31 You Must Save Me [Part 2]

◎Even if I become a ghost, I won’t let you go◎

After morning reading, the teacher arrived in the classroom.

Qi Qiuxue imitated Liu Ziman's behavior yesterday, pretending to be extremely unwell and weak, and asked to go home to rest.

The teacher approved it and asked her to go to the office to find the head teacher and call the parents to pick up the child. But when Qi Qiuxue actually borrowed the phone, she found that the phone had no signal and could not make any calls.

She even tried to call the police, and she was able to make the call successfully, but no one answered the call, only a continuous beeping sound.

"Teacher." Qi Qiuxue returned the phone. "Your phone has no signal and can't make calls. Can I borrow another teacher's phone?"

"Okay." The head teacher nodded. "Go ahead."

So Qi Qiuxue turned to other teachers in the office for help. After many attempts, she finally discovered an extremely strange phenomenon.

——All the teachers’ cell phones couldn’t make calls. Every phone had a problem, either with no signal or damaged, making the call function inoperable. Two teachers even accidentally left their phones in the dormitory and couldn’t respond to her call for help.

Finally, she even used the office landline, but was still unable to broadcast.

During this period, Qi Qiuxue did not give up and secretly tried to go online, but she soon found that both the school WiFi and data traffic were unusable. They seemed to be completely cut off from the outside world and there was no possibility of passing any information out.

"What's going on?" Even the teacher was puzzled. "Why don't you go to the infirmary and rest for a while and come back later."

"But I'm really feeling unwell right now. I can't hold on any longer." Qi Qiuxue feigned weakness and squeezed out a few tears. "Teacher, can you please let me go home first? I can sign the leave note when I return to school, okay?"

"That won't do." The head teacher shook his head, ignoring her tears and pleas. "That's the school's rule. You must have a note to ask for leave."

"If you really feel uncomfortable, go to the infirmary first. I have things to do, so I'll leave first." After saying that, the teacher no longer looked at her and quickly got up and left.

After a while, Qi Qiuxue calmly wiped away her tears and went to the infirmary alone.

It seems that under the mechanism of the copy, it is not an easy thing to go out. Even though the head teacher said that they could try again, Qi Qiuxue knew that it was unlikely that the call would be able to go through.

The school doctor prescribed some medicine for Qi Qiuxue according to her condition. Thinking of what happened to Liu Ziman, Qi Qiuxue didn't take it. She put it in her pocket when the school doctor wasn't paying attention. Then she lay on the bed with her eyes closed to rest. Her sleep quality had been very poor in recent days, so it was good to have some time to rest now.

The get out of class was over in a blink of an eye. Li Yiqing and Su Wen came to see her. Perhaps because he discovered during morning reading that Qi Qiuxue and Su Wen were whispering to each other again, Li Yiqing was a little unhappy and kept a distance of eight feet between himself and Su Wen.

Su Wen didn't bother to pay attention to her. The two of them walked into the infirmary one after the other and found Qi Qiuxue lying on the bed.

"Axue, how are you?" Li Yiqing asked first, his face full of worry. "Are you feeling better?"

"I'm fine, I was just pretending." The school doctor wasn't in the room at the moment, so Qi Qiuxue lowered her voice and spoke softly to her, "I just wanted to see if I could use this as an excuse to leave smoothly, but obviously, I failed."

"The situation was urgent, and I didn't have time to tell you." She said softly to Li Yiqing, "I'm sorry."

Axue actually apologized to her.

The unhappiness in Li Yiqing's eyes disappeared immediately, and he said repeatedly: "It's okay, it's okay."

Fortunately, she didn't have a tail, otherwise it would have been shaking like a propeller. Su Wen looked away speechlessly: "Won't the head teacher approve the leave?"

"Yes and no," Qi Qiuxue said. "If you want to successfully apply for leave, you have to ask the parents to come to school to sign and pick up the child. But all the teachers' cell phones have no signal, so the phone can't be reached and the parents can't be contacted, so the leave can't be applied for."

"I even suggested I return to school and then write a note for my leave, but the teacher flatly refused, saying it was against school rules."

"The more we try to stop them, the more it indicates there's a problem. It seems that successfully opening the school gate and escaping smoothly is indeed the key to survival." Su Wen lowered his eyes and analyzed, "If it doesn't work, I'll call a few more players to go to the gate guard together during the break and try our luck."

"Yeah." Qi Qiuxue nodded, "But be careful not to violate school rules. Don't do things like climbing over the wall to escape unless it's absolutely necessary. Who knows if it might violate any taboos."

"And more." She took out the medicine from her pocket and handed it to the two of them. "This is the medicine the school doctor just prescribed for me. Find time to ask Zhao Xiangning to check if there is any problem."

Su Wen nodded: "Yeah."

Li Yiqing also nodded: "I understand."

"Axue, are you coming back?" she asked again.

"Not going back yet." Qi Qiuxue said, "I finally have the chance to skip classes openly. I have to make good use of this time and explore as much as possible."

"Okay then." Li Yiqing respected her wishes, "Then be careful."

Qi Qiuxue: "I know. It's almost time for class. You guys go back first."

"Okay." Li Yiqing stood up and left the infirmary with Su Wen one after another.

Qi Qiuxue lay back on the bed, recalling the layout of the offices on campus. For ease of management, there was not just one office for each teacher. Each grade had a floor, and each floor had three office areas: one for the liberal arts teachers, one for the science teachers, and one for the head teachers of each class.

We are now in the second class. After class it will be time for exercises. At that time, the head teachers of each class will need to go downstairs to supervise the exercises, and the office will be empty.

Maybe I can take this opportunity to look for clues.

Thinking of this, Qi Qiuxue closed her eyes again and waited patiently until the bell rang again. Outside the door, she heard the sound of students going downstairs for exercise. At first, there was chaos and noise, but then it gradually became quiet.

Qi Qiuxue found an excuse to hide from the school doctor, got up and went to the office. After pushing open the door, there was indeed no one inside. For some reason, there were no cameras installed in the office, which provided great convenience for Qi Qiuxue.

She quickly found the head teacher's desk and began to search carefully.

Before she knew it, Qi Qiuxue had found many things.

Yes, it’s cards, a lot of cards. Normally, a normal person wouldn’t have so many cards unless they were obtained through other means. There are not only bank cards, but also shopping cards, gas cards, etc.

Was it a gift from your parents?

These cards were clipped in a book in the desk drawer. Qi Qiuxue took a quick look at them and quickly put them back in their place. She continued to search other places, and then she noticed an attendance sheet, a duty roster, and a small key.

She had a hunch that this key might be useful. Since it was buried in such a deep and hidden corner, it was obvious that it was not used very often. Even if it was taken away, it would not be noticed for the time being.

Qi Qiuxue put it directly into her pocket and turned her attention to the attendance sheet, which recorded the students' attendance for the month. Qi Qiuxue was surprised to find that on October 12, the day before they entered the dungeon, the box with the player's name was written with "absent".

Next are the reasons for absence recorded by the class teacher. Some were on sick leave, some had to take personal leave due to the death of a family member, and some violated dormitory or class regulations and were ordered to go home and reflect.

By a perfect coincidence, eight players including Zhang Xue, Li Yiqing, Su Wen, Li Mengyu, etc. were not at school that day, and did not return until early Sunday morning.

What's going on?

Qi Qiuxue had a hunch that something was wrong, and as she continued to look down, she found that the attendance sheet after October 13 was blank, with no notes on it.

I have attended classes for several days, but the head teacher did not update the attendance sheet in time. Did he forget to record it or... is there any other reason?

She temporarily made note of this doubt and continued to check the duty roster, which contained the duty schedule written by the head teacher. It was updated weekly based on dormitories. The nine dormitories were divided into groups of three and were responsible for two consecutive days of cleaning, including classes and sanitary areas. When there were exams, the exam room would also need to be arranged.

When it was the turn to clean dormitories 403, 404, and 405, there seemed to be one more location besides the ones listed above.

The head teacher had obviously already made a note there, but perhaps something interrupted her arrangements, and she ultimately failed to clearly mark the location.

Where is it?

This location seemed to be extra. Qi Qiuxue compared it with last week's duty schedule and found no useful information.

Time is running out.

Qi Qiuxue heard footsteps coming from afar. Morning exercises had ended and teachers and students had returned one after another. Even if there were still some clues that had not been found, she should not stay any longer.

Qi Qiuxue gave up the search, put everything back in place according to her memory, and returned to the infirmary.

The school doctor was not there, and no one knew where he had gone. Qi Qiuxue didn't pay too much attention to it and just lay on the bed with her eyes closed to rest.

After an unknown amount of time, footsteps were suddenly heard at the door. At first, Qi Qiuxue thought it might be Li Yiqing or a player coming to visit her, but when she looked over, she found that the person coming was Lin Yan.

She walked in silently, looking dazed. Qi Qiuxue saw that her eyes were empty and her lips were pale.

She was standing not far from Qi Qiuxue and didn't speak for a long time. Qi Qiuxue didn't know what she was going to do, but a danger alarm had already sounded in her heart. She leaned her body to the right towards the table behind her, and her hand secretly reached behind her, her fingertips touching the vase on the table.

If Lin Yan tried to do anything dangerous to her, she would take action before she did.

But what she imagined did not happen. Lin Yan burst into tears the next second. Her eyes were full of pleading and longing. She helplessly and painfully asked Qi Qiuxue for help.

"Axue, I don't want to die, I really don't want to die." She burst into tears and even knelt down to beg the person in front of her, "Can you please save me? I'm so scared, I'm really scared. I'm afraid that I will fall into the same situation as Liu Ziman, and I'm afraid that no one will lend me a hand!"

"But you're different. You're calm and smart. You're braver and more reliable than any of us. Ah Xue, please save me, please. If something really happens, please don't abandon me!"

The NPC actually sent a call for help to the player.

Qi Qiuxue did not respond in a hurry. She just frowned and stared at the person in front of her, trying to find some clues. The two of them were deadlocked for a moment. After a while, perhaps because she had not received any confirmation and felt resentful, Lin Yan suddenly looked up at her with bloodshot eyes.

"You must save me." She spoke word by word, gritting her teeth, "Otherwise, even if I become a ghost, I will not let you go."

【Author’s words】

Here I come, kiss my babies, and go to bed early, muah muah muah muah!

Thanks to the little angel who threw the shallow water bomb: Shi Yi 1;

Thanks to the little angels who cast mines: 2 Mancao; Huhutu, Langli's Dog, Qiulang is a fairy, and 1 Internet addict;

Thanks to the little angels who irrigated the nutrient solution: KspecialY, 10 bottles of glowing sodium bicarbonate;