If Ye Tiancheng had not come here to collect fragments of the Fuxi Qin, it might have been a very long time before this matter was exposed.
Even if the students at this university were to graduate normally, they would have to spend four years here. During this time, how much vital energy and life force would they lose?
While lost vital energy could be replenished, what were the chances of recovering lost life force?
However, Ye Tiancheng also felt that matters that required urgent attention but went unnoticed or unaddressed were often encountered during his collection of Fuxi Qin fragments.
It felt as if some unseen force was driving Ye Tiancheng, not just to gather the Fuxi Qin fragments, but also to resolve these issues.
Despite this, whenever he thought about the consequences if these matters remained undiscovered for a long time, Ye Tiancheng would have no complaints.
He did possess a sense of responsibility.
Even if it wasn't fatal, the actions of the entity behind the university, harvesting students like leeks, would still cause harm and loss to them.
The psychological damage in such situations was immeasurable.
Not only did the entity behind it absorb the students' vital energy and life force, but it also tormented their minds and bodies through the cruel method of "exams." It could not be considered anything but brutal.
After Nie Chongyang learned enough from Ye Tiancheng, they discussed how to proceed and deal with the events that might unfold.
Finally, they made a decision.
Because of Ye Tiancheng's previous visit, they did not have enough information from within the university. They needed to deepen their understanding of what was happening there and the potential situations and events.
Nie Chongyang had also brought people. Ye Tiancheng and his companions planned to cooperate with Nie Chongyang's group and enter together, making it easier for Nie Chongyang's team to understand the situation better.
The seriousness of this matter must truly be taken seriously by everyone.
After deciding on the plan, Nie Chongyang went to gather his team. Since it was a reconnaissance mission, he did not plan to bring too many people. Besides his assistant Liang Ping, Nie Chongyang selected only two team members, making a total of four people.
Even if something happened at night, they would at least not lose their lives, and they already knew the situation.
It was because of this that Nie Chongyang dared to lead his team on a risky mission with confidence.
At least he didn't have to worry about personnel losses.
Ye Tiancheng and his group of three also set out together for safety. They could not guarantee that they would be chosen by the entity behind it again during their next investigation of the university. At the very least, they had to increase the probability of being assigned to Nie Chongyang's group. Injury or death within the university would result in their life force being absorbed.
If possible, they should try to reduce the attrition rate of Nie Chongyang's subordinates.
Losing some vital energy could always be compensated, but life force, to be honest, had no real way to be replenished. Ye Tiancheng did not wish for them to pay such a price.
Nie Chongyang's team did not require a day of rest. They arrived, finalized the plan, and indicated they could act immediately.
Ye Tiancheng tried to persuade them, but failing to do so, he didn't say much more.
After they made their decision, all those who had been arranged and confirmed to participate in this operation infiltrated the university in the afternoon, preparing to act that night.
Although, with Nie Chongyang's identity, Ye Tiancheng and his companions could have acted openly. It would have merely been a matter of notifying the school administration.
However, considering various factors, they had not yet figured out what the entity behind it was, whether it could be human, and what its true intentions were. To avoid alerting the enemy, they abandoned this approach.
Perhaps Ye Tiancheng could have appeared in a high-profile manner and caused disruption to the entity behind it, but that was all.
Once official forces were involved, the outcome would be completely different.
It was easy to alert the entity behind it.
The other party might become wary.
If Ye Tiancheng offended the other party, there would at most be two outcomes.
The first outcome: Ye Tiancheng could do nothing, and the other party would have had enough. Ye Tiancheng caused disruption, so they would no longer allow Ye Tiancheng to enter and take exams, to avoid causing them further losses. This was a very likely scenario.
The second possibility: To control Ye Tiancheng and prevent him from leaking information, the entity behind it would decide to completely control Ye Tiancheng, never allowing him to escape their grasp.
Although, based on the current situation, the first outcome was more probable.
After all, the other party had already let Ye Tiancheng leave, which clearly showed they were not afraid of him talking outside. And in the other side of this world, the entities accustomed to their living environment likely did not have a clear concept that the authorities already had people specifically handling these matters.
From this perspective, they would naturally be more lax.
If it were a personal force, regardless of whether it was righteous, even if they wanted to meddle and found the situation too difficult, they might have no recourse. Or they might believe there were other benefits involved and would never want other forces to know and share the spoils, in which case they wouldn't have to worry about them revealing information, making it easier to deal with.
Why would official forces be feared by such entities?
It was not necessarily because the officials were particularly terrifying or powerful. Looking at Nie Chongyang and his team, they were just a newly established organization, and even most of the members were ordinary people, with few particularly powerful cultivators.
After forming departments, although they intended to recruit people, some cultivators and sects, even those of the righteous path, were reluctant to be bound by public office, which brought some difficulties to Nie Chongyang's work.
These people were not powerful. The reason they were troublesome was simply because they came from the authorities.
If the authorities noticed this place, it often meant that as long as everything here was not resolved, this place would forever be under the scrutiny of the authorities until the entity behind it was completely dealt with by the authorities and no longer caused trouble for anyone.
The authorities would certainly not want uncontrolled entities to exist under their noses.
Even the cultivation sects were willing to cooperate with the newly issued management handbooks from the authorities, partly because of this consideration. Although they were reluctant to be controlled by the authorities, they did not dare to lose face. Otherwise, although the authorities were currently at a disadvantage, since they intended to develop, becoming powerful was only a matter of time.
By then, it would be too late to bow down.
At this time, having a bad attitude could easily lead to them being put on a "little black book" and dealt with later.
When they acted at night, Ye Tiancheng and his two companions, along with Nie Chongyang's group of four, totaling seven people, successfully rendezvoused. To avoid being too conspicuous and attracting unnecessary attention, they had acted separately, deciding to reunite at an appropriate time.
By this time, it was almost the time when the fewest people were still active outside the school, and the campus had been locked down.
Then, as roughly predicted, during the surprise evening exams, neither Ye Tiancheng nor Long Miaomiao were selected. It was likely that they had been too conspicuous during their previous disruptive activities, and their combat strength was truly strong, making them easily feared.
However, the little fox was still selected.
Perhaps, compared to Ye Tiancheng and Long Miaomiao, the little fox appeared too inconspicuous and seemed incapable of fighting.
To use an inappropriate analogy, the little fox was like a mobile arsenal carried by Ye Tiancheng, not particularly skilled in combat, but responsible for creating deadly talismans and items, appearing as a non-threatening entity.
This was why the little fox was selected again.
Nie Chongyang, his assistant Liang Ping, and his two team members were also all selected.
When they realized something was wrong, and the campus broadcast began urging them to head to the examination hall, the little fox and Nie Chongyang's group were all bewildered. Confirming that Ye Tiancheng and Long Miaomiao were not present, they estimated that they had not been selected. They had no choice but to act with the five of them.
Fortunately, there was still the little fox. Although the little fox sometimes appeared inconspicuous, he was quite threatening, but it was difficult for people to perceive it.
It wasn't just that the little fox didn't possess very powerful combat capabilities that made him seem harmless. The main reasons were that the little fox's cultivation was generally average, and secondly, he acted as an assistant to Ye Tiancheng, and assistants were naturally not too conspicuous.
After all, in any game, everyone knows to attack the support and healers first.
Furthermore, thirdly, it was probably because of the little fox's ability characteristics. The little fox was inherently very approachable, giving people the impression that he was harmless and they wouldn't want to harm him. They would instinctively want to care for and protect him, which was indeed very deceptive.
This was probably a fox's innate skill. Without such abilities, how could they deceive people?
Considering the need to divide examination halls, the little fox feared being separated from Nie Chongyang's group. If they were separated, Nie Chongyang's group would face greater difficulties. Therefore, he searched his belongings for some talismans and items and gave them to Nie Chongyang's group, asking them to wear them, which would be useful at critical moments.
Even without the little fox and Ye Tiancheng present, Nie Chongyang's group would not be defenseless.
Nie Chongyang was also quite fortunate that the little fox was not excluded.
After all, having help and not having help made a significant difference. In a nutshell, achieving the greatest results with the smallest cost was the ultimate pursuit.
Ye Tiancheng and Long Miaomiao slept through the night. When they woke up the next morning, they knew they had not been selected.
They woke up quite early. The little fox and the others had not yet woken up, all lying sprawled on the ground. It was unknown whether they had been selected. Regardless, whether selected or not, they would eventually wake up from their dreams. This was something that could only be known by asking the individuals involved.
Ye Tiancheng and Long Miaomiao waited for a while, and then the little fox and the others gradually woke up.
Among them, some looked shaken. Ye Tiancheng understood, guessing what had likely happened. It was highly probable that they had been selected together, including the little fox.
Making eye contact with the little fox, Ye Tiancheng and the little fox exchanged a tacit glance in an instant.
Ye Tiancheng then knew that the little fox had definitely been selected.
Next was the time to inquire about the situation. However, before that, they would have to prepare to return and leave this place to discuss. At that time, what Ye Tiancheng and Long Miaomiao did not know would be revealed.