I was reborn after playing a good hand badly

Yes, that's right. Jiang Qi Zhang admitted that what he said just now was a bit exaggerated. How could he not know that the students in school could not compare to those who have been struggling outside for many years?

He just wanted to compliment the academy, but Su Mo was so calm that Jiang Qi Zhang didn't know how to respond.

After all, although the students of the Psychic Academy cannot compare with those finalist teams, the quality of the academy's graduates is still the best among all the major universities in Xia Country.

Su Mo sighed and then said, "I only have about 140 secret realms, and it's been almost ten years and I haven't explored them all. I didn't expect that."

Thinking about the new secret realms he had discovered, and not knowing when there would be enough people to develop them, Su Mo's face didn't look very good.

In the eyes of Jiang Qi Zhang and others, Su Mo was very disappointed with his students.

Jiang Qizhang was silent, but Deng Ye spoke up, "Principal Su, you can't use your own standards to demand those children. They are still students and they have worked very hard."

Deng Ye, as the director of the Laurel City branch, knows the academy well. Each of the students is very hardworking. They are either completing tasks or practicing against the clock. The atmosphere inside the academy is very competitive.

(The main reason is that Su Mo, the resource library and principal, is not in the academy. The majority of the academy's resources are obtained by a few teachers led by Suzhou in the secret realm, but the amount is not much.

Xu Li had no choice but to raise the standard of the monthly exam rewards. The number of people who could get rewards in each monthly exam decreased, and the value of the rewards also decreased.)

In Deng Ye's opinion, Su Mo was having a hard time talking.

Su Mo simply had better luck than others and got some powerful opportunity not long after the secret realm appeared (this is not Deng Ye's guess, but the conclusion drawn by many people who have studied Su Mo's experience). This allowed her, an ordinary high school student, to grow up so quickly. At least she should not despise others for their slow progress.

Moreover, many graduates of the academy joined the army right after graduation and were on the front line of fighting against insect plagues. They had sacrificed a lot for Blue Planet and its people. But what about Su Mo? She had been away from school for nearly ten years and had not fulfilled her responsibilities as a principal. Why should she be picky about her?

"Principal Su, you haven't been on Blue Star for a few years. You don't know how difficult it is now. The current training environment is incomparable to the peaceful times before."

"The Zerg's invasion of Blue Star was sudden and swift. Not to mention us and the soldiers in the military, even the students and many ordinary people have wasted their time fighting the Zerg.

It's not that your students are slow in developing the secret realm. Each of them has an insect-killing mission that must be completed, and the rest of the time is spent on cultivation, so the time they can allocate to exploring the secret realm will naturally be reduced."

Except for the old, weak and disabled, everyone in Xia Kingdom has a corresponding insect-killing task every week. Of course, the number is linked to strength. Even ordinary people must kill a Zerg every week. You can spend money or points to hire others to complete the target, but it must be completed.

Otherwise, with the Zerg's reproductive capacity, Xia Kingdom would soon be submerged.

As soon as Deng Ye finished his call, Jiang Qizhang took over and said, "Minister Deng, calm down. Xiao Su just doesn't understand the situation yet."

Su Mo: "..."

She was stunned by what she heard. She just felt that the development of the secret realm was a bit slow, and there was no other meaning.

Su Mo originally opened the academy in order to train more powerful awakeners for the Xia Kingdom. Whether it was developing secret realms or resisting the Zerg, people with sufficient strength were needed to do the job.

Her own selfish desire was that the students could become her "labor force" while at school and help explore the secret realm. Besides, it was not free work, as they could bring back resources from the secret realm. No matter what they brought back, they could get corresponding points from the academy.

"I have learned about the situation on Blue Star."

Without waiting for Su Mo to continue speaking, Jiang Qi Zhang continued with his earnest words.

"It's true that their exploration of the secret realm was delayed, but they are excellent in fighting against the Zerg! They are all good kids, Xiao Su, you can't expect everyone to be perfect in every aspect."

"Now that she's back, I believe you will be able to lead the academy towards better development in the future, don't you think so, Xiao Su?"

The corner of Su Mo's mouth twitched.

"Of course, President, you can rest assured. But I wonder if you two have misunderstood my meaning."

"Didn't you say that yourself? Are you dissatisfied with the fact that they haven't developed all 140 secret realms? Are you dissatisfied with the fact that they are too slow?" Deng Ye said hastily.

“It’s very slow…”

Seeing that the two people opposite were about to open their mouths again, Su Mo quickly continued, "I'm just worried about the slow pace. I don't know when I can set foot in more secret realms."

"You two leaders know that I only have these students who can help me explore the secret realm. Of course, I want them to be more efficient."

Quiet.

Su Mo's words stunned Jiang Qi Zhang and Deng Ye. They seemed to understand what Su Mo said, but they also didn't quite understand.

"You, what do you mean?" Jiang Qi Zhang asked cautiously. Could it be what he thought?

"I don't mean anything, I just discovered more secret places."

"Crack..." The cup that Deng Ye had been holding in his hand was accidentally crushed to pieces.

His hand was fine, but there were glass fragments and tea leaves on the table. Deng Ye looked embarrassed and a little helpless.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to..."

Tsk.

Su Mo handed him a towel but didn't pour him another cup of tea.

Deng Ye wrapped the "remains" in a towel and put it aside.

This little episode also helped the two people, who had become nervous upon hearing the news, to calm down a little.

Jiang Qi Zhang turned his gaze back to Su Mo and asked seriously, "Xiao Su, what do you mean by you discovered more secret realms?"

"That's literally what it means."

"Where?" Jiang Qi Zhang asked.

"On other planets." Su Mo answered calmly.

"How do you know? Are you sure?" Jiang Qi Zhang's hands under the table were shaking slightly.

After the secret passage was discovered on the moon, people have been speculating whether there are secret passages on other celestial bodies as well (most people in the association agree with this speculation), but the secret passage can only be sensed by the awakened ones. Even if equipment can be sent over for detection, no results will be obtained.

So this has always been just speculation, and no one has the ability to confirm it. In addition, the trouble caused by the Zerg has diverted most of Xia Country's attention, so such speculation has been put aside.

Now Su Mo actually said this and was so sure?

Could it be that Su Mo was not trapped in a secret place in the past few years as they had guessed, but had gone to another planet? Could it be Mars?

Yes, when Su Mo first disappeared, everyone guessed that she was trapped in some secret place. After all, it was not the first time. But after several meetings and field searches, Su Mo was still not found.

The authorities wanted to find Su Mo back, and wanted to continue to establish her as a role model for resisting the Zerg, but they couldn't find her, and the situation on Blue Star became more and more serious, so everyone had no choice but to give up the search. After that, even Su Mo was rarely mentioned.

This time Jiang Qi Zhang came here in person, not only to personally confirm the situation of the insect eggs and invite Su Mo to go back to watch the game, but he also wanted to ask Su Mo what had happened before.

It was only because of the return of the talented person that Jiang Qi Zhang decided to put it aside for now. It would not be too late to ask again later.

But now seeing that Su Mo was about to say it herself, Jiang Qi Zhang naturally would not refuse. He looked straight at Su Mo, wanting to know whether her disappearance was passive or active.

"I can be sure of that, of course, because I saw it myself."

"Although my disappearance that year was a bit sudden, I'm sure many people can guess the reason, right? That's right, I have been trapped in the secret realm for the past few years."

Jiang Qizhang "..."

The corners of his mouth twitched. Oh, it turned out that he was really trapped in a secret realm instead of going to Mars?

"I struggled in that secret realm for a long time, and only found a way to escape more than a year ago. That's how I managed to come back, and what a coincidence that I encountered the insect egg meteorite."

"Do the two leaders know where the secret place is?"

Jiang Qizhang and the other man both shook their heads and stared at Su Mo intently, waiting for what would happen next.

Su Mo smiled bitterly.

"That secret place is on one of Jupiter's satellites!"