Just as he was somewhat lost in thought, Lu Qingli noticed Lin Xun at the entrance and quickly stood up.
Her pink miniskirt exuded a strong sense of youth, making it hard to believe she was a counselor.
Back when school first started, Lin Xun had seen Lu Qingli sitting at the podium and even went up to remind her.
“Excuse me, classmate, this is where the teacher sits.”
Recalling it now, Lin Xun couldn't help but curl his toes in embarrassment.
“You're here, have a seat first.” Lu Qingli looked at Lin Xun with a serious expression.
After Lin Xun entered, she closed the office door.
Only the two of them were in the large office.
“Lu Qingli, is it because of the recent online matter?”
Before Lu Qingli could speak, Lin Xun had roughly guessed what she was going to say.
Lu Qingli nodded noncommittally.
“The department has also taken notice of this matter; it’s been escalating quite seriously online recently.”
“What did the department say?”
At this point, Lu Qingli hesitated slightly, seemingly finding it difficult to speak.
But after struggling for a moment, seeing that she had no choice but to speak, she still opened her mouth very tactfully.
“The department’s intention is for you to write an apology letter, and then… then record an apology video.”
After saying that, Lu Qingli seemed to feel it wasn't appropriate, so she quickly continued.
“However, I can go talk to the department head and try to just have you write an apology letter; a video… I think that’s a bit too much.”
Upon hearing this, Lin Xun's expression showed an unspeakable look, almost laughing out of anger.
Make him apologize?
This was the first time he had seen a victim being asked to apologize.
He had done nothing wrong, yet he was persecuted by fabricated rumors.
And in the end, he had to publicly admit it.
Was this the victim-blaming theory?
“Lu Qingli, do you also think it’s my fault?”
Lin Xun asked, looking at Lu Qingli.
“Of course not, otherwise I wouldn't be trying to communicate with the department to explain for you. It’s just… it’s just that the higher-ups want to quell this matter as quickly as possible.”
In fact, before this, she had told the department many times that Lin Xun was definitely not that kind of person.
However, they seemed not to care about the facts, only about how to quell the matter as quickly as possible.
In the end, it seemed only Lin Xun could be sacrificed.
“Plus, the Freshmen Welcome Concert will be held at the school in two days, and the school doesn’t want this matter to have too much impact.”
Lin Xun naturally knew about the Freshmen Welcome Concert.
The school had invited many popular celebrities, including Luo Mengxue, the leader of the 207 girl group who had just become popular throughout the entire Dragon Kingdom, and Ruo Yan, hailed as a goddess seen once in a thousand years.
Coincidentally, the day of this concert was also the day the Apocalyptic Game descended.
“So, I am the sacrifice for this public opinion?”
Lu Qingli remained silent, not uttering a single word even as Lin Xun left without looking back.
What should she do?
If she could decide the direction of things, she would absolutely not let Lin Xun write an apology letter, but she simply couldn't control everything.
When she found department head Zhao Xuri again, Zhao Xuri only said one sentence to her.
“Three days. If Lin Xun doesn’t apologize within three days, he will be directly expelled.”
Lu Qingli clenched her fists, staring at Zhao Xuri.
At this moment, she was also extremely angry.
In the end, the angry words still did not come out, and she deflated.
But she also did not tell Lin Xun about this matter.
After leaving the department Building Area, Lin Xun came to the school supermarket and fell into contemplation as he looked at it.
“System, if I encircle the supermarket, can I directly move the supermarket into my Noah's Ark?”
It was true that Noah's Ark could produce food on its own.
But he felt that he still needed to store some other snacks and such.
“The host can freely move items within your territory within your territory.”
“Or convert the area into experience points and integrate it into the main Building Area, from then on, the area cannot be occupied by anyone else, nor does it belong to anyone, including the host.”
Lin Xun immediately became interested upon hearing this.
He could do it.
Anyway, he didn't care who this building belonged to; of course, if it belonged to no one after being converted into experience, that would be even better.
And more importantly, by using this method, he could not only monopolize all the food in the entire school.
He could also convert all surrounding buildings into experience points!
And make his Noah's Ark the only nearby top-tier Building Area that could be upgraded.
Because he had also learned from the system.
Building Areas that cannot be occupied mean they cannot be upgraded.
If they cannot be upgraded, it means they have no ability to resist zombies.
Then he would convert every single place in the entire school into experience points, step by step!
“System, how many circles do I need to encircle the supermarket?”
“The target area’s quality level is B, requiring 12 circles.”
Because the quality was average, the number of circles required was also much less.
Unlike when Lin Xun encircled Noah's Ark before.
He had to run a full 108 circles to encircle it.
However, 12 circles seemed not many.
But after the apocalypse, it would be very difficult to even run one circle normally.
No sooner said than done, Lin Xun immediately started running around the supermarket.
This scene once again drew many people's attention and whispers.
But Lin Xun didn't care, running on his own.
You can point and whisper about me now, but in two days, you’ll regret it.
Soon, Lin Xun spent about an hour turning the entire supermarket into his territory.
“Congratulations on acquiring a B-grade area. Please name this area.”
“Received additional reward: Material Domination.”
“Material Domination: Absorbs all food within a ten-kilometer radius of the area (triggered after the Apocalyptic Game descends).”
Originally, Lin Xun thought this was just an ordinary occupation.
But when he saw this Material Domination, he was completely stunned.
This ability was simply too top-tier!
This was simply monopoly ability maximized!
At that time, he would be the god of food in this area!
“System, if I convert the supermarket into experience points, can the Material Domination ability be retained by Noah's Ark?”
Lin Xun quickly asked. If not, then he would need to wait until the Apocalyptic Game descended before converting it.
“To the host, all occupied areas, after conversion, will transfer their abilities to the target Building Area.”
Lin Xun's face lit up with joy.
“Then convert the supermarket into experience points for Noah's Ark!”
“B-grade area successfully converted. Converted experience points: 3000. Ability: Material Domination successfully transferred.”
“Congratulations to the host for successfully upgrading Noah's Ark to Level Two, gaining 3 allocation points.”
Allocation points can be used to upgrade various measures of Noah's Ark, or other required construction areas.
For example, wanting to exchange for Noah's Ark's Level One defense requires three allocation points.
Wanting to expand a power generation area requires one allocation point.
And a water resource generation area also requires one allocation point, and so on.
After a slight hesitation, Lin Xun directly exchanged these 3 allocation points for one defense point.
“Congratulations to the host for successfully upgrading Noah's Ark's defense level to Level Two. The current defense is sufficient to easily withstand Level One zombies, and Level Two zombies also cannot break through.”
Lin Xun felt that he would definitely not lack supplies at the beginning of the apocalypse.
So he chose to upgrade his defense first.
After upgrading, Lin Xun was very happy, and his goal became very clear.
Convert all buildings in the entire school into experience points to upgrade Noah's Ark.
At the same time, look for more beautiful women with high Appearance, as they would also be key to upgrading his Noah's Ark in the future.
Meanwhile, other students around, seeing Lin Xun grinning foolishly, couldn't help but shake their heads and mock him.
“Is this guy out of his mind? First, he was wandering around the girls’ dormitory, and now he’s grinning foolishly here.”
“Indeed, just like what’s said online, he’s not a normal person.”
“Let’s go, we should stay away from him.”
Lin Xun, however, paid no attention, leisurely leaving the supermarket.
Afterward, Lin Xun started running around the cafeteria.
The school had five cafeterias in total, and Lin Xun planned to encircle every single one.
However, after Lin Xun encircled one cafeteria, he was already panting heavily.
He felt that if he continued like this, he wouldn't be able to encircle everything by the time the Apocalyptic Game descended.
How could this be?
“System, do I have to encircle it myself? Can’t I just hire someone to run for me?”
Lin Xun couldn't help but ask.
Lin Xun had asked the system before if he could ride an electric scooter to encircle land.
But the system said no, it had to be done by a human, step by step.
At that time, he sighed, feeling that this game was a bit too strict, not allowing even one bug to be exploited.
“Yes, but the other party must be designated as a resident of your Building Area, and they must be willing to run on your behalf.”
This immediately stumped Lin Xun.
How could this be? The game hadn't even started yet, where could he find someone to designate as a resident of his Building Area?
After all, the friend system hadn't even appeared yet.
Just as Lin Xun thought there was no hope, the system gave Lin Xun another ray of hope.
“There is another way. The host can use a contract to have the other party encircle land for the host.”
Contract?
Hearing this, Lin Xun froze.
Just as he was in a daze, the system, taking advantage of no one being around, directly generated a contract with terms and conditions, appearing in his hand.
“Sign the contract, and you can become a resident of the host’s Building Area.”
Lin Xun briefly glanced at the content of the contract. In short, it contained various terms and conditions, with Party A at the end being Noah's Ark and Party B left blank.
Most of these terms were basically restrictions on others.
Seeing that there was a chance, Lin Xun quickly asked the system to generate a few more contracts.
Then he went directly to the sports field.
He sat down there, with a sign next to him.
It read: “Seeking DD runners, 100 per circle.”
However, what Lin Xun didn't expect was that he didn't wait for the first runner, but instead waited for his ex-girlfriend.
How unlucky!
“Zhou Hui, look, isn’t that your ex-boyfriend? What’s he doing squatting there? He didn’t even go running downstairs at our dorm today.”
Zhou Hui’s best friend, seeing this scene, couldn't help but point at Lin Xun and laugh.
Zhou Hui, on the other hand, looked at Lin Xun with a disgusted expression.
She couldn't help but walk up to him and say with disdain, “Lin Xun, I’m no longer interested in you. Can you please stop coming to run downstairs at our building and pestering me every day?”
“You don’t think I’ll think highly of you just because you pretend to be proactive, do you?”
Zhou Hui was simply too familiar with Lin Xun’s little schemes.
Poor incel simps were just like that.
They only did things that made themselves feel good.