Chapter 69 The Number of Graves is Paramount 31 Sixth Middle School
Given their mortality rate, if they were to actually steal from the office, it would be like catching a turtle in a jar; the teachers would definitely be eagerly waiting for them.
The identities the referee chose for them were truly malicious. Despite all ten of them possessing their own ghosts and having very good relationships, including the unofficial ghost Wen Shouxiang, their belongings were incomplete upon their appearance. They were either missing or confiscated, and there was also Ling Yuanshan, a ghost who was completely bound to the earth and could not leave.
Over the past week, everyone has gradually become familiar with each other, and they have protected each other in the empty dormitory, which can be considered as a bond of life and death. Girl C said, "It's okay. Although we don't have many belongings left, we usually don't separate. Even if we only find one or two ghosts that we summoned, we can barely hold on. Let's wait for Ge Nan and the other two to come back."
Wu Wangwang touched her face and pondered, "That's fine, but just in case, I need to find you another person. Remember what I just mentioned about the beginning of the article? Her suicide note is in the counselor's office. That should be easier to steal, and she probably knows a lot of information. She should be able to protect you."
As for Wu Wangwang and Ling Yuanshan, they don't need to. They have a bunch of props and are even bound by red threads, so they won't die.
The girl whispered a reminder: "But you're going to steal from the office too, right? You've only been peeking before, without stealing anything, so the teachers haven't been able to find anything on you. If you steal something, they might catch you."
The other students echoed this sentiment. They had been there for a while now, and their requirements for the dungeon had been lowered to simply staying alive; they just hoped nothing unexpected would happen.
Wu Wangwang looked at Ling Yuanshan, wanting to hear what he had to say. He seemed quite good at stealing.
Ling Yuanshan glanced at the belongings in everyone's hands and said, "We still need to steal things, but how to steal them without being discovered is also a problem. If we want to get out of here alive, we need to understand the true rules of death in this instance. Now we know that only ghosts can influence people's thinking. People can't resist the pressure and commit suicide. But some people's suicides are far-fetched. We are looking for belongings not only to protect ourselves, but also to find the truth."
Since it concerned how to get through the checkpoint, all we could do was tell them to be careful; there was nothing more we could do to persuade them.
Liu Hong's belongings are still in Wu Wangwang's hands. For the time being, they don't know what kind of ghost these belongings will bring. Before they know what the meat pieces in the lucky bag are, it's safer for them to keep them in their own hands than to give them to the students.
The students returned to their dormitories with their belongings. As Wu Wangwang had instructed, they were to carry the belongings with them and place them next to their pillows when they slept, so that they could stay with them as they fell asleep.
Before Wu Wangwang and Ling Yuanshan could figure out how to steal the items, another strange thing happened at the school—on Wednesday, a fight broke out in a boys' dormitory after they got up in the morning, attracting the attention of other students.
Because it wasn't on the same floor, it took Ling Yuanshan a while to squeeze in. He was tall and could see clearly. He discovered that it was a boy from Liu Hong's class who was fighting with other people. He was fighting the other NPCs by himself, and their blood had stained the washbasin red.
The NPCs were all indifferent and didn't go in, but they gathered around to watch the excitement, their eyes shining with anticipation. Ling Yuanshan had seen this look in his eyes recently. He thought back and remembered that it was the day Liu Hong jumped off the building, when the NPCs were just as happy and excited.
They weren't just watching the spectacle; they were waiting for death. Whoever died meant they could have another vacation.
There were ten people in the dormitory. Nine of them were NPCs beating up the male player, but they hadn't actually beaten him. Ling Yuanshan noticed that the male player was carrying a dagger, which was probably a prop. He was the one who caused the wounds on the NPCs.
When the dormitory supervisor came up, she tried to control the situation, but to no avail. The male player attacked everywhere like a madman, but he didn't leave the vicinity of the washbasin. He only used his knife to scare away other people.
Suddenly, the NPCs started complaining to the dormitory supervisor that the male player had gone crazy today. They were supposed to go to the washbasin together to wash up after getting up, but the male player wouldn't let them get close no matter what, and monopolized all the faucets by himself.
Each dormitory room in the new campus is equipped with four faucets and very large washbasins, so students can wash up quickly if they take turns using them.
But now all four faucets have been taken over by male players.
Ling Yuanshan found it strange, not understanding whether there was a problem with the faucet and sink, or whether the male player was simply being affected by a ghost.
Just when everyone was baffled, the male player, taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention to him, suddenly turned around and turned on the tap, frantically drinking the water that flowed out. His stomach visibly swelled up, but he didn't stop.
Hearing the commotion, the NPCs turned their gazes in that direction, but none of them went to stop it. Even the dormitory supervisor remained silent, just watching quietly.
Seeing that the male player's stomach was swollen as if he were pregnant, Ling Yuanshan rushed in and grabbed him, saying, "Stop drinking! Your stomach is about to burst!"
The male player cursed Ling Yuanshan fiercely, shoved him away with all his might, and brandished his dagger several times. After forcing Ling Yuanshan back, he roared with a ferocious expression, "No one can take this from me! Get out! It's all mine! If you dare to take it, I'll kill you all!"
“I’m not trying to steal anything. Calm down. Even if you’re going to drink, you can’t drink this much, right?” Ling Yuanshan tried to reason with him. At this moment, he really hoped to borrow the spray from Wu Wangwang. With that, he could calm the male player down.
The male player, who had already gone mad, wouldn't listen to anything and kept drinking water whenever he could. This time, he didn't drink much, and blood started flowing from the corner of his mouth. It seemed that his stomach was too full and had cracked, causing bleeding.
Ling Yuanshan rushed over and knocked the dagger out of the male player's hand with a grappling move, then twisted his hand behind his back and held it tightly: "Calm down, you really can't drink anymore, do you not want to finish the game alive?"
Ignoring the NPCs around them, Ling Yuanshan shouted a reminder, hoping to calm the male player down.
There were other players watching from the entrance, but none of them came in.
The male player, who was being held by Ling Yuanshan, suddenly stopped. Just when Ling Yuanshan thought he was finally regaining his senses, he suddenly bent over and vomited.
He spat out the water he had just drunk, but it wasn't clear water at all. Instead, it was streams of dark, bloody sewage that emitted a deadly stench. It looked like the flesh and bones of a rotting corpse had been mixed together with the body fluids, mashed into a paste, drunk, and then spat out. It was also mixed with countless wriggling maggots.
Even though Ling Yuanshan had seen many horrific scenes, he still couldn't help but gag when he saw this scene. He subconsciously let go of his hand and covered his nose. The NPCs around him seemed not to have smelled anything and remained motionless. The players watching couldn't help but cover their noses and back away from a distance.
The male player kept vomiting, and the vomit was about to spread. Maggots were crawling around. Ling Yuanshan couldn't help but back away. The male player's stomach gradually shrank, and when it returned to its normal size, he suddenly convulsed, opened his eyes, fell to the ground, and stopped breathing.
Ling Yuanshan suddenly opened his eyes wide. Ignoring the dirt on the ground, he went around to feel the male player's pulse and found that he was really dead. Moreover, his lips were blackish-purple and even his fingernails were a little purple. It felt like he had been poisoned.
After the person died, the NPCs erupted in an astonishing cheer, dancing and gesturing as if they had encountered some great joy.
The dormitory supervisor brought the situation under control, called the police, and notified the teachers to come and handle the situation.
While waiting for the outcome, all students on campus must go to the classroom for classes.
With such an incident, the students naturally couldn't concentrate on their studies. Although they were not allowed to violate school rules by whispering, such things were as good as nothing if they weren't caught, so they still spread at an alarming rate.
The players were all students on the seventh floor. The students on the sixth floor were a little slower in spreading the news, and it was mostly the boys who knew more. By the time Wu Wangwang found out the details, the first class had already ended. Ling Yuanshan came over during the break to tell her.
Ling Yuanshan looked around and lowered his voice: "I checked him. There are signs of poisoning on his body. His behavior before he died was also very strange. I'm wondering if there is a kind of poison that makes people feel very thirsty after eating it, but in reality, their internal organs have already rotted away?"
Wu Wangwang pondered for a moment and said, "It is possible, but in reality, it's very unlikely to achieve that level..."
Before they could finish speaking, the school bell rang again, and they had to separate and go back to their classrooms to sit down.
The students studied in the classroom for the entire morning, and the originally planned test was canceled.
During the last class, the homeroom teacher came over and announced that the school and the police had defined the incident as an accident. The boy had accidentally eaten food containing parasites, and the parasites made him want to eat and drink. Eventually, the parasites grew too big and he died.
Therefore, all homeroom teachers held a video safety class during the remaining time in the morning, emphasizing not to eat undercooked food, as it may contain parasites and affect the college entrance examination.
The NPCs were very disappointed and lost their focus during the lesson.
After class, Wu Wangwang walked out of the classroom and found that Ling Yuanshan and the other students had run over. What happened in the morning was indeed shocking to them.
The man, A, raised his hand first and said in horror, "I was the first to see him. Before the fight started, he seemed to have been drinking water from the tap. But the other guys in the dorm were all lying on their beds, looking at him with their heads turned to the side, laughing. The room was dark, it was really scary."
At this point, the man's hands were shaking, which showed how terrified he was by what he saw that morning.
Wu Wangwang found it strange: "How did you see it first?"
"I kept hearing the sound of water all night, and it kept me awake. I thought the tap was on, but when I got up to check, I found it wasn't. Last night I thought maybe they were doing laundry or something next door. But this morning I couldn't stand it anymore, so I decided to go next door to check, and that's when I saw it through the window." The man said, clutching his head in despair. His eyes were dark and he looked like he hadn't slept well all night.
The boys watched for a while in the morning, but after the male player in the back threw up, they didn't dare to watch anymore. It was smelly, disgusting, and terrifying.
The sudden death of another player is a heavy blow to everyone, which means that in the game, death can indeed be faced at any time.
Ling Yuanshan once again voiced his thoughts, pressing Wu Wangwang for an answer: "By the way, Ge Nan, what was it that you didn't finish saying this morning?"
When the others looked over, Wu Wangwang continued what she had been saying when the school bell rang: "What I was trying to say was that many things can cause this kind of internal rot and thirst. What about paraquat? Isn't that a classic poison?"
Considering Wu Wangwang's past experiences in the countryside, and the fact that she had probably encountered many people committing suicide with this, Ling Yuanshan had no doubts: "Have you ever seen anyone drink paraquat?"
The original owner had indeed seen it before, so Wu Wangwang nodded: "Yes, people in the countryside, if they can't survive, they can only seek death. But the difference is that only potent poisons can destroy the internal organs. Logically, the maggots should also die. How could it be that the person and the maggots are both alive, but the inside has already rotted into a pool of corpse fluid?"
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Author's Note: [End of Chapter]
Wu Wangwang: We should create a teleportation item so we can borrow it anytime, anywhere. [starry-eyed]
Ling Yuanshan: By the time we finally get this amazing artifact, we'll probably have completed the game eight hundred times already. [Sigh]
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