"Disobeying orders, punishment is due!"
The seats of these individuals suddenly tightened with several straps, pinning them down.
Their faces drained of color!
They tried to use their Spiritual Energy to break free, but found... they couldn't escape at all, despite the straps being ordinary!
At the same time, there was a mass of gears revealed beneath their seats, bearing the pattern of Black and White Bears, and sharp, hissing laughter echoed!
Mechanical Black and White Bears appeared beneath their seats, gripping their legs fiercely.
In a flash, all the rule-breakers were dragged down!
What lay below, nobody knew; screams could only be heard rising up!
Two words surfaced in everyone's mind.
"Extreme Punishment!"
Every step was filled with lethal threats: any violation of the rules would result in being dragged away for Extreme Punishment.
The Teacher with Many Eyes entered the room, not uttering a word, and began collecting homework one by one.
He gathered all the homework and calmly walked towards the exit of the classroom.
He turned his head, slowly peering at everyone with his multitude of eyes.
"The following forty-five minutes are break time, during which, find the owner of the painting."
These three words seemed to make everyone feel an intense chill.
"Hehe, how interesting," the young boy with a divine aura also curved the corners of his mouth.
"I sense an Abyss-like chill emanating from him."
He looked at the Heavenly Destiny People: "He wants to find the owner of the painting; perhaps it has something to do with your Present World."
The Heavenly Destiny People's expressions darkened; they too sensed the danger, as the World Tree Withered Leaf had already warned them.
The being the Abyss wanted to kill must certainly be the one they needed to save.
"Let's go, we only have forty-five minutes."
"Now it's a matter of who can find... the owner of this painting quickly."
They all stepped out in unison, heading out of the classroom.
Su Qi also began to step out.
Exiting the classroom, everything became clear: there was only this one school building, and they were at the top floor, the sixth.
There were five classes on each floor.
The students from other classes too, because of the recess bell, had started to exit their classrooms.
Everyone's expressions stiffened, none daring to act recklessly.
Every student here seemed off; their expressions were strange and terrifying with a smile before stepping out of the classroom, their eyes and bodies were full of spots.
Yet once they stepped out, they all returned to normal, as if they were just ordinary elementary school students, merrily heading downstairs in groups.
Because... these forty-five minutes, though called a break, actually included exercises.
The followers seemed pleased: "Venerable Yi Jue..."
Su Qi looked at them, as they silently released their Spiritual Energy, summoning the projection of... the Dark Scripture.
The Dark Scripture faintly emitted a sinister aura.
"Here... are all ancient beings from the Abyss; each one was once a Sequence One or Sequence Two Demon!"
"Including that Teacher with the Big Head; its true identity is..."
The Dark Scripture contained guidance on the identity: "An Abyss Demigod, Sequence Thinker, the bishop of the God of Anxiety, it has the power to drag everyone into a vortex of unease with its eyes, leading even to suicide."
No wonder the questions it posed were so philosophical, and indeed... fitting for a subordinate of the God of Anxiety, using tactics that closely resembled its master's.
"So... the one it's searching for."
Su Qi murmured softly.
The followers let out a cold snicker: "Yes, based on the current guidance from the Dark Scripture, plus the Fragment we've obtained, inscribed with the Gods Palace... War Emblem."
Under the lead of the Gods Palace, a powerful united force naturally formed—an army composed of the Gods and all the power they could muster!
"It's highly possible that we're dealing with a Demigod," the followers sneered, "All we need to do is find and kill him."
Instead, Luo Shenfu shook his head and said somberly, "Demigod? No…"
"I've seen that emblem… It's not a pattern that a Demigod could possess; it belongs to a high-ranking God."
"It's very likely one of the powerful deities of the Gods Palace, who, either due to serious injuries or some other reason, was forced to hide among the ancient Abyss Powers."
"His power allows him to remain undetected by the Abyss Demons."
"That's why we are the breakthrough point."
Su Qi snapped his fingers, "Understood. We need to find him and then rescue him from this group of Abyss Elementary School Students."
"The difficulty is substantial," Luo Shenfu observed each little boy and girl around him. Though they all appeared as normal children, there was an unsettling aura about each of them.
Among all these diverse appearances, it was impossible to pin down that one special existence.
"Is the difficulty substantial?" Su Qi pondered slightly.
He felt that, in such a situation, his most excessive action would just be to take a quick glance around, directly locking on to…a little boy at the playground who was assembling.
The boy was unremarkable, his meek presence in any spot as if to disappear into the crowd, barely noticeable as if he would vanish if one didn't pay close attention.
"Let's go, we're heading down as well."
Su Qi walked toward the playground.
Based on his observations, these ancient children on campus seemed to have no memory of the past, except for the big-headed teacher who seemed to carry fragmented memories, constantly searching for the owner of the drawing.
If that was the case,
Su Qi rated the power of the Black and White Bear and the entire Gate World even higher.
It was possible to turn Demigods, even Gods, into…NPCs among them.
What exactly was this place, and what kind of existence was the Black and White Bear?
The big-headed teacher also stepped out of the office, accompanied by two other teachers, one man bloated all over, and one woman with a split mouth, her skin on her face looked like it was about to sag.
"Another two Demigod Demons," the followers recited the guidance from the Dark Scripture in cooperation.
"Blaze Thorn Demon and Thorny Demon."
The entire school was filled with powerful Abyssal beings, unlike the old-world powers that suppressed each other one-on-one.
The entire school was suppressing that one person, with three Demigods…hundreds of Sequence One and Two beings!
Although under the rules of this Gate World, they all appeared to act like ordinary people, but…no one knew what would happen once a battle erupted.
"Speaking of which, teachers."
Su Qi took a few steps forward, grabbed the edge of one of their garments, the teacher's terrifying gaze turned to him, eerily looking at Su Qi.
"What is it?" she asked hoarsely.
"What happens if we don't find the owner of the drawing in forty-five minutes?"
She revealed a horrifying smile, "If you don't finish, there will be a little game to play."
"What kind of game?" Su Qi asked curiously.
"Of course… it's hide-and-seek."
When Su Qi arrived at the playground, he stood according to his class while the others were already observing everything around them, each searching for people who matched their clues.
Only he was contemplating.
The problem now was…everyone in the school was an enemy, and once the little boy was found, he would likely face pursuit by everyone.
If they didn't find him in forty-five minutes, they, too, would have to play an 18+ game of hide-and-seek.
Of course, by then, it was likely to be bloody violence rather than anything risqué.
As for the seventy-plus participants present, they each had their own thoughts and were searching for the owner of the painting.
Su Qi's gaze slowly shifted to the little boy.
The boy had started doing gymnastics like everyone else, showing nothing unusual.
Time was counting down.
Su Qi was also preparing his plan, on how to face the upcoming campus battle royale.