I clicked "yes" but was denied entry to Infinite.

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"That's impossible, don't even think about it. If the academy really went that far, it would prove that the person isn't even welcome at the academy. A freshman rejected by the academy, who knows what kind of weird situation that is? A combat power of negative 10,000?"

"Besides, if they refuse, the college won't send the admission notice to that person, right? Wouldn't that be redundant?"

Li Wei chuckled, "That's true, I was overthinking it."

Li Wei was well aware of Xiao Yi's thoughts.

The difficulty of their entry into the first world was determined by the team's average skill level. The reason Xiao Yi invited someone like him, who was at the bottom of the rankings, to join the team was simply to reduce the difficulty of the mission.

Firstly, it would make survival easier; secondly, he could choose to gain more, allowing him to advance or retreat as needed.

Li Wei deliberately said, "Are you really planning to invite me to join the team? You know I was the last one to wake up."

Xiao Yi smiled and said, "It's alright, we're all compatriots, it's only right to help each other."

"Okay, I'll join."

“Then let’s hurry over there,” Xiao Yi glanced at his watch. “We’ll be entering the Reincarnation World in half a minute. We can introduce ourselves then.”

“Okay.” Li Wei readily agreed.

Shortly after the two of them stood with the other five, a calm and collected system voice came through:

"Team formation time is over. Thirty seconds left before entering the reincarnation world."

"Average potential calculation for each team is in progress..."

"Countdown is over."

"The teleportation to the cycle of reincarnation is now beginning."

After he finished speaking, a white light enveloped everyone.

In the darkness, Li Wei's team heard a system notification:

"Welcome Team C into the Cycle World."

Main quest unlocked—

Chapter Three: It's pitiful that he knows so much at such a young age!

"Welcome to the world of Tokyo Ghoul."

With this reminder, Li Wei and the others suddenly appeared from the void, and a series of noisy sounds came from a secluded street.

Once the world they were transported to was confirmed, Xiao Yi seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and said to everyone, "We're pretty lucky. Tokyo Ghoul is not too difficult for a newbie, but it's not easy either. It's a good choice as a starting world."

At this moment, the previously silent man also spoke up: "Those who want to explore further have the opportunity to obtain extraordinary power. If you just want to survive and complete the most basic main quest, it won't be too difficult."

Li Wei looked at the silent man in surprise and said, "You can actually talk? Speaking of which, according to a typical script, a character like you shouldn't have many lines by the time he dies."

"Hey kid, can't you talk back?" the man in the short-sleeved shirt shouted. "Want to fight?"

The more mature-looking boy acted as a mediator, saying, "Alright, say less. Now is the time for us to unite."

The man in the short-sleeved shirt snorted and muttered, "He's clearly the last good-for-nothing to wake up, what's he acting all high and mighty for?"

Li Wei squinted and asked, "What did you say?"

"What? Am I wrong to call you a good-for-nothing? Don't you know that the later you wake up in the hall, the worse your aptitude is? You were the last to wake up, so who else is the worst if not you?"

"Heh, kid, I advise you to be sensible. Do you think Brother Xiao invited you because you're capable?"

"If it weren't for you being there to lower the difficulty of the world, we wouldn't have accepted trash like you. Speaking of which, we really have to thank you. Without you, we wouldn't have come to such a great world. According to Brother Xiao's estimation, apart from you, we would probably have gone to Attack on Titan, a world that is one of the most difficult for newcomers."

"With you here now, we feel much more at ease. Thank you so much, thank you for being the last one to wake up."

Li Wei suddenly laughed, a loud, hearty laugh. Just when everyone was wondering if he'd lost his mind, he looked at the two girls next to him and said, "Hey girls, I think you're pretty good-looking. Give me a kiss each, and I'll carry you to victory, okay? I'll be your best carryer!"

"You!" The girl with shoulder-length short hair raised an eyebrow and cursed, "You pervert, you scoundrel!"

Another quieter long-haired girl also looked at him with disgust.

Li Wei laughed even harder at this point, looking like a masochist, and excitedly shouted, "Ah, that's it, well said!"

"That's really a pervert," the man in the short-sleeved shirt also cursed.

Who knew that as soon as he said that, Li Wei, without saying a word, suddenly punched him in the face.

"Blood...you're bleeding, you bastard!" The man in the short-sleeved shirt wiped the blood from his nose and rushed up to fight Li Wei, but was stopped by the mature man.

"what do you mean?"

Li Wei gave him a strange look. "Isn't that obvious? In this age where looks matter, do you think that guy has the right to speak?"

"You?!" The man in the short-sleeved shirt jumped in anger.

"Oh? You mean you only said that because you think the two younger sisters are pretty?"

Li Wei looked at him like he was an idiot: "Isn't this obvious? If they looked like that 'sister,' who the hell would even bother with them?!"

He really is a perverted lecher!

The mature man said calmly, "In that case, we don't welcome you. What we need is a reliable partner, not someone who disrupts the team's stability. Please leave, thank you. Otherwise, we don't mind..."

"Don't you mind using violence?" Li Wei laughed, his tone barely concealing a strange mockery: "You think you can do that?"

"Hmph, do you want to try?" the mature man suddenly said coldly, "I'm not afraid to tell you, I'm a sixth-degree black belt in karate."

Li Wei ignored him and turned to the two girls, saying, "Are you really not interested? I'm a super strong mid-laner, I can carry the girls to godlike status without any problem, and it doesn't cost 998, okay?"

The short-haired girl muttered under her breath, "This isn't the world of LoL..."

"Get out of here!" The older man frowned, stood in front of Li Wei, and blocked his view from the others.

Facing the imposing, mature man, Li Wei remained nonchalant and blurted out a question: "That Xiao something-or-other, have you heard of the modified version?"

Xiao Yi, who had remained silent, looked somewhat grim for some reason, but still forced a smile: "Modified version? That refers to a derivative form of a reincarnation world. Similar ones include mythological versions, mutated versions, and so on. For any of these types, even if the reincarnation world itself isn't very powerful..."

It will also be empowered to a terrifying degree.

"Take the strongest mythical version as an example. Even the strongest group in the academy would face a nine-out-of-ten chance of death. The others are relatively less powerful, but they are not bad either. Generally, it is only elites who have experienced about ten reincarnation worlds who will encounter it."

Li Wei exclaimed in surprise, "I didn't expect you to know so much at such a young age. Are you prematurely aging?"

"Hey, hey, hey, don't make that dumped-bye face. Hmm, fine, I'm not going to hold it against you guys. Bye-bye, I'm going to go play with those ghouls."

After saying that, Li Wei waved his hand and disappeared into the streets of Tokyo without looking back.

"I hope we can meet again then."

"Hmph, we'd better never see each other again," the man in the short-sleeved shirt said fiercely, but all he saw was Li Wei turn his head, leaving behind a mysterious and eerie smile.

"Xiao Yi, it seems we can't use him. We have to take Operation B." The older man approached and said in a low voice, deliberately avoiding the two girls.

Xiao Yi's expression was grim and uncertain. He also whispered, "He... seems to know something. At least he realized that we're in cahoots. Luo Tiancan, you should have... never mind. Even if that's the case, the outcome won't change."

"I just didn't expect his intelligence to be so unexpected, or perhaps he simply doesn't think things through when he acts?"

Seeing Xiao Yi's shifty eyes, Luo Tiancan frowned slightly. "Didn't the senior say that aptitude also includes intelligence? If he really analyzed our plan on his own, he couldn't possibly be the last one to wake up."

"But how did he know about the modified version? Did you accidentally leak it while you were on the road?"

Xiao Yi shook his head and said, "How could that be? The biggest advantage of us who came here voluntarily, compared to those clueless freshmen, is our intelligence. Why would I casually reveal such things?"

"If that's the case, how did he know?" Luo Tiancan asked, puzzled.

"Wait, could it be..." Xiao Yi's expression suddenly changed drastically. He quickly opened the system panel, and then he saw something that horrified him immensely—

Reincarnation World - Tokyo Ghoul (Modified Version)

Main mission 1: Survive for ten days.

Task Reward: 3,000 points

Side Quest 1 (Optional): Kill Ghouls.

Mission Rewards: 500 points for each A-rank ghoul, 1,000 points for each S-rank ghoul, 3,000 points for each SS-rank ghoul, and 10,000 points for each SSS-rank ghoul.

Side Mission 2 (Optional): Kill the Investigator.

Quest Reward: Rewards are equivalent to Side Quest 1

In the world of Tokyo Ghoul, as long as you stay put, there is generally no danger. This task of surviving for ten days doesn't seem difficult.

However, Xiao Yi's eyes went blank for a moment.

If even survival becomes a test of endurance, just how terrifying must this world be?

Especially the three large characters for "modified version" kept assaulting his mind.

"It's over..." Xiao Yi muttered.

Luo Tiancan was startled by this and asked, "What happened?"

"Look at the system tasks, this time..."

Upon hearing this, Luo Tiancan opened the character panel. When he saw the words "modified version," he was so frightened that his legs trembled and he almost lost his balance.

Suddenly, Xiao Yi remembered Li Wei's mysterious and eerie smile, and then he recalled the conversation in the hall—

"By the way, is it possible that when the academy randomly selects candidates, they deliberately prevent the selected candidates from entering? For example... like changing 'yes or no' to 'no'?"

No way?

If that's the case, how exactly did he get into the academy?

Chapter Four: My Burning Soul Aura is a Bit Strong

The silent man and the man in the short-sleeved shirt behind them saw the two of them and couldn't help but come over to ask them something.

When they saw the task panel, their expressions all changed.

The man in the short-sleeved shirt, Tang Yang, said incredulously, "No way, you mean that arrogant bastard's talent is beyond our imagination?"

“Xiao Yi, you are the smartest among us, but sometimes I think you might be overthinking things.”

Luo Tiancan then added, "He was the last one to wake up, which couldn't be hidden from the senior students. This also shows that his aptitude isn't that great. Besides, if it wasn't a random selection, how did he get in? Even if it was through the senior students' admissions, they couldn't possibly not know anything about it."

Xiao Yi shook his head: "Just look at your missions. Generally speaking, missions for those who are below the team's average level will be adjusted to be more difficult or easier. If we were all on missions to survive for ten days, then the reason we ended up in this world would definitely be because of that Li Wei."

"Survive for ten days..." The expressions on the faces of the others changed.

"My main mission is to kill ten ghouls," the silent man suddenly said.

"..."

"Luo Chen, your mission is this? I didn't realize you were so capable. We only need to survive, but you have to kill ghouls. This mission is clearly not on our level."

"Then there's no need to think about it, it must be because of Luo Chen." Tang Yang, the man in the short-sleeved shirt, laughed. Luo Chen also forced a smile.

Xiao Yi turned his back and gave a helpless, bitter smile.

If the strongest member of the team simply kills ten ghouls, would that really raise the overall level of the team to such a level that it's a modified version that only veterans who have entered ten reincarnation worlds on average could possibly enter?

Or perhaps it's because we all underestimated ourselves?

It wasn't that Xiao Yi was deceiving himself; rather, he simply couldn't believe that someone could be that powerful.

At this moment, Li Wei, who had left the group, was strolling around the streets of Tokyo.

His task panel showed a significant gap compared to Xiao Yi and the others.

Main quest: Defeat three SSS-rank units.

Task Reward: 10,000 points

Side Quest 1: Kill 100 Mutants

Task Reward: 5,000 points

Side Quest 2: Carnage

Mission Rewards: 100 points for each A-rank kill, 500 points for each S-rank kill, 1000 points for each SS-rank kill, and 3000 points for each SSS-rank kill.

Side Quest 3: Become the leader of one of the regional ghouls or investigators.

Task Reward: 10,000 points

Unlike Xiao Yi and the others, Li Wei's main quest has an additional penalty for failure, which deducts twenty years of his lifespan.

This makes perfect sense when you think about it.

Their only requirement is to survive. If they cannot even survive, once they die in the cycle of reincarnation and are resurrected in the academy, they will automatically lose twenty years of their lifespan.