As they spoke, two figures gradually appeared on that table.

The dim, cabinet-like council environment completely darkened with several people gathering, eventually leaving only one dormitory in the darkness.

In the dormitory, Wei Liang sat on one side, while Lin Yi, Tian Bufan, Wei Shan, Kuai Hongji, and Mao Feiyang were scattered around.

"So casual..." Wei Liang shook his head helplessly, "These could all be names recorded in history books."

"In 'unofficial history,' perhaps." Tian Bufan chuckled.

"You can't speak too absolutely; as the saying goes, official histories are often biased, while unofficial histories are the truth," Wei Liang said.

Lin Yi slightly shook his head, "It doesn't matter if it's official or unofficial history. What matters is the present, and the rest is for future generations to discuss."

Wei Liang said, "Don't worry, 'Time' will remember everything."

At this moment, everything around them suddenly rippled and fluctuated greatly. Lin Yi noticed that everything he saw gradually became blurred, as if a reflection in a mirror was being washed away by water.

At the same time, he began to hear Tian Bufan's voice: "Basically, that's the cause and effect... Old Lin, it's time to wake up, wake up."

Tian Bufan's voice was like the last wave stirring this illusion, causing everything around to distort and change. As his vision cleared, he once again saw Mao Feiyang's figure.

Gradually, everything around also became clear.

Lin Yi was surprised to find that this was actually a natural tree hollow, with ancient branch-like patterns on the surrounding walls and ceiling, and some phosphorescent moss-like substances on the inner walls emitting a faint green glow.

The entire tree hollow drew its illumination almost entirely from a lamp in the ceiling, embedded with mysterious amber. This lamp resembled a bird's nest, woven with vines, releasing strands of light through its latticed walls that illuminated the entire tree hollow.

Inside that amber bird nest lamp, it appeared as though there was a mysterious flame floating.

The flame looked gentle but not dazzling. If not closely observed, it seemed merely to provide illumination, but upon close inspection, it was evident that the mysterious flame continuously emitted a myriad of glowing particles, like star fragments showering down.

However, these fragments would vanish immediately upon falling through the latticed walls, never reaching the ground.

Before long, while staring at the lamp, Lin Yi gradually felt his senses start to slow down, as if everything was moving in slow motion.

Realizing something was amiss, he quickly shifted his gaze away, looking at other areas within the tree hollow.

Inside the tree hollow was an unusual desk, composed entirely of intertwined sturdy branches, or possibly robust roots woven together.

There wasn't anything particularly eye-catching on the desk, just several rolled-up and stacked sheepskin scrolls and bamboo slips, along with a crystal ball resting on a small wooden stand, surrounded by a faint mist.

On the ground beneath the desk, there were dim lines and patterns, resembling the star patterns on the blue stone floor of the Observatory. In a corner, there seemed to be a woven fireplace, where an orange-yellow mist gently rose and swirled.

The entire arrangement within the tree hollow seemed meticulously organized, tidy with a sense of bidding farewell.

On the inner wall of the tree hollow, Lin Yi saw cracks, and through them, scenes outside the tree hollow seemed visible.

At this moment, Lin Yi's memory fragments reconnected with the images from traversing the Star Road before, and he couldn't help but murmur in surprise: "Is this the 'Principal's Office'?"

"That's right." Mao Feiyang confidently answered, "Amazing, isn't it?"

"Amazing..." Lin Yi marveled, "I feel like I've traversed through time. This place feels... vintage. No, it's more like stepping into a fantastical world..."

"Like coming to a tree hollow where the Elf Elder in a fantasy world resides..."

He curiously glanced around, his eyes filled with admiration.

Step by step, he approached the desk, then inside the crystal ball surrounded by a faint mist, he saw some curiously styled yet very familiar Cautions characters— '4-0-1-6'.

"This is..." Lin Yi lightly touched the crystal ball, and the mist swirled around, causing his Will Body to solidify and, in a form resembling a Magic Lamp Spirit, floated within the tree hollow.

Not long after, Tian Bufan, in the form of a Magic Lamp Spirit, also floated out, explaining, "This is the 'Coordinate'. Once the 'Principal's Office' leaves here, the coordinate information will change as well."

Seeing both himself and Tian Bufan turn into forms with human upper bodies and smoke-like lower halves, Lin Yi widened his mouth in surprise, "Young Master Tian, we...?"

Tian Bufan said calmly, "This is the effect of the 'Star Dream Crystal,' which can materialize the will, and during ancient times, the 'Original Apostles' often used this method to hold secret meetings."

"There were once eighteen 'Star Dream Crystals,' corresponding to the eighteen 'Original Apostles' who held honorary titles. The one in the 'Principal's Office' should have been inherited from the last Astrologer to leave the Black Moon Outpost." Tian Bufan explained in detail.

"The Astrologer's crystal ball?" Lin Yi murmured, with a strange image of a girl cloaked as if from Halloween's wondrous nights appearing in his mind, the established image of an astrologer in his cognition...

Tian Bufan said, "There's another 'Star Dream Crystal' mounted on our dormitory nameplate, so this coordinate information will synchronize with it."

"Won't someone see it?" Lin Yi couldn't help but ask.

Tian Bufan froze for a moment, then looked at him as if he were an idiot, "No."

"Apart from Fortune Life Wei Liang the Celestial, no one can find our dormitory. Even if discovered, anyone accidentally seeing that nameplate would most likely go insane."

"Well..." Lin Yi was at a loss for words.

Tian Bufan asked, "You went into a daze for quite a while. Did you recover some memories?"

"Oh, you're reminding me just in time!" Lin Yi clapped his hands on his head, his hand passing through his body like smoke, then immediately reverted, "Weren't we supposed to just take the 'Principal's' notebook and leave the school?"

"Why was there no mention of that 'notebook' in my memory?"

Upon hearing this, Tian Bufan revealed a deep expression, rubbing his nose, "Regarding that notebook... Actually, the 'Boss' had already reminded you, the 'Principal' never had such a notebook."

"The one with the notebook is Fortune Life Wei Liang the Celestial."

"Do you remember, do you recall how your notebook came to be?"

Hearing this, Lin Yi couldn't help but recall, his notebook... As it happened, was brought to him by Wei Liang on the night of May 6th!

"Hiss—"

"So that notebook... is the so-called 'Principal's notebook' from our mission?!" Lin Yi gasped, his smoke-like form twisting.

Tian Bufan slightly shook his head, "It's still missing a few key events to become the 'Principal's notebook.'"

"Are you telling me that I haven't become Sun Wukong because I haven't met the one to imprint three moles on my instep?"

Tian Bufan replied, "That's pretty much the gist of it..."

"Then... who is my Zixia? The 'Principal'? Or someone else...?" A strong sense of unease suddenly surged in Lin Yi's heart, "Could it be... this person will sacrifice themselves for me?"

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