Chapter 52 A Strange Classroom, A Terrifying Desk Mate...

Chai Ze sighed, a bitter taste lingering between his lips.

Not many people died when attacking the Tianxia base, but a quarter of them were lost during the recent fog attack.

Fortunately, some people remained at Hope Base, preventing them from suffering serious damage.

Soon, two squads approached him.

"Where are our captain and Captain Shanran?"

"Where is Captain Shanran?"

The questions were asked by the Kunwu Squad and the Sofia Squad, respectively.

Both squads were seriously injured, so Shan Ran and Kunwu Yecheng left them outside and did not enter the Tianxia base headquarters. As a result, they escaped in time and everyone was still alive.

Chai Ze hurriedly asked his men, but found that none of them had seen Shan Ran and Kunwu Yecheng.

Chu Liuxing called out "Captain!" and was about to rush back when Maxim held him firmly in his arms.

Lin Mo wanted to drag his heavily injured body to find someone, but he was stopped.

They are both in poor condition and need treatment and rest. Going in to find someone now might just be a burden to the two captains.

However, no one wanted to go far, so Chai Ze had a temporary encampment set up nearby.

The next day, no one came out except for the monster.

The same thing happened on the third day.

On the fourth day, Rhine and Mengxin from the Good Luck Base also arrived. After inquiring about the situation, the two tried to rush in, but it took everyone's combined efforts to barely stop them.

It wasn't until Chai Ze shouted, "What if Captain Shan Ran comes out but doesn't see you? Should she go back in?"

Only then did the two calm down, and they rebuilt two outposts, patiently waiting outside.

On the fifth day, the people sent by Zack and another team sent by the authorities arrived. Zack himself did not come. He made a video call to the people at the Good Luck Base to express his apologies, saying that if it weren't for him, Shan Ran would not have encountered the fog, and he would apologize to Shan Ran and the Good Luck Base.

On the sixth day, Rhine and Mengxin also fought fiercely against the monsters that emerged from the mist, as if venting their anger. It seemed that the more they killed, the less burden Shanran would bear. Even Rhine began to consume crystal cores when she was exhausted. However, Mengxin also remembered Shanran's words: rest when you are exhausted, and continue when you are ready.

On the seventh day, the commotion was so great that it attracted a lot of attention. People started taking photos and videos and uploading them to the forum. Some people found out what had happened. By this time, Chai Ze had returned to Hope Base. The move to annex a base was significant, and there was still a lot of follow-up work to be done. He couldn't stay here indefinitely.

On the eighth day, the situation gradually escalated. Many people learned the ins and outs of the matter and condemned the organizers of the arena and the participants in the entire incident. However, before Sam died, only Kunwu Yecheng had contacted him, and Sam had hidden the information very well, making it impossible to find the person behind the scenes. Therefore, there were many different opinions online.

Besides the Colosseum incident, many people are also paying attention to Shan Ran. Kunwu Yecheng is an official team member with a rather mysterious identity, and there has never been a full-face photo of him online, so most of the discussion is focused on Shan Ran.

Some people lamented the passing of such a young and exceptionally talented person, while others praised her for sweeping away darkness and doing good for the people of mainland China. Still others mourned her passing and felt sorry for her.

The Shanran fan club was filled with lamentations.

Inevitably, some people tried to slander and smear Shanran, but they were quickly overwhelmed by a barrage of counterattacks.

Eight days have passed, and most people believe that Shanran and Kunwu Yecheng are dead.

Apart from Rhine and Mengxin, only members of Sofia's squad and Kunwu's squad remain here.

Having just experienced such a major event, Boss Zack generously granted the team members a long vacation. The official team, having lost a key member and knowing how important Captain Kunwu was to the members, didn't rush them to leave.

Outside the fog, people came and went, and many came to watch the excitement, but only a group of people who surrounded the encampment never left.

——

Shan Ran opened her eyes. She felt someone pushing her and looked up to the side.

It was her deskmate, a girl with short, ear-length hair wearing a school uniform.

Shan Ran looked down and saw that she was also wearing a school uniform. The desk in front of her was full of textbooks, and one of them was open in front of her with her name on the cover.

She was at school, and next to her was her deskmate, Huang Yuqin.

These memories suddenly flooded Shanran's mind, including her family, school, interpersonal relationships, and so on, including scenes of her time with Huang Yuqin.

The memory is complete, but for some reason, it feels a bit unreal.

Shan Ran covered her head, seemingly because she had just woken up and was still a little confused, which gave her a strange feeling.

"Xiao Ran, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

Huang Yuqin, who was standing nearby, saw her rubbing her head and showed her great concern.

Shanran turned her head, about to say that she was fine, but was frightened by the scene in front of her and let out a scream.

Huang Yuqin, who was perfectly normal just moments ago, now has no facial features. She doesn't even have a mouth. How did she make that sound?

"Xiao Ran, what's wrong? What are you afraid of? Are you afraid of me?"

Huang Yuqin stood up and moved closer.

Am I not pretty?

"Why are you hiding? Speak up!!"

The voice of the faceless monster gradually distorted, becoming unusually sharp and piercing, causing Shan Ran's eardrums to ache.

Shan Ran was so frightened that her whole body went limp. She fell backward to the ground, trying to get away from the faceless thing, but it kept closing in and soon got close to Shan Ran, showing her its blank face.

"You think I'm ugly."

After saying that, Shanran felt a sharp pain in her neck. In a dizzying moment, her body didn't move, but her head turned 180 degrees backward, revealing the scene behind her.

She didn't even manage to scream before she died.

"Ahhh..."

Shan Ran suddenly straightened her back, her mind still filled with the terrifying images of her dying moments, and she screamed uncontrollably.

"Xiao Ran? Xiao Ran, what's wrong? Are you alright?"

Someone put their hand on her shoulder and patted her gently, trying to comfort her.

Shan Ran was startled and only then came to her senses, seeing everything clearly in front of her.

My neighbor was Huang Yuqin.

She wasn't faceless; instead, she was squatting normally beside Shan Ran, her expression full of worry.

Shanran looked around. She was still in the classroom, with several classmates looking at her curiously. She was sitting on the cold floor, and everything seemed normal.

Did she just have a nightmare?

But she clearly fell!

Shan Ran's chest heaved violently. She struggled to her feet and sat down on a stool.

"Xiao Ran, wipe your sweat."

Huang Yuqin, who was standing nearby, handed over a tissue, her concern seeming genuine.

Shan Ran wiped herself haphazardly, and it took her a while to recover.

She comforted herself, telling herself it was just a hallucination, just a hallucination.

I probably slept too long at noon and my head was a little foggy, so I had a nightmare.

Such a dream was too strange to talk about, so when Huang Yuqin asked her what happened, she just gave a perfunctory answer.

English class is in the afternoon.

The unsettling feeling in Shan Ran's heart resurfaced.

English class? Why would there be an English class? Isn't there only one language on the entire continent?

But why does she feel like there is only one language?

Two strange thoughts were vying within her, making her distracted and so much so that she didn't hear the teacher call her name.

It wasn't until Huang Yuqin nudged her that she quickly stood up and shouted, "Here!"

The English teacher was a young woman with long curly hair and a pretty face. She was staring at Shan Ran with a smile on her face.

"Shanran, didn't you hear me call your name just now?"

Shan Ran was a little embarrassed and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, teacher, I was a little distracted just now."

Why are you spacing out?

"Huh?" Shan Ran looked over, puzzled. How was she supposed to answer that?

Why are you spacing out?

Why are you spacing out?

Shanran sensed something was wrong. The English teacher still had that smiling face, but it looked very stiff, as if two strings were pulling up the corners of her mouth, giving her the feel of a puppet disguised as a mannequin.

The teacher's gaze gradually turned strange. She ignored what Shan Ran was saying and simply repeated the same sentence.

It was as if many voices were superimposed, men and women, old and young, near and far, many different voices saying the same thing, buzzing and noisily intruding into Shan Ran's mind, making her feel dizzy and nauseous.

Looking up again, Shanran finally realized why something was wrong.

The sound didn't come from the teacher's mouth, but from inside the mouth of her mouth.

The teacher opened her mouth, and there was another mouth inside.

Then the mouth opened again, revealing another one inside.

Every mouth was opening and closing, repeating that same sentence.

Why are you spacing out?

However, all the students around seemed not to notice and continued to listen attentively.

Only the monster disguised as a teacher above is still repeating the same thing!

Shan Ran could no longer hold back and turned her head to vomit.

She wiped her mouth, looked up in alarm, and tried to run away, only to find that the teacher had returned to normal.

The English teacher looked at Shanran with a puzzled expression and asked, "Shanran, are you feeling unwell? If you are, please sit down and let the next student answer the question."

He then called another student to stand up, and that student gave the answer.

Shanran was so frightened that she broke out in a cold sweat. She stood there until the teacher reminded her to sit down again, and then she slowly sat back down on the stool.

"Xiao Ran, are you alright? Why have you been so dazed since you woke up?" Huang Yuqin asked softly from the side.

Shanran didn't dare turn her head, afraid that she would see some terrifying scene if she did. She just answered softly, "It's nothing, I'm just feeling a little unwell."

"Then go to the infirmary after class, don't force yourself to stay awake."

Shanran nodded without saying anything.

Her goosebumps persisted, and the hairs on her body stood on end, as if it were a defensive action instinctively performed by her body.

Just then, a commotion arose from the basketball court outside, and Shanran turned to look.

Her seat was by the window, giving her a clear view of the entire basketball court.

There was a class having a PE class on the court. They were playing basketball normally before, but now a group of people are gathered around the basket, and in the middle is a boy who has fallen to the ground.