Chapter 31 Bizarre Emergency

Inside the Purgatory Corridor Academy, in a giant classroom resembling an arena, dazzling spotlights illuminated the walls.

This classroom wasn't a typical square design but rather an oval-shaped indoor arena structure. The circular seats rose in tiers like a stadium, with the top row almost touching the ceiling.

Now, more than halfway through the fourth period.

In the center of the arena, demons were engaged in a fierce battle.

In the back row of the stands, a pair of siblings sat quietly, waiting.

[Time Remaining: 3 hours 30 minutes]

[Mission Objective 1: Academy Exploration Exceeds 60%, Current Progress 748%]

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They were Silver-ranked challengers from the Holy Church Research Society. They had suspected that demons might have infiltrated the challengers, and now they were silently monitoring the changes in the Shadow World's mission objectives.

The number was like a broken record.

Originally, at the beginning of the fourth period, the progress was only 40%, but then it began to rise linearly at an absurdly high speed.

Although they had explored the school and roughly discovered that, according to the school's scale, exploring the entire teaching area would definitely exceed 100%.

But correspondingly, 100% should be the limit that the Shadow World calculated, according to common sense, that all challengers could complete within 12 hours.

But obviously, it now exceeded common sense.

Currently, the number was still jumping every few moments, continuing to increase!

The siblings had no idea what was happening!

Everything was normal at the end of the third period. From the changes in the exploration progress, it was easy to see that all three teams had cleared Difficulty 3 classrooms, adding a total of 18% to the progress.

After investigating the previous few periods, the siblings had also learned some information – an uninvited guest would come to inspect the academy tonight, and this guest seemed to inspire fear even in the senior teachers.

[Mission Objective 2: The Source of Danger Tonight] definitely referred to the "Inspector."

What specific identity they possessed, what their intentions were, and how they were related to these humans lurking in the demon academy still required the three challenger teams to converge and exchange information to piece together a key sufficient to unlock the puzzle.

This was the correct mechanism of this Shadow World.

However.

No matter how they left clues and codes during breaks, trying to contact the other four challengers, the other challengers seemed to have no intention of meeting them!

In a Shadow World where everyone was scattered at the start and identities were hidden, challengers couldn't know who was who unless they found a way to make contact.

In this situation, the correct challenge strategy must be to give up entering the classroom in the fourth period and try their best to find other challengers to seek cooperation.

But just now, the school issued an emergency new rule –

[All students must return to the teaching area from the functional area and must enter the classroom in the fourth period. They must not leave. A large number of teachers will begin patrolling the corridors. If any student is found, they will first be driven into the classroom. If they still resist, they will be killed without mercy. At the same time, all Difficulty 3 classrooms will be closed during the fourth period.]

This joke-like regulation was like the Shadow World suddenly accelerating into a runaway mode!

The siblings had no choice but to temporarily enter a Difficulty 2 classroom to save their lives and survive another period.

"Brother, could someone have made a mistake, causing the dangerous mechanism to advance ahead of schedule..."

The girl's voice trembled, her hollow eyes seeming to search for some kind of hope to grasp, but she couldn't find it.

"..."

The young man bit his lip, unsure how to respond.

His heart was also filled with endless fear and anxiety, almost swallowing him, but he knew that as an older brother, he couldn't increase his sister's panic.

"...Don't worry."

The young man murmured in a low voice, comforting her.

Since the first period, he had been observing the changes in the exploration progress to deduce what difficulty classrooms the other teams had entered at what time...

Two challengers had been methodically clearing classrooms in the teaching area, similar to their progress, but they had no intention of converging, their attitude was very strange, as if they didn't care at all whether the Shadow World could be cleared.

And there were also two slackers, who clearly had the ability to clear Difficulty 3, but had not entered the classroom for two full periods from the second to the fourth period! It seemed like they had been running around in the functional area, completely unable to find them!

"Goddess...we haven't done anything bad, why did we come to such a demon academy...If you are still willing to protect us, please send someone to save us..."

The girl lowered her head, her hands trembling as she clasped them together in prayer.

When a person can only pray to God, it is almost complete despair.

Just then, the classroom door was pushed open.

The sound of the lock opening echoed in the classroom, seeming particularly harsh.

Then, a large group of demon teachers strode into the classroom, their steps steady, as if making way for someone waiting behind the door.

This sudden intrusion immediately attracted the attention of all the demon students present, as if time had been put on pause.

Next, behind the door, like a leader, a Radiant Demon with black hair and green eyes walked in.

His footsteps paused slightly.

He glanced around the classroom.

"Come, send all the students in this classroom to the Principal's Office."

The Radiant Demon immediately ordered the classroom's teaching task to be terminated and escorted all students to the Principal's Office.

It felt like sending prisoners to a concentration camp.

The young man and woman in the back row instantly felt their hopes dashed.

What was coming had finally arrived.

But they didn't understand what had caused the mechanism of the entire Shadow World to become so chaotic that it would attract the principal to personally eliminate them!!

The Radiant Demon seemed to feel the uneasy atmosphere in the entire classroom and frowned slightly.

"Students, don't worry, the Principal's Office is not dangerous and is very spacious. Now the school is facing a surprise inspection, and the courses in this classroom have a risk of being non-compliant. I want to temporarily let you avoid it. After the fourth period, you will return to campus, and the school will give each of you 3 credit coins as compensation. This Principal guarantees you."

The Radiant Demon raised his hand, signaling all the demon students to calm down, and said quickly.

Immediately, all the demon students quieted down, and their expressions were even surprised by this unexpected joy.

They naturally didn't doubt the Principal's words much.

Because this Principal, accompanied by many senior professors, didn't need to be so complicated to harm them.

The siblings in the back row, holding their breath and focusing, exchanged glances, their eyes mixed with confusion and lingering unease.

How did it feel like the Principal was helping them?

Even protecting them?

But no matter how they thought about it.

The Principal of the Demon Academy, this Radiant Demon, could not possibly help the challengers!

His unfathomable temperament, which made the myriad powerful demon teachers treat him with reverence, was undoubtedly the most evil and terrifying leader demon in this Shadow World!

It must be that the school had also encountered some trouble, allowing the progress of the Shadow World to be mistaken just right, giving them a bit of a turning point.

The mechanism of the Shadow World became more and more confusing.

But now, it seemed that there was a glimmer of hope for the siblings!

(End of Chapter)