However, they soon realized that the number of players appearing in the dormitory area today wasn't very high.
At most, there were only seventy or eighty people.
Xu Youyou lamented, “There are quite few people today.”
Zuo Lin'an felt it was quite normal. “This is already the third dream. A portion of the players must have gotten familiar with the school rules by now and can manage to live a day in school without violating them.”
Xu Youyou said, “True.”
They ignored the players there and headed straight out of the dormitory area. They had already scanned the place earlier, and the Lin sisters weren't here.
The two quickly rushed toward the administrative building. Right on the way, they spotted the principal's familiar and agile figure crawling rapidly toward them.
“Student Zuo.”
Zuo Lin'an said, “Principal, please tell me the locations of Ming Ruofeng and the Lin sisters.”
By now, numerous specters had gathered in the surrounding area.
The principal fell silent for a moment, seemingly sensing the positions of those three, but there was no response for quite a while.
“Principal?”
The principal sighed. “I can't sense Ming Ruofeng's location. He's either using some kind of specter item to block my perception, or he's already dead. The former is more likely. As for the Lin sisters, they are currently in the cafeteria.”
Zuo Lin'an frowned. “No Ming Ruofeng? Could he have not entered the Scarlet Dream today?”
The principal immediately denied it. “Impossible! Even though I don't have the memory of that period, his puppy love at school is an absolute fact, which means he definitely violated the school rules!”
Zuo Lin'an frowned in thought. “But during the day, players can use talent creations like the 【Death Doll】, or other specter items, to remove their Death Lock.”
Talent creations couldn't be brought into the dream, but they could still be used. After all, violating school rules was equivalent to triggering a Death Rule, which was the same as having a Death Lock placed on oneself.
Only then did the principal realize. “If that's the case, then it is indeed possible. However, we must still focus on the Lin sisters for now. Let's go. We'll kill them first.”
Zuo Lin'an knew they couldn't rush the matter with Ming Ruofeng. “Alright.”
The specters surged rapidly toward the cafeteria.
The principal took the lead, rushing at the very front.
Zuo Lin'an, Xu Youyou, and the other specter NPCs followed behind. At a glance, it looked quite intimidating.
And in truth, they were indeed powerful.
As the principal ran, he spoke, intending to brief them on the situation in the cafeteria. “There are a total of...”
Midway through his sentence, he suddenly sensed something unusual.
Zuo Lin'an turned to ask, “What is it?”
The principal's expression grew solemn. “This is bad. The players from the academic building have formed a group and are charging over. They are very fast. It will probably only take them ten seconds to charge from the academic building to where we are!”
Zuo Lin'an gasped in surprise. “Conceal your figures!”
All the specters concealed their figures at the same time. This way, only players with the 【Spirit Vision】 talent would be able to see and harm them.
But since these players already had the 【Spirit Vision】 talent, their means of dealing with other players would certainly be lacking. They could use this window of time to charge into the cafeteria.
And then kill the Lin sisters.
The other specters, and even Xu Youyou, could be repelled by the players. As long as Zuo Lin'an could snatch the two cards amidst the chaos, everything would be worth it.
To them, snatching the cards was of the utmost importance; everything else was secondary.
The principal looked at the cafeteria, which was right before them. “Charge in!”
The players charging from the academic building were all martial artists, so they were very fast. However, the specters were even faster. In the end, before they could be intercepted, they shattered the glass and crashed into the cafeteria.
Zuo Lin'an heard the continuous sound of shattering glass.
He subconsciously turned to look. Countless pieces of shattered glass scattered across the cafeteria's first floor, refracting the blood-red moonlight. Countless glittering, crimson lights illuminated the entire interior of the cafeteria.
It was truly a spectacular sight.
Because all the glass had shattered and over a hundred specters had suddenly flooded the cafeteria's first floor, the players here were caught completely off guard. For a moment, the players suffered heavy losses.
Zuo Lin'an quickly snapped out of it, wasting no time in attending to his own business.
His crimson slit-pupils swept across the first floor of the cafeteria.
In just two seconds, he found his targets. Taking a step forward, his figure vanished from the spot.
The Lin sisters had solemn expressions, feeling rather panicked as they dodged specters left and right.
Zuo Lin'an found an opportunity and stepped forward, instantly appearing behind them. As his figure materialized, the boning knife in his hand slashed forward, carrying a blood-red, chilly gleam.
He put his full strength into this strike, severing both of their necks with a single slash!
Then, he grabbed the corpses of the two sisters and vanished from the cafeteria together. When he reappeared, he was already in the greenery outside the cafeteria.
He searched the two headless corpses for the cards, but in the end, he only found one.
No matter how hard he looked, he couldn't find the other one.
“It's not here!”
What was going on? That shouldn't be!
Before Zuo Lin'an could figure out what had happened, he noticed noisy sounds coming from the nearby cafeteria. It was likely Xuan Jingyuan arriving with the people from the imperial court.
He immediately discarded the two corpses, concealed his figure, and hid.
As for where the other card was?
Zuo Lin'an felt it must have been taken by Ming Ruofeng!
Earlier, Ming Ruofeng had mentioned that the sisters valued the cards highly and would definitely carry them on their persons.
Even if they didn't hide them on their bodies, as long as the cards still belonged to them, they would automatically bring the cards along when they entered the Scarlet Dream.
Since the other card wasn't there, it meant they had already handed it over to someone else before entering the Scarlet Dream.
And that person could only be Ming Ruofeng!
“Who would have thought...”
Who would have thought that Ming Ruofeng had actually planned ahead!
It didn't matter.
Even if he didn't enter the Scarlet Dream this time, there was always a next time.
Didn't he like following him around?
Didn't he like acting like his brother?
Zuo Lin'an sneered.
In that case, when daytime came, he would constantly look for opportunities to make Ming Ruofeng violate the school rules, using every means possible to force him into the Scarlet Dream.
Seeing from afar that Zuo Lin'an had succeeded, the principal didn't linger in the fight. He led the other surviving specters to quickly conceal themselves and flee in all directions.
They could attack players and weren't afraid of being repelled, but they at least needed to trade one-for-one. Right now, there were too many players; charging in like that would just be throwing their lives away.
They were certainly unwilling to do that.
Soon, Zuo Lin'an found Xu Youyou and the principal, who had both escaped.
At this moment, the three of them were hiding in the bushes near the empty sports field.
Zuo Lin'an said, “Principal, I just killed the Lin sisters, but I only found one card on them. Can you sense the other one?”
Only after seeing the principal did he remember that everything in the Scarlet Dream was under the principal's watchful eyes.
In other words, as long as he asked the principal, he would be able to know whether the other card had been given away before the Lin sisters entered the dream, or if it had been taken by someone after they entered.
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