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"Maybe."

Fan Xiao looked at Jin Na and asked curiously, "Are you wearing... a nun's habit?"

“Yes,” Jinna nodded, adopting a devout expression, and said, “I am a nun of Yahweh Catholicism.”

She made the sign of the cross on her chest and continued, "I come from St. Roman Church in Division 001. By the way, everyone, please allow me to take a moment of your time to introduce you to our all-knowing and all-powerful Lord..."

"Stop!" Yan Jun said speechlessly, "Are there still players who believe in religion these days?"

"Faith is a very serious matter; please do not joke about it."

Jinna, who possesses a sweet temperament, immediately seemed like a different person, and began to lecture Yan Jun earnestly.

Yan Jun shrugged: "Is your 001 District so technologically advanced that there's still room for the church to exist?"

"Partition 001 only benefited from the early days of the G08 spacetime node; it's nothing special."

Jinna said with a devout expression, "We believe in an all-knowing and all-powerful Lord. Even the Evolution Game is just a trial arranged for us by the Lord."

"Uh... are you serious?"

The severity of the situation was unbelievable.

How could such outdated ideas still exist in a technologically advanced region?

Ah this...

"I know what you're thinking."

Jinna said, "Players generally believe that behind the evolution game is a super civilization, but... is that really the case?"

"District 001 benefited from the evolution game and developed into what it is today. So, did the original civilization also do the same?"

“Mr. Roman visited the 001 partition of node A01. He claimed that he saw God there and received divine revelation, which led to the birth of our Yahweh Catholic Church.”

"Mr. Roman... St. Roman Church..."

Fan Xiao murmured the two names and asked, "Is St. Roman Church in Roman City?"

"Yes, the city of Roman is named after Mr. Roman, including the church."

Jinna nodded: "Mr. Roman was once an A-level player."

“In the past?” Fan Xiao grasped the key word.

"Yes, in the past."

Jinna said rather sentimentally, "Mr. Roman has been gone for many years... Oh, right, I haven't properly introduced you to our Yahweh Catholic Church yet, the whole..."

"We're not interested in that."

Yan Jun interrupted her again.

"You are so rude!"

This time, the little girl glared at her and said, "Hmph... People who go to Mass at St. Roman Church through my introduction can directly meet the great Miss Qiu. Do you know what you're refusing?"

"Miss Qiu?" Yan Jun asked, puzzled.

"Please add the prefix 'great'."

Jinna looked on with a lovesick expression: "Miss Qiu is the most precious jewel of our Roman City. She is so beautiful, so charming, so desirable, so enviable... Ah, Miss Qiu..."

An unnatural flush gradually appeared on the girl's face.

severe:"……"

Not only was Yan Jun speechless, but even Fan Xiao thought that this little girl... might have some mental issues.

"cough……"

Mercury coughed, interrupting Jinna's heartfelt eulogy, and asked, "Doesn't your 001 division sell dungeon guides? Do you have any information about this dungeon?"

“I haven’t been in contact with these kinds of channels,” Jinna shook her head. “Only those good-for-nothing rich kids would buy dungeon guides. Knowing the information to enter the dungeon would be too restrictive for them. They only care about surviving, so they don’t care.”

Let's save the idle talk for later.

Fan Xiao reminded his four teammates, "Two teams have already left the field. We shouldn't fall behind."

"Besides finding stray cats, we also need to find student IDs, and we may not have enough student IDs for all of us players."

"Moreover, some players might just occupy the toilet without doing any work, or secretly hide multiple student IDs... In short, we need to take the initiative."

Fan Xiao's words made his companions feel a sense of urgency.

In this instance, student IDs are considered a strategic resource.

“We definitely need to find the student ID first to take the initiative.” Yan Jun nodded: “There are also wild cats. Other players might imprison the wild cats they find. If the number of wild cats is limited, the situation will be equally unfavorable for us.”

"Don't worry about the stray cats."

Fan Xiao smiled and said, "I'd like to see who's the first to court death by imprisoning the cat they found."

Is it dangerous to imprison a cat?

"Jinna asked."

After asking the question, she immediately realized, "That makes sense... Cats can protect players. If you keep the cat, it's like you're always in a safe haven. It would be too easy to clear the level that way. D-level dungeons shouldn't be that simple."

"Let's go."

Fan Xiao led the way and left the playground.

The other four followed closely behind.

Starting from the outer perimeter of the playground, the five began a thorough search of the entire campus.

Hope Middle School has a large area and complete facilities, which shows that it is a school with plenty of money.

However, after the students and teachers disappeared, all that remained was ruin, loneliness, and thick dust.

Fan Xiao and his group of five searched very carefully, and always kept their teammates within their sight.

A lost companion may no longer be a companion—no one dares to ignore this rule.

After crossing a shady area, the five of them arrived at the side of the artificial river on campus.

The river water was extremely foul-smelling, making one frown.

A lot of garbage and rotting dead fish were floating on the surface of the water, making the river look lifeless and unpleasant to look at.

Fan Xiao found a black garment lying carelessly on a small arched bridge spanning a river.

The clothes emitted a pungent odor, causing Jinna to instinctively cover her mouth and nose.

"It smells like expired paint."

Mercury stepped forward, picked up the clothes, examined them for a moment, and said, "There's a lot of paint on the collar and cuffs. Strange... Could it be that the original owner of these clothes painted themselves with paint?"

"Paint, huh..."

Fan Xiao took a few steps forward and saw a black paint can with half a can of paint left next to the arched bridge.

He picked it up, examined it for a few moments, and then put it into his storage space.

Does this thing have any special function?

Seeing his seemingly scavenging behavior, Yan Jun couldn't resist asking a question.

"Who knows?" Fan Xiao said, "Leaving half a jar won't take up much space, and it might be useful later."

"Meow."

A cat meowed.

Everyone tensed up immediately and looked in the direction of the sound.

A black cat darted out from the lush greenery and came into view.

Seeing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Thankfully, it was a real cat.

If it were other creatures, according to the game's prompts, they would have to stay away immediately.

Fan Xiao took out a sausage from his storage space, broke it into several pieces, and threw it on the ground.

"Meow."

The black cat came closer, sniffed the food, and then began to eat with relish.

After finishing its meal, it rubbed against Fan Xiao's leg affectionately, showing no fear of strangers.

"Get away from it!"

At that moment, Mercury suddenly shouted.

Everyone's attention was drawn to the sound, and their eyes all turned to him.

Fan Xiao temporarily distanced himself from the black cat and approached Mercury with the other four.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"See for yourselves."

Mercury spread out the inside of his black clothes, which were stained with paint, revealing them to the four of them.

Inside the clothes, there were many slightly messy traces of dried blood.

These marks formed the words in illegible handwriting: "Never spend too much time with a cat!!!"

Chapter 161 Binding the Kitten

"Is there something wrong with the cat!?"

Yan Jun glanced at the black cat with suspicion and apprehension, a hint of fear creeping into his eyes.

Jinna asked suspiciously, "It looks like an ordinary cat. Could it turn into some kind of monster?"

"Bloodstains on black clothes are not necessarily accurate."

Fan Xiao reminded everyone, "It's possible that these are players who participated in the last dungeon, left behind specifically to trick new players."

"Why would you think that?" Jinna asked curiously. "What's the point of such a self-destructive act?"

"Just kidding, trying to lighten the mood," Fan Xiao laughed. "You guys are being way too sensitive about a cat."

"Hmm...it is a bit sensitive, but..."

Jinna said, "I think the black clothes and bloodstains were left behind by the investigators as a warning to those who came after them, so they are very likely authentic."

The background information of the dungeon mentions that after all the teachers and students disappeared, some people were sent into the school to investigate the matter.

In the end, these investigators, like the teachers and students of the high school, all disappeared.

However, they disappeared gradually, rather than all of them suddenly disappearing on a single day or at a single moment, which is different from the missing teachers and students.

"A warning...maybe."

Fan Xiao said, "There were many investigators before, and they may have left behind more than one piece of information. Searching for black clothes is a good way to gather intelligence."

"However... we can refer to this information, but it's best not to believe it entirely."

"You suspect the information is fake?" Yan Jun asked. "There shouldn't be any players with nothing better to do than leave behind this misleading information to scam people, right?"

"I already said it was just a joke; the information was probably left by the investigators. But..."

Fan Xiao reminded them, "Don't forget, the game hints warned us that even lost companions could run into trouble. Can we completely trust what those people left behind? We can only make judgments on the spot based on the specific situation."

"I think the information we have now is true."

"You can't stay with stray cats for long periods of time—in other words, players can't imprison stray cats they encounter and keep them with them, which is consistent with the logic we previously deduced."

Mercury speculated: "Spending a long time with a cat may be dangerous, so cats should only be used as a tool to help us get out of danger temporarily, and then we should stay away from them."

"In that case... I guess the act of imprisoning a cat itself shouldn't be dangerous, as long as you don't keep the cat with you."

He glanced at the elegant black cat on the ground and continued, "We can use props to imprison this black cat here, so it won't run around, which is equivalent to creating a fixed sanctuary."

"After hearing the child's laughter, we can rush here immediately, saving us the trouble of looking for the cat again."

"What do you think?"

“Hmm…that works.” Yan Jun nodded and said, “I happen to have a tool that can achieve the function of imprisonment.”

Jinna and Luo Hao nodded in agreement with the suggestion.