When system cheat becomes rampant!

Professor Guo was momentarily stunned before asking, "But you should be better than her, and by telling her the truth, she will strive harder to learn and then try to match up to you, right?"

"She doesn't need to match up to me." Xiang Beifei shook his head, looking at Professor Guo, and said, "She should aspire to match you. You are the backbone of Jiuzhou's guardians, not me. I am just an amateur outsider; you are the role model and belief she should follow."

Professor Guo stared blankly at Xiang Beifei.

He hadn't expected Xiang Beifei to say such a thing.

"She has always wanted to follow her father's path, striving to become a guardian like the Professor. But I never thought about becoming a guardian, and if I had to choose, I might become a pioneer," he continued.

Xiang Beifei continued, "Since she and I are not destined to follow the same path, why should I undermine her on this path of a guardian?"

He had no relationship or conflicts of interest with her anyway; she can think whatever she wants, and he need not concern himself with her opinion.

But undeniably, even if An Xiyu held criticisms against him, what she would do in the future was still for the sake of guarding Jiuzhou, protecting the people of this land, and ensuring its peace.

Such a guardian deserves respect and also needs some confidence to support her.

What's most important is that the girl, though seemingly annoyed in her attitude, was ultimately doing it for Professor Guo.

Perhaps because Wu Shixuan had hurt her, she used a cold facade to disguise herself, warding off everyone.

But Xiang Beifei knew that regardless of her attitude towards him, this girl still harbored conscience and a great sense of responsibility within her.

She respected Professor Guo and worked hard to protect him from deception, to follow her father's path, and to become a qualified guardian responsible for protecting Jiuzhou.

People who have been hurt by others often enclose their inner worlds and become less trusting of others as a form of self-protection.

Once bitten, twice shy.

An Xiyu was very afraid that Xiang Beifei was the second Wu Shixuan.

But Xiang Beifei was not a petty person and had no interest in quarreling with such a girl.

Professor Guo was silent for a moment, vaguely understanding Xiang Beifei's point.

"You are a good kid," he couldn't help but exclaim.

Having the chance to defeat an SR-level An Xiyu, any student would likely boast about it as much as possible, wanting everyone to know they were capable of it.

But Xiang Beifei had not, as he never planned to prove he was better than An Xiyu.

He had no mood for it, also no need.

Professor Guo was quite moved. Perhaps excellent people are just like that, never needing to prove anything to anyone because their very existence explains everything.

Professor Guo began to curse Elder Luo again, always believing that the reason Xiang Beifei did not become a guardian was surely due to Elder Luo who had dragged him to become a pioneer.

About half an hour later, An Xiyu also returned, still seeming hesitant and possibly pondering whether those desolate beast traps counted as mistakes.

She lifted her head and saw Xiang Beifei sitting on a rock, deep in thought.

"Have you finished checking?" Professor Guo asked with a smile.

"Yes." An Xiyu nodded.

"How did it go? How many mistakes in the desolate beast traps did you find?" Professor Guo asked.

"How many did he find?" An Xiyu asked.

Professor Guo glanced at Xiang Beifei and said, "You tell us first."

After hesitating for a moment, An Xiyu said, "I found one hundred and one, the rest I am still not sure about... what about him?"

An Xiyu still seemed eager.

Professor Guo was silent for a moment, then said, "He also found one hundred and one."

Xiang Beifei had told him to report fewer than An Xiyu, but he had decided to set the number the same so that An Xiyu would not become complacent.

An Xiyu's demeanor seemed to relax a bit.

The same number, good, she hadn't lost to him.

But Professor Guo soon added seriously, "However, both of you didn't check carefully enough. Xiao Liu set up a total of thirteen thousand and ninety traps in this field, but there are actually one hundred and twenty-seven conflicting desolate beast traps! Both of you missed twenty-six, so neither of you should feel too smug!"

"Yes."

An Xiyu's expression immediately became serious.

Professor Guo took the coordinates An Xiyu had noted down and then said, "Let's go, I need to point out where you missed. Xiyu, remember these one hundred and twenty-seven coordinates well! Tomorrow, go find Xiao Liu and tell him about these mistakes! Let him write a thorough summary report."

"Understood." An Xiyu nodded.

Professor Guo compared the coordinates marked in An Xiyu's notebook, and then took An Xiyu to point out the twenty-six desolate beast traps one by one that were missed.

He pointed more out for An Xiyu to see, because Xiang Beifei had actually found them all; there was really no need to look at them again. However, Xiang Beifei obediently followed behind Professor Guo without saying anything.

An Xiyu took notes seriously of what Professor Guo said, each of his words was extremely important to her.

"There are many areas for improvement in this field's desolate beast traps. Xiao Liu's arrangement was not perfect. He went to the outer desolate territory today, so I won't find him now. Xiyu, I'll tell you first, and when he comes back, you can go find him." Professor Guo said.

"Okay."

An Xiyu kept recording while responding, but soon, she slightly furrowed her eyebrows, seemingly pondering something.

Professor Guo told An Xiyu all the suggestions for improvement, and after speaking, his gaze involuntarily turned to Xiang Beifei, his eyes full of approval.

"Being a guardian is a very serious job. Since buffer zones are set up, these zones must be strictly monitored. When the desolate beast tide comes, the buffer zones are our second line of defense. Remember, no minor mistakes should be made." Professor Guo cautioned.

"Understood, professor," Xiang Beifei said.

"Alright, let's stop here for today. Xiyu, you take Beifei back to the school. I still need to walk around the city wall side," Professor Guo said.

Every day after class, if he had free time, he would come to the frontier to check every line of defense, striving to make the defense as perfect as possible.

An Xiyu nodded, then took hold of Xiang Beifei, and the teleportation sphere disappeared with them on the spot, returning to the teaching building.

The teleportation sphere appeared exactly where it had vanished.

By this time, it had already grown dark. Xiang Beifei didn't say much and turned to walk towards his dormitory building.

But An Xiyu suddenly spoke from behind, "Why did you do that?"

Xiang Beifei didn't bother with the girl, just continued walking on his own.

Yet, An Xiyu blocked his path, staring at Xiang Beifei.

"Do what?" Xiang Beifei asked.

"Professor Guo is not a good liar." An Xiyu looked at Xiang Beifei, "You found a hundred and twenty-seven spots, not a hundred and one, didn't you?"

Xiang Beifei furrowed his brows, thoughtfully looking at An Xiyu.

An Xiyu said softly, "I'm not a sore loser."

"Is that what you think?"

"To me, a loss is a loss, there's nothing about not being able to accept it. Since I've lost, I'll just work harder to defeat you!" An Xiyu said.

Xiang Beifei looked at An Xiyu and said, "You are very strange. What does defeating me prove?"

"It proves I'm better than you!"

"But why?" Xiang Beifei asked.

"Why what?" An Xiyu said.

"I won't be a guardian in the future, so why do you want to prove you're better than someone who won't even be a guardian?" Xiang Beifei asked doubtfully, "The benchmark for a guardian is Professor Guo, shouldn't you be proving you're better than him, not me?"

An Xiyu was taken aback.

For a moment, she said discontentedly, "But if I can't even surpass you, an outsider, how can I even talk about catching up with Professor Guo?"

Xiang Beifei calmly said, "Even if you prove you're better than me, so what? In the field of guardians, Professor Guo is always a height I can't reach, I'll never match his achievements in defense in my lifetime. You're no longer a student, are you just satisfied with surpassing me and not him? Then your purpose in striving is too pitiful."

"I—"

An Xiyu was choked by Xiang Beifei's words.