Chapter 29: The Undead Is the Best Teammate I've Ever Met!

The dismissal broadcast echoed through the campus.

The entire Gaoshan High School fell silent.

Principal Wang, though struggling to move through the surging sea of security guards, still said with contempt and disdain: "Who's going to listen to you? Look, do they dare leave?"

Gaoshan High School had never had the concept of dismissal.

From the day they enrolled, they had to study continuously until the college entrance exam.

Because holidays and going home were behaviors that wasted study time.

This was a cage that imprisoned young eagles' freedom for three years, unable to fly.

The reason was to make them fly faster later.

Wu Wang likewise said with disdain: "You underestimate their courage too much. A certain great man once said that students are the sun at eight or nine in the morning, and hope is placed upon them."

"Let the bullet fly a little longer."

The moment his words fell, Principal Wang saw the front door on the first floor of the art building open.

A girl whose uniform was covered in paint colors walked out from within.

She glanced at Principal Wang.

Then she said calmly: "Students, go take back what belongs to us, go become ourselves."

Da-da-da—da-da-da—

A large number of students in school uniforms suddenly surged out from behind her, their faces carrying a vitality and passion that students of the outside Gaoshan High School had never possessed.

Hearing class monitor Chen Nan give the order, everyone cheered and rushed toward the outside of the art building.

As if walking toward a new life.

"Charge! School's out!"

"Hahaha! After getting out, I still want to paint!"

"I want to write novels! Be an author and earn royalties!"

"Then you'll starve to death."

"..."

Everyone chatted casually, completely ignoring Principal Wang standing nearby.

They frolicked and roughhoused as they walked around the little black room, paying no attention at all to the heavy deathly aura inside.

Their corpses were kept in there.

Their pasts were kept in there.

【I got out of school today】

【I plan to spread my wings and soar tomorrow】

【But I already died yesterday】

【Yet my ideals still lie in the distance】

【In a distant place with poetry and art】

The students in the art building who had been kept in the dark, from the moment they heard the voices of Fatty and Wu Wang in the broadcast.

Or rather, from the moment Wu Wang absorbed the eerie aura of the red vertical pupils.

They recalled everything from before.

Even knowing they were already dead, they still wanted to bring the vigor of a rising sun to their numb classmates.

When their figures disappeared into the distance of the dormitory building.

The entire Gaoshan High School erupted.

Like a powder keg ignited by some small flame, sweeping away all the gloom.

The students collectively chose to be birds singing at the top of their lungs.

Unwilling to be lambs that died in silence.

"Principal Wang, do you understand? Study is certainly important, but there are always some things that cannot be buried forever." Wu Wang's voice came from the entrance of the art building: "How does that line go—"

"Some birds are destined to be caged, because every feather of their wings is steeped in the radiance of freedom!"

Because the ring's power source was absorbed by Wu Wang and then suppressed by a group of security guards and school doctors.

Principal Wang, completely without the strength to resist, let out a ferocious grin.

He cursed at the originator of everything:

"Do you know what you're doing! Even if they leave Gaoshan High School, so what? Won't they still wander in an even bigger cage? They'll suffer more in the future than they do now! I'm the one who's right!" His voice sounded so frantic, so sorrowful.

Wu Wang just shrugged indifferently.

He said: "So what? Who cares? I'm just a madman in your eyes."

"Madmen don't need reasons to do things. If you absolutely had to find one, it's probably the same reason Mr. Li Er, respectfully called Laozi, wrote the Tao Te Ching."

"Because Laozi was happy to."

The next second, he too strode toward the distance.

Leaving behind only the dazed Principal Wang.

And as well as Liu Yang, who slowly walked out carrying two Fatty's.

Liu Yang said helplessly: "Principal Wang, Student Chu asked me to deliver you a big gift."

"He said—you now have to face your true self."

Having said that, he released the Fatty's in his hands.

The two Fatty's charged at Principal Wang with menacing momentum.

Just as Liu Yang's humanity would merge with his corpse when he returned to the art building.

The Fatty's also had to combine with Principal Wang to form the true him.

That self he had once abandoned.

"No, no, no! I don't need you! Please, stay away from me!" Principal Wang's voice gradually turned pleading.

Yet this could not stop the two little fatties from approaching.

In the end, they merged into one.

Becoming a corpse lying on the ground, tears still on its face.

The corpse was no longer wearing an expensive suit, nor did it hold any exquisite gems.

All it had was a school uniform smeared with paint.

A certain vivid red spot on the uniform stood out painfully.

Because that was where blood had dyed it red.

At the same time, Wu Wang, who had just arrived near the teaching building, suddenly felt a lightness in his body.

He flipped open the bulletproof vest and found that the school uniform underneath had vanished at some point.

He smiled.

That was originally the relic left behind by the Human Nature Fatty, no, rather by Wang Zhiyong who had escaped the school back then.

Now the property had returned to its rightful owner.

"Yo, Brother Chen Baili, good evening. Why are you lying here? Get up quickly; sleeping isn't allowed in this area."

Wu Wang saw Bai Li Dao covered in blood on the ground and said with some mockery.

The other party helplessly let out a bitter smile.

"Brother Wei Wang Ren, what exactly do you plan to do?" he asked in confusion.

But Wu Wang unexpectedly showed a surprised expression and retorted, "Isn't the goal to catch truants? Why stick to catching one for every one who escapes?"

Then, pointing with his finger at the sea of students crowding the school gate, he chuckled, "Look, I have orchestrated a school-wide 'truancy incident.' Now we can catch whoever we want. Do you need me to help you up?"

Bai Li Dao: "..."

He had to admit, this was a direction he had never considered.

But it didn't seem to have any flaws.

If they went to catch students now, they could indeed raise the dungeon rewards to an unimaginable height in a very short time.

Unfortunately, he could no longer do it.

"Cough, cough, cough! Brother Wei Wang Ren, I'm afraid I won't make it. You go ahead; this reward is yours by right." Bai Li Dao said with a relieved smile.

His injuries were too severe.

Now, even standing up was likely a luxury, let alone catching students to farm rewards.

On the other side, He Yikan, who had no school doctor to supervise him, had probably already died and left the dungeon.

Wu Wang was about to become the sole player in this dungeon.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Saying you can't make it at such a young age? Your future wife will truly be unlucky." Wu Wang cracked a dirty joke as usual: "Well, I'm off to do some real work then."

He stood up and was about to leave.

But Bai Li Dao called him back and said seriously, "Brother Wei Wang Ren, to be honest, although your behavior and spirit are a bit erratic, you are indeed the best teammate I have ever met in a dungeon. So I must give you a warning—"

"After clearing the dungeon, be careful of those three free players."

"You are just a Level 1 player. Once you return to reality, to them, you are no different from a lamb waiting to be slaughtered."

Wu Wang raised an eyebrow, revealing an expression of sudden realization.

Those three guys wanted to betray him in reality!

Could such a good thing really happen to him?

Didn't that mean that as long as he acted in self-defense, and then accidentally committed excessive self-defense to kill them,

he could tearfully loot their bodies?

Having figured it out, Wu Wang patted Bai Li Dao's shoulder and comforted him, "Thank you for telling me this good news. Rest assured, I will properly conduct the rites for you. I have a self-made Daoist Priest certificate."

Bai Li Dao: "?"

Big brother, this is a non-lethal dungeon!

I, damn it, will return to reality in a moment too. What the hell are you, a fake Daoist Priest, conducting rites for!

Never mind, he should understand what I mean.

Bai Li Dao took a deep breath.

He slowly vanished from the grass, leaving the Dungeon world after death.

Wu Wang continued to stand up and walk toward the school gate.

But he did not lay a hand on any single student.

Instead, he blended into the crowd and slowly left the school.

His back looked just like that of every other student.

Unremarkable, yet independent and self-reliant.

【Transferring to leave the dungeon】

【Congratulations to player Wei Wang Ren for clearing the Reality-Directed Team Dungeon — Truancy Dragon】

【Game Rating: Alpha】

【Main Quest Completed】

【Side Quests 1 and 2 Completed】

【Hidden Reward Condition Achieved — Pollution Cleared】

【You successfully led the entire school's students to escape; Dungeon reward stacking has reached its peak!】

【Please collect your rewards promptly】

【Dungeon Summary: You are extremely lacking in team awareness, fundamentally incapable of empathizing with any student; you felt not a shred of the intense pressure of study or the authority of the school leadership, yet you effortlessly obtained a perfect score on the proxy exam. You are nothing short of a cancerous tumor... But none of that matters. You have cleansed the pollution of Gaoshan High School and liberated the entire campus. Oh, my friend, you are the true hero!】

Wu Wang: "?"

It felt like the System scolded him, yet there was no substantive evidence.

Never mind. Let's quickly see what the reward is.

Then go out and play the role of "a lamb to the slaughter."

He can hardly wait to exercise legitimate self-defense!