Xu Youyou also sounded a bit uncertain.
“I'm just guessing. After all, these are veteran players, so they're bound to have one or two trump card specter items hidden away. And with so many specter items out there, their special effects are bound to be incredibly varied.”
“Maybe there's a specter item with an effect like that?”
Zuo Lin'an nodded quietly.
Xu Youyou said, “Brother An, are we just going to conceal ourselves and hide here waiting for them to come over? What about your living body? The principal said earlier that even living people will be taken away by them and detained together.”
“Once they find your living body, they'll definitely recognize you immediately.”
Zuo Lin'an frowned slightly.
“My living body...”
Xu Youyou suddenly said, “Brother An, I just thought of something.”
Zuo Lin'an asked, “What is it?”
Xu Youyou blinked.
“I remember the materials our homeroom teacher gave us earlier seemed to mention that during the day, the principal retains his memories of the Scarlet Dream.”
Zuo Lin'an replied, “We all do.”
Right after saying that, Zuo Lin'an suddenly realized what Xu Youyou meant.
“You mean...”
To the players, only the principal retained memories of the Scarlet Dream, while the other natives did not.
Although the reality was that they all did, but...
Xu Youyou flashed a mischievous grin.
“Since the principal can do it, it shouldn't be a problem if there are two more of us, right?”
“After all, the two of us are also pretty special.”
Zuo Lin'an raised an eyebrow.
“So, you want to go head-to-head with those players now?”
Xu Youyou nodded firmly.
“Yes, let's go crush them right now!”
“Even if we expose some of our secrets, it doesn't matter. If they try to attack us during the day, they'll be kicked out of the school by the security guards.”
“You probably don't know this yet, but those players who ambushed Xuan Jingyuan over by the cafeteria earlier have already been kicked out, and their current whereabouts are unknown.”
Zuo Lin'an was slightly startled. “When did this happen?”
How had he never heard of this?
Xu Youyou said, “I overheard it when I was hunting players earlier. They all think those players were kicked out for severely violating the school rules, losing even their eligibility to enter the Scarlet Dream.”
Zuo Lin'an thought it over and made a decision on the spot.
“Since you want to face the players head-on so badly, I'll tag along and have some fun with you.”
The two of them moved incredibly fast.
While the other specters were still completely bewildered, they were already preparing to leave.
Zuo Lin'an secured his living body on the rooftop of the very last dormitory building.
He was confident that as long as specters appeared, they would delay the players' search progress. Perhaps the Scarlet Dream would end before the players could even reach the dormitory area.
Xu Youyou and Zuo Lin'an rushed toward the cafeteria.
“Hey, wait for us!”
Several other specters quickly caught up with them.
“Why are you running so fast?”
“We're coming too.”
“At worst, we'll just get repelled. It's not like it's the first time anyway.”
Zuo Lin'an naturally wouldn't refuse.
“Alright, let's go together.”
Concealing their figures, they quickly arrived near the cafeteria. Instead of acting rashly, they hid and observed from a distance.
“There are several players in the cafeteria. They're faster than I estimated.”
Zuo Lin'an's gaze swept over the surrounding area. Players were stationed as sentries at regular intervals, forming a line that stretched all the way to the sports field.
They were forming a perimeter, slowly closing in on the dormitory area.
Zuo Lin'an could recognize a few of the faces; they were players with the 【Spirit Vision】 talent.
However, there weren't many of them left, and each one was pale-faced with bloodshot eyes, clearly pushed to their limits.
Even if there was no cooldown, this was still a special talent. How could they handle using it so relentlessly?
They were practically asking for death.
Xu Youyou whispered, “They had several 【Spirit Vision】 players, and I basically remember what they look like. But now...”
He scanned the area.
“Only two are left.”
“The extra ones must have the 【Perception】 talent. As expected of a common talent, their numbers are really huge...”
At a glance, he could confirm ten of them, with another five unconfirmed for now, all scattered in other locations.
Regardless, as long as a specter tried to cross their blockade, they would be detected.
First, powerful martial artists would conduct a preliminary perception search. Once an anomaly was detected, they would have someone verify it with their talent. Once confirmed, they would block and repel the specter.
Zuo Lin'an's gaze remained fixed on the cafeteria.
“There's movement!”
The eyes of one pale-faced player suddenly turned dark gold, and he pointed in a certain direction.
The player beside him held an ancient bronze mirror and shone it directly in that direction. Soon, a figure was reflected in the mirror.
It was a specter.
Once reflected by the mirror, the specter suddenly froze in place, unable to move. In just two seconds, it was sucked into the mirror!
Seeing this, Xu Youyou's eyes widened. “Holy crap!”
Then, it suddenly clicked for him.
“So that's how it is! I get it now!”
“Their goal in searching for specters is to help their companions who haven't completed their Repel Specter tasks yet. Since that's the case, they definitely can't repel the specters right away upon finding them.”
“Instead, they have to hand them over to the companions who haven't finished their tasks.”
“But specters can move around, so they must find a way to capture them. That mirror specter item is what they're using to trap them!”
“Once they catch a specter, they can release it in a crowded area, ensuring maximum safety.”
Zuo Lin'an watched the player holding the mirror turn and run the moment the specter was sucked in. He executed qinggong, swiftly leaping across the small stream and heading toward the administrative building.
About half a minute later, he returned, mirror in hand.
From the looks of it, he could continue sucking specters into it.
Seeing this, Xu Youyou couldn't help but feel puzzled.
“Does this mirror specter item have no cooldown?”
Zuo Lin'an also found it strange. But analyzing the situation just now, there indeed seemed to be no cooldown, or perhaps it was extremely short?
At the cafeteria entrance.
“Lord Tang!”
Tang Zhen turned to look at the newcomer. This person was one of his trusted subordinates, Xu Beilin, who possessed a permanent specter item called the 【Specter-Binding Mirror】.
Any specter illuminated by the mirror would be trapped inside, but it could only hold one specter at a time, and for a maximum of ten seconds.
After ten seconds, the specter would automatically be released.
The cooldown was one day.
However, if the specter was successfully repelled within ten seconds of its release, the cooldown would reset immediately!
Needless to say, with multiple people coordinating, didn't this mean the mirror could practically be used indefinitely?!
Tang Zhen asked, “Is everything fine on that side?”
Xu Beilin replied, “Rest assured, My Lord. There are over a dozen people guarding that area, so there are no issues at all.”
Tang Zhen nodded. “Continue the search.”
As the players continued their search for specters, Zuo Lin'an checked the time.
“It's 11:23 PM. Only thirty-seven minutes left. Youyou, I plan to head over and test the waters now.”
Xu Youyou looked at him.
“Brother An, you plan to break straight into the administrative building?”
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