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Time goes back three minutes.
Bai Luo took Lin Yuan to search the entire castle clock, but failed to open any hidden passages. He looked at the wall and fell into deep thought.
"That shouldn't be the case." He murmured, "Could it be that I remembered the plot wrongly?"
Lin Yuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Stop thinking about your Conan and do something serious!"
Bai Luo has his own belief: "This is the dignity of being an old second-dimensional person!"
Lin Yuan: "...It's not certain whether it is Conan!"
"No, I have to try one last time!" After saying that, he threw down the wall clock in his hand and turned away.
"Where are you going?" Lin Yuan was stunned.
"Looking for the Duchess." Bai Luo said, "Will you know if it's original or not after taking a look?"
Lin Yuan: "What are you doing! Don't act like a hooligan!"
"...What are you thinking about?" Bai Luo said helplessly: "I will use magic, brother!"
The two were not far from the restaurant at this time. After walking a few steps, they saw the Duchess sitting at the long table with a gloomy face, as if something had offended her bottom line. But when she saw Bai Luo and Lin Yuan, she still managed to suppress her emotions and squeezed out a forced smile: "Mr. Bai, Mr. Lin, do you have any clues?"
Although Bai Luo was reckless, at least he still remembered to play the role.
"Duchess, as you can see, we did find some clues." Bai Luo said mysteriously.
"Really?" The Duchess' eyes sparkled with surprise. "Where is the treasure? How did you find it?"
"Calm down, ma'am." Bai Luo made a soothing gesture and looked at her with a half-smile: "Before that, I have something I want to ask you first."
"What?" The Duchess said impatiently, suppressing her anxiety.
"Duchess... Oh no, Miss Maid, maybe I should call you that?" Bai Luo's eyes were covered with a layer of light gold. With the help of magic, the last trace of the "Duchess" disguise disappeared: "Killed the real Duchess, and disguised herself as her. Invited us here specially to decipher the secret of the oil painting for you - in order to obtain the gift left by the Duke, you really went to a lot of trouble!"
Lin Yuan thought that the matter of "killing the Duchess" had not even started yet, what if his reasoning was wrong?
The Duchess was like a cat whose tail was stepped on. She quickly fell into a state of rage and said, "Mr. Bai, please watch your words! How dare you slander my innocence!"
Lin Yuan was a little surprised: I didn’t expect that Bai Luo really tricked me out.
But think about it, although Bai Luo is not serious about his work and his mind is full of slacking off and making trouble, he is still the Holy Son of the "Temple of Destiny" after all, and he is well-respected in Parnaki.
The people in the Temple of Destiny are the most mysterious people in Parnagi. They talk nonsense and are always mysterious. They always say "it's all the choice of fate". But in the key matters, they can rely on their intuition to discover "fate". Or in other words: they are "fate" itself.
The closer the soul is to "fate", the more it cannot escape "fate". His whole life will be in the vortex of "fate". No matter how he wants to prove that his thoughts and ideas are all "self", reality will tell him again and again - everything he strives for, everything he wants to prove, is just the inevitable choice of "fate".
The concept of "my destiny is in my own hands" will never appear in the believers of the "Temple of Destiny", especially Bai Luo, the Son of God.
As a person who is keen on the second dimension, likes the second-year, and yearns for the "protagonist" in the comics, Bai Luo has never thought of resisting in the past, but the more he struggles, the more he finds himself powerless. In the end, he has to learn to be like the Pope and completely "give up" and accept the arrangement of "fate" for himself.
Bai Luo has now become a person who loves to stir up trouble, loves to "seek death", does not like to play by the rules, and loves to "play dumb" and "play badly", precisely because of the influence of his identity as the "Son of God".
——If it weren’t for Teacher Rui’s close monitoring and explaining things to the students with both emotion and reason, I’m afraid Bai Luo’s character would have become even more distorted.
Five hundred years of life is so long. Even if their personalities have now returned to human bodies and are dominated by the student memories of the past seventeen years, how can the personalities cultivated over a hundred years be easily erased?
Lin Yuan was feeling a little sad, but Bai Luo's pretentious voice rang in his ears again: "Actually, I'm not a detective, but an internationally renowned plastic surgery expert. I can tell at a glance that your face is fake!"
Lin Yuan: “…”
How can this involve adding random identities?
Well, even he had to admit that the ability to make people want to have an intimate contact with Bai Luo's face with their fists came from Bai Luo's innate genes rather than acquired training.
Lin Yuan couldn't help but deeply doubt his previous interpretation of Bai Luo: What's "resistance" or not resisting fate? This kid just loves to make trouble!
Regardless of how Lin Yuan complained in his heart, the Duchess obviously didn't want to continue to argue with Bai Luo. Her expression was quite anxious, but it was not just because of the anger of having her "secret" exposed, it seemed that there were other factors involved.
"I invited you two here to help me find the treasure my husband left me, not to listen to your nonsense and unreasonable talk." She stood up and said coldly, "Send you out!"
Lin Yuan raised his eyebrows: Why did they just send them away instead of attacking them directly? Was it because they knew they couldn't beat them after determining their strength, so they gave up the fight?
But Bai Luo, the master of making a scene, had no intention of just "showing off" and leaving the castle. He subconsciously grabbed the Duchess's arm, wanting to keep her there, but he forgot that he still had magic power in him. Even if it was just to observe the Duchess's true appearance, it was not something the Duchess could easily resist.
"Hey——" Bai Luo shouted, "Fairy, your grandpa Sun is not afraid of you! Where are you running to!"
With a "swish" sound, a large piece of the human-leather coat "made" for the Duchess - or the maid Celine - was torn off, revealing Celine's real skin hidden under the human skin, which was bright red and seemed to be parasitic with countless wriggling insect eggs.
"Plop", an insect egg fell from the skin and fell to the ground.
The eggs burst quickly due to the violent impact, revealing the tiny but lively spider babies wrapped inside.
Lin Yuan looked at the human skin in Bai Luo's hand with a complicated expression: "Is this the method you told me about?"
Bai Luo: "...No, listen to my explanation, this is just an accident!"
Seeing her true face exposed in the air, the last trace of calmness on the face of the "Duchess" disappeared completely. She raised her head and let out a sharp scream.
The next moment, all the maids and servants around them froze. Huge spider legs stretched out from behind them, and their clothes collapsed quickly like sand. Countless spiders the size of rice grains crawled out of their clothes, which made Bai Luo shudder.
"How dare you do this to me!" Rage and murderous intent spread in the eyes of the "Duchess". She uttered a long howl again, and suddenly eight slender arms like spider legs stretched out from her back. Her neatly combed hair was torn apart as her clothes were torn. Her long, thick black hair fell down, covering most of her face, like a spider-girl boss from "The Evil Within".
The Duchess' voice was sharp and full of hostility: "Since you know my secret——"
She dragged out the last syllable to create a terrifying atmosphere: "I'm going to kill you and all of you! Don't even think about escaping!"
"Hey, calm down, big sister!" Bai Luo quickly dodged the "Duchess's" pounce: "I just want to see if this face of yours is imported. Who knows if you really have a layer of human skin!"
He didn't expect that his casual grab would be so powerful!
"Lin Yuan, don't stand there like an idiot!" Bai Luo looked at Lin Yuan, who was standing with his arms folded, as if ready to watch the fight until the end: "Come on! What I hate most is spiders... and they also shed their pups!"
Lin Yuan closed his eyes slightly, with a Buddhist look on his face, as if he had become indifferent to life.
"Don't call me." He said calmly, "I'm more afraid of spiders than you are."
Although the variety of insects in Parnaqui is not as rich as that on Earth, they are even more disgusting than those on Earth. As a Templar Knight, when he is not attending church or preaching, Lin Yuan will go to the homes of believers in the slums with other knights to help repair the houses or clean the streets.
The thing that is most abundant in these dirty and tiring jobs is insects. Lin Yuan has also gradually developed from changing color when he saw an insect to being able to catch insects with his bare hands. However, with so many rich experiences and knowing full well that spiders are not dangerous creatures but beneficial insects to society, it still cannot change Lin Yuan's fear of spiders.
This is the fear that is always in his DNA as a human being. It will not change with time, strength, or character, but will only become more intense.
In particular, the huge "spider" in front of you is not only disgusting in appearance, but also like the "Spider Queen" in "Don't Starve", constantly giving birth to new spiders, which is very embarrassing.
"Destroy it." Lin Yuan thought calmly: "As long as this place... oh no, the entire library is razed to the ground, such a terrifying existence as spiders will never appear again - at least at this moment."
Until a slightly speechless voice of complaint sounded in Lin Yuan and Bai Luo's ears: "What are you doing?"
Lin Yuan and Bai Luo turned their heads abruptly and looked at Shen Qiting and Su Mingya who were "late" but made them feel full of infinite security.
Two fireballs appeared out of nowhere and landed among the spiders. With a crackling sound like firecrackers being lit, large groups of spiders were burned into charcoal, forming a large vacuum area.
The group of spiders that were rushing towards the four people like a tide paused and stopped together.
The Duchess' eyes were filled with hatred, but she was frightened by the heat of the fireball and dared not move forward.
As an intelligent boss designed by the Wraith, she is more flexible than the Wraith that is simply set up. Facing a strong enemy, the "Duchess" quickly realized that she was no match for the opponent. Even though anger had devoured her brain, the remaining rationality still alerted her and prevented her from attacking easily.
The two sides fell into a brief stalemate. In the end, the Duchess's reason prevailed. She gritted her teeth and said with difficulty: "As long as you tell me the secret of the painting, I will let you go."
"Haha, she's actually negotiating terms with us." Bai Luo hid behind Shen Qiting, poked out half of his head and said sarcastically, "She doesn't think that if she doesn't say this, we won't be able to leave here, right?"
"Speaking of which, do we have the answer to the last question?" Su Mingya said, "The three most important questions have been solved. Can we finish the test paper?"
Without the swarms of spiders, Lin Yuan's expression eased a lot. He was more afraid of real insects with the appearance of arthropods, and he was more accepting of spiders like "Duchess" whose legs were slender arms. Hearing Su Mingya's words, Lin Yuan couldn't help but ask, "Then will we get a reward for getting the first kill?"
The air was silent for two seconds, and then the broadcast sounded again, with a subtle sense of uncertainty in its tone.
"Only those who kill the BOSS can get the first kill score reward."
The eyes of Shen Qiting, Su Mingya, Lin Yuan and Bai Luo suddenly became sharp.
"So, if I can take down the 'Duchess', maybe there's a chance for me to turn the tide?" Bai Luo narrowed his eyes slightly, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.
Su Mingya straightened her hair and said, "It's still unclear who will get the first kill."
"Bai Luo, you seemed to say to me just now... you can only beat me among the four of us?" Lin Yuan raised his eyebrows and said eagerly: "Try it?"
Shen Qiting spread her hands, and a book made of magic power floated above her palms, with the pages turning without wind and making rustling sounds.
——When this monster is associated with the word "first kill", whether it is a spider, whether it looks disgusting, or what its ranking is in the exam, everything seems insignificant.
"You can lose as a person, but you can't lose in games." - This is Bai Luo's life motto.
"It's okay to lose, but you must defeat Bai Luo first." - This is Lin Yuan's life creed.
"If you work hard, you must find a way to get first place. Otherwise, why bother?" - This is Su Mingya's life motto.
"If you want to do something, you must do it to the extreme." - This is Shen Qiting's creed.
The four people, who had always had completely different ways of thinking, reached an amazing consensus on the issue of "forced first kill", and the looks they gave their classmates quickly changed from cordial and friendly to sharp.
"Try it?" Su Mingya smiled, with a strong desire to fight in her eyes.
Shen Qiting smiled slightly: "I couldn't ask for more."
Four completely different magical powers erupted in the bodies of the four people at the same time. In order to prevent the barrier from breaking, before the battle, the four people spontaneously used their magic powers to reinforce the barrier to prevent the barrier from falling apart if it could not withstand the aftermath of their attack, endangering the library outside the barrier.
If someone could use the "magic detection technique" to observe the four people at this moment, they would find that although their magic power is similar in strength, the color is slightly different.
If Shen Qiting's magic color is as brilliant as a nebula, as if it contains a sky full of stars, then Su Mingya's magic color is brighter and more dazzling than the sun.
Among the Parnaki, the magic of the "elves" is the most special - "pure" is their signature word. They are not real flesh and blood, but "fruits" bred from the "Tree of Life" of the elves, and their blood is the purest crystal of magic.
As a "holy maiden" who is born only once every thousand years, Su Mingya possesses the largest and purest magic power among the twenty-five people including Rui Hang. She is naturally close to the "Goddess of Light" believed in by the elves and has an almost 100% affinity with her.
But unlike the mature elves who firmly occupy the top combat power of Parnagi, the growth period of elves is very fragile and long. It takes an extremely long time for the branches of the "Tree of Life" to produce each fruit.
Therefore, in the past, when there were conflicts among the various races in Parnaki, each race had unanimously chosen to hunt the elves' cubs. First, it could weaken the elves' strength and curb the continuous expansion of the almost immortal elves. Second, the physical constitution of newborn and mature elves is not much different. The blood of elves is the essence of magic without pollution. In this world where magic can solve almost everything, it is comparable to a panacea for all diseases. Third, fair skin, beautiful appearance, nobleness and holiness are synonymous with "elf". Even if you just put it on the black market, you can get extremely high profits.
The greed of various races made the elves very xenophobic at one time, hating all races other than their own.
It was not until the students of Class 9 gradually reached the pinnacle of power in Parnagi and slowly corrected the distortion of the world that the elves finally left the "Elf Forest" and tried to contact other races.
Su Mingya raised her right hand, and the Bow of Light was projected into her palm through magic. This artifact, which has been passed down by the elves for thousands of years, is carved from the branches of the Tree of Life, which gave birth to the elves. Each leaf is a rare and exquisite magic crystal. Even if it is just a projection, one can still feel the light and wood elements that are not inferior to the purity of Su Mingya's magic.
Compared to Su Mingya, whose weapon was fancy, Lin Yuan's weapon was much simpler. It was a one-handed sword about 1.2 meters long, with the same light green magic on the surface as Lin Yuan's. But if you look closely, you will find that it is not just pure magic, but dense and extremely sharp wind blades.
As a knight of the "Temple of Disaster", Lin Yuan is like the "Goddess of Disaster" they believe in. He seems holy on the surface, but he is a violent god of war in his heart.
Not to mention Lin Yuan, who was undisputedly the top three in Class Nine in terms of combat power and was personally taught by the "Goddess of Disaster" Yu Zhi. In addition to being more "popular" than Yu Zhi, his fighting style was almost identical to Yu Zhi's - absolute power crushing.
Compared to Su Mingya and Lin Yuan, Bai Luo's magic is more wonderful, like gold and silver threads interweaving to weave a veil called "fate" - "fate" is Bai Luo's symbol, and also his magical attribute. It transcends the most common eight elements: gold, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, thunder and light, and is rarer than rare elements such as "space", "time", "ether" and "spirit".
The "Dice of Fate" shaped like a twenty-sided dice floated in his palm. At this moment, everything was entangled with silk threads in Bai Luo's eyes. As long as he touched it lightly, he could modify reality and weave the fate of others.
——In fact, even though Bai Luo keeps saying “slacking off” and “having fun” all day long and claims to be the second to last in combat power among the nine classes, his strength is not really just the second to last.
As the "Son of Destiny", his fighting style is not as straightforward as Shen Qiting's magic bombardment, but more subtle, complex, and leaves no trace.
As the twenty-four "Dragon Aotian" and "Phoenix Aotian", except for the class teacher Rui Hang who is undisputedly the first in combat power, there is actually no big difference in the combat power of the twenty-four students.
Even Lin Yuan, who had practiced for more than a hundred years less than the others, was simply unable to defeat the others in a "stop-to-point" competition, and was therefore teased as "the last in the class."
But once it comes to a life-and-death situation, each student brings out his or her true trump card, and the winner and loser is still undecided.
Therefore, most of the rankings among students are just one-sided rankings, such as Zhou Xun who is the best in close combat, Rong Yu who is the best in lurking ability, or Shen Qiting who is the best in wide-area attack.
But this does not mean that students do not care about their rankings with each other - in fact, they care quite a lot about who is the real "number one" after Teacher Rui.
As the chosen ones of heaven, everyone has their own pride. The fact that they can coexist peacefully and become each other's bad friends does not mean that there is no sense of competition between them. It's just that small competitions such as who gets first place in running or who gets first place in the monthly exam are not something that every student cares about.
The only thing that can arouse everyone's sense of competition is the "combat effectiveness" that allows them to stand on the same starting line and give each of them an advantage.
Behind this competitive consciousness is Rui Hang’s instigation.
——As a class teacher, Rui Hang never opposes competition among students. In his opinion, good competition is also one of the factors to maintain class unity.
In Parnaki, every student has his or her own life and experiences, and faces unspeakable pressure to a greater or lesser extent. Even in front of classmates, this hidden pressure cannot be freely confided.
If the pressure is hidden in the heart and cannot be resolved, it will become a dangerous time bomb over time, causing them to become extremes, thus hurting the feelings between each other and bringing danger to the world.
Therefore, when Rui Hang noticed that students had more or less psychological problems, he would not only ask other students to help them enlighten and solve their problems, but also induce them to participate in various competitions, whether it was a small game, a chess game, or a battle that did not endanger their lives.
When you feel stressed, you should vent it in time; when you make jokes, you should be careful not to hold grudges because of a few words; when there is a conflict, you should not leave it until the next day; even if you have to fight, you should resolve it - this is the principle that Rui Hang taught them.
Especially as they grow older, students become stronger day by day, and only each other can withstand each other's strength.
Students are like the randomly generated novice numbers after pressing "Start Game". Each of them is the protagonist of their own story. When they are still in their weak growth period, they are still able to be vigilant, curious and yearning for the whole world, which stimulates them to constantly challenge themselves, become stronger, and constantly look for powerful enemies.
But as they experienced more and more things and spent more time practicing, even the most fun games would become boring, especially since they were already "invincible" at this moment.
Apart from the supreme gods in legends, no one else can look down on all living things from the same height as them. In their eyes, life has become a thin symbol. With just a wave of their hands, they can easily destroy a city with millions of people living there.
It's like playing a game with a cheat, you don't have to think carefully about right and wrong, good and evil, everything is based on "fun". As the heart becomes more and more empty and more and more difficult to satisfy, human nature and moral sense will gradually begin to decline and disappear.
Therefore, it is particularly important to have an equally matched opponent and a Rui Hang who can suppress them.
Besides, now, as the magic power disappeared and then revived after the time travel, the students are back to the same starting line again. There is no longer any time gap, and the fighting power between them has become increasingly stalemate.
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As the most mobile of the four, Su Mingya was the first to use magic power to condense a golden arrow, draw the bow, aim and shoot in one go.
The golden arrow turned into a meteor and flew towards the heart of the fleeing "Duchess", but was split by a sword in mid-air. Lin Yuan stood in front of the "Duchess" with a long sword in hand, his expression solemn and imposing. The wind blew up his national school uniform jacket, making Lin Yuan look like a knight wearing a cloak.
"You want to stop me?" Su Mingya raised the arrow at Lin Yuan again.
Lin Yuan put the sword in front of him: "Her (first kill) is mine!"
Three more golden meteors flew by. Lin Yuan let out a low cry, swung his sword with his right hand and chopped it hard into the air. A storm surged out from the sword's edge and roared towards Su Mingya.
Two powerful forces collided in the air, and the wind ruffled the temples of both men.
Without waiting for the two to decide the winner in their first clash, Shen Qiting had already quickly distanced himself from the crowd at the beginning, and retreated to the edge, having completed his magical preparations.
In his hand, he spread out the divine weapon that Bai Luo jokingly named "Book of Night Sky", revealing the magic spells written in dragon language on the pages.
"Followers of the God of the Sky, creatures from ancient times, please turn your anger into pure flames and engulf everything - Breath of the Dragon."
As Shen Qiting chanted in the dragon language, the eternal aura instantly filled the entire barrier, and the magic power from all around gathered towards Shen Qiting, transforming into a huge magic beam cannon in front of her.
Lin Yuan and Su Mingya's expressions changed at the same time.
"Hey, hey! Casting wide-area magic in a place like this is cheating!"
"Why is it still dragon breath?! Are you trying to burn down the library?!"
"Don't worry, I know my limits." Shen Qiting's calm voice came from behind the magic power that gathered like starlight. With the roar of a giant dragon, the huge magic power turned into a blazing flame like the sun, directly engulfing Lin Yuan, Su Mingya and the "Duchess".
However, this seemingly devastating blow did not kill the "Duchess" as Shen Qiting had expected.
Bai Luo, who had no presence in the confrontation between the three, finally took action at this time.
He showed his "Son of Destiny" side, which was completely different from his usual funny and playful self. Gold and silver threads intertwined in his pupils, and Bai Luo's hair seemed to have turned silver at this moment. He opened his lips slightly, and a string of ancient and complicated spells came out.
——It is said to have been created by the "God of Destiny". It is one of the oldest languages in Parnagi and also the carrier of "Destiny".
Along with the spell, Bai Luo lightly tapped his fingertips, and the silk threads in his eyes were woven as his fingertips shifted, just like the weaving of the "thread of fate" in Norse mythology. Countless pictures jumped in front of Bai Luo's eyes as the silk threads intertwined.
He saw countless "futures" and the "thread of destiny" leading to each "future".
Bai Luo pulled out a thread from it, and the "Dice of Fate" in his hand began to spin around the thread like a spindle, and finally stopped at the number "20".
It was an unexpected "big failure". With the fighting power of the "Duchess", there was no way she could escape Shen Qiting's wide-area magic unless a miracle happened.
——The dice that had been stopped started to spin again, and Bai Luo's innate magic was activated. The possibility that originally existed only in delusion and was only 0.0001% continued to increase with the blessing of Bai Luo's magic, just like the "Miracle Witch" Berencastel in "When Umineko Cry", infinitely magnifying all the "impossible" possibilities.
Of course, with Bai Luo's current magic power, he is not yet able to reach the terrifying level of "99.99%", but it is enough to turn "0.0001%" into "25%".
The spinning dice stopped again and turned into the number "4".
The "Duchess", who was originally frightened into a stiff state due to the conflict of magic power between Shen Qiting and the other two, suddenly seemed to be possessed by a gymnastics champion. She did a nimble somersault and a Thomas 720° turn and a backflip, then huddled in the corner of the wall with her head in her hands. She looked weak, helpless and pitiful, but she just avoided the maximum range of Shen Qiting's dragon breath.
Although the castle covers a large area, since Shen Qiting's magic is called "wide-area magic", the range is naturally calculated in "hundred meters" as the smallest unit. Even with the current magic reserve, it is not a problem to cast wide-area magic with a range of one thousand meters, but it is impossible to maintain continuous release. For her now, this level of magic can almost drain all her magic power with one shot.
But this time, Shen Qiting deliberately restrained the output of magic power, and controlled the release range to a diameter that was just enough to cover the entire castle. No matter how the "Duchess" tried to escape, she would never be able to.
——This is naturally the result of Bai Luo's magic. He used magic to increase the probability of the "Duchess" escaping, and forcibly wove "fate", transferring the great failure that originally fell on the "Duchess" to Shen Qiting.
With the double blessing, the "Duchess" life was barely saved.
At this moment, the "Duchess" has lost all her previous madness and majesty, and her body is looming, as if the vengeful spirit behind her can no longer maintain her transformation magic.
It’s over, the barrier can’t last much longer, we have to decide the winner as soon as possible!
The four of them noticed the changes in the "Duchess" at the same time, and her magic power increased again.
Four magical powers of equal strength collided with each other, and the violent shock wave destroyed the crumbling walls of the castle. The "Duchess" somersaulted in the shock wave, like a pig rolling in "Angry Birds", and disappeared completely with a "puff".
With a sound like glass breaking, the barrier that the vengeful spirit had maintained with great difficulty finally collapsed under the heavy burden.
The four of them quickly collected their magic power, and at the same time, they cast the "barrier magic" at the same time, barely blocking the escaped magic power, luckily preventing it from actually destroying the library.
Shen Qiting and the other three looked at each other, and it was unknown who laughed first. Soon, the smile spread to everyone's face.
Just as Rui Hang requested, even if they were fighting fiercely in the previous second, they could "let go of their grudges with a smile" in the next second, never letting the desire to fight enter their minds and destroy the deep friendship between them.
"Speaking of which, who won just now?" Bai Luo asked curiously.
Shen Qiting shrugged: "It's a draw."
Lin Yuan sighed: "This should be our 5,782nd tie, right?"
"No, it's me." Bai Luo looked at him calmly, "You have only failed 5,782 times."
Lin Yuan: “…”
Su Mingya did not participate in this discussion about winning or losing. The library was dark, with only the faint moonlight coming in through the window, barely bringing a glimmer of light.
But because the magic power on the four people had not yet dissipated, the darkness was no different from the daytime to them. Therefore, except for Su Mingya, who was particularly sensitive in this aspect, no one noticed anything wrong for a while.
"Why aren't the lights on in the library?"
After Su Mingya mentioned it, the three of them realized that something was wrong.
Bai Luo was stunned: "What time is it now?"
Shen Qiting opened his phone and took a look: "It's only 8:45... Why is the library turned off so early?"
"Speaking of which, we haven't caught that vengeful spirit yet, right?" Su Mingya frowned. "This vengeful spirit isn't very powerful, but it hides quite deep. We can't even find any remaining magic power in the library... Wait!"
Su Mingya was stunned for a moment, her eyes piercing through the closed door and looking towards the library front desk.
"I've always found it strange. Why would a student who was born out of resentment because of a test paper be so obsessed with the library's rules and regulations?"
The three people's minds all flashed through the tired face of the administrator teacher at the front desk who looked like he hadn't slept for three days.
If the vengeful spirit lodges in a human body, it can hide itself with the help of the surrounding magic power concentration. As long as they don't use wide-area magic to conduct a large-scale and detailed investigation, it is very likely that it will slip through the net if they simply use mental power to search.
"This vengeful spirit is smarter than we thought." Bai Luo muttered. The four of them did not dare to delay and quickly ran out of the reading room.
It was still pitch black outside the door, and the administrator teacher who was addicted to sleep was still lying on her recliner, sleeping soundly in the dark.
Shen Qiting lightly touched the administrator's forehead with her index finger, and with a slight scream, a translucent "ghost" that looked like a glutinous rice dumpling was pulled out by her.
After its magic power was exhausted and the barrier was broken, the vengeful spirit no longer had any strength to struggle and turned into a pile of "vengeful spirit cakes" in Shen Qiting's palm.
"It's you, little thing, who caused so much trouble." Shen Qiting poked the powerless ghost with his finger, took out the magic book and put it away temporarily, waiting for Teacher Rui's decision later.
At the same time, Lin Yuan fumbled to turn on the lights in the library.
The administrator teacher murmured and opened his eyes faintly.
She first glanced at the turned-off computer, then at the wall clock, and then at the four students in front of her. Her eyes were sharp, and she spoke in a familiar tone: "What are you four doing in the reading room for so long? Instead of studying hard, you just hide here and slack off - are you hiding in there to have a love affair? I will check the surveillance later. If you violate the library's rules and regulations, you will be punished!"
Chen Qiting and the other four: "......"
The sudden change in light also successfully attracted the patrolling guard.
He rushed into the building with a flashlight in hand, and looked at the four people, Shen Qiting, fighting in a row, and frowned: "Why are you guys still in school?"
"Isn't this evening self-study?" Lin Yuan asked blankly.
"You kid, have you become stupid from studying?" The guard said speechlessly in front of four confused looks. "At 7 o'clock, the school suddenly had a power outage. It took a long time to repair it, but it still didn't work. So we just let the school go early. Didn't you guys go home with us?"
Chen Qiting and the other four: "......"
Then what were they doing in there for most of the day?
“Escape the Room” is not as fun as going home after school!
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