Early the next morning.

Today happens to be Wu Wen's art class, as she missed the first class, she's making up for it today.

Luo Di followed Mr. Question Mark out from the depths of Vortex Town, back to the normal town streets. Feeling sleepy from staying up late, Luo Di was yawning along the way.

With each yawn, shutting his eyes and ears, relaxing all nerves and muscles throughout his body... but it was this momentary lapse of consciousness.

Sizzle... sizzle...

The noise came.

Luo Di immediately became absent-minded and started scratching his head.

With each scratch, big tufts of hair fell out, and the hair even wriggled on the ground like worms dying of dehydration.

He turned directly toward the Dungeon entrance.

Mr. Question Mark naturally noticed the anomaly, but he did not stop, instead following closely and observing carefully.

He first opened a small hole in the back of Luo Di's head to peek inside, and what he saw made him frown.

Inside the hole,

Luo Di's brain was in an activated state, truly activated, with the surface stripes wriggling like maggots.

"To think it could be affected to this extent?

If I were truly in the deepest part of the Dungeon, could I withstand this influence myself? Or is this noise something all creatures heading to the deepest part must endure? Only by enduring this anomaly can one qualify to ascend the ladder towards Divinity?"

Mr. Question Mark moved to block Luo Di's path.

He opened a hole between Luo Di's eyelids.

Then Mr. Question Mark pressed his own eye to it, wanting to see if Luo Di saw anything.

However, the scene was somewhat strange.

The two stood in the middle of the road,

Luo Di in a walking posture,

while Mr. Question Mark blocked his path, their eyeballs completely pressed together.

Almost at the same time,

Wu Wen, holding her lesson plan, wearing black stockings, wrapped in a pencil skirt, and walking fast in high heels, was hurriedly heading to school.

Last night after watching a movie with Luo Di, she suddenly remembered there was still some teaching content to prepare, which lasted late into the night, causing her to wake up late this morning, needing to hurry over quickly.

Mr. Qu followed closely, ensuring his only sister would not be harmed.

As they crossed the Crossroad,

they both sensed something and looked towards the direction leading deeper into Vortex Town, seeing this strange scene.

Although Wu Wen knew very well that Luo Di's orientation was absolutely normal, the previous speculations from Hua Yuan were just misunderstandings piled up.

Yet the scene made her start to self-doubt.

Mr. Qu immediately saw the problem, sensing the anomaly in Luo Di's flesh.

Papers were not enough. When his flesh spread to the man wearing the burlap hood, it caught nothing.

The physical information he obtained was unknown, even mysterious Question Mark structures appeared on his skin surface... But these Question Marks were not malicious, more like greetings.

At the same time,

Mr. Question Mark ceased his probing of Luo Di and looked up at the two at the Crossroad.

His interest shifted to them, especially onto the man whose background seemed covered in red and who could swallow the entire Vortex Town.

"Luo Di, it's time to wake up! Many things happened while I was in seclusion."

...

Five minutes later, outside the school gate.

"Mr. Qu will follow me to the administration office for a private talk, you two attend class."

In just this brief contact on the road, Mr. Question Mark already found a common topic with this NO.1, a discussion on the decryption of flesh.

Mr. Qu had been very cautious, as he hadn't seen this person since arriving in the town, one of the few who could pose a threat.

But upon learning that Mr. Question Mark was the academic director of the school, he gradually let down his guard.

With the two leaving,

Luo Di and Wu Wen exchanged glances, having already clarified things on the way.

"Squad Leader, let's go."

"How many times do I have to tell you, address positions at work. Also, don't get too close, don't think about holding hands, it doesn't look good."

"Got it, Teacher Wu."

Luo Di obediently followed behind, fully adapted to this teacher-student relationship.

"By the way! Did you bring what you need for art class?"

"What thing? You didn't tell me about it."

"Skipping the first class and not even asking? If you don't have the tools, you'll be standing in the back as punishment later."

"...Alright, Squad... Is something wrong today, Teacher Wu?"

"I'm in a great mood."

The two approached the classroom door, where students each had art knives, paintbrushes, and watercolor paper. Luo Di quickly scanned around to see if someone had brought an extra set.

Just then,

footsteps came from the end of the corridor.

Teacher Guo, whose facial features formed a vortex pattern, was approaching quickly, his shirt a bit wrinkled, and the bottom button was undone.

"Teacher Guo, is there something you need?"

It was Wu Wen's first time seeing Teacher Guo looking disheveled, and even with his rotating features, she could tell he had clear dark circles under his eyes.

"Teacher Wu, I need to take two students, hopefully, it won't interrupt your class?"

"Two?"

Teacher Guo directly passed Wu Wen, standing at the classroom doorway, pointing to a boy sitting in the front row.

"Dormo, come here for a moment."

"Huh?"

Dormo was a bit surprised, as he had been looking forward to this week's art class, with today's content involving a quick makeup simulation.

Only briefly hesitating, he felt a stirring in his flesh, noticing something different about Teacher Guo today, he promptly stood up and walked out.

Luo Di, standing outside the door, watched this unfold, and since Dormo's materials were now available, he could borrow them.

But as Luo Di was about to enter, Teacher Guo's hand blocked his path.

"Luo Di, you come with me too."

"Me?"

"Yes, you two come to my office, there's something important."

As Luo Di left, he glanced at Wu Wen, her eyes wide as saucers, mouth holding an unnaturally eerie smile, while her raised right hand waved goodbye rhythmically.

...

In the office.

Teacher Guo took out text records from the deepest part of the Dungeon, filled not just with Luo Di's memories in text but also notes analyzing various things in the margins.

Evidently, after managing school matters yesterday, Teacher Guo dove into this, seemingly reaching some crucial hypotheses needing further verification.

As Dormo read in detail,

Teacher Guo turned his attention to Luo Di, "Did you hear the noise?"

"I heard it..." Luo Di detailed the dangerous situation yesterday and how Mr. Question Mark assisted him.

"Just as expected!

This is a good sign, meaning you've already connected with that area in the deepest part of the Dungeon. We can conduct a 'simulated exploration' to gather more information from it.

Just with Master Jiang's mostly incomplete journal, I struggle to make effective plans.

Therefore, I need you two to cooperate to delve further into those vague memory fragments."

"Cooperate?"

"Use your thought as the dream axis, Dormo will create a detailed dream. You'll use Master Jiang's journal as the blueprint to 'enter the dream' and experience it.

I'll be monitoring your status, ready to cut the dream off if anything unusual happens."

Despite being just a dream, Luo Di sensed a whiff of danger.

He was well aware of how strange Master Jiang's memories were, and now they would delve deeper into them through dreams, excavating those lost records.

Luo Di questioned, "Is it just the two of us? Can't we have more people, or a teacher joining us in the dream to ensure safety?"

"You're the carrier of the dream content and Dormo's the dream creator. Any unrelated person's involvement will destabilize the dream, causing undue mental burden to Dormo.

I've conducted many simulations; you two entering the dream provides the most stability and safety.

This is significant. The more effective information unearthed, the sooner the school can organize the first exploration.

The more insight you extract, the higher the survival rate for teachers heading to the deepest part of the Dungeon... Also, Luo Di, don't you want to visit once?

This dream experience would also benefit you."

Seeing Teacher Guo's determination, Luo Di agreed, "Okay."

When Dormo finished reading, although his face showed unease, he didn't say anything further.

He fetched a cup,

exhaled a light blue crystal and made Luo Di a special dream beverage.

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