Minecraft players are invading the worlds.

"On this land, there are still many unfortunate people like me who don't even know how to read. I also want to teach, and I want to pass on what you taught me to them."

The girl took a deep breath, her eyes slightly red, and her voice carried a hint of pleading.

"Teacher Jin, can I help you? Do you still need me?"

A soft, contented laugh came from the screen, and she gave her answer.

"We need you, Asheria, we need millions of you."

The moment the words left his mouth, the screen went completely dark.

The entire ten-minute video contained no thrilling battles, only mundane daily school life.

Two lines of large white characters slowly appeared in the center of the black screen.

Please join us

【—Aishilia Academic Affairs Team】

The video has finished playing, and the progress bar has reached its end.

The director's office was deathly silent.

Fang Weilan remained in the same position leaning back in her chair, the faint light from her phone screen shining on her face.

Before she knew it, two warm tears had silently slid down her cheeks, wetting the lenses of her gold-rimmed glasses and spreading out like two water droplets on her desk.

she cried.

This iron lady, known for her strictness at Yushi Senior Elementary School, never shed a tear, even when faced with unreasonable accusations from her superiors.

But now, because of a game promotional video, she's crying like a student teacher who's just stepped onto the podium.

Fang Weilan reached out with trembling hands, took off her glasses, and hastily wiped away the tears on her face.

Her mind was in a state of shock.

She never imagined that a mere online game, which she considered a waste of time and energy, could actually carry such genuine and profound emotions.

That soul-stirring thirst for knowledge, that desperate struggle to grow upwards after grasping a ray of light in dire straits, is something no actor can portray.

Fang Weilan had been teaching for nearly twenty years, and she was all too familiar with that look in her eyes.

Twenty years ago, when she was a volunteer teacher stationed in a poor mountainous area, she saw the same light in the eyes of the children in the mountains who traveled more than ten miles over mountains every day to attend school.

"Your eyes don't lie..."

Fang Weilan muttered to herself, her voice hoarse.

At this moment, she finally understood why Xia Qianqian and the others were willing to have dark circles under their eyes and risk being punished by her, the director, to throw themselves into that virtual world.

For a true educator, to stand idly by in the face of a group of souls yearning for redemption is an unforgivable sin.

Fang Weilan took a deep breath, trying to calm her turbulent emotions.

As a seasoned academic affairs worker, she keenly noticed a detail in the video.

She closed her eyes and carefully replayed the video in her mind, feeling the female voice that had never shown her face in the video.

That tone of voice...

Fang Weilan suddenly opened her eyes.

too familiar.

She was 100% certain that the person affectionately called Teacher Jin by the children in the video was Xia Qianqian, who was preparing lessons in the office building next door at that very moment.

There are absolutely no mistakes.

"So that's how it is. So that's what you're doing."

Fang Weilan felt completely relieved; the anger and confusion that had been building up in her chest vanished at that moment.

Without further hesitation, she put her glasses back on and picked up her phone from the table.

She opened the comments section and her fingers flew across the keyboard.

A moment later, a new comment joined the vast sea of ​​700,000 messages.

Sent successfully.

Chapter 173 Director, this isn't right.

Fang Weilan casually tossed her phone onto the large mahogany desk.

She stood up, straightened her business suit, pushed open the office door, and strode towards the Chinese language teaching and research group's office at the end of the corridor.

As Fang Weilan left, the director's office fell silent once again, with only the faint glow of a cell phone emanating from it.

There was a message that had just been sent.

……

The atmosphere in the Chinese language teaching and research group office was somewhat oppressive at this moment.

Xia Qianqian had just finished her morning literacy lesson in the game and rushed to school.

She rubbed her sore neck, forced herself to stay awake, sat down at her desk, opened a Chinese textbook, and began preparing lessons for the afternoon.

Since the school did not have a professional teacher specifically responsible for scheduling classes, these young teachers who were obsessed with Ashlia...

They could only rack their brains to coordinate with each other and stagger the teaching time in the game with the normal classes in real life.

This has led to their daily routines being fragmented, leaving them physically and mentally exhausted.

The other teachers in the office were either grading homework or quietly discussing which NPC in the game was progressing faster in their studies.

"boom!"

The office door was suddenly pushed open.

Fang Weilan walked in calmly.

The office, which had been filled with whispers, fell silent instantly.

All the teachers looked up, nervously watching the usually stern and unsmiling head of the teaching department.

Xia Qianqian's hand, which was writing a lesson plan, suddenly stopped. She stood up in a panic, subconsciously pushed several documents on the table aside, and called out in a somewhat dry voice.

"Director Fang, what brings you here all of a sudden?"

Countless thoughts flashed through Xia Qianqian's mind in an instant.

Is it because of the conversation we had a couple of days ago?

Ignoring the gazes of others, Fang Weilan walked straight to Xia Qianqian's desk, her sharp eyes fixed on the young, experienced teacher.

"Teacher Xia".

Fang Weilan's voice was devoid of emotion.

"Yes, Director, please speak."

"That game called 'Conquer' is the holographic game you've been playing day and night for the past two weeks, right?"

Fang Weilan asked directly.

"Is that the one that went viral online, the one that made a promotional video for the Academic Affairs Group of Asheria? Also, you were the one who helped several other young teachers in our school get beta test slots, right?"

Upon hearing this, Xia Qianqian felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave, and muttered to herself.

"Something terrible has happened."

It seems that Director Fang has really done his homework this time, even investigating the game's name and promotional video thoroughly. He's determined to make an example of someone and rectify workplace discipline.

Xia Qianqian bit her lip, knowing there was no point in hiding it any longer, so she simply gritted her teeth and admitted it.

"Yes, Director Fang, I did get that spot through some channels, but please let me explain."

"We really didn't neglect any of our actual teaching work. Lesson preparation, grading homework, and teaching were all strictly scheduled at different times, and absolutely no work time was taken up..."

"I know".

Fang Weilan interrupted her explanation directly.

"I've come to see you today not to interrogate you, but to tell you something else."

"What is it?"

Xia Qianqian was stunned for a moment, looking at Director Fang with some confusion, and she smiled bitterly to herself.

Oh no, they're not even giving me a chance to explain. They're probably going to suspend me from my duties and make me reflect on my actions.

At this moment, the other teachers in the office were also closely watching what was happening here.

They were all drawn into the game by Xia Qianqian and became comrades-in-arms fighting side by side in the Academy of Asheria.

Seeing Xia Qianqian facing such a predicament, they could no longer remain silent.

Teacher Li, who was sitting at the next table, mustered up her courage and stood up to help.

"Director Fang, this matter really can't be entirely blamed on Teacher Xia. We volunteered to go in and teach. You haven't been to that world yourself, so you don't know."

"When you stand on that platform and look into the eyes of those students below, filled with an intense thirst for knowledge, our conscience as teachers simply cannot resist that call."

"Yes, Director, we are tired, but we have really managed to balance both sides. Please don't punish Qianqian."

Another teacher chimed in.

Hearing the pleading words of these young teachers, Fang Weilan did not scold them harshly as usual for not knowing what was important.

She simply stared at Xia Qianqian quietly for a good ten seconds.

Just when the atmosphere in the office reached its most oppressive point, Fang Weilan suddenly took a deep breath, her tone becoming calmer than ever before.

"Teacher Xia, could you please get me a spot too?"

"?"

All the teachers were frozen in place.

Xia Qianqian's eyes widened, her mouth slightly agape, staring at Fang Weilan in disbelief, as if she were hallucinating.

Director Fang?

He actually took the initiative to ask for a game slot?