The girl selling goods at the market had never seen money before.

Some of the slower runners, seeing that the steps were already packed, jumped off the stands out of their survival instincts.

Some video bloggers, instead of running away, picked up their phones and started filming.

[Best news at No. 5 Middle School: Monster strikes during sports meet, causing millions of deaths and injuries!]

By capturing just 5 seconds of footage of someone fleeing and 1 second of footage of the playground—less than 30 seconds—a bombshell news story was produced and went viral online.

Others, in order to survive, disregarded the lives of others and rammed through the crowd of children blocking their way. In the surging crowd, people couldn't even see what they were standing on.

The entire audience was in complete chaos. Even though Zhou Kai desperately tried to explain, "This is just to enhance the contestants' initiative," it was to no avail. In the panic, people only believed what they saw with their own eyes.

The principal of No. 5 Middle School closed his eyes, gave some instructions to the vice principal, and then turned and left.

The vice-principal, having received the order, sighed, pulled Zhang Yong along, and walked onto the playground.

Li Jun, who was just rampaging across the playground, was instantly knocked to the ground by Zhang Yong's punch. The vice principal, even more agile, cut off all of Li Jun's tentacles in less than a second, saving the student, and then stomped Li Jun into the ground.

A deep red magic circle appeared on the ground in an instant, and Li Jun was like a mouse locked in a cage, unable to make a sound.

Immediately afterwards, new personnel replaced Zhou Kai and began to evacuate the crowd in an orderly manner, and the entire sports meet resumed operation. However, after this incident, the sports meet could no longer continue.

Realizing this, Bai Jinxuan took a step toward Li Jun.

As a treasure hunter, she knew all too well how deep the hidden power was in Zhang Hu's fist and how fast the vice-principal could kill. Under their protection, she could never be injured.

Therefore, she had a question.

"Teacher, why did Li Jun become like this?"

Bai Jinxuan was deeply puzzled as she watched Li Jun, who had completely transformed into a flesh and blood monster, trying to tear apart the air barrier of the magic array.

If it was just a super-strength pill, then everyone else took it too, so why did only Li Jun turn into a monster?

Because he ate too much? If that's the case, wouldn't someone around me mutate at any moment?

As she was pondering, the vice principal smiled and patted Bai Jinxuan on the shoulder.

"Bai Jinxuan, because you performed very well this time, the principal has decided to award you a special prize of 5 yuan. It's just a pity, you had a chance to win the championship."

Upon hearing this, Bai Jinxuan pursed her lips.

Before realizing that a big shot was watching the match, she was actually quite flustered. Li Jun's destructive power was, in some ways, even greater than that of a real Venus flytrap, and his tentacles could extend to the entire playground, putting him on par with the Evil Sky Tree.

With this level of strength, even a beginner level 3 might not be able to defeat him, let alone someone like me who has only recently entered level 1.

So, for the vice-principal, such a serious situation is not as important as winning the championship?

"Alright, the teacher will handle this. Bai Jinxuan, you can go back to the classroom with the other students to study. The school will issue a notice later."

Zhang Hu started to drive them away. There was nothing Bai Jinxuan could do, even though she wanted to find out the whole story, she didn't have the chance right now.

Forcing them to stay will only bring trouble. At this point, the only option is to retreat and look for another opportunity.

And so, Bai Jinxuan returned to the class and sat in the classroom for about ten minutes before the magic teacher came in and announced that there would be a day off and the students could go home.

School holidays are a once-in-a-decade occurrence. Schools have always been the ones that cut back on holidays for make-up classes, never the ones that voluntarily give up their holidays.

Therefore, upon hearing this news, all the students immediately realized the seriousness of the matter, shut their mouths, and left the school in an orderly manner.

Bai Jinxuan was in the same boat, but compared to her classmates who were completely kept in the dark, she knew at least a few clues.

Li Jun was perfectly normal before the competition, but he turned into a monster midway through the competition. The reason was simply that he bought ten "power pills" with a girl before the competition.

There are many people in the school who also possess the same "power pill".

Bai Jinxuan was looking for Xiong Xiaoqiu, the girl from Class 4 who had previously asked her to sell her the "power pills".

She definitely knows something...

Volume 1: Chapter 51: The Girl Blocking the School Gate

News about students turning into monsters at the Fifth Middle School sports meet is spreading like wildfire online.

Once deleted, a new video will be posted immediately.

There are various versions of the story behind this incident. Some say that the student was actually a monster in disguise, and that many people on the surface have been possessed by this monster, so the army must be mobilized to thoroughly cleanse them.

Some say that the students who turned into monsters vented their anger too much, indulged in women, did not remove their reproductive organs and excretory organs, and focused on school. In the end, they were possessed by their inner demons and became like this.

Others say that all of this was done by people from the Upper City, who threw the virus into the Lower City, intending to turn everyone in the Lower City into monsters. They call on the people of the Lower City to unite and go to the Upper City to kill people and get the money and factories that should belong to them.

Various forums were filled with heated debates, and numerous bloggers expressed their opinions on the matter. After scrolling through her phone a couple of times, Bai Jinxuan inexplicably acquired many new identities.

'Inferior Lower Town Residents' 'Insidious Upper Town Residents' 'Ugly Men' 'Defiant Women'...

In short, there are all kinds of people, but no normal people.

Once she turned off her phone, Bai Jinxuan felt like she had regained her normal human form.

"Trying to gather intelligence online is just wishful thinking on my part."

She chuckled self-deprecatingly, peeked out from the alleyway, and looked toward the school gate.

Almost all the students had left, but Xiong Xiaoqiu had not yet come out.

Did she fall into the latrine? No, I heard she took digestive aids, so she doesn't need to defecate.

What about people?

Just as Bai Jinxuan was wondering whether she should go back first and look for the person tomorrow, a girl wearing a sun hat walked out of the school.

She lowered her head and hurried through the school gate, looking furtive and suspicious.

Upon closer inspection, with that physique and hair color, who else could it be but Xiong Xiaoqiu?

Good grief, you thought I wouldn't recognize you because you're wearing a hat?

Bai Jinxuan tightened her grip on her bunny handbag and walked out of the alley, following closely behind the other person across the street.

If she went up and stopped her directly, it might attract the police, so Bai Jinxuan decided to find a secluded place to make her move secretly.

Fortunately, there was a fork in the road not far away that led to the city center and the old alley.

Seeing Xiong Xiaoqiu resolutely walk towards the old alley, Bai Jinxuan exclaimed in her heart, "Yes, yes, yes, that's the way!"

After carefully assessing the terrain and confirming that there was only one passage ahead, she silently approached from the side.

Climb onto the roof, then step on the bricks and tiles to reach the corner ahead of time.

Immediately afterwards, when Xiong Xiaoqiu arrived, they blocked the intersection.

"You...you...you are Bai Jinxuan?"

Xiong Xiaoqiu hadn't expected that even though she had left the school so discreetly, she would still be discovered. She took two steps back, her face filled with terror.

Seeing this, Bai Jinxuan didn't argue with her anymore. She took out a small plastic bag from her pocket and waved it in front of her.

"You must know a lot about the 'power pill' thing, right? You really dared to do it! The school is in complete chaos now."

"not me!"

Upon hearing this, Xiong Xiaoqiu reacted strongly, clenching her fists and bowing her head to shout.

However, this was tantamount to admitting guilt without being asked in front of Bai Jinxuan.

"If it wasn't you, then why are you reacting so strongly?" Bai Jinxuan took a step forward, grabbed Xiong Xiaoqiu's wrist, and slammed her against the wall. With a slight upturn of her lips, she said, word by word, "It was you."

In fact, Bai Jinxuan wasn't sure if Xiong Xiaoqiu was the one who did it; she just said that to bluff her.

However, she actually succeeded in her bluff.

Xiong Xiaoqiu's legs went weak, and she burst into tears.

"Li Jun's situation has nothing to do with me, I didn't know it would turn out like that... Waaaaah... Everyone's going to turn into monsters..."

Bai Jinxuan not only has 100% resistance to the medicine, but also 100% resistance to the crying of this soft and sweet little girl.

In some ways, Xiong Xiaoqiu's crying even made Bai Jinxuan want to bully her more.

"Hehehe... You think it has nothing to do with you? Besides selling me these 'power pills,' you've sold them to a lot of other people too, haven't you?"

"This..." Xiong Xiaoqiu hesitated, wondering whether to speak up when she saw that Bai Jinxuan wouldn't respond to her gentle approach or to force.

Seeing her like this, Bai Jinxuan said coldly, "If you tell me everything you know, maybe I can help you avoid becoming like Li Jun."

"Really...really?"

"of course it's true."

Seeing Xiong Xiaoqiu's beaming smile, Bai Jinxuan could only think, "You've got her figured out!"

She released her grip on the other person's hand, took a symbolic step back to create some space, then dusted off the dirt on her uniform skirt and smiled kindly, "Where did you get your 'power pills'? Why do you sell them?"

"It was given to me by an organization called the Undying Secret Society. The Power Pill can make me train my body faster. In order to advance to Class Zero in the joint entrance exam, I need a lot of Power Pills, but it... is too expensive."

Xiong Xiaoqiu lowered her head and whispered, "Three pills a day cost 3 yuan, which I can't afford, but I need it to improve myself. At this time, the boss told me that if I buy ten pills at once and sell them all in one day, he will sell them to me for 700 yuan each."

"This way, I can both make money selling medicine and get medicine at a lower price. Not only that, the boss was also very kind and gave me a loan for 10 'power pills,' which I haven't paid back yet..."

After hearing this, Bai Jinxuan was dumbfounded.

She wondered why Zhou Kai had suddenly come to the sports meet; it turned out he was here to sell medicine. Why was he here to sell medicine? Wasn't he robbed an underground pharmaceutical processing plant and took the Source of Life?

The skeleton soldier prop, with such strong emotional ties, is now being used to steal your life potion business.

And the homemade pills have such serious side effects... I really can't take it anymore.

Now look what's happened! You've offended the principal of No. 5 Middle School and several companies. I'm going to take some men underground and rip the roof off your little factory.

Thinking of this, Bai Jinxuan felt much better and continued to ask, "Then, is your boss that commentator?"

"No, it was a girl and a man in a suit." Xiong Xiaoqiu looked puzzled. "What happened to the commentator?"

"Oh, I thought he deliberately didn't report on Li Jun during the competition, but now I think it was probably the school that asked him to say that."

Bai Jinxuan laughed it off, but she was secretly shocked.

She recognized the man in the suit as the leader of the Undying Secret Society, but what about this girl?

There are women in the Undying Guild? I've never seen any!

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what! ?

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She also has another identity: a teenage writer?

Slow!

This carefree girl who jokes around with everyone...

Or is she the young lady of the Kamishiro family?!

Moreover, the programs she hosts are consistently popular, far surpassing other live streaming platforms.

None of these are the most important things. The most important thing is that she, as the protagonist, is currently in a complete panic...

"No, all I wanted was your friendship, but you want my life!?"

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Volume 1: Chapter 52: The Girl Demanding Her Bonus

"Xiong Xiaoqiu really knows a lot."

After parting ways with Xiong Xiaoqiu, Bai Jinxuan went home and lay down on the bed, closing her eyes to organize intelligence.

First, there's the Power Pill. This stuff comes from the Undying Secret Society, so its production location is probably the undeveloped area on the second underground level, the small factory where the Undying Secret Society is hiding.

Its raw materials are inextricably linked to the life-giving source they plundered from the factory.

Secondly, the main reason Li Jun turned into a monster should be that he took too much of the "power pills" in a short period of time.