Chapter 30: With Just a Slight Effort, I Have Already Reached the Ceiling of This Skill Bracket

The creature with tentacles covering its lower body, as if granted a sudden reprieve, gathered its belongings and scrambled away, tumbling and stumbling in its haste.

Before leaving, it didn't forget to wipe down Lu Wenwu’s chair.

Xin Shengzhu swept a glance over the now deathly silent creatures, lost in thought, before turning and walking out the classroom door.

Lu Wenwu sat down with an imposing air, his legs spread wide, and barked, "Who’s on duty today? Can’t you see these three huge piles of trash on the floor? Don’t you think that sticky blood needs to be cleaned up? Is the blackboard not meant to be wiped? Look at this classroom—it’s as filthy as a pigsty!"

The creatures stared at him blankly, wide-eyed and at a total loss.

Who could even tell them what a "pigsty" was?

Seeing that no one spoke, Lu Wenwu slammed his hand on the desk and let out a cold snort.

"What? Did you all forget what I just said so quickly?"

He had started out feigning rage, but before he could escalate, a trembling female creature blurted out, "Fifth... Fifth Brother, our... our class doesn't have a duty roster. It’s... it’s... it has always been like this."

"No duty roster?" Lu Wenwu raised an eyebrow. "Who’s the sanitation monitor?"

The female creature looked like she was about to cry. "There’s... there isn't one. No creature ever cleans the place, so one was never elected."

"Damn it, a bunch of filthy freaks!"

Lu Wenwu cursed the monsters with genuine sincerity.

After all, he was a chef, at the very least. He might not be a clean freak, but he certainly believed in maintaining basic hygiene and order. Looking at the dark, grimy environment of this classroom gave him a migraine.

Lu Wenwu glanced at the class schedule on the wall and then at the clock next to the blackboard, saying in a low voice:

"Since no one was elected before, I am now the sanitation monitor for Class One. I’m announcing something now, so listen carefully."

"We’ll use the vertical rows as teams. We have exactly five rows, so each team will take turns cleaning the classroom daily."

"Starting today, the row by the door is responsible. Tomorrow will be the second row, and so on."

"Sweeping, mopping, wiping the blackboard, taking out the trash, and cleaning the windows—distribute the tasks within your own teams."

"I have only one requirement: from now on, every time I walk into this classroom, it must be clean and tidy."

"If anyone dares to be as sloppy as you are now, don’t blame your Fifth Brother for teaching you a lesson in physics with his fists."

"Do you all understand? If you do, get your asses up and start cleaning!"

Following Lu Wenwu’s reprimand, the countless creatures responded in unison.

A sense of impending doom filled the room. They immediately scrambled to pick up the trash around them and threw it into the trash can, which had been utterly useless for the past two and a half years.

The eight creatures in the row by the door were the fastest to act.

Two of the tentacled creatures grabbed eight brooms and eight mops respectively, swiftly wiping the three headless corpses and the bloodstains off the floor until everything was spotless.

Other creatures capable of flight took to the air, using their innate powers to scrub the windows—which had been so dirty they looked frosted—until they were crystal clear and transparent.

It took at most half an hour.

Before the morning self-study session had even ended, the once filthy classroom had been completely transformed, with bright windows and clean desks.

"This is more like it." Lu Wenwu began flipping through his textbook with satisfaction. "How could anyone actually stay in that environment before? Tsk..."

The creatures seethed, but dared not speak.

Damn it... as if we were actually human!

【You have completed the side quest: Sanitation Monitor】

【Task Description: Be hygienic and polite. You are racing down the road of being an exemplary student, never to look back.】

【Your personal overall rating has been significantly improved.】

【Your free attribute points have been unlocked.】

...

"Ring~ Ring~"

Soon, the pleasant sound of the bell chimed, and a creature teacher who looked like a middle-aged man walked into the classroom clutching a stack of books.

He seemed unfazed by the fact that Xin Shengzhu had smashed a desk earlier.

However, the look he gave Lu Wenwu was increasingly strange. Clearly, he had just spoken with Xin Shengzhu and had heard about this "brutal" human.

Yet, when the teacher looked at the clean, well-ordered classroom and the neatly arranged desks, he could hardly believe his eyes.

Did he walk into the wrong classroom?

What shocked him even more was that after he habitually said "Class begins," Lu Wenwu stood up immediately and demanded that the whole class stand and greet him!

These little terrors, who usually defied everything, were actually standing there honestly and greeting him!

The middle-aged monster teacher felt as if he were living in a dream, and he began the day's lesson in a daze.

This was a Language Arts class.

However, it wasn't teaching the languages of Earth, but the language of the creatures.

Lu Wenwu couldn't be bothered to memorize the long, rambling name of the subject, so he simply and crudely dubbed it "Monster-Speak."

Everyone else had to rely on the system’s translation to listen and communicate.

But since he possessed the "Universal Language Comprehension" skill, Monster-Speak was no different from his native tongue, significantly lowering the barrier to learning.

However...

This stuff wasn't exactly easy to master.

Haven't we all seen plenty of students failing Language Arts in middle and high school final exams across the Shenzhou lands?

After listening for just ten minutes, Lu Wenwu realized something.

If he truly pushed himself for three months, passing might be difficult, but not impossible.

But if he wanted to get high marks in every subject, it was absolutely out of the question.

The class schedule was packed with all sorts of bizarre courses.

There was a massive amount of knowledge he had never encountered before, and with no foundation laid beforehand, diving straight into advanced topics—how could that be easy to learn?

Therefore, Lu Wenwu quickly made a decision.

If he wanted to aim for a high rating, going the conventional route would definitely not work.

Cheating and using back-door connections were undoubtedly the best ways to farm points.

After figuring this out, Lu Wenwu immediately used the mental perception gained from his increased cultivation level to scan the entire class.

Great, a bunch of slackers.

Not a single one was actually listening or taking notes.

Although they didn't dare to whisper because of his authority as the "Class Monitor," their minds were clearly wandering off into the void.

How could this do?

Damn it, if I’m in the same exam room as a bunch of slackers, whose paper am I supposed to copy from?

Thinking of this, Lu Wenwu raised his hand. "Teacher, I have a question."

The language teacher was a bit surprised. "You must be the new transfer student, right? What is it? Are you struggling to keep up? If there’s anything you don't understand, I can explain it again."

Having finally encountered someone who actually wanted to learn, the teacher was unexpectedly accommodating.

"No, that's not it, teacher." Lu Wenwu shook his head. "I wanted to ask, who is the class representative for this Language Arts course? And... does our class have a study committee member?"

The teacher did not answer.

The middle-aged man simply adjusted his glasses and sighed with a wry smile.

He said nothing at all.

Yet it was as if he had said everything.

His world-weary eyes were filled with the frustration of seeing "iron that failed to become steel."

Just look at this bunch of ruffians—which one of them looked like they could serve as a study committee member?

Not even one was listening to the lecture, let alone turning in assignments or taking exams.

What would be the point of having a class representative?

Seeing the teacher’s expression, Lu Wenwu, who now understood everything, felt the corners of his mouth curl slightly.

Xin Shengzhu, oh Xin Shengzhu, you really are my lucky star.

I’m damn glad I came to Class One of the senior year!