80 Xiyue High School 1

◎Beauty Pageant◎

Xia Qing rubbed the corner of Bai Tang's clothes: "Sister Tangtang, tell me quickly, what happened to the evil god?"

"It's like this..." Bai Tang recounted what she knew, and just as she finished, Sang Mian and Lin Buchi finished their conversation.

Sang Mian's face didn't look good. "Let's go back."

Xia Qing got into the business car he came in by before he figured out the situation.

"Sister Sang, what's going on?" Xia Qing blinked her eyes and asked curiously, "Can the evil god really grant players unlimited wishes?"

Sang Mian said honestly: "I don't know, but I personally don't believe it."

Xia Qing said solemnly: "I don't believe it either. The word evil god sounds very evil."

Bai Tang said: "What good thing can create a weird game? Countless players have died in the dungeon, and who knows how many more will die when the evil god is resurrected."

The words may be rough but the truth is there. What Bai Tang said is the most obvious truth. Weird games always have bad intentions towards players.

Xia Qing leaned back in the chair comfortably: "That's right, so the Eternal Night Cult is not a good thing. Only people with evil intentions would seek crooked ways."

Sang Mian was fiddling with his cell phone and occasionally agreeing with the two sisters.

Xia Qing leaned over and asked, "Sister Sang, what are you doing? Are you so serious?"

On the mobile phone screen was the registration interface for the cat and mouse game, and Sang Mian was figuring out how to register.

"Mianmian, are you sure you want to participate in the game?" Bai Tang said, "I don't know if the game is difficult or not."

Sang Mian thought that she couldn't let the people of the Eternal Night Cult get the information of the Silver Ghost Eye, otherwise she would have accumulated 62 points of Ghost Qi in vain! She had worked hard to accumulate 62 points of Ghost Qi after four dungeons!

"If it's too difficult, we can quit the game." Sang Mian looked up and groaned, "I don't want the evil god to revive. Look how tired I am to accumulate weird energy!"

Bai Tang and Xia Qing stopped talking. They felt like they were being manipulated. Sang Mian reached the evil spirit level after passing four copies, but what about them?

Xia Qing burst into tears. She only had 16 points of weirdness value so far, not even at the undead level!

Bai Tang also only has 24 points of strangeness.

Bai Tang took a deep breath and smiled at Sang Mian: "Mian Mian, do you know what happened to the people of Versailles?"

Sang Mian touched his head: "Ah?"

Xia Qing and Bai Tang said in unison: "Being Mo!"

The three sisters hugged each other, and Sang Mian quickly begged for mercy: "I'm sorry! I won't say it again!"

Xia Qing crossed his arms and said, "That won't do. You have to at least give me an extra 500 million Netherworld coins."

Bai Tang thought that Xiao Qing's appetite was too small. Mian Mian was already the CEO and wanted so little. She waved her hand and said, "I want to add 5 billion ghost money."

Xia Qing opened his mouth wide: "Sister Tangtang is indeed a capitalist."

Sang Mian smiled and linked arms with the two men: "What salary? It's so strange! What's mine is yours! How much do you want? I'll transfer it to you right away!"

"Boss Sang is generous!"

"Boss Sang is generous!"

The three sisters burst into laughter again.

After the play, Sang Mian clicked on the sign-up button on the game interface and invited Bai Tang and Xia Qing to join the team.

She didn't put the phone back until a pop-up window popped up on the phone interface indicating successful registration.

"Oh, right, Mianmian." Bai Tang said, "Why don't we ask the members of our guild if they want to participate? Other guilds will definitely have more than one group participating in the game, so it won't be a big disadvantage for our guild to only send one group."

Sang Mian thought it made sense: "It's too late today. I'll send a message to the guild group and tell them to have a meeting tomorrow."

The driver quickly took the three of them to the game hall. It was almost dawn, and the three sisters waved goodbye and agreed to meet at the game hall tomorrow night.

The next day, Sang Mian went to work at the funeral home. She hadn't been back to work for nearly ten days and she inexplicably missed the funeral home.

Sang Mian took a look at Lin Buchi's body, which was well preserved and his face had not changed. She changed into work clothes and started her day's work.

Today's souls are very quiet, as if they are silently digesting the fact that they have left.

"The body dies but the soul does not. Death is not the end of life."

Sang Mian said this with great respect to every deceased person. She hoped that every soul in the underworld could still live with hope.

*

At twelve o'clock midnight, Sang Mian entered the game in her sleep, and after all the guild members gathered, she announced her plan to enter the cat and mouse game with Bai Tang and Xia Qing.

Zhou Jianyi propped up his chin and said, "The 300th anniversary event must be very interesting. I want to participate."

"But cats are weird. They feel dangerous."

One member expressed his concerns.

Zhou Jianyi chuckled: "The elimination mechanism clearly states that you can quit. If you really feel it's dangerous, just quit."

He took out his phone and clicked on the registration interface: "Who wants to join me?"

His four-member team was quickly formed, and his brother Zhou Jiayi, as well as Zeng Fan and Gao Shuo also signed up for his team.

Sang Mian looked at the other members: "Anyone else wants to join?" She frowned and glanced at the registration interface. "There is only one group of spots left. Our guild will not force you. You can choose on your own."

The number of guild members is increasing every day. Although it does not have as many players as the other three major guilds, it is not short of players. The last group of places finally fell into the hands of the Guild that Doesn't Eat Coriander.

The four were also familiar faces to Sang Mian. Among the four men were players from the spooky hospital and the haunted apartment.

After confirming the number of applicants, Sang Mian made a final summary: "There is only one group of winners, but we in the same guild must help each other and not attack each other. If I find you killing each other, don't blame me for being rude!"

The biggest trap of cat and mouse is that there is only one winner, but there are thirty groups in the mouse camp, so not only are cats and mice opposites, but mice and mice are also opposites.

Zhou Jiayi added: "What the president said is right. The players in our guild must unite as one. Other guilds will definitely find a way to eliminate us first. If we are attacked during the day when we can automatically exit, we can still survive. If we are eliminated at night, it will be no joke."

Zeng Fan said: "I have my bottom line as a human being! I will never do anything to backstab my teammates!"

Others also began to express that they would not attack their teammates.

Sang Mian smiled: "That's good, wish us all the best in advance."

......

Time flies, and soon it is the day of the 300th anniversary celebration.

Sang Mian lay flat on the bed with her eyes closed. She was a little nervous at first, but while waiting, she fell asleep.

When she opened her eyes, she was still in bed, but the feel of the bed had changed. It was much harder than her big bed, and the ceiling in front of her had turned into a wooden bed board.

Sang Mian quickly got up. Has she entered the game? She looked around and found herself in a dormitory. Xia Qing was lying next to her. Bai Tang, who was sleeping on the upper bunk, was looking at her with his eyes open.

The system prompt sounded in my ears.

[Special copy of Cat and Mouse is officially loaded...Player 080369 is a mouse, the copy is located in Xiyue High School, the player's false identity is Weird, and the real identity is human. Please hide your human identity.]

[This instance will be live-broadcasted throughout the entire process. Players who are not participating in the game and Weirdos can watch it. The reward channel is opening... The barrage is opening... Players can click on the panel to watch the barrage]

[The cat and mouse game will be held at night in the student dormitory]

[Every day, a cat will be added to the cat and mouse game at night, and cats can be eliminated]

[If you get a reward from the audience, you will be punished once. If you get punished three times, you can expel a cat (Note: the cat must be a teacher, but the teacher is not necessarily a cat. Expulsion can only be done during the day, and expulsion means elimination)]

[The first round of eliminations is about to begin, the content of the eliminations is - campus beauty pageant]

[If one or more players in the mouse team are not among the top 100 in the beauty contest, the cat will choose your room first.]

Beauty pageant? Sang Mian touched her face. She was the most beautiful girl in her class during junior high and high school. It would be no problem for her to get into the top 100 in the beauty pageant.

Then can't we win the knockout round just by lying down?

She beat Tangtang and Xiaoqing? She looked up at Baitang's delicate face, then lowered her head expressionlessly.

Bai Tang still needs her to worry about him, so she should worry about herself rather than Bai Tang.

Sang Mian glanced at Xia Qing who was in a daze. Xia Qing's face was also very cute. She was not a great beauty but at least a little beauty. It should not be a problem for her to rank in the top 100.

Bai Tang suddenly said, "Where can we see the rankings? Who will rank us?"

Yes, Sang Mian looked at the panel and saw the game introduction below.

[The beauty pageant rankings are 50% scored by the audience, and the other 50% is scored by professional judges. The number of participants is 200]

[The competition will start at 8 o'clock. Students need to arrive at the school auditorium at 5 o'clock in the afternoon to be scored by the judges. The final ranking will be announced after the total score is calculated.]

[After 8 o'clock, players can check the current ranking on the panel]

So that's how it is. Sang Mian looked at the time. It was exactly eight o'clock. The current ranking was immediately displayed on the panel. Sang Mian checked it confidently, then closed the panel with a dark face.

165th? She only ranked 165th!

Xia Qing yelled, "Why am I only ranked 148th! Who gave me that ranking? Am I that ugly?"

She jumped off the bed and asked Sang Mian angrily, "Sister Sang, what's your rank?"

Sang Mian smiled: "Please be polite."

Xia Qing said incredulously: "Could it be lower than mine? Are there so many beautiful girls and handsome boys in school?"

They both looked at Bai Tang: "Sister Tangtang, what's your rank?"

Bai Tang repeated Sang Mian's words with a fake smile: "Please be polite."

Sang Mian's eyes widened: "Tangtang, you are not also low, right? Impossible! A beauty like you can't be ranked in the top three?"

Bai Tang reported his ranking: "187th."

“So low!”

They both shouted at the same time.

Sang Mian questioned, "There are only two hundred contestants in total, and except for the one hundred and nineteen players who strangely only account for eighty-one, our names are almost at the bottom!"

Xia Qing said distressedly: "I reasonably suspect that the ranking system is broken."

Bai Tang climbed down from the upper bunk: "Why don't we watch the live broadcast? The current rankings are all scored by the audience watching the live broadcast. Maybe we can find the reason in the barrage."

Sang Mian: “That makes sense!”

There was a live broadcast option in the panel. Sang Mian clicked it and saw her dormitory. Her face was placed in the center of the screen. In the live broadcast, she was sitting on the bed blankly with lifeless eyes.

There were still a few scattered comments floating on the live broadcast.

[How can someone like this be ranked 165th? Didn’t my score get taken into account? ]

[The contestants this year are really getting worse and worse. There are no outstanding contestants. 】

[Let’s go, let’s go and see what’s going on over there with the cat. 】

[Wait for me upstairs, I want to go see the cats too. 】

Looking at the single-digit number of viewers, Sang Mian guessed that each player’s live broadcast screen was independent, and the audience could choose to watch other people’s live broadcast rooms.

A few more comments floated up.

[Come on, President Sang! I’m rooting for you! ]

[Is this the president who doesn’t eat coriander? He’s pretty good-looking]

It's obvious that these two comments were made by players, and there was even a reward of 100 yuan in ghost money floating up.

Sang Mian remembered watching live broadcasts in the past, where the host would verbally thank the host after receiving gifts, so she smiled brightly and said in a loud voice: "Thank you for the 100 ghost coins reward from Sister Wang, the plumber A!"

After he finished speaking, another two hundred ghost money as a reward came up.

Sang Mian: "Thank you for the two hundred ghost coins from Coke and Ice!"

The comments seemed to like her words of thanks very much. Rewards of fifty to one hundred yuan flowed on the screen like water. Sang Mian stared at their online names and read them one by one.

Bai Tang and Xia Qing were stunned.

"Someone gave Sister Sang a tip so soon?"

Bai Tang's focus is different. She thinks that if she has to read out every reward, wouldn't it be exhausting?

Soon Sang Mian also noticed this problem. After five minutes of thanking, her tongue was almost smoking. Looking at the rewards still floating on the screen, she paused urgently.

The rules of the game state that one billion ghost money is needed to exchange for one punishment, and three punishments are needed to eliminate a cat. This kind of reward of fifty-one hundred yuan is equivalent to the hair on a cow. It is absolutely unrealistic to thank everyone one by one!

If you don’t get caught by the cat, you will be exhausted to death in the live broadcast room!

So Sang Mian made a stop gesture and announced: "I will only say thank you words when the amount exceeds 100 million ghost money in the future. Please understand, audience members!"

After she finished speaking, all the rewards on the screen disappeared.

Sang Mian: “….” I feel like cheap labor.

Xia Qing opened the live broadcast with great anticipation, "Let me see how much reward I received... Not a cent..." She closed the live broadcast sadly, "Not even one person watched me, am I so unattractive?"

Bai Tang silently glanced at his live broadcast room and then touched Xia Qing's head: "The game has just started, it's normal that no one is watching now."

Sang Mian nodded: "I also only have eight people watching, probably all of them are players who know me. Now everyone is interested in the cat, and the cat's live broadcast room must be full of viewers."

"Let's focus on the beauty pageant first." Bai Tang lowered his head and pondered: "The current ranking is not favorable to us."

Sang Mian hesitated for a second before finally speaking out the comments in the live broadcast room: "In the eyes of the audience, we seem to be considered ugly. They are quite disgusted with us."

Xia Qing muttered: "They are ugly."

Bai Tang thought about it and offered his opinion: "Although the name of the elimination round is a beauty pageant, what is the standard of beauty? The rules of the game never mention that good-looking people are beautiful."

Xia Qing slapped her thigh and said, "That's right! Maybe the standard of beauty is inner beauty? We just need to show our inner beauty in front of the audience."

"Inner beauty? Are we going to help the weird old lady cross the street?" Sang Mian's mouth twitched. She felt that Weird would not use inner beauty as the criterion for beauty pageants. She continued, "And the comments clearly pointed out that I am ugly, which means that beauty pageants are scored based on appearance."

The three of them made some random guesses, and Sang Mian said, "We can't discuss the standard of beauty by ourselves. Why don't we go to the school and take a look?"

Xia Qing: “I agree!”

Bai Tang pulled open the curtains of the dormitory, and the scenery outside the school came into view of the three people. Their windows faced the direction of the playground, and at this point in the playground there were already scattered and strange people running.

Xia Qing couldn't help but sigh: "These days even Weird is more self-disciplined than me."

Bai Tang looked at the playground through the window: "Aren't the answers all below?"

The three of them walked out of the dormitory and found that it was a mixed dormitory. They lived on the third floor, and the second floor below was the boys' dormitory.

When they passed by the second floor, they also saw a familiar face.

"Isn't that the doctor of the Cult of Eternal Night?" Xia Qing said, pointing at the back.

As if he heard her voice, the doctor turned slowly, pushed up his glasses and looked towards the stairs at the end of the corridor. When he saw Sang Mian, his hand stopped in mid-air.

The scene of being caught by Sang Mian and working in the haunted apartment immediately appeared in front of his eyes. The fear wrapped in the weirdness enveloped him like a tide, and the doctor's fingertips couldn't stop trembling. He thought to himself that his luck was too bad! He met this vicious woman as soon as he went out!

Sang Mian wanted to say hello to the doctor, but he saw the doctor push open the dormitory door and run in as fast as he could, as if he had seen some terrible beast.

Xia Qing scratched his head in confusion: "Why is he so flustered?"

Bai Tang shrugged: "Something was left in the dormitory?"

"I guess so. It's not good to be forgetful at a young age. It's easy to get dementia when you're old." Xia Qing said, "But I feel like he's like a mouse seeing a cat. Is the expression on his face scared?"

They didn't deliberately lower their voices when they spoke, so the doctor in the dormitory heard everything clearly. He gritted his teeth and cursed inwardly: "You're crazy! You're suffering from Alzheimer's disease! You're like a mouse seeing a cat!"

Sang Mian touched the tip of his nose and thought, could it be that the last time in the haunted apartment really left a shadow on him? The kind that he didn't even want to see her?

Bai Tang took Sang Mian's arm and said, "Never mind, let's get out of the dormitory first."

"Wait a minute." Four more people came out of a door in the boys' dormitory. Sang Mian also thought they looked familiar. She pointed at them and asked, "Are they Zhou Jianyi, Zeng Fan and the others?"

Bai Tang looked in the direction of his fingertips and saw Zhou Jianyi and his two brothers and Zeng Fan Gaoshuo. Apparently, the four of them had also seen Sang Mian.

"President Sang!" Zeng Fan waved excitedly: "I didn't expect to meet you so soon!"

“Yes, yes.” Sang Mian also waved: “I didn’t expect to meet you so soon.”

Gao Shuo looked at the three of them and asked, "What are you going to do?"

Sang Mian asked back: "Then what are you going to do?"

Zhou Jianyi crossed his arms and looked unhappy: "Of course we are looking for the standard of beauty. I don't know what the audience thinks. My ranking is not even 100!"

Sang Mian and the other two felt relieved. Xia Qing laughed out loud: "It turns out that your ranking is also very low. Tell us how high you are."

Zhou Jianyi said disdainfully: "Ninety-nine."

Xia Qing's smile froze on her face. The clown turned out to be herself? She glanced at the ranking on the panel again. After not looking at it for a few minutes, it had dropped from 148 to 149.

She stared at Zhou Jianyi's face in disbelief. He had the same two eyes, a nose and a mouth as her. How come he was in the top 100?

Zhou Jiayi smiled gently and helplessly: "What's your ranking? Are you in the top 100?

Sang Mian smiled politely: "Don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask."

Zhou Jia understood immediately and waved his hand: "That's not what I meant. I'm not in the top 100 either, and my ranking is far behind Jian Yi."

Sang Mian thought thoughtfully: "Could it be that the current ranking is made by the audience based on their mood?"

Zhou Jia nodded: "It's possible. After all, Weiyi has ill intentions towards human players, so it's possible that he will give malicious scores."

"No matter how many guesses you make, it's useless. We have to go to the campus to find other contestants to know the answer." Bai Tang interrupted everyone: "Don't waste time, let's go together."

There is no sun in the Netherworld, and it is gray during the day, giving people the illusion that it is about to rain.

Xia Qing shrank his arms: "Why does it feel more eerie during the day than at night?"

Bai Tang said faintly: "Don't you see how weird this place is?"

They have already conducted an investigation at Xiyue University. There are a total of 800 weird students in the university, plus nearly 900 weird teachers. It would be strange if it wasn't eerie.

At this time of the day, there were ghosts coming and going on campus. Sang Mian grabbed a girl in a red school uniform and smiled friendly: "Hello, classmate. Do you know about the beauty pageant?"

Gao Shuo was startled by Sang Mian's sudden action: "Fuck, is Sang always this powerful after all the dungeons he has fought?"

Xia Qing said proudly: "Basic exercises are not bad, now is the stage where Sister Sang can perform normally."

The weird female classmate with a low ponytail first looked Sang Mian up and down, and said impatiently: "I know."

Sang Mian gave her a shy smile, then touched his face: "Do you think I'm pretty? How would you rate me for my looks?"

The weird female classmate couldn't help but burst out laughing: "You? Hahaha! You even participated in the beauty pageant? Should I wish you the last place in advance?"

Sang Mian has a question mark face. Does she look so funny?

She patiently kept smiling: "Why?"

The weird female classmate stopped laughing, and then her face suddenly darkened: "Don't you know why? Aren't you a student of Xiyue High School? All the students of Xiyue High School know why."

Scare her? Sang Mian felt nothing inside. Sorry, she was brought up to be scared.

"Classmate, you misunderstood. It's normal that you don't know that I'm a transfer student, right?"

The weird female classmate's eyes kept rolling, "Transfer student?"

Sang Mian remained calm and said, "Yes, my friends and I just transferred here."

"Okay." The weird female classmate believed it. She shook her head and stared at the back of Sang Mian and his group: "If you want to know so much, why don't you look back?"

Sang Mian thought her female classmate was really weird and what she said didn't make sense, but she still turned around and looked behind her.