This statement actually matches the information about human meat grades that Song Jie introduced earlier.

However…

The reason Jiang Ye subconsciously linked “becoming younger” with consuming human meat was because he thought of the example of Evil Infant Wulie.

In the Doomsday Apartment of the later era, Evil Infant Wulie consumed a massive amount of human meat.

He even went on a killing spree in the lower floors of the apartment for it, which drew attention from the upper levels.

When he devoured that large quantity of human meat, it seemed he never considered the concept of “human meat grade”?

Moreover…

According to this President Lin’s own words.

In this school where all members are “Youths,” the grade of human meat provided by the cafeteria is also limited to medium human meat, which does not exceed the “Youth” grade.

So, if higher-grade human meat isn’t available, how did this President Lin become younger?

Just as Jiang Ye’s puzzled gaze fell upon Lin Dong, another group of players entered through the back door of the Grand Auditorium.

Led by a burly, rough-looking man, followed by Li Ku and a thin, bespectacled youth.

Jiang Ye’s attention was immediately drawn to that burly man.

For no other reason than because the man’s appearance clearly looked like an adult!

His presence in this school where everyone is a “Youth” was indeed jarring!

Could it be this burly man isn’t a “student”? Does he have some other identity?

As he pondered this, Du Yuheng, who possessed Reincarnation memories, proactively introduced them to him again:

“The burly-looking one in front is called Zhang E, the thin one behind is called Wu Zhu.”

Probably guessing Jiang Ye’s inner confusion, he added, “Zhang E looks like an adult on the outside, but he is indeed a Youth. After all, some people’s appearance just doesn’t match their age, some even look like adults at eight years old…”

Alright, Jiang Ye quickly accepted this setting of appearance not matching age.

He only exchanged a glance with the burly man, seeing the subconscious fear and evasion in his eyes, before shifting his gaze back to President Lin Dong, continuing the previous topic:

“Since our school doesn’t have ‘superior human meat’ that can make youths younger…”

“Then I wonder how President Lin became so young? Could it also be that your appearance doesn’t match your age?”

Clearly not.

After all, according to Du Yuheng, this president in his dream might have truly reversed his aging, directly graduating from the school in reverse!

Sure enough, Lin Dong himself wasn’t planning to hide it either.

He only hesitated slightly before explaining:

“The principle is quite simple. I have an item in my possession that functions similarly to raising gu :)”

As he spoke, Lin Dong’s eyes flickered slightly. With a flip of his palm, he produced a peculiarly shaped small cauldron furnace.

Its three legs were shaped like clenched fist bones, the furnace body was inlaid with bizarre eyeballs arranged in a regular pattern.

Its furnace opening resembled a gaping, bloody maw, with a dense circle of tiny teeth neatly lining the inner rim.

Its lid appeared as solidified hair, floating above the furnace opening, not completely sealing the cauldron.

In short, it was an item that exuded a sense of the bizarre at first glance.

For such a strange item, Lin Dong didn’t offer an explanation but simply handed the cauldron over.

Jiang Ye examined it curiously for a moment, about to ask how this thing was used.

Suddenly, Du Yuheng beside him took a step forward, his gaze heavy as he stared at Lin Dong and said:

“President Lin, using this Ice Ore-powered item, what exactly are you trying to test?”

An Ice Ore-powered item?

Jiang Ye was startled hearing this, but quickly realized—

Lin Dong was deliberately using this item to test them.

If he and Du Yuheng were truly “Superior People” from normal cities, they couldn’t possibly be unfamiliar with Ice Ore-powered items.

After all, such items were basically invented and created by “Superior People,” and only “Superior People” could use them.

Of course, mainly only “Superior People” could use Ice Ore.

The experience in the mine earlier had already confirmed that sinners wearing prison watches, the moment they grasped Ice Ore in their hands, would have it instantly teleported away by the prison watch.

So “sinners” simply couldn’t hold onto Ice Ore, naturally unable to use items powered by Ice Ore.

Therefore…

A sudden shock hit Jiang Ye!

How did this president get his hands on an item only “Superior People” were qualified to use?!

Could it be… this guy is the real deal, a genuine “Superior People” traveling incognito, playing dumb and eating the tiger?

No, that shouldn’t be possible, right?

Jiang Ye didn’t believe a Superior Person would lower their proud head and treat others kindly just for the perverse pleasure of playing dumb and eating the tiger.

So…

Jiang Ye wasn’t afraid of Lin Dong’s so-called “test.” He directly asked:

“The effect of this item isn’t hard for me to guess. Simply understood, it should be similar to synthesis—taking a large amount of ‘medium human meat’ and, through a method akin to raising gu, synthesizing a smaller quantity but higher-grade human meat?”

This effect was actually somewhat similar to [Chaos Crucible].

“Just, how do you, a ‘sinner’ wearing a prison watch, use Ice Ore to power this item?”

“And such an item… how did you even obtain it?”

With his question, Lin Dong’s earlier test almost immediately yielded a result—

This newcomer with terrifyingly black eyes probably wasn’t a “Superior Person” traveling incognito from a normal city.

However, thinking this, Lin Dong didn’t immediately change his expression.

He still maintained his smile, offering an intriguing explanation:

“Naturally, it’s because of… our Boss.”

The Boss again.

That suspected Nomadic Merchant Boss, as expected, was almost omnipotent, just like the Nomadic Merchant of the later era!

Jiang Ye even felt a heightened anticipation for tonight’s Dreamland moment.

During his brief exchange with Lin Dong.

That burly man whose appearance didn’t match his age had already sized Jiang Ye up from head to toe.

Through the questions Jiang Ye asked, he also deduced that Jiang Ye wasn’t some incognito “Superior Person.”

This burly man seemed to have a rough personality and, indeed, wasn’t as cautious as Lin Dong. He directly blurted out at Jiang Ye:

“You, a mere newcomer who knows nothing, what were you and Li Scarface messing around with in this auditorium earlier? You actually dared to block us veteran players outside the auditorium?”

His tone was aggressive, clearly carrying an interrogative intent, his personality as rough as his looks.

Jiang Ye actually didn’t dislike this straightforward, rough type. In comparison, he found the seemingly kind and friendly Lin Dong harder to deal with than this rough guy.

He glanced at Li Ku and raised an eyebrow. “What explanation did Li Scarface give you?”

This burly man’s heart was indeed still a youth’s. He actually started to answer directly: “He said…”

Halfway through, the bespectacled youth named Wu Zhu placed a heavy hand on the burly man’s shoulder.

It was then Jiang Ye noticed—

Although the burly man was in the lead position when they entered.

This tall, bespectacled youth seemed to exude a stronger sense of oppression.

Though he wore glasses, he didn’t give off a scholarly vibe.

On the contrary, his posture was straight as a pine tree. Just standing there, he seemed to possess a majestic, overwhelming aura like a towering mountain.

The energy field around him was like an unsheathed blade, sharp and exposed, carrying a palpable killing intent and baleful aura.

As his hand landed heavily on Zhang E’s shoulder, without needing to say much, Zhang E caught on and immediately changed his tune:

“What Li Scarface says is one thing, what you say is another.”

“I just want to ask each of you separately, to make sure neither of you is lying!”

Fine. Jiang Ye’s gaze passed over Zhang E to glance at Li Ku behind him.

Li Ku’s expression was calm, and he didn’t give Jiang Ye any meaningful looks.

Jiang Ye thought for a moment and guessed these school “seniors” weren’t genuinely trying to make things difficult for him, but simply wanted to know what really happened.

He considered for a moment, extending that bold idea from earlier in his mind, and decided to simply confess frankly:

“It’s not some unspeakable secret. We just discovered an interesting phenomenon and, incidentally, came up with a bold idea…”

He said it lightly.

But Lin Dong’s eyes suddenly lit up.

That Wu Zhu’s aura also shifted slightly.

The rough-tempered Zhang E directly asked, “What interesting phenomenon? What bold idea??”

Jiang Ye pointed to the scattered fragments of the robot’s remains on the ground, then to the two small fish that had turned black among the relief fish school.

Then, mixing truth with lies, he recounted what happened in the auditorium.

Of course, he concealed Du Yuheng’s Reincarnation dream and He Yuliang’s rebirth.

He also hid the effect of his own skill on the relief and the secret of the black wings.

He only said that while they were studying the auditorium relief, the Buzz-cut Youth suddenly barged in, and then, they didn’t know what special mechanism was triggered, but the Buzz-cut Youth ultimately turned into mechanical fragments.

The mechanical eyeballs that shot from his eyes flew into those two “small fish,” causing them to turn from white to black.

After that, Li Ku absorbed the dark energy attached to the robot’s fragments, and the scars on his body changed, while his strength also increased.

This explanation indeed mixed truth and lies, and was traceable.

After all, the robot fragments did exist, and two fish in the relief fish school had indeed turned black.

And the scars on Li Ku’s face had truly become terrifyingly eerie, like abyssal fissures.

Everything matched up, so the seniors didn’t doubt it much, though they were clearly deeply shaken internally.

Lin Dong even directly flashed through the air, his entire body flying through the air toward the location of those two black small fish.

He also looked closely, reached out to touch them.

But the dark energy attached to those two small fish had already been absorbed by Jiang Ye’s eyes. Presumably, he wouldn’t be able to research anything out.

Wu Zhu glanced at Lin Dong, then asked Jiang Ye, “That’s the ‘interesting phenomenon.’ What about the ‘bold idea’?”

“The bold idea…” Jiang Ye curved his lips into an eerie smile. Paired with his pitch-black eyes, he also exuded a special aura.

He paused briefly before stating bluntly:

“Li Ku and I later came up with a speculation—”

“The number of students in our school is basically fixed. However many go offline, that many will be replenished.”

“So perhaps, when a large number of players go offline in a short time… the school might, due to insufficient new students, replenish with these robots that can disguise themselves as students?”

“And perhaps we can use these robots… to become stronger :)”

Those last two words were the most intriguing!

Even though these seniors had seen much and had strong mental fortitude, they were still deeply shocked by this overly bold idea!

However, their point of shock wasn’t about a large number of players going offline…

It was about actively introducing a large number of robots disguised as students?!

Are you kidding?!

Those robots have mechanical eyeballs hidden in their eyes!

Meaning, in essence, they are Enforcers who can directly decide the life or death of “sinners”!

These “sinners” fear Enforcers the most!

They try every way to avoid them, and yet you’re saying you want to introduce a large number of Enforcers into the school?!

Th-this… this idea is indeed so bold it makes one’s scalp tingle!

The two seniors looked at Jiang Ye as if they’d seen a ghost.

They had long known Li Ku was a madman.

But they never expected this newcomer to be even crazier than Li Ku!

No wonder the two of them could get along…

The burly Zhang E was visibly speechless, probably cursing internally.

That Wu Zhu, however, seemed to have considerable courage.

He quickly calmed down from the shock of this bold idea.

After a moment of silence, he forced himself to look into Jiang Ye’s eyes and said:

“If this kind of robot has appeared before…”

“Then they’ve been to the auditorium in the past, but no abnormalities occurred.”

“And you just said it seems a certain triggering mechanism caused the robot to shatter?”

“So I want to ask, what is this triggering mechanism?”

Jiang Ye raised an eyebrow. Before he could answer, Lin Dong, who had flown up to observe the black small fish closely, landed back in place.

He also forced himself to look into Jiang Ye’s eyes, adding for Wu Zhu:

“The change that happened to your eyes… couldn’t it be from those two black relief fish that absorbed the mechanical eyeballs?”

This question, once asked, shocked Zhang E and Wu Zhu again!

Their gazes towards Jiang Ye grew even more wary!

After all…

They could also tell Jiang Ye had proactively exposed that he wasn’t a “Superior Person.”

A mere newcomer, facing top veterans like them, how dare he be so fearless?

Clearly, he must have some kind of trump card.

And if his eyes truly changed because of those two black relief fish that absorbed mechanical eyeballs…

Then could it be… his eyes gained some abilities that only mechanical eyeballs possess?!

This would be equivalent to… though not a “Superior Person,” he could grow to approach the level of a “Superior Person”!

If his eyes completely mastered all the functions of mechanical eyeballs…

Then when facing “sinners,” he would indeed be no different from the lofty “Superior People,” right?

However, that wasn’t the main point.

The main point was…

If Jiang Ye could use mutated relief fish to evolve his eyes to possess the functions of mechanical eyeballs…

Then could others do the same?!

This tall, bespectacled youth seemed to exude a stronger sense of oppression.

Such speculation simply made these seniors hold their breath in tension!

The straightforward Zhang E directly asked, “So that’s why you want to introduce a large number of robots? To allow your eyes to continue evolving?!”

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