Xia Wen and the Campus Belle

Sometimes, intelligence is more important than physical strength.

Although my [THEWORLD] can only control the stairs, when combined with the Perfect Skill [Shadow], it can still achieve Special Effect similar to Time Stop, requiring only a little guidance.

While the fat man was focused on him, one of the Shadow Guard had already secretly slipped down the dark side of the stairs to the man's feet.

Then it's quite simple: while shouting "THEWORLD," switch places with the Shadow Guard to Perfect achieve the Special Effect of stopping time and walking to their side.

After all, if it really came down to a fight with that fat guy, Bai Zhi didn't think he could beat him. Judging from the speed that the fat guy showed at the beginning, his agility attribute was at least 20 points or more, making him a rather nimble fat guy.

Judging from the opponent's physique, their Constitution and Strength attributes are definitely not low, while I am just a weak Player hasn't even reached Level ten yet.

Bai Zhi originally just wanted to stall for time to see if he could wait for Anna and Qingyi to come out and gang up on the fat man, but he never expected that the fat man would actually be fooled by him.

However, considering that he had been intentionally or unintentionally using psychological manipulation from the very beginning, it's not surprising that the other party was intimidated by him...

"Are we really not going to kill him? Shouldn't he be considered an enemy too?"

A White-haired loli glanced at the fat man with a look of disgust on her face.

"Although his spineless appearance does make it hard to want to kill him..."

"I'm very useful!!"

Cold sweat poured down his face. For the sake of his own life, the fat man quickly spoke up.

"I know a lot about the 'New Humans' and..."

"We'll deal with the rest later... By the way, do you have any items on you?"

While sensing the state of the other Shadow Guard, Bai Zhi suddenly interrupted the other's words and asked the fat man in front of him a question.

"Uh... yes, yes!!"

After a slight pause, the fat man nodded quite sensibly, and then quickly took out three props from his Inventory and placed them on the ground.

"I don't have many items, only three, but they are all Rare Level or higher..."

"Very well, I keep my word and won't kill you."

After glancing at the three items on the ground, Bai Zhi put them directly into his Inventory, thinking to himself that robbery was the fastest way to get rich overnight. Bai Zhi and Qingyi then vanished from their spot in an instant.

By switching places with the Shadow Guard, they arrived directly at room [809].

Before Bai Zhi could even get a good look at his surroundings, a chair came crashing down on his head with a whooshing sound...

Three minutes ago.

The door was locked, Curtain were drawn.

[809]Room.

"Tsk, the phone is so unreliable..."

Frustrated, Xia Wen tossed his phone onto the pillow and looked at Lin Xiaoyi lying on the bed.

--Since falling into a coma this morning, the other person has shown no signs of waking up.

"So Xiao Yi, you'd better wake up already... Seriously, was it really necessary to go to such lengths for that guy? Although he is indeed very handsome and quite responsible, and he is also... well, I can't find any flaws in him. If you weren't chasing after that guy, I would have wanted to snatch him away from you."

Rolling his eyes, Xia Wen moved a chair and sat down on the edge of the bed.

Some things really can't be explained in words.

Ever since returning from the Movie Theater that day, she had told the other person everything in detail. Her intention in doing so was to make the other person completely give up the idea of pursuing him, since it was just too dangerous for him to be around.

Think about it carefully. Before, everything was fine; they were happily enjoying their University Student every day. But after getting entangled with that guy, what kind of hellish life did they lead?

Xia Wen felt that all of his life over the past ten years combined couldn't compare to the stimulation he experienced during that period...

But she never expected that her words would have the opposite Special Effect... That's right, her best friend dragged her along to start looking for ways to become Player.

After that, the Campus Belle didn't actively seek out that guy again, but that was because she was frantically searching for a way to become Player...

As her best friend of decades, Xia Wen naturally knew her best friend's personality; once she made up her mind about something, not even Nine Heads could pull her back.

What else could she do? She could only choose to go along with the other person's nonsense. And Sanity speaking, she also felt that becoming Player was a good choice, at least so that she wouldn't be powerless and helplessly waiting for rescue when faced with this kind of Anomaly Incident.

She didn't want to experience that kind of helplessness once or twice.

However, it was clear that they weren't very lucky. After nearly a month of searching through all sorts of Anomaly Incident online, they still couldn't find any clues that could lead them to become Player.

No, it's not that there weren't any clues, but the problem is that this one Unique lead led them into this predicament...

"... I knew that Girl was acting suspiciously; she clearly had ulterior motives!!"

As if remembering something, Xia Wen gritted his teeth in anger.

Actually, they had better options than this hotel. The reason they chose this only three-star hotel was because they had unexpectedly encountered a mysterious Young Girl while shopping before the Cold Wave arrived.

The Young Girl was wearing a red scarf around her neck and holding a guitar in her arms. She was sitting alone on the side of the street, playing the guitar by herself. There were many pedestrians passing by, but not a single Young Girl even glanced at her.

--The two of them were the Unique audience.

Later, they treated the Young Girl to a meal, and in return, the girl gave them a clue about becoming Player... Then, the excited Campus Belle dragged her to stay here with her.

And then what? Then they discovered that all sorts of Weird Events were happening in the hotel they were staying in. Even if they wanted to escape, the entire hotel had turned into a huge Labyrinth, and with Monster randomly appearing in the Labyrinth, they had no way to get out.

Although no one has died or been injured so far, more than ten other guests who stayed at the same hotel as Lin Xiaoyi have developed the same symptoms and fallen into a coma, unable to wake up no matter what they do.

"I wanted to cut ties with him for my Life safety, but now I'm troubling him again... Ugh, so annoying..."

Xia Wen ran his hands through his hair and then lay back on his bed in a starfish position.

To be honest, this feeling of helplessness made her feel quite uncomfortable.

At that moment, the knocking sounded again outside the door. After three knocks, a very gentle voice came from outside.

"Another Patient has regained consciousness. Are you really sure you don't want your friend to receive treatment from our Doctor?"

I'll say it again, I don't Trust you.

Xia Wen frowned deeply, got out of bed, and spoke coldly to the gentle voice outside the door.

"Please stop bothering us, or I may consider your behavior harassment."

"Really? That's a real shame..."

After receiving yet another negative answer, the voice outside the door seemed to sigh with regret.

"Since that's the case, there's nothing we can do. We didn't want to resort to such forceful measures, but she's the last one, and we need to move her as soon as possible, so we apologize."

"I'm warning you, don't even think about using force. The police will be here soon, and I don't need to tell you what will happen to you then, do I?"

Picking up a chair, Xia Wen tiptoed to the door and spoke in a cold voice.

"If you want money, I can transfer it to you, but..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Xia Wen's pupils suddenly contracted sharply.

Although she had specifically installed a reverse lock on the door, the hotel door wasn't actually very sturdy; several grown men could easily break it open, so she had always been on guard against it.

If anyone dared to break down the door, she would smash them over the head with a chair. In this enclosed, secretive environment, she knew better than anyone how treacherous people could be.

But she never expected to see the door open in this way.

A dazzling red light Flash at the door lock, accompanied by a burst of intense heat. The door lock was completely burned away, and the latch was melted through.

Then, right after that, the door was casually pushed open in front of her.

"I'm sorry, we will take care of your companion, please don't worry."

He gave Xia Wen, who was standing there holding a chair, an apologetic smile. The man, with a gentle expression and wearing black-rimmed Glasses, put his white gloves back on.

Trust us, we will help your companions achieve something new...

Before the man could finish speaking, two figures, one large and one small, suddenly appeared between them.

Xia Wen was already in a very tense state. When she saw the figure suddenly appear in front of her, she had a do-or-die mentality, thinking that if she wanted to take her friend away, she would have to step over her own corpse first. Without thinking, she smashed a chair down...