Salt Is Expensive!!

"That guy really got away fast..."

Bai Zhi shook his head slightly and turned around.

Since the other party chose to run away without hesitation, he couldn't be bothered to continue the chase. That was a matter for the Relevant Department, and he didn't have the time to waste his precious time on it.

However, when he turned around, the sight before him made him pause for a moment.

Inside the room, Xia Wen held a pillow in his hand, standing guard in front of the Campus Belle's bed with a look of great alarm. In front of her was Qingyi, who looked displeased. The two looked at each other with hostility, giving off a feeling of being at each other's throats.

What are you doing?

"Like a dog biting Lu Dongbin, she doesn't appreciate a kind heart. I kindly offered to help her check on her friend's current situation, but she treated me like Fierce Beast..."

Holding the Rabbit, Qingyi sat down beside Xia Wen's bed, looking displeased.

"Honestly, she's the Unique one who knows my true identity... So why don't we eliminate her completely?"

"Hmm... that makes sense..."

Bai Zhi looked at the Girl in front of him with a thoughtful expression.

Perhaps because she had been trapped here for almost a day and a night, and her Unique Friend was in a coma, the Girl looked rather haggard, her hair was messy, and she had big dark circles under her eyes. She looked like a homebody who rarely went out and stayed up late for long periods of time.

"After all, it would be terrible if your secret were exposed. They say only the Dead Person can keep secrets..."

Xia Wen: "..."

"Ahem... I was a little too nervous just now."

Putting the pillow down, Xia Wen calmly coughed a few times, placing his hand near his mouth.

"Prejudice in people's hearts is a mountain. I used to think that all Anomaly were full of malice towards humanity. But now I think that just as there are good and bad people, there should also be Anomaly and bad Anomaly."

"No, you're actually right. All Anomaly are filled with malice towards humanity."

Bai Zhi reached out and touched his chin, offering a kind reminder.

"Uh... then who is she...?"

Xia Wen pointed to the White-haired loli beside him.

"Anomaly."

Bai Zhi nodded and pointed to the top of the book.

"..."

After staring at him for a few seconds with an expression that said, "Are you kidding me?", Xia Wen rolled his eyes as if giving up and sat down on the floor along the bed in a very annoyed manner.

"Fine, fine, I accept my fate. Do whatever you want with me, kill me or torture me, it's up to you. But I ask that I get a decent meal before I die. I haven't eaten anything for almost a whole day... huh?"

Xia Wen was momentarily stunned when the package was Precision placed in his hand.

"That's all we have for now. Someone from the hotel will be here soon to take care of it. You can get your own food then."

Bai Zhi remained completely calm and composed.

"Qingyi is a one-in-a-million exception. Don't let her Anomaly fool you; she actually possesses human emotions... I hope you can keep her secret."

"... I'll keep it a secret, but there's something I don't understand."

With a slight twitch at the corner of his mouth, Xia Wen squinted at Bai Zhi in front of him and raised the bag in his hand.

"I am hungry, that's true, but why did you give me a bag of salt?"

"Because this is the only bag of salt I had with me."

Bai Zhi looked completely self-righteous.

"When you're hungry, you shouldn't look at what you want to eat, but rather what I have. So what if it's salt? Salt is expensive, you know!"

"Yes, yes, I'm so grateful to you..."

Rolling her eyes, Xia Wen actually tore open the bag of salt, poured some out, and popped it into her mouth... Her face immediately turned into a bitter expression, but she seemed to be in much better spirits.

"By the way, do you know exactly what kind of situation Xiao Yi is in right now?"

While licking the salt from his mouth, Xia Wen asked Bai Zhi a question.

"Xiao Yi was the first to faint, and then one after another, others started showing the same symptoms..."

"She became Player."

Interrupting Xia Wen's words, Bai Zhi walked to the bedside and looked at the figure lying on the bed.

"So I don't know if your luck is good or bad, that you managed to run into such a low-probability event. Later, the official team will be coming here, and then you..."

"Wait, Xiao Yi has become Player!?"

Before Bai Zhi could finish speaking, Xia Wen hurriedly interrupted him.

"You mean to say that anyone who fainted in this hotel has actually become Player?"

"That's right."

Bai Zhi turned his gaze away from the bed and looked down at Xia Wen, who was sitting on the floor leaning against the bed.

"What will happen to you then...?"

Looking at Xia Wen, whose expression seemed a little off, Bai Zhi couldn't help but frown slightly.

"It's nothing, I thought it was just a hallucination..."

Staggering to his feet, Xia Wen pressed his forehead hard with his hand.

"In that case, I'll leave Xiao Yi and me in your care. I'll lie down in bed first..."

Before she could finish her sentence, Xia Wen collapsed, following in the footsteps of the Campus Belle. If Bai Zhi hadn't caught her in time, her face would probably have made intimate contact with the ground.

"... Have you been putting on a brave face the whole time?"

Bai Zhi glanced at the Girl in his arms who had also fainted, then turned back to look at the Campus Belle lying on the bed, and raised an eyebrow slightly.

He didn't know the specifics of the Player Qualification that were created within the hotel, but based on the information he had gleaned from the fat men who called themselves "New Humans" and the man, he could roughly deduce a thing or two.

Falling into a deep sleep seems to be a necessary condition for becoming Player. Unlike the Novice Quest he experienced before, the Novice Quest these Player went through might not necessarily be the same Type...

"Never mind, let's ask them after they wake up."

Shaking his head, with the help of a White-haired loli who inexplicably became gloomy, Bai Zhi helped Xia Wen onto her own bed.

"Alright, things are settled here, let's go back."

Reaching out and tugging at Bai Zhi's sleeve, Qingyi urged him on.

"Go back...?"

After glancing at the two Young Girl who were both fast asleep in front of him, Bai Zhi thought for a moment and then turned to look at the door.

Because the door was damaged, and because of the commotion earlier, a number of other guests who had been attracted by the noise had gathered at the entrance, including some who clearly weren't good people.

"Hmm... Shall we take them back? It's not really right to just leave them like this, after all, they're classmates..."

After thinking for a moment, Bai Zhi turned to the White-haired loli in front of him and began to discuss it.

Qingyi: "..."