Su Fengzi hurriedly looked at his other hand. Blood covered it and dripped onto the floor. A light in one of the rooms suddenly came on, then went out, flickering eerily in the silent night.
Su Fengzi suddenly recalled the fragments that had flashed through his mind that afternoon. His breathing quickened sharply, and his fingertips trembled.
"I think... Ye Chu tricked us."
He turned to look around. His teammates were nowhere to be seen. There were only three humanoid monsters, their facial features blurred into holes that looked like sticky batter.
Su Fengzi slapped himself hard. When he opened his eyes again, the scene remained unchanged. The three humanoid monsters advanced toward him step by step, the holes where their mouths should have been opening and closing as though they were saying something.
Was this an illusion or was it real?
Ye Chu, what the hell were you doing?!
Meanwhile, with no teachers checking on evening study, Ye Chu sneaked back to the dormitory. Before leaving, he made sure to coordinate his story with Xiao Xiao so they could handle those not-so-bright monster teachers.
Ye Chu opened the dormitory building's main door and immediately spotted the Dormitory Matron in her office.
The Dormitory Matron froze when she saw Ye Chu, then her lips curled into a stiff smile. Excitement gleamed in her eyes. She ran her tongue over her teeth and said ominously,
"Student, this is evening study time. You're not allowed to return to the dormitory. According to the rules, I have the authority to punish you."
Ye Chu took the poison bottle from the pocket behind his waist. It resembled a conical flask, its transparent walls revealing how little purple liquid remained inside.
A trace of wariness appeared in the Dormitory Matron's eyes. Last week, she had heard the Dormitory Warden from the neighboring boys' dormitory complain that a student named "Dad" had severely injured him using that very same purple liquid.
But when she saw how little liquid remained, she couldn't help bursting into laughter. He thought that tiny amount could hurt her?
What a ridiculous fantasy.
"Student, are you trying to hurt a teacher?" She ran her tongue over her teeth again, already impatient to tear this foolishly overconfident student apart and devour him.
Ye Chu cradled the poison bottle in one hand and pressed the other over its mouth. He gave her an obedient smile. "No, teacher."
His voice immediately turned cold. "I'm here to kill you."
Before the Dormitory Matron's terrified eyes, the poison rapidly multiplied until it nearly overflowed the bottle.
[Witch activated skill-Poison Swamp]
In an instant, the poison corroded a massive black hole into the floor. The Dormitory Matron's eyes widened, but before a sound could escape her throat, the swamp swallowed and obliterated her.
Only after confirming that not even a corpse remained did Ye Chu withdraw the skill. The corroded area returned to normal. His legs buckled, and he nearly fell. Pale-faced, he frowned slightly at the poison in his hand.
Tsk. I didn't expect the Dormitory Matron to be so weak. If I'd known, I wouldn't have used so much poison. What a waste of stamina.
Ye Chu had experimented with the skill as soon as he obtained it. Like the Seer's skill, the Witch's skills also caused backlash. The greater the dosage and area of effect of the poison or antidote, the greater the backlash Ye Chu suffered.
The poison and antidote were also produced by extracting and converting blood from Ye Chu's body.
That was why his face had instantly gone pale when he unleashed his ultimate just now.
He walked to the dormitory warden's office and felt the name badge on his chest change. The word "Student" in the upper-left corner became "Dormitory Warden." Ye Chu's lips curved into a smile. Just as he had expected.
After the previous dormitory warden died, the rules would recognize the next person to enter the office as the new dormitory warden.
Ye Chu walked inside and discovered a sheet of paper stuck to the wall directly in front of the desk.
[Dormitory Warden Conduct Rules Guide]
Ye Chu raised an eyebrow and took the paper down. He hadn't expected the monsters here to be bound by rules as well.
[1. As the administrator of the dormitory building, the dormitory warden possesses supreme authority within it and may impose rules upon anyone who enters the dormitory. 2. Rules established by the dormitory warden must comply with the school's code of conduct and must not conflict with school rules. 3. The dormitory warden must not leave the office for more than 15 minutes. Otherwise, the consequences are the warden's responsibility. 4. Every day at lights-out, the dormitory warden must perform the following ritual:...]
Ye Chu's eyes lit up as he stared at the words "the dormitory warden possesses supreme authority within the dormitory building."
This was an unexpected bonus. A larger plan gradually took shape in Ye Chu's mind.
Once he felt that his stamina had mostly recovered, Ye Chu found an insulated cup in a cabinet. He cut his left palm with a knife and squeezed his blood into the cup.
He dipped a finger into the blood on his palm and copied the pattern shown in the rules onto a blank wall.
"Great God of Creation, I am your faithful believer. Here, I call upon you with devotion, calling for your arrival to grant my wish..."
Ye Chu pressed his palms together, closed his eyes, and murmured the invocation. He sensed a powerful force approaching him. His summoning had succeeded.
Meanwhile, Su Fengzi was nearly losing his mind facing those three faceless monsters. It wasn't that he was afraid of them. The problem was the swarm of bugs around their feet! Bugs!!
"I'm warning you! Stay back!!"
Holding a broom handle, Su Fengzi retreated step by step. The illusions hadn't been this strong last time. What exactly had Ye Chu done?
Su Fengzi passed a classroom. All the classrooms in the Laboratory Building should have been empty, but this one was packed with students.
They wore school uniforms. As soon as they sensed Su Fengzi's gaze, they all turned their heads in unison. Like the three monsters, their faces had no features, only a few holes that looked like sticky batter.
Su Fengzi: "...?!"
He hurriedly backed up a few steps and bumped into the wall. Tiny tentacles sprouted from it and reached for his ankles.
Help! Was he going to die here?
"Wake up! Wake up!!" Pei Yanchuan grabbed Su Fengzi's wrist, clenched his other hand into a fist, and slammed it into his face.
Su Fengzi blinked and finally saw his situation clearly. Wu You and Lu Rui lay slumped weakly against the base of the wall, while he was... getting punched by Pei Yanchuan.
Seeing another fist about to hit his face, Su Fengzi hurriedly raised his hand to block it. "I'm awake! I'm awake!"
Only then did Pei Yanchuan stop.
Su Fengzi looked around. They were still in their original positions and hadn't moved. "What just happened?"
Pei Yanchuan rotated his wrist. "You all fell for it. Sister Wu You even turned into a wolf, Sister Lu Rui was strangling herself, and you kept banging your head against the wall, Brother Fengzi."
Su Fengzi blinked slowly, then asked, "Then why were you fine?"
Pei Yanchuan shrugged. "What can I say? I'm lucky."
Su Fengzi: "..."
Pei Yanchuan continued, "Brother Fengzi, have you noticed that this place feels a lot less oppressive?"
Su Fengzi hadn't noticed earlier, but now that Pei Yanchuan mentioned it, he could feel the difference. Not only had the oppressive atmosphere eased considerably, but even the air had grown warmer. It no longer felt chilling.
"Why is that?"
Su Fengzi ventured uncertainly, "I think... maybe, possibly, perhaps... Ye Chu lured the boss away... I guess."
Lu Rui and Wu You, sitting in the corner: "???"
Pei Yanchuan: "?!!"
Seeing all three of them staring at him, Su Fengzi added, "Pei Xiaohu, do you remember what I asked you this afternoon:
"Is Ye Chu a cautious person?"
Pei Yanchuan nodded. He had indeed asked that, and Pei Yanchuan had wondered at the time why he had suddenly brought it up.
Su Fengzi looked into Pei Yanchuan's eyes. "Now it looks like our Chu Chuzi is way more reckless than you."
"He sent us off to farm while he went into the enemy base alone to steal their core."
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