During the time Lin Siyin was freshening up, Lu Zixun glanced around every corner of the room and found its structure quite intriguing.
It didn’t seem like a room specially decorated for a hotel.
It felt more as though it was custom-built for three people to sleep in.
Jumping onto the bed, Lu Zixun looked at the cameras hidden by bags and his tail flicked a few times.
The placement of these two cameras wasn’t particularly secretive, instead giving off a feeling as though they were intentionally placed to be discovered.
Was it installed this way deliberately to lower one’s guard?
Lu Zixun couldn’t be sure.
Looking up at the ceiling, the ventilation ducts seemed more like surveillance devices.
They were positioned to perfectly view the three beds but not arouse suspicion.
However, seeing the defensive talisman pasted on it, Lin Siyin must have noticed something off about this ventilation duct.
"What are you crouching there looking at?"
Exiting the restroom, Lin Siyin smiled at Lu Zixun, "You seem quite engrossed."
Rolling on the bed, Lu Zixun lazily said, "I was just thinking about the methods Abnormal Creatures might use to surveil the room, but upon inspection, they’re not very high-level."
Hearing this, Lin Siyin nodded; she felt the same.
By this time, it was already 11:30 pm, and the three of them were ready to go.
Knowing Lu Zixun wasn’t following, Su Nian even generously left his snacks on the bed.
"Ding—Worry detected from Lin Siyin +5000."
Raising his paw and waving it at Lin Siyin, Lu Zixun appeared utterly at ease: "I’m Lord Cat of Lingchuan City, these Abnormal Creatures are just minor trash."
Extending a finger, Lin Siyin poked Lu Zixun’s forehead.
Annoyed, Lin Siyin said, "Look at that cocky attitude, don’t take Jingzhou lightly. If there’s danger, just hide until I come back to protect you."
As soon as she finished, still somewhat worried, Lin Siyin took several yellow talismans from her bag.
She then took out a brush and began drawing symbols on them.
Completing the last stroke, Lin Siyin placed the talismans beside Lu Zixun: "The ones shimmering with yellow light are defensive talismans, those with blue light are attack talismans, and the green ones are healing talismans. Got it?"
It was the first time Lu Zixun experienced being protected , and he was quite happy about it.
Nodding repeatedly like a pecking chicken, Lu Zixun indicated he understood.
After Lin Siyin and the others left, Lu Zixun rolled over the talismans on the bed, delightedly collecting them.
Looking up at the ventilation duct, Lu Zixun took out the Invisibility Cloak from the System Space.
He really wanted to see what those Abnormal Creatures were up to with the ventilation duct specifically monitoring the beds.
As he was about to activate Magnetic Field Control to hover, Lu Zixun sadly realized that he wasn’t able to use such abilities yet.
Sighing, he patted his forehead with a paw, and an icy vapor filled the room, creating a staircase of ice leading to the ventilation duct.
Arriving at the entrance of the duct, Lu Zixun’s sharp claws extended from his paw pads, removing the outer grill before donning the Invisibility Cloak and crawling inside.
The entire ventilation duct wasn’t very narrow, allowing enough room for a person to crawl through.
Following the duct, Lu Zixun saw one room after another, each bed directly facing the duct.
At this moment, Lu Zixun’s heart sank; he roughly guessed what the Abnormal Creatures planned to do.
Only Lin Siyin could place defensive talismans, and the vast majority of students were not even Genetic Optimization Soldiers, let alone Superpower Users.
If Abnormal Creatures attacked them through the duct, the students wouldn’t stand a chance to resist or even cry for help.
Thinking about this, Lu Zixun’s brows furrowed.
A night had passed, and who knows how many students had already been parasitized by Abnormal Creatures; that would put Lin Siyin and the others in great danger.
A bit unsettled, Lu Zixun was about to head back to the room and go find Lin Siyin’s group when he suddenly stopped.
The targets of the Abnormal Creatures were not just the students of Qingniao University but him, Lu Zixun, as well.
Before his strength recovered, recklessly going to Lin Siyin wouldn’t protect her but would instead burden her.
After this realization, Lu Zixun continued forward, estimating that he could handle even high-level Abnormal Creatures now.
While Ma Jiang and others went out, killing the Abnormal Creatures hidden in the duct would undoubtedly be a way to save Wei by attacking Zhao.
"Now we’ve controlled one-third of the people. After tonight, can we devise a plan to locate that cat and use Lin Siyin as leverage?"
When Lu Zixun passed another ventilation duct, voices coming from the room reached his ears, prompting him to stop and silently listen.
Gai Yue slowly looked up, holding a talisman in her hand that had lost all its light: "Lin Siyin’s mentor is Wang Duli, and my lord doesn’t wish to provoke his madness, so that plan is a last resort."
Ma Jiang, who had been parasitized by Ye Xun just a day ago, heard Gai Yue’s rebuttal and shook his head: "What of Wang Duli? One day not reaching King-level, and he’s no match for my lord."
Gai Yue stared at Ye Xun for a moment, a scornful smile on her lips: "You’re quite eager to serve your lord, but..."
Pausing, Gai Yue flashed in front of Ye Xun.
Raising her right arm, she gripped Ye Xun’s throat with the tiger’s mouth, her eyes flashing dangerously: "A lord’s orders must not be defied, or are you, a snitch, trying to tell me how to do my job?"
Ye Xun, only parasitized for one day, clearly hadn’t fully recovered his strength.
His face turned red from being choked and he struggled to speak, but he couldn’t utter a word.
The sound of a body hitting the wall resounded as Gai Yue threw Ye Xun out, wiping her hands with a tissue disdainfully.
"Let me warn you one last time, don’t lay a hand on Lin Siyin."
Coldly glancing at Ye Xun, Gai Yue sneered: "That’s a command from the lord. If you dare to defy it, I can rescue you just as I sent you away. Then you’ll wish for death but won’t be granted it."
In her words, all were threats; Ye Xun lowered his head, nodded, and then fell silent.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak!"
As Gai Yue nodded in satisfaction, noises of a rat came from inside the ventilation duct.