PFC Chapter 108 Class
Chapter 108 Class
"Now do you realize where you went wrong?"
In a classroom at the First Military Academy, a group of military academy students awkwardly took off their gaming helmets.
Faced with Li Xingzhuo's question, their expressions were extremely awkward, and where was their previous confidence that "there's no need to teach something as simple as a game"?
They didn't even want to recall what they suffered in the game after Teacher Lü screamed "Deduct points!"
"I...I understand..." The military academy students who participated in the game trial lowered their heads shyly, not daring to look at the expression on Li Xingzhuo's face.
"Where did you go wrong?" Li Xingzhuo asked leisurely, as if he wanted them to give a clear answer and wouldn't allow them to bluff their way out.
The mistake was...
Everyone racked their brains, stammering, "We didn't observe the environment carefully..."
"Didn't study the rules of the game carefully..."
"Not serious—"
"Wrong!" Li Xingzhu interrupted their self-analysis and shook his head.
"Your mistake was really just one thing—"
"underestimate the enemy."
Li Xingzhuo stood on the podium, looking at the somewhat bewildered military academy students below.
"I know many of you don't understand why I'm using games as the topic of today's lesson..."
"Your previous teachers should have already taught you that no matter when or what you face, you should always remain vigilant and never underestimate your opponent..."
"Am I right?"
The military academy students below nodded somewhat ashamed, as if they understood what Li Xingzhuo wanted to teach them in this lesson.
"But what about you?"
Li Xingzhuo deliberately let out a long, heavy sigh, shaking his head to exaggerate his disappointment.
"Do you think the game is too easy, that it's not worth including in class? So when you entered the game, most of you had a 'just get through it' attitude, completely lacking the vigilance you should have when you're in an unfamiliar environment..."
"Underestimating your opponent is a major taboo."
"The numerous examples of people who met their demise in history books already illustrate this point. But you still haven't taken it to heart."
"I bet you're all thinking, 'Once I get to the battlefield, I definitely won't let my guard down,' right?"
Many people below lowered their heads.
Believe it or not, they actually held that idea.
"But habits aren't formed suddenly."
Li Xingzhuo spoke earnestly. Although he had indeed come with the purpose of promoting the game, he was also serious about teaching the students.
"You know that these training sessions don't threaten your lives, so you've gotten used to being lax. At worst, you'll just fail the exams."
"But tell me, what guarantees do you have that once you're on the battlefield, when you're on a mission in an unfamiliar environment, you'll suddenly learn to be vigilant?"
The military academy students below fell completely silent. Whether they were already in the game or not, their expressions turned serious. Those who hadn't managed to grab a game helmet suddenly realized that if they were in that situation, they wouldn't have fared any better than those who had.
"Let's take the most basic example—"
Li Xingzhuo pulled up the footage of these military academy students in the game, "This dormitory."
"Everyone has noticed the student handbook that was kept in their school uniforms."
"But of the clues found in the 'Student Handbook' copied on the bed board in the student NPC dormitory, only Tian Baiwei among the 30 of you discovered it."
Li Xingzhuo shook his head. Geng Yao doesn't count; she was purely carried along by Tian Baiwei.
However, Geng Yao also has a very good advantage—she listens to advice. Her observation skills are indeed not as strong as Geng Yao's, but once she confirms that what Tian Baiwei said makes sense, she will do it without hesitation.
"Did Geng Yao try to dissuade you before she went to get her hair cut?" Li Xingzhuo asked sharply. "How did you respond at the time?"
The military academy students' heads were so low they were almost buried under the table.
"Putting aside your nonchalant attitude and laughter, after you all learned of this, not a single one of you asked Geng Yao and the others why they did this?"
"Of course, I'm not saying you should do whatever your teammates do; that's a big no-no on the battlefield. But after receiving a message from a teammate, you didn't immediately verify its authenticity or ask about its source."
"I'd rather you had asked Geng Yao for her reasons, but ultimately decided not to follow through," Li Xingzhuo wouldn't have been this angry. Because the latter could only be considered a misjudgment.
"Not everyone has keen observation skills, which is why we always work as a team on the battlefield and when we go on missions, because everyone has different areas of expertise."
"Does this mean that in the future, if your teammates share clues they've observed on the battlefield with you, and you find the information outrageous or impossible, you'll simply dismiss it without ever verifying it again?"
After the harsh criticism, Li Xingzhuo softened his tone, "I know why you all feel indifferent now."
"Because now you are sitting in the classroom, and through textbooks and the internet, you can learn about the characteristics and weaknesses of all alien creatures."
"But have you considered this at all—"
"Where did this knowledge come from before it appeared on the internet and in textbooks?"
The military academy students, who had been hanging their heads, raised them.
"It comes from our predecessors, from your forefathers, from what they observed on the battlefield, and perhaps even from what they learned in life-or-death situations."
"Let me give you a simple example. Can any of you tell me what the pattern was when the barber attacked you during the game we just played, when the head teacher ordered you all to get your hair cut? Oh, Tian Baiwei, put your hands down and let the others answer."
Li Xingzhuo looked at the faces below, all avoiding his gaze, and said, "It seems... you were all too busy figuring out how to survive the barber's clutches back then."
"Now, do you still think that 'when you arrive in a new environment, the first thing you do is gather useful clues' is unimportant?"
The military academy students below all shook their heads.
"Very well, let's analyze everyone's performance in the game step by step..."
……
The lesson ended quickly amidst a detailed explanation.
However, even Li Xingzhuo did not expect that the impact of this class... was far from over.
So when Li Jianglan excitedly relayed that their unreleased campus game had become a huge hit online, Li Xingzhuo was unusually stunned.