"Human strength has its limits. All is futile."
Zhu Xiaoning was not a saint who repaid resentment with kindness. She had come to this mission prepared to die, with only two goals.
First, to give Ji Li a great gift;
Second, to protect Mo Lan, a woman who had once treated her well.
Now that the gamble had been lost, Yu Guo had been taken away by Xue Tinghai, Song Yitong, and the others, while the Dean's File remained nowhere to be found, this mission was essentially over.
Zhu Xiaoning had originally placed all her hopes on Ji Li, only for it to end like this.
That great gift would be useless if Ji Li could not survive this mission.
Ji Li had not heard Zhu Xiaoning clearly. He merely stared at the severed arm in the safe, his expression shifting between light and shadow.
Two entirely opposing thoughts had surfaced in his mind, fighting each other.
"Yu Guo is gone, and so is the Dean's File. The changes at Haunted Academy can't kill everyone, so Xue Tinghai, Song Yitong, and the others have already gained the absolute upper hand.
Most likely, the Dean's File is still at Haunted Academy. Setting everyone else aside, with Luo Ge's intelligence, he is very likely to complete the survival path.
Defeat has been decided!"
Yet at the same time, another, far crazier thought was brewing in his mind.
"If Ji Li isn't there, Yu Guo definitely won't tell the others about the survival path clue. Luo Ge and the rest may not immediately complete the survival path.
Even if they obtain the Dean's File, the survival path definitely won't be completed so easily.
After all, the earlier collapse of the Special Path may very well mean that the Dean's File has not yet