Liu Gaomei said, “First, as student NPCs in this National War Dungeon, you must first learn how to properly disguise yourselves as players from the Wuxia World.”
“I've just sent you a file. You can take out your work phones and skim through it.”
Zuo Lin'an took out his phone to check his messages, and sure enough, it showed that he had received a file.
He opened it.
Everything recorded inside was related to the Wuxia World.
It detailed how the people of the Wuxia World lived, with meticulous descriptions of various daily life details.
In addition, there was an extremely detailed map, even clearly depicting the mountains and terrain.
And that wasn't all.
Basically, every inhabited area or place suitable for human survival was marked on the map. With just a glance, he could tell the numbers of the imperial court forces, the Jianghu martial artists, and the bandits, as well as the territories they occupied.
After staring at the map for a long time, he continued reading the rest of the information.
Toward the end, Zuo Lin'an even found guidelines on speech and behavior, detailing what to watch out for regarding their identities and various rules when interacting with players.
It even explained how to introduce themselves without raising suspicion.
Liu Gaomei said, “This file is highly detailed. If you want to study it closely, you can read it as much as you like once you return to your dorms. For now, I have other matters to address.”
Someone raised their hand to ask a question.
“What if the players find out we're faking it?”
Liu Gaomei replied, “It doesn't matter even if you're discovered. You can just act as if nothing happened and continue with your disguise.”
After answering the question, she continued.
“Next, I need to give you a general overview of the situation at Lingyang First High School.”
“The current dungeon is divided into two parts.”
“One part is the normal campus, and the other is the Scarlet Dream.”
“The normal campus is no different from any school you've been to before, but the school has rules. There are countless rules of all kinds.”
“Violating any school rule is equivalent to triggering a Death Rule.”
“And at ten o'clock at night, when the dormitory lights go out, everyone who triggered a Death Rule will be dragged into the Scarlet Dream.”
“In the Scarlet Dream, there are only the rule-breakers and the specters hunting them down.”
“Of course, once the dungeon begins, as long as you step into the school, all students are treated equally. Even if you are NPCs, if you violate the school rules, you will still be dragged into the Scarlet Dream.”
Someone else asked.
“Then what exactly do we need to do as guest stars here?”
After all, the one thousand people left behind had been meticulously selected.
They couldn't just do nothing but guest-star as NPCs and pretend to be players, right?
Liu Gaomei explained, “Among all of you who were kept, a small portion are Human-Specter Symbionts, and the rest are all specters.”
“Of course, there is a reason for this.”
“Once you enter the Scarlet Dream, you can directly transform into specters and obtain a temporary Death Rule provided by the Scarlet Dream.”
“This Death Rule is only valid within the Scarlet Dream, and you can only use this specific Death Rule while in the dream.”
A smile appeared on her face as she spoke.
“So as student NPCs of Lingyang First High School, you must disguise yourselves well during the day. It would be best if you used every possible means to get the players to violate the school rules and trigger the Death Rules.”
“Inducement, deception, coercion—use whatever method you can.”
“In addition, you must also violate the school rules yourselves so that you can enter the Scarlet Dream.”
“Once you enter the dream, the specter forms you turn into can move around anywhere in the school. This is much better than the specters who are restricted to specific areas.”
“Take me, for example. In the Scarlet Dream, I am only responsible for the players on the sixth floor of Academic Building No. 5. Once a player leaves this floor, I can no longer pursue them.”
The sixth floor of Academic Building No. 5?
Wasn't that the very floor they were on right now?
Only now did Zuo Lin'an realize why the original three thousand NPCs had been cut by two-thirds, leaving only one thousand. It turned out these one thousand people weren't just simple NPCs!
They were also meant to act as specters attacking the players in the Scarlet Dream!
Zuo Lin'an thought of the gold hairpin he had brought along.
He also thought about the temporary Death Rule that the Scarlet Dream would grant them.
When the time came, he could just hide his living body and send his specter body to hunt the players. Wouldn't he be practically invincible?
But he definitely had to hide his living body well. If a player discovered it, they might just hack him to death.
He hoped the temporary Death Rule wouldn't have too many restrictions.
If he had to use his own rule, he could only kill two players between 10:00 PM and midnight.
Liu Gaomei said, “I have explained the specific situation to everyone. I hope you can kill as many players as possible within the Scarlet Dream.”
At this point, she began to explain some finer details.
“Since all NPC students can pretend to be players, relevant vocabulary will no longer be censored within this National War Dungeon.”
“You can even talk to those players about talents, specter items, dungeons, and anything else related to players and dungeons.”
Her expression suddenly turned serious.
“Of course, conversely, you could also speak of many secrets regarding our world. Therefore, you must be extremely careful never to let the players trick you into revealing anything.”
“An accident occurred previously, and the higher-ups are taking it very seriously. A second accident will absolutely not be tolerated.”
Many people silently agreed.
“Since we have chosen to keep you, we will also grant you a certain level of trust. However, trust is one thing; once the dungeon opens, you must also supervise and help one another.”
“After all... many players are incredibly shrewd.”
“And those martial artists, especially those at the Houtian Rank and Xiantian Rank, have astonishing eyesight and hearing. Even in private, you must not casually say anything you shouldn't.”
Everyone nodded.
They all understood the gravity of the matter and would naturally pay close attention to their every word and action.
“Alright, I've said all that needs to be said. You may disperse. The dungeon will officially open at midnight tonight. While you still have time, go walk around and familiarize yourselves with the school.”
Liu Gaomei stood solemnly by the podium.
“Finally, I wish you all the best. Kill as many players as you can.”
She didn't linger after speaking, turning around and leaving the classroom.
Zuo Lin'an and Xu Youyou also stood up, slowly following the crowd out of the classroom.
At this moment, Xu Youyou was still scrolling through the files their teacher had sent to his phone.
“Brother An, there's so much information here. How are we supposed to finish reading all of it?”
“And besides, we have to disguise ourselves as players. Those guys are ancient people. Isn't the school going to give us some training?”
Zuo Lin'an sighed.
“This material is just for us to skim through.”
“You know as well as I do that the Wuxia World is filled with ancient people. The environment we grew up in and the education we received are completely different. Even with meticulous training, it would still be very easy to slip up.”
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