"ah--!!!"
Seeing what was happening before her, Zhao Wenli couldn't help but scream loudly.
The dizziness was originally caused by repeatedly passing through the repetitively designed steps.
The horror of witnessing this scene did not diminish his spirits.
On the contrary, it manifested more severely in her case.
The synchronized and orderly footsteps of everyone still echoed in the stairwell, seemingly unaffected by the departure of one person.
But at this moment, Zhao Wenli's body was already stiff and unable to move, frozen in place, staring blankly at the scene before her.
Her fingers stiffened, hesitantly and tremblingly pointing to the spot where Gu Xinghe had been walking.
The crowd, who had stopped because of her scream, looked in the direction she was pointing.
Let's look at it in the order in which everyone walked.
Since Zhong Zhenkai, Zhang Ya, and Zhao Wenli were new students, they followed Elaine and the others who came to greet them.
The three of them naturally walked at the very back of everyone else.
"Eight, nine, ten..."
Zhao Wenli lowered her head and silently counted the number of steps in her mind.
I wanted to use this to alleviate the unease that had been lingering in my heart ever since I entered this campus.
However, it was precisely because of this that she was able to see it most clearly—
The boy who had been walking ahead of her suddenly disappeared right in front of her.
Originally, Zhao Wenli was silently counting the number of steps with her head down.
She realized she could see the brown leather shoes under the black uniform trousers of the boy walking in front of her.
The owner of the leather shoes was three or four steps ahead of her.
The rhythmic sound of footsteps mingled with the incessant counting of steps in her mind.
The repetitive and rhythmic sounds gradually calmed her initially anxious mind.
But quite suddenly, just a microsecond after she stepped onto the new step.
Right now, everyone is together, which should provide the strongest sense of security and comfort.
But at that moment, Zhao Wenli saw one of these people suddenly disappear.
Compared to disappearing in the middle of nowhere, disappearing amidst bustling crowds and lively scenes is undoubtedly more terrifying.
It was as if, in that instant, the person in front of her had not stepped onto a new step, but rather entered an unknown dimension.
Meanwhile, Gu Xinghe, who had been walking among the crowd, suddenly disappeared.
Elaine, Carol, and Lekaya each had a different expression on their faces.
Elaine's face seemed to show a faint sense of irritation, as if she was troubled by having to recruit new students again while facing the school's assessment.
Lekaya's expression remained indifferent.
But beyond that, she couldn't help but clutch the teddy bear in her hand a little tighter.
Carol's expression, however, seemed more like the unhappiness of losing a playmate.
She kept bending and straightening the ears of the rabbit doll in her arms.
Zhao Wenli looked at the various expressions on the faces of the people present—
Indifference, displeasure, irritability, sighing...
She only felt that the scene before her eyes had become even more bizarre.
Zhao Wenli's face turned pale when she realized that Gu Xinghe had suddenly disappeared from her sight.
The cold sweat seeping from her body almost soaked her entire clothes.
When she came to her senses, she realized that her damp clothes were clinging tightly to her back.
The icy temperature almost froze her still-warm body.
In such a stark contrast of temperatures, Zhao Wenli couldn't help but shiver.
Only then did she realize that her body, which had stopped on the steps due to fright, was being pulled along again.
Zhao Wenli raised her head and looked down, only to see Zhong Zhenkai and Zhang Ya, who were also freshmen.
The other students, along with their teacher Elaine, had already continued walking towards the music room.
They had absolutely no intention of stopping their operations in the slightest because of this unexpected event.
The teacher, Elaine, didn't seem to have any intention of leading the other students to search for the missing student.
They seemed to have become accustomed to this kind of thing happening.
Or perhaps students are the most precious, yet also the cheapest, "school property" in this academy.
If there aren't enough people, we can simply recruit more people who are willing to come here, just like we recruited them into the academy today.
Zhao Wenli couldn't understand why the teachers and students at this school were so indifferent to this horrifying scene.
He was also unwilling to delve into whether her earlier guesses and ideas were correct.
At this moment, all the senior students and teachers in the academy had already left.
Only the three freshmen who had just entered the school remained on the spot.
Or perhaps they are still on their way.
However, they walked so slowly that it seemed as if there was a huge chasm between them and the others walking ahead.
They seemed to still be bothered by the recent incident, as they hadn't yet gotten used to the eerie atmosphere of the academy.
The stairwell, which had originally housed eleven people, now only had the three of them remaining.
Zhao Wenli recalled the expressions on everyone's faces just now, and felt terrified by their attitude.
But because of this, the three of them, barely regaining their senses, found themselves quite far from the others.
Just now, Zhang Ya saw that Zhao Wenli was still standing there in a daze, so she directly grabbed her wrist and continued to walk upstairs.
Zhang Ya shook her head at her, as if speaking to herself.
Let's go.
Although Zhao Wenli felt that she had figured out the course of events in her mind.
But in reality, she still cannot think, and she still cannot control her body's movements.
All she could feel was that Zhang Ya was pulling her by the wrist, making her stagger along.
Judging from the fact that Zhang Ya's palm was also sweaty when she touched her wrist, the other party was probably just putting on a brave face.
"Eleven, twelve, thirteen..."
Unconsciously, Zhao Wenli's brain, which had been at a standstill, seemed to start counting the number of steps again.
"bite--"
A moment later, the usually quiet music classroom was filled with the long-lost sound of a beautiful piano performance.
The peaceful and soothing music, like a gentle stream, seemed to calm everyone's anxiety and discomfort.
But for some reason, even though the two are completely unrelated, when I listen to the soothing piano music in my ears...
Zhao Wenli felt a chill run down her spine, as if a sharp, scratching sound of fingernails scraping against glass was ringing in her ears at the same time.
"Sizzle—sizzle—sizzle—"
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