Zuo Lin'an agreed with An Wen's suggestion.
“Isn't ten seconds a bit too short?”
An Wen shook his head. “Ten seconds isn't short at all. Besides, the shorter the duration, the greater the restriction of the rule itself, which minimizes the probability of generating additional random restrictions.”
“Even if a restriction is generated, its severity likely won't be too harsh.”
Zuo Lin'an nodded secretly. “Alright, I understand.”
He breathed a sigh of relief.
Having learned so much, he also realized that Xu Youyou's rule must indeed have restrictions. Since they were randomly generated, there was no telling how many there were.
Recalling what Bai Yuan had said about the little boy's self-esteem...
His lips twitched, and he stopped dwelling on it.
“As expected, it's always best to consult a teacher for professional matters.”
When he first boarded the specter bus, he had only thought about how he would soon acquire another rule.
He only had a vague idea of how to formulate the rule.
But after this conversation with Instructor An, he had not only clarified the path he would take in the future but had also firmly established his second rule.
“It's good that you understand.”
An Wen took the pocket watch from his hand.
“Come, let me teach you how to use it.”
“This adjusts the time, and this one, when pressed, resets it to the correct time...”
After An Wen's detailed explanation, Zuo Lin'an realized that this small pocket watch actually had quite a few functions.
Speeding up the hands, slowing them down, pausing them, and even a one-key reset to the current time—it was incredibly convenient to use.
Once Zuo Lin'an was familiar with the pocket watch, An Wen handed it back to him.
“You should know that when you go to Sin Hunter City this time, your specter body is not allowed to enter.”
“However, even if you only have your living body, in your current state, you don't need to eat or drink, you don't have to worry about dying, and you don't even need to sleep or rest.”
“Compared to last time, these can be considered advantages.”
Zuo Lin'an nodded.
“I won't need to carry food or water this time when I enter Sin Hunter City. I'll just bring a knife, this pocket watch, and you can prepare a map for me.”
An Wen replied, “Of course I have a map. I prepared it long ago. Besides, the place you are entering this time is different from last time.”
Zuo Lin'an didn't think there was any issue with that.
“That makes sense.”
“When can I enter?”
An Wen said, “Whenever you want, you can enter at any time.”
Zuo Lin'an made his decision immediately.
“The sooner, the better. Please arrange it for me as soon as possible.”
An Wen replied, “Sure.”
“It's quite a coincidence. A batch of students is going to Sin Hunter City tonight. You can go with them.”
Zuo Lin'an recalled his last trip.
He and Xu Youyou had been sent to Sin Hunter City along with a batch of actual criminals.
Everyone besides the two of them had been prey specifically selected for them by the training base.
“This time, will the people getting off the plane with me also be my prey?”
An Wen shook his head.
“No, you will get off the plane alone this time.”
“Those criminals were carefully selected for the students entering Sin Hunter City for the first time.”
Zuo Lin'an understood. That was indeed reasonable.
“That's for the best.”
An Wen stood up. “Let's go to my office. I'll give you the map.”
Zuo Lin'an followed him as they walked out of the cafeteria.
After they left, some students sitting in other parts of the cafeteria began to whisper.
“My god, is that really the cold-faced devil? I saw him smile several times just now.”
“It's definitely him. No one would dare impersonate an instructor at the training base, right?”
“Hey! Do you know who that young man sitting opposite him was? He looks a bit familiar.”
“I know! I think he's Instructor An's former student who successfully passed the Sin Hunter City trial and became a Human-Specter Symbiont. He should be a One-Star dungeon boss now.”
“Really? Then what is he doing here now?”
Someone quickly realized.
“Wait! Could it be...”
One of them seemed to have thought of something, a shocked expression appearing on his face, while the others looked completely baffled.
After all, they were just ordinary students at the training base who hadn't yet become Human-Specter Symbionts, and they weren't even highly regarded by the instructors.
Because of this, they had no idea that after passing the trial and becoming a Human-Specter Symbiont, one could return to Sin Hunter City to acquire a second or even more rules.
However, there were occasionally children from special families among them who had been exposed to this kind of information before.
The person who had just shown a shocked expression was immediately surrounded and questioned by everyone.
He didn't hide anything either. After a thorough explanation, everyone finally learned the purpose of Zuo Lin'an's visit.
“Is that for real? He's here to get a second rule?”
“He's that powerful?”
“I recall it hasn't been that long since this guy graduated, right?”
While everyone in the cafeteria was marveling, Zuo Lin'an, who had already left, knew nothing of this.
He followed An Wen to his office, immediately receiving the map and a boning knife.
An Wen handed him the knife.
“You didn't bring a knife, did you?”
Zuo Lin'an felt a bit embarrassed; he indeed hadn't brought one.
He took the boning knife and thanked him.
An Wen sat down in his office chair. “I knew you'd forget to bring one, so I prepared it beforehand.”
As he spoke, he pulled open the bottom drawer.
“Look, I have over a dozen boning knives here. You can take them whenever you want in the future.”
Zuo Lin'an blinked. “Thank you, Instructor.”
He truly was an elite instructor handpicked by the training base, considering everything so thoroughly.
Besides, his status as an outstanding graduate probably played a part in this treatment as well, right?
Zuo Lin'an put away the knife as An Wen began to advise him on a few more matters.
“Since you were able to gather one hundred Contribution points in such a short time, you must have experienced a lot. How does it feel to kill players in dungeons?”
Zuo Lin'an thought for a moment. “It feels pretty good.”
An Wen continued, “Is it very smooth when you kill people, and you don't even have to hold back your strength since you can use specter aura to keep the players hanging onto their last breath?”
Zuo Lin'an replied subconsciously, “Yes.”
So, was there something wrong with that?
Seeing his expression, An Wen's lips curled up.
“Oh, you!”
“As expected, you didn't consider it. Many people who came to get their second rule in the past were just like you are now.”
Zuo Lin'an found it a bit strange and listened as An Wen continued.
“Because they got so used to killing players in dungeons, they didn't adjust when they returned to Sin Hunter City. They subconsciously killed the criminals in Sin Hunter City the same way they killed players.”
“As a result, they ended up killing them instantly.”
“And then they were in trouble.”
“Since they didn't kill the criminals according to their pre-established method of execution, their trip to Sin Hunter City was a direct failure. The moment the criminal died, they were ejected from the city.”
“Wasting the one hundred Contribution points they had spent so long accumulating for nothing.
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