Chapter 6
“Tick-tock.”
A faint sound like water drops was heard, and the arm of the paper man fell heavily to the ground, leaving a deep cut. A few dark blue dots of light floated quietly upwards under the paper blade, and Gu Qingming, who was supposed to be hit, disappeared on the spot.
“Wow——”
Chu Zhongyuan and Gu Qingming appeared from the swirling deep blue water vortex in an instant, and moved out of thin air to the wall of the dormitory building about ten meters away from the paper man.
The deep blue water behind Chu Zhongyuan rippled as if it was being stirred, making a sound similar to that of flowing water in a pool.
He put his right hand around Gu Qingming's shoulder, his left hand was glowing with a deep blue fluorescence, and he looked alert as he watched every move of the paper monster.
Teleport?
Is this Chu Zhongyuan’s ability?
Gu Qingming stared at the deep blue surrounding Chu Zhongyuan beside him. He actually had the leisure to think at this critical moment.
And judging by the other party's proficiency in using the ability, this is definitely not his first time using it...it seems he has a lot of experience.
Gu Qingming pretended to comment in his mind.
"Xiao Ming, you weren't hit, were you?"
Chu Zhongyuan was quite at ease.
The strange paper man opposite was frozen, seemingly immersed in the disbelief that he had missed the target, and did not move immediately. Chu Zhongyuan took this opportunity to leisurely call his classmates by their nicknames.
"It's okay, I just thanked you... your ability is very cool!"
Gu Qingming steadied himself, thought about it, and gave a thumbs up to Chu Zhongyuan on the side.
"I think so too. Great minds think alike. You have a good eye, Xiao Ming."
Although Chu Zhongyuan still spoke shamelessly, his whole aura became happy, like a cow cat wagging its tail.
Phew, that’s easy to understand.
Gu Qingming couldn't help laughing when he saw Chu Zhongyuan showing his emotions. He didn't expect that the class legend would be such a person.
Isn't it easy to get along with? What's wrong with it? Just stroke it as you would a cat.
But now is not the time to relax, the threat from the paper man has not been resolved yet, and the safety of the two of them is currently not guaranteed at all.
The current deadlock is due to the paper man's awareness of the unknown deep blue fluorescent sea around Chu Zhongyuan. Once it understands Chu Zhongyuan's abilities, those blue water tides will probably be of no use in stopping it.
The next course of action must be decided quickly.
"Run or..."
Gu Qingming turned his gaze from the paper man to Chu Zhongyuan.
".......Do you think we have the ability to cause damage to it? It seems that there is no other choice..."
Chu Zhongyuan smiled bitterly.
"Your only ability...is movement?"
Gu Qingming whispered, and in order not to cause the paper man to move, both of them communicated in the lowest possible voice.
"And can only move oneself and beings with whom one is in physical contact."
Chu Zhongyuan felt helpless.
"Then, retreat? Then..."
Gu Qingming gestured to the dormitory building behind them with his eyes.
The internal structure of the dormitory building is more complicated. Compared with the spacious outdoor area, it can maximize the flexibility of the two people compared to the paper man.
Moreover, according to the nature of horror novels, places with a lot of people are always safer.
What's more, there are dormitory supervisors and security rooms in the dormitory building.
"Go find the dormitory supervisor... or call the police right away. This may not be something we can solve..."
Chu Zhongyuan looked at the ground where the paper man was attacking with his arms, and there was a deep crack on the cement road.
If cutting the streets is as easy as cutting melons, then cutting the bodies of mortals like him and Gu Qingming must be as easy as cutting tofu.
"I think the same as you."
Gu Qingming nodded, but the weather was not good. Just as the two of them slowly retreated, looking for an opportunity to run back to the dormitory building, the bronze snake piece that he had placed in his pocket made a crisp "ding-ling" sound, like the prelude of a musical instrument.
The sound was not loud, but in the quiet and dark night, it was like a sudden thunder.
For a moment, silence was Cambridge tonight.
"Walk!"
Gu Qingming secretly thought that something was not right, and hurriedly pulled up Chu Zhongyuan, who had not yet reacted, and ran towards the dormitory building. Chu Zhongyuan was stunned to be pulled up by this seemingly quiet and "weak" boy and ran at a terrifying speed that even he, the 100-meter champion of last year's sports meet, could not keep up with, and the other party did not even use his special powers.
Behind the two men, the paper man that had been in a long stagnation seemed to be awakened by the sound of "ding-ling" and suddenly stood up. It was so fast that Chu Zhongyuan could hardly see it clearly. He could only see a vague shadow winding behind him.
Gu Qingming pointed to the entrance of the dormitory building without giving any explanation, but Chu Zhongyuan understood what he meant instantly as if they had telepathic communication. A tide of faint blue fluorescent light spread up from behind the two of them, and a deep blue flashed by. The next second, they appeared at the entrance of the dormitory building more than ten meters away.
Gu Qingming held Chu Zhongyuan's arm with one hand and, without any hesitation, tried to use his elbow to knock open the heavy glass door of the dormitory building, making noise to attract the attention of people inside the building.
But contrary to their expectations, Gu Qingming did not succeed - the door was actually tied tightly from the outside with thick chains, and it was extremely strong.
"How is that possible?!"
Chu Zhongyuan shouted out loud.
Who would lock the dormitory door from the outside at a time like this?
The targeting is obvious. There is someone in the dark, hoping that they will be attacked by the paper men, and then get injured... or even die.
Chu Zhongyuan thought of the luck-changing ritual items he had collected from his classmates, and associated them with the news of the blockade in the senior year of high school. A bad premonition emerged in his heart.
There is someone who possesses some special abilities like him and Gu Qingming, and he reached out to Lantai No. 1 Middle School, but his specific purpose is unknown.
Gu Qingming's first reaction was to look around the dormitory building. The lonely evening breeze carried a steaming heat. The street lights in the green belt cast many dim shadows of plants, swaying with the arc of the evening breeze.
The green wind seemed to make his five senses extremely sharp, but even so, Gu Qingming did not detect any human breath.
Someone just locked the dormitory door, but now the person in the dark has left.
Who could it be? The fox mask?
The randomly pieced-together information quickly flashed through Gu Qingming's mind. He and Chu Zhongyuan thought of the same thing, but the most urgent task was how to get rid of the paper monster behind him.
He had no sharp weapons on him, so he didn't bother to doubt whether the snake carving was an antique or how valuable it was.
Gu Qingming took out the snake-shaped bronze piece from his pocket and, using all his strength, smashed it heavily against the four corners of the glass door.
But the glass on the door did not crack as quickly as he expected.
Something like black smoke lit up from the four corners of the door, and then disappeared, like a protective shield firmly locking the integrity of the glass door. The huge reaction force almost shook Gu Qingming away in the opposite direction. Chu Zhongyuan hurried over to try to catch Gu Qingming, but found that the seemingly weak boy had already stabilized himself.
His movements are smooth and beautiful, just like a martial arts star in a martial arts movie.
"The dormitory door wasn't just locked, someone had left other things on it related to special abilities - things that couldn't be explained by science and couldn't be broken open."
Gu Qingming frowned. The extent of the strange events brought about by the notebook had exceeded his expectations.
“Someone really doesn’t want us to go back.”
Gu Qingming emphasized the word "very". In his terrifyingly bland voice, Chu Zhongyuan could faintly feel the anger that sent chills down one's spine.
At the critical moment of life and death, Chu Zhongyuan discovered that the classmate in front of him, although elegant and calm on the surface, did not seem to be deeply affected.
"It's too late, the monster is coming!"
Chu Zhongyuan looked at the paper monster running towards them, his voice trembling slightly.
He grabbed Gu Qingming's shoulders, and the deep blue water surged over. The two changed positions again and came to another direction more than ten meters away. The young man was panting, and the continuous displacement seemed to put a great burden on him. Chu Zhongyuan clearly felt that something in his body was rapidly flowing away.
Gu Qingming also noticed that the star-like water tide behind Chu Zhongyuan had dimmed a lot.
The use of these special abilities is not without limits, and they must find a way to resolve their dilemma before they can no longer be used.
On the other side, the paper monster, based on inertia, swung the paper blade in its hand towards the dormitory door fiercely. The black smoke reappeared, but the paper blade, which was powerful enough to cut the concrete floor, did not leave any marks on the dormitory door.
Even the paper man can't open the door of the dormitory now. It seems that I can completely give up the idea of going back to the dormitory to find the dormitory supervisor.
Gu Qingming and Chu Zhongyuan suddenly felt sad. The other teachers or academic staff who were on night watch in the huge campus were too far away from the dormitory building, and Chu Zhongyuan was almost losing his strength.
The noisy noise they made outside did not attract the attention of the people in the dormitory building. It seemed that the strange blockade also had a certain effect of isolating the sound.
What can I do now?
Gu Qingming thought hard.
I wonder if these long winds can condense into wind blades, like those designed in some games, to cause a certain degree of damage to the paper figures.
The paper man moved extremely quickly. After realizing that the two people had disappeared, he quickly locked onto their positions and rushed in the right direction.
Seeing this, Chu Zhongyuan condensed the deep blue water in his hand again. At least for now, he could dodge every attack from the opponent.
Gu Qingming was chased by the paper man here because he saved him. No matter what, as long as he was still there, he could not let anything happen to Gu Qingming.
Chu Zhongyuan secretly made up his mind.
"jingle--"
A strange bell sound suddenly rang out, and Chu Zhongyuan's sight gradually became blurred in the rippling deep blue water. In the hazy touch, it seemed that the outlines of everything around him were blurred together.
Gu Qingming sensitively noticed that the bell sound that suddenly rang at this time was not the sound made by the bronze snake ornament before.
Along with the sound of the bell came a pure white, terrifying crack that looked like lightning.
Those cracks seemed to have life. They suddenly appeared on the paper figure that had stopped moving, then spread and shattered.
The huge human-sized paper man shattered into countless pieces in an instant. The monster that had forced Chu Zhongyuan and Gu Qingming into a corner floated lightly in front of them and turned into a pile of broken paper pieces, returning to the size of a normal paper man.
"jingle--"
The sound of the bell gradually faded away, as if it was fading away on its own in the darkness of the campus late at night.
Only Gu Qingming and Chu Zhongyuan, who remained where they were, looked at each other and confirmed that everything that had just happened was not just one person's illusion.
Gu Qingming turned around and ran two steps to the dormitory door, only to see that the heavy chain lock had been opened at some point and was hanging crookedly on the glass door.
The brown-eyed boy stretched out his hand and pushed gently. The black smoke disappeared, and the door of the dormitory building was easily pushed open. Everything returned to normal, as if it was just a dream.
"This... this is impossible..."
Chu Zhongyuan turned his head and looked at the cement surface not far away. The deep marks made by the paper man were still there.
In the green belt not far away, Gu Qingming saw that his eyesight, which seemed to have improved after Elan appeared, helped him see that the black smoke on the paper man condensed into a black shadow the size of a stray cat, which flashed far away in the distance and disappeared into the night.
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