Using the last bit of time, Wen Shi quickly restored the house to its original state, only recovering the torn report fragments and the letter.
After doing all this, the black cat rolled twice in the dirty clothes in the washing machine, and then left through the main door.
The fierce dogs in the small garden heard the unit door open, and a few of them raised their heads. The most vicious black dog still had bloody flesh from a morning meal hanging between its teeth. Wen Shi saw something that looked like a human finger bone in one of the dog bowls. Thinking of Lily's missing class representative, his eyes darkened, and the slight sense of joy he had felt before vanished with the night breeze.
Even the slightest deviation in the copy could result in total destruction.
"Be careful."
Wen Shi warned himself not to walk on a tightrope, but to use iron ropes to connect the boat. Leaving a way out is the way to survive.
At present, these fierce dogs no longer pose any threat to him.
After exploring the principal's residence, it was much easier to get out than to get in. Now there was no need to climb through the window and pass through the small garden. Even if the dog barked, he could escape in time.
I don't know if it was the principal's scent that had some effect, or if the black cat was just too fast, but when it shot out like an arrow, it didn't cause the dog to bark.
Before the validity period of the body transformation was completely over, Wen Shi ran all the way, trying to avoid the bushes as much as possible. When passing by the school infirmary, he hesitated for a moment to make sure that the mermaid had not come back before continuing to run.
Not far away, the door to the dormitory building was locked.
When using the body transformation, other items will be temporarily allowed to be put into the backpack. Wen Shi hid in a secluded place. As soon as he took out his mobile phone, he saw the text message sent by Ji Yuanzhi ten minutes ago:
[Return quickly, there was an explosion near the lake, and the dormitory management is checking each dormitory.]
Wen Shi typed the following line of words: [Someone come pick me up.]
After sending the message, he quickly ran to the place where he had come down from the balcony.
There was only one dorm supervisor, and checking them one by one would take a while, so if he went back now, he should still be able to catch up. Wen Shi looked upward anxiously. When he looked up for the third time, a dark shadow appeared in the air. The shadow flickered a few times in his pupils, and before Wen Shi could react, the shadow disappeared, and there was another person on the ground.
The one who came was Yarlin. Since the dormitory manager might check the dormitory at any time, he was the most appropriate person to pick people up.
"Brother." The little kitten waved its paw.
Yarlin accurately found the cat, which was as black as silk, in the night, half-crouched down, and picked it up with one hand.
Compared to Song Yan's strange mirrored body, the warm little kitten was much more appealing to Yaerlin. It felt soft to the touch, like a young cub that hadn't been weaned.
Wen Shi urged quietly: "Brother, hurry up."
"We're still in time." Yaerlin used his mental power to detect the dormitory manager's location and said with a smile, "We just arrived on the fifth floor."
Before Wen Shi could breathe a sigh of relief, his whole body took off.
Yarlin's mental power was like a fluid soft membrane, naturally sticking to his side, completely blocking the chill brought by the night wind. For the first time, he experienced the feeling of truly flying over eaves and walls.
After successfully reaching the dormitory balcony, Wen Shi pointed to the location of Song Yan's bed, and Yaerlin understood and lay down on it.
In just two seconds, there was a knock on the dormitory door. Wen Shi turned back into human form and went to open the door. He couldn't see Jian Qingrong's expression in the dark, but Wen Shi could feel his regret for not being able to touch the cat.
Just one look and Jian Qingrong went to bed obediently.
After the door opened, the dorm manager poked her head in, her flashlight shining on her dry face. She asked grimly, "What are you dawdling about for?"
Wen Shi smiled sheepishly: "The other roommates sleep quite soundly."
The dorm manager, flashing a light, scanned the beds one by one. Just as she was about to enter, a gust of wind blew past, sending a momentary pain through her brain. It felt like sand had gotten into her eyes, blurring her vision.
She rubbed it vigorously, vaguely confirming that every bed was occupied, and wanted to check further.
Wen Shi noticed the dormitory manager's abnormality and knew that it was Yaerlin who had done it. He took the opportunity to whisper, "I just saw a flying insect in your eye. It's better to wash it."
The dormitory manager also felt more and more uncomfortable the more she rubbed her eyes, with pain and itching around them. She finally decided to go to the bathroom first and gave a stern warning not to run around at night. Then the dormitory manager left the dormitory.
Wen Shi breathed a sigh of relief and closed the door.
He took out the [small lantern] and when he saw Ji Yuanzhi open his eyes, he asked, "Is everything okay?"
He was about to start recycling the data.
Ji Yuanzhi looked at Wen Shi deeply and said only one sentence: "Louis is worse off than me."
During those fifteen minutes of orphanage, Ji Yuanzhi didn't want to mention what happened.
Wen Shi hesitated for a moment and asked, "Is the mortality rate high?"
He would have to make a careful reference to see whether to rely mainly on force or intelligence to overcome the negative effects of [Tail Cutting], so as to further determine what kind of teammates could use it in the future.
Ignoring the tragic experience of the first fourteen minutes, Ji Yuanzhi picked out the least severe incident and said, "With only one minute left, I was climbing the stairs back to the dormitory and thought everything was over. As I was almost reaching the third floor, I encountered a player who had been thrown out of the window by a monster and was almost crushed to death."
Seeing that there was still a living person hanging outside, the monster was not willing to let him go easily and immediately launched an indiscriminate attack.
While Ji Yuanzhi was releasing props to save people, he also had to deal with monsters. Coincidentally, the broadcast notified him to check the dormitories, so he took the time to send a text message to Wen Shi, notifying him to come back quickly.
After listening to the other party's series of seamless experiences, Wen Shixu smiled and said, "...You've worked hard."
The next ten minutes were quiet in the dormitory. After a while, Yaerlin said, "The dormitory manager has come downstairs."
He withdrew his mental strength, half-closed his eyes, and there was a hint of fatigue in his expression.
If the mental power is released for too long, it will consume a lot of energy. Yaerlin didn't want to move at all, and finally fell asleep on Song Yan's bed.
Before going to bed, he forgot to remind Song Yan about the things related to him.
In fact, Wen Shi was still subconsciously thinking about the apostles far away, and he did not forget to cover for them when he checked their dormitory.
Ji Yuanzhi sent a message to Louis, reminding him that the dormitory manager had left and he could come to find them.
Louis arrived quickly, and Wen Shi was slightly startled when he opened the door. His face was dirty, his hair stood up like a jinx... and his clothes were tattered. Now that the data had been collected, Wen Shi didn't want to ask him what had happened and simply invited him in.
He didn't ask, and Louis had a lot of complaints but couldn't vent them, and he just felt a lump in his chest.
The feeling of being moved by Wen Shi's risky actions alone that I had previously brainwashed myself into was about to be washed away.
Louis decided not to let himself down, and opened his mouth to criticize the negative effects of [Tail Cutting]. The moment he opened his mouth, Wen Shixian dumped a pile of fragments on the table.
Louis' attention was successfully diverted: "What the hell?"
"I found it at the principal's residence," Wen Shi said. "To get in, I wasted a powerful skill that can only be used once per match."
There is no such thing as waste. The skill itself is used to collect information and pass the level.
But as soon as Wen Shi said this, Louis, who had benefited from the success, was too embarrassed to say anything and just honestly pieced the fragments together.
Wen Shi guessed that the principal was ill, but he didn't have the patience to piece together the pieces. While Louis was piecing together the physical examination report with a great sense of accomplishment, Wen Shi began to tell other key information.
"The Mermaid King was divided into four parts and sealed in the academy. The principal knows the location."
Louis, who was working on a puzzle, subconsciously wanted to ask about the Mermaid King, but Ji Yuanzhi spoke before him: "Then the principal should have plenty of mermaid meat to eat."
Wen Shi took out the letter and said, "According to what is written here, many residents who want to eat the mermaid king's flesh will be dominated by the mermaid's pitiful thoughts. I don't know how the principal was able to dig out the heart in the first place."
Ji Yuanzhi quickly read the contents of the letter: "Here is the answer."
"Um?"
Ji Yuanzhi said slowly: "Pollution."
Wen Shi pondered for a moment, then spoke thoughtfully, "The principal hasn't read the letter. He probably only knows that the older generation used pollution sources to deal with the mermaids, but he doesn't know that the mermaids weren't that powerful in the beginning, and that pollution sources played an indispensable role in their current strength."
Pollution can indeed temporarily weaken the Mermaid King's strength, but unfortunately it will backfire later.
"Now it matches." Wen Shi narrowed his eyes.
The Mermaid King has been sealed for so long, there is no reason for him to suddenly revive. If the principal made a stupid mistake in the early stage and launched an unauthorized pollution attack on the Mermaid King, then it is normal.
Ji Yuan knew: "If I can get the heart in the principal's hand, I can go the warrior route in the future and beat up the NPCs."
Guarding a mermaid king, the principal was still going to great lengths to find other mermaids, indicating that he simply didn't dare consume the unmetabolized flesh of the latest pollution source. The heart must still be there, but the principal was holding it in a different form.
Mermaids are not only good at mental pollution, but their bodies are also very strong. The fact that the principal has been able to check and balance them for so many years shows the usefulness of their hearts.
"…" As expected, the Mermaid King's heart was so swollen.
Wen Shi coughed lightly: "The principal only has half a pill."
Ji Yuanzhi nodded but didn't mention the other half. It was obvious that the other party had obtained some clues independently and was ready to get it.
Half for each person and no competition, perfect.
Louis: "It's done!"
"...The medical report shows that the principal has a terminal illness. The CT scan was taken a long time ago, but the principal doesn't look like someone with a terminal illness."
After speaking in rapid succession, Louis did not see any excitement on Wen Shi's face, as if he had known it for a long time.
Wen Shi cooperated promptly, gave a thumbs-up and said, "You discovered very important information."
Thanks for the verification.
Louis: "..." Can you be more perfunctory?
Wen Shi got back to the point: "We must find the dismembered torso before the concert."
When Louis went into dungeons before, he tried his best to collect clues. When he spent only one night with Wen Shi, he was desperately fed information by the other party.
He had not participated in the previous collaboration, and there was still a lot of information missing. His thoughts unconsciously followed the other party's lead: "What will happen after we find it?"
Wen Shi's expression was indescribable: "Games are not dead."
The torso is definitely a trigger point. The game will naturally assign tasks as to what to do after finding it. Even if there is no torso, they can try the sealing items in the mall to delay the Mermaid King's awakening.
Louis seemed to realize that he had asked a stupid question. He hadn't recovered from the fifteen minutes of being an orphan yet, and he couldn't help but chuckle.
"It's time to pick peaches." Wen Shi suddenly looked at Ji Yuanzhi and said.
Ji Yuanzhi nodded.
He had previously passed crucial information to the players behind the attack through his roommate, who was also the class representative. Now that the auditions were complete, it was time for them to prioritize reviving the Mermaid King.
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Every moonless night is a good time for players to cause trouble.
After the dormitory manager finished checking the dormitories, some people couldn't wait to leave the dormitory building.
The Six Commandments leader held something in his hand and said to the girls on his team, "Principal, I'll be watching over you personally. You can follow Teacher Qi later."
Then he said to another teammate: "You are responsible for following Lily."
"Remember, don't get close to NPCs, and be ready to use invisibility items at any time."
The girl hesitated for a moment: "Then Teacher Ruan..."
"I made a deal with the people from Wangcai Bank. Fatty will keep an eye on me."
[Wangcai Bank] not only has dangerous lending business, they also take private jobs, and there is basically no risk in conducting such private transactions.
As the Six Commandments president spoke, he rubbed the silver metal ball in his palm with his fingertips. This was one of the very few props that could cause an explosion, but compared to real explosives, its power was far less.
That day in the castle, A Ling used it to blow up the stairs leading to the attic, helping Wen Shi buy time.
Tonight is a very good opportunity. There was a bombing on campus. I can take advantage of the situation to act as a forewarning and attribute all subsequent explosions to the previous person.
The president of the Six Commandments stood in front of the teaching building and snapped his fingers. The [Little Steel Egg] rolled to the side of the stairs. After about a few seconds, accompanied by a huge roar, a hole was directly blown out of the outer wall of the teaching building.
He did not retreat because of the aftermath of the explosion, but left a card at the scene: From now on, bomb one place every ten minutes.
Amidst the dark ruins, the exquisite card stands out.
The smell of gunpowder penetrated his nose, and the Six Commandments leader found a secluded place to hide.
Before the explosion attracted anyone, the teammate whispered, "Can you believe what the class representative's roommate said?"
Even with the dual constraints of polygraphs and contract props, it does not mean that what the roommate says is necessarily true. If the information collected is false, these detection props are useless.
The Six Commandments leader shook his head and said, "It's not important."
Regardless of whether it is true as the other party said that the Mermaid King's early awakening is beneficial to the completion of the copy, they must first know the whereabouts of the Mermaid King before they have a chance to respond flexibly.
The word "awakening" means that the Mermaid King is sleeping or sealed. The main venue of the copy is Mingzhu Academy. The academy is now closed. If there is really a Mermaid King, it is likely to be on campus.
"Someone is coming." said the girl.
In the distance, several figures were already rushing over.
"Don't lose him later." The Six Commandments leader was a master at exploiting game mechanics; among the key NPCs, there was bound to be one connected to the Mermaid King. If the principal knew the Mermaid King's whereabouts, under the shadow of the explosion warning, he would first dispatch personnel to investigate key locations where the Mermaid King was. If it was another NPC, he would also take some action. Simply follow them, and you'll find something.
…
Dormitory building, Room 502.
Wen Shi: "Wow."
Seeing the flames from the explosion through the window, he praised the person who had attacked him: "He wanted to use the explosion to observe the NPCs' reactions. After the explosion just now, the principal wouldn't suspect the students afterwards."
Considering their hatred for the academy, only mermaids would do something so crazy and have the ability to do such a crazy thing.
The prerequisite for implementing this plan is to have available manpower, and each team member must not be too weak, so that they can keep an eye on the key NPCs.
Louis rubbed his hands together and said, "Then we'll go too."
Wen Shi remained indifferent and looked at Ji Yuanzhi, who nodded slightly.
Although they didn't say it explicitly to each other, they both had a basic guess about each other's skills.
Before, Wen Shi had specifically pointed out to Ji Yuanzhi several suspected culprits. Ji Yuanzhi remembered the appearance of these people. Afterwards, Ji only needed to meet them and use the [Information Omniscient] to interpret what clues the other party had.
The backlash from targeted interpretation will be huge. I hope it will be of some use to the struggling young people out there and not waste their skills.
"It's worth celebrating." Wen Shi was about to stand up when Jian Qingrong handed him the cup.
Ji Yuanzhi's water cup was right behind him.
Louis suddenly came to their dormitory, thinking that he was going to do something, and subconsciously spent one point to buy a cup from the mall.
"It's leek harvesting season," Wen Shi said with a smile, "Cheers, everyone!"
Louis: "…"