Chapter 61 Grave Numbers Above All 23 Sixth Middle School
Both of them realized that the dormitory was not so simple. In addition, when Wu looked over there today, he actually encountered an infant spirit and a hanging ghost. Who knows if they also died because of the dormitory?
Ling Yuanshan barely managed to recall a similar instance from his memory and said, "When this happens, we need to figure out what caused the initial death. I remember I had an instance like this before, where we had to find out who died first, because that was the first person to trigger the death rule."
"As more people die, the rules will accumulate, making the death rules the later ones. But every time you dispel the current death rules, people will still die because they are no longer the same as the initial rules. However, each accumulation will make the death rules different. The best way is to start from the first person who died, because that person is the core of all death rules."
After the core rule is severed, there is a certain chance that the other subordinate rules will disappear. However, there are also unfortunate situations where, after the core death rule disappears, the subordinate rules form new and independent death rules. Even Ling Yuanshan was lucky to survive in such cases and was not entirely confident.
After listening to Ling Yuanshan's words, Wu Wangwang was silent for a while, then said quietly, "Since you've said that, we're bound to encounter the most difficult situation."
With the mortality rate looming large, they certainly won't be lenient in this regard.
Ling Yuanshan paused, then laughed in exasperation: "Really..."
Wu Wangwang patted his shoulder: "Don't worry, I won't let you die. I'll be working for your family for many more years."
"Just take care of yourself. You live in the girls' dormitory, and it's not far from here. There haven't been any deaths on the boys' side yet, so the rules of death are probably more complicated. Be careful when you go back tonight," Ling Yuanshan repeatedly reminded him.
"Don't worry, I have a spray. Even if they really come, I'll spray them and run away while they're restrained." Wu Wangwang wasn't worried at all. After all, she wouldn't die; only the players would.
Ling Yuanshan was still a little worried, but worry is the most useless emotion in a game. He quickly composed himself and began to carefully study the people who died in the dormitory.
Liu Hong and Tang Xiaofen both live in dormitory 504 of the girls' dormitory. However, there are three dormitories for boys and three dormitories for girls in the whole school, making a total of six dormitories 504. If you include the old campus, there are twelve dormitories 504.
Previously, fearing that conflicting information would mislead people, Ling Yuanshan had filtered out the old campuses. Now, hearing that Tang Xiaofen had also died there, he found those old campuses as well and discovered that many people had indeed died in dormitory 504.
After the time limit was relaxed, the index became an even longer list that seemed endless, which was already quite shocking without any comparison of the death toll in other dormitories.
There were too many to write by hand, so Wu Wangwang gave up. She rested her chin on her hand and looked at the first one next to Ling Yuanshan, saying, "Let's just look at the earliest one. Something must have happened at the very beginning."
Ling Yuanshan had no objections. Since it was difficult to find the information by scrolling down, he simply changed the sequence to be arranged by time. The earliest death occurred in the girls' dormitory, which was an accident in the old campus.
They didn't know what the dormitories in the old campus were like. According to the description in the file, it was only said that a girl accidentally slipped and fell while taking a shower at night, hit the faucet, and bled to death. At that time, the school management was very strict. Everyone was very tired and didn't care about their roommates' situation. It wasn't until the dormitory supervisor came to check that they found someone had been in the bathroom the whole time.
The dormitory supervisor initially thought the girl was procrastinating and hadn't gone to bed on time, so she went over to urge her and prepared to issue a demerit slip so the girl could go to the homeroom teacher to receive punishment the next day. However, the girl didn't respond, and the dormitory supervisor realized that she might have fainted, so she hurriedly tried to pick the lock and open the door.
However, the dormitory bathroom was cramped at the time. After the girl fainted, she blocked the door and could not be pushed open no matter what she did. The dormitory supervisor glanced inside and saw that the girl was not wearing clothes and there was blood all over the floor. Finally, she thought of calling the police and calling 120 for an ambulance.
The girl eventually died despite all efforts to save her. The school dismissed the caregiver, paid her compensation, and the matter seemed to be a complete accident.
Whether it was an accident is debatable. Ling Yuanshan then pulled up the file of the first death in the new campus dormitory. This time, the girl who died seemed to be acting out a scene from Final Destination. When she was collecting her clothes, her shirt was blown away. She jumped up to try to retrieve it, but ended up tumbling down the corridor with her shirt.
Other students saw it; some eyewitnesses said that everyone had actually done it before, but that day the girl was like she was possessed, suddenly climbing out.
When the police came to investigate, they examined every trace and determined that it was an accidental fall due to inertia, and no one could be blamed.
These two cases, along with Tang Xiaofen's, almost prove that either it was an accident or there were rules governing death.
However, the old campus has been abandoned for a long time, and the students from the past have long since left the school. Apart from some old teachers, no one should know whether anything else happened back then.
Ling Yuanshan thought for a while and then pulled up all the student death records for that year. He found that there weren't many student deaths that year. Excluding the girl who died in the accident in dormitory 504, there was only one student who died in a car accident. However, it was a long time ago, and car accidents are not usually related to the school, so the school records were very simple.
“We can’t find anything. It happened decades ago. There are no records left, and no one is left. How can we investigate?” Ling Yuanshan said, rubbing his head.
Wu Wangwang nodded in agreement. After a while, she remembered the group and, on a whim, picked up Ge Nan's phone and sent a message in the group: Are you guys there?
No one answered.
But this shouldn't be happening. All the previous records were fine, which means that even though everyone encountered many unexpected events, they still supported each other and planned to get through the last month. How could they suddenly disappear?
It's true that the students have been replaced by Wu Wangwang and others. Since they can't get phones, they naturally can't think of what to post. But the ghosts won't disappear, will they?
Suddenly, Wu Wangwang had a flash of inspiration, and she grabbed Ling Yuanshan abruptly: "There's something I've overlooked!"
Ling Yuanshan was startled and quickly asked, "What's wrong?"
"It's our belongings! So many people in the group have copies of our seniors' belongings or suicide notes, which is why they saw ghosts. We didn't see any, not because our ghosts are gone, but because our belongings are gone!" Wu Wangwang said anxiously.
Upon hearing Wu Wangwang's words, Ling Yuanshan also showed a look of sudden realization: "Right, right, right, you just saw the group chat, what were the relics again?"
Wu Wangwang quickly opened her notebook and wrote down her belongings and will in chronological order.
Ge Nan is a gold medalist, but Wu Wangwang has never been able to find this item among Ge Nan's belongings. She doesn't know if it was taken back to the sports archives by a copy or if some other accident occurred.
Gao Hu had no belongings. He was introduced to the opera house ghost by the flute senior, and it was probably the singing they heard on the first day they entered the instance.
Some of the other students' belongings have been lost because the students who entered the instance didn't notice them, while Ge Nan's belongings never appeared from the beginning.
And they should have stolen the suicide note from the psychological archives. The girl who jumped off the building at the end of last year seemed to know a lot of inside information; she was quite well-read and might know something.
The school records were too simplistic; aside from the list of the dead, they could hardly obtain any useful information. So, Ling Yuanshan printed out all the names of the dead according to the timeline, and they left the library. They could come back later if they needed any information; they couldn't waste time memorizing data.
Not long after leaving the library, the school bell rang to dismiss students. Having been hungry all day, Wu Wangwang remembered that humans should eat on time, so she reminded Ling Yuanshan to go eat first.
Ling Yuanshan felt that going to the cafeteria three times a day was too troublesome. He thought about whether there was a supermarket or convenience store on campus, and whether he could buy other things to eat in the cafeteria.
The cafeteria usually only has uncles and aunties wearing masks behind the display window. They serve the food very evenly, without favoritism or shaky hands, which is the type of service many students like.
The meals are not fixed every day, but the combination is standardized to ensure that students eat their fill and get enough nutrition, so that they can have enough energy to study well.
After entering the cafeteria, Ling Yuanshan looked around but couldn't find a place to buy things separately. He then tried asking the cafeteria ladies, but none of them answered.
Just as the two of them were discussing whether to go find it themselves, some players came over; they were two of the girls they had met at noon.
The taller girl said, "Don't bother looking anymore. We found that there's only a convenience store on the old campus. The convenience store on the new campus only sells stationery, study guides, and test papers. Besides, we can't find any other food options except for the cafeteria."
In other words, the student rules state that students are not allowed to bring food into certain places. In order to avoid students disobeying the rules, the school simply does not provide meals except in the cafeteria.
Wu Wangwang raised her question: "Without supermarkets and convenience stores, how will we use our daily necessities? My laundry detergent is almost gone."
It's because Ge Nan's supplies are almost gone. I hadn't thought about this before because there are convenience stores on the map. Logically speaking, school convenience stores should sell these kinds of things. Otherwise, boarding students can't leave the school. If they run out of supplies and have nothing to buy, they'll end up like beggars.
The tall girl shrugged: "Whatever, or we can only steal from other dorms. They've all gone home, so taking a little bit isn't a big problem, and we won't get caught."
That's what they say, but in the game, they don't care about all the rules of conduct. The only rule is that students are not allowed to steal from their classmates. If someone steals, they will be given a warning.
Since mobile phones are contraband, the crime of using a mobile phone is more serious than the crime of stealing, so stealing a mobile phone is not so serious, as long as you are not caught using the mobile phone.
Ling Yuanshan remembered this rule. He lowered his head and whispered, "It's okay, I have extra. I'll give you some later, or you can borrow some from the girls."
They are ten, not the other seventeen players. Each of them has their own ulterior motives. If Wu Wangwang needs help, the girls will be very willing to help.
The tall girl, seeing the two of them whispering to each other, asked, "Hey, you two, don't you know that this school is all about grades?"
"Everyone knows this rule," Ling Yuanshan said, puzzled.
"So you two still dare to stand so close? At noon we thought our hints were obvious enough, but you two acted like Romeo and Juliet, throwing your weight around for a woman? Just think of it as us taking care of kids. Good students don't play with bad students, even if your class rankings are very close." The shorter girl next to us whispered a reminder.
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Author's Note: [End of Chapter]
Wu Wangwang: So it wasn't discrimination against girls, it was discrimination against girls in lower-achieving classes? How annoying! Let's have a running race if you dare! [Waving hand]
Ling Yuanshan: Don't be angry, it's all the game's fault! [Pat head]
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A typhoon was coming to my area, and the power went out before I even started writing. I was so scared I almost had a heart attack. Luckily, the power came back on, and I was finally able to finish.
I heard this typhoon is really big, everyone please be careful! [Please!]
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