Chapter 71 Grave Numbers Above All 33 Sixth Middle School
Everyone saw Wu Wangwang handing something over, but they didn't understand how she was keeping it, and they immediately became very nervous.
Ling Yuanshan accepted the spray, said nothing more, and told them to go back and rest. It wasn't a holiday, so they would definitely need to go back for a nap at noon.
They parted ways on the school road and returned to the girls' dormitory. Wu Wangwang didn't go to sleep immediately. She ran to the washbasin and turned on the tap, but after observing for a while, she was sure there was nothing wrong with the water.
Since the water in the girls' dormitory is fine, it seems that someone in the boys' dormitory sabotaged the male player. The question is, is the culprit the ghost, or the person behind the ghost?
Is this targeting the male player's identity, or him personally?
Although the rules and standards for players and students seem to be from different systems, there are still some connections. For example, if a student is up to no good, the player will also encounter the same thing.
As her NPC roommates returned one after another, Wu Wangwang stopped staring at the washbasin and went back to her bed. Sitting on the top bunk watching the others return, she suddenly asked loudly, "Has anyone seen my gold medal?"
Upon hearing Wu Wangwang's voice, the NPCs paused, then looked at her, and shook their heads. The dormitory head, perhaps due to a dormitory-care buff, added, "No, aren't all your gold medals kept in the sports archives?"
Wu Wangwang looked surprised, then slapped her head. She had been so busy lately that she was completely out of her mind. All she knew was that Ge Nan had stolen the gold medal and thought she had lost it. But was it possible that the gold medal had returned to the sports archives?
Thinking about this, Wu Wangwang lay down and waited for the free time in the afternoon.
The lunch break ended quickly, and everyone returned to the lifeless teaching building. After lunch reading, they received another message: today's exam had been moved to tomorrow afternoon. Due to unforeseen circumstances, the teachers did not have time to grade the papers today, so they simply postponed the exam.
Everything went as usual in the afternoon: doing problems, doing problems, doing problems. As she worked on those problems, Wu Wangwang felt that she could reflexively write down the answers to simple questions. She began to realize how terrifying the "sea of problems" strategy was. Anyone with a normal brain and the willingness to break down problems could indeed maximize their score within the limits of their talent.
After finally getting through school, Wu Wangwang ran to find Ling Yuanshan, who happened to come out as well and returned the spray to Wu Wangwang.
"How was it?" Wu Wangwang asked curiously.
Ling Yuanshan frowned and replied, "Only the water in their dormitory room has a problem. Later, I took apart the faucet and found this under the filter."
Then Ling Yuanshan took out a small plastic bag from his bag, lined with a lot of tissues. Inside was a small, solid pill that had been soaked in water and softened, but the center was still hard, indicating that it was made with the intention of being placed in a tap.
Wu Wangwang examined it for a while and asked, "Is this what's keeping him so thirsty?"
Ling Yuanshan shook his head: "The specific ingredients are unclear, but this is definitely a reason. And I find it strange that the police searched the place this morning, so why would they leave such obvious evidence?"
"The pills that can be stuffed into the faucet can't be too big, otherwise they'll affect the water flow, and the NPC will call for repairs. Then it'll be discovered. Do you think it's possible that the player's side of the storyline involves accidental killing? Or that the people they're supposed to kill are their entire dorm room?" Wu Wangwang tried to think of the player's side of the storyline in a simple way.
“It’s possible, but unfortunately I didn’t find anything else when I went in, not even a ghost. I’m worried that this kind of dormitory-wide murder might spread to our area,” Ling Yuanshan said anxiously.
Recently, things have been quite turbulent in the boys' dormitory, and the players have also experienced many strange accidents. If the two sides were to merge, it would not be a good thing for Ling Yuanshan.
Wu Wangwang thought for a moment and asked, "Are the players aware of the hidden rules of this school?"
It means that each student can ask a dead ghost for help.
Ling Yuanshan shook his head: "Probably not. If they realized it, they would definitely seek protection from ghosts. Most players don't have any moral compass when they enter the game and completely unleash their true nature, instead of being like sleepwalkers who haven't found anything yet."
Both sides were blocked. At this time, the students took their water cups and came over. They asked what to do next and whether the dormitory had found any useful information.
I repeated what I had just said to them, and the students were quite surprised. It was a pity that they were all bookworms; otherwise, they could have taken the pills and secretly gone to the chemistry and biology labs to conduct experiments. Although, I don't know if the high school equipment could have deciphered them.
"We don't know what this pill is for yet, or if other dorm rooms will have it. Anyway, everyone be careful. Don't drink anything other than the water from the cafeteria," Ling Yuanshan warned repeatedly.
At this moment, Wu Wangwang said, "Let's put this matter aside for now. I need to go to the sports archives. I want to look for Ge Nan's belongings."
She was going, and Ling Yuanshan would definitely accompany her. The students continued to have free time. If they wanted to know anything from the NPCs, they could try asking them. Anyway, with the experience from noon, they would definitely be able to practice slowly.
The sports archives are in the administration building, where many relics are kept. In the past, the desire to steal things reached its peak.
"Young Master, don't you have any disguise props?" Wu Wangwang asked expectantly from the top of the stairs.
Ling Yuanshan pondered for a moment: "Yes, the White Moonlight I gave you before was it."
Wu Wangwang, who had been full of anticipation, suddenly lost her smile: "I was talking about items, why are all yours just buffs for people?"
Ling Yuanshan said helplessly, "There's nothing I can do about the dungeons the game assigned to me."
After school, the administration building would be locked. They would skillfully climb to the second floor and then avoid the security cameras to go to the sports archives.
They weren't good at sneaking in and picking locks, but luckily the sports archives weren't taken seriously. Like the psychology teacher's office, it was taken advantage of being on a higher floor and wasn't locked from the inside; the door could be opened with a simple twist of the handle.
Upon entering the archives, the first thing you see is a huge glass cabinet filled with all sorts of gleaming trophies and medals.
Wu Wangwang let out a soft "wow," she had never seen so many trophies before, they were so dazzling.
Ling Yuanshan patted her shoulder: "Don't be surprised. A school that has been open for decades wouldn't be so popular with students and parents if it didn't have so many trophies. Hurry up and look for them. These cabinets are arranged by year. Let's go inside."
In the cabinet from the latest year, there were still many medals belonging to Ge Nan. Wu Wangwang glanced at them and continued walking. When they reached the cabinet from the year of the track and field senior, they searched carefully and found that none of the senior's medals were missing.
I don't know which bastard stole the medal from Ge Nan and then put it back.
Wu Wangwang stared at the medals: "Damn it, the chat log didn't specify which year the medals were from."
Even though they are all relics, what if they are not the things the deceased cherished most, and we can't get them back?
Ling Yuanshan pondered for a moment, then pointed to the first medal and said, "It should be that one. Tang Xiaofen said that before high school, the senior was injured in an accident and could not directly participate in the national team. He once thought that he had lost the color of life. Later, he recovered and slowly rehabilitated successfully. The gold medal he won again has special significance for him."
This argument makes a lot of sense. Wu Wangwang opened the cabinet, picked up the medal, and was stunned as soon as she held it in her hand.
Logically speaking, she should be able to sense all ghostly energy, but the dungeon's setting mechanism blocks such ghostly energy. The only way to identify it is through the mobile phone or when a vengeful ghost appears on its own. If Ge Nan used this medal to contact her senior, shouldn't she have felt some kind of connection after obtaining the medal?
After all, she wasn't human. The students couldn't sense her presence even with her belongings, perhaps because they needed more time to connect with her. Why couldn't she sense it?
Seeing Wu Wangwang pause, Ling Yuanshan quickly asked, "What's wrong? Is something wrong?"
Wu Wangwang didn't answer. Instead, she put down the medal and touched all the medals that her seniors had won, including the silver and bronze ones. There were none.
Finally picking up the first one, Wu Wangwang hesitated and said, "Strange, isn't Ge Nan bound to a senior from the track and field team? Other students have touched the relics once or twice and can vaguely hear them calling their names, so why don't I feel anything?"
"It seems like it's because...you were punished again, right?" Ling Yuanshan replied with a dry laugh. "Didn't the beginning of the article say that if a person is punished, even a ghost will be punished?"
Upon hearing this, Wu Wangwang was speechless. What kind of ridiculous setting was this? Couldn't her senior just punish her and then come back quickly?
This was truly the worst class of ghosts she had ever taught!
They'll definitely take the medals, but Wu Wangwang and Ling Yuanshan aren't sure if the teachers will find out. If they have a god-like perspective and come to arrest them tomorrow, or if they forge a report, they'll really be arrested.
For a moment, Ling Yuanshan hesitated whether to leave the sports archives or just come back to visit when he had time.
Wu Wangwang stroked the medal and said directly, "Never mind, let's just go. Stealing one is the same as stealing two. Let's steal the article title and the phone too, and then leave them with me."
Ling Yuanshan disagreed: "No, we still have a long time ahead of us, and we're safe now. There's no need to take this risk."
"It's okay. If I get caught, I can just run laps with the PE teacher again. We have hallucinogenic spray, so I'll just have to wait for time to pass. It'll be fine." Wu Wangwang didn't find the punishment scary. Besides, she felt it was pointless to be completely ignorant. She figured she could just collect all the important relics and then hide them using some kind of trick.
Hoping the referee wouldn't find out, Wu Wangwang thought about the referee's question and started considering the logic behind the illusion-type props. She would simulate the relevant prop logic later, since the referee couldn't find out how many props a player had.
They hadn't expected the punishment to be repeated and escalated over and over again. Thinking about Wu Wangwang's actions, Ling Yuanshan was convinced. They secretly went to the counselor's office. The thirteen suicide notes had been moved, and they searched for a while before finding them.
The confiscated cell phones were usually kept by the homeroom teacher, so they went back to the teaching building, to the grade-level office, found the corresponding homeroom teacher's desk, and sure enough, found the flip phone in the teacher's drawer.
Everything is ready; all that's left is for the ghost to return!
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Author's Note: [End of Chapter]
Wu Wangwang: Every day is a battle of wits with the referee [chin resting on hand]
Ling Yuanshan: [Question mark]
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