Chapter 5

"Zhou Xian, I'm waiting for you at the Five-Star Square outside the school. I need to discuss something with you. Tao Shan."

Tao Shan was a good friend of Zhou Xian and Xu Tianyun, and also a member of their Dragon Tomb Society.

"Old Tao is looking for me? Why is he being so mysterious?"

However, since it wasn't far, Zhou Xian left the activity room and walked out.

At 8 a.m., the number of people in the school gradually increased.

Because the final exam results would only be announced the following week, although the school was technically on holiday, the students had not left the campus.

Now, these students gathered in small groups, either discussing the competition or the recent events in the game.

Although Zhou Xian also wanted to know why the game had been renamed, meeting Tao Shan was more important at the moment.

"Hey, over there!"

However, before Zhou Xian could leave the school, he was called again.

He looked up to see a girl in another school's uniform running towards him.

"Why are you at our school again?"

Zhou Xian knew this girl... but that wasn't quite right. Although he had spoken to her before, they had only met once, and he didn't even know her name.

In fact, Zhou Xian regretted the last time he had talked to the girl. Because of that conversation, he had been seen by Li Chuyu, and even worse, the school's gossip magazine had written about it. So, Zhou Xian didn't have a good impression of the girl.

"Of course, I'm here to watch the competition." The girl replied, "After all, I'll be a part of your school next semester."

When someone in another school's uniform said this, Zhou Xian felt a strong sense of incongruity.

"By the way, what's your name? I didn't ask you last time." The girl seemed very familiar, although they had only spent less than half an hour together.

"Student, shouldn't you introduce yourself before asking someone's name?" For some reason, Zhou Xian felt powerless. This type of person was the hardest for him to deal with, right?

"This... I'm Beidou." The girl's name made Zhou Xian very curious.

"My name is Zhou Xian. Since you're here to watch the competition, the big screen is over there. You can watch it anytime. I have something to do, so I'll be going now."

Zhou Xian didn't immediately leave.

"Hey, what's the rush! We've exchanged names, so you're my good friend now! That's our custom!"

Beidou looked very serious.

"What kind of custom is that! And Beidou, isn't that the name of the Big Dipper? In modern society, would anyone be named that?!"

Zhou Xian couldn't help but comment.

"I think my name sounds great! And I'm really called that!" Beidou looked dissatisfied, "Look, in the game, there's a powerful character called the Seven Swords of the Big Dipper. And I've already decided, when I have seven children, I'll name them after the Big Dipper, Tianxuan, Tianji... Hey, Zhou Xian, don't go!"

Although Beidou was calling him, Zhou Xian still felt he should keep his distance.

For some reason, this scatterbrained girl made Zhou Xian feel "stressed"...

"Although my name is rare, it's precisely because of that that it can be as memorable as I am~" Beidou seemed to like her name, "And now, you've firmly imprinted my name in your heart, right?"

Zhou Xian almost stumbled, "Don't say things that can be misunderstood!"

"Don't worry, as long as we're careful, your girlfriend won't see us~"

"…You're still a minor, classmate, please don't talk about such inappropriate topics."

For some reason, Zhou Xian felt he shouldn't let this girl meet Li Chuyu, or he felt something terrible might happen.

"Alright, I have to meet a classmate now. The competition starts in two hours, if you follow me, you'll miss it." Zhou Xian said.

"…Are you sure?"

Beidou suddenly stopped.

"Alright, don't follow me like a child, go do your own thing!" Zhou Xian urged Beidou to leave. Strangely, although his tone was a bit harsh, he felt Beidou wouldn't mind, so he spoke frankly.

"Pfft. If I don't follow, I don't follow." Beidou pouted like a child, stopped, and then turned to leave.

"Phew, finally got rid of her. That girl is nothing like a normal girl."

Fortunately, he had Li Chuyu.

However, Zhou Xian didn't notice Beidou's cunning gaze.

"Five-Star Square, what is Tao Shan doing there?"

Zhou Xian looked at the text message again.

Five-Star Square was a commercial area—more accurately, a commercial area under construction. If it were a year later, it would probably become an important place for students to spend money. But now, it was a slightly desolate construction site.

When Zhou Xian arrived, there were already few people around.

"Where is Tao Shan?"

Zhou Xian looked around but didn't see anyone.

He picked up his communication terminal in confusion.

"Did I get the place wrong?"

Just as Zhou Xian was about to check the text message, he was surprised.

Because there was no message at all.

"Huh?"

Zhou Xian checked twice but still couldn't find the message from Tao Shan.

"Alright, I'll call him." Zhou Xian said and started to look for Tao Shan's number.

However, at that moment, Zhou Xian suddenly felt a sense of danger!

He turned around sharply and saw a失控的悬浮汽车正朝他冲来！

Zhou Xian didn't hesitate and immediately dove to the side to avoid the car. But to his surprise, as he was dodging, the car changed direction and came straight at him!

"He's doing this on purpose!"

Zhou Xian immediately rolled to get up.

But the hover car suddenly accelerated, appeared above Zhou Xian, and then the driver shut off the hover system, crashing down on him!

"Ah——————!"

Although Zhou Xian managed to get his upper body out at the last moment, his right leg was still crushed by the car.

"Zhou Xian!"

Beidou's surprised voice came from a distance.

Seemingly not expecting anyone to come out, the driver immediately started the engine and took off, disappearing in a flash.

"Zhou Xian, are you okay?!"

Beidou, who had followed from behind, saw Zhou Xian's bloody thigh and immediately tore off her shirt to tie around his thigh.

"I'll call an ambulance right away! Hold on!"

The ambulance arrived very quickly. From the time Zhou Xian was injured to being taken to the hospital, it only took 10 minutes.

After that, the Dragon Tomb Society members Tao Shan, Lai Yiming, Xu Tianyun, Zhang Taihao, and Li Chuyu also arrived at the hospital.

"Zhou Xian, how are you?" Li Chuyu immediately came over when she saw Zhou Xian on the bed.

"Old Zhou, are you okay?" Lai Yiming was the second to reach Zhou Xian.

Although he dressed in a "non-mainstream" style, he was actually the strategist of the Dragon Tomb Society.

"I'm fine." Zhou Xian shook his head, but his expression was not good, "But I have to thank this classmate Beidou. She discovered me in time."

Everyone immediately thanked Beidou. "It's nothing, you're here to see him, don't worry about me." Beidou pointed to Zhou Xian on the bed. "Is it a real-life PK?" Lai Yiming suddenly asked, looking at Zhou Xian's injuries.

"Real-life PK?!"

Everyone looked at Lai Yiming in surprise.

Zhou Xian didn't answer immediately but turned his gaze to Tao Shan: "Tao Shan, did you send me a text message today?"

Tao Shan was worriedly looking at Zhou Xian. When he was suddenly asked, he was a bit confused: "Text message? What text message? I got a call about your accident and immediately got out of bed."

Hearing Tao Shan's words, Zhou Xian seemed to confirm something: "Right, I think this is very likely a real-life PK targeting our Dragon Tomb Society."

"Old Zhou, you can't be serious?"

Xu Tianyun was shocked by Zhou Xian's words: "Our Dragon Tomb Society isn't a large club, how could we encounter a real-life PK?"

"Real-life PK" means using improper means in real life to attack competitors, forcing them to withdraw from the competition.

This kind of malicious behavior has appeared several times in professional competitions. Many incidents were exposed and were considered serious events, but it can't be denied that for some people, this is a "convenient" method.

"Right, why not target large clubs like the E-Sports Club or the Ever-Victorious Club, but come after us?" Tao Shan also asked in confusion.

"Of course, it's not just us—most of you probably don't know, but around 11 p.m. last night, the president of the Ever-Victorious Club was injured in a fight and is also in the hospital." Lai Yiming immediately revealed a shocking piece of news.

"But, could this be a coincidence?" Li Chuyu still didn't want to believe that someone would use such malicious means.

"Sorry, this is probably a real-life PK." At this moment, the last member of the Dragon Tomb Society, Zhang Taihao, arrived late: "Last night, my personal terminal was hacked, but after I counterattacked, the attacker disconnected. I just checked Zhou Xian's terminal... it had been hacked before. So, this was a premeditated action."

"Right. And your Dragon Tomb Society isn't exactly unknown. I heard many people talking about the 'god-like transfer student' when I came to your school today..." Beidou, the only outsider, chimed in.

Everyone turned their gaze to Zhang Taihao.

When Zhang Taihao transferred to the school six months ago, he was called that because of his outstanding competitive skills.

"If that's the case, then it's even more certain." Lai Yiming looked at everyone, "This is a premeditated action..."