Chen Lidong thought he had Qi Si handled, so he pulled Zhou Datong through the crowd to Jiang Jue's side, intending to gather some clues.
Qi Si also edged closer, his face full of righteous sincerity, conveying, "I don't know what you're planning, but Ms. Medina told me to look after you. I have to complete the task properly."
Having an NPC at their side when they could not tell whether it was human or ghost was deeply unsettling.
Fortunately, Qi Si acted very much like a human, and neither his appearance nor expression showed any aggression. The Players did not pay him much mind and simply pretended he was not there.
"You all remember what the first Ms. Medina we met looked like, right?" Jiang Jue scratched at his messy hair and looked around at the Players nearby. "She was in her late thirties, almost forty, and wore a black fur coat. She was clearly not the same person as this Ms. Medina. Just how many Ms. Medinas are there? That's a question worth looking into."
An impatient player cut in. "What does that have to do with this Instance? We don't even know the main quest yet, and as for the death rules—where are we supposed to find out the school rules?"
"Don't rush. Haste makes waste. Isn't that what I'm analyzing for you?" Jiang Jue deliberately drew out his words and slowed his speech. "The school rules are only the most superficial layer. They determine whether we can survive until the day we complete the main quest. My blind guess is that the main quest has nothing to do with the school rules and probably involves something more complicated... For example, could this Instance have several parallel spaces?"
The Players looked at one another. A white woman