When Ye Nanpu saw me for the first time, she believed what I said and believed that there are rules in the world.

How could such a coincidence happen?

If it's a coincidence, I would rather believe that she herself is part of the rule.

Ye Nanpu lowered her head and whispered, "Come back."

Li Yu hugged her arms and nodded gently.

But now the mucus has flooded the aisle behind us. If we want to return to the front row, we must grab the railing and swing over. His arm is completely useless now. I can swing back, but I can't help him.

"Don't worry about me, save her first. The mucus hasn't attacked me for now."

"Then you need to reattach your arm first."

I jumped over in a few steps and landed in the eighth row. Without waiting for his refusal, I decisively reset his dislocated arm, grabbed the railing, and swung back to the fifth row.

Wang Chu untied the skipping rope around my waist and said, "Not bad, Lao Zhou, you've got some skills."

I didn't look at Wang Chu, I just stared at Ye Nanpu.

"Diligence and pragmatism, believe in science, and maintain rationality."

"What?" I was a little confused.

She repeated, "Diligence and pragmatism, believe in science, and maintain rationality."

"This is our school motto!" Wang Chu quickly realized it, being a senior who repeated a year.

School motto? What's the use of reciting the school motto?

I looked at Ye Nanpu in confusion and noticed her gesture pointing to the school badge on her bag.

It came to me!!

[School motto, school badge, school uniform are the symbols of the school]

This is the tenth rule of the system. It seems a bit incomprehensible and not very impressive because it's at the end.

No wonder... Ye Nanpu, who looks so good, is willing to wear the ugly school uniform skirt and hasn't forgotten the school badge.

"Diligence and pragmatism, believe in science, and maintain rationality." She recited it again.

I followed along and recited it, and Wang Chu and Li Yu also joined.

"Diligence and pragmatism, believe in science, and maintain rationality," she recited it loudly.

We also increased our volume and repeated it several times, for some reason, the sense of fear in our hearts dissipated a lot.

The black mucus on the ground stopped and no longer spread forward, even slowly retreating.

Wang Chu exclaimed, "It works! It works!"

"Keep going, don't stop," I reminded.

Wang Chu reluctantly followed our lead and recited with the glasses girl.

Then a strange scene appeared—

All the students on a steadily moving school bus squatted in their seats, facing the back of the bus, reciting the school motto loudly, with solemn expressions, as if performing a cult ritual.

The black mucus slowly retreated, finally surrounding the short-haired girl, struggling not to disappear.

Our throats became hoarse from reciting, and it seemed that the mucus had also become accustomed to our incessant recitation, for a while, none of us could do anything about each other.

"Student Ye, do you have any other ideas?"

Li Yu returned to us, looking at Ye Nanpu, her eyes almost treating her as the bodhisattva Guanyin descended to earth.

Ye Nanpu pursed her lips, furrowed her brow, struggled for a long time, and finally shook her head, "She can only rely on herself now."

The light in the short-haired girl's eyes dimmed, and she seemed to accept her fate and closed her eyes, but after a few seconds, she suddenly opened them wide, and the fire of life in her eyes became even more blazing.

"Alive... alive..."

She shouted like a lamb.

Strange, I suddenly have a strong urge to help her.

And I have a feeling that I can help her.