapped the surface of the old podium with his finger and said softly, "Let's vote. Write your thoughts anonymously on a piece of paper."

The noise stopped abruptly, and a few seconds later only the rustling sound of writing remained.

The entire voting process lasted about half an hour, after which Zhongli and everyone else checked the results.

Approximately 69% of respondents were willing to go due north.

Approximately 21% are willing to go due west.

The percentage of those who didn't write anything at all is 10%.

From this perspective, the outcome is no longer in doubt.

Zhongli pondered for a few seconds, then nodded slightly: "Then let's set off tomorrow afternoon to leave Tokyo in the due north direction."

Chapter Twenty-Five: Fairy Warehouse

Seventeen Beast Worlds

The floating islands, located on Floating Island No. 68

Let me first give you a detailed introduction to this planet.

This planet is very peculiar.

All intelligent life lives on floating islands, drifting in the sky all day long.

There are hundreds of these islands.

The one located near the center is called Floating Island No. 1.

The numbers are assigned in a spiral pattern from the inside out. The numbers are smaller closer to the inside and larger further out.

Here are a few more details to add.

Specifically, the islands numbered around forty are not too far apart from each other.

Because several islands are almost always adjacent to each other, some are even connected by huge chains or bridges.

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