Huh? Isn't This A Galgame?

2. [Young Master] is an evil strategy character, aware of the [Princess]'s identity, will actively seek and approach the [Traitor Minister], helping the [Traitor Minister] accomplish their mission;

3. [Princess] is a justice strategy character, the only one in the instance who knows who the [Queen] is. Killing the Princess can provide information on the [Queen]'s identity;

4. [Queen] is a justice strategy character. The Queen's existence is vital to the justice faction;

5. [Loyal Minister] is a justice player. Protecting the safety of the [Queen] and [Princess] is the most important mission for the [Loyal Minister]. If the [Queen] and [Princess] perish, the [Loyal Minister] faction fails the instance. If at least one of the [Princess] or [Queen] survives, and the [Loyal Minister] successfully identifies all [Traitor Ministers] and [Assassins], delivering them to the [Queen], the challenge continues;

6. [Traitor Minister] is an evil player, who can only clear the instance by killing the [Princess], [Queen], and [Loyal Minister] and enthroning the [Young Master] as the new king;

7. [Assassin] is an evil player, whose most important mission is to assassinate the [Queen]. If the [Assassin]'s identity is revealed by the [Loyal Minister] before the [Queen] dies, they are considered to have failed.

Reading this lineup description, Wen Nan fell into deep thought.

So, in this instance, beyond being a player or strategy character, everyone has an additional hidden identity, which determines their stance. Different stances have distinctly different requirements for clearing this instance.

As such, the style of this instance becomes very different from previous ones — where there is opposition, there will be battles; where there are battles, there will be bloodshed and death.

Therefore, although I haven't seen the name or introduction of the instance, looking at the three different factions, on the surface, it's a daily campus romance, but in reality, it's a bloody love story filled with intrigue and scheming?

The design of this map is quite novel.

But, which faction is he in?

Just as he was pondering, a golden card descended from the sky and landed right in Wen Nan's palm.

By this time, Zhao Wanting had already crawled out from under the table, propping her chin with the palm of her hand on the table, tilting her face as she looked at Wen Nan.

Wen Nan glanced at the girl cautiously, noticing her smiling without a hint of wariness with her eyebrows bent, "What's up, Senior Ye, why are you looking at me like that?"

Wen Nan's gaze returned to his palm, and Zhao Wanting leaned her face closer to his palm, "Why are you staring at your palm lines? Are you trying to read your fortune? I know a little bit, want to give it a try?"

As Zhao Wanting spoke, she reached out both hands, grasping Wen Nan's palm, her fingertips passing right through the golden card in Wen Nan's palm, as if the card didn't exist at all.

Wen Nan pulled his hand away from hers, "We're in class, don't mess around."

"Tsk~" Zhao Wanting pouted, laying her head on the desk and turning to the other side to face her back to Wen Nan, then pulled out a phone from her pocket and began to play a game as if no one else was there.

Wen Nan stared at the lock of hair dyed brown and curled that hung down from the back of her head for a moment before tucking his hand into the desk drawer, then carefully examining the golden card.

The back of the card featured a square-faced, rosy-cheeked general with a long beard.

Wen Nan flicked the card over with his thumb. On the front, in gold lettering, was a single word — [Loyal].

He was a Loyal Minister, meaning his faction needed to ensure the safety of both the [Queen] and [Princess], while trying to locate the [Traitor Ministers] and [Assassins] to pass this instance successfully.

Just then, the system's prompt sounded in his mind —

9527: "Congratulations, player! You have successfully unlocked your faction — Loyal Minister!"

9527: "Your faction card is now in a pending activation state, please find a suitable location to activate it within the given time."

9527: "Information on the pending activation state of the faction card is visible only to the player."

9527: "The faction card activation point serves as your exclusive refresh point in this instance. Introduction of mainline tasks and settlement will occur at this exclusive refresh point."

9527: "No strategy characters or NPCs in the instance can enter the refresh point. If another player finds and enters your refresh point at the same time, they will immediately unlock your faction card."

Upon hearing the system's explanation, Wen Nan understood why this time, entering the instance, he hadn't been immediately teleported to a refresh point —

The refresh point here is not fixed; each player decides their own.

Once you've activated your faction card somewhere, it designates that place as your refresh point.

Apart from task issuing and settlement, the refresh point also serves as a repository for the faction card information in this map.

This means, as a [Loyal Minister], not only does Wen Nan need to keep his refresh point hidden, he also needs to find other players' refresh points to ascertain their allegiance.

After the system prompt ended, in the palm of his hand, beneath the word [Loyal], a line of small words appeared on the golden card —

"Faction card pending activation, remaining time: 03:00:00—"

In other words, he needed to find a suitable location within three hours and activate the faction card while confirming his refresh point.

"Ding—"

As he was thinking, a piercing bell signaling the end of class sounded in his ear.

Students in the lecture hall immediately became restless, with many already hastily packing their textbooks into their bags.

The young female instructor on the podium shook her head with a hint of helplessness, "Alright, today's class is over. You don't need to copy the slides. I'll organize them and email everyone later. Class dismissed."

As the students noisily stood up, the female teacher glanced towards Ye Jiu sitting in the corner, noticing an unexpected girl beside him, momentarily puzzled, then continued, "Ye Jiu, remember to visit Professor Wang's laboratory."

Wen Nan wanted to ask about it, but the female teacher had already packed her materials and left the lecture hall without looking back.

Wen Nan wanted to chase after her, but Zhao Wanting had blocked his way to the aisle, leaving Wen Nan helpless. He could only grab a girl finishing packing in front, "Excuse me!"

The girl, ready to sprint to the cafeteria, was suddenly yanked by her backpack, turning back with annoyance. But upon seeing Ye Jiu's face, her previous impatience vanished, replaced by an eager smile, "Ye, can I help you?"

"Do you know where Professor Wang's laboratory is? The one the professor just mentioned."

The girl looked at Wen Nan in disbelief, "Wang Yajun's lab is just on the third floor of the building next to the Life Sciences Institute. You can find it following the signs."

"...Wang Yajun?"

The more incredulous the girl felt, "Ye, do you sleep through all your major classes? Don't tell me you don't even recognize our biochemistry lecturer?"

Upon reflection, the girl shrugged in understanding, "Well, Wang Yajun's class has mostly been covered by senior Wu Qing. Half the semester's gone by, and we haven't seen much of Professor Wang, so it's normal you don't recognize him."

It seems the young female teacher in a white shirt was Wang Professor's postgraduate student Wu Qing, which explains why she looked so young.

Wen Nan nodded, thanked her, and indicated that she could leave.

However, now the girl was in no hurry to leave, shyly smiled, and approached Wen Nan closer, "Um, Ye, have you eaten? If not, maybe we could—"

"—he won't go with you," midway through her words, Zhao Wanting stood up, wrapped an arm around Wen Nan's, leaning her head on his shoulder, "he only eats with me."

The girl looked at Zhao Wanting, quickly flustered, and retracted her offer: "I-I didn't realize, you two...sorry, sorry."

After speaking, she hunched her shoulders, bowed her head, and quickly left the classroom.

Wen Nan shook his head, indifferent to Zhao Wanting's "claiming territory" act, and just lifted her arm, pointing to the exit, saying, "Let's go."

However, Zhao Wanting showed no intention of moving, glancing around and realizing the classroom had emptied, leaving only the two of them.

Zhao Wanting giggled, sidled closer to Wen Nan, and whispered mysteriously, "Senior, let me show you something amazing!"

As she spoke, she reached her hand inside her clothes...

Wen Nan: ?