Inside the fortress.
The Xiangchu competition organizer was still sweating profusely, struggling to overcome the technical difficulties of the network.
Suddenly, the black screen that had been silent for so long lit up.
The teachers, who were also anxiously waiting and restless, immediately started discussing amongst themselves.
"Holy shit! It looks like it's fixed!"
"Damn it, it's finally fixed. If it were any later, it would be too late!"
"Huh? Wait? Is the content of this live broadcast a bit off?"
"Hiss... it really seems so. Why are there so many fallen ones on the screen? This isn't the battlefield inside the rift, where would so many fallen ones come from?"
"It's indeed hard to understand... Could it be that Xiangchu just fixed the network and switched to the wrong channel?"
"Damn it! The people from Xiangchu are really unreliable! They can't even get this right!"
"Yeah, what a waste of everyone's emotions..."
Countless teachers cursed.
However, some keen-eyed teachers noticed something was amiss.
"Wait! Wait! Look at the geographical location here, isn't it the tall tower inside the City of Ruins?!"
"What? Let me see?!"
"Holy shit! It really is! What's going on?!"
"A large number of fallen ones have appeared inside the City of Ruins?! And they are constantly summoning their kin through a portal?!"
"What the hell! What do they want to do?!"
The teachers were all stunned, looking at each other, and finally their gazes fell upon the person in charge of the Xiangchu competition.
The person in charge looked ashen, and said with a crying voice:
"It's over, it's over! This time it's completely over!"
"After our unremitting efforts, we have finally lost complete control of the network..."
"Now the Xiangchu competition network has been completely taken away."
"The only fortunate thing is that before we completely lost control, we destroyed the competition system's teleportation function..."
"However, they have reactivated the competition barrier, and the students cannot get out!"
Before the person in charge could finish speaking, the teachers below were already about to rush onto the stage in anger and shock:
"What the hell are you saying?"
"Do you know what you're doing! Our students are all still inside the City of Ruins!"
"They are the future hope of the Dragon Country! Now they are all trapped and will die in there at the hands of the fallen ones!"
"Which traitor leaked the secrets of the Xiangchu network? I must make him pay a heavy price! Blood for blood!"
"Destroyed the teleportation function? You wish to drive the children to their deaths, don't you?!"
"..."
Hearing him say this, the teachers' eyes turned red, and they were about to tear the person in charge apart.
Seeing this, Han Zixi quickly came out to mediate:
"Everyone, don't rush! Don't rush! Listen to me!"
"The teleportation function was destroyed to prevent it from being exploited by the fallen ones!"
"Otherwise, if they gained control of this system function and used it against the unprepared students, there would be rivers of blood!"
"I know you are all anxious, but rushing now won't solve the problem!"
"Several of our Xiangchu students are also trapped inside and haven't come out yet! Everyone is anxious!"
"We have already requested external aid, and reinforcements from the military and nearby cities will arrive soon..."
"Later, there will be personnel from the Supreme Council and masters from the schools. We will do our best to minimize the losses!"
Under Han Zixi's appeasement, the teachers finally regained some composure.
One reason was that Han Zixi had considerable influence and was well-liked.
Another was that as an eighth-tier awakened one, he was among the strongest of the teachers.
Even if some were dissatisfied with him, they didn't dare to show it rashly.
They could only look at the big screen with indignation, to see what the fallen ones were up to.
"Ahem, hello, can you hear me? Can you hear me?"
At this moment, the leading fallen male on the screen began to speak on his own.
Naturally, everyone could not answer him and could only curse him through the screen.
Fallen beings, these traitors, were already the most disgusting existence to every normal human. Now they had extended their reach to the elite freshmen of this year, so it was natural that they wouldn't be treated well.
After confirming the network effect with those around him, the fallen male smiled again:
"Alright, alright! It seems the live broadcast effect is very good. I can hear it here, so you must be able to hear it over there!"
"Let me introduce myself first..."
"I am Ling Xiao, the chosen one of the Abyssal Demons!"
Among the fallen, they naturally did not call themselves fallen.
After betraying humanity, they would claim to be the chosen of the alien race they had defected to and gained power from.
Ling Xiao's speech was, of course, met with a barrage of spitting from the teachers.
After a pause, Ling Xiao continued:
"We, the chosen race, have always wanted to coexist peacefully with humans and be good friends."
"Unfortunately, humans don't seem to be very sensible. They have repeatedly rejected our goodwill and have always besieged and slaughtered us."
"Although we are not bellicose, we are not cowardly lambs without temper!"
"Therefore, after deliberation by us, the chosen, we have decided to carry out large-scale strikes and retaliations against humanity's arrogance!"
"This freshman exchange competition will be the beginning of everything!"
"Your proud geniuses will tremble under our iron hooves!"
"Your indestructible network is nothing but sand in our eyes!"
"Your so-called high-end combat power can only watch the live broadcast and vent their anger powerlessly at their own people!"
"Hahahaha!"
"The only path you can take is to join the chosen and attain eternal life!"
"If you join our lord's embrace now, you will also gain wealth and glory, and have the qualifications and ability to participate in battles and achieve merit."
"If you delay any longer, you might only become the lowest of slaves..."
"And all who dare to resist will die!"
"Hahahaha!"
"Let you all watch! Together with the audiences nationwide who are paying attention to the competition!"
"Witness the terror and might of my chosen!"
The teachers were all shocked by Ling Xiao's shameless words.
"Damn it! So shameless!"
"What disgusting fallen beings! It's not enough for them to be lapdogs of alien races, they have to drag others to be too!"
"To talk about slaughtering humans and destroying civilization so righteously... If he were in front of me, I would risk my life to kill him!"
"This is truly disgusting..."
Lu Qiufeng and Lin Miao's expressions were also not good.
No one expected things to escalate to this point.
The fallen ones had even appeared, how could they not worry?
In the corner of the fortress, a man in a tuxedo and top hat also clenched his fists in anger, his veins bulging.
The medal he held in his hand, which had gone unnoticed by anyone, proved his identity.
Member of the Dragon Country's Supreme Council!