Chapter 55 Grave Numbers Above All 17 Sixth Middle School
Wu Wangwang was shocked: "So many cell phones in the locker room?"
Fearing that security guards might see them, Ling Yuanshan didn't answer and led Wu Wangwang to the sports locker room in the nearby event building, where no one would be around.
“Yes, I found cell phones in all of their cabinets, including Ge Nan’s.” Ling Yuanshan said as he laid out the cell phones according to their student ID numbers, a total of eleven.
"Huh? There's an extra one. Whose is it?" Wu Wangwang asked, counting the numbers.
Ling Yuanshan pointed to the last one and said, "I found this one in Liu Hong's cabinet before the players arrived. I removed the lock. Those players will probably suspect us soon. We'll have to figure out how to hide these phones later, or give them the messages after we've read them."
Wu Wangwang shrugged indifferently: "It's fine either way. Let me check Ge Nan's first. How come she has two phones?"
Then Wu Wangwang showed her package to Ling Yuanshan. The contents inside wouldn't pose a threat to anyone for the time being, and Ling Yuanshan could look at it however he wanted. She then unlocked her phone with her fingerprint.
This phone is completely different from the old one; it must be a new phone, and it's not cheap. It's so smooth. Comparing the two phones, it's like comparing the one the original owner used to the one Madam Ling later gave to Wu Wangwang—the difference is huge.
The phone had more data than the old one, including an extra chat app, so Wu Wangwang quickly opened it.
The nicknames in the new chat software are all strange. They're not specific names, as if to prevent others from peeking and finding out information. There's also a group called "Running Towards the Sky," which sounds very inspiring.
There were exactly ten people in the group, which overlapped significantly with Ge Nan's friend list. However, Ge Nan's friend list also included some unfamiliar people, and everyone's profile pictures were grayed out.
Ge Nan mainly talked to them about the future, as did with his friends on his contact list. They encouraged each other to get through this difficult time and offered advice on what to do. Of course, it was mostly useless; they would still be disciplined by the school as usual.
After quickly reading the information, Wu Wangwang looked at Ling Yuanshan: "Young Master, my previous suspicions seem to be correct. Do you have any items that can temporarily revive someone's senses?"
Ling Yuanshan was still looking at the things Wu Wangwang brought out when he looked up and said, "No, I rarely do mental-based dungeons. I mostly do combat, horror, and escape dungeons, so most of my items are of that type. I was quite surprised to get a spray in the last dungeon."
Wu Wangwang rubbed his head: "Forget it, let's take the phones to unlock the classmates' phones. I've already talked to the girls, they're all okay to talk to, but they're not quite sober. I'll trouble you with the boys, you need to unlock all their phones. I suspect that all ten of them really know each other."
“I think so too. I just looked at Gao Hu’s phone, and one of the contacts has the same profile picture as Ge Nan’s old phone. It should be the same person. I think Ge Nan’s phone probably has similar content, but we still need to double-check. So, tell me briefly about these things, and we’ll go back to the dorm now.” Ling Yuanshan, afraid of being chased by the players, stopped looking and handed the backpack back to Wu Wangwang.
The two hurriedly packed their things and rushed to the dormitory building. Wu Wangwang said on the way, "I think these things are the gods they prayed to, or you could say ghosts. They used classmates who died in school and had good grades in order to pursue higher scores."
Ling Yuanshan frowned. If that were the case, there would be far too many dead: "Why would you think of that?"
Wu Wangwang took out the suicide note: "This suicide note is similar to the one from the counselor's, so it must have been kept for a long time. Moreover, I encountered two ghosts in Liu Hong's dormitory. In addition, considering the school's attitude towards the whistleblower letter, I suspect that the teachers at the school probably also know about this."
In schools that prioritize grades above all else, it's not surprising that they resort to all sorts of strange tactics.
Ling Yuanshan was surprised that Wu Wangwang had encountered a ghost: "You encountered a ghost, are you alright?"
"It's alright, the scissors you gave me are very useful, they're all scared of them." Wu Wangwang's words revealed her fondness for the scissors.
Upon hearing this, Ling Yuanshan smiled and said, "It's good that it's useful. The items in the dowry series are all very powerful, but it's a pity that I didn't collect them all. I met a middle-aged player who said that the number of items in each series is different, but as long as you have more than three items in a series, you can get the complete information of that set of items and have the set buff."
Wu Wangwang had vaguely heard about this matter. The rewards for the Night Festival dungeon she was in were not part of the series of items, so she hadn't paid any attention to it. Now, after hearing Ling Yuanshan say that she should try to collect complete sets of items if she wanted to clear dungeons more easily in the future.
These things are too far off, so Wu Wangwang brought the topic back to the present: "We'll talk about that later. Right now, we should determine whether each player who comes in has a special connection, such as a will or an item like Liu Hong's lucky bag."
Ling Yuanshan nodded, holding the phones he had handed out, and said, "I'll go to their dorm first and change their passwords. You should go back to your dorm and do that too. There are more people on your side, so I think I'll finish first and then wait for you under the wall of the girls' dorm."
Before parting ways, Wu Wangwang repeatedly reminded Ling Yuanshan to be careful of the things in the bed and cabinets, as there might be some important items or things that could hurt someone, so they had to be careful to avoid them.
Afterwards, Wu Wangwang and Ling Yuanshan climbed over the wall back to their dormitory. Afraid of being caught by the dormitory supervisor, they didn't use the main gate. Climbing the wall was more convenient for them. They found the girls again and asked them to help them unlock their phones and change the passwords and fingerprints. The girls had to abide by the school rules and definitely wouldn't use the phones anymore, so they gave the phones to Wu Wangwang and Ling Yuanshan.
When the woman in question untied the phone, she was a little confused: "But the phone I saw yesterday wasn't this model. This is a smartphone with a fingerprint sensor and a touchscreen. That one was an older flip phone. I remember you could open it by flipping the cover, right?"
Wu Wangwang thought for a moment and asked, "Can you draw? Could you draw what that phone looks like for me?"
"No, I'm not an art student and I'm not interested in this, but I can open the section and draw it for you." The woman tore off a piece of white paper, simply drew a rectangle on it, and then, like drawing a geometric figure, outlined the area in the lower right corner and labeled what it was.
Although it was very simple, this was the limit for Nv Bing. She handed the white paper to Wu Wangwang: "It's about like this. The background is white, and these patterns are all red, like flashlights, they will light up."
Wu Wangwang held the abstract drawing, not knowing what it was for, but still thanked Nv Bing for her help.
The dormitory corridors and windows were sealed off, otherwise Wu Wangwang would have jumped off the second floor. She had to go downstairs first, avoid the dormitory supervisor, and climb over the wall. After climbing over the wall, she saw Ling Yuanshan at the door. Ling Yuanshan reached out his hand below and said to catch her. Wu Wangwang did not hesitate and jumped down, and was caught by Ling Yuanshan.
After landing steadily in Ling Yuanshan's arms, Wu Wangwang immediately handed over the note: "Here you go."
Ling Yuanshan took it and glanced at it: "What is this? A geometry problem?"
Wu Wangwang sighed helplessly: "It's a cell phone. Do you remember that girl from the regular class? She said she broke the rules this morning because she had this kind of cell phone in her drawer. It's a flip phone, but the cell phone you brought back doesn't have a flip phone."
This makes no sense. Even if the difficulty of their dungeon was increased, and the teacher and students were trying to kill them, there was no need to find an old, hard-to-buy phone, right? Why not just use the phone of the NPC who was framed?
Unless there's something wrong with this old phone.
Ling Yuanshan carefully put away the white paper: "I understand. It's probably a cell phone that the teacher confiscated before. In principle, this kind of cell phone should be returned to the student after graduation. But if something happens and the parents don't know that the student has such a cell phone, it will be kept by the teacher."
Wu Wangwang suddenly realized: "So that's how it is. Such an old style must have been confiscated many years ago."
“With such a long time span, we really need to look back at the information on the deceased students,” Ling Yuanshan’s expression grew increasingly grave. “By the way, I just went to the boys’ dormitory and unlocked the phone. I also got some things, all of which were prayers for better grades, but Gao Hu’s were missing.”
Hearing this, Wu Wangwang was taken aback: "Ge Nan didn't seem to pray for better results either. Why didn't they pray for better grades?"
Ling Yuanshan recalled their past achievements and awards: "Perhaps... it's because out of ten people, only those two are truly talented. Think about it, Ge Nan worked at home since he was a child, so he should be able to run very fast, while Gao Hu grew up in a musical family, so his talent is beyond doubt."
Wu Wangwang said thoughtfully, "But the information says they were all winning awards. They showed great talent from a young age, but their talents were almost all ruined at the same time."
"No, no, no, the standards are different. The judging standards when I was a child are different from those when I grew up. For example, I can play the piano, but that's something I learned when I was a child. Normally, a talented person at my age should have already won an international award. But I've seen the awards of these ten students, and apart from Gao Hu, they're all fake." Ling Yuanshan knew that Wu Wangwang didn't understand, so he explained the normal award process to her.
Actually, Ling Yuanshan wasn't very clear either, but he had taken various appreciation classes when he was young, so he could give a general answer.
Simply put, apart from Gao Hu, who won all the international age-based awards through his family's influence, and Ge Nan, who was genuinely trained by his physical education teacher to develop for the national team from the age of fifteen, the so-called reputations that the others had since childhood were actually quite superficial.
Especially regarding the female lead's claim of being an actress since childhood, if she truly has talent, with her experience in the entertainment industry from a young age, she should at least have blockbuster movies and TV series, or win Best Actor/Actress awards, or at the very least, a Best Newcomer Award, right?
In reality, they only received some activity awards supported by the municipal party committee. These awards were only meant to improve their impression score during the art exams, and did not actually make them eligible for special admission.
Therefore, of these ten people, apart from Gao Hu and Ge Nan, the remaining eight may have talent, but they are definitely not outstanding. They happen to be in a school that prioritizes grades, and they are trying to soar to the top. So they can only use some special methods.
Ling Yuanshan had observed their report cards and found that each of them had indeed been gradually improving their grades within the Sixth Middle School. To outsiders, it seemed that they had stabilized their grades and continued to make progress. However, judging from their current situation after the incident, their grades were far from as good as they appeared.
Wu Wangwang understood and said, "Then let's go to the library and check the information on their phones. I think we can definitely find the answer on all ten of their phones. But what about Liu Hong's phone? He's dead, and we haven't even seen the body. How are we going to unlock it?"
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Author's Note: [End of Chapter]
Wu Wangwang: True geniuses achieve fame and fortune in their teens, but by thirty, they're dead! [Starry-eyed]
Ling Yuanshan: Baby, spend less time on your phone [laughing and crying emoji]
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