The buffet restaurant on the second floor charges by weight.

Han Chuan held a plate in each hand. In his left hand was a small mountain of various staple foods and hot dishes, steaming hot and fragrant. In his right hand were sweet desserts and fresh, tempting fruits.

He placed the two heavy plates of food steadily on the electronic scale. With a slight ticking sound, the numbers on the screen below jumped rapidly, eventually stopping at an astonishing number.

"Holy crap, two hundred yuan!!!" Han Chuan's voice was practically splitting as he shouted, his eyes filled with astonishment.

"What?!" Upon hearing this, Wu Tianjin rushed forward, staring wide-eyed at the number, his face filled with shock and confusion.

He quickly turned around and looked at the seemingly ordinary yet heavy plate in his hand, a bad feeling creeping into his heart.

Suddenly, Han Chuan stomped his foot, a look of sudden realization flashing in his eyes: "Oh, I see! The scales downstairs aren't broken, but this one, it's definitely wrong!" His voice was very excited, each word seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth.

Seeing this, Wu Tianjin rolled his eyes and said, "Hey, brother, stop dreaming." With that, he deftly pushed the gritting-teeth Han Chuan aside and stepped onto the scale himself.

As Wu Tianjin steadily placed the plate, the glaring "240" on the screen, like a cold blade, instantly sliced ​​through the already thin air around them.

Wu Tianjin and Han Chuan's faces instantly darkened, as if dark clouds had covered the sun, so dark they could drip water.

"Damn it, this is highway robbery! Their school prices so high, aren't they afraid of being reported? What kind of food are they serving? Dragon liver or phoenix gall?"

Wu Tianjin cursed under his breath, so angry that he started talking nonsense.

But despite his outbursts, his voice was filled with anger and resentment.

The two exchanged a glance, their eyes reflecting the same shock and despair. They only had six hundred yuan on their meal cards, but they needed to survive two weeks in the game!

"Six meals..." Han Chuan muttered to himself, his voice full of bitterness, "With this little money, we can only last for three days at most, but what about after three days?" Are we going to have to exchange our high-level items for cash?

His voice grew softer and softer, leaving Wu Tianjin in a dilemma.

The two then picked and chose, finally managing to keep the price of the food under 50 yuan. Afterwards, they sat down dejectedly in their chairs and slowly and desperately tasted the last bit of food on their plates.

It must be so frustrating to have so much delicious food right in front of you, but not be able to eat it all!

Xiao Jin's plate didn't have much food, but with that bottle of red wine, it was quite something. 300 yuan was gone in an instant, leaving Wu Tianjin and the other person secretly speechless.

That's awesome!

On the other hand, Lu Jing was different. Although he only had about 800 yuan in his meal card, he didn't hesitate to spend 150 yuan when faced with a wide variety of delicious food.

When Han Chuan asked him about it, Lu Jing just smiled calmly: "You might die at any time in the game, so live for the moment. Even if you don't have money, it doesn't matter. Things will work themselves out."

As time went on, the players who arrived later also went up to the second floor.

These people had truly been starving for a day and a night, and their eyes practically glowed with hunger when they saw the food on the table.

They were so happy to see the food, but they were also heartbroken when it came time to pay the bill.

The players' hands trembled as they held their chopsticks; this was truly the most expensive meal they had ever eaten.

…………

With nothing to do in the afternoon, Xiao Jin wandered around Linhai High School alone.

The disappearance of players was a ticking time bomb, and she wanted to know why it was happening.

Furthermore, recalling this morning's lessons, they were not only simple, but most people were able to handle them well. For example, in Xiao Jin's class, not a single person died, which does not align with the purpose of this system's selection.

If the situation remains the same for the next two weeks, Xiao Jin will feel that the system simply wants players to come on vacation.

Therefore, there must be even greater dangers waiting for everyone.

After everyone else had lunch, they returned to their dormitories, while Xiao Jin planned to thoroughly explore the surrounding area.

The map of Linhai High School is so large that it's impossible for only two map fragments, classrooms and dormitories, to be available. Perhaps the answer Xiao Jin is looking for can be found in other places.

Linhai High School has a moderate land area, but it has all the necessary facilities.

The streets outside the school gate were familiar, but Xiao Jin couldn't see anyone or any vehicles passing by, so she didn't leave rashly.

However, even if she wanted to leave, she would have to ask the six tall, bear-like figures in the guard room at the entrance if they were willing.

Xiao Jin had glanced at them from afar, and the other party gave her a much stronger feeling than the ghost homeroom teacher, and there was more than one such troublesome existence.

That's true. Their homeroom teacher is there to teach, while the school security guards are the ones with the most physical strength on campus.

Directly in front of the main gate is Xiao Jin's school building, which has four floors. The first to third floors house the classrooms for the first, second, and third years of high school, respectively. Each floor also has corresponding teachers' offices and the principal's office.

Although Xiao Jin had never seen them before!

On the fourth floor, besides a large conference room, there is also the principal's office.

Linhai High School has no vice principal; the principal is the most powerful person in the school. Xiao Jin believed without hesitation that the other party was the biggest boss in this game.

However, since these new students have entered the school, shouldn't the principal come and see them in person, as is customary?

Between the main gate and the teaching building is a large playground, and in front of the building is a small flagpole. Xiao Jin observed that the flagpole was rusty and there were no flags on it, but around the stone platform, Xiao Jin found a lot of dried bloodstains.

These bloodstains have been there for some time, mostly hidden in the crevices and corners of the stone steps, in places that are difficult to clean.

Xiao Jin stood on the platform and looked up. The tall flagpole swayed in the wind, and the tip at the top flashed dazzlingly in the sunlight.

Besides these, there are three other landmark buildings in Linhai High School: one is the cafeteria, and the other two are the male and female dormitories.

In addition to this, the only thing that caught Xiao Jin's special attention was a small grove of trees behind the dormitory.

To be honest, if other players were here now, they wouldn't go in no matter what.

The grove was a hotspot for all sorts of strange events, not to mention that Linhai High School was a supernatural world, but Xiao Jin walked in without looking back.

As soon as Xiao Jin stepped into this place, he felt as if the light around him was swallowed up by the thick darkness. Only a few weak rays of sunlight pierced through the dense canopy and dappled the ground, outlining the contours of each fallen leaf in a way that was both clear and eerie.

The wind whistled through the woods, creating a series of heart-stopping gusts.