Tips from the Spider Supervisor

Opening the account, taking the exam, and the return trip didn't take too much time in total.

After returning to school, Zhu Yan used the excuse of strolling around the campus to take the tuxedo cat to the Recitative Terrace, where he received a new Hunter quest from the Vine Cage Girl.

"Quest: Participate in the start-of-term joint four-school exam instance of Xishan University, the Metabolism Module."

"Your Identity: Player, Hunter."

"Estimated number of players: 500, more or less."

Zhu Yan wanted to laugh a little when he saw this.

It was still a joint four-school exam?

Freshmen who hadn't participated in the "What Time Is It, Mr. Wolf?" instance needed to take a makeup exam.

In other words, the remaining nearly twenty thousand people would face a massacre.

It was just that Carnival Paradise couldn't control the absolute survival rate, so it wrote "more or less."

"Quest Hint: You are a hardworking gardener watering the main trunk. When the floors change, please regularly feed nutrients to the main trunk to ensure the building's main trunk can thrive and grow."

"Quest Content: Use delicious player flesh and blood to provide the necessary nutrients for the main trunk's growth. The total feeding amount must not be less than 15L."

That "L" was still drawn to look like a human spine.

Alright then.

Zhu Yan remembered the tough yet soft sensation of a knife piercing into internal organs during the Mr. Wolf instance.

This time, the quest was counted by the total feeding amount.

It was at least much better than having to find someone to stab every single day.

Zhu Yan took a picture and threw away the barely touched salty cheese latte.

He stood up and bid farewell to the Vine Cage Girl, held the tuxedo cat, and walked back to school along the dim, long corridor.

Except this time, Zhu Yan didn't go straight back to his dorm; instead, he went to the guardhouse.

Seeing him arrive, the zombie guard actually closed its dry eyelids, completely ignoring Zhu Yan.

Zhu Yan asked, "Did anyone come to deliver something to me?"

The zombie snorted coldly and raised a hand to point at the floor of the guardhouse.

"Just who exactly are you?" it couldn't help but ask dryly. "How could you receive so much good food?"

Naturally, a person who was good at deceiving horror creatures.

Zhu Yan glanced at the security guard and, following its finger, saw a rather massive pile of black thermal bags on the floor.

The bags looked quite exquisite, even featuring a print of a caged bird.

"I am a Hunter."

He didn't explain further. He walked over, casually picked one up, and checked the label stuck on the bottom right corner of the bag.

"Deep-fried fingers, five servings."

Holy crap.

So much. Was all of this human flesh delivered by that small kitchen on Meiyuan Street?

The zombie guard snorted, "If you don't want to say, you don't have to."

So Zhu Yan simply shut his mouth.

He stuffed all the bags on the floor into Feng Qiang's ring, then tore a black envelope off the bag in the furthest corner.

The zombie guard's eyes were practically nailed to the envelope; Zhu Yan vigilantly protected the letter against his chest and checked the room one last time.

Hmm, nothing was left behind.

He hoisted the tuxedo cat higher onto his shoulder and quickly left the guardhouse. Then, he couldn't wait to tear open the envelope, reading the sharp, obscure text on it as he walked.

"By the order of the Lord of the Feast, we present to you the key information for the instance, the Metabolism Module."

Oh ho!

Even though he had known this outcome all along, Zhu Yan still felt a surge of joy.

He looked at the dense gray fog around him and the scenery hidden within it, actually finding a bit of pleasure in this gloomy sight.

It was the exam answers!

"You must already be aware of your player quest, so we won't elaborate further here."

"Key Fragment 1: On the floor where the Frog Convenience Store is located in the West Campus of Xishan University."

"Key Fragment 2: On the floor where the cafeteria stall Auntie Jin's Braised Noodles is located in Boyang University."

"Key Fragment 3..."

Zhu Yan read two lines and immediately caught onto something unusual.

The floor where a convenience store in the school is located?

The floor where a cafeteria stall in another school is located?

When chatting with Qi Yinming and the others earlier, Qi Yinming had clearly mentioned it.

Their exam location was in the school building!

That meant...

Zhu Yan's brows unconsciously furrowed as he thought of a highly absurd scenario.

Metabolism.

Could it be that this building would outward devour some scenes from the four schools to form the "joint four-school exam venue"?

And what did these "floor where so-and-so is located" mean—

Why didn't the "supervisor" specify the floor numbers for him, instead of using these strange descriptions?

Zhu Yan steadied his mind and continued reading.

"Key Fragment 3: On the floor where Dorm 106 in Building 15 of the West Campus of Xishan University is located."

"Key Fragment 4: On the floor where the print shop on Wutong Avenue in Donghua University is located."

"Key Fragment 5: On the floor where the Monsters' Feast is located, possibly in the middle of any plate of food."

"We suggest you collect all 5 key fragments, synthesize the key, and leave the building. This is currently the only safe way for players to clear the instance."

Well, it truly was a strange set of standard clearance answers.

Zhu Yan sighed with emotion.

The strange part was the lack of floor numbers.

Finding out the floor numbers where these rooms were located didn't seem like an easy task to Zhu Yan.

He looked up; the tall administration building in the distance was faintly visible through the thin gray fog.

If all four schools were merged into one building, how high would the floors be?

Who knew what was on each floor?

Zhu Yan made a mental note against the "supervisor."

It couldn't even do a small thing like gathering information properly. He would scold it to death once he got out!

But for now, he still had to finish reading this crookedly written note.

"Of course, you need to pay attention to the established order for collecting the fragments."

"You must collect these fragments in the order of 1-2-3-4-5."

"For example, you must already hold Key Fragment 1 in your hand before you can hold Key Fragment 2, and so on."

"Otherwise, even if you forcefully take a fragment, the fragment will instantly disappear and return to its original place."

Zhu Yan read it two more times and memorized this point.

"Additionally, it is strongly recommended that you prepare supplies according to the following list to fortify your dormitory or safe house."

Wait a minute.

Zhu Yan caught a whiff of danger.

Fortify the dormitory, or a safe house?

Was there something that would attack the dorm... or break in?

"1. Invisible surveillance. Point the camera outside the dorm so you can scout the outside situation at any time."

"2. Fortified dormitory door. Can defend against up to level 12 monsters or ability attacks."

"3. Fortified wallpaper. Makes your dorm walls indestructible. Can defend against up to level 12 monsters or ability attacks."

"Finally, please put in a good word for me in front of the Lord of the Feast. I am the Human-Spider Supervisor of the Private Domain Kitchen."

"I sincerely hope you can clear the instance smoothly!"

Zhu Yan read over these words repeatedly. After making sure he had memorized the gist of it, he carefully put the envelope away into the ring.

It would have been fine without that final list, but with it included, things seemed far from simple.

Level 12 monsters, and a dormitory or safe house with its defense stats maxed out.

What exactly would be inside the building?