Chapter 61: Never Stop Running
Although Li Ziyue has to attend classes and take exams like other students, he is also the only person in power in this world and can occasionally get some special treatment for himself.
Dormitory is one of them.
It's not that he can't afford a house outside. He can exchange a large amount of this world's currency from the points store with just a few points. He still lives in the dormitory simply because the dormitory is closest to the classroom and it is very convenient for him to go to early self-study.
Previously, he had been using props from the points store to make others think that he had a roommate, so no matter how other people's dormitories were reorganized, his room was not affected.
But why did Zhang San move in?
Item expired?
Li Ziyue stood by the door and felt a slight headache.
Zhang San was quietly packing up the test papers he had just received today beside his bed. The warm orange light in the dormitory illuminated half of his face, making him look particularly gentle.
"I sleep very well," he said. "I close my eyes early at night and I won't wake up no matter how loud the noise is."
Li Ziyue said nothing.
Zhang San silently took out two stacks of test papers from his schoolbag and said, "I'm sorry, I really disturbed you by moving in so rashly. I brought some gifts."
He handed over the test paper.
"I've looked at your recent monthly exam results, and based on your confusion about a certain knowledge point in class, I've temporarily found some exercises on the Internet that should be suitable for you."
"I just printed it, so there may be some problems." Zhang San saw that Li Ziyue was in a daze. "My Chinese score is basically stable at 130, and English is 145. Is there anything I didn't explain clearly in the cloze test I just analyzed?"
He took out the final exam again: "I have analyzed the entire test paper. If you want, you can take a look."
If you give someone a test paper as a greeting gift, they would have called you a "lunatic" long ago.
But the person he gave it to was Li Ziyue.
Li Ziyue would spend the points he earned from risking his life in the copy to exchange for people who must practice the questions.
He looked at the stack of papers... shamefully, a little curiously.
He actually didn't really want to do it, he just wanted to see what kind of questions Zhang San had given him.
Well, just curious... maybe.
While Li Ziyue was silent, Zhang San got on the bed and quickly closed his eyes. The next moment, he spoke with a little sleepiness in his voice: "I have just washed up and I am going to sleep now. You don't have to lower your voice deliberately. I sleep very well..."
Before he could finish his words, he fell silent.
Li Ziyue was stunned for two seconds, then quietly walked to Zhang San's side. He was a little surprised to see that he seemed to be fast asleep.
It seems like I really... fell asleep.
Li Ziyue looked at the test paper that Zhang San had placed on the desk in advance, and then glanced at Zhang San beside him.
...If that's the case, it doesn't seem impossible to negotiate.
Li Ziyue sighed silently in his heart, thinking about chatting with Zhang San again tomorrow.
Although Zhang San doesn't seem to be a bother to anyone at all, the room always feels different with one more or one less person.
After returning to the virtual world, the system will automatically switch to his mobile phone and computer. After washing up, Li Ziyue sat on the bed and looked at the forum again.
[The person you follow sent a new message]
Li Ziyue clicked on the document sent by the other party.
The above is all the information of the player currently ranked first in the standings.
[Name: Zhang Xingzhi]
[Gender: Male; Age: 24]
[Current points: 1029988 (ranking: 1)]
[I became a player a year and a half ago. I first appeared in the top 100 of the leaderboard a year ago, ranking 98th. I rose to the top 10 half a year ago. I rose to 1st three months ago. My ranking has not changed since then.]
Over the years, there are at least 20 to 30 players who have ranked first in the rankings. Most infinite players are short-lived. In addition, there is a high-level pseudo-human copy that is opened every three years. Basically, all the top ten players will be killed once it is opened. The player rankings are updated very quickly, and it is not uncommon to get first place.
But there are always a few exceptions.
The primary reason why Li Ziyue attracted so much attention in the first place was that his ranking rose too quickly.
He was really lucky at that time, as he got the strongest weapon - a folding fan - in the second copy. In addition, the other members of his team were also very good at decrypting. Their team was a hexagonal team with no flaws.
Even so, it took him nearly two years to go from being unknown to becoming the "strongest". And these two years have broken the record for the fastest player to reach the top.
This person...
He flipped open the message below.
[So far, I have downloaded 176 copies and have four super powers]
Zhang Xingzhi has been a player for only a year and a half. On average, he can finish a dungeon in three days, and has obtained a large number of superpowers, having played many weather dungeons.
The difficulty of the weather dungeon is not low among all the dungeons. It seems that his strength is really terrifying. No wonder he dared to win the first place when everyone else was lowering their scores.
Players in the top ten of the standings will receive preferential treatment from the system. It is a small matter to receive a large number of points regularly based on their rankings. What is more important is that they can trigger the monthly [System Save Me] event, where the system will block a fatal attack for them.
In other words, the system will give them a piece of resurrection armor every month.
This is really out of reach for most players.
However, despite this, there are still many people who choose to suppress their points even though they have a large number of points, and would rather not revive A.
There are gains and losses in everything. Although the top ten will receive preferential treatment from the system, some of their information will also be announced by the system. All players will receive information about the current top ten players when they return to the player lobby.
Including but not limited to their names, appearances, account points, and the abilities and weapons they possess.
It is equivalent to showing your own information to a large group of strangers. Once you enter the copy, you can easily become a target of people with bad intentions.
In this situation, those who dare to put their names at the top are all people with some ability.
Li Ziyue was just about to close his phone when he saw another friend request message coming in.
[You have a new friend request: I have a low score, I am ranked second in the rankings, and I want to cooperate with you. In addition, aren’t you curious about who leaked your ID? (Smile)]
Second and with pressure points?
Li Ziyue raised his eyebrows.
Agreed to the friend request from the second place in the standings.
After dealing with all these, he remembered that he had not finished the Chinese test paper that was due tomorrow morning.
Li Ziyue rubbed his sore neck and glanced at Zhang San who was lying in the bed next to him.
Really good.
Li Ziyue lowered his eyes and said that he couldn't wake her up, so he really couldn't wake her up.
The rustling sound of the pen tip rubbing against the test paper could be heard. Li Ziyue was writing a composition at random while his thoughts were wandering.
Zhang San goes to bed so early, how does he finish his homework?!
…
I stayed up until nearly three o'clock last night. Fortunately, I was in the winter vacation remedial period and didn't have early self-study. Li Ziyue rubbed his eyes and leaned on the edge of the bed, looking at the 7:45 displayed on his phone.
Class starts at 8:00.
He was sitting on the bed, staring at something in a daze. When he heard a noise coming from the other side of the door, he instantly perked up like a cat that was suddenly frightened.
Seeing that the person coming was Zhang San, he calmed down again.
Zhang San held a bag of steaming glutinous rice balls in his hand, put a straw in the soy milk, and placed it in front of Li Ziyue's desk: "No sugar added, remember to eat it."
Li Ziyue: “?”
Zhang San picked up his schoolbag, looked at the tuft of hair sticking up on his head, and smiled slightly: "Thank you for accepting me, roommate."
Li Ziyue was stunned and saw that Zhang San had already gone out to class.
“……?” I had originally wanted to talk to Zhang San about changing dormitories this morning.
Li Ziyue sat in the classroom, chewing glutinous rice, listening to Wang Zipeng next to him grumbling about having too much homework.
...Forget it, let’s talk about it later.
After all... After taking a sip of warm soy milk, Li Ziyue felt a little puzzled.
How does he know that he drinks soy milk without adding sugar?
New Year's Eve is in two days, and today is the last day of make-up classes before the New Year. They will then have a New Year holiday of about a week, and then return to school to continue the make-up classes after the New Year.
Li Ziyue was thinking that he could download another copy this week.
As for the New Year.
It has been a long time since he stayed in the virtual world to celebrate the New Year.
Li Ziyue stared at the test paper in a daze.
The remaining half cup of soy milk slowly cooled in his hands.
He sat by the window. There was a gap in the window, and the cold wind came in through that gap and entangled his slightly red fingertips.
What was it like to celebrate New Year last time?
He remembered that the senior student called them out that day.
"Since it's Chinese New Year, let's not talk about whether or not to play dungeons. It would be so pitiful to play dungeons during the New Year," the senior student said as she carried a box of fireworks. "Let's not talk about studying either."
She pulled out the test paper that Li Ziyue was writing, looked at the neat answers on it, and couldn't help crying: "If you guys were half as good as the youngest in the college entrance examination, you wouldn't have scored that low."
"I scored over 600," Senior Bai protested, "It's a passable score, right?"
"610-640 is one level, and 10 points above 640 is one level. You can calculate how many levels you are behind the youngest one," the senior scolded with a smile, "Okay, the second oldest one said he will cook the New Year's Eve dinner tonight, everyone go over to help later, and then come out to set off fireworks after dinner."
At that time, Li Ziyue's English and Chinese were not so bad. He was preparing for the college entrance examination seriously and considering which university to go to and which major to study.
He thought he was born into this world and was an ordinary person in it.
The fireworks that time were the prelude to the New Year, and also the beginning of a brand new life for him, one filled with honor, blood, decadence, and silence.
The colorful lights illuminated most of the dark night. At that time, he didn't know that his life would be like these fireworks.
It rose into the air in an instant, blooming in an extremely exaggerated and dazzling manner.
Then the flames quickly disappeared, and the remaining gunpowder blackened the land.
The unpleasant smell of fireworks filled the New Year's air.
He could vaguely smell a hint of blood, but before he could react to where the smell came from, he heard the park security guard roaring behind them.
"No private fireworks allowed! I've told you so many times! The pollution is too serious! All of you, come here and register--"
"Run!" The senior student laughed, holding the fireworks confetti in one hand and pulling him with the other, "Hurry up, it's over if you get caught!"
They ran for a long distance until they could no longer hear the others behind them, until night had truly fallen.
A few stars twinkled sporadically, and the bright moon was like a crescent.
Li Ziyue looked at everyone who was out of breath, and his spirit, which was overwhelmed by the pressure of schoolwork, finally found a moment to relax.
He smiled, revealing two pointed fangs, and his eyes curved like the moon in the sky.
That time the senior student pulled him, and later she pushed him.
"Run." Blood dyed half of her face red, and her fingertips were cold when they touched her. Her lower body was trapped in the machine that was about to crush her. "...Don't get...caught."
That was the last time he saw her.
At the beginning, everyone was running together, but at the end, he was the only one left.
In the years that followed, Li Ziyue no longer saw fireworks or celebrated the New Year.
"This is the last time we'll see each other this year," the English class representative turned around, "the class monitor said we should go to KTV tonight to celebrate the New Year in advance. After all, everyone should be eating New Year's Eve dinner at home and can't go out."
Li Ziyue said nothing, but drank the last of the cold soy milk.
Zhang San kept looking at him from behind until he saw him finish his breakfast, then he looked away.
After school, Li Ziyue left without saying a word. Zhang San was kept by the teacher for the time being because he had some unfinished business related to transferring to another school.
When he returned to the dormitory, he found that Li Ziyue was not there.
Zhang San was stunned for a rare moment, then opened his phone to check something.
No copy was downloaded either.
He looked around the school, but didn't see Li Ziyue anywhere.
I went to the dormitory management office and found out that Li Ziyue had completed the procedures to continue staying there during the Chinese New Year.
Where did you go?
He remembered the KTV that the English class representative mentioned this morning, so he took a taxi there.
The room was really noisy, with the red, yellow and blue lights flickering. The sound of Zhang San opening the door was very quiet, and few people noticed him.
After looking around and still not finding anyone, Zhang San originally wanted to leave, but with a quick glance, he saw a thin figure huddled in the dark corner of the sofa.
Li Ziyue supported one side of his face with one hand and used the other hand to pick up a plastic fork and eat the grapes in the fruit bowl.
He seemed a little sleepy, his movements were very slow, he would occasionally stop and stare blankly, and it took him a long time to eat a grape.
He got up in a hurry this morning and didn't have much time to comb his hair. Zhang San saw the black hair sticking up on top of his head and his half-closed eyes below.
His eyes seemed to be dazed and he seemed to want to sleep.
Everything was very... well-behaved, and very different from his usual awkward or decisive self.
Zhang San stared at him in a daze, and felt his heart soften inexplicably.
Although he was dizzy, Li Ziyue still noticed the gazes of others.
He raised his head and looked at Zhang San who was standing at the door.
The light in the room was not bright, and Zhang San was some distance away from him.
Li Ziyue couldn't see his face clearly, everything was just based on his feeling.
His lips bumped up and down.
Called a name.
"Zhang Lian."
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