The Days of a Player-Character in a Bizarre World - Chapter 34

Fu You looked at Fu Lu, who had a worried expression, and couldn’t help but feel sorry for him. This second BOSS was probably the most miserable one in the entire instance.

First, he was an innocent who was deceived into killing many people. Then, he couldn’t get his physical body back, and his power was now dissipating.

What if he completely dissipated one day? Wouldn’t she be trapped in this instance? No, that wouldn’t do. She had only met two handsome men. She couldn’t be trapped here.

“So you can’t get in even with your power? It seems the principal’s office has some kind of secret.”

When she thought about it carefully, there were quite a few things Fu You had to do. The side quests weren’t completed yet. Whatever, she thought. I’ll complete the main quest first. I’ll do the side quests when I have time. At worst, I’ll just rely on myself and not get any clues. I’ll just save up my coins for now.

The two of them went to the principal’s office without a word. The office door was locked. No one knew where he had been all this time. So Fu You took out her phone and called the principal, but the phone was turned off.

Fu Lu demonstrated several ways to pick a lock, but none of them worked. Fu You was even starting to believe that this door wasn’t so simple. Finally, Fu Lu demonstrated his ability to phase through walls, but he still couldn’t get in. This made Fu You feel even more that something was wrong.

“I never knew the principal’s office was so strange.” Fu You was a little unsure of what to do. She noticed a gap at the bottom of the office door, so she crouched down on the ground and looked through it.

She could roughly see the inside of the office. It was empty. On the desk, there was a black stone carving that looked like a lucky cat.

She turned to look at Fu Lu. “A’Lu, I see your physical body.”

Fu Lu heard her and instinctively crouched down. He also looked inside. “Sister, did you see the principal just now?”

Fu You was about to say no, but a gentle breeze suddenly blew out from the office. She turned her head, and a pair of upside-down eyes met hers through the gap in the door. Startled, Fu You reflexively jumped back.

Fu Lu quickly went to help her up. “What’s wrong, Sister?”

“The principal, he seems to be dead.” Fu You paused. “I saw a pair of eyes staring at me. The face looked a little old, so it must have been the principal.”

Just now, Fu Lu had only focused on his physical body. After looking at it, he stood up and didn’t continue to look. When he heard her, he quickly lay down on the ground, but he couldn’t see anything.

“Sister, the principal is gone again.”

“Maybe it’s just his ghost,” Fu You said. She calmed down and looked again. The pair of eyes was indeed gone, but she heard a coughing sound from inside.

Fu You stood up and knocked on the door. “Principal, are you there? I need to talk to you about something.”

“Knock, knock, knock—”

She knocked a few more times, but there was no sound from inside. Fu You even started to doubt herself. She had clearly heard a coughing sound just now, but now no one was answering. Did I really mishear?

Then I’ll just break the door down. She could afford to pay for it whether someone was inside or not.

Fu You told Fu Lu to find a bunch of tools. She chose an axe, picked it up, and without thinking, she aimed at the lock and started chopping. Every time she swung, wood chips flew. After a while, the lock was broken.

She kicked open the office door, and a rotten smell rushed up her nose. What came into view was a man’s corpse. He was hanging upside down from the beam above the entrance of the office. There was a talisman on his body and on the door.

Fu Lu naturally shielded Fu You behind him and slowly closed the door. Then, he tore off the talisman on the corpse. The corpse instantly began to rot, leaving only a skeleton.

Fu You held her hand tightly over her mouth and nose. She had seen corpses before, but this was the first time she had seen one like this. Someone had used a talisman to preserve the corpse’s flesh, but in reality, the flesh had long since rotted away.

She threw the axe at the rope on the beam. The rope was cut, and the skeleton fell to the ground, causing a cloud of dust and an even more pungent smell.

The two of them stepped over the skeleton. Fu You ran and opened all the windows a little to let the air circulate. Standing by the window and breathing in the fresh air, she felt alive again.

“It seems the principal never left this office, but there’s a very strange question: How did he die?” Fu You said, resting her chin on her hand.

Fu Lu stood in front of the desk, holding his tattered physical body. He said regretfully, “If my physical body weren’t so badly damaged, I could have shown you what happened to him before he died.”

“Cough, it’s okay. I’m just a little curious. But it doesn’t matter if the principal is dead or not. The important thing is that we got your physical body.”

While this was very sweet for Fu Lu, the principal, who had been dead for a long time, could only be silent. Utterly silent.

But as they were leaving, Fu You still took his phone. Then, they left the principal’s office with the things they needed and went to the back of the mountain.

This place was quiet.

Fu Lu quietly repaired his physical body. Fu You stood by, guarding him. She also opened the principal’s phone. Luckily, there was no password. She went through it carefully and found a suspicious contact.

A woman named Xi Yun. According to their chat history, this person was probably the school’s major shareholder. She also saw that this person had requested to dig up the old basketball court, and the principal thought it was strange. He wondered why she insisted on digging it up. Her tone was impatient. She just told him to do it.

The principal told her that it was a place with good feng shui and that they shouldn’t act rashly, or it would bring a murderous disaster. However, Xi Yun didn’t believe him at all and told him that she would come and dig it herself.

If the principal’s death was related to this woman named Xi Yun, then the principal probably took the stone carving with him the day they were going to dig. The two of them fought in the office, and Xi Yun killed the principal. If this were true, then this Xi Yun was someone who knew about metaphysics.

She insisted on digging up that place with good feng shui to destroy it. If that were the case, then everything would make sense.

There was nothing else useful on the phone. Fu You put it back in her pocket. Just as she was sorting out most of the information in her mind, Fu Lu came over with his physical body. “Sister, what’s wrong? Is something on your mind?”

“I’m wondering if this Xi Yun is related to Xun Lu. She’s most likely the one who destroyed the feng shui.”

“Wait!” Something clicked in Fu You’s mind. “Xi Yun, Xi Yun… Xun… Wow, could the name Xi Yun be derived from Xun? Is she Xun Lu’s descendant?”

Fu Lu was shocked. “Sister, if that’s the case, then do we have a reason why she destroyed the feng shui?”

“Yes! If so, she’s doing it to resurrect Xun Lu and to bring back those soldiers who are trapped in Taiji Lake, so they can turn this place back into a mass grave, a burial ground. No, that’s not going to happen! Absolutely not!”

Fu Lu was fueled by her passion. “I’ll stop them with you, Sister!”

“Okay, together.” Fu You’s eyes landed on the stone carving in his hand. “How is it? Are you confident?”

“It’s okay. It’s a little slow, but it’s faster than before.”

“It seems I have to find a way to help you recover your power.” She scratched her head and then smiled. “I’ll set you up tomorrow and bring you out to bask in the sun when it’s the strongest, so you can get some calcium!”

Fu Lu looked at Fu You, surprised that she knew about this. Before he could speak, Fu You took the stone carving and said, “Now, go inside. I’ll take you back to the dorm.”

“Okay!”

When they got back to the dorm, Fang Yaoyao and Xiaoyue were chatting. When they saw her return, the person and the ghost happily greeted her. When their eyes landed on the stone carving in her hand, Fang Yaoyao was a little surprised.

“Isn’t that the stone carving that was dug up? Why did you bring it back to the dorm? I remember the principal took it.”

“It’s a long story. This is Fu Lu’s physical body. He used up too much energy in the fight yesterday, so I brought it back to let it rest and recover.”

“But how are you going to fix it?” Xiaoyue asked, confused.

Fu You took a bag of plaster from her drawer. She had gotten it from Ren Jiejie before. Now, it was finally coming in handy. She didn’t know what to use to fix it, so she would try everything.

Fang Yaoyao also got up to help Fu You. The two of them mixed the plaster into a paste and then used tools to fill in the cracks on the stone carving.

After they were done, Fu You even used a hairdryer to dry it quickly. After it was dry, she used black paint to color in the cracks.

Mission accomplished!

Finally, she placed the stone carving in the dorm where Xiaoyue lived. She moved the table inside to the balcony, put the stone carving in a cardboard box on the table, and let it absorb the essence of the sun and moon.

Now, all that was left was incense. That was easy. Xiaoyue said there was some under her bed. When those people killed and dismembered her before, they threw a bunch of incense on her, trying to suppress her, but she had brought it back to the dorm.

Fu You couldn’t help but exclaim, “You’re a clever ghost!”

After offering the incense, Fu You looked at Fang Yaoyao and Xiaoyue and smiled. “Thanks for your help! Fu Lu’s recovery speed will be faster now. Thank you!”

“What’s there to thank? We’re friends. We don’t need to be so polite.”

Fang Yaoyao and Xiaoyue went back to their dorm. Now, only Fu You and Fu Lu were left. Fu Lu’s figure came out of the stone carving and stood on the balcony, watching the sky gradually darken. A beam of light came through the window and landed on Fu You. He smiled and said, “Thank you, Sister.”

“What’s there to thank? I truly hope you get better.”

[BOSS Affection +10]

“Good night, Sister!”

“Good night!”

After watching Fu You leave the dorm and the door slowly close, Fu Lu turned into a wisp of white smoke and went back into the stone carving.