Chapter 20: You Seem Pretty Happy? Let Me Cure That For You!

"... That's the situation."

Chen Baili and the others spent quite a bit of effort confirming that Wu Wang was still a living person, then sighed and recounted everything they had experienced today in exchange for information.

Wu Wang naturally had to reveal a little something as well.

But he didn't say anything about how he walked out of the little black room — that involved 【Undying】.

He only said that Teacher Yao had merely brought him to the door of the little black room to scare him, and hadn't actually thrown him inside.

The three of them believed this without a doubt.

After all, they couldn't imagine how a newcomer could walk out of a place like that alive.

"So how exactly did you get the certification?" Shi Gendang asked, his expression still unnatural.

Wu Wang replied with a smile: "Although I'm a newcomer, asking about someone else's skills should be a pretty rude thing to do, right?"

Skills!?

Chen Baili's hand, which had been about to pull out a cigarette and light it, suddenly began to tremble.

Skills actually weren't anything rare — which Lingzai player didn't have eight or ten skills on them?

The key point was — he was only level one.

The rewards from the newbie tutorial, apart from becoming an official closed-beta player, generally gave at most some Consumable-type props, similar to the 【Sick-Curing Band-Aid】 he had used before.

Wild players like Tu Tu Xing Sun and Shi Gendang might not know this, but players with skills at level one were extremely rare.

According to the relevant records he had seen in the Yishi Bureau's archives, he only knew of five people who had ever obtained one.

They were the Director of the Yishi Bureau, the Cult Leader of the Calamity Sect, the President of the Tarot Society, and two unaffiliated free players — these two were also prominent figures among Lingzai players.

All of them had blazed through the entire newbie tutorial by their own strength.

Only with such an overwhelming clear would the system make an exception and grant a skill reward at level one.

If that's the case...

This kid in front of them too?

"Everyone, stop asking. Personal information really is a private matter — we weren't being considerate earlier. I apologize to you." Chen Baili held back the other two curious babies.

In truth, his heart was also somewhat stirred.

A newbie like Wei Wang Ren — if he could recruit him into the Yishi Bureau, the other party would definitely become a great general in the near future!

When the time came, bragging at the bureau, saying he was the one who brought the other party in back in the day — damn, just thinking about it was almost enough to make him climax, simply a graduation-project-level thrill.

He had previously thought the other party had mental issues...

No worries, the bureau had the country's best psychologist — there was still hope for him.

"Besides, if you really want to gouge out an eyeball, you still need to pin the eyelid in place, pry open the gap between the common tendinous ring and the orbital bone, insert three fingers between the eyelid and the eyeball, grip the roots of those six muscle groups around the eyeball — only then can you pull the eyeball and the optic nerve out together. Way too much trouble." Wu Wang sighed.

"?"

No, bro!

What are you even saying!

Don't say something so horrifying with such a straight face, alright? You actually know how to do that?

"Let's sleep first. When we came back, the school doctor told me lights-out was in twenty minutes. If we don't rest, it'll be considered a violation of school rules — time's almost up."

Without waiting for the others to comment on what he had just said, Wu Wang flipped over onto the upper bunk and immediately dropped off to sleep.

Hearing this, the three of them didn't fuss.

Each returned to their own bed and lay down.

Violating school rules was a very serious matter.

A moment later, an eerie sound came from outside the dormitory.

It was the clattering of iron chains dragging across the tiled floor, grating enough to make one uneasy.

An enormous black shadow drifted along the corridor, and every time it passed a dormitory, it would lean down and peer through the observation window on the door to carefully check on the resting situation.

The three who were pretending to sleep broke out in a cold sweat.

The oppressive aura of this thing was far stronger than those tentacle ghosts in the cafeteria!

"Hah! Wheeze wheeze~ Hah! Wheeze wheeze~"

A sudden snoring sound came from the upper bunk.

The giant shadow outside paused, then turned and left to check the next dormitory.

"No, bro, what kind of heart do you have? You can fall asleep in three seconds in a place like this?" Tu Tu Xing Sun stood up as if he'd seen a ghost and took a look at the upper bunk.

Wu Wang's lips were slightly parted, his breathing steady, his muscles so relaxed there wasn't a trace of vigilance.

This kid really fell asleep!?

"Let's rest too. We've still got four days — we can't just not sleep, can we?" Chen Baili suggested.

In his view, Wei Wang Ren must have figured this out as well, which was why he could sleep so peacefully.

The three of them lay back down.

Gradually, drowsiness crept into their minds.

Yet at this moment, Wu Wang on the upper bunk slowly opened his eyes...

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"Buzz! Beep beep beep! Ring ring ring!"

Early morning — the various clamorous sounds echoing across the entire campus woke everyone up.

This ghost school's wake-up bell was as grating as an air-raid siren — the only thing missing was shaking awake the eggs laid by the neighbor's old hen.

The three of them groggily got up.

Chen Baili looked at the motionless upper bunk and reached out to wake the other party — after all, being late meant being locked in the little black room.

But unexpectedly, he touched empty air.

Wu Wang is gone!

"Didn't he get the proof? He doesn't need to attend class, so he must have gone out to look for clues," Tu Tu Xing Sun said as if it were the most logical thing.

After yesterday's events, no one now treats the other party as a newcomer.

"True, then let's go. Today is the exam; if possible, try to do well," Chen Baili walked to the door and reminded the two behind him.

Yet he did not expect their expressions to grow even uglier.

Asking somewhat uncertainly, "Brother Chen, you... really know how to solve those problems?"

Chen Baili frowned and said, "It's passable. Although my academic subjects aren't top-tier, for high school knowledge, out of a hundred points, scoring seventy or eighty shouldn't be a problem. What about you?"

"I graduated from junior college."

"I never went to school."

"?"

Two answers, each more weighty than the last.

There was even a damn fish that slipped through the net of nine years of compulsory education!

"You two... sigh..."

"Forget it, let's figure out how to cheat."

Chen Baili helplessly resorted to this desperate measure.

A bad premonition rose in his heart.

Could it be that these two didn't die under fierce ghosts and strange tales, only to be finished off by an exam?

That would be truly ironic.

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Teaching building, sixth-floor office.

Teacher Yao was grinning happily as he flipped through the white ring in his hand.

This was the authority granted to him by Principal Wang.

With this item, he could move freely anywhere in the entire school, entering other homeroom teachers' offices to investigate and question without needing permission.

It was equivalent to a pass.

It would help him find the true culprit behind the Black Room incident.

Although he already knew the truth himself.

"Yo, old man, you seem very happy? Come, let me cure you."

A disgusted voice sounded from behind, and the smile instantly vanished from Teacher Yao's face.

That damn bastard student has arrived!

"Where's the official seal? I'll handle the OA system myself." Wu Wang, acting as if he were no stranger at all, started rummaging through boxes and drawers on Teacher Yao's desk.

Veins bulged on the other party's forehead.

His fingers even involuntarily grew long and sharp, nearly transforming into the form of a fierce ghost.

"Hand it over! I'll stamp it for you!"

Although he was surprised that this guy could actually obtain the proof to skip class normally, as long as the procedure was correct, he had no worry about being held accountable.

Teacher Yao casually took a 【School Rules List】 from the drawer and handed it over.

This was the item agreed upon yesterday.

Wu Wang didn't even look at it before shoving it into his pocket.

After all, since he didn't need to attend class, he had plenty of time to study these bizarre 【School Rules】 slowly.

He had other matters to attend to here.

He took out a slip of paper filled with content and placed it before Teacher Yao, who was stamping it; written on it were words that made the other party's entire ghostly body tremble—

"I know Principal Wang asked you to help investigate the Black Room situation; we can cooperate."

"Choose the homeroom teacher you despise the most; I will pretend to try to skip school and link the Black Room incident to that person, framing them."

"In this way, he becomes the traitor who opened the Black Room wanting to help students escape, while you become the great hero who uncovered the truth; Principal Wang will look at you with new respect, and your status will naturally rise."

"Now, tell me the location of the Art Building."

After reading the content on the paper, Teacher Yao suddenly raised his head, revealing an incredulous expression as he locked eyes with Wu Wang, trying to detect any emotional fluctuation in his gaze.

However, he only saw the calmness of a still well in those dead-fish eyes on the other party's delicate face.

Damn it!

Is this guy really a student?!

His own mindset and every move seemed to be under this guy's control.

Because of this proposal...

He was truly tempted.

"What exactly do you want to do?" Teacher Yao asked the same question again as yesterday.

Wu Wang silently picked up the paper.

He then took out a lighter from his person and burned the white paper filled with temptation into ash, avoiding leaving any evidence that could lead to an accident.

Then, smiling, he answered with words the other party hadn't expected, coinciding word-for-word with what Teacher Yao had thought deep in his heart yesterday:

"To gain special privileges according to the rules, and to satisfy my foolish thirst for knowledge."

"!?!"

How could he know my inner thoughts?!

At this moment, Wu Wang's delicate and good-looking face.

In Teacher Yao's eyes, became extraordinarily hideous and terrifying, like a demon skilled in manipulating hearts...