Chapter 20
"Mr. Shen, we really don't want to stay with Professor Cen?"
A group of people walked along the campus path, with Shen Wenshao still leading the group. He was leading a mighty procession of over 1,600 players towards the administration building. When he heard a player anxiously ask this question, he was filled with disdain: "Why do you have to follow him? Didn't he say that in the dream world, as long as you believe you have superpowers, you will actually have them? I can protect myself. I don't need an NPC to lead me."
"Besides, with his appearance..." Shen Wenshao sneered, his tone tinged with disdain: "He only has a face to look at, and he might even need someone else's protection."
The player who asked the question forced a smile, but in his heart he felt a little regretful for following along to flatter.
This was their first time entering the dream world, and they hadn't figured out anything yet. If they wanted to be safe, they should actually follow Cen Xun's lead.
But this Mr. Shen actually acted on his own without making any preparations. He was too rash and arrogant.
Although he had the thought, he certainly didn't dare to say it in front of Shen Wenshao. He quietly retreated to the back of the team, looked up at the falling night, and felt a little uneasy in his heart.
Shen Wenshao, who was standing in front of him, still looked confident, and was talking to his friends in the rich young boy circle with his head tilted. "Once we enter the dream world and have superpowers, we can go directly to the principal's office to fight monsters. If we get the first kill in the game, we will definitely drop special rewards."
Qin Shiyuan frowned slightly, disagreeing: "Go directly? Don't you want to develop yourself first? The principal must be the most powerful boss."
Shen Wenshao patted his shoulder and said unconcernedly, "Come on, this is clearly just a monster-killing dungeon. There are over a thousand of us, and one kick from each of us is enough to kill the principal. What are you afraid of? The sooner we can get rid of the principal, the sooner we can quit the game, don't you think?"
Qin Shiyuan's tone was slightly depressed: "I don't think things are that simple."
"Brother Qin, you tend to overthink simple things." Yu Yimo took a few quick steps to catch up with them, shrugging. "Being too cautious can lead to missed opportunities. Wasn't it because your second brother was too indecisive that he lost to your third brother when it came to seizing power? He's a living example."
When mentioning this matter, Qin Shiyuan's eyes dimmed slightly.
"Oh, you have to have superpowers to be eligible to participate in the family competition," Mo Shao interjected with self-mockery, "People like us who haven't awakened superpowers, no matter how favored we are, are not eligible to participate in the succession selection. We lose at the starting line."
"In today's world, those with special abilities are respected," sighed one of the young masters. "Without special abilities, we'll never be able to join the family's power center. I believe that the reason you signed up for this game is because you wanted to change your fate."
Shen Wenshao's face darkened. Thinking of the faces of those who mocked him openly or secretly, his nails clenched so tightly that they almost pierced into his palms.
Yes, he was so unwilling and hateful that he ignored his family's opposition and resolutely signed up for this game.
His mother is a powerful psychic, and the children of psychics are very likely to also be psychics. For this reason, Shen Wenshao was placed with high hopes from the moment he was born.
But as Shen Wenshao grew up, he failed to awaken his superpowers and gradually became a laughing stock in the upper class circle. If it weren't for his powerful mother with superpowers, he would have become the most dispensable existence in the Shen family.
Even though he still maintained a bright and beautiful appearance, Shen Wenshao knew very well in his heart that as long as he did not awaken his special abilities and was an ordinary person, he would never be able to inherit any family property, nor would he ever be able to join the family's core circle.
He will be ostracized by his brothers and sisters, and may even die one day.
Shen Wenshao didn't want to see this happen.
He wants to change his fate, he wants to take control of his own life, he wants to become the real boss of the Shen family!
This is also why Shen Wenshao was so anxious to kill the principal.
He was eager to get the game's reward, wondering if that "reward" was the superpower he had always dreamed of.
Shen Wenshao took a deep breath, calmed himself, and murmured, not knowing whether he was trying to convince others or himself: "I will definitely succeed."
They took a shortcut and wanted to get to the administration building, which required them to go through a forest.
For some reason, the moment they entered the woods, the light around them seemed to suddenly dim.
But the sky was getting darker, so it was not surprising that the grove turned dark.
An evil wind suddenly blew, rustling the leaves in the woods and twisting the branches to and fro, twisting them into crazy lines. A thick black cloud had suddenly covered the top of the head, and strangely screaming crows flew over the head, like some kind of ominous sign.
The uneasiness in Qin Shiyuan's heart became more and more serious. He quickened his pace and urged, "Hurry up!"
Shen Wenshao said impatiently: "Why are you in such a hurry? This is nothing."
Before he could finish his words, a scream of extreme terror suddenly came from the end of the team, and then stopped abruptly.
"What's going on!"
"What just happened?"
Shen Wenshao frowned fiercely, pushed through the team and came to the back.
The bright flashlight beam fell on the ground, illuminating a winding dragging trail.
Blood flowed along the drag mark until it disappeared into the dark grass.
"What's going on?" someone asked in a trembling voice.
No one answered.
A "crunch, crunch" sound similar to chewing brittle bones came from the grass.
Several flashlights flickered towards the bushes, and a huge black shadow slowly took shape. It had the appearance of a dog, but was ten times larger than a normal dog. Its skin was covered not with soft fur, but with thorn-like spikes. Its open mouth was dripping with foul-smelling saliva, and its teeth were densely packed with bright red flesh shreds.
It was gnawing on a corpse, its bloody head hanging on a neck connected only by a layer of skin. Its bloodshot eyes were filled with fear, and it stared in their direction with its eyes open.
The players were silent for a moment, then suddenly burst into terrified screams: "Ah ...
A new round of nightmare massacre descended silently upon this university.
The lambs fled in panic, unable to fight back.
[Ding! The sixteenth special scene "Nightmare Campus" has begun]
Cen Xun, who was on the rooftop of Dormitory Building No. 14, withdrew his gaze from the distance and fixed his eyes on his system panel.
[Monster Name: Cen Xun]
[Faction: Nightmare Faction]
[Monster Level: None (During the internal testing phase, all members of the Nightmare Camp have not awakened yet, so level assessment is not yet enabled)]
[Points earned: 20458]
[Unlocked special identity: Folklorist (Blue Level)]
[Temporary skills acquired: Mind Reading (Purple Level)
Note 1: This feature is only valid during the internal testing phase. After the game is officially launched, the usage conditions will be adjusted to 100 points/point.
Note 2: Currently this skill is ineffective against purple-level monsters or F-level or higher players.
[Special Identity: Folklorist (Blue Level)]
[Special Skill 1 for this role: Nightmare Puppet Show (Blue Level)]
[Special Effect Introduction: With flesh and blood souls as puppets, the world as the stage, the curtain rises. Who will take the stage this time?]
[Special Skill 2 for this Role: Make Paper Come True (Blue Shirt Level)]
[Special Skill Introduction: The straw spirit becomes a spirit, making all things out of paper. Be careful not to put eyes on them.]
[Temporary Identity: Father of Alien (Blue-clad Level)]
[Special Skill for this Identity: Command Aliens]
[Special Skill Introduction: Upgradable skills, only usable in this round of scenes]
[Current level can command aliens: 256]
[Temporary Identity: Magician (Green Level)] [Special Skill for this Identity: Use Magic]
[Special Skill Introduction: Upgradable skills, only usable in this round of scenes]
[In this round of scenes, the nightmare puppet silk is enhanced to the blue level, and the nightmare joystick is enhanced to the green level]
After reading it, Cen Xun curled his lips slightly.
Very good, his temporary identity did not disappear, and the puppet thread and joystick also retained the upgrade progress of the previous round.
This is also thanks to the students being able to retain their memories of the previous round. Students who believed that Cen Xun had special abilities in the previous round will of course continue to believe it in this round.
This makes things much simpler.
Cen Xun took out a fake magic wand that was a joystick, and cast a fireball to knock the monster that had climbed onto the rooftop down.
At this moment, the dog leash in his other hand suddenly loosened. Cen Xun frowned slightly and looked to his side. A young man with messy hair had somehow broken free from the shackles and was squatting steadily on the railing, smiling at him.
With this movement, his chest and abdominal muscles, tightly bound by his combat uniform, stretched out into beautiful, strong and powerful arcs. He perched on the slender railing, his steady and light posture like an eagle.
Cen Xun narrowed his eyes dangerously and pointed the joystick at him: "Dare to run?"
"Although I really want to fight monsters with Teacher Cen," the young man sighed, "I have to meet the KPIs given to me by the organization."
"so"
As the fireball flew towards him, the young man flipped back without hesitation, leaving behind a last sentence with a smile.
"See you tomorrow, Teacher Cen."
The burning piece of paper swayed and fell into Cen Xun's palm. Cen Xun seemed not to feel the heat. He lowered his eyes and clenched the charred piece of paper, with an unclear expression on his face.
The dog chain around Zhang San's neck was made of paper by Cen Xun. Unless Cen Xun himself cancels the transformed state of the paper, the dog chain will not turn back into paper even if it is damaged.
What exactly is Zhang San’s special skill?
Cen Xun didn't dwell on this issue for too long, nor did he have any intention of pursuing Zhang San.
He knew exactly why Zhang San was leaving at this moment. While searching for clues in the principal's office, that bastard Zhang San must have found some key clues, and now he was in a hurry to leave, probably to verify his guess.
Cen Xun was not in a hurry.
Because he also found the key clue.
And Cen Xun was very sure that as long as Zhang San didn't have what he had, no matter how hard he searched, he would end up with nothing.
You bastards, let’s see who can beat who.
Cen Xun gripped the joystick expressionlessly and also flipped off the rooftop.
In this round, Cen Xun only has two things to do.
First, save as many students as possible and make more students believe that he is the principal.
Second, kill as many nightmare monsters as possible, and it would be best if you could harvest all the points in this round by yourself.
As the saying goes, the bigger the fist, the more powerful it is. In the future, when you want to compete with the principal, hard power is indispensable.
Moreover, Cen Xun's act of killing monsters was to compete with the principal for energy, and of course the more the better.
Cen Xun skillfully climbed into the dormitory and bumped into Cheng Feng.
This time, Cheng Feng was not injured at all, and his mental state was obviously better than the last round. There were three students surrounding him, and each student had a complicated expression, some were still in shock, and some were inexplicably excited.
Upon discovering Cen Xun had climbed onto the balcony, Cheng Feng pointed at him with immense pride: "Look, Teacher Cen is here to save us! I wasn't kidding you!"
"What's going on?" Cen Xun stepped on the broken glass and walked into the messy balcony. He looked at the human-faced ant lying on the ground and asked, "Did you kill it?"
Cheng Feng nodded repeatedly, approached Cen Xun and, like a puppy, took credit for the job, displaying his chopsticks. "I killed him! I followed what you added to the questionnaire, Teacher Cen, and used the chopsticks to unleash the magic!"
Cen Xun rarely looked at his student, who had done a terrible job on his PowerPoint presentation, with a friendly expression: "Not bad, you are teachable."
Cheng Feng instantly became even more proud. This is Teacher Cen! When has Teacher Cen ever praised anyone before? So this is what it feels like to be praised by the great teacher. Cool! So cool!
Cen Xun suddenly asked, "But how do you know I was the one who tampered with the information in the questionnaire?"
Cheng Feng was too cocky and said without thinking, "Needless to say, besides Teacher Cen, who else would be so unethical as to threaten students with credits, hahahahaha"
Cen Xun: “”
Cheng Feng was laughing when he realized that the surroundings were suddenly dead silent. He shuddered and changed the subject awkwardly: "Teacher Cen, these are my roommates. After I saved them, I told them about your incident in the last round, but they didn't believe it."
Upon hearing this, Cheng Feng's roommate hurriedly shook his head: "Now we believe it! We really believe it!"
Cen Xun looked at these unfamiliar students and said, "I believe you have seen what I wrote on the questionnaire. I alone cannot restore the school to normal. If you can help, that would be great."
The three college students looked at each other, eager to try: "Can we really do this?"
"I want to become Ultraman, is that okay?"
"Me! I want to be the God of Thunder!"
"Then I'll just follow Iron Man?"
"Cen Xun kept smiling: "As long as you believe everything I say, it's fine."
Soon three new legends appeared in the dormitory building. Cen Xun gave them the task of saving Dormitory Building No. 14 and turned to walk out.
Cheng Feng did not stay in dormitory building No. 14, but followed Cen Xun with a strong sense of stealth.
Cen Xun paused: "?"
Cheng Feng said excitedly: "Teacher, let's go together! Master and disciple together, we will be invincible!"
"But I don't want to join forces with you as master and disciple," Cen Xun said, curling his lips and spitting out insults, "The academic garbage you've created brings shame to our entire sect."
Cheng Feng was heartbroken: "Teacher, your words still chill me to the bone, just like my professional achievements."
As they were talking, the two of them killed the monsters at the door of the dormitory building and walked towards other dormitory buildings.
Cheng Feng was a chatterbox, chattering non-stop along the way: "Teacher Cen, why didn't you come to the group meeting this morning? My senior sisters and I waited for you for a long time!"
Cen Xun: "I went to investigate the principal."
Cheng Feng got excited: "What results did the investigation yield?"
Cen Xun said calmly, "The principal summoned the evil spirit in his office, so all the teachers and students in the school became sacrifices."
Cheng Feng was stunned: "Huh?"
The crisscrossing puppet threads sliced the incoming monsters into pieces. Cen Xun's hands were steady, and his tone was calm: "I remember teaching you in class the differences and similarities between Cthulhu Mythos and traditional sacrificial culture. Now let me test you: to what kind of culture does the evil god summoned by the principal belong?"
Cheng Feng: “???”
No, why did they suddenly start asking questions?! Who can even remember the knowledge points in this situation?!
"This, that..." Cheng Feng racked his brains and was very upset: "If I say I don't know, will you deduct my credits?"
Ahhh, if he had known that he would be asked random questions by the big boss mentor during the monster fighting process, he would not have followed!
Cen Xun was busy collecting points in the dormitory area. On the other side, Zhang San had already arrived outside the school history museum.
He casually tossed an elevator card, nimbly walked around the nightmare monsters crawling out of the photo frames on the wall, and walked into the elevator of the school history museum.
The monsters he encountered along the way acted as if they didn't see him and ignored him.
Zhang San swiped the sensor area with the elevator card and pressed the first floor.
Yes, H University’s school history museum has another floor underground.
Zhang San saw this news from a piece of remaining diary paper when he was rummaging through the principal's desk.
On the diary page, stained dark red with blood, was written: "I have sealed all my honors and past in the basement of the school history museum. Under the witness of my predecessors, I hope I can lead H University through the difficulties."
The elevator card was in the drawer's compartment. Cen Xun was searching another drawer at the time, and he secretly took the elevator card into his hand without letting Cen Xun notice.
The elevator went down, and Zhang San's expressionless face was reflected on the smooth elevator door.
The principal sealed "all the honors and past" in the underground floor, and it is very likely that what he wants is inside.
Past experience told him that if he wanted to destroy a strange domain, he had to find the "core" of the strange domain.
He guessed that the "core" of this mysterious domain of H University was most likely the "President's Appointment Letter".
The birth of the dream world came from the principal's obsession with protecting his students. In other words, as long as the principal is no longer the "principal", this domain will disappear.
Destroy the "Principal's Appointment Letter" and all this should be over.
With a "ding" sound, the elevator doors opened to both sides.
There was no light on in the basement, and it was pitch black. Zhang San turned on the flashlight, and the glaring light swept across the portraits of the past three principals and fell on the portrait of "Hong Yingtao".
"What a shame! My wife doesn't have a principal job anymore." Zhang San fumbled around the wall for a while, then held a flashlight in his mouth and pried open the principal's portrait nailed to the wall while mumbling to himself, "He loves being a principal so much. I'll buy him a school in the future."
With a "bang", Zhang San put the broken portrait aside, patted the dust off his hands, and looked up at the hole behind the portrait.
Then Zhang San fell silent.
Because there was a box clearly placed in the hole.
It's a safe!
The kind that requires a special key to unlock!
Zhang San tried to unlock the box out of despair, but this important box containing the principal's honor was obviously not so easy to open. He simply couldn't open it without a key, and other violent means didn't work.
What bad luck! Zhang San never expected that the principal would set the box to be opened with a key. Its effect was equivalent to the rules set by the domain master himself. If the level is not high enough, it is difficult to crack it directly with brute force.
He could do it easily before when his strength was not restricted, but now that his strength is suppressed, he can't do it anymore.
"Okay, okay," Zhang San laughed angrily and patted the safe. "No wonder you let me go so easily. You were waiting for me here, right?"
"Your eyes are as dense as a sieve. How could you fall in love with him?"
Zhang San smoothed his messy hair and had a new idea.
He didn't want Cen Xun to replace the principal and become the new domain master, nor did he want this strange domain to continue to exist.
Since we cannot destroy this strange domain by destroying the "core", we can only take another route.
Zhang San sighed and took out a gun from his pocket: "If Teacher Cen knew my true identity, he would definitely kill me."
"You have to protect this vest well."
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