Chapter 41

Although the topic just now was very unfriendly, Shen Yunzhe knew that he should have guessed something.

For example: rules.

They were dying in the same order as the first time, in almost the same way and at the same time, and Shen Yunzhe also discovered this time that every time something was about to happen to them, the tune of the school song would be played, and the strange bird in the teaching building would start singing.

It cried out with blood, its voice filled with fear, but after the person died, it stopped crying.

You don't have to kill someone to shuffle the order, you can also try to shuffle other things.

"How long will it take?" Shen Yunzhe asked Bi Jiayin.

"What?"

"It's the distance..." Shen Yunzhe gestured tentatively, "The distance from your last jump."

Bi Jiayin understood. She looked at Shen Yunzhe strangely. In her mind, Shen Yunzhe was not someone who would not even dare to ask "when did he die?"

But since her death was approaching, she didn't care much.

"There's still a little over half an hour left," Bi Jiayin said. "I thought: I really should accept this. I used to say Yuan Jing wasn't calm enough or able to endure it, but now I realize I'm the same way. I have to accept it and understand it."

"I think we can try again." Shen Yunzhe said, "Yes, we can try again."

Bi Jiayin was stunned for a moment, she looked at Shen Yunzhe, "What did you say?!"

"Let's go to the music room." Shen Yunzhe stood up and walked out. "There should be some instruments left in the music room. We still have half an hour, so we should be able to make it in time."

As he said that, he started running. Yuan Jing and Bi Jiayin had confused looks in their eyes, but soon a light emerged in Bi Jiayin's eyes, and the hope that had been suppressed by reality was rekindled. She quickly caught up with him, and Yuan Jing also ran after him in a hurry.

Li Yuluan was at the end. He watched people running through the corridor in front of the window one by one, and finally couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

“As long as there is still something to try, don’t give up.”

This is good, and this mentality is necessary for players, who have to find the only way out of this predicament.

However, his eyes were dim as he looked at the people running in front of him, because in the fate he saw, everyone was walking into sticky darkness. It was an atmosphere of despair that was completely different from the current hope, and even he was immersed in it.

Things won't end so easily.

Everyone came to the music classroom, and Shen Yunzhe successfully saw a piano. Shen Yunzhe pulled the cloth on the piano away. He tried to press a note, but because it took too long, the sound was not so accurate, but it was enough. Shen Yunzhe sat in front of the piano with his hands on the piano keys.

"You can also play the piano?" Yuan Jing said in surprise.

Shen Yunzhe did not answer. He tested the notes one by one. After making sure they were in pitch, Shen Yunzhe took a deep breath.

"How long until?"

"31 minutes." Li Yilun replied: "What are you going to do?"

"Advance the order." Shen Yunzhe closed his eyes and began to move his fingers on the keys. A familiar piece of music came out from the piano.

Everyone present was stunned for a moment because this piece of music was the same one they had always heard.

The bright tune came out with the sound of the piano, exactly the same as they remembered. They were surprised that Shen Yunzhe could reproduce the song after listening to it a few times.

After playing it once, Shen Yunzhe played it a second time, but this time they obviously noticed something wrong. The pitch seemed higher than before, and there were some strange short notes mixed in, which was not quite the same as the original song.

"Ah! It's that bird!" Yuan Jing was the first to recognize it. "Shen Yunzhe's playing this time sounds very much like that bird's tune."

The music stopped, Shen Yunzhe looked to the side, and the next moment he said, "Stop her!"

Yuan Jing was startled, and then she realized that Bi Jiayin had left the music room and was climbing the window in the corridor. Yuan Jing and Li Yuluan were both scared. They quickly grabbed the person and pressed him to the ground. Bi Jiayin stared at the window blankly, not knowing what he was looking at.

Soon they heard Bi Jiayin's mumbling.

"She jumped out."

"From there I can leave the school and I can get out."

"Everyone, jump out with me. Let's get out alive together."

"Don't pull me, I will die. I want to live."

Li Yuluan held Bi Jiayin down and looked at the time. It was more than twenty minutes earlier than the time of Bi Jiayin's death.

"The bird's call will control us in a certain order. You are imitating the bird to disrupt the time and make Bi Jiayin confused in advance." Li Yilun said, "I didn't expect it to be so useful."

Shen Yunzhe breathed a sigh of relief. He closed the piano and prepared to go over. At this moment, a photo floated out of the piano and fell to the ground.

Shen Yunzhe was stunned for a moment, then he reached out and picked up the photo.

The photo was of a female teacher and a student standing together. Shen Yunzhe quickly took out the photo he had gotten from Yin Yin before. He put the two photos together. After confirming that they were the same photo, Shen Yunzhe turned over the photo and looked at the back. Sure enough, he saw different handwriting.

'Taking photos to commemorate the school song competition. My class representative is awesome.'

It’s the teacher listed in the announcement.

"Cough, cough, cough." Bi Jiayin suddenly coughed violently, "What are you doing? It hurts!"

Yuan Jing and Li Yiluan quickly let go.

"Bi Jiayin?" Yuan Jing hugged her, "Are you okay?"

"What's wrong with me? Aren't we listening to Shen Yunzhe playing the piano?" Bi Jiayin looked at them blankly, "What's wrong?"

"Recovered?" Li Yiluan looked at her. "It seems that if we were around when they were controlled, we could wake them up."

"Could Lan Sicheng be held back this way?" Yuan Jing said quickly, "Lan Sicheng also jumped because his mind was controlled!"

Bi Jiayin finally understood something from their words. Her face turned pale and she looked a little scared.

"I just, just now..."

"I'm glad you're okay." Li Yuluan pulled her up.

At this moment, the sound of a piano suddenly rang out, and everyone was startled by the sudden sound.

Yuan Jing complained, "Shen Yunzhe? What are you playing again?"

Shen Yunzhe held a photo in one hand and looked at Yuan Jing. Yuan Jing was stunned for a moment. He turned his head to look at the piano in front of him, only to see the piano keys being pressed down and released one by one, as if an unfamiliar person was sitting next to him and playing music. The melody gradually became smooth from the chaotic sound just now, and it was the school song.

"Shen Yunzhe!" Yuan Jing called him, "Hurry up!"

"I can't get up." Shen Yunzhe replied.

It's more than just being unable to get up.

Shen Yunzhe's hand trembled, and his hand loosened. The photos fell to the ground like two butterflies. Shen Yunzhe's fingers fell on the piano keys, and he began to play music uncontrollably, still playing the same tune as before.

This is a duet between two people, Shen Yunzhe and an invisible object.

"Yuan Jing, take Bi Jiayin and leave quickly! Keep an eye on her!" Li Yiluan hurriedly said to Yuan Jing, "After Bi Jiayin dies, it's us. Ensuring Bi Jiayin's survival is also ensuring the survival of both of us. You have to work hard, understand?"

"And you?"

"I'm going to save Shen Yunzhe." Li Yiluan said, "He triggered the mysterious legend of the music classroom. If we really die in a certain order and in a certain way, then maybe he won't be in any trouble."

"He was the last one to die."

Yuan Jing nodded continuously and quickly pulled Bi Jiayin out. Bi Jiayin seemed to have not reacted yet and was stunned. She followed Yuan Jing as she dragged her.

Shen Yunzhe, who was still playing the piano, looked up and glanced over there. The moment he looked up, Bi Jiayin actually turned back to look at him. At that moment when their eyes met, Shen Yunzhe saw that she seemed to smile.

That smile made Shen Yunzhe's heartbeat drop heavily, making a thumping sound.

The piano keys were pressed down hard, making a long sound.

Shen Yunzhe's heart was pounding and he couldn't take his eyes off her. At the same time, he was certain of one thing...that wasn't Bi Jiayin.

Bi Jiayin didn't recover at all.

There was another heavy note, and Shen Yunzhe turned back to look at the piano in his hands.

What on earth was playing the piano with him?

Shen Yunzhe looked around while playing, and finally saw the reflection on the piano. There was obviously no one next to him, but in the reflection he could see a person sitting next to him. The person was wearing a white suit and looked like a young student.

The student raised his head and smiled at Shen Yunzhe in his reflection.

The piano lid came crashing down.

When his fingers were about to be hit, Shen Yunzhe felt a huge force pulling him out. He fell to the ground and turned around to see that it was Li Yuluan.

Li Yuluan looked at the piano lid being slammed shut in front of him, and had no doubt that Shen Yunzhe's hand would be broken.

"You saved me once, so this time I'll just repay you," said Li Yuluan.

Shen Yunzhe was blackout for a few seconds, and then he realized that Li Yulun was talking about how he pulled Lan Sicheng back when he jumped off the building for the first time, so he was not hit by Lan Sicheng.

"Bi Jiayin." Shen Yunzhe stood up from the ground. "Bi Jiayin hasn't recovered yet! Yuan Jing can't keep an eye on her!"

Li Yiluan sat up suddenly, "What did you say?!"

"That's definitely not Bi Jiayin."

Shen Yunzhe recalled what he had just seen. Bi Jiayin's emotions were controlled by life and death. She was sharply desperate about death and had high hopes for life. Shen Yunzhe could feel her mood, but Bi Jiayin was different just now. Shen Yunzhe felt that she was pursuing death.

She wanted to find a place to end her life.

"Fuck!" This was the first swear word uttered by the cool guy Li Yuluan after he arrived at the playground. He quickly got up from the dusty ground and chased after the person.

Shen Yunzhe was behind. He did not chase after him immediately. Instead, he reached out and picked up the two photos on the ground. He made sure that the photos were the same two photos, then put the photos into his pocket before following him out.

Because both he and Li Yuluan knew very well that Bi Jiayin could not be saved.

The attempt failed.

However, there is another way.

Li Yuluan had this photo stuck in his neck after his death. Shen Yunzhe planned to carry these two photos with him all the time so that they would not have the chance to get to Li Yuluan's neck.

No matter whether it works or not, try it first.

…

Yuan Jing pulled Bi Jiayin to the front hall, and it was at this time that they heard the sound of birds.

The strange bird still chirped.

"Stop calling!" Yuan Jing yelled at the bird.

The bird didn't understand what she said and continued to call. Yuan Jing couldn't help but kick the cage, but it was of no use. The bird flapped its featherless wings and kept calling.

Yuan Jing couldn't help but squat down, hugging her knees, "I hope Shen Yunzhe will be okay."

"Bi Jiayin, what do you think will happen to us?"

No one answered her. Yuan Jing was stunned for a moment. She quickly stood up and looked behind her, only to find that Bi Jiayin had left at some point. Yuan Jing screamed in horror and rushed out to look for Bi Jiayin. The playground was in full view, so she didn't go over.

Turning to look at the school gate on the right, Yuan Jing saw Bi Jiayin climbing up the security booth.

"Bi Jiayin?!" Yuan Jing rushed over.

In order to hold Bi Jiayin, she began to climb up, but she was just a girl who didn't exercise enough and had never climbed high before. She began to cry, calling Bi Jiayin's name while crying, asking her to come down and not to go over.

Bi Jiayin seemed to hear her voice and she slowly turned around.

Just when Yuan Jing thought she had regained consciousness, she saw Bi Jiayin raise her foot and step hard on her fingers.

The pain made Yuan Jing let go of her hands and fall directly to the ground.

"No one can stop me from going home." Bi Jiayin murmured, "I want to go home, go home."

She climbed over the security booth and climbed onto the wall. While climbing, her foot slipped. When Shen Yunzhe and the others came over, they saw Bi Jiayin falling from the wall.

The wall is said to be very high, but in fact it is not that high. It is less than three stories high. A normal person will not die if he falls from it.

But this is not reality, this is a playground.

Yuan Jing burst into tears and cried out in despair. She sat on the ground, with blood marks on her knuckles where Bi Jiayin had stepped on her.

Li Yiluan sighed and glanced at the time.

"The timing is perfect."

This is just full of irony.

They stayed where they were, watching the sky grow darker. Finally, Li Yiluan spoke up, "The key is still that student and teacher."

Yuan Jing hugged her knees and said, "But we don't know what happened."

"It's too passive. There are no clues and no way to leave. This is just a closed and abandoned school." Li Yiluan said.

Shen Yunzhe listened to them talking, and then heard a gurgling sound.

Just like the first time, Yuan Jing touched her stomach and said she was hungry. She said it in a daze, and she probably felt that this scene was so familiar, as if it really coincided with their first time.

Shen Yunzhe looked up at the sky.

"I have a question." Shen Yunzhe spoke after they all finished speaking.

Li Yuluan and Yuan Jing looked at him.

"Each of us corresponds to a campus horror legend, and died because of it," Shen Yunzhe said. "In the announcement, a high school girl committed suicide for no reason, and a teacher committed a murder with a weapon. At least according to our information, they are not people who would do such a thing."

Shen Yunzhe asked, "Are they, like us, also acting like this because of this terrifying legend that has become reality?"

The scene fell into silence for a short time.

"If it's really what I said, then why did they die?" Shen Yunzhe seemed to be talking to himself. "A senior student who committed suicide by jumping off a building? That doesn't seem likely, because Lan Sicheng died for that reason, so our death wouldn't overlap with theirs."

"A high school girl and a teacher, or two people."

"Go to the computer room and check the campus forum," Li Yiluan said. "Students jumping off buildings will be restricted, but supernatural stories like these won't be deleted, especially since students of this age are more likely to discuss such things."

Shen Yunzhe looked at him, and he remembered the old computer in the computer room that had been turned off. "There seems to be something in it."

"Let's go now while we're still alive." Li Yiluan pulled Yuan Jing up from the ground. "Our time will soon be up. According to what you said, if we lose you, we'll die in less than an hour. Time is running out."

Yuan Jing sniffed, looking like she wanted to cry but couldn't. She nodded vigorously, "Go."

So the three of them came to the computer room late at night. The corridor was dark and the classroom was also dark. Only the green sensor light was still emitting green light, but this green light made the place look even more eerie and terrifying. The computer room was very quiet and they quickly found the computer that was still waiting for the forum account.

Turning on the computer, Shen Yunzhe began searching for campus horror legends.

A lot of information popped up, row after row, and many of them were fake at first glance.

It can be seen that the students of this school are keen on horror stories, but this makes them feel overwhelmed as they have to choose the content they need from these stories.

"This!" Yuan Jing suddenly raised her voice and pointed at a post.

There was a knock on the door of the girls' dormitory in the middle of the night. It was a drunk man I didn't know. How did he get into the girls' dormitory?!

"Girls' dormitory, knock on the door." Yuan Jing said, "Isn't this what we've experienced before?!"