Chapter 62 Grave Numbers Above All 24 Sixth Middle School
This rule didn't seem to fit Ge Nan and his group at all. The ten of them didn't care about such things. Each of them had different grades, and they weren't even in the same class, yet they still got along well.
Upon realizing this, Ling Yuanshan immediately retorted, "Are you sure this is one of the rules? How come it's different from the information we found?"
The two girls said it must be true, because after they entered the classroom, they heard the homeroom teacher hold a morning meeting. Every class said that they should study hard and not waste time with people who have poor grades. The purpose of the school rules is always clear. Isn't it just what parents say about not playing with bad students?
After listening to them, Ling Yuanshan and Wu Wangwang exchanged a helpless glance. The difficulty levels on their two sides were indeed different. The students were already looking for ghosts to fight, while the players were still considering their academic performance.
Given the players' mindset and perspective, it's not surprising that Liu Hong died the first time. They were too careless, treating this instance like a normal one. Actually, it wasn't impossible; if the students hadn't been accidentally brought in, they would have discovered the problem and resolved it after half of them died.
Wu Wangwang and Ling Yuanshan were held up by the mortality rate and had no choice but to speed up. Even so, they couldn't guarantee that the rest of the time would be safe.
Ling Yuanshan was unsure whether to warn these players, since their standards for clearing the game were different. If he told them in advance, would it make them die even faster?
No one can make a 100% guarantee in the dungeon. If information is shared and a player dies, they will become the target of everyone's criticism. The dungeon is difficult enough as it is, and if they are targeted by other players, they will definitely fail to clear it.
But if he didn't say so, it would seem like he was letting down the two players who had kindly reminded him. After thinking for a while, Ling Yuanshan said, "Our rules are different and not interchangeable."
The two female players were shocked upon hearing this, and the taller player couldn't help but ask, "What do you mean? Are you newcomers not subject to the same standards as us?"
Wu Wangwang understood Ling Yuanshan's meaning and knew that he didn't want to owe anyone, so she explained, "It can't be said that they are not the same standard, but the emphasis on passing the level is different. Your methods of passing the level are definitely different from ours."
Despite Wu Wangwang's confident assertions to Ling Yuanshan, the two female players were not entirely convinced. After all, they were still too young, and their identities were naturally different. Who knew if they were just saying that to save their lives?
Everyone is equal under the death rate.
They didn't say anything more and went to another window to get their food. Later, players and students came to eat one after another. The players didn't greet Wu Wangwang and the other girl, but the students did greet them. However, they all looked like frightened birds, anxious and terrified. They hadn't yet recovered from the punishment and brainwashing.
Since we can't buy anything, it means we have to come to the cafeteria to eat every mealtime, otherwise we'll easily be caught by ghosts if we're hungry.
After a quick meal, the two went to the old campus together. It was already evening, and the azure sky was slowly turning golden red, with the setting sun casting long shadows.
Walking through the quiet old campus, Wu Wangwang looked around and suddenly said, "It's strange. It's the first time I've seen it, but this quiet old campus feels like it has a sense of time."
Ling Yuanshan nodded in agreement: "Indeed, it's like a youthful memory that you'll miss when you grow up—quiet, spacious, and a little bit dilapidated."
Unfortunately, they couldn't take their time to appreciate the scenery in the instance. After their initial reflection, they sped up and followed the map to find the girls' dormitory building.
Unlike the dormitories in the new campus, the girls' dormitory in the old campus is very cold and dark. It seems to be a design flaw during construction, as it doesn't face the sun much. When the setting sun shines on it, it looks like a haunted house.
The old dormitory building had no wire mesh and must have been abandoned for a long time. It was covered with moss, dust, mold, and rust. These things had eaten away at the walls, no wonder no light could get in, and every corner was piled with garbage.
The dormitory building's main gate was unlocked, and the iron gate was covered in brownish-red rust. Fearing that he might get a tetanus from being pricked, Ling Yuanshan simply took out his long knife and gently pushed it open with the blade.
Wu Wangwang followed behind him, looking around, and then said, "This place seems similar to the new campus, but the feng shui of the building's angle is problematic, which will make the people who move in feel uncomfortable."
"You also understand feng shui?" Ling Yuanshan turned around in surprise, having never noticed that Wu Wangwang had this skill before.
Knowing feng shui and some Taoist skills is very useful in dungeons. It would be great if Wu Wangwang knew them.
Wu Wangwang paused, then brought up the original owner's hometown again: "It's a rural place, so there's a bit of feudal superstition. I only heard about it when I was helping someone build a house."
Ling Yuanshan was even more shocked: "How old were you before you came to the city? You were building houses for others? Isn't that child labor? That's illegal."
The original owner of this body had indeed done it, and Wu Wangwang laughed: "It's not that serious. The houses in the countryside are all built by ourselves, and the renovation teams we hire are basically our own people. When you ask, it's just that our own kids are helping out. In reality, they'll give me some money and food and drink. Everyone does it like that."
Just because everyone does it this way doesn't mean it's right. Ling Yuanshan wanted to say something, but he could only recall Wu Wangwang's vicious mother. In the end, he could only say, "Fortunately, you've come to the city."
Wu Wangwang smiled silently, then pushed Ling Yuanshan's shoulder to make him walk forward: "Alright, let's hurry up and go, it will be difficult to investigate later when it gets dark."
From the outside, it wasn't dark yet, but as soon as they entered the dormitory building, it felt like they had entered the night. For some reason, even though the windows weren't so dirty that they couldn't let in any light, the rooms felt much darker.
Ling Yuanshan had already adopted a wary, attack stance: "Be careful, there's always something fishy going on in this kind of place."
I encountered quite a few ghosts in the dungeon. At first, I ran away like a coward, but after getting powerful items, I dared to fight back. As long as it wasn't an instant-kill mechanic, I could block it with the items.
After hearing Ling Yuanshan's reminder, Wu Wangwang also took out the scissors.
Students also live on the first floor of the dormitory building, but there will be one less room on the first floor because the first room is reserved for the dormitory supervisor. So as soon as they enter the building, they will encounter the dormitory supervisor's room that is not occupied.
The room was divided into two parts by a curtain. Upon entering, the first thing you saw were the bookshelves, cabinets, and tables and chairs that the aunt used to have. There were also wooden boards nailed to the walls, covered with dormitory room numbers. Under the room numbers hung keys and slips of paper.
Wu Wangwang moved closer and could see the words on it, but to conform to human vision, she took out her phone, turned on the flashlight, and then read it aloud: "Leave request, leave request, leave request... all leave requests. The key to room 504 is here, it's rusty, I don't know if it still works."
Ling Yuanshan had already used his long sword to lift the curtain. He looked around the back half of the room by the light and casually replied, "It's fine if you don't need it. Don't you like dismantling doors? This place is abandoned anyway, so you can dismantle as much as you want."
Speaking of this, Wu Wangwang was very happy, so she decided not to carry the dirty key anymore.
Then Wu Wangwang shone her flashlight into the room behind the curtain. There was a bunk bed like the ones used by students. Judging from the decorations, the lower bunk was where the dormitory supervisor slept, while the upper bunk was used to store things, along with some bowls, chopsticks, and old appliances. It was clear that the dormitory supervisor auntie lived here every day.
Besides the bed and personal items, there was a separate back door. The bathroom door was broken and not closed, revealing a horribly filthy interior. Neither Wu Wangwang nor Ling Yuanshan had the courage to go in. Next to the back door was a separate sink with a missing pipe, leaving a strange liquid spilled all over the floor.
This dormitory building has been empty for almost twenty years, so it's inevitable that it's become dirty, messy, and smelly. The liquid on the ground is hard to tell whether it's rotten or something else, but it has a strange stench.
On the surface, there was nothing to look for. Ling Yuanshan prepared to go upstairs, and Wu Wangwang followed him out. When they passed the desk, she impulsively poked at the wooden drawer with scissors. After pulling it out, she saw scattered files inside, but because of their age, these things broke as soon as they were taken out.
Hearing the sound, Ling Yuanshan turned around and said, "It's okay. These files should all be backed up in the library. There shouldn't be anything important in them, and even if there were, they wouldn't be stored. Let's go upstairs as soon as possible."
Wu Wangwang nodded, took out her scissors, and followed.
The iron handrails of the stairs were completely rusted away. Fortunately, the stairs were proper stairs, not the kind made of iron plates, otherwise the two of them would have had to climb them.
The other dorm rooms were all open. They glanced at them as they passed by, noticing they were dark and dirty, but didn't think much of it.
Upon reaching the fifth floor, Ling Yuanshan became even more cautious, constantly paying attention to her surroundings, afraid of accidentally touching something.
Room 504 was not closed either. It was indeed much narrower than the new dormitory, and there were no fans or even cabinets. Some students left some clothes and blankets here. You could barely tell that the students who lived here back then could only put their things on their own beds.
The bed is only 90 centimeters wide, and with my own clothes and blankets on it, I can't even turn over in bed at night. And there's no fan in the dorm, which means I have to sleep with my own bedding and clothes in the summer. Isn't that unbearably hot?
The dormitory door faces a small, old-fashioned wooden window that can only be opened by pushing it outwards. Next to the wooden window is the toilet, a table for toiletries, and a rusty faucet. Students used to live in this kind of environment.
Although the new campus isn't exactly much better, the addition of washbasins, lockers, and an extra restroom makes things much better.
Wu Wangwang patted Ling Yuanshan on the shoulder and said, "I'll go in first. I've met the two ghosts in the new dormitory before, maybe we'll run into them again here."
Ling Yuanshan was a little worried: "Isn't that a bad idea? If we go in together, I can protect you."
“If we go in together, we’ll both die inside. If something happens to me, you run away quickly. I can resurrect using you as an anchor point. Or if you die outside, you can resurrect next to me.” Wu Wangwang reminded him that the red thread was still effective.
Knowing is one thing, but if Ling Yuanshan were to actually let Wu Wangwang go in and test the rules, he wouldn't be at ease. However, he knew that Wu Wangwang wouldn't easily change her mind, so he could only wait anxiously outside.
Wu Wangwang entered the dormitory without hesitation. She felt something was watching her as soon as she entered, but the dormitory was small and completely open, so there shouldn't be anything watching her.
Just as she was about to go to the bathroom, she heard the sound of shower water as she walked. She turned around abruptly and saw that Ling Yuanshan outside the door had suddenly disappeared. The surrounding scene then changed. In Wu Wangwang's eyes, it was as if she had returned to an ordinary night at No. 6 Middle School twenty years ago. The dormitory lights were dim, some people were taking a shower in the bathroom, and others were preparing to go to bed.
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Author's Note: [End of Chapter]
Wu Wangwang: It's a good thing you didn't come with me, otherwise I wouldn't know how to make a clean getaway [starry-eyed]
Ling Yuanshan: Huh? [Question mark]
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