The strict family education since childhood made Mingqiao habitually respect his teachers and be well-behaved only because he knew that what Sun Guiping asked him to do was always right.
But this game has gone beyond Mingqiao's tolerance. He will never become an obedient NPC who is at the mercy of others. If you want to kill people through him, you have to be dead.
"Teacher Ming, are you listening?" Shi Xin's voice interrupted Ming Qiao's wandering thoughts. He said, "Jiang Su can't talk to you directly, so I'll tell you about the general situation over there."
"I'm listening." Mingqiao quickly focused his attention and waited for Shi Xin to continue.
"After Jiang Su went in, he fell into the water. He has just climbed onto another boat and is rescuing people. I saw those hanged ghosts lying on the backs of people. Although they appear as a bunch of pixel blocks here, their shapes alone are quite scary. They are a bit similar to the ones we encountered in the casino, except that these hanged ghosts are less lethal and easier to get rid of. Jiang Su can handle them alone."
Ming Qiao heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this: "But I'd be scared if I suddenly looked back and saw something like that."
"Jiang Su has found a way to get rid of those hanged ghosts faster. This time he saved another boat with six or seven people, two of whom were awake."
Mingqiao looked down at the time and saw that the countdown on his cell phone showed there were still eight minutes left.
It turned out to be the right decision to send Jiang Su. After all, Jiang Su was different from Qin Xue. He was smarter, and he would soon become an adult, with a mature and stable personality. Ming Qiao was very confident that he could go alone. If any of them were replaced, they would not be as fast as Jiang Su.
"Teacher," Cao Haibo looked at Mingqiao who was about to get on the treadmill and asked with his head tilted, "Why can't we wait until all the power is cut off before rescuing people? Wouldn't it be more convenient this way?"
Ming Qiao shook his head. "We don't know what the consequences will be if the power is completely cut off. If the power goes out at a certain time and the 'children who haven't played enough' are trapped here, we won't be able to rescue them, nor will we be able to complete the side quests, and we will be cleared out of the playground. Besides, we don't have enough manpower. If NPCs appear after the power goes out, we will be busy rescuing people and dealing with NPCs at the same time, which will only make us exhausted."
Cao Haibo nodded as if he understood, after all, here, Mingqiao was the boss, and whatever he said was the law.
Mingqiao looked at Cao Haibo with an expression that looked like it was none of his business, and narrowed his eyes slightly: "Cao Haibo, next time you come with me to rescue someone."
"No, no, no, I dare not." Cao Haibo quickly refused. He regretted asking Mingqiao that question just now. Otherwise, he would have huddled in the corner and acted like an invisible person, and would not have been noticed by Mingqiao.
Mingqiao was already immune to Cao Haibo's ability to jump back and forth between bravely showing up and being a coward. He patiently said, "You can follow me or Jiang Su first. Don't worry, these dungeons are not very dangerous, and there are people to protect you. You will come back safely."
"No, no, no, no!" Cao Haibo began to stutter. His head and hands shook like rattles. Every cell in his body was resisting the idea of breaking into the dungeon.
"Then you stay here and run? I'll follow Jiang Su to save people?" Ming Qiao continued to test.
Cao Haibo said with a bitter face: "That's even worse. I'm scared if you all leave."
"Then you have to choose one."
Mingqiao looked at Cao Haibo, and the vague pressure made Cao Haibo feel uneasy. He raised his eyes to look at Mingqiao, and after a long time of hesitation, he reluctantly said, "I'd better stay."
Mingqiao's mouth curled up slightly. Cao Haibo looked timid and unreliable, but he was still okay. Mingqiao believed that human potential was unlimited. Cao Haibo's strong muscles were enough for him to deal with some extreme and special situations when he was pushed to the limit. Besides, Cao Haibo couldn't just rely on others to protect him. He had to take on the responsibility, otherwise his physical training would be in vain.
Mingqiao can go to reinforce Jiang Su without any worries after he arranges the rear. After all, no matter how powerful Jiang Su is, he is still a child. Mingqiao can't let a student take risks all the time. As a teacher, he should at least lend a hand.
"Teacher, I'll use the treadmill this time." Cao Haibo encouraged himself and returned to the state of emerging, "I need to adapt first."
"Okay, I'll go out and pick up Jiang Su."
When the lights in the amusement park dimmed again, Ming Qiao waited next to the pirate ship.
The creaking pirate ship slowly came to a stop, the light on top of the device flickering. Mingqiao used the flashlight on his cell phone to look into the cabin. Jiang Su and his group suddenly appeared and were dazzled by the light, raising their arms to shield their eyes.
"Mr. Ming." Jiang Su was soaked, with water dripping from the ends of his hair. His wet school uniform jacket fell on him like iron, bending his back slightly. He looked bad. Ming Qiao and Jiang Su first pulled the two girls who were still awake out of the cabin, and then carried the remaining unconscious ones.
Mingqiao saw that Jiang Su was not in a good condition besides falling into the water, so he quickly asked, "What happened?"
"I can't contact the reporter. Also, the exam has started in the dungeon."
Mingqiao's expression instantly turned serious after hearing this. He then noticed that Shi Xin had indeed not spoken for a while. However, Shi Xin was not in the library, so he should not be in any danger. Mingqiao was not too worried about him. Obviously, Jiang Su's focus was on the second half of his sentence.
Mingqiao glanced at the time on the old phone screen. It was already past five in the afternoon. He briefly explained to Jiang Su that Shi Xin couldn't be contacted because the library was out of power. He anxiously asked about the situation: "What do you mean the copy exam has started?"
Jiang Su said, "Just as you expected, this is a test game, but in fact it is more direct. After I rescued the students on the first boat and tried to rescue people on the second boat, the ropes used to hang people were replaced with a very strange combination lock. You need to answer the questions and choose the correct answer within the specified time. The correct answer rate must reach 90% to open the lock."
“What types of questions are they?”
"There are nine high school courses interspersed." Jiang Su blamed himself, "I am a science student, and I am not very good at those liberal arts questions. Fifteen minutes should have been enough for me to rescue the students on the second boat, but this incident happened, and I can only watch them hanging there."
Ming Qiao felt a little bitter when he saw Jiang Su like this: "It's okay, you have done very well, I will accompany you this time."
"There is no time to lose." Jiang Su said.
"good."
The two men simply arranged for the few people they had just rescued and entrusted them to the care of Cao Haibo. After doing this, they immediately stepped into the cabin of the pirate ship.
This time, the two sat side by side at the last position on one side of the boat, waiting for the pirate ship to start slowly.
The power generation device was no longer disturbed, and the pirate ship naturally resumed operation. The sounds of the mechanical gears turning and the tracks rubbing rang clearly in the ears of the two men. The first dive after rising up made Mingqiao grit his teeth.
The strong sense of weightlessness brought by the fall made them subconsciously hold the protection pole in front of them tightly. As the pirate ship gradually rose again and again, the sense of weightlessness became stronger and stronger. Mingqiao felt that his buttocks could not touch the seat later, and when he turned around, he saw that Jiang Su was not much better.
"The positions on both sides of the pirate ship are more exciting than the middle." Jiang Su smiled bitterly.
As the boat descended, Mingqiao's hair was blown up by the wind and scattered behind his head. His heart was pounding like thunder, and he closed his eyes again as the boat descended. In the midst of their trance, they had already reached a small boat floating on the water.
The surrounding area was an endless expanse of dark sea water, which made the sky dark as well, with no light shining through. The sound of the water dripping was like the whisper of a ghost, and the small wooden boat was breaking through the waves and moving slowly forward.
As soon as Mingqiao opened his eyes, he was shocked by the scene in front of him.
Less than one meter away from him and Jiang Su in the air, five students were hanging neatly, their eyes were closed and their faces were black, and behind them were "hanged men" with disheveled hair and wearing white clothes.
Perhaps they noticed that there were suddenly two more people on the boat, and the four hanged men all looked at the two of them.
Ming Qiao felt a chill on his back as he was stared at. His breathing even stagnated. Shi Xin was right. The shape of this thing was indeed scary. It was hard not to associate it with the ghosts and monsters in some well-known horror movies.
Jiang Su recovered first. After all, he had experienced it twice and was used to this kind of shock. He stood in the cabin and stretched out his hand to Ming Qiao who was sitting there: "Teacher Ming."
Mingqiao waved his hand to indicate that he was fine, and with the help of Jiang Su, he stood up. The two of them tilted their heads, looking past the hanged ghost with a terrifying look, and looked at the rope used to hang people.
At the knotted part of the rope, there is a digital combination lock buckle, with a total of ten grids, corresponding to ten digital gear dials. This kind of combination lock is very common. Turn the gear to select the correct number, and the lock can be unlocked if all are correct. But according to Jiang Su's 90% accuracy rate, it means that this lock buckle has automatically taken into account the error tolerance rate, so there is more than one password.
"That's it." Jiang Su said in a low voice.
Mingqiao nodded: "Let's get started."
Jiang Su pressed the lock button and a small note popped out from it.
The above is a history multiple-choice question with ten options.
Jiang Su handed the note to Ming Qiao, who glanced at it and said, "8."
Jiang Su turned the first gear on the lock to the number 8.
The second piece of paper was a physics problem. Mingqiao was not good at science, so Jiang Su had to solve it. Jiang Su spent some effort but finally solved it and got the number 2 in the end.
"I'm not a very good student." Jiang Su explained awkwardly, "I'm not familiar with this kind of questions."
"It's okay." Mingqiao sighed slightly: "...why don't you consider transferring to the affiliated high school in your senior year? The teachers there are better."
"No." Jiang Su shook his head. "I was two points short of the Affiliated High School in the high school entrance exam. These two points cost two hundred thousand yuan. My family won't give me that much money."
Mingqiao took another piece of paper, which was a political question: "Choose 5. I'm afraid our school will delay you."
Jiang Su turned the gears, and the two of them worked on the problem without stopping. He said in a slightly embarrassed tone, "Teacher, why are you slandering your own school?"
"I just want you to have a better life." Ming Qiao watched Jiang Su shift the next gear to 4 and said, "You're a smart kid. When you get out, I'll help you find some connections."
Jiang Su paused for a moment, and was silent for a few seconds: "Teacher Ming, are you so nice to every student?"
“Every child deserves it.”
After Mingqiao solved the last problem handed to him by Jiang Su, he reached out to turn the gear, and with a "click", the lock opened.
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