Before five minutes were up, Ye Chu and Pei Yanchuan returned to their starting point, just as Wu You and Su Fengzi finished their game of Gomoku.
[Congratulations to all players on completing the settlement task in [Cannibal Park]. Reward: Soul-Summoning Bell ×1. Current task progress: 3/4. Please keep up the good work. Soul-Summoning Bell effect: Ring the bell three times at a specific Person-Eater, and the Person-Eater will walk in the opposite direction. Each Soul-Summoning Bell can only be used once.]
Ye Chu put the item into his backpack, still holding Pei Yanchuan's hand. "Let's go to the last settlement and meet up with Sister Lu Rui."
It was currently 3 p.m., with four hours left until the deadline. They still had plenty of time.
As they walked, Ye Chu suddenly felt the hand clasped tightly in his loosen its grip, then tighten again. Puzzled, he glanced back to find Pei Yanchuan wearing an innocent expression.
"What's wrong, Ye Chu?"
"Nothing..." Ye Chu turned back around and loosened his grip a little, only to find that the other man didn't immediately tighten his own.
So his sensitive phase was over.
The school was just ahead. A noticeboard stood by the school gates, and a head bobbed around in the bushes beside it.
The four of them immediately ran over and hid together in the bushes.
"Sister Lu Rui," Ye Chu said, crouching as soon as he slipped into the bushes. "We're here."
Lu Rui sat on the ground, her clothes covered in dust. She froze briefly at the four of them suddenly appearing, then her eyes curved into a smile behind her lenses.
"Let's finish the task before we exchange clues." Lu Rui adjusted the glasses on her nose and said in a low voice, "I've already