Chapter 163: I, Lin Mo, Am Just an Ordinary Blank Mage

Jingdu University, Longyuan Pavilion Dining Hall.

Inside a luxury private room on the top floor of the dining hall.

On a purple sandalwood dining table large enough to seat thirty people, an array of premium monster ingredients now lay spread out.

"Holy shit, this is insane! Then I won't be polite!"

Wang Dawei grabbed a giant chicken leg and began devouring it with no decorum whatsoever.

Lin Mo held a knife and fork, ready to tackle the piece of "Earth Rock Bear Leg" before him.

At that moment,

【"Fireball Spell" was wildly bouncing in the skill bar, extending two flame arms and dancing about.】

【"Fireball Spell" pointed at the other side's Flame-Grilled Steak and shouted: Eat this first! Quick! I've just mastered a high-grade skill—I'm drained and need this top-tier fire-element ingredient to replenish my noble mana!】

Lin Mo's hand holding the fork paused slightly.

Before he could react, a voice beside him immediately chimed in.

【"Earth Shield Spell" jumped in place: No! Master! Drink the Rock Armor Rhino Bone Marrow Soup first!】

【"Earth Shield Spell" said urgently: Big bro, I took fire from over fourteen hundred enemies today! That bone marrow soup looks incredibly nourishing—Master, drink the soup first! Soup soothes the stomach!】

【"Fireball Spell" immediately protested: Impudent! Second brother, don't you know the order of seniority? I'm the eldest—I get first pick!】

【"Earth Shield Spell" argued back: Big brother, if not for me, could you have output so comfortably today? This first bite must be mine!】

The two skills bickered back and forth, making Lin Mo's brain throb with each shout.

A visible " Jing " character appeared on Lin Mo's forehead.

"Shut up, both of you!"

Lin Mo gritted his teeth inside his mind. "All you do is argue! Can't you just let me eat in peace?"

"Can you be quiet for once? Look at Little Third!"

"He also gave his all today—why is Lei Sanxi so calm?"

"Learn from Little Third's composure!"

After being scolded like this by Lin Mo,

【"Fireball Spell" and "Earth Shield Spell" both fell silent, each giving a resentful "Hmph!" and turning away.】

【"Lightning Strike Spell" flickered slightly and said coolly: Indeed, they're too noisy. To teach them a lesson and temper their arrogance, I suggest we start with the Thunder Giant Eagle Roasted Wing.】

"..."

Lin Mo's hand froze.

Damn.

I seriously damn.

I thought you were a cold, detached godlike figure.

Turns out you're playing the subtle game of retreat to advance?

【"Fireball Spell" turned its flames nearly blue with rage: You sneaky third! Acting all deep? First bite must be fire-element!】

【"Earth Shield Spell" also panicked: Third brother, that's not fair! How can you step over your two older brothers? It must be earth-element!】

Lin Mo felt utterly defeated and covered his face with one hand.

His expression was full of disbelief and exhaustion.

"Stop. Stop. Stop."

Lin Mo shouted inwardly.

"I only have one mouth!"

"Why the rush? There's plenty to eat! Take it slow—one at a time!"

"Whoever says another word won't get a single bite of their element's food today!"

These words carried devastating weight.

All three skills fell instantly silent.

Lin Mo exhaled deeply, then picked up his knife and fork again.

…

At the dining table,

everyone ate while chatting.

Ye Kong wiped oil from his lips and sneered:

"Those second-year guys, thinking they've been here a year longer, look down on us freshmen."

"Today's class monitor's move totally crushed them."

"Exactly!"

Han Mengqing waved her small fork enthusiastically:

"Wow, just bulldozed them all! Class monitor, I never even dreamed this could happen…"

Chu Lingxuan gazed at Lin Mo with pure admiration:

"Yes, Lin Mo, you're truly incredible."

Lin Mo waved his hand modestly: "They all clustered together—it saved me effort."

"The upperclassmen aren't the real problem. Our bigger enemy is those Japanese brats."

Ye Kong tossed his fork onto his plate, eyes chilling as he snorted:

"Those brats are too bold."

"Breaking the record is one thing—but they dared leave mocking comments? Clearly they don't respect our Dragon Nation."

At the mention of this, everyone's faces flushed with righteous anger.

"Those little dwarves deserve a good beating!"

Wang Dawei slammed his palm on the table.

"Think breaking a record makes them invincible? They just haven't faced the class monitor!"

"If the class monitor stepped in, he'd smash that record so hard they'd never even dream of reaching it!"

Han Mengqing chimed in:

"Exactly! After we eat, let's go teach them how to behave!"

"Hey, sis."

Han Mengqing suddenly remembered something and turned to her older sister: "I just heard Teacher Xu say team dungeon EXP is triple that of regular dungeons—why don't we just grind team dungeons every day? Wouldn't leveling up be like a rocket?"

Han Mengyao gave her silly sister a withering look and replied impatiently:

"Do you think this is a video game?"

"Entering a dungeon strains the mind—each person can enter at most three times per day."

"Team dungeons give triple EXP, but they also impose triple mental strain."

"Oh… So it's either three regular dungeons a day, or one team dungeon…"

Han Mengqing nodded in sudden understanding.

Then she suddenly turned to Lin Mo and asked curiously:

"Hey, you guys—normal people can only handle three entries, but what about Lin Mo? He's not normal, right?"

Hearing this,

Lin Mo immediately turned serious and refused:

"Don't joke! I, Lin Mo, from Jianghai City, am just a plain 18-year-old blank mage. Drop that dangerous idea!"

Lin Mo said this with such righteous conviction.

The students around him couldn't help but twitch their lips.

You're a normal person?

Sure, sure—a normal person who casually unlocked three high-grade skills, activated a dual-element body, and bulldozed the entire second-year class.

Facing their stares,

Lin Mo remained expressionless and kept eating.

What nonsense.

Exceeding mental capacity turns you into a vegetable.

Who'd risk their life like that?

My life's too precious to gamble.

"Alright, stop joking. There's one more crucial point about team dungeons."

Han Mengyao steered the topic back.

Her expression turned serious:

"Team dungeons are all mechanism-based."

"They contain complex traps, special terrain kills, and boss shields that can only be broken in a specific sequence."

"Those Japanese brats probably found some cheat route or cracked a special mechanism to push the record so far."

Everyone nodded thoughtfully.

Han Mengyao continued:

"After we eat, I'll go to Teacher Xu and get the full team dungeon mechanism details to study."

Lin Mo also raised both hands in agreement.

"Then it's settled—you study the mechanism first. I'm going back to take a nap. We'll deal with everything after I wake up."

Ye Kong nodded in response:

"No problem."

"Class monitor, you carried the entire burden of this new student trial alone—you must be exhausted."

"Let us handle the grunt work of researching data and analyzing mechanisms; you rest easy."

At that moment,

the slightly ajar door of the private room was gently pushed open from outside.

Everyone turned to look.

Shen Jun and Gu Qingge stood hesitantly at the doorway.

"L-Lin Mo… Big Boss."