Chapter 117, The Unexpected Key Figure
Whether Zhong Bingxuan leaves or calls her teacher, she will likely miss this important news.
Some might think this option is a trap, and that there's no way to escape if there's danger, but Zhong Bingxuan isn't afraid. Fortunately, there's no time or status requirement, so she just slowly walks forward, looking unhurriedly towards the source of the sound.
"Rip rip rip~"
"That's... a giant roulette wheel?"
A roulette wheel appeared on the water's surface, leaving Zhong Bingxuan completely bewildered. She looked ahead several times but still couldn't find anything wrong, so she mustered her courage and went out.
The large turntable was empty. Zhong Bingxuan walked over there and, relying on her skill and daring, jumped onto the turntable.
[Ding-dong! Congratulations! You've discovered the clue wheel for the dungeon. Spin it, and the clue will appear.]
The tearing and ripping sounds continued until the large roundabout finally stopped. In Zhong Bingxuan's mind, a black wooden box appeared, labeled as the school's most precious treasure—your most important thing.
Zhong Bingxuan wanted to take a closer look, but the image simply disappeared.
"Never mind, at least I know the school's most precious treasure is a black box. But what does that 'the most important thing to you' mean? It feels very important."
Unable to figure it out, Zhong Bingxuan simply posted the matter in the group chat to brainstorm and find a solution.
[Undeterred by Wind and Rain (Captain Zhong Bingxuan)]: Everyone, I just found a clue wheel. The school's treasure is a black wooden box with the most important thing marked on it. What do you think it is?
[Undeterred by Wind and Rain (Core Member Fu Yucheng)]: Great, Captain, you're so quick! We were just talking about the school's treasure, and now you've found it.
[Undeterred by Wind and Rain (Captain Zhong Bingxuan)]: We've only found clues; we don't yet know where the destination is.
[Undeterred by Wind and Rain (Core Member Fu Yucheng)]: Knowing the specifics makes finding things much easier. I'll go and get some information from my colleagues later.
[Undeterred by Wind and Rain (Vice Captain Li Hanmo)]: Fu Yucheng, be careful. Linlin, after you finish your game, also look for the clue wheel. If we're lucky, we might be able to complete a mission soon.
Zhong Bingxuan thought so too, otherwise she wouldn't have sent the message to everyone.
[Undeterred by Wind and Rain (Mascot Zhong Linlin)]: OK, don't worry, leave it to me, I will try my best to find it.
Zhong Bingxuan thought it would be a long time before the next clue appeared on the roulette wheel, but less than three minutes later, before the bell rang for the end of get out of class, Linlin sent a message back.
[Undeterred by Rain or Shine (Mascot Zhong Linlin)]: Found it! My clue is the place that the recently disappeared underachiever liked to go to the most.
[Undeterred by Wind and Rain (Core Member Fu Yucheng)]: Great, Linlin, your luck is as reliable as ever. You got the clue so quickly.
【Undeterred by Wind and Rain (Mascot Zhong Linlin)】: It was just a coincidence. Right after I finished playing the game, I went for a walk and heard a strange bird call. I found a clue on the bird and spun the wheel.
If Linlin says that, then the clue wheel isn't just in one place, making it more difficult to find.
[Undeterred by Wind and Rain (Core Member Fu Yucheng)]: You guys are all so capable, I can't fall behind. I'll go and find out who went missing recently and caused the biggest commotion.
In the world of horror, no nameless person disappears without a trace and is remembered. There must be something special about that person to make them a key to the dungeon mission. Fu Yuchen's main task is to find out the secret of that person and help Zhong Bingxuan complete the first-class mission.
The wait was long, so Zhong Bingxuan simply went back to the playground and started chatting with Ya Ya.
"How boring. Is there any big gossip at school lately?"
Zhong Bingxuan took out a bag of potato chips and handed it to her best friend. She had secretly hidden these chips, thinking that if there was a problem with the cafeteria's food rations, she could at least fill her stomach with potato chips so she wouldn't get too hungry and faint.
"Wow, Bingbing, you're so kind to treat me to such expensive snacks. The food in the cafeteria is always awful, and I haven't had much of an appetite lately."
Even the indigenous people complained about how disgusting it was, but Zhong Bingxuan didn't want to look at it at all. She was worried that it would be too disgusting and she would throw up. She already had nothing to eat, and now she was even hungrier. She had to be careful with the food she had left and not waste any.
Ya Ya happily accepted the snacks from Zhong Bingxuan and ate them in big bites. Perhaps because she felt obligated to accept the food, Ya Ya told Zhong Bingxuan a big piece of gossip.
"Speaking of which, there really is one. The school bully, Li Hanmo, has mysteriously disappeared."
"When did this happen? How come I didn't know about it?"
Zhong Bingxuan's surprised expression didn't even need to be faked. After all, her teammate had just entered the instance and was identified as a missing person by the natives, and was very likely to be the key to finding the school's treasure. This was really too unexpected. Her facial expression was extremely real and didn't need to be faked at all.
"All you do is show off all day long. How much do you care about the important things that happen at school? That happened not long after the start of the semester. The school bully didn't do well in school last semester and was punished by the teacher. He was in a bad mood and apparently stole the school's treasure. He wants to get revenge at the beginning of this semester."
"Just because of this, the school bully disappeared?"
"That's right. The school bully stole the treasure and disappeared from the world. Some say that the treasure was spiritual and knew that the school bully was not its master, so it killed him. Others say that the treasure was an evil thing that imprisoned the school bully and slowly took away his life force. When the school bully's life force was almost gone, it released him and fulfilled his wish."
"What's the point of having your wish granted when you're about to die?"
Zhong Bingxuan readily agreed and played along with Ya Ya's complaints about the side effects of the treasure. Ya Ya wholeheartedly agreed, saying, "Exactly! Such a handsome school bully, dying so young, it's so pitiful."
Zhong Bingxuan noticed that although Ya Ya said those words, her eyes were indifferent, clearly indicating that she didn't care about any human life.
Zhong Bingxuan's wariness of her best friend reached its peak. This was no easy character to mess with, and there might be some hidden plot waiting for her.
Given the current hostility the system shows towards her, there's a high chance this best friend will eventually become the main villain, so we have to take precautions.
While Zhong Bingxuan successfully extracted information about the school's treasure and its connection to Li Hanmo, Fu Yuchen, with his silver tongue, learned from his colleagues which college slacker Li Hanmo was and shared this information in the group chat.
[Undeterred by Rain or Shine (Core Member Fu Yuchen)]: Everyone, you probably never expected who the academic underachiever would be?
[Undeterred by Wind and Rain (Mascot Zhong Linlin)]: Who is this? Is it unexpected?
[Undeterred by Wind and Rain (Captain Zhong Bingxuan)]: Yes, a very unexpected person, so unexpected that I felt like I misheard and misunderstood what the indigenous people were saying.
[Undeterred by Wind and Rain (Core Member Fu Yucheng)]: What? Captain, you're so quick, you've got another important clue.
【Undeterred by Wind and Rain (Captain Zhong Bingxuan)】: Hmm, while chatting with the original owner's best friend in this instance, I learned about a possible target, and I wonder if it's the same identity you found out.
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