Chapter 052 Chapter 52

Shen Liuxue paused in her action of turning the pages, apparently she also realized this.

The owner of the notebook only cut out this headline, and the pages that followed were not the original articles in the headline, but the death notices of every accident in the school and the students involved. Most of them were cut out from other places, and the paper was slightly different from the newspaper.

Without exception, all of these carry the time and place of death. Perhaps because they couldn't find the materials, some of them were written directly by hand.

The earliest time of death coincides with the time when the Pen Fairy game incident occurred in the mission data.

Mo Xuanji counted and found that the death toll was exactly thirteen.

"...Eleven, twelve, thirteen, thirteen people! Look at the dates of death, they all happened within a month." Zhu Changan pointed at the dates and said in shock. He realized that his voice was a bit loud at the beginning, so he deliberately lowered the volume in the second half of the sentence.

"Thirteen students got into trouble in one month. This is so bizarre and disgusting!"

"No matter what the reason is, it is difficult for the school to explain to the outside world that so many students got into trouble in such a short period of time."

"Yes, so the school was temporarily closed the following month, and a notice was issued to relocate the school." Shen Liuxue turned to the next page, which contained the school's relocation notice and a certificate stating that the buildings on the campus were unqualified and posed a safety hazard.

The following are articles from all walks of life questioning the school and criticizing the principal for his inaction, as well as some odds and ends. Although the editing is a bit messy, it still reveals a lot of information.

"This school is really unlucky. Such a thing happened after only being in operation for two or three years." The system sighed in the sea of ​​consciousness.

There were also some completely faded punishment notices in the notebook, which looked like they were torn off the wall. The contents on them were all reports criticizing students for playing "bad games", and the dates were earlier than the time when the students got into trouble.

With such an obviously targeted collection, the owner of the notebook is likely to know something.

"That is to say, many people have performed the summoning ceremony before, but none of them could summon this monster, but the three students who came later encountered it." Shen Liuxue fell into deep thought.

"The weirdness may not have been here at the beginning, it was artificially placed later." This is the most likely guess at present. Mo Xuanji frowned slightly, he always felt that there was something strange, but he couldn't tell what it was if he really looked into it.

"Hiss." Zhu Changan took a breath and said, "You guys, could it be that gang of men in black who did it?"

After all, they even dared to destroy the "flower buds" of the demon race. It is not impossible for them to do such a thing since they hate humans.

"Oh, there's nothing at the back." The notebook didn't have much capacity, and Shen Liuxue felt like he had reached the last page without turning many pages.

"It looks like there's no useful information. Let's go." They had already searched the distribution room thoroughly inside and out, but found nothing except the notebook.

"Okay." Shen Liuxue casually put it into the storage bag.

Coming out of the back door of the switch room, the man-made path appeared before their eyes again. The three of them followed the trail with umbrellas and finally found new clues around the corner.

It was a ghost. Its body was transparent, and its clothes were still the popular ones. The ghost floated quietly, without any reaction to any stimulation around it. Even when Mo Xuanji and the other two had walked in front of it, it still did not move.

The weird detector made a slight sound. Mo Xuanji picked it up and took a look, and found that it was not even at the lowest D. At best, it was just contaminated with a weird aura.

The three of them looked at each other and shook their heads.

Someone must have performed a necromancy here. Some dirty rice, chopsticks, and half-burned incense sticks were scattered all over the floor.

"These guys are really brave. They are willing to do anything to attract attention."

Mo Xuanji shook his head slightly. He looked at it for a while, then took out the map and drew a circle at the current location.

The gang did not stay here, and new traces continued to extend backwards. The three followed all the way and actually saw five or six ghosts. Without exception, there were traces of necromancy here. It was unknown whether these ghosts were originally here or were summoned here. All of them were floating here with dull expressions. Some of them with more resentment kept repeating the scene when they died that year.

Without exception, they were all immersed in their own world and didn't even glance at the three people.

"It's a bit scary." Zhu Changan couldn't help rubbing his arms. "Are these people killed by weird things? Their souls seem to be trapped and unable to reincarnate."

Mo Xuanji looked at the red circle on the map and suddenly said, "Liuxue, give me the notebook."

"good."

After getting the notebook, Mo Xuanji turned to the page that recorded the accidents of the students. He compared the locations one by one, and his expression gradually became serious.

"What's wrong?"

"These people are heading to the victim's first death scene. The location where the necromancy ceremony was held is the same as the location recorded in the notebook." Mo Xuanji held up the notebook and the map, saying, "Even the order in which we encountered the ghosts is the same as the order in the notebook."

He looked at his companions and whispered, "They must have had this notebook in their hands at the time, but why did it appear at the very beginning? If it was accidentally dropped, how did they find the corresponding locations accurately in order?"

When in the power distribution room, Mo Xuanji felt something strange. There was not much dust on the notebook, and it was so clean that it was out of tune with the whole environment.

"Maybe he took it with his cell phone in advance?" Zhu Changan raised his right hand.

"Then there's no need to bring this notebook." Shen Liuxue shook her head, crossed her arms, and spoke hesitantly: "Could it be that after they got into trouble, someone deliberately left the notebook there?"

Zhu Chang'an's eyes suddenly widened, and he looked around nervously: "Is there someone watching us from the dark?"

Neither of the two friends said a word, and Zhu Changan became even more panicked.

"Don't be afraid, the teacher said that this kind of low-level weirdness will be restricted by the rules. As long as we don't touch the rules, nothing will happen."

The only thing it can do during the weird stage is to set traps to lure them into breaking the rules. As long as they don't take the bait, it won't be able to do anything to them even if they dance on the weird grave.

"It always feels like something..." After marking all the addresses in the notebook, Mo Xuanji muttered while looking at the map.

"It looks like a magic circle." The system suddenly spoke in the sea of ​​consciousness.

"Magic formation?" Mo Xuanji didn't know much about these things, so even with the system's reminder, he couldn't tell what kind of formation it was at the first moment.

"Hmm? Magic circle?" Zhu Changan came over to take a look, feeling a bit confused: "I can't see it at all..."

"Why not ask the seniors? This kind of knowledge-related help is not prohibited by the school and will not affect your grades." Shen Liuxue suggested.

The three people present are all new to formations, and they may not be able to figure it out even if they rack their brains. It is better to seek help from professionals directly.

"Yeah." Mo Xuanji didn't make it difficult for herself. She quickly took a photo and sent it to Wilde, and soon received a reply from the other party.

[This is a magic circle. You didn't move the points, did you? ]

【no】

[Just don't move. This magic circle looks unfamiliar. I'll check it out first.]

【good】

In order to save time, the three of them continued to move forward following the trail. These ghosts were scattered in various corners of the campus. Perhaps they finally lost their patience, so after searching several scenes, they ran straight to the dormitory building where the incident happened.

This is where the first bizarre murder occurred.

Zhu Changan looked at the dormitory building in front of him and was a little scared for a moment. The walls were covered with plant vines, and the thick leaves completely wrapped up the place. To be honest, if the color was changed, the scene in front of him would be almost the same as that of Xingfu Community.

"Ji Sheng might like this place." There are many plants, few people, and it's quiet. The only bad thing is that there is a weirdo hiding in the dark.

"Looking at the traces here, there is only entry but no exit. I guess this must be the final place." Shen Liuxue said as he took out the spirit sword from the storage bag.

"Let me go in front this time." Zhu Changan volunteered: "Hehe, after a month of training, I can already control my superpowers freely. And after my fists are added with superpower effects, the power is considerable."

"Okay." Shen Liuxue did not insist and retreated to the left rear.

Mo Xuanji, as a long-range wizard, was arranged in the back row. On the one hand, it was convenient for him to cast spells, and on the other hand, he could hold flashlights for his friends.

There was a lot of dust in the dormitory building, so the footprints of previous people were particularly obvious. The footprints here were particularly messy, as if someone had run back and forth here, and there were traces of scratching in some places, with a dark red color.

Because they couldn't determine where the person was, the three of them had to take the dumbest but most reliable method - checking every room one by one.

Zhu Changan pushed open the door in front.

Contrary to what I had imagined, nothing in the dormitory building had been moved. Except for the bedding and personal items, the beds, tables, chairs and other furniture remained in their original state, just covered with a thick layer of dust.

Shen Liuxue noticed that Zhu Changan's movement in pushing the door was a little stiff: "Changan, are you feeling uncomfortable?"

"No, I'm fine." Zhu Changan said with a stiff face. Perhaps it was because of the strong sense of déjà vu, when Zhu Changan pushed the door, his mind uncontrollably popped out the scene of the door opening and killing in horror movies.

The protagonist of the movie unawares opens the door and walks into the room, and a dark figure rushes over. Upon closer inspection, it turns out to be a hideous, bloody creature...

Zhu Changan couldn't help but shudder. No, I can't think about it anymore, I'm really going to scare myself. Now every time he opens the door, the hairs on his body can't help but stand on end, and even his supernatural powers are always in a state of readiness.

Fortunately, movies are just movies after all, and they were all fine after several screenings. Zhu Changan breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed a little.

Mo Xuanji looked at the strange detector in his hand, his head full of question marks.

After entering the dormitory building, this little thing seemed to have frozen, and the value remained at zero. This was not normal. If there was something strange here, its screen would always be lit even without displaying the level, instead of being gray like it was now.

Could it be that you are not at home today?

"I now feel like I've turned into a dormitory manager, checking the dormitories." Perhaps because he was a little bored, Zhu Changan made a joke.

"So how does Aunt Zhu feel? Are the students well behaved?"

"Well, they are all very well behaved. The dormitory is very quiet and no one is talking - because there is no one here at all." Zhu Changan said as he pushed open the door and bumped head-on into a dark figure.

“Aa ...

A ferocious black face twisted and let out a shrill scream, and Zhu Changan's little kid was scared away on the spot.

"Changan!"

"Don't move, just stay there!"

There was a loud thud, and the man inside fell to the ground, uttering a miserable scream. He held his head and cried incoherently for mercy, his hands shaking uncontrollably.

"Don't eat me! Don't eat me. I'm not delicious. I haven't taken a bath in three years. Please, I have an old mother who has never married me and an eighty-year-old fiancée. What will they do without me..."

After a while of chaos, the three of them saw clearly that it was a living person inside, not a ghost or a monster. Zhu Changan patted his chest, and the small amount of dirt that flew out of his throat fell back with difficulty.

"Uh, hello? We are not bad people." Zhu Changan tried to say hello to him.

"Ahhhhh!!" Perhaps because he was frightened before, as soon as Zhu Changan opened his mouth, he subconsciously let out a scream.

Fortunately, the man quickly came to his senses. He rolled and crawled to hug Zhu Changan's thighs. The middle-aged man in his thirties or forties burst into tears: "Yes, there is a monster! I don't want to die, please save me, the monster is chasing me, I want to go home! Wuwuwu..."

Zhu Changan: Help, stop hugging my legs!

"Don't be afraid, we are here to solve this problem." Mo Xuanji looked at his companions, took out an ID and opened it in front of him.

The middle-aged man was already frightened, and he believed it completely after just a quick glance. He let go of Zhu Changan and wiped away his tears.

Zhu Changan on the side was still confused. They were not official members of the superpower team yet, so where did they get the certificates?

Shen Liuxue quietly mouthed to him: "Student ID."

Zhu Changan suddenly realized.

"Wuwuwu savior! I finally waited for you, it's really scary. The monsters here eat people." The middle-aged man was crying, and Shen Liuxue handed him a pack of tissues.

Mo Xuanji cleared his throat and spoke according to the prepared speech: "For the safety of you and your companions, please tell me the whole story in detail."

The man nodded repeatedly: "Okay, okay, I will tell you everything I know! This is what happened..."

The man is a photographer from a web celebrity team named Liu Lei. Although it is called a team, there are only four people including the web celebrity himself. The team's business direction is supernatural events and various strange stories.

The dream of the four of them is to become the most popular traffic star on the platform one day. Unfortunately, the popularity of small internet celebrities is not high, and the income is only so little after each effort.

In order to become famous, this internet celebrity named Daily Ghosts found a notebook from somewhere. He said the story on it was very interesting and could be used to write something about it, so he planned this live broadcast.

According to the plan, the four of them would broadcast live here and summon ghosts as they walked, while the other two extras would be responsible for cooperating in playing the role of the ghosts and solving the unsolved case based on "clues obtained from the ghosts."

"Everything was going well until a fan asked to see us play the Pen Fairy game and offered a rocket as a reward. Sun Ge (the internet celebrity) agreed to it on the spot as there was money to be made. But I didn't expect... I didn't expect that it would actually attract dirty things."

Liu Lei seemed to remember something extremely terrifying, and his body couldn't help but tremble. After a long while, he continued: "Brother Sun was swallowed by the black mist on the spot, and not even his clothes were left. We were so scared that we didn't care about anything else and ran away. The monster chased the others first, not me, so I just ran... Later, I don't know what happened to the others..."

"Who were the people who played the Pen Fairy game at that time?" Shen Liuxue suddenly spoke.

"It's a game between the three of them."

Mo Xuanji took out the notebook he had found earlier: "Is this the notebook you are talking about?"

Liu Lei's eyes widened. He took it and looked through it carefully before quickly saying, "Yes, this is it! Sun Ge always carries it with him. Where did you find it?"

"In the distribution room." If I remember correctly, the distribution room is quite close to the gate.

Liu Lei's expression suddenly became strange.

"He, he... But, Brother Sun has clearly already..."

Then it was probably placed there by a strange person. Mo Xuanji thought about it but didn't say it out loud.

"Um... did you meet other people? How are they now?" Although he had already guessed the fate of the other two, Liu Lei still couldn't help but hold on to a glimmer of hope.

"They may be on other floors that we haven't encountered yet."

Liu Lei nodded and wiped away his tears.

The three of them looked at him, then huddled together and discussed the next arrangements in a low voice.

"The other two people may be in danger." Mo Xuanji said.

"What if it's still alive? A B-level monster can't swallow a person in one breath. It may have used some method to transfer the person away."

"It's possible... The cameraman didn't participate in the game, so Qiyi wouldn't attack him." Zhu Changan stroked his hair and said, "What do you think? If we catch Qiyi, will we be able to find out where the missing person is?"

After hearing this, Mo Xuanji and Shen Liuxue were also a little moved.

"Try it."