Zuo Lin'an casually recalled his specter body. After the fusion, his overall emotions had stabilized quite a bit.
Or more accurately, he had grown much colder.
However, to his current self, emotions and the like were no longer important.
“Isn't yours like that?”
Xu Youyou sighed, then released his own specter body.
“See for yourself.”
Zuo Lin'an finally saw Xu Youyou's specter body.
There was nothing special about it. It looked exactly like Xu Youyou himself, with the same deathly pale complexion, identical to Zuo Lin'an's own specter body.
Except its eyes were hollow and lifeless, with a stark contrast between black and white.
Where the pupils should be was a pitch-black, lusterless void, contrasting sharply with the deathly pale whites of its eyes.
However, looking closely, one could still see a fairly noticeable ring of red light where the pupils met the whites of the eyes.
“It's fine. Yours is glowing red too.”
Xu Youyou just stared at Zuo Lin'an in silence.
Zuo Lin'an didn't feel guilty at all. “Alright, put it away. Let's head to the cafeteria to eat first. These past few days in Sin Hunter City were brutal—we couldn't eat well, drink well, dress well, or sleep well.”
Xu Youyou pouted, recalled his specter body, and trailed behind Zuo Lin'an again.
“I'm so jealous. Why do you have eyes like that?”
Zuo Lin'an didn't want to talk about it.
Besides, he didn't know why either.
“Don't we have class tomorrow? You can ask the instructor then. Even if you ask me now, I don't know how to explain it.”
Xu Youyou thought about it and found it reasonable.
“True, I'll just ask the instructor...”
Once they moved past that topic, Xu Youyou's attention shifted.
“Hehehe, Brother An, do you know how many times you've triggered my rule by now?”
Xu Youyou's Death Rule was to respond to him in any way. From the moment they met until now, Zuo Lin'an had responded to him countless times.
This included speaking and other forms of response.
However, none of this mattered.
Zuo Lin'an looked completely indifferent. “Doesn't matter.”
After all, Xu Youyou wouldn't attack him. Even if he did, it wouldn't matter; now that Zuo Lin'an was a Human-Specter Symbiont, he couldn't truly die.
Of course, he also believed that Xu Youyou wouldn't attack him just because he couldn't actually die.
“It really doesn't matter. Besides, I found out that I can remove your Death Lock at any time and place.”
Zuo Lin'an nodded. “That's pretty good.”
He was actually a bit curious about how others felt when they triggered his rule and were branded with a Death Lock.
After all, his rule didn't require triggering or locking on.
After arriving at the familiar cafeteria, both of them ordered a hearty dinner, chose a random corner to sit down, and chatted while eating.
Xu Youyou's eyes darted around as he scanned their surroundings.
“When I was still an ordinary person, I didn't feel much. But now... I feel like the world in my eyes has completely changed. What do you think?”
Zuo Lin'an could already sense the specter aura not far from him.
Especially from Xu Youyou, who was sitting opposite him.
The guy didn't seem to have learned how to restrain his specter aura at all. It leaked outward as if it cost nothing, looking like a peacock flaunting its tail.
Of course, besides that, he also sensed a fleeting specter aura not far away.
That was probably an instructor.
However, that specter aura only appeared for a split second before quickly vanishing.
In other words, the other party could perfectly conceal their specter aura.
If Specter Masters could do it, then Human-Specter Symbionts like them naturally could as well.
While eating, Zuo Lin'an slowly began to control the specter aura drifting around him.
This specter aura felt both familiar and foreign. He clearly felt that this power belonged to him and could be controlled, yet he couldn't master it completely.
It was just like a kitten's tail.
Zuo Lin'an directly multitasked three ways—eating, chatting with Xu Youyou, and conducting simple training exercises to control his specter aura.
Only after swallowing his last bite of food did he let out a long sigh of relief.
“Done.”
Xu Youyou looked over. “What's done?”
The next second, his eyes suddenly widened.
“Huh? Where did your specter aura go?”
Zuo Lin'an smiled. “I've completely restrained it.”
Xu Youyou's eyes bulged. “How did you do that?”
Zuo Lin'an smiled. “It's our own power to begin with. You can do it with a bit of practice. Give it a try.”
Xu Youyou replied, “I tried it earlier, but it had no effect at all.”
Zuo Lin'an said, “We're going to be dungeon bosses in the future. Being a boss is our job, but we'll definitely still have our own lives outside of work.”
“When you go out to have fun or go about your daily life in the future, do you really want to keep releasing your specter aura completely like this?”
Xu Youyou shook his head. “No, definitely not. I'll try again!”
The two walked side by side, leaving the cafeteria.
As they walked out, they happened to encounter two instructors arriving together.
Seeing the two students, the instructors offered friendly smiles, and both boys politely returned the gesture.
Then, Zuo Lin'an suddenly overheard their conversation.
“The new batch of students should be arriving soon, right?”
“Yes, tomorrow. However, of the batch that arrived at the training base with those two students just now, a small portion still hasn't entered Sin Hunter City.”
“They're still training after all this time? Will they just be mixed in with the new students when they arrive?”
“Definitely not. Those who still haven't met the standard will probably be sent back.”
“True. They've wasted so much of our time and resources without making any progress. It's like slacking off at work—I feel like they just came here to sponge free food and lodging.”
“Speaking of which, that kid An Wen sure has great luck. But has his daughter still not come out yet?”
“How could it be so fast? That little girl An Mu has been in there for less than two days...”
As they gradually walked further away, Zuo Lin'an could no longer hear their conversation. But once he snapped out of it, he realized his hearing had improved significantly.
The distance between them just now had been over ten meters, yet he could still hear them speaking from so far away.
This was likely a basic ability of the specter body.
Enhanced perception, enhanced hearing, enhanced vision...
And if they were specters, they were immune to all forms of attack outside of rules, right?
Actually, that wasn't entirely correct either.
He had heard Aunt Mei mention before that there seemed to be items with special effects...
Forget it, now wasn't the time to think about this.
Regardless, things like physical attacks definitely couldn't cause any damage to a specter.
Did this mean...
...that this fellow Xu Youyou could never brag about his brute strength to him again?
Zuo Lin'an's mood instantly became much brighter.
Just as they returned to their dormitory, Zuo Lin'an and Xu Youyou received a message from An Wen at the exact same time.
To make communication easier, Instructor An had directly created a small group chat.
For now, there were only the three of them in it.
Now, An Wen had sent a message in the group.
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