Time goes back half an hour.
Shang Xia made a blatant threat and sent the others to look for people around the campus, while he dragged one of them straight to the classroom.
Lin Chenghuan was dragged by him like a sack, stumbling all the way: "Can you please let me go first?"
Shang Xia didn't even turn his head.
Lin Chenghuan had seen players who looked down on others, but this was the first time he saw someone who did whatever he wanted without regard for the consequences. He felt suffocated and worried about the unexpected situation of being attacked by ghosts in such a dark and windy night. He felt that no matter how good his temper was, he could not control it. "No, didn't you say that it would be faster to separate? Why did you choose me?"
Shang Xia finally gave him a look.
It was cold and stinging, like being splashed with an ice knife.
Lin Chenghuan felt as if a basin of cold water was poured on him, and he suddenly woke up.
The main mission has been completed. Although he was confused and didn't understand the situation the whole time, at least the main threat - the ghost whose main body was a shadow was unlikely to pose any danger to them again.
In this way, the biggest threat to them as ordinary players is the ghost player hiding among them in the side quest.
Shang Xia was doubting him.
Because he was the only outsider among the players in that dormitory, because he had had long talks with them as an ally, and because if something really happened to Shi Yu, he would be the most likely person to take action.
Shang Xia was basically looking at a prisoner.
If there weren't more important things to do right now, Lin Chenghuan even suspected that this guy would have shot him to death.
He couldn't understand why Shang Xia was so sure that Shi Yu was still there, even though the system had clearly sent a message saying that there were only five players left.
While he was thinking about all these things, Shang Xia had already stopped at the stairs of the building where their grade lived.
Shang Xia looked up at the dark teaching building.
At this point, even those day students who were stranded at school for some reason should have gone back home, and the whole building was filled with a very eerie atmosphere.
He frowned and thought for a few seconds, looked at the road they came from the dormitory building, and then continued to move forward, walking in the opposite direction, patrolling as he walked.
The library is located in the direction opposite to the dormitory building.
He walked all the way to the steps on the side of the back door of the library, then suddenly paused, let go of Lin Chenghuan, strode to the barrier-free ramp, bent down, and stretched out his hand.
A hairpin fell in the corner.
Original wood color, flowing cloud shape.
Shang Xia picked up the hairpin, his eyes fell on the dried crimson mark on the sharp end, and he suddenly tightened his hand.
That's blood.
Lin Chenghuan stood aside and didn't dare to leave, for fear of irritating this pervert.
Shang Xia stood up and walked directly to the other person: "Take off your clothes."
Lin Chenghuan: “?”
Shang Xia: "Do you want to take it off or should I do it?"
Lin Chenghuan: “………………”
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Shang Xia stood in the toilet cubicle, glanced at the other person, then lowered his head to open the bracelet.
Long before they separated, he took out a prop of unknown name and a handful of small button-like discs and stuck one on each of the four people's heads. The buttons melted directly into their skin without them having to do anything, and could not be peeled off even by scratching.
This is also one of the reasons why although the others were angry, no one dared to resist his orders.
With his style of grabbing a prop at a time, no one knows how many miscellaneous things are in his bracelet, and no one knows how many games he has gone through to have the confidence to spend money like water.
Shang Xia opened the positioning table, glanced at the red dots representing the other three people on the data table, and went directly to the nearest one.
The person closest to this was Wu Qianchuan, who was alone.
He was still dazed when he was pulled out of the bushes.
Shang Xia was too lazy to waste time talking to him, and said simply: "Take off your clothes."
Wu Qianchuan fell to the ground and saw the hairpin in the other person's hand. He was confused for a moment and then filled with panic.
Shang Xia clearly saw the change in his expression and impatiently pulled open his collar.
Wu Qianchuan subconsciously wanted to resist, but the next second his hands were grabbed by someone, and his long-sleeved school uniform was pulled up, revealing his forearms.
...and the half-foot-long wound on his forearm.
When Lin Chenghuan saw the bloody cut and thought about the hairpin, he could imagine what was going on without any explanation: Wu Qianchuan had attacked someone before, and the other person had fought back and scratched the man's arm with the hairpin.
As for who the person who scratched his arm was, you can tell from Shang Xia's attitude.
Wu Qianchuan also realized it and pounced towards Shang Xia with a ferocious expression on his face, like a devil.
Then there was a gunshot, deafening in the silent night sky.
The smell of gunpowder mixed with blood filled the air, along with the painful screams of men echoing everywhere.
Wu Qianchuan covered his pierced abdomen, his face pale: "Don't come over here!"
Shang Xia lowered his hands, his eyes were quiet for a long time, and suddenly he smiled very lightly.
It was hard to say what his expression was at that time, but when Lin Chenghuan stood next to him, he could truly feel the murderous intent from him that was prevalent in novels, movies and TV shows, but rarely seen in real life.
Wu Qianchuan shuddered violently.
Shang Xia squatted in front of him, slowly pried open the man's bloody hands, and slowly inserted his free fingers into the man's wound.
Wu Qianchuan screamed in pain, sweat pouring down his body: "No, don't!"
How big can a bullet wound be?
Shang Xia calmly tore open the small bloody wound.
The blood flowed more and more, soaking the man's clothes and spreading to the ground. The strong smell of blood filled people's senses.
It should be difficult to subdue an adult man, but at this moment, the man fell into the hands of the teenager and was like a prey caught in a net. He struggled and screamed, but could not break free even a little bit.
“Nooooooooooooooo!!”
“Let me go…Please…Please…Ahhhh!!”
The skin was gently torn apart, exposing the wriggling internal organs in the moonlight.
Shang Xia removed the man's chin with one hand, and grasped the man's internal organs with his fingertips teasingly, and gently curved his eyes: "Does it hurt?"
Wu Qianchuan no longer had the strength to struggle. His face was covered with tears and snot, and even his voice was hoarse.
Lin Chenghuan stood aside, sweating all over, his stomach churning.
Such an injury would not be fatal, but due to excessive blood loss, Wu Qianchuan's sobbing did not last long at all, and he collapsed to the ground, and stopped breathing after a moment.
At the moment of his death, a system message came:
[The progress of the side quest has been updated, and the total number of players remaining is currently four. ]
[Side quest continues]
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stadium.
Shi Yu saw the message on the bracelet without much surprise in his eyes. He put down his hand and looked at the young man in the audience again: "Su Lingque approached you actively, maybe because of your face, maybe because of your grades, maybe because of your family background. Anyway, there must be something about you that attracts her. Since you are Di Ting, you should be unwilling at first."
yes.
Cen Biesi thought, after all, he was not a human being. His family had taught him since he was a child how cunning and treacherous humans were. They said that they were vicious and would never change, that they would put profit above all else, that they could harm their brothers and sisters, that they could betray their country, and that they could do things that were so cruel that no evil spirits or ghosts could do.
Therefore, in the beginning, Su Lingque was so spoiled and willful, so hypocritical, and so moody. Every move he made accurately hit his sore spots. He should definitely hate her and stay as far away from her as possible.
Unfortunately, Su Lingque refused to do it.
"You suspected that she had other purposes in approaching you, such as coveting your special abilities as a divine beast. But you were able to listen to her thoughts and realized that she really only approached you because she wanted to be close to you."
Unless you can hear other people's thoughts through direct physical contact, you can only actively use your abilities if you want to spy on them from a distance.
Out of respect, Cen Biexi rarely uses his abilities on weekdays. Unfortunately, Su Lingque's appearance was too sudden and too strong. He wanted to avoid her and keep her away from him, but he couldn't say overly hurtful words to a girl when she had never hurt him before.
Out of self-protection, he simply tried to find out what the other person was really thinking: as long as he heard the other person's ill intentions for a moment, he would have enough reason to stay away from her.
——Wow, he is so handsome! I didn’t realize there is such a boy in school before!
——How on earth did he manage to get first place in every exam? This is amazing!
——Ahhh spider! Oh my god, how can he not be afraid and actually dare to catch it with his hands! What are the other men doing? They can't even compare to him!
——How come he even knows about birds! Saving a sparrow hit by a stone is so loving!
"..." Cen Biesi couldn't help but said, "This is a grey-headed bunting, not a sparrow."
Su Lingque exclaimed, "Ah!" and opened her almond-shaped eyes slightly: "Is that so? You know a lot! But how do you know what I was thinking just now?"
“…”
Su Lingque just thought that he had accidentally said what he was really thinking while muttering to himself. After asking the question, he felt a little embarrassed. He was quiet for a long time, but his heart was still boiling.
——He is so smart, I really like him, what should I do?
Cen Biexi paused, his heartbeat suddenly becoming irregular.
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"You opened your heart to her." Shi Yu stared quietly into the eyes of the young man in the audience, "You thought you had gained a friend, but you didn't expect that something happened at her family at this time."
Cen Biesi's face showed obvious surprise, as if he didn't expect him to say that.
"According to the information you revealed, Su Lingque is a very lively, cheerful, confident and optimistic girl. A person's personality has a lot to do with the family conditions in which they grow up. The atmosphere in her family should also be very good. The fact that she suddenly changed her mindset and even tried to commit suicide must be related to her family."
Shi Yu explained, and then continued: "Something happened in her family, her personality changed, and the attitude of people around her towards her also began to change."
"You said you were responsible for her death. In the past, she was a girl who always stuck to you, and there would definitely be people gossiping about her at school. But before that, she was optimistic by nature and didn't care at all. But after the change in her family, she became sensitive and began to care."
"I guess the pressure that Su Lingque suffered at school during that time must have been heavier than Lin Zhi's current one."
It is harder to bear, more unbearable and more despairing.
Su Lingque is not like Cen Biexi. His grades in the class have always been in the middle. His family has suffered a huge change. His father was hit by a car accident and became a vegetable in bed. His mother sold the family property to pay for his father's medical expenses. The family without the pillar was unable to make ends meet, and the family had to bear full responsibility for the car accident for his father and owed huge compensation to the miserable families affected.
The mother cried and complained all day long.
Her grades plummeted and she fell to the bottom.
She used to be a popular figure in school. She was pretty, wore makeup, wore designer clothes, dared to chat with teachers, and could get along well with the student council officers in higher grades. She could meet classmates who called out her name wherever she went. She lived the unrestrained and flamboyant life that others envied and yearned for the most during their sensitive and inferior adolescence. There were people who were jealous of her.
Later, the pampered princess took off her gorgeous clothes, leaving only a mess of dust.
Those who were jealous of her were the first to take advantage of her misfortune. Then the students who were generous and had a good family background distanced themselves from her. The rest of those who had a decent relationship with her could not bear her constant anxiety and negative energy and fled.
Cen Biexi was worried about her condition, but unfortunately she was no longer as clingy to him as before. He then realized that in their relationship it was always the girl who took the initiative to approach him.
He began to inquire about her family situation, trying to pull her out of her depressed state.
But he didn't have time to do anything, as rumors spread even faster in the school.
——Why did Cen Biexi go to find Su Lingque again?
——Su Lingque was chasing him before, and now that people are ignoring him he comes instead. Human nature is inherently mean.
——It seems that Su Lingque is really amazing. There are so many girls in the school who like Cen Biexi but no one dares to approach him, and she actually won him over.
——Not only did she win him over, but even with the cold shoulder from her, she still made him never forget her and never leave her. She is a master of PUA.
——But her family is so poor that they can barely afford to eat. What on earth did he see in her? Her face?
——You know what, Su Lingque is really pretty...
He never knew that the thoughts in the minds of a group of underage students could be so vicious.
I have never been so disgusted with my ability to listen to people's hearts.
What followed was a long tug of war. When Su Lingque was at his lowest and depressed, he resisted everyone getting close to him. He also didn't know how to comfort people. He could only endure his disgust for the voices of those around him and use his abilities again and again to spy on the girl's inner thoughts, trying to find the right remedy.
Until two weeks later, in that scorching July.
He still remembers that day was the final exam.
Instead of going to take the exam, the girl climbed up the teaching building opposite their high school examination room and jumped down from the building in front of all the students in the grade.
The head was cracked, the limbs were twisted, the pupils were open, and blood was sliding down the corners of the eyes like tears.
Die with eyes open.
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Suddenly, hurried footsteps were heard outside.
The gymnasium is next to a plastic basketball court. It is quiet at night, and the sound of footsteps is particularly clear.
Then the girl exclaimed: "Yi Shengsheng, you are crazy!"
The two people in the room looked out the window at the same time.
It was Xue Chengyu's voice.
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