Everything happened so suddenly. Mingqiao had not felt much before and had almost no impact. The change of time was more like an illusory concept to him at that time. But this time, it was like a novel plot, and the time reversal happened in front of him. Mingqiao was shocked to "travel" to the past in an instant.
"Mingqiao, are you listening to me?" Zhang Tao cried and said, "What should we do next?"
Yesterday at the same place and at the same time, Zhang Tao did the same thing, first asking himself if he had heard what he said, and then asking what to do next. Obviously, he should have been distracted at this time yesterday, but he couldn't remember why he was distracted at that time. Mingqiao also clearly remembered that he didn't answer any of Zhang Tao's questions yesterday, and after Zhang Tao vented, he just comforted him and repeatedly repeated that the students would not really die.
As if history was repeating itself, without waiting for Mingqiao to answer, Zhang Tao growled to himself, "I unconsciously killed four students again today. I'm about to collapse! I don't want to be the invigilator anymore. I feel so guilty that I want to die!"
"Zhang Tao." Unlike yesterday, Ming Qiao slowly pulled Zhang Tao up from the ground and made him stand against the wall. Ming Qiao's voice was gentle, but more like a silent river, steady and surging: "What I'm going to say next may subvert your perception, but please listen carefully and believe me."
Zhang Tao was shocked by Mingqiao's serious expression. He blinked twice and sobbed, "You say."
"I found a computer in the principal's office that can travel back in time."
Zhang Tao's mouth slowly opened until it became a circle. He pushed Ming Qiao hard and said, "No, you don't have to make up such a lie to deceive me, right? A time machine? That's something from anime!"
"I didn't lie to you." Ming Qiao also expected that he would not believe it, so he dragged him to the seventh floor: "I will take you to verify it now. If what I said is true, we can go back to the past and change everything."
Zhang Tao resisted at first, but he lost his temper in the end. Although he and Mingqiao had only known each other for a short time, Mingqiao really didn't need to lie to him at this time. Although Zhang Tao couldn't understand the strange phenomenon in the school, he accepted it. It didn't seem strange that something anti-human like a time machine could appear here.
"There should be someone in the principal's office now." Zhang Tao panted and tried his best to move towards the next staircase. "Will we not be discovered? I get scared when I think of the faces of the new and old principals."
"It's discovered. Don't forget what we are here for. Besides, is there anything more terrifying than being forced to kill people as an NPC?" Ming Qiao raised his index finger to his lips, asking him to speak in a lower voice. "But if you are scared, just hide. If I succeed, I can take you back to the past, and then you will naturally believe me. But if I fail, you can also find a way to go back in time to save me."
Zhang Tao felt that Mingqiao was laughing at him for being timid, but he was indeed timid. The method Mingqiao suggested was very good. As long as he was not forced to take risks, he would do anything.
"How did you find out about this?" Zhang Tao asked curiously.
"Today, no, tomorrow night. After learning that setting questions is one of the ways to become the chief invigilator, I decided to flatter Sun Guiping. But when I went upstairs, I found that they were not in the office."
Mingqiao took Zhang Tao to the staircase on the seventh floor. Zhang Tao was so tired that he couldn't breathe. He bent down, propped up his knees and looked up and said, "So I found out another way to become the chief invigilator tomorrow and told you, but you still chose the first one. What then?"
"Then I went into the office and turned on one of the computers and found that the time could be changed, so I changed the time to the day before, which was today, and then came here."
Facing the dark and gloomy corridor again, Mingqiao still felt a little scared.
"Walk."
Zhang Tao was afraid that someone would attack him from behind, so he took the initiative to attack first.
The lights in the innermost office were on as usual. After passing through different classrooms, the two soon stood at the door of the principal's office.
Mingqiao gave a look to Zhang Tao who turned his head away.
Zhang Tao hunched over the wall, looking at Mingqiao with a questioning look on his face.
Mingqiao had no choice but to let him go. He stood on the other side of the door and pushed it gently.
The door made a slight friction sound as it moved, but it was loud enough for everyone to hear clearly.
This time, the office door was not locked.
Immediately, the sound of a chair being moved and two hurried footsteps were heard in the office. The footsteps came from far away, and every step stepped on the two people's tense nerves.
Mingqiao made a prompt decision, pulled Zhang Tao up and ran. It was definitely not realistic to run downstairs now, as it would be too obvious and conspicuous. They could only randomly choose a dance studio with a half-closed door and sneak in, hiding behind the floor-length curtains.
"Who is it?" Sun Guiping's angry voice resounded throughout the corridor, and there were even two echoes.
Mingqiao looked at Zhang Tao, who was sweating coldly, and signaled him to relax, breathe, and try to remain absolutely quiet.
Mingqiao could hear that Sun Guiping's voice was filled with anxiety and panic. He was panicked that his secret might have been known to others. His privacy had been leaked, so he would not be able to remain as calm as before.
"Gui Ping." The old principal followed immediately and asked: "What should we do?"
"No one has come into our office yet, I'm sure of that." Sun Guiping said seriously, "We need to add a line of defense to the system."
"Okay, I'll listen to you."
"The password needs to be changed too."
"Change it, change it immediately."
Sun Guiping seemed relieved after saying this: "We shouldn't make a fuss. Maybe it's just the old door that's loosening and making the noise."
"Yes, yes, I'll change the door another day." The old principal said quickly, "Let's go back."
Only after making sure that the two had returned to the office did Mingqiao pull Zhang Tao out from behind the curtains.
Zhang Tao looked like he had just been pulled out of the water, with cold sweat dripping down his cheeks. He stared blankly at Ming Qiao, his legs unable to stop weakening.
"Why are you so scared?" Ming Qiao gave him a little support. "I thought you could flatter the two principals calmly and you shouldn't be afraid of them."
"That's different." Zhang Tao wiped the sweat off his face with the back of his hand: "Chatting with the boss and catching the boss having an affair are not the same thing."
"..." Mingqiao was completely convinced by Zhang Tao's metaphor.
Zhang Tao didn't care what he said. He waved his hand at Ming Qiao and said, "Well, I'm definitely not going to be able to do it today. I'll come back tomorrow to watch the time machine with you."
"Will you still be like this tomorrow?"
"After this battle, I have mastered the enemy's tactics. When I regroup tomorrow, I will surely win a great victory." Zhang Tao said, "But today, I am really exhausted. Mingqiao, please take me back quickly. I beg you."
Zhang Tao's nonsense made Mingqiao back off. Anyway, Sun Guiping and the principal were there today, so he couldn't find an opportunity to take action. Since he knew that the two would definitely not be in the office at 20:13 tomorrow night, he might as well come back tomorrow.
Mingqiao could only drag Zhang Tao back to the office.
For the next day, Zhang Tao did not wake up at all during the day. Mingqiao guessed that he was frightened and his consciousness was not so firm, so he only woke him up when it was almost eight o'clock.
"You said we would go up to see the time machine today." Mingqiao said calmly to Zhang Tao, whose face was swollen.
"Ah, is that true?" Zhang Tao rubbed his head and smiled at Ming Qiao: "I don't remember saying that."
Mingqiao didn't care whether he remembered or not, he dragged him away and took him to the seventh floor.
There are still about ten minutes until 8:13, and the two of them still went into the classroom where they stayed yesterday and waited.
Zhang Tao's condition was slightly better than yesterday. He pulled the curtains and stuck his head out to look outside with Mingqiao.
"Are you sure no one's here tonight?"
"Sure."
But just as Mingqiao finished saying this, a figure flashed past in the corridor outside the classroom.
Zhang Tao immediately shrank back in fear, but Ming Qiao’s eyes widened.
That figure was very similar to himself in height and shape. If the person outside the window was really himself, then the swaying shadow he saw when he passed by the dance studio yesterday was Zhang Tao?
Sure enough, the figure quickened his pace as soon as he passed by their classroom. Mingqiao used a lot of effort to pull Zhang Tao out from behind the curtain, and he tiptoed behind "himself".
Mingqiao watched himself climb over the window easily, so he pulled Zhang Tao to the outside of the window and looked inside.
Just like yesterday, Mingqiao tried the password several times, entered the computer page, clicked the icon but there was no response, then he swiped to the time, changed the time, and disappeared.
Zhang Tao rubbed his eyes and watched all this in disbelief. He pointed to the seat where Ming Qiao had just sat, then pointed to the one next to him, and finally said, "I'll go!"
"I didn't lie to you."
"Oh my god." Zhang Tao exclaimed repeatedly: "So next, the disappeared you will come back to the office and tell me that you found the time machine, and then we will go upstairs to check it out, and the two principals are there, so we made an appointment to come today. It's a cycle, my god."
"With this, we can verify a lot of things," Mingqiao said.
"for example?"
"Like whether the people who died in this ridiculous game at school are really dead."
"You want to verify this?" Zhang Tao's eyes widened. "No, you dare to take this risk? Didn't you say you won't really die? Is it necessary to verify it?"
"It not only verifies whether a person will die, but also proves once again that the time machine is really useful. Zhang Tao, in tomorrow's test, I will find a way to irritate you, and you will take the opportunity to kill me. After two days, you come here and find a way to turn the time back to tonight." Mingqiao told Zhang Tao the computer password and asked him to recite it several times.
"If I die, I'm dead. You tell the new student in class No. 6 to rescue everyone here." Ming Qiao took a deep breath: "But if I live..."
"If you were alive and returned to this evening, we would have unlimited time and opportunities to decipher this game and become everyone's savior."
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