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After a while, Yang Qianqian returned. Unlike before, she somehow managed to hide the small belly that had appeared due to overeating.

"Huh? Qianqian, did you just have an abortion?" Li Wei asked in surprise. "Which hospital can perform such a procedure so quickly?"

"..." Yang Qianqian said expressionlessly, "I don't know what you're talking about. My stomach has always been like this. Li Wei, I suggest you get a pair of glasses. Your eyesight may have a serious problem."

"If your vision has only recently deteriorated so drastically, I hope you will go to the hospital for a check-up. If you also have symptoms such as headaches, I regret to inform you, Li Wei, that you may have glaucoma."

Li Wei stroked his chin. "Actually, I'm starting to doubt my own eyes. I clearly remember when I used X-ray vision on you before, you were wearing a bra pad to show a B cup, but now I don't know why I can't see that bra pad anywhere."

Qi Xi whispered in Li Wei's ear at a volume of 100 decibels, "Master, you can use points to enhance your breasts in the academy system, but this method has a major drawback. Master, please remember not to tell anyone. Girls usually don't want others to know about this kind of thing."

Immediately, some people who hadn't yet entered the dungeon entrance couldn't help but turn around in unison.

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The arched entrance in this space will officially begin the instance once you go inside.

Some students rested and recuperated outside for a long time before going in, while others went in without hesitation. After Yang Qianqian was forced to find a hole to crawl into, Li Wei and the others decided not to delay any longer.

There was no limit to the number of people at the entrance, so Li Weiqi, Liu Yiqiang, and Tang Ya, too lazy to separate, simply followed each other, and the four of them arrived at the same entrance.

Inside was a long, dark corridor, seemingly possessed by an eerie power that made those who entered feel as if they had lost their sense of time and space.

"Master, H, you're secretly touching my breasts again at a time like this~"

"...My disciple, can you please release the hands that are forcibly pulling on my arm before you speak?"

Unlike Liu Yiqiang's composure, Tang Ya felt a little embarrassed. She suddenly regretted following this master and apprentice pair whose thinking was beyond the ordinary.

And so, the atmosphere remained slightly eerie for a long time. Finally, the four of them, facing the light ahead, arrived at the exit. Suddenly, Monokuma's voice rang out:

"Pfft, welcome to the Ultimate Trial, the first challenge—find the missing flashlight."

"This is a completely sealed room. Only by constantly solving puzzles and cracking level after level will you obtain the legendary gadget, Doraemon's shrinking flashlight. Of course, that's a joke."

"In conclusion, everyone, let's do our best."

"A locked room puzzle, so it's like a real-world escape room game?" Tang Ya said. "I've played those kinds of games before. The key is to search for different clues."

Tang Ya looked around. It seemed to be a house, with a TV, wardrobe, and sofa—a very common layout. She also noticed a staircase near the edge of the room, meaning the house had more than one floor.

"Let's split up and look for any clues," Tang Ya said.

No one objected to Tang Ya's suggestion, and the four of them quickly dispersed and went their separate ways.

About ten minutes later, a horrified scream rang out; it was Tang Ya's voice.

Following the sound, Li Wei and his two companions rushed over. In their view, there might be some obstacles hidden in the house, such as monsters that needed to be defeated.

A weak and powerless woman like Tang Ya, aside from her ability to engage in compensated dating, would only experience the kind of fan service scenes found in hentai anime and H-games when encountering monsters.

This is also why Li Wei and Qi Xi acted so quickly; watching these kinds of short films from the sidelines might unexpectedly be quite exciting...

However, after they all arrived, they were disappointed. At that moment, Tang Ya was talking to a figure. Upon closer inspection, it was Fan Xinxian, who had said goodbye and disappeared long before Tang Ya came to talk to him. This was definitely not because he had been forgotten by someone and had not appeared.

"Is it possible for the scenes to be randomly arranged?"

This is the conclusion they reached. In other words, although Fan Xinxian entered from another place first, Li Wei and the others were coincidentally assigned to the same group before Fan Xinxian passed the test.

Li Wei and the others didn't have much to say about this encounter, but Fan Xinxian looked at Li Wei with a somewhat complicated expression.

Li Wei, this man, has been regarded by him as his lifelong enemy, the opponent he is destined to surpass.

In the "Slaying Sisters" instance, Li Wei gave him too many shocks, which is why Fan Xinxian decided to leave, like the protagonist in a melodramatic TV series, to go off alone to further her studies, and return with unparalleled cultivation to shock the world.

Given time, Fan Xinxian will surely point at Li Wei and say, "I was not as good as you in the past, but now that we've been apart for three days, you should be treated with new respect."

Although Fan Xinxian's mental journey was complicated, it only flashed through his mind in a flash, and soon he recited the intelligence he had investigated and compiled.

“I’ve been here for several hours now, and I’ve basically investigated all the suspicious places. Now there are only four mysteries left.”

Fan Xinxian adjusted her glasses, which she had put on at some point, and said, "The four riddles are—"

"There is a beautiful woman in the east, who hangs herself from a branch in the southeast."

"There is a beautiful woman in the south, who hangs herself from a branch in the northwest."

"In the West there is a beautiful woman who hangs herself from branches in all directions."

"There is a beautiful woman in the north, but there is no branch to hang on."

“Four sentences, each corresponding to one of the four clues,” Fan Xinxian said with a frown. “I’ve been thinking about this for over an hour and still can’t figure it out. The last one is that there’s a big door on the third floor with a light-sensitive area on it. As long as there’s a stronger light source than this room, that door should open.”

In this space, everyone's physical abilities are restricted to the level of an ordinary person, all skills are unusable, and even their spatial backpacks are sealed. In other words, if they want to pass the level, they can only obediently follow the rules. This is a game of intelligence!

Liu Yiqiang suddenly realized and exclaimed, "I understand!"

Upon hearing Liu Yiqiang's words, Tang Ya and Fan Xinxian looked at him in surprise, because this guy looked like the kind of muscular but simple-minded guy. Could it be that the saying "you can't judge a book by its cover" really applies?

"As long as we find that flashlight and shine it there, we can open the door!"

"..."

Indeed, many of the things the ancients said were lies.

"These four sentences correspond to four clues..."

Tang Ya and Fan Xinxian both frowned. This was too difficult. Unlike typical escape rooms where the puzzles are usually just combinations of words or numbers that can be entered into a combination lock, Fan Xinxian had checked everywhere here but hadn't found anything that looked like a combination lock.

There are some suspicious items, such as a male version of the Mona Lisa smiling in the living room on the second floor, a husky hanging from a tree branch on the first floor, and a painting of a male version of the Mona Lisa smiling as the husky hangs and foams at the mouth on the third floor.

Is there any connection between these four sentences and the three paintings?

"Wait, 'There is a beautiful woman in the north, but there is no branch to hang her on'—does that mean the fourth painting that has disappeared?"

Fan Xinxian suddenly said something, and Tang Ya's eyes lit up, "That should be it, I think this is the key to solving the mystery."

Now that the key has been found, the difficulty has been reduced considerably.

At this moment, they saw Li Wei walk straight towards the door on the third floor. Fan Xinxian's heart wavered. Was there really such a big difference in intelligence between him and me? I had just found a breakthrough, and this man had already solved the mystery.

Is it really that terrifying?!

Then he heard Li Wei say calmly, "To be honest, what's the point of thinking about this kind of puzzle?"

Fan Xinxian was shocked when she heard this. Sure enough, he truly deserves to be my lifelong enemy. "Still as a virgin and swift as a rabbit" perfectly describes this man's mind!

Really awesome!

"I don't find it too troublesome to use my brain."

"..." Fan Xinxian's face stiffened at first, then she said with a hint of surprise, "You...you mean you haven't actually deciphered those four sentences yet? You haven't even discovered the key points?"

Li Wei scoffed and said, "What's there to think about?"

Upon hearing this, Fan Xinxian couldn't help but feel happy. This man indeed only possessed great abilities, but his intelligence was his fatal flaw.

At this moment, Fan Xinxian's confidence soared, and the hope of surpassing Li Wei fell into his heart like a blessing from heaven.

Then he heard, "Why make such a fuss when something as simple as glaring at someone could solve it?"

Then he saw Li Wei stare intently at the door—

Two beams of intense light shot out...

The door opened (⊙?⊙).

PS:

P.S.: This isn't an abandoned project! The author is still taking final exams...

PDS: Speaking of that fun interview... the editor still hasn't given us the questions... it seems like it's our turn next time.

Chapter 211 The Ultimate Despair Candidate Qualification

Fan Xinxian exclaimed in shock, "How is this possible? This instance clearly limits everyone to the level of an ordinary person. If you had some secret technique to break through the limits of your physical body, that would be one thing, but what you just did..."

Li Wei said calmly, "You're hilarious. Your idea is dangerous. Fireflies can glow, so it's not unusual for humans to shoot lasers from their eyes."

As he spoke, Li Wei patted Fan Xinxian on the shoulder, "I can tell you're the kind of bookworm who only knows how to study but doesn't know how to put things into practice. Have you ever heard the saying, 'Watching ten thousand films is not as good as doing one... cough cough, it means that reading books is useless. You need to learn to learn from others' strengths and make up for your weaknesses, you know?'"

"You might think that humans are the most intelligent of all beings, at the top of the food chain, but in fact, many creatures have abilities that we humans don't have. For example, slugs can come back to life even when broken into pieces, flies have an inherently annoying buff, and dogs have a particularly good nose for finding used underwear. These are all abilities that we humans lack."

"Observe more and learn more, so that you can learn from all things. Otherwise, you will never live like a fly."

As he spoke, Li Wei gave Fan Xinxian a meaningful look, "This is the difference between you and me."

Fan Xinxian was shocked. So that's how it is. It's because she lacked the spirit of learning that she couldn't be like a fly... No way!

After the gate opened, the entrance was a dark purple light curtain, and the scene behind the curtain was completely invisible to those outside.

Without further delay, Li Wei led Qi Xi inside first. After seeing that Tang Ya was also gone, Fan Xinxian remained alone behind the light screen and sighed deeply.

"This man, really..."

Shaking her head, Fan Xinxian then stepped into the light curtain.

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Outside the instance, in the hall where everyone initially appeared—the same hall from Danganronpa where class trials were held—after everyone left, small windows appeared above, displaying the students' performance in the instance like surveillance cameras.

Meanwhile, the black and white bear had been observing them all along. At first, it watched everyone's performance with great pleasure, until it saw Li Wei's method of passing the first test through the small window, which surprised it slightly and attracted its attention, but it had no other emotions.

"Hmm, this guy is interesting. He can actually control the expression of genes in his body with an ordinary human body."

As a character whose storyline transcended the original anime world very early on, Monokuma has encountered many exceptionally talented individuals over the years in the Reincarnation World.

However, Li Wei still managed to pique its interest. In its view, Li Wei might not be the most powerful among them, but he was still someone worth paying attention to.

If Li Wei successfully passes its test, it will consider training him to become the next generation of the ultimate Despair.

In Danganronpa, the Ultimate Despair is a group of evil characters who plunge the human world into despair. However, in the Reincarnation World, the Peak of Hope is the exact opposite.

Every Ultimate Despair who emerges from Hope's Peak School is a terrifying presence that makes the world of reincarnation tremble.

This is what makes Monokuma's school different from other schools. Its school has very few students, but those sent out are all capable of taking on a hundred opponents. This "hundred" refers to the number of strong individuals.

"Hmm, maybe this person has potential!"

With that thought in mind, Monokuma continued to observe Li Wei's situation.

……

Since entering the light curtain, Li Wei and Qi Xi have been separated, which is normal. This dungeon is made up of independent levels, and the probability of them bumping into each other is extremely small. It may be because the previous level was designed for compatibility, or it was designed to test the team's cooperation ability, which is why they met.

Now, Li Wei found himself alone in an unfamiliar prison, the environment extremely dark, and he could even feel the dampness in the air on his skin.

Welcome to the underwater prison!

The black and white bear's unhurried explanation echoed in Li Wei's mind again: "This is an underwater prison built 10,000 meters below the surface, imprisoning countless vicious criminals. Even though they are arrested and imprisoned, they have never restrained their ferocity. In addition, the harsh and humid environment makes them even more irritable."

"Your task now is to survive one day in this prison!"

Looking at Li Wei arriving at the Great Prison from the Court of Judgment, he couldn't help but quip to himself, "Oh dear, it's this wretched place. Of all the checkpoints, this is a really unpleasant challenge."

"Here, what's being tested is whether the challengers have extraordinary eloquence and emotional intelligence," the black and white bear said, crossing his legs. "But these criminals aren't the kind of villains you can easily reason with, umm pfft~"

Just as Monokuma was explaining things to himself, Li Wei also noticed pairs of green eyes shining in the darkness around him. These were the extremely vicious criminals.

Upon seeing Li Wei, they all gathered around him, their numbers increasing from a few to over ten, and soon dozens of prisoners had gathered around Li Wei.

"Ouch, ouch, I'm about to get a whole bunch of little fists pounding on that guy again."

Monokuma said with a wicked grin, then picked up a glass of juice and drank it.

Then it saw that Li Wei suddenly raised his hands.

"Hmm? Raise your hands? Are you surrendering?" Monokuma said with some disappointment, "These guys are unreasonable. If you show weakness like this, you won't even last an hour."

Just as Monokuma was about to give up on Li Wei, Li Wei suddenly shouted—

"Friends at the summit, please raise your hands!"

"Ow!"

"Let's all rock and roll!"

"Ow!"

And so, Monokuma saw a large group of men with scars on their faces following Li Wei, waving their arms like pop stars at a concert...

Caught off guard, Monokuma spat out a mouthful of juice.

"What the hell is going on?"