Zuo Lin'an subconsciously glanced at the water's surface; his own appearance had changed quite a bit as well.
What he hadn't expected, however, was that this popular figure from the forums would appear here.
He was Gu Hedao, a Xiantian Rank martial artist.
A live bounty on him was worth 15 Contribution points, while a dead one was worth 10.
He possessed the special talent, 【One-Thought Breeze】.
【Can transform into a wisp of breeze for ten seconds. During this time, the user can move freely to any location in the dungeon, untraceable by specters. After use, it randomly removes one Death Lock from the user. Cooldown: 3 days.】
Zuo Lin'an remembered this talent very clearly; he had even memorized it.
Aside from that, this person was also a Specter Master, which meant he had at least two permanent specter items on him.
After obtaining the paper, the other party quickly used his internal strength to dry it. The handwriting on it was already blurry and hard to read, but he wasn't angry at all. Instead, he looked at Xu Youyou with a very gentle expression.
“Young friend, I wonder if you could hand over the item in your hand to th—to me?”
Xu Youyou stared at him with wide eyes, looked down at the Class Two list in his hand, and then actually stuffed the thing into his mouth, taking a vicious bite out of it.
Forget about Gu Hedao standing by the river; even Zuo Lin'an, who was standing right next to him, didn't have time to stop him.
Fortunately, Zuo Lin'an was fast enough to stop him after just one bite.
Xu Youyou looked at his grabbed wrist in surprise.
“Huh?”
Zuo Lin'an sighed helplessly.
“There's no need for that.”
He then slapped away the remaining half of the list in his hand.
“You still have it in your mouth? Spit it out, quick.”
Xu Youyou obediently spat, spitting out the saliva-soaked paper from his mouth straight into the river.
The scene fell into a dead silence.
Meanwhile, Zuo Lin'an acted as if nothing had happened, speaking with a smile.
“Excuse me, classmate, do you need something from us?”
Gu Hedao's expression was bizarre. “...Nothing.”
Zuo Lin'an said, “Is that so? Then we'll be taking our leave now.”
The two of them walked toward the dormitory area with completely normal expressions.
This left only Gu Hedao, the youthful old man, standing by the riverbank, completely bewildered in the breeze.
After hesitating repeatedly, Gu Hedao gave up on the half of the paper that had already sunk into the water, and only picked up the other half that Zuo Lin'an had slapped to the ground.
Although it was also covered in some spit, it was still somewhat acceptable.
With a flash of his body, Gu Hedao wrapped himself in true qi, and his figure flickered as he returned to the vicinity of the bulletin board.
By now, most of the NPCs had already left the area, heading toward the dormitory buildings.
When they had snatched the lists earlier, they had done their best to destroy them. Thus, even if the players managed to reclaim them, they would only be able to piece together seventy percent of them at most.
As for themselves?
Once they reached the dormitory buildings, they could just ask the dorm auntie for the list. They could easily find out which dorm they lived in from her.
As for their classes?
Since they had to violate the school rules to enter the Scarlet Dream anyway, they could naturally go to whichever class they wanted!
Taking the players' spots would just force them to violate the school rules too.
And there was another very important point.
Time!
They entered the school gate at five o'clock, and evening self-study started at six!
The players had to piece together the lists, find the dormitory area, and then locate their specific beds. All of this combined would take at least half an hour, wouldn't it?
And half an hour was a conservative estimate.
For those without any power or backing, even an hour might not be enough.
In addition, a sign hung on the wall of the security guard's office at the school gate.
【Study hard, balance work and rest.
Three meals a day, eat healthily.
Respect your teachers, love your classmates.】
Once they entered the school gate at five, they had to obey the school rules.
Therefore, they also needed to go to the cafeteria for dinner today!
Who knew if these ancient people would even think of this.
When the time came, the players would go to the wrong dorms, fail to understand the bed assignments, miss dinner, and be late for evening self-study...
At this thought, the corners of Zuo Lin'an's mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly.
It seemed that all nine hundred players would have to enter the Scarlet Dream at least once tonight.
By now, the two of them had arrived at Dormitory Building A.
This was the boys' dormitory building.
Whether by coincidence or not, Zuo Lin'an and Xu Youyou were still in the same dorm room, Room 101 on the first floor.
Seeing the familiar dorm auntie, they called out warmly.
“Auntie.”
The dorm auntie beamed when she saw them.
She clearly recognized them, but she only nodded and didn't say much.
The two pushed open the dorm room door, only to find four bunk beds inside. It was an eight-person dorm!
Xu Youyou was shocked. “Huh?!”
Zuo Lin'an was also somewhat surprised. When they had come to the school before, this room had been a four-person dorm, and only the two of them had lived in it.
But once they remembered that this was a dungeon, both of them understood. The NPCs would definitely be mixed in with the players, meaning there would be no such thing as a four-person dorm.
“It's normal. After all, things are different here.”
Xu Youyou nodded. “True.”
Seeing the eight keys on the desk, he casually swiped two of them and handed one to Zuo Lin'an.
“There's nothing on the keys either...”
There were no room numbers or bed numbers; they were just ordinary keys.
Xu Youyou suddenly walked outside and looked at the paper pasted on the door.
It listed eight names, each corresponding to one of the eight bed numbers.
“Brother An, you're bed number two, and I'm number four. Both are bottom bunks. This is great; we won't have to climb up and down.”
“By the way, should we take other people's beds?”
Zuo Lin'an shook his head. “No need. We don't want to cause any conflicts and get beaten up.”
Xu Youyou said, “Beaten up? I'm not afraid of that.
“Besides, the school rules require us to love our classmates. If they hit me, they'll be the ones violating the rules.”
Zuo Lin'an asked, “And how many people do you think know about that rule right now?”
“Uh? Then why did you just...”
Zuo Lin'an said, “Earlier was a special case. The players had to grab the lists back, so they couldn't afford to care about anything else. But it's different in the dorms. Being too arrogant will easily get you beaten up.
“And there's no need for it. Even if we swap beds, we can only target two players. It's not worth it.
“If we're going to cause trouble, we should make it big enough to drag more players into it.”
Xu Youyou thought about it carefully and realized that made sense. So, he stopped trying to cause trouble and obediently began to make his bed. However, just as he started, he remembered something.
“Brother An, have we violated the school rules yet?”
Zuo Lin'an thought back to their various actions from the moment they entered the school gate until now.
“Well... our act of taking the lists earlier should count as violating the school rules.”
Xu Youyou suddenly suggested, “Let's swap beds.”
Zuo Lin'an found it odd. “Why?”
Xu Youyou glanced outside the door a few times. Seeing that there was no one else except for a few scattered NPCs like themselves, he spoke in a low voice.
“I read the information before. When we enter the Scarlet Dream, we will appear at the location where we first violated the school rules that day.
“Today we violated it over by the school gate, so we'll appear there. But what about the following days?
“One of the players' main quests is to survive for six full days. Today is Sunday, starting from five o'clock Sunday afternoon until five o'clock Saturday afternoon.
“That's six nights in total, which means the Scarlet Dream will open six times.
“If we swap beds, the place where we first violate the school rules each day will be right here in the dorm. It'll make it easier for you to settle your living body.”
Zuo Lin'an thought about it and found it reasonable.
“Alright, let's swap then.”
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