By the time Qi Si hurried back to the dormitory, the bell ending the second evening self-study period had already rung.
The students, who had previously been baring their fangs and making hideous faces, had returned to normal and were chatting and laughing as they headed toward the dormitory building.
The recorder pen had one bar of battery left. Using its concealment effect, Qi Si passed through the crowd and returned to the dormitory building without drawing the attention of a single NPC.
He moved much faster than the students fooling around on the road, allowing him to reach Room 0415 before his roommates and lie down on his bed in the dark.
The moment he lay down, the recorder pen, having fulfilled all its duties, happened to use up its final bar of battery. It flickered twice and went dark.
About five minutes later, amid earth-shaking footsteps, the dorm leader and the boy in Bed No. 2 returned side by side.
When they saw Qi Si lying on his bed, their eyes filled with the same disgust as on the first day.
"Lu Ming comes back early every single day. Is he ever going to stop? If he's really that sick, he should just go home already!"
"I think he's faking it on purpose, staying at school because he wants to steal our stuff, right?"
The two boys went back and forth, their exaggerated expressions making them look like they were acting in a stage play.
Qi Si turned over and pretended not to hear them, quietly calculating how to deal with the NPCs Lu Ming had created once the Three-Line Divine Name spread tomorrow.
Before long, Yang Fang entered the dormitory with his head lowered. Without a word, he sat on Bed No. 4, pulled a notebook from