The Silent and Eerie School (25)

The two security guards standing at the door immediately came over, and just as they were about to grab Li Su's arm, who was standing at the front, Qi Zui blocked them by stepping aside.

The security guard's hand, hovering in mid-air, trembled incessantly, his dark pupils almost popping out of their sockets. In the end, he didn't dare to grab Qi Zui's arm, but instead changed direction and grabbed Huang Chenchuan's arm, who was standing behind Qi Zui.

"All of you, come here!"

The stiff face was almost pressed against Huang Chenchuan's face; he could only keep his head down and dared not look up at all.

Li Su was sandwiched between Qi Zui and Qi Ye, looking around at the unfamiliar path in front of her.

Where are they being taken?

"Keep up with me!" The security guard, pulling Huang Chenchuan along, turned back to warn him at any moment.

The security guards led them to a dilapidated wooden hut. One of the guards used a large bunch of keys slung over his waist to unlock the door and impatiently pushed them all inside.

"Bang—" The door of the wooden house was slammed shut.

The sound of keys clinking could be heard outside the door.

The security guard confirmed that the door was locked before peering through the crack in the door at them, a strange smile on his face.

"Clean this room thoroughly!" the security guard said sternly. "If you don't do your job properly, hahaha..."

The security guard left with a sly, piercing laugh.

Jiang Xiaoning covered her ears, as if she heard the sound of fingernails scratching a blackboard.

"Fresh nutrients nourish the flowers..."

In the distance, the security guard's cheerful yet eerie voice could be faintly heard.

The moment the door closed, Huang Chenchuan collapsed weakly to the ground: "You scared me to death..."

Now the group was no longer sleepy at all. The cabin didn't have any windows, but probably because it had been so long, some of the wooden planks that built the cabin had broken off, and light was faintly shining through the small gaps.

"Don't sit down," Wang Fan reminded him.

"Huh?" Huang Chenchuan's eyes widened.

Wang Fan rubbed his forehead, shifting his gaze from the corner, and said in a low voice, "Next to you—"

Huang Chenchuan looked at his hand in confusion, and the next second, a sharp scream rang out.

"ah------"

The person who had just collapsed to the ground with weak legs suddenly sprang up like a spring that had been compressed to its limit, pounced into Wang Fan's arms, and clung to him tightly like a koala.

"Holy shit! Aa ...

"Where...where did these bones come from...?"

Huang Chenchuan's voice trembled violently, and his eyes were tightly closed, refusing to look at the place where he had just sat.

He didn't notice that when the security guards chased him to the cabin, he turned around to see what they would do next. The cabin had no windows and the lighting was dim. He never imagined that he would sit down next to a pile of bones.

And, moreover, it was as if he had just been held in the arms of those skeletons.

"I dare not open my eyes, hoping it's just my imagination."

"That unlucky kid, tsk tsk..."

"The most unlucky person in the horror game has finally appeared. It's just too tragic."

Wang Fan stumbled as Huang Chenchuan tugged at him, but he didn't push him away. Instead, he reached out and patted Huang Chenchuan's shoulder, saying, "Don't be afraid, we're all here."

"Waaaaah—" Huang Chenchuan was so frightened that tears welled up in his eyes. He stood up, supporting himself on Wang Fan's arm, his legs as limp as noodles.

"Were you scared?" Qi Zui released Li Su's ear and asked softly.

The moment Huang Chenchuan's expression turned terrified, Qi Zui had already covered Li Su's ears with his hands.

Qi also stood in front of Li Su, blocking most of the view of the hut, so Li Su didn't see anything scary.

However, listening to Huang Chenchuan's shouts, he also vaguely sensed something.

Li Su shook her head.

Did you hear what the security guard said as he left?

For some reason, Li Su was very concerned about that sentence.

Huang Chenchuan looked up at him with teary eyes and asked, "What did you say?"

"Fresh nutrients nourish the flowers..."

Li Su repeated what the security guard had said when he left, but without the strange tone.

Even without that inexplicable tone, Huang Chenchuan felt goosebumps rise all over his body the moment he heard those strange words.

Wang Fan felt Huang Chenchuan, who was clinging to him, shudder again. He grabbed the slowly sliding man with his hand, preventing him from collapsing to the ground.

Wang Fan shook his head. "I didn't hear it. Could I have misheard? Besides, these NPCs don't seem like they know how to grow flowers."

Huang Chenchuan nodded in agreement, "Yes, the students even hold their pens the same way. Their time is completely squeezed out, so where would they find the leisure or time to appreciate the flowers?"

Li Su frowned slightly but remained silent.

He hadn't misheard; it was precisely because they hadn't seen any flowers in this instance that he paid special attention to what the two security guards said.

Just as Huang Chenchuan said, the Shengze Middle School in this instance obviously doesn't have flowers planted for people to admire.

Are there any flowers here?

What does "fresh nutrients" refer to?

Wang Fan, supporting Huang Chenchuan, looked around the small wooden hut and asked, "How long are we going to be locked up?"

"It's over. We still haven't made any progress on the main quest, and now we're locked up again..." Huang Chenchuan's eyes were filled with despair.

All they know so far is that unruly students at the school are killed, but apart from that initial small pile of bones, they haven't found any other clues, let alone any information that their mission requires them to uncover the truth.

Now they are locked up in an unknown place, and they don't know if they will be released or when they will be released.

"Su Su received a solo mission yesterday, so you must have discovered something, right?" Qi Zui asked, noticing that Li Su was frowning and deep in thought.

Huang Chenchuan's eyes widened as he looked at Li Su and asked, "Huh? There are solo missions too?"

Li Su nodded: "I went to the school history museum yesterday. It contains the files of students who have died over the years. My progress on the main quest is already 40%."

Li Xue quickly looked at her interface and found that the task progress had reached 40%.

Wang Fan frowned in thought: "So now the remaining 60% is for us to reveal the truth? Isn't the truth that these students will be eliminated once they are deemed to have broken the rules?"

Li Su slowly spoke up: "Perhaps we still need to find the place where the bodies are buried."

“We’re constantly being monitored by teachers and security guards at school. We can’t escape them at all. So far, we’ve only looked at the school’s teaching buildings, cafeteria, and dormitories. How are we supposed to find a place where the bodies are buried?” Huang Chenchuan’s face grew increasingly worried. “Brother Qi, do you have any ideas?”

Qi Zui lowered his eyes: "Now we're out of their surveillance, aren't we?"

For a moment, the air in the cabin seemed to freeze.

"Yes, that's right!" Huang Chenchuan's legs were no longer weak, and he looked excited.

“Since so many students have died, the disposal of the bodies has become a major problem. If the school wants to maintain its title as an excellent middle school, then the only way to deal with such a large number of student bodies is to handle them privately within the school. They can’t just transport these bodies out of the school in large numbers.” Qi added, “After all, the more people who know, the greater the risk of the secret being leaked.”

"Shall we call the police after we find the body? Ah—"

Wang Fan tapped Huang Chenchuan on the head: "Are you stupid? Shengze Middle School is a fully enclosed boarding school. We can't get out at all. We don't even have anything to contact the outside world."

Huang Chenchuan covered his head, his face ashen, when suddenly his eyes lit up: "Can the teacher go out?"

Qi Ye looked at him quietly: "Why don't you go and talk to those teachers?"

"Never mind..." Huang Chenchuan said softly.

Those teachers are clearly NPCs who have been assimilated by the game; talking to them will only lead to your death.

Huang Chenchuan glanced quickly at the pile of stark white bones in the corner, and asked in a trembling voice, "Aren't these human bones piled up like this? Why is the system completely unresponsive?"

“Right. If they are human bones, then weren’t there bones in that room when we were first pulled into the game?” Wang Fan also remembered, “The system didn’t warn us about that back then.”

Not human? Then what could it be?

Li Su pursed her lips, mustered her courage, and glanced in the direction of the pile of bones. However, there were no lights in the wooden house, only scattered glimmers of light shining through the gaps between the wooden planks, making it difficult to see clearly.

"Su Su wants to see?" Qi Zui's lips curled up.

Li Su shook her head reflexively, but then hesitated before speaking, "I want to confirm if those are human bones, but I can't tell..."

Li Su paused, her voice gradually softening: "I don't dare to look either..."

"Baby, you're such a good girl!"

"So cute I'm dizzy, help! @o@"

"Who's that little face trying to charm?!"

"Then I'll go and take a look for you." Qi Zui's smile widened.

His baby is truly honest and adorable.

"Huh?" Li Su looked up blankly at Qi Zui, who had already stepped towards the pile of bones in the corner.

"Stand still." Wang Fan straightened Huang Chenchuan's shoulders.

"Huh? Huh?! Big brother, what are you doing?" Huang Chenchuan suddenly became nervous. "You can't abandon me!"

Wang Fan said helplessly, "I'm a doctor, I can tell if it's human bone. Let go, I'll go take a look with Brother Qi."

They have already obtained a lot of information by relying on Li Su and Qi Zuiqi, so they can't rely entirely on others.

"Oh, oh, oh!" Huang Chenchuan nodded repeatedly and loosened his arms that he was holding tightly.

However, Huang Chenchuan's legs went weak when he saw the two of them lift a bone and place it in the crack of the wooden board. He turned his pleading gaze to Li Su, who was not far away.

"Su—" He had barely uttered one word when Qi Ye looked at him. Huang Chenchuan silently shut his mouth and slowly approached Li Su and Qi Ye, his legs trembling.

After carefully examining one bone, Wang Fan frowned and picked up another.

Qi asked him calmly, "Well? Can you tell?"

"Hmm." Wang Fan's complexion improved considerably, and he held up the two bones to show them.

Huang Chenchuan's legs went weak, and he leaned closer to Qi Ye, his eyes tightly closed: "Big brother, don't bring it over, just stand there and talk!"

Li Su looked at the bones in his hand, her palm unconsciously clenching: "So these are human bones?"