Chapter 123 Dahui 2 Middle School 1
Dahui No. 2 Middle School is located next to Hui River, and Huihe Avenue is outside the west wall of the campus. Originally, the area around the campus was not congested, but now people with trypophobia probably dare not look outside, because there are densely packed people outside the cars.
Hua Haoming rubbed his temples, "It's even more exaggerated than last time."
He saw Yang Mei next to him, pulling open the curtains and leaning against the window waving, which gave him an even bigger headache. "Isn't there anyone to take care of him?"
No one cares.
Xia Bai, who was sitting behind them, took off his mask and sat slumped in the last row, looking like a lost soul.
The calmest person was Ling Changye, but he said nothing and just lowered his head to drink water. The blue jade ring with excellent water quality also shone with a faint light in the dim light, and he seemed to be drinking tea in a teahouse.
On the other side, Yang Yi also said nothing.
Wen Yuxin, the only female player from the Game Management Bureau of Dahui No. 2 Middle School, who was sitting in the same row with Yang Yi, wanted to speak, but after taking a look at the big guys around her, she kept her mouth shut. She didn't dare to say anything to Yang Mei.
It is said that Erwa is the little star of the Game Management Bureau, and Yang Mei is the big star of the assault team. This is more important than being a big star in the real world, after all, his fans are all players.
I dare not say. I dare not say.
No one was talking in the front of the bus. Judging from their young appearance, many of them were probably students selected through exams. It was their first time entering the game, and they were either nervous and silent or too disdainful to talk to others.
In silence, the car slowly stopped in front of the gate of Dahui No. 2 Middle School.
The school is so big that when it was blocked, they just put a cordon around the outside.
Ordinarily, such a dangerous large-scale dungeon should be blocked more tightly, but in reality, it would be fine if one or two people, or even dozens of people went in, because it takes at least several hundred people to be drawn into the game together, so the blockade is not as strict as that of a small map.
The car stopped at the school gate for a while.
"Please get ready, we're about to get off the bus." The staff member of the Tourism Administration next to the driver said, "We are the first group to enter the school. I think everyone has seen the campus map. After entering the school gate, walk along the road in front of the school gate. Turn right at the first turning and enter the playground. Except for Hua Haoming, all players should gather at the playground."
Xia Bai put on a mask and a hat, followed Ling Changye, and walked out along the flow of people in front.
Before I got out of the car, I heard loud voices calling out, either Yang Mei or Hua Haoming.
The two of them went to the Fang Hua Beauty Salon map before, and during the live broadcast, they were recognized by many ordinary people, especially Yang Mei, who was covered in pink and gave off an ambiguous vibe. Not only players liked her, but ordinary people also fell in love with her at first sight. She has been very popular in the past two days.
He walked in front of Xia Bai, dyed his hair silver, and blew kisses everywhere.
Xia Bai was glad that he wore a baseball cap that could be pulled down, otherwise he would have been blinded by the flash lights. Because the big star had suffered another work-related injury.
"Come on! Come on!"
"Wait for you to come back!"
"You must come out!"
Xia Bai pressed his hat, stepped over the cordon amid cheers, and walked into the century-old Dahui No. 2 Middle School.
Dahui No. 2 Middle School has a long history. One side of the teaching building has been rebuilt, and the other side is the original three or four-story building without an elevator. When you enter from the door, on the left is an old building with a sense of time, and on the right is a brand new smart teaching building, as if you are walking at the intersection of two eras.
Except for Hua Haoming, forty-nine players quietly observed the campus and walked to the playground that the staff mentioned.
Behind them, fifty players from the second car also walked into the school gate, and one group of players after another walked into the playground. After the fourteen groups of [Level 1] players entered the gate, the cordon at the school gate was set up again.
699 players sat or stood quietly on the playground, waiting with bated breath.
According to the arrangement of the Tourism Bureau, 700 people will enter first. If these 700 people cannot start the game, 50 more people will enter again. Whether they can start the game depends on whether they enter the game lock state.
Three minutes later, Hua Haoming, who was left at the school gate, took two steps outside the gate and was able to walk out.
He returned to the school and waited for another two minutes. He tried again and was still able to get out.
The Tourism Management Bureau allowed another car of fifty people to enter the school.
Hua Haoming tried the same method twice and was still able to walk out of the school gate.
Under the gaze of countless people and cameras, the Tourism Management Bureau allowed another car of fifty people to enter the school gate.
Hua Haoming waited for them to go in for two minutes and then tried to walk out of the school gate again.
An invisible force blocked his outstretched foot, and he immediately retracted his foot without using brute force.
Locked.
Seeing him slowly walking towards this side, others also realized this, and the sound of breathing could be heard on the playground.
"Are we in the game now?"
"No, didn't you read the game science? This is the game lock status."
"Even if we're in the game, what should we do now?"
"It's so funny, look at those cowards being so scared hahaha!"
Amidst all the noise, Xia Bai took the backpack on his back to the front and unzipped it.
Hua Haoming, who had just walked over, was almost blinded by the things in his schoolbag.
They were all talismans for suppressing corpses and controlling corpses. He had never seen so many talisman papers before. They were more precious than diamonds. How could he not be blinded?
In Fanghua Beauty Salon, the fact that so many people could come out was largely due to the corpse-suppressing talismans and corpse-controlling talismans.
At this moment, seeing Xia Bai opening his schoolbag, he guessed what he was going to do. He took two steps to him and held his hand: "Do you know how valuable these things are? Give them out after you confirm that there is indeed a corpse in this book."
Xia Bai glanced at him, and Hua Haoming could actually tell what he wanted to express from his face.
Do you think I'm stupid?
Hua Haoming: “…”
The noisy playground suddenly became quiet. Everyone was looking at the corpse that appeared in front of the playground. The corpse had a gray and purple face and a talisman paper stuck on its forehead. The stiff body was twisting in various ways, sometimes swaying and sometimes shaking.
“…”
Even players who enter the game for the first time don’t feel it’s scary, they just feel it’s weird.
In front of the corpse, Xia Bai was still wearing his hat and had only taken off his mask. He squatted there like he was setting up a stall, spreading out the corpse-suppressing talismans and corpse-controlling talismans one by one without saying anything.
Soon some players noticed something.
Xia Bai had previously said in every game and outside of the game that his skill was to control corpses. As the most watched newcomer in the assault team this year, even if he was low-key, many people were secretly studying him. His corpse-controlling talisman and corpse-controlling talisman were actually very famous among the players.
Two veteran players walked over first, and one of the women asked, "Hello, are your corpse-suppressing and corpse-controlling talismans for sale?"
"Not for sale." Xia Bai said, "Exchange."
Almost everyone on the playground was listening to him.
Xia Bai said: "If you are willing to hand over your body to me, you can take one corpse-controlling talisman and two corpse-suppressing talismans from me."
"What do you mean? What do you mean my corpse?" the woman asked in confusion.
Xia Bai: "After you die, let me put it bluntly. If you die in this game, give me your body, and I can take your body out of the game and use it."
The two men looked at the twisting corpse and fell silent.
Xia Bai explained: "I won't let you dance. He is just my salesman."
“…”
Xia Bai didn't say anything else. He just waited quietly. After a while, a player came to exchange with him.
"Can I have your body?"
"Can."
Three talismans.
"Can I have your body?"
"Can."
Three talismans.
…
At the beginning, all the people who came to exchange were old players, who knew better the value and usefulness of the Corpse Suppression and Controlling Talismans. New players were still waiting and watching.
Xia Bai did not explain or promote his product in much detail. He had limited talisman paper and could not distribute them to everyone.
In fact, it is more advantageous for old players to exchange with him, because some old players have skills. Every time they pick up a corpse with skills, their skill level will increase by 20, and every time they pick up a corpse without skills, their skill level will only increase by 10.
So he didn't have to say much.
When a new player came to exchange, he was also willing to give him one corpse-controlling talisman and two corpse-suppressing talismans, without any distinction.
While more players were still hesitating, Xia Bai finished setting up his stall, and he wanted to share the remaining little bit with his teammates.
Those players wanted to exchange, but they couldn't.
"There are 52 in total." Hua Haoming counted the people he exchanged with, "Awesome."
For each additional prepared corpse, his skill level will increase by 2, so his skill level has increased to 104 levels.
Xia Bai smiled, very happy. He seemed to have found a way to sign contracts for corpses, and he could use this method to sign contracts for more corpses in the future.
The cinnabar pen is the most suitable prop for his skill, no wonder he held it tightly in his hand back then.
The reason for making this decision is that Xia Bai has been feeling the pressure recently. Dahui No. 2 Middle School is a large map that he has never been to. According to the psychic, there is also a large game map that will be landed soon. He wants to work hard to improve his skills as soon as possible.
Ling Changye also praised Xia Bai, "This is a good idea. You can use it after you leave the game and exchange with more skilled players."
Xia Bai thought so too and nodded.
Hua Haoming imagined the future in which Xia Bai would sign contracts for corpses in this way, and said "tsk". In the future, Xia Bai might be a representative of the assault team who is comparable to Erwa.
He was about to say this thought when he was interrupted by the sound of the game system.
[The game is restarting...]
[The game has been restarted, and the special map Dahui No. 2 Middle School has been refreshed. Welcome everyone to Dahui No. 2 Middle School. ]
[Dahui No. 2 High School is a nationally renowned experimental high school. It is the high school that sends the most talents to major top universities every year. Countless parents are trying their best to send their children to this high school. Dahui No. 2 High School is also a holy place in the eyes of countless middle school students. As long as you step into Dahui No. 2 High School, you have stepped into the gate of a key university. ]
[Congratulations to all students for successfully entering Dahui No. 2 Middle School, the dream of all middle school students. I wish you all success in the exam and success in the list of successful candidates. ]
After listening to the game announcement from the system's mechanical voice, Xia Bai waited for that emotional voice to speak to him.
This time the voice came a little later: [Welcome, corpse collector Xia Bai. ]
Xia Bai tried to talk to it in his mind like last time, [Who are you? ]
This time the voice quickly replied: [I am your system, Xia Bai, the corpse collector.]
Xia Bai thought about it, [When the game was tested, each player had a system. Are you my system at that time? ]
The system hummed softly, "I have always been your system."
really.
Sure enough, there was a game beta test, and sure enough, he had participated in the game beta test.
Xia Bai asked: [Can you tell me more about the game beta test? ]
There is no sound in my head anymore.
The last time he entered the Blue Tea Island game, he realized that the system seemed to be talking to him behind the scenes. Xia Bai did not ask it about the game beta test, but asked: [When is it convenient for me to talk to you? ]
After a long while, the system said: [Near the place where the game landed, but not in the game. ]
Xia Bai: [Okay.]
During the time he was communicating with the system, it seemed as if he was always in darkness. It might be because of the large map, the transition was much longer than the small map he had entered before.
After a few dozen seconds, Xia Bai saw the scene clearly.
He was still on a playground, but this playground was bigger than the one at Dahui No. 2 Middle School. People kept walking in from the entrance of the playground. Those were naturally not players, but students of Dahui No. 2 Middle School.
Directly in front of the playground was a temporary podium with a red banner hanging on it: Senior High School Oath-Taking Ceremony.
Their identities can be seen from this: they are senior high school students from Dahui No. 2 Middle School.
This should be the summer when I was in my third year of high school. It was summer, and many people were sweating under the scorching sun, and their school uniforms were stained on their backs by sweat. Maybe they didn't have a summer vacation, and school started early.
The oath-taking ceremony had not yet begun, but there were sounds of other students talking and shouting on the playground, and exciting music was playing, so the players could no longer remain quiet and started talking.
They were still standing in the same position as before, with Ling Changye and Hua Haoming next to Xia Bai.
Yang Mei walked over quickly, her face a little heavy, "It's a special map, a large special map, it doesn't look like there are any ghosts."
Generally speaking, players are more afraid of special maps because the gameplay is not as fixed as that of ordinary maps, and the unknown is frightening.
"With so many people entering the game, the possibility of it being a normal map is small." Ling Changye said: "The possibility of 700 people finding the truth is small, the possibility of competition is greater."
Hua Haoming gritted his teeth and said, "From what I heard about the background of Dahui No. 2 Middle School in the game, combined with our current identities, this might really be a game related to exams. Look how happy those top students are, and then look at how those death row prisoners want to kill someone."
Listening to the system's introduction, this game may indeed require them to pass the exam, and the test is high school knowledge. The game broadcast kept emphasizing how high the rate of admission to key universities is.
Those thirty examinees were so frustrated by the test papers set by the Tourism Administration that they wanted to vomit, but when they saw that they were currently senior high school students, they became happy again.
After their names were made public, many reporters went to interview them.
Xia Bai has read several interviews and knows that several of them are top scorers in the college entrance examination, and some of them come from provinces and cities where the college entrance examination is hell. Some of them were admitted to famous schools through special recruitment, and the champion of the International Mathematical Olympiad is here.
For them, taking various exams in the third year of high school is not difficult at all. They may think so.
Even though they knew that so many students from Dahui No. 2 Middle School failed to pass the game, the number of students from Dahui No. 2 Middle School who could be admitted to their school every year could be counted on one hand, and they were the top students in these schools, selected from the best.
Xia Bai: "That's a good thing. It shows that our preparations were effective. It's worth the effort of the Tourism Administration."
Hua Haoming sighed, "What about me?"
Yang Mei sighed, "Yeah, what should I do?"
Xia Bai glanced at him and said, "Aren't you good at taking exams and got into a good university?"
Yang Mei's face suddenly fell, she pursed her lips and said nothing.
Xia Bai glanced at Yang Yi who was walking towards him and knew that he had said the wrong thing.
The reason why Yang Mei got such good test scores back then was probably due to Yang Yi’s hard work.
Ling Changye said: "Don't worry about taking out a loan in advance. Even if it is a senior high school exam, it must not be an ordinary exam. The game can't have specially pulled us in just to let us take an ordinary high school exam."
Wen Yuxin, who was walking over with Yang Yi, said, "Captain Ling is right. This should not be an ordinary exam. I think we can first find out why this high school is so popular and how so many students can be admitted to key universities."
Ling Changye said: "That's right."
Wen Yuxin, who mustered up the courage to express her opinion among a group of bigwigs, was encouraged to point out a strange thing she found, "Look at the basketball court over there, there's a boy who seems to have been trying to stand up from his seat, and he hasn't stood up for a long time."
A few people turned their heads to look over, and indeed saw that the boy was half-standing up with his back hunched.
Just as they were about to discuss this phenomenon, a voice came from the playground broadcast: "Dear students, the oath-taking ceremony will begin soon. Please stand according to your class!"
Xia Bai looked down and saw a badge on his shirt with his class name on it: Senior 3 (13).
He looked at the name tags on several people again. He and Yang Mei were in the same class, while the others were in different classes.
After looking at the name tags of several classmates from the original world who were already standing, they each found the team that their class was in.
After standing in the team of Class 13, Xia Bai discovered that there was a top student player and more than 20 death row prisoner players in their class.
Several teachers sat down on the podium one after another. The one sitting in the middle was the grade director. He was the first to speak at this oath-taking ceremony.
"Classmates, I didn't expect that we would enter the third year of high school so soon."
The grade director looked to be around fifty years old. If you looked closely, there were actually no wrinkles on his face and his skin was fairly plump. The reason why he looked so old, Xia Bai looked carefully and thought it was because he was tired.
The fatigue mainly comes from the eyes, as if I have been staying up late for a very long time.
He spoke very quickly, but there were pauses in between, just like this time, he paused after saying this sentence, paused for more than ten seconds, and then continued quickly: "Some students have always had good grades in the past two years, and some students' grades are not ideal."
"Students with good grades should not be proud, and students with poor grades should not be discouraged. You should have discovered that the students with the best college entrance examination scores in our school over the years are not all students with good grades in the previous two years. There are even students who were at the bottom before. As long as you can grasp the third year of high school well, this year will be the year for you to change your destiny and create miracles."
This passage is meant to encourage students who have just entered their senior year of high school, and it also seems to be spoken to the players.
It doesn’t matter whether your grades were good or bad before, whether you were a top student or a poor student. As long as you make good use of the time in your senior year, even a poor student can achieve good results.
"Students, you must remember that no matter how hard this year is, as long as you are not going to die, you must work very hard and try your best to improve your grades. It is worth it to exchange one year for a lifetime, isn't it?"
"In order to encourage students to study hard and increase their sense of crisis, we have introduced a new elimination system this year."
After saying this, the head teacher paused for a while.
The players all know that the critical moment is about to come, and this elimination may mean exit from the game, which means death for them.
"Students, you all know how many people out there want to enter our Dahui No. 2 Middle School." The grade director spoke quickly again, even faster than at the beginning, so fast that they could hardly hear what he was saying.
After a long time, they felt the same as before when taking the listening test. Perhaps this is the characteristic of this school. Everything is fast and efficiency is the key. The students here are always tense.
"They all said that entering Dahui No. 2 Middle School meant entering a key university. Maybe some of our students thought the same way, thinking that they would be safe if they entered our school, and thus lost the motivation to study."
"We will implement an elimination system this year. Students who fail to pass the school's qualifying score for each exam will be asked to drop out. I believe there are many schools out there willing to accept students from Dahui No. 2 Middle School. You will find your own destination."
But the player will die, which is equivalent to being expelled from the game world.
Players all understand the game's death mechanism.
After the grade director finished his speech, it was the turn of the senior year student representatives.
She spoke a little fast, just like the head teacher. The players were all listening to her attentively, trying to get the secret to getting good grades from her, when suddenly someone shouted, "Someone's dead! Someone's dead! Another one is dead!"
Xia Bai looked over when he heard the sound and saw that it came from the basketball court.
The person who died was the boy that Wen Yuxin mentioned before the oath-taking ceremony.
When the playground broadcast sounded, they saw the boy hunched over, as if he wanted to stand up but was unable to do so completely.
Now I realize that he was not trying to stand up, he was just stabbing a fruit knife into his stomach.
He sat on the bench farthest from the playground on the basketball court, blood all over the floor. No one on their side could smell it because of the aroma of food from the cafeteria. He committed suicide quietly there alone.
Because of his suicide, the student representatives quickly said their last few words and the oath-taking ceremony ended hastily.
Perhaps he was still breathing, so someone called the school doctor.
They wanted to go over to see the boy and try to find any clues, but the school security had cordoned off the area, and the broadcast and teachers told them to return to the classroom.
Wen Yuxin lagged behind them by one step and took another look over there from behind.
Before she was rushed to the teaching building, she trotted over and said to them, "I saw it. He did commit suicide."
Before entering the game, Xia Bai knew about Wen Yuxin's skills. Her skills were physical skills, and her skills were focused on her eyes. The manifestation of her eyes was that she could see things that ordinary people could not see.
In addition to ghosts, which are in spirit form, there are also things that ordinary people cannot see, including things that require infinitely enhanced vision to be seen, such as very small things that must be seen with a microscope, and things that are very far that must be seen with a telescope.
Her skills are the main reason why she was chosen for this game.
Everyone in the assault team felt that her skills would be very useful in this game, and if not, she could even use them to copy the answers from the top students during exams.
Sure enough, it worked at the beginning of the game.
She talked about the strange things she saw in the boy, "Just that he had a happy smile on his face when he died."
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