In another world, Lu Mingfei is learning card making.

Chapter 170 The Dark Side of Saint Marian

After manipulating the screen in the void for a moment, the wine fox maid appeared in the [World] card.

Perhaps due to a flaw in the creation of the world, this place is vastly different from the real world: all the trees are square, and even the leaves and soil are square.

It's not just these naturally occurring things; even animals are square-shaped, completely defying the theory of evolution.

"It seems there was a problem when the world was created—never mind, let's not talk about it. We can fix it when we have the chance." Lu Mingfei shook his head and turned his gaze to the maids.

As you can see, they were very excited when they first went in, exploring everywhere and having a great time. Lu Mingfei followed the penguin maid's perspective, watching her cross the river, climb the mountain, and shout into the distance, and couldn't help but smile.

—Then, turning to the other side, he began to be completely baffled: "What is this?" Watching the tree being knocked down by the wine fox maid with her bare hands, Lu Mingfei suddenly felt his brain was overwhelmed. Why did a section of the wood fall down instead of the whole tree? Why could the tree float in the air, defying the laws of physics?

But clearly, if this is surprising, there's definitely more to be surprised about.

The log was transformed into planks in the maid's hands, and then into a platform with a nine-square frame.

Excluding the penguin who left the group at the start, the remaining wine fox maids rustled around the platform and soon changed into full sets of wooden equipment—

Okay, so it's called wooden equipment, but there are really only two pieces: a wooden pickaxe and a wooden axe, and nothing else.

With their equipment in hand, it was time to head down into the mine. At this point, the maids began whispering among themselves, then split into two teams:

The pink-haired maid and the wine fox went down into the mine, while Heero and Emma stayed behind, chopping down more trees to make planks and craft chests, and then—

Then start building the house?

Looking at the square, angular house on the screen, Lu Mingfei couldn't help but laugh out loud.

But while laughing out loud, Lu Mingfei also took out the card and examined it carefully, but didn't see any changes.

"Could it be that 'constructable' doesn't actually refer to building houses? Or does it mean constructing something like an array or formation in this world?"

Thinking of this, Lu Mingfei felt a toothache—heaven knows how to build a magic array in this square world, do you have to piece it together pixel by pixel?

Let's forget about it then. This workload is so huge, he won't be able to finish it even after he graduates from St. Marian.

Lu Mingfei then put the card back into his card pack. He'd figure out how to make it later when he had more time; he wasn't in the mood for it right now.

After all, he had something more important to do now: "Now that the basic concepts of theology have been covered, from what angle will the teacher begin to expand on them?"

"From any perspective, it's meaningful to me —"

As mentioned earlier, Sainte-Marie is in a superposition state of being both open and closed to knowledge.

This is mainly to prevent students from doing something outrageous. For example, if they see a magic array that can extract time from an item for alchemy, and then, based on their limited knowledge, they simply change the target from "object" to "person," and then jump in to perform the alchemy, and then, bang, something big explodes out.

"So no matter how well you study, you still need to listen to the teacher's lectures. Because what the teacher is teaching is knowledge that you don't have access to before."

Ron nodded absentmindedly, dealing with the Red-Armored Knight's incessant chatter on his retina.

Instead of focusing on the lecture, Rong En felt it would be better to recall his weekend night outing.

As for why he recalled his weekend night outings? It's because he found his own group.

In addition to the formal student clubs, there are a whole host of student teams.

They were either short of money and unable to rent their own space in Traveler's Street, or they lacked the necessary conditions and failed to pass the school's application. For various reasons, they could only choose to gather during nighttime strolls and start group activities.

Anyway, the school doesn't check for nighttime visits, and these classrooms are empty anyway, so we just need to restore the scene before leaving.

Unlike regular student clubs, the sheer number of student groups gathered here is beyond description. There are no uniforms, no structured rules, and those who dare to speak up are all confident individuals. Just imagining it gives you a sense of what a hellish scene it is.

It was precisely because of this that, at some point, some people began to boast that beneath the normal academy lay a dark side, appearing only at night and disappearing the next morning. Within this dark side resided countless masters, as well as materials and books more effective for students. As long as one could find a place, these things could be exchanged for academic credits.

Rong En spent two months wandering around at night on weekends before finally finding out about the entrance to this dark place from the students who were rushing by. He finally managed to enter last weekend.

Then, on the day he entered, this dark side began to stir:

A group of students somehow acquired an enormous statue of a deity, which they placed in the center of the arena and called upon everyone to worship it.

Of course, Rong En didn't go. Although he didn't consider himself a devout believer, ordinary believers are still believers, and who would worship a strange god if there was no benefit to it?

However, this did not stop him from hiding in the corridor to take a peek and watch the brawl between the upperclassmen who were itching to fight and finally had some opponents.

—Actually, this kind of thing isn't uncommon. According to the discussion among the senior students present, every year one or more student teams will pull off this kind of thing, trying to "call on the dark side of the college" and "make a big deal out of it".

But since they're already considered the dark side, do you really expect them to unite and obey orders?

So why don't they join a legitimate club?

"Also, watch your eyes. Don't keep staring at the summoner. You know, everyone's on edge during this chaotic battle—" a friendly senior student advised him, "What if you run into one of those stressed ones who throws a spell at you? Will you be able to go to school tomorrow?"

Rong En immediately followed suit, imitating his senior's actions by hiding under the wall and taking out a mirror to use the reflection to see the battlefield.

"Anyway, watch it carefully, there will be many more battles like this in the future."

The senior student sighed, "To subdue the dark side of the academy, it takes more than just temporary force."