Era of the transmigrating earth-Chapter 2038: The Counterattack from Major Academies

After Du You completed his experiments regarding the eighth tier, there wasn’t much left for him to do. Xiaobai, now an adventurer, no longer needed his training.

However, to Du You’s surprise, Xiaobai still frequently came around, instinctively believing that his training was beneficial and wanting to continue it. What could Du You do? He might as well find something to keep busy with.

Then, Du You decided to provide specialized guidance based on Xiaobai’s own conditions and the skills he had learned. Of course, Xiaobai would still need to put in his own effort. After all, Xiaobai was obedient, so there was no need to constantly supervise him.

Days passed by like this, and the momentum on the academy’s side grew even more significant.

Other academies, initially stunned, finally realized what was happening. If the situation continued, all their talented students would be snatched away. There is indeed a distinction between good and bad students, and this is very important.

If those with good talent and strong abilities left, the quality of education at their academy would continuously decline, at least in the eyes of everyone. And if the quality of education became lacking, then their reputation would worsen, creating a vicious cycle. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

It would be bad enough if the academy couldn’t recover in the future, but worse still, a poorly performing academy would attract the disdain of city administrators and make students and parents increasingly look down on it.

In such a case, to maintain operations, they’d have to lower tuition fees. Support from society would also dwindle.

The truth is, they didn’t really want to be teachers or principals here; they’re adventurers with insufficient talent. They teach here because of the good benefits and high income.

With sufficient income, they can maintain their bodies and let their spirits enter other worlds, living almost permanently, which is their purpose. If the status of the academy diminishes, their income surely will become problematic.

The organization paying them will also recalculate their salaries based on teaching quality, reducing income.

This won’t do; they must resist the emerging academy.

Thus, the principals and teachers of these academies began to connect with each other, frequently having remote conversations and holding meetings in person. City management seemed to know something was up, and gave them the green light. After all, no one wanted the quality of their city’s academies to decline, as that would affect their own status.

Without the knowledge of Du You’s academy, the counterattack from other academies finally began.

Some promotional articles started appearing everywhere, talking about the history of their academies and the talents that had come through them. They boasted about their educational quality, renowned teachers, and alumni.

Following this, articles criticizing Du You’s academy also appeared, claiming it had no history or famous people and that its current success was just a stroke of luck.

These articles exaggerated the talents of Du You and Xiaobai to belittle the academy’s abilities as worthless. It was as if these two would achieve even more if they were at their academy instead.

Funny enough, they weren’t entirely wrong; while Du You’s outcome isn’t mentioned, Xiaobai would certainly achieve more.

However, it wouldn’t be by much, since it really had little to do with the academy’s education.

What they said indeed influenced many parents, causing hesitation when choosing an academy. When Du You’s academy realized what was happening, they immediately sensed that something was wrong.

In their keen awareness of their future, they started utilizing their own networks to verbally spar with those academies. They couldn’t really fight, so all they could do was attack each other with words.

Yet, being just a single institution, with insufficient resources, they were no match for the others.

Then, the other academies united to initiate a new plan: to select a batch of high-quality students from their academies to enter the Outer World early.

Although this was entirely voluntary, this move directly destroyed all previous efforts.

They originally thought, through the method of early entry into the Other World, they could train powerful students of their own, thus practically suppressing others. But they didn’t know this was orchestrated by Du You’s doppelgangers behind the scenes.

As the cities are close to each other, it’s easy for them to enter the same world.

So, the doppelgangers began causing havoc in the shadows. Those of a decent caliber were directly controlled, but their abilities were not enhanced. When they returned, they remained ordinary.

Those who didn’t even reach first tier were truly messed up. As for those deemed worthless, they were left to fend for themselves. Most died on the spot, losing a life just like that.

There were a few lucky ones who didn’t die, but the results weren’t great either.

Because among these academies, dozens entered, but only one emerged at first tier. The rest either died or returned as ordinary people. With so many entering and making headlines, numerous people were watching.

Such results ended up being disastrous. All prior groundwork had been completely undone.

For the students who had entered early but died, even if they themselves were alright, their parents were furious. This seemed to them like a total waste of their children’s talent, utterly ruining them.

Regardless of whether it was their own children’s fault, the fact that the academy hadn’t followed procedures, causing children to waste a life early, was entirely the academy’s fault. Yes, that must be it.

The number of student parents wasn’t small, and as word spread, emotions ran high. The originally well-executed plan of the academies suddenly seemed off, and they could only try to placate the infuriated public.

Seeing this, Shadow Academy immediately launched a counterstrike, initiating a widespread campaign.

Indeed, since Du You and Xiaobai both announced joining the Shadow Guild, with the city leaders’ approval, the academy had been renamed Shadow Academy. Now, the academy was tied inextricably to the Shadow Guild.

As long as the Shadow Guild stood strong, the academy naturally remained at the summit. With many academies united and simultaneously facing a crisis, it was the perfect opportunity for growth.

Not only did the expansion plans continue, but they also began planning to establish branches and annex the domains of other academies.