I can see experience bars after being transported to another world.

Lu Yuan quickened his pace.

The corridor grew darker and darker, and an inexplicable sense of oppression filled the air.

As he approached the exit, Lu Yuan suddenly stopped.

A person stands in the shadows ahead.

The dark blue robe gleamed with a dull luster in the dim light.

Not Calvin.

He is another alchemy mentor.

A man in his forties, with a gloomy face, deep-set eyes, and a gaze as sharp as a venomous snake, stared at them.

At the edge of my field of vision, gray and white text slowly emerged.

[Detection Target: Alchemy Instructor (Under Spooky Contamination)]

[Extraordinary Path: Mysterious Path]

[Status: A pitiful creature corrupted by a strange entity; more than one soul resides within his body.]

Lu Yuan's gaze darkened slightly.

A bizarre approach.

"Miss Laurena."

The mentor spoke, his voice hoarse.

"Your advisor is very worried about you. Come back with me."

Lu Yuan stepped in front of Laurina and took the silver medal.

"It's the principal's authorization," he said calmly. "She doesn't need to go back."

The mentor glanced at the medal and a cold smile crept onto his lips.

"Excuse me, Night Watchman. Within the Tower of Learning, you have no authority to prevent a tutor from recalling a student."

His gaze lingered on Lu Yuan for a moment, carrying a hint of contempt.

"Besides... you're all alone?"

The tutor shook his head, as if mocking something.

"The Night Watch is still as arrogant as ever. Sending a conscripted field medic to escort the target—aren't they afraid something might go wrong?"

Lu Yuan did not answer.

The mentor's gaze shifted to Laurina, a hint of amusement in his eyes.

"Come back with me, there's something better for you there."

His voice was slow and leisurely, as if he were appreciating some rare treasure.

"With your talent, it would be a huge waste not to participate."

He paused, his tone becoming meaningful.

"If this is all there is to it, you can come back with me. Your advisor won't make things difficult for you."

Laurinna's body tensed slightly, but she didn't say anything.

Lu Yuan stood in front of her and raised the silver medal again.

"Authorization from the principal."

"That's really all you can say."

The mentor's smile vanished.

"That thing might be useful to Instructor Calvin, but it's useless to me..."

He spread his hands, his tone turning cold.

"Sorry, I don't acknowledge it."

The next second, an unusual aura began to surge around him.

A nauseating wave spread through his body.

Something was wriggling beneath his skin.

Then, eyeballs began to emerge from his arms, neck, and even cheeks.

It was densely packed, covering every inch of his exposed skin.

All those eyes opened at the same time, staring at Lu Yuan and Laurina.

A strange and extraordinary power began to be released.

"Oh, so that's the strange invasion of the Tower of Knowledge. The Night Watch has the right to kill it."

"Heh, are you out of your mind?"

Just then, a small bottle flew out from behind him.

Laurena.

She pulled a glass bottle from her bosom at some point and threw it forcefully at her tutor.

The bottle exploded in front of the instructor, releasing a cloud of grayish-white gas.

The moment the gas filled the air, all the eyeballs on the mentor's body trembled simultaneously.

Then, they began to shrink.

The mentor's extraordinary release was instantly interrupted.

His expression changed drastically, and he looked at Laurinna in disbelief.

"you--"

"A weird inhibitor." Laurina's voice came from behind Lu Yuan, tinged with coldness. "Specifically designed to target weird pathways."

Then she whispered to Lu Yuan, "Let's run."

However, Lu Yuan didn't move at all.

The mentor's expression twisted for a moment before returning to its somber state.

"Okay, very good."

His voice lowered, carrying suppressed anger.

"As expected of Miss Laurina, you truly live up to your reputation. Carrying something like this with you... it seems you've been on guard against us all along."

The shrunken eyeballs struggled under the suppression of the medication, and a few began to reopen.

"pity."

The mentor's lips curled into a ferocious smile.

"It's just an inhibitor!"

He's right.

The grayish-white gas is dissipating rapidly.

The trembling of those eyeballs gradually decreased, and a few of them began to rotate again, staring in the direction of Lu Yuan and Laurina.

"Ten seconds? Or fifteen seconds?"

The mentor took a step forward, his eyeballs widening even further.

"Once this thing loses its effectiveness, I'll show you what happens when you anger a superhuman with bizarre abilities."

He looked at Lu Yuan, his eyes filled with contempt.

"Especially you, Night's Watchman. A mere conscripted medic, daring to block my way?"

Lu Yuan remained silent.

Because the timing indicator on the chest has already begun to rotate.

"I'll count to three, then get out of here!"

The instructor's voice turned icy.

"one..."

"You can die for attacking the Night's Watch."

deprivation.

An invisible wave emanated from the pocket watch.

The air seemed to freeze.

Centered around the mentor, a distorted field quietly took shape.

The instructor froze.

He sensed it.

The world has changed.

The air became thick, as if we were in deep water.

My limbs felt incredibly heavy.

A sharp pain shot through his chest.

That's the feeling of my heart withering away.

He looked down, staring incredulously at his chest.

My heart is still beating.

But each pulse became difficult, as if something was sucking away its life force.

Those eyeballs widened simultaneously, then quickly dimmed, like grapes that had been drained of water, shrunken one by one.

"How...is this possible..."

The mentor's voice was barely squeezed out of his throat.

He raised his head, his gaze falling on Lu Yuan, his eyes filled with disbelief.

"You're clearly just a..."

He didn't finish speaking.

He clutched his chest with both hands, his body suddenly stiffening.

The expression on his face froze.

With fear, with confusion, with a bewilderment that he never understood until his death.

Then, his body fell straight down.

A muffled thud echoed through the empty corridor.

At the edge of my field of vision, the gray and white text was pulsating violently.

[Sanity: -80...40/120]

Lu Yuan's body swayed slightly.

The world before my eyes became somewhat blurry, and a wave of dizziness surged from the depths of my mind.

He took a deep breath, suppressing the surging discomfort, and turned to look at Laurinna.

Laureina stood still, her gaze fixed on the corpse on the ground.

There were no wounds, no bloodstains.

The tutor lay there quietly, as if he had suddenly died.

Lu Yuan had expected her to be scared, to scream, or at least to turn pale.

But she didn't.

Her expression changed.

It wasn't fear, it wasn't panic.

Rather, it was a pure, irrepressible curiosity.

Her eyes gleamed slightly as she shifted her gaze from the corpse on the ground to Lu Yuan.

He moved the body back and forth, scanning it as if trying to analyze what had just happened.

Looking at her expression, Lu Yuan felt a subtle sensation.

This girl...

"Walk."

Without saying anything more, he turned and walked towards the exit.

Laurina looked away and quickly followed.

The two walked through the last section of the corridor and arrived at the outer exit.

A night breeze blew in my face, carrying a damp scent.

It started to rain.

A light drizzle fell from the darkness, pattering on the stone pavement and making a soft, rustling sound.

Several horse-drawn carriages were parked at the exit.

There was no driver, no guards; it just sat there quietly, as if it were prepared specifically for certain people.

But not everyone can leave smoothly.

Not far away, Lu Yuan saw several figures blocked at the corner of the corridor.

A night watchman was protecting two students, surrounded by three instructors dressed in dark blue robes.

The two sides are locked in a standoff, and the atmosphere is tense.

"Let's get out of there..." Laurina whispered.

Lu Yuan glanced at Laurina with some surprise.

I originally thought Lauren would ask if we wanted to help them.

Of course, there's nothing I can do to help them.

With only 40 points of sanity remaining, the world before my eyes has begun to show slight distortion.

He must leave here first.

"Walk."

Lu Yuan's tone was calm, but carried an undeniable air of authority.

"We won't hide..."

Laurina glanced over there and bit her lip.

Then he decisively followed Lu Yuan and walked quickly toward the carriage.

The rain intensified.

Lu Yuan strode to the nearest carriage and opened the door.

"Go up."

Without hesitation, Laurinna lifted her coat and slipped into the carriage.

Lu Yuan closed the carriage door, turned over and sat in the driver's seat, and grabbed the reins.

The horse seemed to have been waiting for this moment. After he gently flicked the reins, it immediately took off and galloped forward.

The carriage sped through the rain.

The rain pattered against the car roof, making a soft, rustling sound.

Behind me, the outline of the Bo Xue Pagoda gradually blurred in the rain.

Lu Yuan gripped the reins, his gaze fixed ahead.

My rationality is down to 40 points.

He could feel a slight dizziness lingering in his mind.

Things that shouldn't be there started appearing at the edge of my field of vision.

He saw countless inexplicable characters rising up from the top of the main tower of the Tower of Learning.

As if drawn by some force, it flew towards the dark sky and then disappeared into the rain.

The characters were twisted and deformed, struggling in the air like living things.

All are hallucinations.

Lu Yuan told himself.

He took a deep breath and forced himself to focus his gaze back on the road ahead.

A hand reached into his pocket and pulled out a small bottle.

These are the sanity potions that the Night Watch distributed to everyone a couple of days ago.

Lu Yuan uncorked the bottle, tilted his head back, and drank it down.

The medicine entered my mouth, and a cool sensation slid down my throat and into my stomach.

My previously chaotic thoughts cleared up a little.

The distorted hallucinations at the edge of my vision gradually faded.

Although it hasn't completely disappeared, it's at least no longer as real.

[Sanity: +8...48/120 (Total)]

Lu Yuan stretched his neck and casually tossed the empty bottle aside.

I feel much better.

Although it's still very low, at least I can hold on until I can find a safe place to rest.

"I didn't expect you to be so amazing."

Laurina's voice came from behind.

Lu Yuan didn't turn around, but he could tell from her voice that it wasn't fear, but curiosity.

"What ability did you just use?"

Her voice came from behind the carriage curtain, filled with an irrepressible thirst for knowledge.

"That mentor... it was like he suddenly died. No wounds, no blood, he just collapsed. Was it a time-manipulation ability? Or some kind of curse?"

"No, curses are unlikely to work on the supernatural, and time is even less likely."

Lu Yuan remained silent for a few seconds.

"We'll talk about it later."

Laurinna did not ask any further questions.

But Lu Yuan knew she wouldn't give up.

Once that thirst for knowledge is ignited, it is very difficult to extinguish.

He was also very curious about the formula of the bottle that Laurinna had thrown out, which could instantly suppress the extraordinary release of the strange pathway.

"That vial of your potion, the weird inhibitor, you made it yourself?"

There was a moment of silence in the carriage.

Then came Laureina's soft laughter.

"I guess so. The original recipe was from my mentor, and I modified it."

How much do you have left?

"Enough."

Lu Yuan raised an eyebrow.

Laurena is not a weak woman who knows nothing.

She is an alchemy student, and a genius at that.

Who knows how many strange alchemical artifacts she might be carrying in her arms.

No wonder she dared to come looking for him alone that night.

It turns out they had something to rely on.

The carriage continued its journey through the rainy night.

Rainwater trickled down the edge of the car canopy, forming small streams on the ground.

The outline of the Tower of Learning had completely disappeared into the darkness behind us.

Lu Yuan gripped the reins, his gaze fixed on the road ahead, blurred by the rain.

The matter of the Tower of Learning has come to a temporary end.

But he knew this was just the beginning.

The people from Imperial Headquarters will arrive tomorrow.

He killed an alchemy instructor.

There's trouble again.