An Yuejun quickly tugged at Zhao Qiqi, signaling her to lower her voice, then leaned into Zhao Qiqi's ear and explained, "General Geng seems to be temporarily absent due to some urgent matter. The deputy chief invigilator is an elder of the Lin family, Lin Zhaokai's senior. Lin Zhaokai was eliminated by Wen Xiangjie, so the Lin family elder definitely wants to help Lin Zhaokai get revenge. The invigilators must have his instructions, so they are temporarily turning a blind eye."
That's right, the reason the invigilators didn't intervene was because Lin Yongyue hinted at it. As the deputy chief invigilator, Lin Yongyue could instruct the invigilators in Geng Bingrong's absence.
Although he didn't dare to truly let anyone do anything to Wen Xiangjie due to Geng Bingrong's threat, inciting these examinees to gather and verbally abuse Wen Xiangjie, just to disgust her, was still acceptable.
The surrounding invigilators were also conflicted. If any examinee truly dared to do something to Wen Xiangjie, they certainly wouldn't ignore it, but Lin Yongyue only told them not to expel these examinees for the time being, and they couldn't just disregard Lin Yongyue's command as the deputy chief invigilator.
"This is too despicable!" Zhao Qiqi exclaimed, fuming.
The Lin family was truly shameless. First, they tried to forcibly seize Wen Xiangjie's talent, and when that failed, they resorted to such underhanded tactics to disgust her.
"Lower your voice, lower your voice!" An Yuejun, startled, covered Zhao Qiqi's mouth with her hand. "Are you crazy? The nail that sticks out gets hammered. Be careful not to be hated by the Lin family. The Lin family is not someone we can afford to offend!"
Zhao Qiqi knew this, but just now in the dungeon, Wen Xiangjie responded to her call. Not only did she not blame her for standing by, but she also enlightened her. Zhao Qiqi was currently overflowing with goodwill towards Wen Xiangjie, and hearing so many people slandering her, she couldn't bear it.
The crack at the entrance of the dungeon flickered, and another person was thrown out of the dungeon.
"Someone else has been eliminated."
"It's Wu Hongxuan! He was actually eliminated too!"
"Wu Hongxuan was the second-ranked on the leaderboard back then. Needless to say, he must have also been eliminated by Wen Xiangjie."
"Wen Xiangjie is truly ruthless. She's going for a complete massacre, not letting anyone off."
"Hey man, you're Wu Hongxuan, right?" A boy walked up to Wu Hongxuan and kindly helped him up.
"Thanks, man. I'm Wu Hongxuan, and you are?" Wu Hongxuan looked at the unfamiliar boy in front of him with some confusion.
"My name is Zhou Kai. You were also eliminated by Wen Xiangjie, right?" Zhou Kai asked with a concerned expression.
"That's right." Wu Hongxuan nodded, saying with a look of shock, "Wen Xiangjie is too strong. I had no power to fight back against her."
"Wen Xiangjie is very strong, but it's truly detestable how she acts so wantonly just because she's strong!" Zhou Kai patted Wu Hongxuan's shoulder, saying with a look of regret, "Brother, you have SSS-level talent, ranked second on the leaderboard. If it weren't for Wen Xiangjie, how could you have been eliminated now!"
"Yeah, it's such a shame. With your achievements, you could have chosen any top university in the country, but now you've been eliminated..."
"It's all Wen Xiangjie's fault. She's simply inhumane. For her own selfish reasons, she eliminates others so wantonly, without even considering how important our scores are to us!"
The people nearby quickly echoed Zhou Kai's words, trying to stir up Wu Hongxuan's resentment towards Wen Xiangjie.
Listening to the discussions around him, Wu Hongxuan's brows furrowed tighter and tighter, and he finally couldn't help but interrupt them.
"Wait a minute, are you blaming Wen Xiangjie for eliminating you?" Wu Hongxuan asked.
"Shouldn't we blame her? If it weren't for her..."
"If it weren't for her, you would have been eliminated sooner or later anyway." Wu Hongxuan looked at Zhou Kai with piercing eyes.
"But..."
"Being eliminated by others only shows that our strength is insufficient." Wu Hongxuan continued without waiting for Zhou Kai to speak, "If your strength was greater than Wen Xiangjie's, you wouldn't have been eliminated by her."
Zhou Kai was instantly choked.
Wu Hongxuan's words seemed to be somewhat irrefutable.
"According to your logic, if you insist on blaming someone, then blame the mechanism of this game dungeon, blame it for starting this Strongest Farm Owner Battle. If there was no Strongest Farm Owner Battle, Wen Xiangjie wouldn't be able to eliminate you, right?" Wu Hongxuan looked around, and everyone who met his gaze couldn't help but guiltily look away.
The originally noisy open space suddenly fell silent.
In fact, they knew that Wu Hongxuan was right; it was just that they were eliminated and their mentality exploded, desperately needing an outlet to vent their emotions.
Wen Xiangjie, who had eliminated a large number of examinees, naturally became the target of their verbal attacks.
"Wen Xiangjie eliminated you fair and square according to the game mechanism, without using any opportunistic or crooked methods. In my opinion, Wen Xiangjie's actions were open and honest, while your behavior of gathering to badmouth her because you couldn't defeat her is truly petty!" Wu Hongxuan said in a loud voice.
"Hmph, you have SSS-level talent, so even if your college entrance examination scores are average, you'll definitely be specially recruited by a top university, so it's easy for you to talk without feeling the pain." Someone in the crowd grumbled discontentedly.
"Wu Hongxuan is right!" Zhao Qiqi suddenly spoke loudly.
"Kiki! Are you crazy!" An Yuejun, startled, tugged at Zhao Qiqi's clothes, trying to remind her to stop talking.
"Who is this?"
"I know her, she's Zhao Qiqi, ranked third on the leaderboard. She has A-level talent."
"Hiss, Wu Hongxuan is ranked second, and Zhao Qiqi is ranked third. They are the highest-ranked besides Wen Xiangjie, and also have the best scores. Now that they've both been eliminated by Wen Xiangjie, they're actually speaking up for her?"
The voices of the surrounding people not only did not intimidate Zhao Qiqi, but made her eyes even more resolute.
Although she didn't yet have the ability to control her own destiny, as Wen Xiangjie had said, she was ranked third, and at least at this moment, she had the power to speak loudly.
"If you can't beat Wen Xiangjie, you try to bully and suppress her with words. You should be ashamed!" Zhao Qiqi had never spoken so loudly before.
Actually, these two sentences were blurting out in a moment of emotional excitement after hearing Wu Hongxuan's words. After saying them, she also regretted her impulsiveness, but she didn't feel that what she said was wrong.
"Don't say anymore, Kiki. Wu Hongxuan has SSS-level talent. He's not worried about the Lin family's retaliation because someone will definitely protect him, but you only have A-level talent!" An Yuejun's face turned pale with fright.
"Well said!" A majestic voice rang out.
The examinees quickly looked towards the source of the sound, as Geng Bingrong strode towards them with a powerful gait.