130: Chapter 130 I never expected this...

Upon meeting the Dean, the favorability ratings of all countries toward the Dean had been unlocked, but no one chose to leave.

The Dean expressed gratitude for everyone's action of escorting the students to the academy, and at the same time, he requested of them,

"Times have not been peaceful lately; the power of the Calamity is spreading silently throughout the town, and even more so outside of it.

Although the City Defense Army has defeated the Calamity Demon outside the town and the powerful enemy has vanished, the fear left behind by the enemy remains.

It is now the enrollment season, and I can see that you are all people of extraordinary skill. May I request your help in getting the students outside the town enrolled?"

Finding a way to help more students enroll—this must be the mission to increase favorability.

Besides this, the Dean's assistant tactfully pointed out the Dean's hobby of collecting rare books. There was no need to guess; giving the Dean books should also increase favorability.

Chen Aoyun silently took note of these tasks. At the same time, he noticed that the gaze of that high-level Roleplayer from Sakura Country had never left him. Even when their eyes met, the other party made a throat-slitting gesture, threatening Chen Aoyun with silent lip movements.

"I can't wait any longer; I must find a way to slip away quickly. But the problem is, how do I slip away? The opponent is staring at me fixedly like a hyena..."

Watching the Dean about to turn and return to the academy, the anxious Chen Aoyun suddenly remembered the coins he had obtained earlier.

[Act 1 Rule 3: The power within the coins can be used to amplify the characteristics of the civilization within the plot world]!

Chen Aoyun had a slight hunch, but there was no time to test whether his guess was correct. After whispering a few things to Fan Ling and the others, Chen Aoyun gritted his teeth and decisively crushed all the coins in his hand.

Crack—with a barely audible sound, the coins in his pocket shattered completely. A strange ripple, with Chen Aoyun as the center, silently swept across the entire street.

At first, nothing happened.

Not far away, the Sakura Roleplayer Kayahara Ao was watching the Dean about to leave, calculating how best to make a move.

Just at this moment, a huge crowd of people surged out from somewhere on the street!

Among these people, there were doddering old men and women leaning on canes; middle-aged people who had been hurrying along a second ago but suddenly stopped and looked over; and even street vendors and students on their way to school...

These people first pointed at the direction of the academy, and then swarmed over in a dense crowd.

Kayahara Ao was stunned.

After this dense crowd swarmed over, not only was he squeezed until he couldn't move, but the four people from Dragon Country also took the opportunity to blend into the crowd.

Kayahara Ao stared fixedly at Chen Aoyun's group. The people from Dragon Country were too cunning; the four of them moved away from the academy in four different directions.

Kayahara Ao had no choice but to keep his eyes on Chen Aoyun, but unfortunately, the surroundings were completely packed solid.

"Young man, why are you pushing?!" "You bumped into an old person, do you have any manners?!"

Kayahara Ao was furious, but he still dared not lay a hand on the people around him, nor did he dare to use too much force when pushing, lest he lose control of his strength and his actions become an 'injustice'!

By the time he squeezed out of the crowd, Chen Aoyun had long since disappeared onto a distant street.

...

The four members of Dragon Country, who had retreated separately, met up in the pre-arranged alleyway.

After meeting up, Fan Ling looked at Chen Aoyun with a confused expression, "What's going on? Was that crowd of people just now caused by you?"

Whether it was the ability of a Strategist or a Roleplayer, Fan Ling had never heard of any skill that could control characters within the plot.

Chen Aoyun spread his hands, with debris from the coins still remaining on his palms, "It's [Rule 3]."

[Rule 3]? Fan Ling and the others were even more confused.

After Chen Aoyun continued with an explanation, the three faces of Fan Ling and his companions were filled with shock.

"What the heck? Love for gawking at crowds? People from the Dragon Country in the Old Era all had the trait of loving to watch the excitement... and the power of the coins can amplify this trait. You mean to say that those people who suddenly swarmed over were all running here to gawk at the NPC crying for justice?"

That is the meaning, Chen Aoyun nodded.

While Fan Ling and the others were deeply shocked, they were also somewhat speechless. After holding it in for a long time, Fan Ling finally managed to squeeze out a sentence, "Forget about the Old Era; now that you mention it, I feel that people from the Dragon Country in the New Era also love to join in on the excitement... It seems that no matter how the years revolve, the characteristics of people from all countries do not distinguish between the New and Old Eras; they haven't changed at all. It had to be you. I never would have thought of using the NPCs' love for gawking at crowds to make an escape..."