Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 118: Chapter 54 Kaidan Begins

As soon as Cheese pulled Li Yelai into the dormitory, Li Yelai’s phone began to be bombarded with messages.

The continuous notification tones displayed the sender’s anger and jealousy.

Right, the Horror Tales Notebook could display the location of people within a certain range.

From the holder’s perspective, the two were alone in a dormitory, and their numbers even overlapped.

In the holder’s view, all the girls he paid close attention to would eventually become his possessions.

Now, a man had brought her into his dormitory, overlapping with her!

This gave him a weird sense of being cuckolded, how could he not be furious?

And Cheese, that was exactly the anger she wanted.

Whether the other party’s aim was to intimidate or threaten, these messages, governed by the rules of Kaidan, allowed the officials to efficiently gather Kaidan intelligence.

Li Yelai commented on this, ”Showing off is showing off! But... do you really not care about your reputation?”

Meanwhile, Cheese had found Li Yelai’s bed and lazily lay down on it.

Swinging her legs from the edge of the bed and resting her head on Li Yelai’s pillow, she spoke casually with a smile, ”Then why don’t you come over?”

Saying this, she even crooked her finger at Li Yelai beckoningly.

This unexpectedly reminded Li Yelai of the erotic scene he had accidently witnessed during the Black Prison riot.

Striving to cast aside that image, Li Yelai ignored Cheese. Looking at the messages on his phone, he sent all these rules to the division, which then passed them to all the Processors involved in this task through the Communicator.

Seeing Li Yelai not responding, Cheese pursed her lips and started checking the Kaidan rules on the Communicator.

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Meanwhile, in another dormitory building, a long piece of parchment was spread out on a table.

Beneath the parchment was a detailed map of the university.

Strangely, various numbers were moving across the map.

In the male dormitory’s Building No.1, there were overlapping numbers.

They were Female 5230 and Male 9527.

Seeing this scene, a man angrily chastised, ”She looks so innocent, didn’t expect her to be so shameless, sneaking into a men’s dormitory on her first day, she’s really a bitch!”

He harshly tapped on the number of Male 9527, as if trying to vent all his anger.

”Come on, Number Two, maybe they are just a couple. Stop thinking every pretty girl is your woman.” Another voice in the room spoke up, ”Previously, you even went crazy over a pair of siblings being a bit intimate. What’s wrong with you?”

Hearing this, the man called Number Two showed an uncertain expression: ”Since we all possess this power, why bother about this? Number One, you shouldn’t lecture me, you agreed to this plan too.”

The one called Number One sneered, ”I just want to use this opportunity to interact with those wealthy businessmen’s children, rescuing them to receive generous rewards and valuable contacts. I’m considering our future. Unlike you, solely for women! You should learn from me, with money, what can’t you get?”

”So, aren’t you also scheming? Pot calling the kettle black, what right do you have to judge me?” Number Two retorted with a cold laugh.

”Enough.” At this moment, a third voice intervened, ”You both have your own goals, stop arguing here.”

The two immediately backed down, and Number One asked somewhat ingratiatingly, ”Number Three, when can we start?”

The man called Number Three, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, responded, ”Soon, I’ve already understood all the rules of this parchment. Just do as I say, and there won’t be any problems. You might even get rid of those you dislike, attract the attention of women through a heroism effect, or gain financial channels through lifesaving grace. Your goals will be achieved, and no one will uncover the truth.”

Both men smiled, evidently considering Number Three as their leader.

”Then Number Three, what do you want to gain?” Number Two asked.

Number Three pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses, his face smiling, yet he didn’t respond.

The feeling this power gave was too wonderful, like a divine authority, intoxicating him.

Compared to wealth and women, this power was what he needed.

After this experiment, he would understand more about the power of this treasure.

Since the band incident, he knew the hidden side of this world, cloaked in secrets unknown to the public.

And now, he was getting closer to that secret!

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An hour later, Li Yelai sent all the received Kaidan information to the division and learned about other rules gathered by colleagues.

Throughout Huan City University, almost every area had five to six Kaidan rules.

There was still uncertainty whether these rules were comprehensive.

According to official understanding, the Horror Tales Notebook often hid some rules, only revealing them by various means once the Kaidan commenced.

After memorizing these rules, Li Yelai got up to stretch his limbs.

At the same time, he said, ”Alright, Cheese, let’s go.”

But he didn’t hear Cheese respond and turned around to find her already asleep.

She had somehow slipped off her white shoes, curled up in bed, and was fast asleep, hugging the pillow.

Well, it made sense.

Last night, she had taken Li Yelai shopping for clothes and supplies, and then brought him back home. By the time she returned, it was quite late.

She had also gotten up very early; it seemed she was quite tired.

Cheese was a Spiritual Ability User of the Path of Babblings, with a Spiritual Energy/physical enhancement ratio of 7:3.

Even though she was an Awakened Spirit User, Cheese’s physical strength was not very strong.