Chapter 153: The Teacher Hypnotizes the Student’s Plot
For Teacher Chen, Zhao Mingyue’s first impression was that she was approachable; maybe it was because they weren’t too far apart in age. Teacher Chen got along well with the other students in class, and after a few days, Zhao Mingyue had pretty much dispelled her earlier doubts.
The first time she met her, she’d instinctively questioned the woman’s identity, speculating whether she was one of Bai Yu’s so-called “old friends,” but it turned out that was not the case at all.
Bai Yu’s friends were all sort of crazy, while Teacher Chen was the complete opposite—humorous, friendly, and charming.
“Teacher, you wanted to see me?”
Pushing open the office door, Zhao Mingyue entered to see Teacher Chen sitting at her computer, seemingly handling some document.
“Yeah, there are a few things I’d like to discuss with you.”
Chen Yunshi, with her legs crossed and donning a sleek black professional outfit paired with high heels, radiated a mature and sophisticated beauty that Zhao Mingyue envied but couldn’t quite emulate.
Adjusting her glasses, Teacher Chen pulled out a thick envelope from her drawer.
“This is your bonus—eight thousand yuan! The school is giving it to you as a reward. Since summer vacation is coming up and the school’s flag-raising ceremony has been canceled, considering your personal feelings, I’m getting you this special reward on behalf of the school.”
“Thank you, Teacher!” Zhao Mingyue’s eyes lit up with excitement at the mention of money.
“Oh, it’s nothing. You deserve it! You’re our little hero! If it weren’t for you, who knows how many teachers and students would’ve been harmed by that madman. But I must remind you, that madman hasn’t been caught yet, so be very careful, especially when you go home.”
As Teacher Chen spoke, Zhao Mingyue’s attention drifted to her computer desktop, which displayed a landscape painting featuring a temple adorned with bizarre symbols.
It wasn’t the painting itself that captivated her; rather, it was the temple within it, especially the faint outline of a statue and the symbols integrated into the terrain. It seemed to exude some kind of magical allure that held Zhao Mingyue’s gaze.
Teacher Chen seemed oblivious to her distraction. “By the way, you’ve been absent a lot these past few days. Have you fallen behind on your studies?”
Snapping back to reality, Zhao Mingyue blinked. “Oh, no worries, Teacher. I can keep up just fine.”
“That’s good to hear! You should work hard for the final exam. If you place in the top hundred citywide, you could get exempted from your tuition next semester!”
“Really?!” Zhao Mingyue’s expression turned eagerly hopeful.
“Absolutely! Keep it up! Now, I won’t keep you. You can head back.”
“Mm-hmm!”
Clutching her money bag with a grin, Zhao Mingyue exited. With her grades, breaking into the top hundred citywide was definitely achievable; she had previously ranked even in the top thirty.
Under normal circumstances, with her academics, she would receive special treatment; naturally, her homework load wouldn’t be small.
Due to her family situation, once all the teachers confirmed that homework wouldn’t affect Zhao Mingyue’s grades, they granted her the privilege of not having to complete it.
As she closed the door behind her, Chen Yunshi’s expression darkened.
“What on earth is that girl hiding?”
Turning to face her computer screen, she narrowed her eyes at the statue in the landscape painting.
“Can you sense what she has on her?”
Alone in the office, Chen Yunshi mumbled to herself as a strange aura began to rise around her.
“A ghost? You’re scared of a ghost?”
Her fingers rhythmically tapped the desk.
The desktop featured the Thousand Eyes Godmother. Anyone who’d seen the image was sure to be cursed. Zhao Mingyue had stared at it for so long from such close range, and with the real Thousand Eyes Godmother amplifying the curse’s power nearby, the fact she hadn’t succumbed was astounding—she just snapped back to reality, hazy yet unharmed.
It turned out there had been a chance for the curse to take effect, but the Thousand Eyes Godmother had chickened out and didn’t activate her powers.
Just relying on an image might work against average people, but for someone like Zhao Mingyue, who had been strengthened, it simply wouldn’t suffice.
A so-called evil god was actually afraid of a ghost?
If that got out, the ridicule would be endless—it was simply comical!
At this moment, Chen Yunshi couldn’t pretend not to be angry; she was practically laughing out of frustration.
An evil god claiming to be a godmother was one thing, but fumbling at the critical moment? Suddenly, she wondered if she had been overly cautious. With this kind of evil god, the version of herself from her past identity would never have given them a second glance.
And this one was supposedly ranked second among the four great godmothers?
Afraid of ghosts?
“What a waste! To have such powerful curse abilities and not know how to use them. Truly pathetic.”
Just a glance could spread the curse, especially in today’s digital age—she had originally thought someone with such powerful abilities could make a pig fly, but now she realized she had overestimated things.
She had merged with the Thousand Eyes Godmother for quite some time now, intentionally suppressing the number of cursed people to avoid it spiraling out of control and letting the godmother’s growing powers backfire on her.
That concern was valid; the Thousand Eyes Godmother might be foolish but her abilities were genuinely formidable.
She just thought the godmother was pretty useless. Even if evaluated by the standards of the sc*m Game, she would rank at least in the first tier.
Once her anger subsided, Chen Yunshi reminded herself that her current identity must not be exposed.
“I’ll trust you this one time. Next chance, let’s take out that ghost attached to her. Zhao Mingyue’s body—I need to have it!”
“You think I underestimate my opponent?”
“If it were a human—even a frail little girl—I wouldn’t say that.”
“But a ghost? That’s like fearing a bug; no matter how powerful it is, it’s still just a bug. Get it?”
Chen Yunshi knew there was a powerful evil ghost lurking beside Zhao Mingyue. It might even be one of her old friends. Though she didn’t know who exactly, being a “ghost” limited its capacities. As long as it wasn’t an evil god, the threat wasn’t that significant.
Simply put, the upper limit of a ghost was extremely low—basically at the bottom of the ladder.
Her previous identity played with and controlled the dead as a summoner, so she understood very well just how stark the differences between ghosts and evil gods were. No matter how weak an evil god might be, it was still more powerful than the strongest ghost.
The Thousand Eyes Godmother was also considered upper echelon among evil gods; her potential was top-notch, yet she was fumbling everything.
“Enough rambling. I’ll handle the rest. I guarantee you’ll reach the pinnacle of the world.”
Silence enveloped the office, save for the sound of Chen Yunshi flipping through papers.
She had used her abilities as the Thousand Eyes Godmother to control many people, from the grassroots level up to higher-ups.
She consistently kept her pool of controlled subjects around a thousand, which increased as her own strength grew.
These controlled subjects wouldn’t suspect anything. Once the curse took a deeper hold, she could leverage them for various schemes—like manipulating the police to hunt her old friends or leveraging connections to procure some hot weapons.
Hot weapons were akin to firesticks compared to her previous identity.
But now? They had incredible effects.
If she couldn’t do it herself, she’d control believers to form a small squad, all armed with hot weapons.
At the same time, she couldn’t abandon her current task.
She wanted to stay alive and use the sc*m Game to resurrect her mother—the poor woman who had toiled all her life, only to be murdered by a thug just as her days of comfort were coming close.
Her plan was straightforward: control Zhao Mingyue, utilize her protagonist status to get to know Lu Liangting, and gradually create opportunities. As long as she could stay close to Zhao Mingyue, building up Lu Liangting’s goodwill would be a piece of cake.
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Zhao Mingyue clutched her money bag tightly, wearing a constant grin as she strolled down the street.
Just yesterday, the store manager had settled her task payment from the Huang family—ten thousand yuan. Now, with an additional eight thousand, she felt her wallet getting pleasantly plump.
“Wuhu, I’m rich!”
“No wonder everyone wants to become a superhero; fighting crime pays so well! Eight thousand in one go? Money comes too easily!”
If we’re talking cash, she hadn’t even touched the bank card Lu Liangting gave her yet. It just felt too weird, like she was being kept by someone—a man’s card? No, thank you!
Even if she needed a sugar daddy, it would have to be Bai Yu!
She decided to save Lu Liangting’s card for later, just in case.
“What’s this?”
Just as she placed her money bag down, Zhao Mingyue noticed Bai Yu handing her something made of bl**d threads.
“An admission ticket?”
Receiving it, she inspected it closely.
It was mainly black, adorned with an enormous Ferris wheel, with the words written in warped red font.
“White Day Amusement Park, welcome to your arrival!”
“This is way too weird. This ticket seems a bit like something from a haunted house.” Zhao Mingyue examined it closely, noticing it had a vintage vibe, but nothing else seemed particularly noteworthy.
“I got it from your teacher. There’s something off about this ticket; the handling techniques are similar to those from the Ghost Domain.” Bai Yu’s voice echoed in Zhao Mingyue’s mind. “Your teacher has issues; I faintly sensed the curse of an evil god.”
“Teacher Chen? No way, she seems totally normal,” Zhao Mingyue frowned, examining the ticket’s details again. “Could she be connected to the Ghost Domain?”
“Can’t be sure; she might be linked to the Ghost Domain or the Eternal Life Village.”
That was also why Bai Yu hadn’t acted earlier. If she had confirmed the evil god was within Chen Yunshi, she would have taken her out without hesitation.
“What does this ticket signify?”
“A very crucial place.”
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