September 25th, cloudy
"It's so annoying, why is that person always bothering me?"
"September 28th, heavy rain"
Why, why are you doing this to me? Aren't we friends?! Should I tell Mom what happened at school? But they're arguing again…”
October 4th, cloudy
Kill them, kill them, kill them... Nobody will listen to my explanation. I'm not the other woman, it's him, it's them..."
October 6th, cloudy
They finally divorced. My father felt ashamed that I had disgraced him and abandoned my mother and me. But none of that matters anymore.
Once you get to this point, the diary ends.
Xiao Jin didn't give up. Instead, she carefully flipped through the pages until she saw the familiar handwriting on the last page.
October 14th, sunny
Hehehe! I'm back!
The bright red ink, magnified to cover the entire sheet of paper, the thick red strokes didn't seem to be from a ballpoint pen. Xiao Jin, standing at a distance, lightly sniffed the tip of the pen, and a sticky, bloody smell wafted towards her.
Xiao Jin stood up and handed the notebook to the curious Han Chuan and the others.
Clearly, by the 14th, Yu Ling here was no longer human, but had transformed into a vengeful ghost and returned to seek revenge, combined with the scene she witnessed in the school's grove.
Xiao Jin was also able to piece together the general outline of the events.
Because her grandmother was seriously ill, Yu Ling's family moved to her mother's hometown, and she enrolled in a new school. For some reason, the people in Yu Ling's class weren't very friendly to her, which bothered her for a long time.
Immediately afterwards, a girl named Ai Yue approached Yu Ling and became her first friend, which made Yu Ling very happy.
If Xiao Jin wasn't mistaken, the one who violently bullied Yu Ling in the grove was probably Ai Yue. Ai Yue's identity was special; she was either a school bully or someone whose family members were school leaders.
She liked a boy named Zhou Lin, but this boy probably had feelings for Yu Ling. In a fit of anger, Ai Yue first incited the students in the class to isolate Yu Ling, and later pretended to befriend her.
When Yu Ling was at her most relaxed and vigilant, Ai Yue orchestrated a relationship between Teacher Yang and Yu Ling, and then spread rumors throughout the school that Yu Ling was a third party who interfered in Teacher Yang's marriage and ruined his relationship with his wife.
Yu Ling was desperate and speechless at the time. She wanted to explain to her family, but they did not believe her, and her father regarded her as a disgrace.
The diary ends on the 6th. Yu Ling must have done something when she went to school on the 7th. She died. On the 14th, the seventh day after her death, Yu Ling returned as a vengeful ghost, filled with resentment, and killed everyone in the school.
There are still a few fragments that Xiao Jin hasn't figured out, such as why Yu Ling was dismembered, what the blood sacrifice was all about, and why there are two very different schools inside and outside.
"Principal...the conference room..."
The only side quest missing now is Yu Ling's right arm, which is very likely located in one of the two places on the top floor.
As for that ghost teacher from earlier, Xiao Jin guessed that he was probably the one surnamed Yang, and Xiao Jin also knew why the other party had shown a terrified expression after seeing him.
Xiao Jin sensed a trace of the lightning power emanating from Suiying on his body.
"A one-eyed vengeful ghost? How is that possible?" Han Chuan exclaimed in astonishment.
Wu Tianjin looked at Xiao Jin in disbelief: "That fat guy who looked like a weakling just now chased me for a whole day, boss, you didn't see wrong, did you!"
Xiao Jin leaned against the desk: "I'm sure the aura I sensed is it." Then, Xiao Jin told the others everything she had deduced about Yu Ling.
Han Chuan was truly speechless this time. He had thought this world was about survival, but it turned out to be a puzzle-solving game.
"Wow, you're amazing! You've uncovered so much information without making a sound."
Xiao Jin: "That's roughly the situation. I plan to go to the conference room next. You guys..."
[Ding—World background completion rate 60%]
"..."
The expressions of the group changed simultaneously, and Xiao Jin swallowed back the words that were on the tip of his tongue.
This is yet another different situation. Unlike the usual natural disaster dungeons, supernatural dungeons also have an additional requirement to complete the world background.
What will happen if you complete all the background information yourself?
"Heh~" Lu Jing, who had been silent until now, suddenly chuckled. He looked at Xiao Jin and said, "Sure enough, it's much more fun with you up here than by myself!"
…………
The four of them then left the classroom and went straight upstairs.
The dimly lit corridor, like a deep fissure, was filled with a suffocating atmosphere. At the end of the corridor, a faint light flickered, barely illuminating a small area ahead.
The entire top floor was divided into two parts. Next to the stairs, a huge, brown conference room door stood imposingly, appearing even more ominous in the dim light. A chilling aura occasionally wafted out from between the door cracks, mingling with the air in the corridor and sending shivers down one's spine.
A dark red carpet slowly unfurled, like a river of congealed blood, stretching from the conference room door all the way to the principal's office door.
Xiao Jin walked in front, with Lu Jing insisting on coming closer to her, while Han Chuan and Wu Tianjin lagged behind.
Standing in front of the conference room, Xiao Jin gently placed her fingers on the door. As she pushed, the hinges made a long creaking sound, and the door was pushed open completely.
It was pitch black inside, but in the next second, all the lights in the previously dark conference room came on, and the first thing that caught everyone's eye was rows of neat chairs.
It was completely empty; there wasn't even a ghost in sight.
"Weren't we supposed to come for a meeting? Why isn't anyone here?" Han Chuan peeked out in confusion.
Wu Tianjin: "If I were the principal of this school, I would be furious, tsk tsk tsk."
Xiao Jin's footsteps echoed in the empty room. She looked around, searching for Yu Ling's right arm. Finally, on the podium at the very front of the conference room, next to the microphone, lay a long, black cloth bag.
"It really is here!" Han Chuan was overjoyed. He was extremely curious about how many points he, as a participant, would receive after Xiao Jin's side quest was completed.
Han Chuan hadn't told anyone about the 200 points from the altar, so Wu Tianjin didn't think much of it when he noticed Han Chuan's sudden excitement.
As Xiao Jin strode to the podium, her hand just touched the cloth bag, but before she could even pick it up, the surroundings suddenly changed.
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