Chapter 101: You have higher priority than teaching...

Time goes by slowly.

The countdown is four seconds, and even if a normal person recites it silently second by second, it will be over very quickly, almost in the blink of an eye.

But for Lin Han, from the moment he crushed the experience card in his right hand, time seemed to stop at that moment.

He even had time to think whether he had chosen the wrong experience card. After all, he originally only needed to hold on for four seconds, but now he felt that more than four seconds had passed.

Ten seconds... a dozen seconds... or more.

Lin Han: I lost money.

He only had two precious experience cards, and he chose Alfred's one.

Teacher Flame's experience card didn't seem to meet Lin Han's needs at the moment, but Lin Han inexplicably felt that Alfred's was suitable.

In the dormitory, when Alfred demonstrated his abilities to him, he was clearly sitting on a stool when he fell into the bottomless abyss under Alfred's gaze.

Lin Han didn't care whether he really fell into it or it was an illusion given to him by Alfred. He only knew that when he came out of it, he was still sitting on the stool.

What Lin Han needed at the moment was the ability to not "displace". If he wanted to stay, he could only stay in this short gap in front of the door.

But because the situation was too urgent, he didn't have time to think it through. He didn't consider that if this ability only lasted for a moment, the countdown might still be four seconds after his trial card ended...

Lin Han didn't really want to consider this outcome.

If the result of using this experience card is that he can't even last four seconds, he feels that all the fault is Alfred's.

That's his fault.

Lin Han: The worst that can happen is death. It’s just that I didn’t clear this dungeon.

Alfred would keep him alive anyway.

In fact, Lin Han was a little discouraged and irritable at this time.

After staying in this dungeon for so long, he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed and impatient with the repeated choices.

He is very frugal with props, otherwise he wouldn't have not used them until the last moment.

His props were scarce, and the [Behind] copy had not been troublesome enough to require him to use props until a second ago. However, all this was based on the premise that Ye Ting was fine.

The monster behind Lin Han had a good grasp of Lin Han's psychology. It didn't really do anything that could really harm Lin Han throughout the whole process, but harming Ye Ting was something that Lin Han could not allow no matter what.

Because of him, the relatively innocent Ye Ting couldn't survive the last four seconds.

Failure to pass the level means death and loss of the opportunity to continue to the new world.

Lin Han didn't think Ye Ting was a good person, but in the process of getting along with Lin Han, even if Lin Han took the initiative to show his "usefulness", judging from the results, she never abandoned Lin Han.

So Lin Han couldn't accept that he would abandon her at the last moment.

It is not only the horrific images that can affect Lin Han's psychology. The reason why the new world gives Lin Han an "exclusive perspective" is to protect his "original heart" and his sanity.

Lin Han knows what is most important.

Clearing the game was indeed very important. New World had been working hard to resolve this so-called "bug," so it didn't matter if they gave Lin Han some extra time. So...

In the darkness, Lin Han licked his lips: If it’s so important, come and help me clean up!

The moment he thought of this, Lin Han pinched Ye Ting's arm.

Yes, cut it off.

This was his original intention.

Lin Han wasn't sure if he could come back after entering the door, so he was willing to assume the worst-case scenario.

Afraid that she couldn't bear the visual effect, Lin Han first gave Ye Ting an exclusive perspective.

Crushing a cabbage leaf's arm was not a difficult task for him; Alfred's ability allowed him to do it easily.

Although some juice did burst out and splashed onto Lin Han's face, he just narrowed his eyes slightly, as if the water splashed when he was picking vegetables, and he didn't feel anything special.

Ye Ting didn't react at all. She was not in good condition to begin with. She didn't even move her eyes. She just leaned back according to Lin Han's force.

Alfred's power was very strange. Although it was not as obvious as Su Fu's, Lin Han could feel the people and monsters around him, as well as the densely packed monsters in the door that were reaching out.

He knew Ye Ting was not dead.

Although he couldn't see her face clearly, he heard her breathing. However, he didn't judge that Ye Ting was not dead based on the breathing. He simply knew this established fact.

So it's weird.

Lin Han didn't know how to describe this feeling.

Ye Ting was pulled out by him, but the hands inside the door still held Lin Han's hands tightly and did not let go. Even with his arms as a bridge, those hands began to extend towards the outside and tried to grab other people.

Lin Han did not give them this opportunity.

He had seen Alfred use it, so he should be able to use it too.

As long as he wants.

He can also make everyone sink like Alfred.

The next second after the thought came to his mind, Lin Han's perspective suddenly rose.

This is also a very strange perspective, as if he is gradually growing taller, tall enough to look down on everyone else, and there is almost no end to this perspective rising.

It was clear that the corridor had a limited height, and if he went any higher he would only hit the cold roof of the building, but his perspective was still climbing uncontrollably.

Just like that time, Lin Han felt like he was falling down.

He gradually saw the faces of the others.

Ye Ting's, Jiang Lili's, Wen Cheng's, Dai Zisheng's, the monsters on their backs, and the faces of the monsters inside the door who were trying their best to crawl out... and the face of the monster behind him.

Lin Han knew very well that people couldn't see their own backs, but he saw it.

The monster behind him had the body of an adult, but a face like a child. Under its deep red pupils, its facial features were childish.

It just stared at Lin Han intently, no one knew what had happened or what it had seen, tears faintly glistening in its deep red pupils.

Tears welled up in the corners of its eyes, and even its deep red pupils no longer looked scary in the darkness, but instead became weak and pitiful.

Lin Han: “…”

He didn't bully him. It was Lin Han who was bullied by it from beginning to end throughout the entire copy.

He hadn't started crying yet, but this monster started crying first.

But Lin Han was inexplicably made to feel a little guilty by its accusing gaze. After being confused, the first thought that came to his mind was that he had made a mistake.

He didn't know what was wrong, but he must have made a mistake.

Because of this inexplicable feeling of guilt, he almost couldn't help but want to bend down and apologize to it.

But Lin Han was stunned again.

Light.

Where is the light in this dark corridor?

Yes, Lin Han's other hand was still on Ye Ting's body, continuing to maintain her life.

But from his perspective, he was already very far away from Ye Ting.

But he moved his hands, and his left hand was still holding Ye Ting's arm, without any relaxation.

He had broken the other person's arm, so he had to make sure she didn't die from excessive blood loss in the four-second countdown.

It's only four seconds, not one minute and twenty-eight seconds.

It was also because of this that Lin Han remembered that he was still in the copy. In the crisis of the countdown of four seconds, he saved Ye Ting's life and prevented her from being pushed into the door and killed by the monster behind her.

As for who this monster was, it was the owner of the face that was looking at him with tears in its eyes.

Lin Han was almost fooled into it.

But it's still strange.

The faces of those people seemed to be deliberately tilted up so that he could see them clearly, revealing their entire faces in front of him, like lotus leaves spread out on the water, constantly distorted and deformed with the change in height.

His pupils were like a funhouse mirror, everything he saw was distorted and deformed, with lines flying all over the place.

He should have felt some strange discomfort about this scene, but he possessed Alfred's power at the moment, so he did not feel uncomfortable, but rather took it for granted.

He just looked at these people's almost exposed faces, and felt inexplicably curious.

Did he look like this in Alfred's eyes that day?

Like a lotus leaf, swaying on the trunk with the invisible water flow?

He didn't know, and no one answered him at this moment.

The third time he used the trial card, he still wasn't lucky enough to win the extremely low probability, so Alfred came down to help him solve the problem.

......

Lin Han guessed correctly about the time.

Alfred's power is like a force that keeps people in a certain moment and cannot go back.

Even though Lin Han had pulled Ye Ting's hand back, the countdown didn't change much.

[Countdown: 0:00:03]

The wasted second was the second when Lin Han reached out and pulled Ye Ting.

He began to think about what he should do, but it was obvious that he had not learned anything from that brief experience, and Lin Han didn't know what to do.

He paused everyone's time at the third to last second. They could not move forward or backward. The hands that stretched out one after another could only struggle in vain. They were unable to invade this second.

Time strangely paused at this second, but Lin Han, who caused it to pause, had no ability to continue.

Until a new pair of hands reached out from behind him.

That's not the monster's hand.

Lin Han's perspective was still as strange as ever. He could see the monster that was originally behind him, so he felt puzzled and a little bit of real fear towards this pair of hands of unknown origin.

Fortunately, the familiar cuffs and white gloves allowed him to quickly recognize who its owner was.

Not long ago, the owner of these hands took his hands to treat his own wounds.

Alfred.

He grabbed Lin Han's hand, as if temporarily taking over the power that belonged to him in Lin Han's body: "Didn't I tell you before that Teacher Alfred can also heal?"

The last light in the darkness disappeared, and Lin Han heard a rustling sound, and flesh and blood were rolling, covering each other layer by layer.

He heard Ye Ting's faint moan.

She is still alive.

Alfred treated her.

Lin Han: “…”

Lin Han was in a very strange state. He could see everyone but Alfred.

He was a little curious.

But when he opened his mouth, he only asked a rather boring question: "Don't you have classes?"

The description of the experience card clearly states that whether the person can be summoned depends on the friendliness and mood of the summoned person, and the course arrangement that should be ranked at the top should be the one with the greatest influencing factor.

The Alfred that Shen Qiuqiu mentioned seemed to be very busy. He always had classes. Lin Han hadn't gotten the class schedules of all the teachers yet, so he didn't know what Alfred's schedule was for today. It couldn't be that he skipped class again just to come and solve his problems.

Should Jiang Xuchen temporarily substitute for him in the class?

Lin Han felt strange too. The fact that he could ask such a question proved that he was not normal at the moment, but...

Alfred didn't seem normal either.

He took over the power in Lin Han's body.

Alfred's experience card allows Lin Han to experience Alfred's power, and this power is naturally mastered by him.

So he stopped whenever he wanted to.

Lin Han's vision suddenly returned to its original state. The height difference made him feel dizzy and he almost couldn't stand steadily.

But Alfred held him up from behind.

He easily tore off the monster that was wrapped around Lin Han. Lin Han heard screams and faint crying sounds.

Alfred spoke in his ear: "You have higher priority than teaching."

"Now, you must first learn to use your power on your enemies."

Lin Han shuddered.

Alfrid's voice was calm, his tone steady and with the gentleness that Lin Han was familiar with.

But Lin Han never really saw him. He stood behind Lin Han, as if replacing the monster and wrapping him up.

For the first time, he felt that Alfred was more like a monster than the monster just now.

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Author's note: [melted] I had to delay yesterday's update because I went to bed early last night. I'm not sure if it was a cold or something else, but when I left the house yesterday, my whole body was swollen. I tried to open the company door with my face for three times but failed, and ended up having to follow someone in [burst into tears]