Chapter 141: Did Teacher Zheng Leak the Questions?

After saying this, Li Er handed the restored Psionic Core back to Zhou Chu.

Zhou Chu held the revived Psionic Core in his hands and began to calculate the idea of finding a carrier.

At this moment, the small monsters outside Steel-Cast City had been almost entirely cleared; it was time to go into the city to explore.

He wondered if he could find a new carrier for this Psionic Core inside the city.

Harboring a glimmer of hope, Zhou Chu placed the silver-glowing Psionic Core back into his Storage Space.

Above the Steel Wasteland, smoke and dust filled the air.

Li Er flew low in the air, gazing at the nearby Steel-Cast City with a hint of vigilance in her eyes.

"Father, I sense an unusual Spirit Energy fluctuation inside the city."

"I will go ahead to scout!"

She gave a soft reminder, and the Rocket Thruster behind her emitted two blue flames, darting rapidly toward the direction of Steel-Cast City.

Zhou Chu had been keeping his soul entwined with Gadi; seeing Li Er transform into a streak of light and disappear ahead, he immediately activated Void Shuttle, taking Xina and Xiduo with him as he also escaped toward the city.

……

At this time, in another plane of the same Nightmare-tier Steel Wasteland Copy.

The five-man Shigu Sun team was engaged in a fierce battle with an Undead Mecha.

Relying on Bear Form, Chen Bo took his place as the main tank of the team without hesitation.

Meanwhile, Shigu Sun continuously brandished the long blade in his hand, relying on his powerful lethality to become the team's highest damage dealer.

As for the boxing champion John, since he was also a melee-type Soul Profession, although he was not as durable as Chen Bo in Bear Form, he could still be considered the second-tankiest person among the five.

However, he did not seem to want to tank damage, instead letting Chen Bo stay on the front line while he and Shigu Sun dealt damage; at this moment, he had firmly occupied the second position in damage.

As for Puchangyin, since he was not a frontal combat-type Soul Profession to begin with, he could only rack up damage through sneak attacks or harassment, yet he still occupied the third position in damage.

Looking at Chen Bo and Meng Jie, they were the weakest of the five, completely becoming support and foils for the other three.

Their damage mitigation and crowd control were incomparable.

According to Shigu Sun's prior deployment, they chose a method of clearing the area by defeating enemies one by one; facing these Undead Mechas that could fight both melee and at range, the process of killing them was filled with constant crises.

However, this made things miserable for Chen Bo, who was responsible for tanking the damage.

After killing each monster, Chen Bo had to face a situation where his Soul Power Value was depleted and his Blood Qi was on the verge of the red line.

Therefore, the five people's progress was not fast; it could only be described as slow.

Every time they killed a monster, it felt to the five of them as if they had experienced a brush with death, leaving them suffering.

As Shigu Sun used a combo to deplete the last bit of Blood Qi from the Undead Mecha in front of him, he, whose Soul Power was also on the verge of exhaustion, let out a long sigh of relief and sat on the ground, unburdened.

The high difficulty of the Nightmare-tier Copy had far exceeded his imagination.

From entering the Copy until now, nearly half an hour had passed, and the five had gone from their previous internal discord to finally pulling together as one.

But even so, their total kill count had only just reached the 10-mark.

Every time they killed a monster, it was as if the five of them had been skinned alive, and they all had to sit down and rest for a while.

"Damn it, this Nightmare-tier Copy is really not meant for people to clear; it's simply hell!"

The exhausted Puchangyin lay sprawled on the ground, full of complaints.

Shigu Sun spat on the ground and snorted coldly, "If it's this difficult for the five of us to clear, then Zhou Chu's situation probably isn't much better. There are only two of them, only two!"

At this time, John smiled and said, "Don't worry, those two are probably already outside the Copy by now, with the brother and sister hugging each other and crying."

Hearing John's words, Shigu Sun's expression improved slightly; he patted Chen Bo, who was sitting beside him, and bared his teeth in a kind smile: "Chen-san, cheer up, our team is definitely the best."

"It's impossible for Zhou Chu to defeat us."

Who would have thought that Chen Bo would snort coldly, shake his head helplessly, and say, "You all really underestimate Zhou Chu; the five of us combined are no match for him."

Hearing this, Shigu Sun's expression sank as he said, "Chen-san, don't boost others' morale and destroy your own prestige. As long as we are united, no one will be able to defeat us!"

John and Puchangyin seemed to be encouraged by these words from Shigu Sun, and a look of determination appeared in their eyes.

Meanwhile, Chen Bo secretly found it amusing in his heart.

Truly ignorant.

If shouting slogans were useful, would there be any need for such hard work?

……

Outside the Copy.

Teachers from every department were all anxiously observing the progress of the Copy clearing.

On the large screen in front of the Copy, the clearing progress of each team was displayed in percentage form.

The status of the progress refreshed every minute.

And the two teams that chose the highest difficulty were displayed at the very top.

"My god! The clearing progress of Zhou Chu and Zhou Li has already reached 50%!"

"It's been less than half an hour, hasn't it? That means they've already cleared a third of the monsters?"

"Hey, Teacher Zheng, I heard that this Steel Wasteland Copy was prepared by Principal Yu and that you were responsible for building it. Could it be that because Zhou Chu and Zhou Li are students from your department, you specifically leaked the questions to them?"

Zheng Youwang hurriedly said, "What kind of talk is that? How could I possibly do such a thing! The design of this Steel Wasteland Copy was built according to Principal Yu's preparation document; everything is fair and just, and there is no such thing as leaking questions at all."

"If you say it like that, are you also doubting Principal Yu's fairness?"

The other teachers all nodded after hearing Zheng Youwang's words.

The construction of a Copy is completed based on the preparer's preparation document.

That is to say, every detail in this Copy is only known best by the preparer, and the builder is only responsible for the construction, so it is impossible to know too many details about the Copy.

The claim that Zheng Youwang leaked the questions was baseless from the start.

As for Principal Yu himself revealing it to the two of them, that was even more impossible.

But when all the teachers saw that Zhou Chu and Zhou Li had completed 50% with just the two of them, while looking at Shigu Sun's team, which had only just passed 5% by now, the progress could be described as pitifully slow.

Compared to Zhou Chu and the others, the gap is simply too large, and it is hard not to let one's imagination run wild.

However, Zheng Youwang had previously been worried sick about his two students choosing the highest difficulty, but now that he saw the two of them clearing the dungeon at a pace that left everyone else in the dust, the heart he had been holding in suspense finally settled.

He even felt that his face had gained some Light Tier, and then said with some excitement: "Don't forget, Zhou Chu is a College Entrance Exam Top Scholar, and he even easily defeated the Third Turn Lei Jianting."

"Zhou Li defeated two strong foreign exchange students with even greater ease; their strength is there for all to see."

"The two of them have absolutely no need to leak the exam questions!"