Chapter Eighty-Six: Is Luxianbei There?
After carefully inspecting the scene and finding no abnormalities, Li Xuan quickly organized the members of his Special Action Team and began to evacuate the surrounding onlookers.
The onlookers, who were initially engrossed in the spectacle, were reluctant to cooperate at first.
However, no matter how high their excitement to see the commotion, it paled in comparison to the fear of d*ath.
Seeing Li Xuan and the members of the Special Action Team put on masks and claim that the cause of He Zhe’s d*ath could be a malignant disease related to Nightfall Syndrome, everyone immediately fled, as if a malevolent ghost were chasing them.
Soon, the entire corridor fell silent.
After clearing out the onlookers, Li Xuan instructed a member of the Special Action Team nearby to retrieve the special warning signs from the vehicle.
Once all this was done, he removed his mask and looked toward the direction where Luxianbei had previously disappeared, a playful smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.
His doubts about Luxianbei were not unfounded; not long ago, while secretly observing Luxianbei’s home from downstairs, he had seen the shattered windows and the dark room behind them.
However, when he went to check his house, he found that the shattered window had been repaired, and the room was brightly lit.
Could a normal person fix a completely shattered floor-to-ceiling window in less than twenty minutes?
Even if that S-level spirit energy fluctuation didn’t come from Luxianbei’s house, there was a high possibility that something unusual was hidden inside.
“Ah—!” Li Xuan thought, unable to suppress a sigh, murmuring to himself, “I really am strange; clearly afraid of trouble, yet I still think about these things.”
Just as his words fell, his body suddenly stiffened, as if petrified, standing frozen in place.
He sensed a strong spirit energy fluctuation, that domineering and intense energy flowed down from upstairs with a powerful sense of oppression, as if a fiery inferno had erupted not far from above, and even the air seemed to carry a burnt smell.
What astonished Li Xuan was the instability of that spirit energy’s intensity; at its strongest, it made him feel the impending doom of a calamity, and at its weakest, it made him think, “I can handle this!”
Just as he tried to pin down the precise source of the spirit energy fluctuation and contact his Siye Society colleagues for support, that energy suddenly vanished like a spark extinguished by heavy rain.
Gone? What was that?
Li Xuan stared up the stairs, his expression uncertain, and then he recalled Luxianbei’s presence.
Right, Luxianbei, that kid is still upstairs!
Could it be…
Li Xuan grew serious, gritting his teeth as he pulled out a rune, seemingly carved from pebbles or baked from clay, from his coat pocket.
He held the rune between his two fingers, quietly chanting a few incantations, and saw a faint blue light flash over the rune, condensing into the shape of an eye.
As he locked eyes with the illusory eye formed from the blue light, he peered into the situation on the other end of the paired runes.
He saw a girl.
To be precise, a girl with dark green hair who was wrapped in a bath towel, droplets of water clinging to her fair skin, surrounded by wisps of steam, looking as if she had just stepped out of a bath. She was sitting at a computer, muttering something.
“d*mn, I died again! How can I get stronger?” As she spoke, she exited the game, opened the browser, and typed in the search bar [How to get stronger in the game?] before hitting enter, which immediately pulled up numerous answers.
[Proxy Player + Q], [Grind to Change Fate], [Spend Money to Become Invincible], [One-Click Win the World, Just Press the Key!]…
“Um…” The girl stared at the computer screen, resting her chin on her hand, deep in thought.
She was seriously contemplating whether to recruit a few followers to help her gain levels, grind, and curse at enemies; if possible, she also wanted to spend some money.
After all, the feeling of getting beaten without being able to retaliate in such games was genuinely frustrating.
Winning in battle and winning arguments, one of them had to count for something, right?
However, before she could set aside her divine integrity and engage in shameless actions, a faint and unusual spirit energy fluctuation stopped her.
She glanced in the direction from which the spirit energy came, focusing on a small trinket on Luxianbei’s desk, furrowing her brows with a flash of anger in her eyes.
“Who? Who’s peeking!?”
…
Upon hearing the girl’s shout, Li Xuan’s vision suddenly plunged into a vivid green; the dazzling emerald hue, charged with frightful energy, hit him like a hammer against his soul.
His body trembled sharply, and his momentum instantly deflated, taking quite a while to suppress the surging energy within.
Li Xuan raised his head to look upstairs, his eyes narrowing slightly, thinking that Luxianbei’s home indeed harbored urban legends, and a very strong one at that.
d*mn it, I should have been more cautious; now the rune is destroyed and I have no evidence, this is going to be troublesome.
Having once again uncovered Luxianbei’s secret, coupled with a bit of injury, Li Xuan lost all desire to investigate the fleeting spirit energy upstairs.
In his current state, searching would likely lead to his doom.
Yet…
If I let such a dangerous thing hide within the school, is that really okay? Li Xuan thought, a resolute spark flashing in his eyes as he turned to the members of the Special Action Team behind him.
“You stay here and keep watch; I’m going to take a look around.”
“Understood.”
Hearing the response from the Special Action Team members, Li Xuan nodded slightly and turned to walk toward the staircase leading upstairs.
He decided to check it out upstairs; even if it was dangerous, he had to see…
…
Meanwhile, in the Special Characters Research Room.
Professor Ma had lost count of how many trips he had made to the restroom, how many buckets of water he had thrown on Luxianbei. If it weren’t for his robust health and strength, he would have probably collapsed by now.
However…
Luxianbei showed no signs of waking, sitting stiffly in the chair, holding the bamboo slips, surrounded by steaming smoke, the water spilled on the floor forming a thin layer that was almost boiling, burning his feet.
“This… this… ah!” Professor Ma wanted to say something but ultimately sighed heavily, grabbing the empty water bucket again and turning towards the restroom.
Although it seemed like throwing water on Luxianbei was not very effective, he couldn’t just stand there doing nothing, right? Professor Ma thought.
Exiting the research room with the empty bucket, Professor Ma headed straight for the restroom inside the Special Characters Research Room, quickly filling a bucket full of water to return.
However, when he looked back at the scene in the room, he was startled, shivering as the bucket fell from his hands with a loud crash, spilling water everywhere.
In the research room, Luxianbei had disappeared without a trace, replaced by a petite girl with pale pink hair, completely unclothed.
Thick steam filled the air, obscuring most of her body, but that half-hidden appearance only made her look more alluring.
Seeing this scene, Professor Ma was stunned for a few seconds, just as the girl let out a soft and delicate m*an, her eyelids fluttering as if she was about to wake.
“Um, hmm… mewl…”
Listening to the soft sounds in his ears and feeling the temperature around him quickly drop, Professor Ma was finally jolted back to reality by the sight of the girl’s delicate figure gradually revealing itself through the thick steam.
He muttered, “Oh no, oh no, this won’t do, this won’t do!” Stepping forward a few paces, he took off his coat and, just before the spring light burst forth, placed it over the girl’s body, turning his face away and walking to the side.
Although the girl seemed young enough to be his granddaughter, he could still shamelessly say “No problem!” if he accidentally saw something.
But some things simply shouldn’t be done; that’s the most basic principle of a scholar and teacher.
The moment Professor Ma draped his coat over Luxianbei, she jolted awake, her eyes snapping open, a flicker of flame flashing in her deep gaze.
Feeling the wet hair sticking uncomfortably to her body and catching the whiff of the musty smell from the mopping water evaporating in the air, she was about to complain when she suddenly noticed she was back in the research room.
The research room filled with steam, resembling a steam room.
Luxianbei froze for a moment, and before she could think further, she heard Professor Ma’s trembling voice beside her, “Y-You, who are you? Where’s Luxianbei?”
“I am…”
Professor Ma’s expression changed slightly at her words, “???”
Luxianbei opened her mouth only to realize something was wrong; her voice had abruptly shifted from the cold yet somewhat charming male tone to a soft, sweet voice that made her cheeks flush.
Oh no! Oh no!? I changed? Right in front of Professor Ma?
Then he must have seen everything; there would be no way to deny it, what should I do?
k*ll to silence him? Isn’t that too cruel?
Should I mark him, give him a buff, and make him one of my followers?
No, no, that girl Du Sixian is already annoying; if I get another inquisitive and sharp-witted professor, I would be overwhelmed!
Luxianbei was lost in thought when she heard Professor Ma ask, “Y-You must be Luxianbei, right?”
His tone was filled with confusion, as if he were hesitant to confirm the bizarre scene before him.
Having lived so many years, he had seen all sorts of situations, right?
Well, although this scenario was something he had never encountered, as a mature and reliable man, he could still handle this.
“I actually…” Luxianbei frowned, opened her mouth, momentarily unsure how to explain herself to Professor Ma.
At that moment, a knock came from the direction of the research room.
“Knock, knock, knock—knock, knock, knock—!”
Accompanying the knocking was Li Xuan’s voice from outside the door, “Hello, Professor Ma, I’m Luxianbei’s friend. Is Luxianbei there?”
