"Are you sure no one else will find this place?"

Three hours later, Dale, Bai Yueguang, Aliyah, Taishi Xi, and I followed Tia into the yard of a residential house near the academy.

But instead of going straight to the door of the house in the yard, Tia walked to the side of the house, grabbed the edge of the window, and pulled it up, then pulled it down.

The stone wall pushed back, then opened with a loud noise to both sides, revealing a downward passage.

"Don't worry, this location is not visible from any angle. Let's go."

"Hey, how did you manage to make such a transformation?"

"It's just a small base, we finished it in two days."

The other side made a victorious gesture.

"No, no, no, it's not about how long it took...Hey! Two days! Are you monsters! I meant, how did you manage to build this basement without alerting anyone?"

"Well...we simply applied to dig a basement, but added a few other things...oh, by the way, we have to thank you for merging with Duoge Academy. With the influx of new students, requesting to dig a basement like this is considered a relatively common demand."

"I see, maybe we should also apply for additional rooms...but oh well, maybe next time."

"Alright, do you still want to come along?"

"Of course."

Tia smiled and walked in directly from the entrance.

As we followed her in, we realized that the entire basement was actually made of metal. It was more appropriate to say that the entire metal basement was embedded directly underneath the house rather than being built.

"You must have spent a lot of money to create something like this."

"Well~ not really~ fortunately, there's a place in this world called the black market, which saved us a lot of trouble when it comes to selling goods."

"I see..."

"You should give it a try sometime. Selling things there is violent. As long as you have something others don't, you can set the prices yourself. It's really convenient~"

"I see..."

I looked back at Dale, who had an expression of neither confirming nor denying.

It seems like they did make a lot of money in the black market.

"So, your specialty is...building computers?"

"Yes, the other members are skilled in programming, component manufacturing, and material processing."

"...It's really impressive that you all came together."

"We met each other in the black market and started looking for partners in different cities' black markets."

"I see..."

So that's why Dale's actions back then were understandable...or maybe these guys just prefer the dark?

"If Fir hadn't found me back then, I might have been discovered by them."

Dale suddenly said.

"Yeah, then we would have discovered electromagnetic cannons in the notebooks we sold later."

"...That's a good idea, worth a try."

"Hey, hey, hey..."

"So, how many people do you have in total?"

Bai Yueguang asked.

"About 50 people?"

"50!!!"

All five of us exclaimed in surprise at the same time!

"Hey, hey, hey! How can there be fifty people!"

I directly opened the communication device.

The number there has never exceeded ten people, I've been to so many places and yet...

"It seems like you underestimated us. We are, after all, an alliance that spans the entire continent...By the way, you probably can't sense us. The interference devices designed in each of our bases prevent our own communication devices from displaying."

Just as she said that, all the names on my communication device disappeared.

Not only that, our HP bar, element, and titles completely disappeared from our vision!

Just as she said, our systems were completely disabled in their territory!

"It really disappeared."

Aliyah tried waving her hand in the air, but it seemed to have no effect.

"Amazing!"

"Has your technology... surpassed the rules of this world?"

"No, I think it's more like surpassing the standards of our world. Even though this world is magical, we see it from a perspective similar to a video game screen. In other words, we are reproducing this world through some kind of technology from our world. As long as we surpass our own technology, we are like gods!"

"You..."

Wait, interference?

Suddenly, I remembered the strange machine that attacked the academy a long time ago. At that time, the terminal was also affected, and even a mission appeared.

I opened the completed tasks in the task list and sure enough, I saw the previous unknown task after scrolling down.

"Have you been to this school before?"

"Huh? Before? I don't think so."

"Several months ago, a strange machine attacked our academy. It even launched interference sources to disrupt our system. Don't you know about this?"

"...well, I don't know about that. You can ask our boss later."

"Who is your boss anyway?"

"Hehe~ a genius who created the first terminal machine."

I pushed open the door in front of me, revealing a space about half the size of a basketball court.

These guys really dare to do anything, digging such a large space below our academy.

"Welcome, everyone. I'm glad to meet more compatriots... no, I should say, how was your day? My lovely students~"

My mouth twitched.

Yes, that kind of twitch when you suddenly realize you've been deceived for no reason.

The magnitude is probably similar to when you suddenly find out that your girlfriend is your long-lost sister, of course, the same with an older sister.

In short, if this guy wasn't an acquaintance, I really wanted to punch him.

Ah, no, it's her.

Speaking of which, I really didn't directly use the All-knowing Eye to judge the authenticity of her title before, and now I can't see it at all because of the interference.

This person is really scary. Why didn't I think of it?

"I didn't expect it to be you... really, I wondered why someone lazy, shameless, and living a pointless life felt so familiar to me, but I didn't expect it to be you, Teacher Mary!"

"Ahaha~ that's your fault, being easily deceived by the system. That's also your mistake."

Yes, the person in front of me is called Mary Stopes, our homeroom teacher.

I couldn't help but feel a strange sense of familiarity with this person. So, it turns out that this person is someone who likes to squat in the laboratory!

Now I don't even know if this person's real name is actually Mary, she's hidden so deeply...

"Don't you think it's ridiculous to trust a system that even takes away memories?"

"..."

Speaking of which, when I communicated with the 'World' before, I indeed didn't ask this question. But... it seems like I've already taken it for granted.

"For the memories we lost, it seems that the later we arrived in this world, the more we lost. You guys have been in this world for less than a year, right? We have been in this world for 10 years, so we have a lot more knowledge than you."

"Is that so?"

Aliyah and I arrived here at the same time, so it's the same for us.

As for the others...

"We came to this world about three years ago."

Bai Yueguang said, and Taishi Xi next to him nodded.

"I think it's... about seven months ago."

Dale thought for a moment before answering.

"Well, what do you know! Why did we come to this world in the first place?"

"Well... I don't know about that~"

Mary Teacher shook her head helplessly.

"I don't have any memories about that either, but... I do know that we actually... belong to an organization, but we don't remember the organization's name or what it does."

"An organization? Hey, hey, hey, why does this plot feel completely wrong! Could it be that we're all experimental subjects or something?"

"Who knows, I came to this conclusion based on the fact that the 56 of us entered this world at different times. According to statistics, those who entered this world five years ago won't remember anything about the organization."

"Who was the earliest person?"

"The earliest... was someone who came to this world 30 years ago. But when we found him, he had just finished introducing himself and went crazy. We also don't know why."

"30 years ago..."

Wait, there is someone who might know. That guy's level is 200!

"The demon king..."

"Huh?"

"I think I know someone who might be the earliest person to come to this world, the demon king of this world."

"The demon king... Is even the demon king one of us? We might as well rule the world!"

"Don't be ridiculous..."

I shook my head.

"Alright, our conversation is getting off track. Let's talk about the Abyss another time. There's only one thing I want to ask now, which side are you supporting in this academy war?"

"It's true~ What's happening right in front of us is more important~"

Teacher Mary nodded and smiled.

"Of course, it's the most interesting side~"