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Chapter 497 Dean: You Are Amazing~



Xu Shuo gazed distantly in the direction where the children had disappeared, yet his vision was enveloped in darkness, where only three vague silhouettes seemed to leap. "Mr. Director, since you have joined Qiming Orphanage, you ought to be a part of this Order," the voice of Yueshu rang in his ears. It was deep and haunting, like a demon's low chant, "You have gained the Power of Rules here which you truly don't possess. This is the proof that it has acknowledged you, so I don't mind letting you join us. Together, together let's make this world a better, more perfect place!" As he neared the end, Yueshu's eyes blazed intensely, his gaze fixed on the young man before him. He was unsure what abilities this man had gained at the orphanage, but with the other's inclusion, and with Black Cat, he would be more confident in confronting the enemies outside! Leaving the orphanage was just the beginning; what Yueshu truly intended to do was to change the Order of the entire world! To create an Order world of his own! Xu Shuo snapped back to reality, regarding him impassively, and said, "Really? But I think it's best for you all to stay in the orphanage. Because even if there is that chance, it would only be me who leaves." Yueshu was taken aback, and then his expression darkened instantly. As his emotions fluctuated, so did the one-eyed entity in the sky, its dark mass becoming denser and closer to the ground. If one were to look up, all that could be seen was the eye's tawny pupil. It was influencing every person here. Suddenly, Xu Shuo smiled, "Alright, the time is almost up, let's continue this conversation elsewhere." As his words fell, before Yueshu could grasp their meaning, Xu Shuo put away the fruit knife and offered a courteously warm smile. Yueshu froze. Because the space before him had started to warp. Whoosh— In just a moment of distraction, Yueshu startledly looked up, only to find himself sitting in Room 301, with a book resting on his knees. Even in his perception, the three people who just had run away from the orphanage were still in their respective rooms, without any movement. Yueshu paused and looked to the side. Besides the absence of Black Cat, which should have been crouching there licking its paws, everything else in the orphanage seemed to be as it was ten minutes ago. As for the recent spatial fusion, the Nine Star Chain, and Lina's injury, they all seemed to have been merely an illusion. However, the idea that he would fall into an illusion in his own territory was truly laughable! "Ha." Yueshu suddenly contorted his mouth into a sneer, his tawny eyes unnaturally twisting with a fiercely burning light. "Mr. Director, you truly are full of surprises." ... ... Xu Shuo appeared behind the archives room door. He had shed the white lab coat and was dressed in the director's black clothes; even the sclera of his eyes had turned black from the orphanage's contamination, emitting a chilling malice. Then he lifted his left hand to look. That cat... Incredibly, after the reversal of time, it was still biting onto his hand and had even followed him here! Doctor Chen's time reversal ability caused all time within this space to revert back to a previous state, including every person and object. Whatever position someone or something was in ten minutes ago, that's where they should be after the reversal. So this cat's incredible perseverance was indeed a surprise to Xu Shuo. "Besides eating, don't you have any other business to attend to?" Xu Shuo caught the cat's head and pulled it off his wrist, instantly leaving behind a row of bloody punctures on his pale skin. "Meowow~" The cat struggled fiercely in his grip and then went in for another bite, its pliable, boneless head squeezing out from his hand to attempt another bite. Xu Shuo released his grip, and the cat immediately hung from his left hand by its teeth. It was as if he had a gigantic hand accessory. After shaking it several times and failing to get it off, Xu Shuo simply ignored it and took out the latest journal from the clip on his waist, flipping it open to take a look. However, the pages were filled with investigations into the latest rules of the orphanage and basically no other information. "If there really is a chance to leave this place, what would your method be?" Xu Shuo mumbled to himself as he looked at those messy red characters. The relationship between the female white-collar worker and Old Wang was one of deep trust, which meant the two must have teamed up to enter the Script World. Therefore, it was very likely that this script was not the most recently extracted one, implying that the orphanage had actually undergone many cycles of repetition. And for an NPC to escape the script, the only way was to awaken self-consciousness. But despite so many cycles, the director had never awakened. Although one of the preconditions for awakening was to have died before the extraction of the script, as this was the only way for the spiritual consciousness to have a chance to be taken into Subspace. But if this world was special to begin with... Could it be possible to be extracted into the Script World while the consciousness was still lucid? That's why the term "Subspace" appeared in the director's journal, which meant he might not know about the Script World, but he definitely knew that this mutated orphanage could be isolated. Moreover, he might also know that the Subspace extracted from this place and the present world were two different worlds, he knew this was a prison. Thinking of these things, Xu Shuo thoughtfully lifted his left wrist to look. Now, apart from the bloody hole bitten by the cat, there was nothing on his left wrist. However, when Xu Shuo had used the Character Card before, the imprint of the Rose had also appeared on his wrist, and now it had disappeared, perhaps signifying that this character's body was unrelated to him. The director's body did not belong to him. Xu Shuo lifted his finger and gently rubbed his temples. Then, he opened the Player's Handbook. [ "Alpha Character Card": When you transform into Alpha, the unparalleled boss grants you abilities close to a Divine Spirit. From then on, you can do anything you want, as long as your spiritual power is sufficient to support your whims. ] The youth in black clothes and trousers instantly appeared several years younger, and Xu Shuo unfolded the Mind Network. In front of him, a figure sculpted by spiritual power gradually took shape. Xu Shuo didn't change his appearance; the figure still looked like the young Alpha. Afterward, his consciousness transferred over. Xu Shuo used the vision of his Spiritual Being to look at the person opposite him. The body of the Alpha Character Card opened its eyes and made eye contact with him, showing a completely different gaze. Then, the young Alpha smiled at him with a bend in the corner of his mouth: "You're really great~" Xu Shuo: "..." "Why is the cat biting me?" The young man suddenly lifted his left hand and saw the Black Cat clinging to it and continuously gnawing at him. "Hiss... Although it's not pleasant, this feeling is rather exhilarating." The young man experienced the continuous pain in his hand and looked back at Xu Shuo with another intriguing smile: "You really know how to play~" Xu Shuo: "..." Xu Shuo's Spiritual Being rubbed his forehead: "You're the director of Qiming Orphanage, right? You're the 'red character,' aren't you?" "No, no, no, no~" The young man shook his finger at him with a meaningful expression: "I know you all must think that I have mentally fragmented under the contamination of the orphanage after reading my journal, but in fact, it's all just my disguise!" Xu Shuo raised an eyebrow: "Oh?" So it was all a disguise? ...

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