Chapter 8

Chapter 8

“How are you?”

“I am fine, thank you, and you?”

After those two lines were spoken, the air suddenly fell silent for a moment.

“Keep talking. If you stop, I’ll eat both of you,”

Teacher Lu threatened sinisterly.

Under the pressure of her intimidation, the two had no choice but to strike up a conversation.

Wang Yuanyou scratched his head and squeezed out a sentence.

“You like what food?”

“Oh! I like beijing gaga BBQ!”

“I like too! And I like watch Wi-Fi baby!”

“……”

Yun Youyou fell into a complete silence.

Teacher Lu’s English teaching was… surprisingly good.

Teacher Lu listened to them babble a whole lot of gibberish and nodded with great satisfaction, sending them back to their seats.

“See that? This is how you’re supposed to teach a class.”

Yun Youyou looked at the gloating Teacher Lu, momentarily at a loss for words. She hadn’t expected the Players and NPCs to be like this. Yun Youyou tactfully chose not to expose the farce, but she decided she would never attend this English class again.

Seeing Yun Youyou follow Teacher Lu out with a strange expression, Wang Yuanyou rubbed his chin and said suspiciously, “This Homeroom Teacher seems like a good ghost. I wonder if she’ll still be this gentle after the Restriction is lifted.”

Seven days after entering the Instance, the Restriction suppressing the ghosts’ power would be completely lifted. Once the ghosts returned to their peak strength, they wouldn’t be as easy to talk to as they were now. The best way was to finish the Instance before the seven days were up, but they were currently limited by the School Rules and hadn’t found any clues yet.

Yun Youyou also felt the Yin energy on her colleagues growing heavier. Being in the same office, she was afraid of developing chronic leg pain; the Yin energy kept seeping into her knees. Yun Youyou checked the power within her body again. Well… still a weakling.

She silently took the scarf Teacher Lu had knitted for her out of the drawer and wrapped it around her neck, letting out a comfortable sigh. “It really is warm!” Ghost-made products were indeed top-tier.

The teaching building wasn’t as quiet as usual today. Yun Youyou happened to glance out the window and noticed many more students in the hallway. They wore matching school uniforms with vibrant, youthful smiles. If Yun Youyou hadn’t known they were all ghosts in disguise, she would have thought they were just regular high schoolers.

Once the bell rang, all the students rushed into the classrooms. The bustling hallway instantly became utterly desolate. The Players sitting in the classrooms were also bewildered; why were there suddenly so many students?

Today’s teachers were also exceptionally brutal. As Yun Youyou passed a classroom, she happened to see a male teacher smash the pointer in his hand hard against a student’s face. The skin split open, and bright red blood slowly dripped from the pained face. Yun Youyou couldn’t help but gasp. Just watching it made her feel that inhuman pain.

Wang Yuanyou, sitting in the classroom, couldn’t take it anymore. “Teacher, what are you doing? It was just one wrong answer. Is there a need for physical violence?”

“Who do you think you are, daring to speak to me like that!” The male teacher turned and glared viciously at Wang Yuanyou, raising his hand high and swinging the pointer in his hand with all his might.
Disobedient students deserve a beating.

The pointer whipped through the air with a sharp crack, but it didn’t land on Wang Yuanyou as expected. Instead, Ji Lin had caught it in his hand.

“Let go!”

A flash of embarrassment crossed the male teacher’s face, deepening his loathing for these students.

Ji Lin held the pointer loosely, appearing as if he wasn’t using any strength at all.

Yet, the pointer remained firmly in his grasp. No matter how hard the male teacher pulled, he couldn’t budge it.

“You lot! Get over here and pull him off!” the male teacher barked at the room full of students.

Several students immediately swarmed forward, attempting to drag Ji Lin away.

“What is wrong with you guys? We only ended up like this because we were trying to help you! You ungrateful wretches!” Wang Yuanyou shouted in frustration as the students shoved and pulled at him.

The student who had just been beaten remained unmoved. If anything, his tone was even more indignant than Wang Yuanyou’s.

“What do you know?! The teacher hits us for our own good! You’re just jealous that the teacher gave us attention, so you’re intentionally trying to cause trouble!”

Wang Yuanyou was so angry he actually laughed.

These idiots deserved to be beaten to death!

The male teacher let out a cold sneer. “Throw both of them into solitary confinement. Keep them locked up for three days and three nights.”

A crowd of students instantly surged forward, seizing the two of them and hauling them away.

The remaining female Player was anxious, but she couldn’t think of a way to help.

Yun Youyou stood by the door, coming face-to-face with the group as they passed.

Ji Lin’s gaze swept over her before quickly shifting elsewhere.

Wang Yuanyou, on the other hand, shouted enthusiastically, “Beautiful teacher, save me! I really don’t want to go to solitary!”

Yun Youyou looked past him.

The male teacher’s eyes were filled with malice; he was clearly a vengeful ghost who wasn’t to be trifled with.

Yun Youyou could only pat Wang Yuanyou on the shoulder and say, “You can you up, no can no bibi.”

Wang Yuanyou knew he couldn’t drop all pretenses with the powerful ghosts just yet.

Besides, the Players’ abilities hadn’t fully recovered.

He stopped his whining and obediently entered the solitary confinement room.

The male teacher nodded in satisfaction.

Disobedient students belonged in solitary.

When Yun Youyou returned to the office, Teacher Lu was still busy sewing her human skin.

“Teacher Lu, what’s inside that solitary confinement room?”

The students had been trembling with fear at the mere mention of it. Yun Youyou couldn’t help but be curious.

“Nothing much, just things that humans are afraid of. Since you’re so curious, it’s perfect-you can go to the confinement room tonight and give them a scare.”

Teacher Lu actually flashed a rare smile at Yun Youyou.

She was originally supposed to be the one scaring the Players tonight, but since this little idiot had come to ask, she might as well dump the chore on her.

Yun Youyou: “…”

She had only asked a question; she hadn’t expected to end up with a night of overtime.

“Can I refuse?”

“Hehe, what do you think?”

Teacher Lu gave a thin smile, and Yun Youyou knew there was no getting out of it.

“Take this with you when you go.”

Teacher Lu pulled open a drawer, took out a long object, and tossed it to Yun Youyou.

Yun Youyou was startled by the object landing on her. She picked it up and saw that it was a length of hemp rope.

“Why do I need a rope?”

Teacher Lu lowered her head to continue sewing her skin. “A powerful ghost like me naturally has no need for such things, but you’re too weak. You need a weapon.”

“Tonight, use that rope to loop around their necks and give them a good fright.”