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Chapter 200 Peeping at the Door (Part 1)

While waiting for nightfall, Yan Junze suddenly remembered a question: if the Hexagonal Star Badge could suppress his digestion of staple foods, then maybe his metabolism in other areas had also slowed down.

For example, going to the bathroom.

Having thought about it, he realized that it seemed like he hadn't had a bowel movement in two or three days.

Even urination, which he usually didn't pay attention to, seemed to have happened only once today.

This is bad, Yan Junze's heart clenched. He didn't want to become an Undying Zombie. If he no longer needed to eat, drink, eliminate, or sleep, how could he continue to live?

With apprehension in his heart, night descended.

Now, unless it was a critical study period, the academy generally didn't arrange evening self-study sessions or activities that required nighttime attendance. The last to close in the entire academy was only the library.

After waiting a bit longer, making sure there were few students on the road, Yan Junze left the house and headed directly for the fourth experimental building.

The weather these past few days had been quite good for him, without a hint of moonlight.

That is to say, Fang Ning had no chance of showing up.

Yan Junze didn't bring an umbrella and went straight to the experimental building, only encountering a couple that seemed to be students on the way.

But upon entering the fourth experimental building, he saw no one at all.

Actually, at this time, there were still people conducting experiments in the other experimental buildings, but this one was utterly empty.

Yan Junze stood at the entrance to the stairs for a while, making sure no one was around. He then took a stroll around the first floor, and nothing seemed out of place.

He also didn't turn on the flashlight on his phone; instead, he directly climbed to the second floor and started walking through it, quickly passing each laboratory and office, still finding nothing.

He paused for a moment before continuing up to the third floor. He didn't use a flashlight the entire way. Although there wasn't any distinct moonlight, it wasn't pitch-black either. At this moment, Yan Junze could still see his surroundings.

And if he turned on a flashlight inside the building, people passing by outside would be able to see very clearly.

If he used a flashlight despite the lights being off, it could easily arouse the suspicion of passersby and attract the security of the academy.

Time passed quickly, and after he finished walking through the third floor, he immediately proceeded to the stairs leading to the fourth floor.

At this point, Yan Junze was beginning to doubt whether he would successfully encounter the Peephole Strange Creature, because there had been Exorcists who came before, but they left the entire experimental building without finding anything.

So, it wasn't impossible.

He was halfway up the stairs, turning a corner when a task prompt suddenly appeared in Yan Junze's mind. Continue reading at My Virtual Library Empire

[Task Name: Peephole;

Task Level: Trembling with Fear (High);

Task Background: In life, he had possessed exceptional expertise in geometry, and as a math genius, he died due to an accident. Unwilling to accept his fate, he sought resurrection. However, his strong Obsession led him into a scenario he couldn't escape. Now, he is continuously looking for the chance, waiting for rebirth;

Task Description: Make him realize that resurrection is impossible for him, although it's feasible, it merely requires a heavy price;

Task Reward: 800 Dimensional Energy points;

Task Penalty: He might try to use your body for resurrection;

Task Tips: 1. The Evil Spirit cannot be Lockdown; 2. Although you can see him, he exists in a very geometric world;

Remarks: He is not a Possession Spirit.]

Standing at the stairwell corner, Yan Junze perused the task prompt inside his mind at lightning speed, then his gaze settled on the task reward section.

He hadn't expected the level of the task to be so high, reaching the degree of "Trembling with Fear (High)".

One should know that the last "Trembling with Fear (high)" level task was the "Evil Spirit-eating" task.

And in that task, there was the presence of entities like Resentful Granny that were of the Semi-Sculpting Spirit level.

Could the Peephole Strange Creature in this task have already reached the Semi-Sculpting Spirit level?

On second thought, it seems improbable.

For starters, according to Yan Junze's current understanding, this strangeness hasn't hurt anyone yet; those people have just scared themselves.

However, looking at it from another angle, this fellow has been standing behind the door peeping. Indeed, it could make one's hair stand on end, and it's impossible not to get scared.

Usually, a task's level will include some necessary conditions to determine it, like the task's strangeness being extremely powerful, fierce, or difficult to deal with, or the obsessions are hard to solve, or perhaps the conditions required to complete the task are very intricate.

In any case, tasks of the "Trembling with Fear" level are somewhat troublesome.

Of course, that is speaking of Yan Junze, the "Merciful Executioner" whose main approach is to resolve the other party's obsession.

If it were other powerful exorcists, they would be the true incarnation of executioners. A wrong word said or just the discovery of the strangeness would immediately result in them eradicating or capturing it.

Merciful Executioner?

Yan Junze thought about this apt description of himself and couldn't help but purse his lips and give a smile.

No matter what, he had already decided to complete this task.

Continuing up the stairs and standing inside the stairwell on the fourth floor, he did not rush over but looked around instead.

This place only had a bathroom door facing him; however, the bathroom was closed. If that strangeness was on this floor, there was no door gap for it to appear through.

Yan Junze took steps toward the corridor. Who would have known that just after taking four or five steps, a flash of light passed through the window of a lab not far ahead in the corridor, and then it disappeared quickly.

Yan Junze immediately pressed his back against the wall, hugging the wall closely, trying to conceal his presence as much as possible.

He had seen that flash of light very clearly just now; it was from a flashlight. Obviously, there was someone in the lab, and this person was using a flashlight instead of turning on the lights. This made it plain that the person inside was up to something secretive.

Soon after, Yan Junze muttered under his breath.

The person inside must be out of their mind. If they keep flashing that light a few more times, they'll eventually be discovered by the people outside the building. If that attracts security guards, not only will that person be done for, but Junze would be dragged into it as well.

With that in mind, Yan Junze prepared to abandon the action tonight.

At this time, to be engaging in these kinds of sneaky acts inside the lab building, apart from people like himself, there could only be thieves.

There was no choice. Under these circumstances, not going to the security office to report it would be letting Yan Junze down after all the effort he went through to make it here tonight.

Just as he was about to turn around and leave, Yan Junze suddenly paused. He considered another possibility.

The person might not actually be a thief.

Just then, voices came from that lab, very faint, but still somewhat audible. It was a dialogue between two people.

In this lab, Guo Jintao and Chen Kun stood on opposite sides, each holding a flashlight. They both had their cell phones on, with the cameras recording.

Besides them, there was no one else.

Zhang Wei was still hospitalized, and after being Spirit-Split once, Han Zhao completely lost his nerve and refused to come this time, no matter what.

Next to where Guo Jintao stood, there was a door to an equipment room inside this lab; it was currently closed.

At this moment, Guo Jintao nodded at Chen Kun, signaling him to be attentive, and spoke, "Get ready, I'll open this door a little bit, leave a crack. You have to record everything thoroughly."