The incident happened in Class 7.
Class 7 was Tokumon's class. Coincidentally, he was ranked ninth in the previous year's ranking.
Although the entire grade was filled with rookies, there was still a gap between the last and first ranked classes.
It would be much easier for Class 1 to achieve an average score of 600 than Class 7.
Under these circumstances, the atmosphere in Class 7 was even more oppressive.
Unfortunately, the last person in Class 7 was an S-level big shot. If it were any other class, they would have already started giving him the cold shoulder. With the S-level label, no one could say anything to Tokumon. They could only treat him coldly.
The poor students in the entire grade had a hard time. Not only did they have to study hard, but they also had to accept the cold shoulder of their classmates. Except for Fan Zhuo's Class 1, The Dark Wizard's Class 3, and Zong Jiu's Class 9. After all, these classes had clear leaders. Even if the other classes elected a class monitor, many trainees felt that they were all B-level and did not have the power to give orders. Even if they could study together, the discrimination in the class was still serious.
Of course, the most difficult days were those from Dorm 404 who betrayed all the trainees before the first monthly exam.
They couldn't stand being whipped by the teaching assistant and revealed the plan to unify the entire grade. They were seen as traitors.
Coincidentally, Dorm 404 had the second-to-last person in Class 7.
It was this second-to-last person who was discovered to be a faceless person.
It happened this morning.
At 6: 50 a.m., the dorm broadcast punctually. All the trainees climbed out of bed, folded their blankets, and washed up.
B-level trainees saw each other frequently. After Dorm 404 revealed the secret, the other trainees were unwilling to interact with them. Thus, only the people in Dorm 404 played with the people in the dorm.
One of the Dorm 404 trainees, Liang Mingde, carried a mouthwash to the bathroom to get hot water. When he turned around, he saw his roommate standing in front of the faucet.
So Liang Mingde walked up and patted him on the shoulder. "So early? Did you study all night? "
The other person did not answer. Instead, he continued to brush his teeth. The only sound in the bathroom was the rustling of the bristles on his teeth.
Liang Mingde didn't mind. He lowered his head and took a glass of water. He squeezed some toothpaste and started brushing his teeth.
He lowered his head and brushed as he mumbled, "If you ask me, it's really unfair for you to be in the same class as Tokumon. He's the last in the class, but no one dares to bully him. They only target you. What's going on? "
"Who doesn't want to live? If they really piss us off, we'll hand in a blank paper for the next exam. If we die, we'll die together. Even if we die, we'll drag the whole class down with us."
Although he said that, Liang Mingde still lowered his voice so that the other people who were washing up with him wouldn't hear him.
Fortunately, it was still early. The bell had just rung, so there were only two or three people in the bathroom, and they were still far away.
The other party did not reply.
As he swiped, Liang Mingde suddenly felt that something was wrong.
In the past, Class Seven's second from the bottom would be filled with righteous indignation. When such a topic was brought up, he would definitely start cursing.
Why would it be so eerily quiet like today?
Liang Mingde grabbed his toothbrush and raised his head to look at the water in the basin.
With just one glance, the trainee was scared out of his wits. The cup in his hand fell to the ground and rolled into the sewer.
"You, where did your face go?"
Liang Mingde's voice trembled. He took a step back and took out his special item.
But awkwardly, his special item only worked on supernatural beings. It had no effect on living things.
The second from the bottom, who had been facing away from him, turned his head.
The face was flat and smooth. Where there should have been facial features, they were all blurred and turned into a flesh-colored background.
The faceless man did not answer. He did not even look at Liang Mingde. Like a robot walking according to a program, he seemed to be able to measure the distance with every step he took. He took the cup and left.
.....
There was no doubt that this incident caused an uproar among the trainees.
"How could a living person suddenly become a faceless man?"
In Dorm 101, a new round of class monitor meetings was in progress.
All the class monitors were gathered together.
"There must be some catalyst or some kind of source of pollution in the middle to make the trainee become like this."
During this morning's class break, they went to Class 7 together to observe the trainee who had become a faceless man.
The scary thing was that no matter how they chatted with the trainee or even called his name, he still did not respond. He just sat quietly in his seat and did the questions.
No matter how noisy the outside world was, even if someone snatched his pen, the faceless man sat there in a daze. His face was eerily blank.
It was as if … his soul had been taken away.
Tokumon gave more clues about this.
"No, he still has a reaction. For example, in class, when the teacher calls on him to answer a question, he will get up and answer it. Also, in today's weekly test, he also filled up the test paper. It can be seen that … becoming a faceless man does not affect a person's thinking. "
That was even scarier.
In this dungeon, only the instructors and NPCs were faceless. Now, even the trainees had undergone such a transformation. Did that mean that in the coming time, more and more trainees would become like this?
The class monitor of Class 4 shuddered. "Wait, it's not just the teachers in this school. The parents of the students we saw in the prequel story were also faceless."
"Indeed, there must be something in common."
"Then, after becoming a faceless man, do you think he can change back?"
Only Zong Jiu did not speak.
He pondered for a moment and decided not to reveal the discovery of the diary in Class 9.
It was not that he did not want to share the information, but even in Dorm 101, there were people who had different opinions.
For example, the class monitor of Class 5. Compared to the survival of the whole class, he seemed to want to achieve the goal of the group dungeon. He did not care about the lives of others.
There were too many variables. If they were not careful, they could face the situation of the first monthly test being leaked. Naturally, it was better to be cautious.
The Dark Wizard who sat across from him secretly glanced at him from under his hood.
Unfortunately, Zong Jiu was immersed in his own thoughts and did not look at the pair of green eyes.
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Soon, just as the fear of the faceless men spread among the trainees, the officials gave them an answer during the flag-raising ceremony the next day.
The principal, who had only appeared before the first group exam, once again appeared in front of the flag-raising platform. His featureless face was filled with obvious joy, and his tone was impassioned.
"Who would have thought that our school would receive such exciting news right before the mid-term exams! If it was in the previous years, such excellent students would only appear in large numbers after the mid-term exams. It can be seen that this year's students are truly gifted. Their futures are limitless! "
He waved his hand toward the people below the flag-raising platform. "Come, good children, come over here."
The trainee who had become a faceless man strode to the front of the platform like a marionette.
The principal patted him on the shoulder with satisfaction. "This is the excellent student that our school has nurtured. He is also a high-level talent that is sent to society every year. As long as he has this awareness during his middle school years, not only will he be able to choose any university in the country after graduation and enjoy the best education resources, he will also become a mainstay of human society in the future and win glory for his alma mater! "
"Come."
The principal warmly called out to the teachers standing beside the platform, especially the homeroom teacher of Class 7. "Come up and take a photo with the first outstanding student who has made his choice this year!"
Soon, the flag-raising platform was filled with people.
The homeroom teacher, who was wearing overalls, revealed an eager smile. The faceless trainee in the middle also revealed the same smile. Even the angle of the skin on his face was exactly the same, like a perfect product that had been mass-produced on an assembly line.
These were the people that the teachers and parents referred to as "people who will contribute to society in the future."
The field was dead silent.
Group activities did not allow students to gossip in private, but there was no doubt that the expressions on the trainees' faces were not any better.
Just this morning, the results of this week's weekly test had been released.
The faceless trainee, who had originally been second to last in Class 7, had jumped to first place in the class. His total score had even surpassed the first place of the grade, Fan Zhuo, and was close to a full score.
What kind of concept was this? It was not an exaggeration to say that it was a miracle.
Not to mention the trainees, even the bullet screen felt a chill in their hearts.
[He became like this in middle school. Is he talented? My God, is the purpose of this school to train them all into obedient faceless people? Just like the parents and teachers in the prequel plot?]
[F * ck, this copy is too scary. No wonder we couldn't find any clues left behind by the previous students. No wonder the admission rate is 100%. According to this method, those who did not become faceless people were all killed in the cruel competition. Those who survived studied hard in order not to be eliminated, but in the end, they also became faceless people in the competition.]
[I suspect that this is the ultimate purpose of this school. Hehe, only to cultivate people who are useful to society.]
After the photo was taken, the principal watched the excellent student walk down the platform and turned to look at the whole school.
"Parents and teachers are doing this for your own good. You may not understand and hate us now, but when you grow up and enter society, you will understand. "
"I hope that in the next three exams, there will be more students like you who abandon distracting thoughts and focus on learning."
.....
Zong Jiu followed the silent team back to the classroom.
He thought hard for two days and finally figured out why he found the handwriting in the diary familiar.
Before the teacher started the class, the white-haired magician lifted the thin board of the table.
On the back of the table was exactly what he had discovered during the mock exam. The words "Save me" were carved onto the entire surface with a small knife.
Zong Jiu carefully groped behind the wooden table and found a mezzanine similar to the podium.
He pulled out the yellowed paper from the mezzanine.
It was a graduation photo.
The person in the photo was wearing a blue and white school uniform, looking directly at the camera.
The whole class was faceless except for the girl standing in the last row.
She looked sad.
Because she also only had half of her face left intact.