As night fell, Xiao Jin closed her eyes and lay flat on the upper bunk.
Dormitory 414 was unusually quiet tonight, yet an unusual undercurrent of tension lingered in the air. Han Chuan and Lu Jing, who would normally be fast asleep, tossed and turned, their ears constantly perked up, subtly observing Xiao Jin's direction.
Xiao Jin's state of mind was unusually peaceful. She was dressed in light clothes and lay peacefully. Although her eyes were not open, her calm and unhurried aura seemed to penetrate the darkness and soothe the restlessness around her.
Beside the bed, the statue she had retrieved stood silently, moonlight streaming through the window lattice, casting an eerie and mysterious glow upon it.
Time slips away silently, like fine sand through your fingers.
Unaware of the exact time, Lu Jing appeared to be fast asleep, but in reality, his mind was in turmoil, filled with countless thoughts as he buried his head in the covers, recalling the events that had occurred in the game.
He frowned slightly. This game world was very different. Although the system had set up a lot of traps for the players when they first entered, after successfully passing the first day of lessons, the players did not encounter any major problems.
But according to their own ideas, the game won't let them pass so easily, so does that mean that tomorrow's weekly test will be a variable?
Just as Lu Jing was racking his brains trying to figure it out, he suddenly opened his eyes from under the covers.
My ears twitched slightly... Something's not right!
Lu Jing sat up decisively, shining the beam of his flashlight directly at the bunk beds opposite him. He didn't know when, but Xiao Jin and Han Chuan, who were lying on the bunk beds, had both disappeared.
In the huge dormitory, only Lu Jing remained at this moment.
The beam of the flashlight swayed erratically in Lu Jing's hand, shattering the already dim surroundings into even more fragmented pieces, as if even the air itself had solidified.
In the dim light, Lu Jing's expression was gloomy. After a long while, with a soft laugh, Lu Jing twisted his stiff body and swept the strands of hair in front of his eyes back.
"Heh, this is getting more and more interesting." His smile gradually widened, but it was devoid of any warmth. The once innocent and clear look in his eyes had now been replaced by unrestrained arrogance.
If Han Chuan and Wu Tianjin were here, they would be utterly astonished to see Lu Jing like this!
Lu Jing then rolled out of bed, the old tin bed creaking slightly with his movement, which sounded particularly jarring in the quiet night.
Then, Lu Jing calmly grasped the dormitory doorknob, pressed it to open it, and walked out. His figure was gradually swallowed by the darkness and finally disappeared completely...
At that moment, upon noticing the abnormality around her, Xiao Jin immediately opened her eyes.
Based on her guess, Wu Tianjin was probably taken away suddenly in his sleep, so after bringing the statue back to the dormitory, Xiao Jin obediently did not go out again.
I went to bed early that night.
As the night wore on, Xiao Jin became increasingly vigilant. Sure enough, after some time, Xiao Jin sniffed and suddenly smelled a pungent, burning odor.
Xiao Jin's breath hitched, and her eyes snapped open. A halo of light swirled within them, revealing not a trace of confusion, but rather a terrifying calmness.
What immediately came into Xiao Jin's view was a scene of devastation licked by the firelight.
The once pristine white plasterboard on the ceiling was now covered with jagged black marks, large patches of mottled paint surrounding a rusty iron bed frame. Tables and chairs were overturned, and doors and windows were broken.
I don't know if it's because the bed boards were all burned, but there was only a pile of gray dust left on the floor.
At this moment, Xiao Jin was lying on the cold floor. She sat up and looked around. The dormitory was still there, but Han Chuan and Lu Jing were nowhere to be seen.
Just then, a strange chill rose up her spine, and Xiao Jin keenly sensed that a gaze was silently falling on her.
She slowly turned her head and saw the familiar statue over there. It was now sitting directly above the iron frame, facing Xiao Jin, and the two-headed snake coiled around the woman's feet was no longer a cold, inorganic stone sculpture, but had transformed into a living creature.
The eyes gleamed with an eerie green light, and the two-headed snake, its tongue flicking, slowly crawled out from behind the statue.
Xiao Jin slowly retreated, and at the same time, fragments of shadow appeared in his palm.
As the eerie two-headed snake slowly revealed its full form, its body arched gently, like an arrow poised to be released. The moment it locked onto Xiao Jin, it suddenly opened its two mouths filled with sharp teeth and charged forward.
Without moving, Xiao Jin swung her long sword, slicing through the air with a chilling light, and sent the two-headed snake flying. Then, the tip of her sword pierced one of the snake's heads with perfect accuracy, and blood splattered everywhere, staining the surrounding walls red.
However, the instinct for survival drove the other snake head to continue its frenzied struggle, writhing desperately as it tried to bite Xiao Jin's fingers that were tightly gripping the knife hilt.
But Xiao Jin was prepared. Her movements were swift and powerful. In a few quick maneuvers, she smashed the stubborn snake's head to pieces.
As soon as the battle ended, Xiao Jin's gaze was involuntarily drawn to the silent statue on the bed.
The stone statue woman, who had been curled up in the arms, slowly raised her head. Her cold and deep stone eyes seemed to transcend the boundaries of time and space, staring straight at Xiao Jin, exuding an indescribable eeriness and chill.
Xiao Jin curled her lips into a disdainful sneer, her gaze meeting the stone statue's, and said, word by word, "Trash hiding its head and tail!" Then she turned and strode away from 414, knife in hand.
After Xiao Jin left, the statue inside sat alone between the iron frames. Its face appeared particularly solemn in the dim light, but two bright red tears slowly seeped from its eyes, making everything around it even more eerie and unpredictable.
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Leaving the dormitory, Xiao Jin looked around at the scene in the corridor.
Just like the real-life Linhai High School, except there were neither players nor ghost students here. And judging from the surrounding environment, it looked like it had just been through a fire.
The air was filled with the pungent smell of scorched earth and dust, and the wind howled as it swept through the ruins, with broken walls and rubble scattered all over the ground.
Thinking about the side quests he hadn't even finished halfway through, Xiao Jin didn't leave the men's dormitory building, but instead searched carefully on the fourth floor.
Wu Tianjin had previously inquired and learned that all the players were assigned to the fourth-floor dormitory, so the fourth-floor boys' dormitory must be a special place in Linhai High School.
If you're lucky, you might even find one or two offerings.
Xiao Jin started checking from the beginning, breaking down any locked doors he encountered until he reached the first restroom on the fourth floor.
I wonder if the precautions we take in real life will still apply here? After thinking for a moment, Xiao Jin went straight inside.
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