[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-heavenly-official-bestows-evil":3,"chapter-heavenly-official-bestows-evil-heavenly-official-bestows-evil-chapter-507":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Heavenly Official Bestows Evil",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2317126,4530,"Chapter 507: Meat and Vegetarian Combo","heavenly-official-bestows-evil-chapter-507",507,"\u003Cp>After stepping outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian scanned the corridor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All twenty-two survived; everyone wore school uniforms. The young people looked relatively fine, but Su Mi and Hai Weijiang appeared deeply odd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corridor was narrow and long, with ceilings several meters high, and the windows were small—beams of morning light streamed in, stirring floating dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No statues.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So worshipping isn’t tied to surviving the room check.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group briefly exchanged experiences from last night; their situations were nearly identical to 902’s—at least ten people had been targeted just on the first night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian listened silently, offering no opinions of his own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the discussion, everyone went downstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the way, they encountered many locals—yesterday, these locals had all looked happy; now, each one was pale, filled with fear and unease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian’s expression darkened further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The number of locals hadn’t decreased!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All four from 902 survived—likely thanks to their uniforms and ID badges.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone on the ninth floor survived—likely because they’d been warned in advance and stayed alert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what about the locals?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did all of them remain unharmed? What happened to those who screamed last night? Are they even still human?…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They stepped out of the dormitory gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At last, the group saw the school’s daytime scenery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The campus by day was unexpectedly beautiful—lush flowers and plants, shady trees, and here and there, artistic metal wind chimes hung beneath streetlamps or eaves. Most surprising of all, the campus teemed with animals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pink, plump pigs, long-haired hounds, peacocks with fanned tails, male sika deer…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scene looked harmonious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But look closer, and it felt subtly eerie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Qing, most sensitive to flowers, said: “Yellow and white chrysanthemums, white hydrangeas, white lilies… these are all funeral flowers. And the flower beds are arranged in perfect circles—seen from above, they look like wreaths at a funeral.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wreaths…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Female college student Wu Banqing pondered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now that you mention it, I think the trees are suspicious too. My father works in funeral services—pine, cypress, and willow are all common graveyard trees. Add the narrow buildings and the strange flowers… aren’t we inside a giant tomb?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Made all the new arrivals shiver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet she wasn’t afraid—instead, she beamed, thrilled to have found a key clue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian raised an eyebrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d reached this conclusion last night, but for a newcomer like Wu Banqing to deduce it was remarkable—her quality far surpassed Jin Shasha’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If only one of the four female college students survived, it might be her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tomb theory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stripped the group of any desire to admire the scenery; they hurried toward the cafeteria.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every animal on the path fixed its gaze on them until they vanished from sight, then resumed aimless wandering across campus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like the dormitory, the cafeteria was extremely narrow—only a kitchen and serving windows existed; all students had to eat at outdoor tables and chairs in a small open square.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since their floor was higher, they arrived late—every serving window now had a long line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On one side of the cafeteria.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stood a sign listing cafeteria rules and information. Wu Xian didn’t rush to join the queue—he walked to the sign and read every word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Student rules: 1. Food purchased in the cafeteria must be paid for with academic credits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>2. Purchased food must be fully consumed; none may be discarded in the trash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>3. Each student must eat at least one meal in the cafeteria daily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>4. The cafeteria is closed after dark or during rainy weather.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below the student rules were the cafeteria staff rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They included: use only fresh ingredients; staff must not eat leftovers; and—something that in the real world would move college students deeply—do not shake your hand while serving! Below that:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Were notices posted by the Student Union.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>1. Each student receives three academic credits upon enrollment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>2. Credits may be earned by passing exams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>3. Students lacking credits may exchange them at the Student Union.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>4. Reporting violations earns one credit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very bottom was a fifth rule—written in red marker, clearly newly added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There are no statues in the school. If any student claims to have seen a statue, or makes strange gestures like bowing to empty air, report it to the Student Union and earn two credits!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three bold exclamation marks followed the sentence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Student Union!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian’s pupils dilated; his expression shifted slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The final notice meant the Student Union knew of the Devotees—and was trying to identify them among the students!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was the Student Union friend or foe? What would happen if they were found? Wu Xian turned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw the other Devotee newcomers standing behind him—after last night’s lesson, all were tense, even paranoid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Devotees didn’t eat; no one else dared to either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huo Shutong whispered: “About ‘that place,’ avoid discussing it in crowds. Wait until we reach the ninth floor to speak openly. If you must talk outside, never mention keywords!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Shasha asked, clutching her stomach:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So what do we do now? Should we eat?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eating was unavoidable in every blessed land. Everyone had gone at least a day without food; their steps were weak with hunger—this meal had to be eaten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wuji nodded, swallowing: “I just checked—the cafeteria offers only two meal sets: vegetarian and meat. Both cost one credit, but each student receives slightly different food.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course eat vegetarian!” Wu Banqing immediately declared. “Vegetarian meals grow in fields. Meat? Who knows what kind of flesh it is—cockroach patties, corpse jelly, ash-rice?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Shen shook his head: “Don’t say that. Maybe the evil force is on the second layer, deliberately making us think the meat set is dangerous—when the real danger is the vegetarian set.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Banqing frowned: “Then I’d say it’s on the third layer!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to their bickering, Wu Xian felt a headache coming—this back-and-forth layering would never yield a useful conclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some locals had already received their meals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The meat set was lavish—fish and meat for breakfast, the rich aroma of grease making everyone’s mouths water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vegetarian set looked eerie: rice grains like maggots, noodles like tapeworms, side dishes resembling hair, round vegetarian dumplings like eyeballs…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In appearance alone, the meat set had absolute superiority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After repeated arguments, some wanted meat, others vegetarian—no consensus emerged. In the end, half went for meat, half for vegetarian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one meal was truly poisoned, at least half the group would be affected! (End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1069,"2026-06-20T14:31:07.793Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","aa22ef90242044cd06c5c94726b1c79aaec45261f3012dbba2e86b935797e9cb","heavenly-official-bestows-evil-chapter-508","heavenly-official-bestows-evil-chapter-506",556,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fheavenly-official-bestows-evil-cover.jpg"]