Kill one monster, stack one poison, and I alone will poison my way across the world!

"Little Su Zi."

Lin Shiqing's voice suddenly dropped eight octaves.

She took a step forward, blocking Su Chen and Lin Wei's path.

"Who is this?"

Lin Shiqing looked at Lin Wei with a forced smile.

Although the question was directed at Su Chen, the tone was already full of hostility.

Well, you're something else, Xiao Suzi.

I was wondering why you ran off early all by yourself. Turns out you came here to meet your senior.

It's only been a few days, and he's already hooked up with a sophomore?

Look at that affectionate look, and you're still cursing?

What kind of curse? A love potion?

"Oh, this is Lin Wei, a sophomore from the Pastoral College. We did a dungeon together a few days ago."

Su Chen casually offered an explanation, while simultaneously taking a half-step to the side, trying to avoid Lin Shiqing's murderous gaze.

"Have you ever run a dungeon together?"

Lin Shiqing gave a cold laugh.

She suddenly reached out and took Su Chen's arm, pressing herself against him. "Hello, senior. I'm Su Chen's childhood friend, Lin Shiqing. My Su Chen is usually clumsy, so I'm grateful for your help. But with me around, you won't have to worry about me anymore."

Lin Wei was stunned for a moment, her face stiffening slightly as she watched Lin Shiqing assert her dominance.

She already felt guilty towards Su Chen because of the Abyss instance incident, and now that Lin Shiqing had retorted like this, she didn't know how to respond for a moment.

Just when the atmosphere was extremely awkward, a commotion suddenly broke out outside the Academic Affairs Office.

"It's Senior Lu Qingyan!"

"Good heavens, what's the top student from the third year doing at the freshman registration area?"

"..."

Amidst the exclamations of the surrounding students, Lu Qingyan strode into the Academic Affairs Office.

She wasn't wearing her heavy armor today, but instead a smart college uniform. However, her cool and aloof aura still made the surrounding freshmen unconsciously make way for her.

Lu Qingyan spotted Su Chen in the crowd at a glance.

Her eyes lit up, and she quickly walked over.

"Su Chen!"

Lu Qingyan completely ignored Lin Shiqing beside her and walked up to Su Chen, her tone urgent: "Why didn't you reply to my messages yesterday? I contacted an elder in the family; he just returned from the front lines. He said he might have a way to resolve the abyss curse on you! You're coming with me now!"

As she spoke, Lu Qingyan actually reached out and grabbed Su Chen's other arm.

Lin Shiqing was completely furious.

She suddenly widened her eyes, looked at Lin Wei with tears in her eyes on her left, then at Lu Qingyan with her decisive manner on her right, and finally fixed her gaze on Su Chen's face.

One pastor senior was bad enough, but now there's a third-year head senior senior?!

Going to see the elders in the family?!

Isn't this the prelude to meeting the parents?

"Su! Chen!!"

Lin Shiqing gritted her teeth and squeezed out two words, instantly increasing the pressure on Su Chen's arm, almost bruising it. "Shouldn't you explain to me what's going on?!"

Su Chen was caught in the middle, and Lin Shiqing pinched him so hard that he gasped.

Holy crap, how did this chaotic scene suddenly appear?

Oh, wrong channel, ladies.

This is not a romance novel from an urban slice-of-life channel.

Also, could you two please stop mentioning that curse?

That's a double experience bonus for me!

Your shouting makes me feel like I'm about to have a terminal illness and die on the spot!

"Um... senior sisters, please calm down first."

Su Chen tried to free his arm from the two women's pulling.

Just at this critical moment, the door to the inner room of the Academic Affairs Office opened.

Zhao Hongtao strode out, holding a folder in his hand.

"What's all the noise about?! This is the academic affairs office, not a market!"

The reprimand, delivered with great force, instantly silenced the hall.

Zhao Hongtao glanced around, his gaze lingering on Lu Qingyan and Lin Wei for a second before finally settling on Su Chen.

His previously serious face instantly changed, and he forced a smile.

"Oh, isn't this Su Chen? What brings you to the registrar's office?"

He strode over and patted Su Chen on the shoulder enthusiastically. "You wouldn't believe it, Aunt Tower wrote a report saying you not only broke the Tower of Babel's completion record but also discovered a hidden level. She praised you to the skies!"

When Zhao Hongtao made this statement, all the freshmen around him gasped in shock.

Breaking the Tower of Babel record?!

No wonder even the top student from the third year came to find him personally!

They haven't even reported it yet, and they've already broken through the Tower of Babel.

Lin Shiqing was taken aback by Zhao Hongtao's sudden enthusiasm, and her grip on his hand loosened unconsciously.

Zhao Hongtao cleared his throat and continued, "Since you're here, I don't need to look for you specifically. I'll take this opportunity to explain the rules for tomorrow's freshman opening ceremony to you."

He pointed in the direction of the square outside the gate.

"Tomorrow the school will have an entrance ceremony and opening ceremony, which is not just a formality, but a stage for you freshmen to showcase your abilities. School leaders and top professors from various colleges will be watching you from the stands."

Zhao Hongtao's expression turned serious.

"The core message of the opening ceremony is very simple, just two words: academic credits!"

"The school will release a large number of monsters into the simulated instance. All of you freshmen will be randomly teleported to various corners of the instance. Kill monsters to earn points. The higher your points, the higher your ranking."

"There are no rules in the instance; you can freely loot."

"At the same time, the school also has a hunter team composed of second-year students, who are specifically responsible for hunting down freshmen like you. If you get caught by them, you'll lose your credits."

"The top ten freshmen will not only receive generous academic credits, but will also be directly included in the college's resource allocation list, and may even have the opportunity to choose their own mentor!"

Zhao Hongtao patted Su Chen on the shoulder heavily and said earnestly, "Su Chen, you're someone Principal Lin has high hopes for. You'd better perform well at tomorrow's opening ceremony and show those mentors your abilities!"

Su Chen listened to Zhao Hongtao's passionate mobilization but felt nothing; he even felt a little amused.

That's it?

He thought this top university would come up with something special, but it turned out to be the same old points-based competition system.

But... is it permissible to plunder freely?

There are even hunter squads composed of sophomores?

Su Chen's eyes flickered almost imperceptibly.

He was really in a bit of a dilemma.

The deadly poison... cannot be dispelled or actively shut down.

If this were to accidentally infect other students with a deadly poison, even a miracle worker couldn't save them.

Hopefully, no one will be so foolish as to steal his credits.

Su Chen raised his head, looked at Zhao Hongtao who was looking at him expectantly, and gave him a harmless smile.

"Don't worry, Director, I will definitely do my best."