The Silent and Eerie School (Part 3)

The moment Qi Zui noticed Li Su's legs going weak, he pulled her into his arms. The fragrance that had been lingering around his nose became even stronger, even penetrating his lungs.

Qi Zui's Adam's apple bobbed as he obsessively brought his head close to Li Su's neck, attempting to devour all those alluring scents.

Terrified, Li Su completely missed Qi Zui's subtle movements, even snuggling closer into his arms, her voice trembling as she spoke, "Qi...Qi Zui, did you...did you see those bones...?"

Qi Zui was very pleased and hugged the little person in his arms even tighter. He only glanced at the ground with one eye before whispering in Li Su's ear, "Yes, I saw it."

Hearing Qi's most certain answer, Li Su's legs went even weaker, as if she were walking on cotton, and she began to fall uncontrollably. Tears welled up in her eyes again. "That...that...that's a human skull, isn't it..."

Qi Zui's lips curled up slightly as he put his arm around Li Su's slender waist and whispered, "Be good, don't look, close your eyes, I'll take you away."

"Waaah..." Li Su closed her eyes and sobbed, completely losing her composure.

He was a real coward; he really wanted to scream, but he held back when he thought of the strange woman at the door.

Besides, even Li Xue, who seemed so timid, didn't scream. It would be too embarrassing for a boy like him to scream...

"ah!"

Li Su was stunned for a moment. Had he shouted out loud?

Didn't he bite his lip? How can he still make a sound?

Huang Chenchuan finally saw everything in the room clearly and couldn't help but scream in surprise.

They were almost at the door when the woman who had been blocking the doorway moved to the side. With no obstructions at the door, the light now streamed completely into the room.

The tiles on the floor were covered with irregular dark red patterns, some of them long and winding, others like splatter marks. At first, Huang Chenchuan could comfort himself by saying that these were just tile patterns, but now he saw a mountain of skulls and various hand and leg bones piled up in the corner.

It couldn't even pile up properly, so it rolled down from above to the middle of the floor, right at his feet.

His adrenaline surged instantly, and Huang Chenchuan couldn't help but scream out loud.

"Waaaaah..." Li Xue kept her head down the whole time, clutching Jiang Xia Ning in front of her, completely unaware of what had happened, but she was also trembling with fear when she heard Huang Chen Chuan's scream behind her.

Jiang Xiaoning was a bit braver. She often went to haunted houses with her friends, so she was a little afraid of these things, but not much, and it was still within her acceptable range. Jiang Xiaoning kept telling herself that these were props in the haunted house, and that they were now exploring the haunted house.

After she could barely accept it, Jiang Xiaoning reached behind her and grasped Li Xue, who was tightly gripping the back of her clothes.

Wang Fan was quite accepting of these things. He had already encountered them in his experimental classes during his student days, and had even experienced something more terrifying during surgery, so he didn't have a strong reaction. However, when he saw so many bones, he couldn't help but frown.

With so many bones and bloodstains, what exactly happened here?

Only now have all of them gained a basic understanding of this game; they have truly entered a horror game.

Huang Chenchuan instinctively wanted to hug the person in front of him, but after seeing that it was Li Xue, a petite girl, he immediately turned around and tried to hug Li Su behind him.

Huang Chenchuan turned around and saw Li Su with tears in her eyes, being tightly embraced by one of the twins.

Feeling Huang Chenchuan's gaze, Qi Zui narrowed his eyes and swept his gaze over him.

Huang Chenchuan shuddered. He felt that Qi Zui or Qi Ye's gaze was no less intense than that of the skeletons...

Huang Chenchuan was on the verge of tears, his gaze passing over the two and landing on Qi Ye at the back of the line.

"Qi Zui..." Huang Chenchuan had just called out when both twins turned to look at him. Huang Chenchuan swallowed hard. It was better to scare them than to be alone. He was practically dying and needed someone to hold him back.

“Qi Ye…” The two twins’ eyes remained unchanged.

grass!

Who is who?! How can twins look exactly alike?!

Huang Chenchuan was really about to cry. He sniffed and timidly called out, "Brother Qi..."

Huang Chenchuan carefully sized up the person who was holding Li Su and said, "Brother Qi, is it alright for me to stand between you two brothers?"

Neither of them spoke.

"Please... Brother Qi..."

"Tsk." Qi clicked his tongue impatiently.

Feeling embarrassed by being stared at, Li Su placed her hands on Qi Zui's hands, trying to pull him away.

Li Su looked at Huang Chenchuan and said, "Why don't you stand behind me? I..."

"You're behind me." Li Su was interrupted by Qi Zui before she could finish speaking.

Qi Zui glanced back with a gloomy face, and Qi Ye stiffly moved back two steps, making room between the two twins.

"Thank you... thank you, Brother Qi..."

Huang Chenchuan was so frightened that he could barely speak. After being given permission, he quickly ran between the two twins. Just as he was about to reach out and grab Qi Zui's clothes, he heard the person in front of him click his tongue impatiently again, and he quickly withdrew his hand.

Huang Chenchuan leaned back quietly and said to Qi Ye, "Qi, Brother Qi... I... I won't hold you anymore... Could you hold onto my clothes instead...?"

Qi Ye: "No."

Huang Chenchuan: "......"

Brother, why don't you hesitate a little before rejecting me...?

The abrupt refusal to accept the situation directly shattered Huang Chenchuan's heart, but at least he could still see Qi Ge's back as he stood between the two much taller twins, and Huang Chenchuan felt a sense of peace settle down...

"Crack—"

Well, that's what Huang Chenchuan thought at least until he stepped on that bone.

Yes, yes, yes... I'm sorry, I'm sorry... I didn't mean to step on your bone...

Huang Chenchuan felt like crying but had no tears left. He apologized in his heart to the owner of the bone he had accidentally stepped on, and while apologizing, he secretly kicked the bone away a little with his toe.

Huang Chenchuan's tense emotions also made him completely overlook the fact that the twins Qi Zui and Qi Ye even had identical voices.

The commotion behind her made Li Su instinctively want to turn around and look, but she met Qi Zui's displeased gaze. Qi Zui said lightly, "Be careful not to step on a bone."

One sentence reminded Li Su of her experience before she fell.

He's such an unlucky guy, he stepped on a bone right from the start, and...

Li Su looked at her right hand and felt a wave of nausea; she had just touched bone with that hand.

Can he not want this hand anymore...?

Her right hand was grasped by a warm, large hand. Li Su looked at the large hand covering her right hand and blinked very slowly.

It was as if the cold, white bone-like sensation clinging to his palm had been replaced by delicate skin. Li Su subconsciously looked up, only to meet Qi Zui's gaze.

Qi Zui has striking features, thin lips, and a pale color. His pupils are pitch black and unfathomable, giving him an unapproachable air. However, when the owner of these eyes curved his eyebrows, the coldness around him dissipated considerably.

"I'm a little scared, can you hold my hand?"

As he said this, Qi Zui really put on a scared expression.

Li Su remembered that Qi Zui had just nodded seriously about their relationship and said, "Okay."

Huang Chenchuan blinked as he watched Qi Zui's retreating figure.

So he was scared too. Was his calmness and composure just an act?

He's such a good actor; Huang Chenchuan couldn't tell at all that he was scared just now.

Huang Chenchuan silently gave him a thumbs up in his heart.

"Keep up! Keep up!"

Hearing Huang Chenchuan's scream, the strange woman at the door felt much better, and her expression became more smiling as she looked at them.

Stepping out of the room, Huang Chenchuan realized they were in a complex corridor with three paths branching off in front and behind, leading to bottomless darkness. Huang Chenchuan felt his legs going weak again and could only follow closely behind Qi Zui. "Qi... Brother Qi, where... where are we being taken?"

"No manners at all!" the woman said coldly, her thick glasses reflecting the sunlight from the corridor as she coldly swept her gaze over Huang Chenchuan.

A strange smile curved the woman's lips as she rolled up the papers in her hand and looked at the group of people in front of her, saying, "Go back to your classrooms. I have things to do. Remember not to go to the wrong classroom, or else..."

Before the woman finished speaking, she raised her eyebrows in a good mood, swayed her hips, and walked down a side road, leaving the others standing there looking at each other.

[Sub-task 1 is now open: All players, please find your class as soon as possible. (Sub-task 1 has a ten-minute time limit. Please arrive at your class before class starts to prepare, otherwise the task will be considered a failure.)]

A successful completion of the task will earn you 100 points.

Students who fail to arrive at the class by the deadline will be considered to have violated the rules, will be deemed to have failed the task, and will be eliminated by the system.

Dear players, this is a beginner's quest with generous point rewards!

Task Hint: Please recall the relevant details; the truth is often hidden in places easily overlooked.

[All players, please get ready. The ten-minute countdown has begun.]

The moment the system finished explaining the rules, Li Su saw a small hourglass appear on the light blue interface in front of her, with the number in the middle of the hourglass already showing 09:59.

Li Xue's eyes were swollen from crying, her eyes red and swollen, and she asked in a trembling voice, "What should we do...? What class are we in...?"

"grass!"

Wang Fan couldn't help but curse.

They've only been in here for less than half an hour, right? How can they possibly get any information by being locked in a pitch-black room right after they come in?

Who knew this damn game would have side quests! And they even have a 10-minute time limit!