Where's the cute girl we were promised? She's completely wiped out S-rank dungeons!

The students here go to bed at 11:30 p.m. and have to get up at 5:30 a.m. the next morning for morning exercises. Before returning to the dormitory, Song Yuan sat in the classroom with her classmates to study for the afternoon.

The students here will never leave their seats unless absolutely necessary. Only the three of them will leave the classroom for some fresh air after class, have dinner, and endure the evening self-study session before the students can finally go back to their dormitories to shower and rest.

Qiao Ran had altered her appearance beforehand, transforming into a teenage high school girl with double braids, and mingled with Song Yuan and the others into the girls' dormitory. After all, she didn't have much of a threat to begin with, and it would be too dangerous for her to be alone in the boys' dormitory.

Song Yuan carried the bucket and walked into the bathhouse with An Xiaomei. Qiao Ran hid in a toilet stall, waiting for the two to bring him water. The bathing problem was temporarily solved.

The bathhouse was filled with a strong smell of soap. The school was so large, yet each floor only had one communal bathhouse. There were no partitions while showering, but in this high-pressure environment, students had no time to worry about privacy.

Some students had already taken off their clothes while they were still in line, standing naked in the queue. While waiting, they also carried a small waterproof notebook to memorize vocabulary.

An Xiaomei and Song Yuan stood at the back of the line, one after the other, too embarrassed to open their eyes—although the bathroom was filled with steam and visibility was only a few centimeters, presumably to protect the privacy of the NPCs and players.

Of course, the viewers in the live stream can't see anything either:

An Xiaomei tugged at Song Yuan's sleeve and said timidly:

"The school's facilities are terrible... You can't even see anything in the bathroom, and they have to memorize vocabulary... Can they even read the words on their notebooks?"

"That's not all," Song Yuan gestured with her chin, indicating that she should look at the towel and soap in the basin. "Students are not allowed to use their own toiletries here. Each person can only have one towel and one bar of soap, which are used for both bathing and washing hair."

Furthermore, given the school's philosophy of "dedicating all time to learning," I suspect the reason for not having cubicle doors is that opening and closing them is too time-consuming. Providing only a bar of soap is because applying products like face wash and moisturizer takes too much time. Additionally, boys and girls are not allowed to have long hair or be overweight, because being overweight means a larger area to bathe, which in turn reduces study time...

"Stop chanting, stop chanting, Master..."

An Xiaomei was getting more and more confused. An Xiaoyou couldn't take it anymore and, after going online, gritted her teeth and warned Song Yuan to stop talking:

"That's enough, what kind of crappy dungeon is this?!"

On the other side, Liu Gaosheng and the puppeteer.

The two encountered a similar predicament when they entered the bathhouse. The bathhouse manager let the puppeteer in and detained the two-meter-tall Liu Gaosheng. He stood with his hands on his hips and asked him menacingly:

"Who told you to grow so tall? Huh?! I'm asking you, who told you to grow so tall?!"

This was the first time Liu Gaosheng had encountered someone criticizing his height: "...So what if I'm tall?"

The administrator was so angry he wanted to jump up and punch him in the knee.

"It's so tiring for someone that tall to take a shower! You're here to study, not to grow taller, don't you understand?! All you know how to do is eat and grow taller, you glutton!"

Liu Gaosheng: "..."

If he could, he really wished the giant python wrapped around his neck would just swallow this NPC whole.

What? He's only this tall. Are you suggesting we saw off a piece of his leg?!

"Fine, fine! Go on in," the supervisor said five minutes later, having vented his anger. He leaned against the bathroom door, took out a toothpick from his pocket, and picked his teeth. "Being tall means you don't need to shower often! What a waste of time. If this happens again, I'll report you to your homeroom teacher!"

Liu Gaosheng: "..."

He couldn't take it anymore; his hands were itching to act. Should he ask his temporary boss to just slap this NPC to death?

Girls' dormitory.

After taking a quick shower, Song Yuan and An Xiaomei filled a bucket with water and planned to take it to Qiao Ran. Something was strange: although there were quite a few students on this floor, the bathhouse wasn't crowded. The girls showered quickly, and the space inside was fairly spacious.

After delivering water to Qiao Ran and returning to her dorm to prepare for sleep, Song Yuan realized why.

The dormitory was filled with a strong smell of sweat and rotting flesh. The school dormitory was barracks-style, with forty-two beds in each room, and two people sleeping on each bed—yes, two people sleeping side by side.

Song Yuan couldn't see clearly in the bathroom, but now that she was inside, she could see that many people had purplish-red sores on their backs, which were exposed to the air. These sores looked like barnacles on aquatic animals, densely packed, and the entire dormitory was filled with an aura of near death.

The students with sores on their bodies had clearly never been to a public bathhouse; salt crystals from dried sweat still clung to their hair. Those who had been to public bathhouses, however, were in relatively better condition.

Even so, everyone would grab their books—books for various subjects—and frantically read them before the lights were turned off, as if they were starving and oblivious to the pain and heat. Their eyes would turn bloodshot, as if they were about to bleed.

Song Yuan: "..."

Clearly, if a player doesn't bathe for a long time, they'll end up like this too. Covered in sores, they're probably not far from death.

As soon as the lights were turned off, all the students fell asleep instantly. Just like the little boy in the cafeteria said, even turning over in bed is against the rules in this school. Everyone was sleeping as straight as if they were in a coffin, waiting for the dormitory supervisor to come and inspect.

Song Yuan's bedmate was already asleep. She forced herself to lie down on the hard bed, and after dealing with the teacher's patrol, she immediately climbed out of the window and escaped from the dormitory. There was a rooftop on the top floor of the dormitory, where Song Yuan waited for a few minutes. Soon, Qiao Ran and An Xiaomei also arrived.

"Looks like we won't be getting any sleep tonight," Qiao Ran shrugged. "How about we do a simple exploration of the school's outskirts?"

"Um."

Song Yuan nodded, standing on the top floor gazing into the distance. Ahead lay rows of school buildings, standing silently in the darkness. The buildings connected one after another, truly giving the illusion that one could never escape.

"However, the task of finding an escape route will probably have to be left to the two of you."

"Oh, why?"

An Xiaomei hadn't quite grasped the situation yet. Without Song Yuan, it was like losing her sense of security. How terrifying would it be if it were just her and Qiao Ran alone?!

Qiao Ran explained, "It's because of Song Yuan's luck value. With a luck value of 0.01, if the three of us act together, there's a very high probability that we'll run into the puppeteer and Liu Gaosheng directly."

An Xiaomei suddenly realized: "Ah, that seems right."

What's even more infuriating is that Song Yuan had seen the Puppeteer's personal panel. The Puppeteer had said that his situation when he first entered the game was exactly the same as Song Yuan's: attack power and agility tests failed—Song Yuan hadn't fought the Puppeteer yet and didn't know if the Puppeteer could match her in a one-on-one fight. However, the Puppeteer's luck stat was a solid 50—just like Qiao Ran's, a normal luck stat.

Moreover, they got the talent and weapon after clearing the first game, which is really unfair.

Song Yuan added, "An Xiaomei's luck stat is 88. If you two are together, you'll most likely be able to avoid these two and safely explore the entire map."

She paused, then said firmly:

"And I think the player who fired the shot across from the music room will probably come looking for me tonight."