After 18 Years of Silence, Now My Words Are Divine

Chapter 62



Chapter 62

Chapter 62: Can Graduate? Then Can Be Expelled Too, Right?

Rose District, Archive Room.

Jiang Nan stood before that faintly glowing sheepskin map, his pitch-black pupils rapidly scanning the information displayed across it.

This was an incomplete map—only half of it remained.

At the top of the map, a row of legend text marked the danger levels.

【Danger Level】: Green < Blue < Purple < Red < Orange < Yellow < Black

Jiang Nan rubbed his chin, his gaze roaming across the map.

Terminal Signal Tower—2 blue location markers glowed on the map.

One was his current location: 【Rose High School】.

The other was situated to the north of the map: 【Seya Charity Hospital】.

‘If I've guessed correctly, the other half of the map is inside that hospital.’

Harbor of Guidance—at the far western edge of the map, there was a blue anchor icon.

Its purpose was undoubtedly the same as its name: the only means of guiding survivors off this bizarre island.

Danger level classification.

The earlier 【Death Wheat Field】 had been Red.

The current 【Rose High School】 was marked Blue.

And deeper in, there were Orange, Yellow...even Black zones.

‘So that Scarecrow only ranked in the middle tier within the Eerie Island's power hierarchy?’

Jiang Nan raised an eyebrow slightly, feeling somewhat surprised inwardly.

‘And...why is Rose High School only Blue level?’

Although the rule-based killings here were terrifying, compared to those monsters that could kill on sight—

This place genuinely gave humans many opportunities to 'survive through the rules.'

Except for that Faceless One...

‘That thing gives me a strange feeling.’

Jiang Nan recalled the earlier encounter on the sports ground

‘It's too human-like...’

‘Extremely high intelligence, unpredictable personality, even a body temperature.’

‘It doesn't feel like a ghost—more like a...person who just looks like one.’

‘Forget it. Whatever it is, as long as it dares to show an HP Bar, it'll die sooner or later.’

Jiang Nan withdrew his thoughts and looked around this safe Archive Room once more.

This place was clearly a safe house independent from the Ghost Domain.

The pool he had just teleported through was right at his feet.

And at the very center of the room stood a miniature 【Terminal Signal Tower】.

The tower body had no tablet slots—only a pile of black objects shaped like USB drives.

【Map Imprint Hard Drive】

【Inventory】: 10

【Rule】: Each person may only take 1. Those who take more...bear the consequences themselves.

Jiang Nan picked up a hard drive, glanced at the 'each person may only take one' rule, and the corner of his mouth slowly curled upward.

A smile emerged—one that would bring a capitalist to tears.

‘Each person...1?’

‘Heh.’

……

The rain outside was still falling.

Everyone waited anxiously.

"What do we do? The new boss we just sworn loyalty to seems to be gone...am I gonna die again?"

Hoshino Hikari scratched her head, deeply worried about Jiang Nan's safety.

But beside her, Guo Shuai—once he'd realized the boss had gone in alone—didn't show much concern.

He stroked his chin with a profound expression and said to the newly arrived Hoshino Hikari:

"No need to worry."

"What we should be worried about right now is whether any ghost inside happens to run into the boss..."

"Let's hope it has time to say a few last words before it dies."

The others nodded in agreement.

Even Yekaterina, having witnessed Jiang Nan's one-handed leg reattachment surgery, had already been thoroughly desensitized.

Just then.

Hum!

The pool ahead rippled, black mist churning.

Jiang Nan's figure appeared out of thin air.

"Boss! How was it? Any good stuff inside?"

Wang Meng was the first to rush over.

Jiang Nan nodded, his expression calm.

He reached up and unpinned the 【Chinese Class Representative】 badge from his collar, then casually pinned it onto Wang Meng's chest.

He then shook the hard drive in his hand.

Wang Meng froze for a moment—then looked at the hard drive and the badge, and instantly understood!

He gave a thumbs-up, his face full of admiration.

"Holy shit...you're too smart, Boss!"

"Exploiting a bug, right? I'm on it!"

With that, Wang Meng took the badge and jumped into the pool without another word.

Jiang Nan stood at the edge, watching Wang Meng's disappearing figure, his expression as still as water.

1 minute later.

Splash!

Wang Meng crawled out with a face full of smiles, waving a new hard drive in his hand.

"It worked! Turns out this badge really is the key to entering the Rose District!"

"And it only recognizes the badge, not the person! Whoever wears it becomes an outstanding student!"

‘So then...’

Jiang Nan laughed coldly in his heart, his gaze sweeping across every person present.

He remembered there was a 【Trading Function】 on the Leader Tablet that had yet to be unlocked.

Map Hard Drives that could unlock full-map visibility were absolutely hard currency in this post-apocalyptic world!

When the time came, they'd definitely be tradeable for plenty of good things!

He looked toward Wang Meng and signaled for him to issue orders on his behalf.

It was raining here—he couldn't use his notepad.

Wang Meng understood without being told, and spoke up.

"Next—Guo Shuai."

"Yes!"

"Next—Liu Yuqing."

"On it, Boss!"

……

And so.

Jiang Nan directed the remaining 6 people in a relay restocking run.

In the end, they obtained 8 hard drives in total.

As for the 2 remaining on the rack...

‘Just leave them for the lucky ones who come after.’

Jiang Nan looked at the spoils in his hands and thought magnanimously.

‘This counts as my final act of mercy.’

‘Absolutely not because there weren't enough hands to take them.’

……

Restocking complete.

Jiang Nan took the badge back from Yekaterina and pinned it back onto his own collar.

Everyone gathered under the eaves of the school building to shelter from the rain, waiting for time to pass.

Scratch scratch scratch.

Jiang Nan pulled out his notepad and wrote a line of text, holding it up for everyone to see.

【Wait for Morning Study to end at 6:00. Once the Ghost Domain rules loosen, we leave.】

【No need to deal with whatever trouble remains.】

Everyone nodded, relief spreading across their faces at the thought of finally being free.

However.

Just then.

The ever-silent Yekaterina suddenly spoke up, throwing cold water over everyone.

"No, Jiang."

She looked at Jiang Nan, her golden vertical pupils carrying a grave weight.

"We can't leave."

"Or rather...all of us except you cannot leave."

"What?!"

The smiles on everyone's faces froze instantly.

Liu Yuqing pushed up her glasses, brow tightly furrowed.

"What do you mean? Is it because of the Ghost Face Mark on our bodies?"

Yekaterina nodded, pointing at the pitch-black mark on the back of her own hand.

"Correct."

"This mark isn't just an admission pass into the Ghost Domain—it's also this school's 【School Registration】."

"Under the rules, we are all currently enrolled students of 'Rose High School.'"

"As students...what reason would there be to leave school freely without graduating?"

Yekaterina's voice sounded especially cold amid the sound of the rain.

"Unless we complete all courses and successfully graduate!"

"Otherwise, the moment anyone steps outside the school gates, the mark on their body will instantly detonate—erasing us entirely."

Having said that, she looked toward Jiang Nan, her expression complex.

"But you're different."

"You have that badge. You're an outstanding student, and...that Faceless One seems to treat you with exceptional leniency."

"In his eyes, you are a distinguished guest—while we...are merely expendables."

Upon hearing this.

Guo Shuai's and Wang Meng's faces went pale instantly.

"We're done...this is a dead end!"

"Are we seriously supposed to finish out our final year of high school here? That's honestly worse than just dying!"

Jiang Nan listened, his brow furrowing slightly.

If he didn't resolve this, his only option was to leave alone.

But he clearly had no intention of abandoning these tools he'd spent so much effort cultivating...

Oh—tools wasn't the right word. Companions.

‘Graduating is too slow.’

‘Earning the Outstanding Student Badge is too slow as well.’

‘Then there's only one path left—my own.’

Jiang Nan thought to himself.

‘Since this school has all the school rules it should have, then that one rule ought to be no exception either...’

‘And that rule is...’

Expulsion.


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