"You mean Loujia committed suicide?"

Mingmei was taken aback. Although she hadn't had much contact with Lou Jia, his strength and character were quite outstanding. What was this so-called suicide all about?

Or is it at the beginning of the game?

"When we went to rescue him, his parents were killed by zombies one after another while trying to protect him..." Mu Chen didn't finish his sentence, but just sighed. He remembered clearly the scene of Lou Jia's instant collapse at that time.

"parents?"

"Yeah, it's the character relationship set up in the game, but judging from the way it looks, Lou Jia really put his heart into it."

Mu Chen pursed his lips and remained silent.

Does it incorporate genuine emotional elements into the social relationship settings?

Mingmei couldn't understand how players, whose memories weren't erased, could fully invest their emotions into the game. This kind of technological dimension was just too terrifying.

...

"So... is this why the game company asked us for the participating students' information so far in advance?"

At this moment, two male teachers at the Second Military Academy of the Empire were whispering among themselves, one of whom was Lou Jia's homeroom teacher.

"Probably..."

Duan Xinglian couldn't help but raise his hand to push up his brown glasses, looking down at Lou Jia's live stream, and whispered to his friend, "Lou Jia still... can't get over what happened back then."

The game company previously asked for some information from the students, and they noted down anything about psychological defenses, suggesting that if any were available, it would be best to include them. I took notes at the time and even helped collect the information later, but I never expected... it would happen in this way.

Duan Xinglian lowered his eyes and couldn't help but cover his chest with his hand, feeling a dull pain. It was too cruel that this kind of thing was being replicated in the game again.

"Who says otherwise? Look at your neighbor's!"

Duan Xinglian was reminded by his friend to look at the senior teacher next to him, only to find that the teacher was not paying attention to his student's live stream, but instead leaned over and kept looking at the live stream of the teacher from the Central Military Academy next door.

Just then, his friend whispered in his ear, "One of the students from the Central Military Academy this time is the younger sister of one of her former students."

"Um?"

Duan Xinglian had only been a teacher at the school for a few years and was unaware of earlier events. He looked at his friend with suspicion and heard him ask, "Did you forget about 'Prelude to Bloodshed' from a while ago? There was a female student playing a role in it, who used to be from our school..."

"Ah, I remember that."

Upon hearing this, Duan Xinglian couldn't help but look in that direction again. Taking advantage of his height and his willingness to look out, he blatantly tilted his head and peeked in front of all the teachers.

As expected, he saw the scene in the live stream: two girls with very similar faces leaning on each other.

"Holy crap..."

Duan Xinglian's face darkened, and he turned his head, rolled his eyes, and continued to curse the planner for being inhuman.

...

After escorting Mingmei back to her dormitory, Mu Chen turned and left. As Mingmei walked to her single dormitory room, she glanced at the light in the next room and noticed that the light was on, even though no one had lived there for the past two days.

Mingmei's footsteps were clearly not concealed. She paused for a few seconds at the door, looking at the neighbor, while her hands continued to clatter. Soon, the neighbor's door opened, and Mingmei saw Lu Xiaoyao and Bai Xiao.

"Huh?"

"Why?"

The three of them stood facing each other, stunned for a few seconds, followed by excitement and exhilaration at not seeing each other for so long!

"Oh my god! Meimei, what are you doing here?" Bai Xiao looked at the door of the room next door and said, "Ah, I saw that the doors and windows next door were closed all day, and the lights weren't on at night. I thought... no one was here."

"I just got back from a mission and have been staying here." Mingmei said, looking at her and Lu Xiaoyao, "When...did you arrive?"

“I arrived early this morning. I came in this morning after my quarantine was lifted. Lu Xiaoyao came in this evening after her quarantine was lifted. I happened to meet her and told them that we would be staying together.”

Although this is a single dormitory, the room and bed are not too big for two people.

Seeing Bai Xiao and Lu Xiaoyao open the door at this moment, and that they weren't in their pajamas and looked like they were about to go out, Mingmei couldn't help but ask again, "So what are you doing now...?"

"I just got a night patrol assignment and am about to head out~"

"Is the base so short-handed?"

"That's right! I just got here, and I've been hacking away at zombies for ages along the way. Looks like I'll have to hack away even more now..."

Speaking of this, Lu Xiaoyao looked utterly dejected. She had already talked a lot with Bai Xiao, but Mingmei's stirring of her urge to confide in her made her want to pull Mingmei aside and continue talking.

Realizing what Lu Xiaoyao meant, Mingmei immediately took a step back, opened the door, and waved to Lu Xiaoyao and the other person: "Okay, be careful."

"Well, it's getting late, Mingmei, you should get some rest." Bai Xiao pulled Lu Xiaoyao aside, emphasizing the point that Mingmei should rest, as a reminder to Lu Xiaoyao.

Bai Xiao: Kid, be more discerning! They've had a long day and need to rest. Don't bother them!

Seeing Lu Xiaoyao being dragged away by Bai Xiao, Mingmei finally felt relieved after a few days of worry. The thought of a familiar face living next door made her feel like she was sleeping better than usual lately! cascoo.net

The next day, as soon as it was light, Mingmei got up and went to the cafeteria. She had to prepare the buff-enhancing food in the morning, but she still had to eat breakfast first.

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