When system cheat becomes rampant!

"Yes, the school's research and development department doesn't just hand out its black technology for free—you either have to use student credits to exchange for it or trade with desolate beast corpses. If you don't understand, I'll assist you in registering, so in the future you can directly ask for what you need from them," An Xiyu said.

Perhaps because Xiang Beifei chose to use all the Beast Pills to strengthen the city walls' defenses, An Xiyu's attitude toward him had improved significantly.

"Okay, thank you," Xiang Beifei nodded.

After a moment, he asked again, "By the way, you just mentioned we could exchange desolate beast corpses for student credits. So, can I take desolate beast corpses to them to add credits to the club?"

He now also had to serve as an associate professor for Mr. Ye.

"If you want to add your own student credits to the club, only the corpses of desolate beasts at the Meridian Opening stage will do. One such corpse could add anywhere from thirty to a hundred credits, depending on its rarity," An Xiyu explained.

"I see!"

Xiang Beifei nodded slightly, then felt a bit of regret—that last Ghost Mustache of Remnant Visage hadn't left a corpse.

——

Professor Guo asked from the side, "I just saw you using my 'Counter Spear' to kill the Flower Whiskered Demon underground. It seems you have mastered about sixty percent of it?"

"Yes, I'm still learning," Xiang Beifei said.

After all, Professor Guo's defense skills were of SR rank, more powerful and complex than 'Rapid Flame' taught to him by Lu Hong. Having studied it for a month, he had only mastered sixty percent, but he felt he might be able to improve the technique with Spiritual Power, though it would probably have to wait until he reached the Meridian Opening stage.

"Study well. Out of all the students, you're the most suited to learning 'Counter Spear'," Professor Guo nodded in approval.

"Understood, Professor."

Xiang Beifei stared at Professor Guo's system.

He couldn't see the interface of Professor Guo's system, but Elder Luo's system did have related task prompts, so Professor Guo might as well.

No matter what, if there was such a task, he wanted to help.

At that moment, Professor Guo seemed to recall something and turned to An Xiyu to say:

"Xiyu, I just happened to pass by your canyon this morning. I thought, since you're in charge of that area, I'd inspect your defensive traps. I found seven mistakes. But I haven't marked them—you need to identify them yourself and then report back to me. In places like buffer zones, any mistake must be taken seriously. If you can hold off a desolate beast, you might give more residents a chance to escape and perhaps even save a life," Professor Guo spoke earnestly. Minor mistakes were something he wouldn't tolerate.

An Xiyu was stunned.

Seven errors, exactly what Xiang Beifei had pointed out!

She glanced at Xiang Beifei, but he seemed as if he hadn't heard a word, merely gazing into the vast wilderness beyond, as if looking out for something.

After a while, An Xiyu said, "Professor, I've already corrected those seven errors."

"You found your own mistakes so quickly? Good! That's rare!" Professor Guo smiled, satisfied at last.

An Xiyu pursed her lips, then said, "It was Xiang Beifei who helped me find them. Professor's judgment wasn't wrong."

She decided to let go of her prejudices against Xiang Beifei and speak well of him.

After all, he hadn't said much so far, whereas she realized her own attitude had always been quite excessive.

"Xiang Beifei?" Professor Guo was startled for a moment, seemingly taken aback, "What did he find out?"

"He helped me identify those seven errors," she said.

Not one to shy away from admitting her mistakes, An Xiyu detailed to Professor Guo the incorrect traps Xiang Beifei had pointed out earlier in the canyon.

Professor Guo grew increasingly astonished as he listened because he had also memorized the locations of An Xiyu's mistakes and discovered that what Xiang Beifei had pointed out matched his exactly!

Disbelieving, Professor Guo looked at Xiang Beifei and asked, "How did you manage that?"

Xiang Beifei came back to himself and inquired, "Manage what?"

He had just been contemplating the desolate beasts within the Extra-Territorial Wastes that were in the Meridian Opening stage, considering when he might step into that phase himself, and then go out to the Wastes to hunt those beasts at the Meridian Opening stage, to earn some points.

"Desolate beast traps! Can you spot the errors in An Xiyu's approach?" Professor Guo inquired.

"Oh, that matter." Xiang Beifei nodded slightly, "I just read the professor's paper and was learning about this very subject."

Professor Guo asked incredulously, "You read my paper and then pointed out Xiyu's mistakes?"

"I suppose so... right?"

"You understood it?"

"I guess?"

Xiang Beifei had a bad premonition.

Professor Guo's eyes suddenly lit up, "No, I must see if you truly have a talent for this, come! To the field on the other side, you need to clearly point out the trap's flaws! Others have set traps there too, full of mistakes."

Without another word, Professor Guo grabbed Xiang Beifei and stepped forth, vanishing from the city wall with him.

Xiang Beifei: "..."

What in the world was this!

Professor Guo was very excited, or to be more precise, quite agitated!

More than the fact that Xiang Beifei had learned defensive skills, causing a strange task to appear in Professor Guo's system, he cared more about the fact that Xiang Beifei had actually managed to read his articles!

Every time Professor Guo summarized a new defensive theory, he would integrate it into a paper written in layman's terms to be posted on the school's network for everyone to consult. Although the students were not interested and the click rate was low, he persisted in publishing them.

In his eyes, even if only one student could learn from his theoretical knowledge and gain a deeper understanding of defending against beast tides, to be used in the future to protect oneself or others, then his effort was worthwhile.

Professor Guo couldn't wait to see just how much of his defensive theories Xiang Beifei had grasped; this was far more important to him than any task in his system!

Xiang Beifei was rather helpless against the enthusiastic Professor Guo, and by the time he had steadied his footing, he had been dragged into a vast, open field.

From here one could see the city wall in the distance; if a beast tide breached the wall, it would also surge over here—this was the second line of defense.

One minute later, An Xiyu rushed over as well.

"Many traps have been laid in this field to block the desolate beasts, set by another advanced student, but there are countless flaws. Tell me, how many traps will not be triggered or will cause a chain reaction failure due to accidental activation by unintended beasts?"

Professor Guo pointed across the wild lands with hopeful eyes, then handed Xiang Beifei a notebook and a pen.

An Xiyu was by the side in silent contemplation, calculating the arrangement of the traps in the area.

Her attitude towards Xiang Beifei had improved significantly, but she still harbored a competitive spirit. She was an SR after all and had been studying defense theories under Professor Guo for so long. Aspiring to be someone like Professor Guo in the future, how could she permit herself to lose to Xiang Beifei, someone who didn't wish to become a guardian?

Xiang Beifei took the paper and pen, tentatively asked, "Professor, what if I'm wrong?"

"It's okay to be wrong; young people are bound to make mistakes. If you're wrong, then I will teach you where you went astray until you get it right!" Professor Guo said.

Xiang Beifei sighed. He had made his own bed and now must lie in it. Had he known earlier at An Xiyu's canyon incident not to speak out of turn. Now caught by the enthusiastic Professor Guo, if he didn't speak up, he'd probably have to listen to Professor Guo repeat everything he already knew.

Such a waste of time.

"Alright then."

Xiang Beifei planned to get this over with as soon as possible.

He looked around, took a few steps through the field, then started inspecting the area covered in weeds and low shrubs. Quickly, he spotted a small cluster of desolate beast traps in a rocky gully.

He could trace the connections and layout between all the traps from this small cluster, locate the coordinates of the trap recognition Formation, and get a grasp of the condition of the entire field.

An Xiyu was silently following on another side, inspecting the desolate beast traps in this field as well.

Maintaining a distance from each other, the two moved forward in an orderly manner.