64: Chapter 60 Outstanding Student 64: Chapter 60 Outstanding Student [An hour before the physical test]
Administrative Building – Principal’s Office
Although the principal is already over sixty years old, he still maintains daily exercise, and his body is in fairly good shape.
He would always stay at school for the admissions exams each year, to prevent any accidents and to accompany the senior students through this most important challenge.
There was a knock on the office door, usually, at this time, it would be the teaching staff reporting on admissions.
But unexpectedly, the person who walked into the office was a relatively unfamiliar face, wearing an old school uniform that had been phased out long ago.
After many years, although the visitor had undergone significant changes in stature, his facial features hadn’t changed much, and the principal recognized him at once.
Gong Xin leisurely strolled around the principal’s office, smiling in response:
“After graduation, my first big company contract was terminated at the end of my internship, and since then I’ve hardly exercised, leading my body to deform.
I didn’t expect you could still recognize me, principal.
It’s really comforting.”
“Gong Xin, I’m glad to see you ten years after graduation, but now is a crucial admissions period for our school, you shouldn’t be here.
How about we talk alone after the admissions are over?”
The principal sensed some anomaly and pretended to speak calmly while moving his right foot towards a hidden switch under the desk.
Unexpectedly, the leather shoe didn’t touch the switch but instead stepped on a soft, meat-like substance.
“Principal, who is the most outstanding student of our school at the moment?
Or perhaps you could directly hand me the student record log book.”
“I’m sorry, but even I have no right to disclose student information to outsiders.”
Unable to trigger the alarm, the principal quickly drew a handgun from the desk drawer.
The bullet precisely penetrated through Gong Xin’s head.
At the same time, the principal immediately lifted his left hand, which bore a bracelet, attempting to contact the Security Team, but the internal communication had already been cut off.
The principal’s wrist was tightly gripped, and the immense force instantly crushed his bones.
Gong Xin stood in front of him as if nothing had happened, the hole in his forehead where the bullet went through rapidly regenerating flesh and blood.
“It’s no wonder at your age you still have such speed and decision-making ability, no wonder you’ve held the principal’s position for so long.
I’m proud to have been one of your outstanding students.”
While trying to pull his wrist away, the principal saw a horrifying sight in his eyes.
His captured wrist was undergoing some kind of Fusion, his flesh being stripped away little by little and flowing into the other person like gelatin.
But the principal quickly calmed down and, enduring the pain, asked:
“How many years has it been, Gong Xin?”
“A little over two years.”
“Have you killed anyone?”
“I can’t quite remember, probably around ten to twenty people?
After all, I am also an outstanding graduate from Fourth Middle School, having been personally summoned to your office for a conversation.
Unfortunately, my personality doesn’t quite fit with the current social system.
It was only three years ago that I finally saw my life’s direction, the Corner is the best place for me.
Tonight, in the school where I am most confident, I will complete the final screening.
Principal, you will witness this process within me, and I hope I can still hear your praise then.”
Hearing this, the principal’s complexion changed drastically, “You…
you want to create a Seam!
How many mature Pseudo-People are there?”
“A Seam, that’s right.
But you should know, since the Seam appears in Fourth Middle School, it means that including myself, four Pseudo-People have a deep binding with Fourth Middle School.
To some extent, maybe there’s a problem with Fourth Middle School itself.
However, it doesn’t matter.
I will help you cleanse every region of the school, any teachers and students who do not meet the standard will become part of me, carrying the will of Fourth Middle School to explore the Corner Depths.
Perhaps, we could establish a new Fourth Middle School there.”
Three-quarters of the principal’s body had already flowed into Gong Xin’s body, with his head sticking to it as well.
Soon, the head also completely disappeared, and Gong Xin closed his eyes silently feeling the sensations, seemingly accessing part of the principal’s memories.
“So the records are here!” Gong Xin smashed the locked bookcase with a punch, pulling out the student records file that was buried beneath.
Upon flipping to the first page, he saw the name of the student with the best academic performance.
On the athletics field.
Gong Xin was taking heavy steps, large amounts of thick sweat continuously dripping from his body, seemingly undergoing some kind of metabolic process.
His palms were continuously rubbing his bulging abdomen in a clockwise motion, seemingly aiding in digestion.
“Luo Di, no wonder I couldn’t find you when I was mingling among the students, not at the athletics field nor the gymnasium, which made me search for a long time.
Finally, I found your class and absorbed a classmate which finally made me realize you left the exam venue before the test could begin, who could have thought of that?
I thought it would be difficult to find you, but you ended up delivering yourself right to my doorstep.”
Luo Di did not reply, even though they were separated by hundreds of meters, he could still feel a physical level of coercion, this person might be tougher to deal with than the previous Skin woman.
Guo said, once encountered, there’s no doubt of death.
Luo Di’s gaze had already shifted towards the exit of the athletics field, estimating the distance to be about 240m,
while the opponent was only 200m away from the exit,
Rushing at full speed could likely get intercepted, and since the adversary was clearly targeting him, even reaching the exit first would still leave him in a state of being chased.
Running away was not an option,
“I’ll hold this guy off, you take the chance to run into the gym and find reinforcements…
tell them that right now there’s only one Pseudo-Person at the track and field area, and Mr.
Guo has already left.”
Xiao Ying wanted to persuade him otherwise, wanting to pull Luo Di to try and escape together.
But Luo Di beside her had already gone forward, walking alone into the challenge.
She herself couldn’t come up with a better plan either, as running away would eventually lead to being caught.
Luo Di’s proposal might be the only way out.
Gong Xin, who was undergoing rapid metabolism, was somewhat surprised; it was his first time seeing a student who knew his identity yet still dared to approach actively.
Now if the camera angle were adjusted to horizontal, and the lens zoomed out to the edge of the sports field, one would see both individuals heading towards each other at almost the same speed, about to meet at the center of the track field.
While Gong Xin continually expelled metabolic products through his pores, emanating a strong scent of blood,
Luo Di was not overwhelmed in terms of momentum, instead exuding an indescribable aura from his walking posture and cold eyes, reminiscent of a murderer from the movies.
Just as the two were about to meet,
Xiao Ying suddenly ran past from a distance of fifty meters away with an extremely low stance.
Gong Xin just glanced at her and did not stop her,
“The girl running towards the gym must be going to get help, right?
I’ll give you some information in advance; I took advantage of the chaos during Seam, where students suddenly transformed, and killed five PE teachers.
Moreover, using the gym’s locational advantage, I have also chased down and killed one.
Finding reinforcement won’t be easy, and most of them must already be deeply afraid of me, hiding is their best option.
If you can’t even defeat a PE teacher, facing me leads to only a dead end.”
As soon as he finished talking,
Gong Xin suddenly made a move from five meters away,
His right arm rapidly proliferated during the swing,
Extra arms wildly grew from the surface of his right arm, stacking indiscriminately, increasing the volume and thickness, and extending the reach of the arm.
It was like a chaotically assembled ‘cluster of arms’ charging towards Luo Di.
The most dangerous part of the attack was not the piercing or the striking,
but once this bizarre flesh touched the body, assimilation and absorption on the physical level would begin, wherein Gong Xin held absolute suppression in terms of flesh.
The PE teachers who were killed were due to the chaotic scene and lack of information, accidentally making physical contact with Gong Xin, and the absorption process was irreversible.
Gong Xin’s ‘Fear Embodiment’ would also be classified as a rare special Pseudo-Person even in the archives of the Investigation Bureau.
Luo Di made no attempt to dodge,
Or perhaps, having seen various B-movies, he knew how to deal with such monsters,
Attempting to dodge such a wide-ranging attack head-on is difficult, this bizarre proliferating ability could change paths to realize a biological-level locking and tracking.
The best way to handle it was to quickly and decisively cut it down head-on.
As the proliferating arms were about to reach him, Luo Di drew his sword.
One hand on the handle,
The other firmly grabbing the top of the sword’s back,
Positioning the Zombie Blade vertically in front of him, on the path of the attacking proliferating arms.
The clustered arms hit the blade head-on, and due to the huge impact, the force of reaction split the proliferating arms in the middle.
The split arms made contact with Luo Di’s skin,
Gong Xin had a confident expression, ready to proceed with flesh absorption, when his expression suddenly changed.
His attempt at absorption was blocked, or more precisely, isolated by a layer of special skin.
On closer inspection,
The exposed parts of the opponent’s body turned ominously dark black, already completely zombified.
Not only that, Luo Di burst forth with all his strength, his feet firmly planted on the ground propelling his body forward, continuing to slice down the middle of the huge proliferating arm,
Flesh flew everywhere,
The entire huge proliferating arm was cut in half,
Luo Di, with half of his face zombified, successfully approached Gong Xin,
And at the same time, there was something in Luo Di’s hand that presented the most direct threat to Gong Xin,
The cleaver in Luo Di’s hand had already transformed.
The ominously black hair floated on the spine of the blade,
The eerie corpse skin covered the blade,
Sinister sharp teeth were spaced along the edge of the blade,
Turning what should have been a blade for slashing and piercing into a sort of chainsaw-toothed structure, more conducive to cutting flesh.