Yue Xingwen took a look at the Faculty of Medicine’s class schedule. Today, the compulsory of <Cardiovascular Ward> was also arranged at 8:00am, and now it was 10:30am, Zhuo Feng and his two teammates should have finished the exam. He asked on the Research Group’s chat channel: “Is senior brother Zhuo back?”
Ke Shaobin quickly replied: “They had just returned to the dormitory. Senior brother said they passed this class thrillingly with a clearance score of 70 points. The difficulty of retaking the course this time has increased significantly, the deceased and the murderer have also changed.”
Yue Xingwen sighed with relief in his heart and said, “No points are given for retakes anyway, it’s good if they can pass it. Let’s eat together at noon.”
At this moment, Yue Xingwen suddenly heard a system prompt ringing in his ears, “You have a new private message, please check it.”
Yue Xingwen opened it in doubt, and a private message with the familiar name ‘Zhang Xiaonian’, and the content was: “Senior brother I’m in F-965.” Since sending a private message directly to a designated student within the library consumed points. Zhang Xiaonan tried to simplify the message as much as possible by mentioning the dormitory number, obviously he wanted Yue Xingwen to find him.
Yue Xingwen remembered that it was snowing heavily on the 14th, he went to the library to take a seat, and when he walked to the corner of the dormitory, he saw a student who fell flat on the snow, then he helped that student and found that it was Zhang Xiaonan. The two went to the library together. Yue Xingwen went to the electronic reading room on the 1st floor and Zhang Xiaonan went to the study room on the 4th floor, and they did not contact each other after that.
Zhang Xiaonan was also here?
Yue Xingwen could not help but curse in a low voice, “Shit, Zhang Xiaonan came to the library too. He sent me a private message!”
Jiang Pingce asked: “Is it that junior brother from the No. 7 High School? The person who has a poor sense of direction from the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture Department?”
Yue Xingwen smiled helplessly, “It’s him.”
Zhang Xiaonan was their high school’s alumni, and Yue Xingwen took great care of this young junior brother, so naturally Jiang Pingce knew him as well.
This junior brother’s poor sense of direction was famous. Once in the morning, and it was already five minutes into class, the late classmate Zhang Xiaonan panicked and rushed into the classroom when Yue Xingwen was sitting in the first row. Zhang Xiaonan did not see Yue Xingwen, bowed 90 degrees to the professor, hurriedly ran to the back row and sat down, listened to the class for a minute, only to find that he could not understand at all.
Why was the professor talking about the history of world literature ah!!
Yue Xingwen was in distress and sent a message to him: “You’re in the wrong classroom, this is F-301.”
Zhang Xiaonan raised his head and met Yue Xingwen’s gaze as he looked over. His face flushed red and he hurriedly slipped through the back door.
The professor was furious, “Which class was this student just now? Came in late through the front door, gave me a bow and slipped out the back door? Students with this kind of bad attitude don’t need to come for exams!”
Yue Xingwen stood up and explained, “Professor, he’s a freshman from the Architecture Department, he went to the wrong classroom.”
The professor said in a low voice, “Despite studying Architecture, he has no sense of direction, is he going to make a maze later?”
THe whole class laughed for a long time. Since then, everyone knew that Yue Xingwen had a muddle-headed junior brother who had no sense of direction.
Each faculty of Hua’an University had its own exclusive building, but many public elective classes and lectures were in the teaching building, which was divided into six zones, A to F. In order for Zhang Xiaonan to be familiar with the terrain of the teaching building, Yue Xingwen also asked Jiang Pingce to help draw him a detailed distribution map of the interior of the classroom in the teaching building, and it took Zhang Xiaonan half a month to remember it clearly.
Jiang Pingce said, “He sent a private message to find you?”
Yue Xingwen nodded, “Dormitory F-965, let’s go check it out, he might be in trouble.”
Both of them went together to the dormitory area F, and found F-965, Yue Xingwen then knocked on the door.
The dormitory door opened and Yue Xingwen really saw a familiar face—— Zhang Xiaonan was only one meter seven tall, and he was also relatively thin, with big and bright eyes, a cute baby face, and he still carried the youth and innocence of a teenager who had just graduated from high school.
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After seeing Yue Xingwen, his eyes instantly turned red, and he said with a look of grievance, “Senior brother!”
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Remembering about the experience that night, Zhang Xiaonan’s face was a bit pale and said, “The whole building was as quiet as a haunted house. I looked at the closing time that has come to close, it’s almost 11:00pm! I hurried down and ran to the 1st floor only to find…”
Jiang Pingce said lightly, “You can’t get out?”
Zhang Xiaonian hung his head and said sullenly, “En. The library wouldn’t let me go out and made me go to the Faculty of Medicine’s course. I just finished the <Cardiovascular Ward>, clicked on the scoreboard, and saw that senior brother Xingwen and senior brother Jiang were tied for first place, so I sent a private message to senior brother Xingwen.”
In other words, Zhang Xiaonan entered the library on the same day as Yue Xingwen, but he was more than an hour later than Yue Xingwen. He just finished his Faculty of Medicine’s courses <Escape from the Laboratory> and <Cardiovascular Ward> today, and Yue Xingwen had finished them last week.
It seemed the library’s time was completely different from the real world.
Yue Xingwen looked helplessly at the junior brother in front of him and asked, “How did you get through <Cardiovascular Ward>?”
Zhang Xiaonan said, “I met a graduate student senior sister from the Faculty of Medicine of Xingzhou University who took us through, and I only got 70 points in this course. When I saw the scoreboard, you two were tied at 125 points, so impressive!”
Jiang Pingce glanced at Yue XIngwen, who leaned over to explain. “You took this course before me, I was behind you, and both of our scores were indeed tied.”
Jiang Pingce did not ask any more questions, and Yue Xingwen patted Zhang Xiaonian’s shoulder gently and said, “What’s your next plan?”
Zhang Xiaonian looked at Yue Xingwen with a pleading face and begged, “Senior brother, I just unlocked the function of the Research Group, can I join you? I don’t have a team yet, and I don’t know how to go through the later courses.”
When he said this, he secretly glanced at Jiang Pingce.
Jiang Pingce looked cold and stood by without saying a word.
Yue Xingwen was two years higher than Zhang Xiaonian. In high school, every time Yue Xingwen participated in a speech competition, Zhang Xiaonian would go to listen and applaud energetically. He was Yue Xingwen’s number one fan. After going to university, the first thing he did was to find and add Yue Xingwen as a friend, and then followed Yue Xingwen around like a bum beetle.
Yue Xingwen had always treated him as his younger brother, taking care of him in all sorts of ways in life and studies, including taking the younger brother to familiarize himself with the campus environment, helping him borrow reference materials from the Architecture Department, and so on.
Zhang Xiaonian was also particularly lovely, calling him ‘senior brother’ in a very affectionate manner.
Jiang Pingce did not like him very much, and always felt that this guy’s brain was lacking. He was as muddled-head as if he had not woken up every day. However, Yue Xingwen took good care of this junior brother, and Zhang Xiaonian had taken the initiative to seek shelter, and with Yue Xingwen’s character, it was impossible to refuse.
Meeting the junior brother’s uneasy gaze, Jiang Pingce said lightly, “Our team is currently full, we can only ask senior brother Zhuo’s side. However, you made a deal with Xin Yan before that you will let Xin Yan join the team when we are on the 3rd floor.”
Yue Xingwen was also in a difficult situation, their C-183 Research Group of 4 people was already full, it was impossible to change people. There was still a position at Zhuo Feng’s side, but they had already said to add Xin Yan before, so they could not go back on their words.
However, Zhang Xiaonian was Yue Xingwen’s close junior brother, and he listened to Yue Xingwen’s words very well, so Yue Xingwen could not bear to leave this little guy alone. With Zhang Xiaonian’s poor sense of direction, not to mention the later floors, the maze on the 2nd floor alone could toss him to death.
Yue Xingwen carefully considered for a moment and said, “Well, Xiaonian can join senior brother Zhuo first, followed senior brother Zhuo through the Faculty of Mathematics on the 2nd floor, and after reaching the 3rd floor, we will adjust again.”
Jiang Pingce thought about it and agreed with the proposal, “It’s fine, Zhuo Feng and the others will retake the 2nd floor. They have to pass the compulsory courses of the Faculty of Mathematics anyway. When the time comes, Zhang Xiaonian will join the team and just follow them to lie down and pass.”
If no one was leading, Zhang Xiaonian would never be able to walk through the maze.
When Zhuo Feng and the others retake the Faculty of Mathematics’ course and their progress was on the 2nd floor, Zhang Xiaonan could join them.
When Zhuo Feng and the others’ progress reached the 3rd floor, everyone should be able to scrape together some points and expand the Research Group again, and then add Xin Yan to the team, so there would be no conflict. Besides, Zhang Xiaonian was from the Architecture Department, so maybe he could help out in the 3rd floor of the Faculty of Architecture’s course?
Upon hearing that Yue Xingwen was willing to take him in, Zhang Xiaonian immediately said gratefully, “Thank you, senior brother!!!”
Yue Xingwen smiled and patted him on the shoulder, “It’s okay, I won’t leave you behind. Speaking of which, what skills did you learn?”
Zhang Xiaonian said bitterly, “I only have one skill now, and I was given an excavator that can demolish buildings.”
Yue Xingwen: “……”
Jiang Pingce: “……”
Was your Architecture Department so rough?
Yue Xingwen asked, “Can you directly dug the wall?”
Zhang Xiaonian nodded and said with a complicated look, “Except for the forbidden use of props and skills inside the library, I can dig at other places. When I took my first course <Escape from the Laboratory>, I drove the excavator all the way through…”
The monkeys and rabbits were indeed not an opponent to the excavator, which could destroy the entire laboratory.
Yue Xingwen could not cry or laugh, “Are you in the Architecture Department or the Demolition Office ah?”
Zhang Xiaonian whispered, “I’ve only gotten this skill at the moment, and have upgraded the skill to level 2. If I want to change the other construction blueprints, construction materials and so on, the points required are very high and I don’t have enough points. I have only 20 points left in my hand now…”
It was miserable.
Yue Xingwen reached out and patted his junior brother’s shoulder and said, “It’s alright, this senior brother will treat you to a meal.”
Just as the time was approaching noon, Yue Xingwen called Liu Zhaoqing on the Research Group’s chat channel and gathered them together in the canteen no. 1.
Lin Manluo smiled and teased. “Zhang Xiaonian? You’re the legendary person who has no sense of direction who ran to the Chinese Department’s class, bowed to the professor, and then ran out the back door ah?”
Zhang Xiaonian blushed, “… Am I so famous?”
Zhuo Feng said, “The glass door of our school building was also broken by you, right?”
Zhang Xiaonian: “……”
Yue Xingwen endured his laughter and said, “Xiaonian wasn’t awake at that time, and the glass door was closed, so he thought it was air and charged straight ahead, shattering the door and nearly getting his face cut by the glass.” At that time, Yue Xingwen was nearby and witnessed the tragedy with his own eyes, and sent Zhang Xiaonian, who was in a daze, to the hospital.
This guy was a bit reckless, his teammates might have opinions the more Yue Xingwen wanted to add him to the team.
Thinking of this, Yue Xingwen then whispered, “Xiaonian, the library is not like reality, mistakes during the course could potentially get the whole team eliminated, you must listen to the command if you want to follow us. If you’re not told to move, you stay put, okay?”
Zhang Xiaonian nodded seriously. “I know, I won’t drag everyone back.”
Zhuo Feng said, “I can take you through the Faculty of Mathematics. That excavator of yours doesn’t seem to be used on the 3rd floor of the Faculty of Architecture, right?”
Lin Manluo said, “It can’t be used in the City Collapse course, but there are still many powerful skills in the Architecture Department. I heard that Kyoto University has a top student from the Architecture Department who upgraded the Construction Blueprint to the full level, simply opening tunnels when they encounter mountains and building bridges when they encounter rivers, especially powerful.”
Thinking for a moment, Zhuo Feng said, “Indeed, little junior brother still has great potential, as long as you are willing to listen, we can take you along.”
Ke Shaobin adjusted his glasses and asked softly, “What about Xin Yan?”
Yue Xingwen said, “Everyone’s points obtained in recent courses are kept first, don’t use it to upgrade skills. When the time comes, let’s see if we can expand the Research Group even more. I remember that the maximum number of people for a level 2 Research Group is 8, for level 3, it should be for 12 people?”
Zhuo Feng said, “The points required to upgrade to level 3 Research Group are too high. No level 3 Research Group has appeared in the library right now. The three of us retake the courses, and we no longer get points regardless of our scores, so the matter of saving points will depend on you.”
Yue Xingwen nodded. “Each of us gets more than 500 points from the Prime Numbers Maze. We haven’t had time to spend them yet, so we’ll go to another course at the Faculty of Mathematics tomorrow and save up the points as well.”
After everyone discussed the countermeasures, Zhang Xiaonian directly joined Zhuo Feng’s team.
It was Wednesday tomorrow, and there was a compulsory course <Death Code> in the Faculty of Mathematics in the morning, which was worth 6 credits.
Yue Xingwen and his three teammates went to the lobby of the Faculty of Mathematics and chose their class at the course selection platform.
A familiar prompt popped up on the screen——
[Faculty of Mathematics Compulsory Course: Death Code]
[Credit: 6]
[Examination Room Rules: You can register as a Research Group / Individual]
[Class Size: 12 people]
[Course Description: This is an inn located in the suburbs. It is said that the owner of the inn used to write down a series of numerical codes in each room, and those who come to stay here and cannot crack the codes will die strangely during the night. Over the years, there have been many tragic cases in the in, and countless people have died here. Will you be the next one?]
[Exam Requirement: Crack the death code, and survive for 6 days]
[Additional Question: None]
[Confirm Course Selection: Yes/No]
Yue Xingwen looked at Jiang Pingce and whispered, “Why does it feel like a supernatural class? Many of the people who live here have died mysteriously, and we’ll die too if we solve the riddles wrongly?”
Liu Zhaoqing rubbed the goose bumps on his arms. “An inn in the suburbs? Does this make us live in a haunted house ah?”
Ke Shaobin whispered, “Many people have died mysteriously, that sounds really cool.”
Yue Xingwen said, “At present, there are no strategies for this course. It seems that we have to brazenly take it.”
He looked at Jiang Pingce, who nodded calmly and said, “Go in, we won’t know what kind of class it is until we enter the examination room.”
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The dormitory door opened and Yue Xingwen really saw a familiar face——
Zhang Xiaonan was only one meter seven tall, and he was also relatively thin, with big and bright eyes and he still carried (they -> the) youth…
Everyone’s just getting pulled in there
Thx for the chapter!
this Zhang Xiaonan is my comrade (｡ﾉω＼｡)
when im in a new place i basically only go through places im familiar with otherwise if i would just be going around in circles (´ . .̫ . `)
I don’t really like this little guy. 😅He kind of use others to get what he wanted. He just needs to look pitiful. It will be good fi he grows up sooner or he might take the team down.
Thank you for the translation!💚
Little architect~~~
Thank you for your translation 🤍🤍🤍
Thank you for the chapter ☺
being honest I kinda find the junior brother a bit annoying idk why