When Xiang Yan just stepped into Xuzhou High School, he felt something was wrong.
It's... so quiet around here!
Although school is over now, there are usually people who go home late. It's not as quiet as it is now, without any sound, not even the sound of the wind...
and……
Xiang Yan looked at the surroundings and found that the leaves on the trees were almost gone. But it was June, the time when the trees were lush and leafy.
Now it seems like there has been a time jump, from early summer to late autumn.
[System? What's going on now?] Xiang Yan looked at the desolate scene around him, his heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't help but ask the system.
[Hmm... Dear, I have some bad news for you.] The system's voice was a little hesitant.
[……] Xiang Yan was silent for a while, then he closed his eyes and gritted his teeth and said: [Speak!]
Seeing Xiang Yan's ugly face, the system paused, and then said what it had just discovered, [We are now in the school where the fire occurred a year ago at Xuzhou Affiliated High School.]
After hearing what the system said, Xiang Yan pursed his lips, his heart heavy. He opened his mouth, but in the end said nothing. He just looked towards the teaching building where the fire had broken out with a clear purpose.
Time travel is impossible in reality, and Xiang Yan did not really go back to a year ago.
The system had previously explained to Xiang Yan the abilities of several common ghosts.
One of them is like what is happening now. Because too many people died, resentment was overwhelming, thus forming a small world, a slaughterhouse controlled by ghosts!
Here, ghosts can't leave, but people can come in.
The ghosts inside have long lost their minds because they died and became evil spirits. They will not have any sympathy for the humans who accidentally break in. They will only cruelly tease those humans and then kill them.
Xiang Yan didn’t know why he entered this small world, but it didn’t matter. What was important was how to get out.
[Dear, I detected the presence of other people nearby.] Just as Xiang Yan was thinking about how to get out, the system suddenly spoke.
"Hmm?" Xiang Yan stopped thinking and turned to look in the direction where the system said there was someone else's presence. [Did someone else accidentally break in?]
[Uh...] The system's tone is a bit strange, [Maybe it wasn't an accident...]
When the system first discovered the presence of other people, it thought they had come in accidentally. However, after carefully looking at their actions, it found that they seemed to have come in on purpose.
There were three of them in total, one man and two women. One of the girls led the way, and the other two followed behind.
They walked towards the building where the fire broke out with a clear purpose, stopping and starting along the way, and no one knew what they were arranging.
After hearing the system's description, Xiang Yan became confused as he looked at the floor in the distance that seemed to be flickering with fire.
He knew where he should go now. That should be an important node in this world and also the place most likely to have an exit.
But, but! There must be a lot of ghosts there!
This kind of small world cannot be formed by the resentment of one or two ghosts. It must be filled with countless ghosts.
When Xiang Yan thought about the many ghosts there, he felt an urge to turn around and run away.
In Xiang Yan's heart, his fear of ghosts is the highest. For him to face so many ghosts now is no less than asking a person who is afraid of heights to go skydiving, or jumping from a height of ten thousand meters.
But he couldn't not go.
Xiang Yan stood there with a conflicted look on his face.
[Dear, how about you use the ghost messenger's shell?] The system looked at Xiang Yan who was very entangled and couldn't help but remind him.
Although they have the same consciousness, Xiang Yan will be affected by the ghost catcher's shell when he is in it, causing him to be less afraid of ghosts. Moreover, the ghost catcher's strength is not weak, so he should not have much problem dealing with those ghosts.
[No, at least not now.] Xiang Yan rejected the system's proposal, [After the ghost messenger appears, my body will lose consciousness. It's too dangerous in this world full of ghosts.]
In this world full of dangers, Xiang Yan cannot let his body lose consciousness. Even if he can protect himself when using the ghost shell, it is still not foolproof.
In order to prevent accidents that might cause Xiang Yan to get hurt, Xiang Yan did not plan to use the ghost catcher's body from the beginning. He planned to see what the current situation was and then let the ghost catcher appear at the right time.
[So what are you planning?]
Xiang Yan looked at the building not far away, took a deep breath, and said, "Let's go over and take a look!"
…
Xiang Yan walked for a while and arrived at the building with the song "Good Luck Comes" playing on the system.
Looking at the tall buildings in front of him, Xiang Yan seemed to see a blazing fire and people struggling in it, and the people's painful wails seemed to be right next to his ears.
But in the blink of an eye, the view before his eyes returned to ordinary buildings, as if the scene just now was just an illusion.
[System... did you see it just now? There...] Xiang Yan looked at the building that was changing unpredictably and rubbed his eyes with his hand.
[Dear, you read it right, what just happened was not an illusion, it was the scene when the fire broke out.] The system showed the photo it just took to Xiang Yan, [This may be a small trap set by those ghosts, which makes people fall into unknown fear.]
When ordinary people come here and see these real and unreal scenes, they are indeed prone to fall into the fear of their own imagination.
"ah!!!"
Just as Xiang Yan and the system were talking downstairs, screams were heard one after another in the building.
There were also intermittent suspicious laughter mixed in.
“…”
Xiang Yan put down his leg which he had been planning to lift.
[It’s… a little… scary.] Xiang Yan swallowed nervously.
[……] The system was silent for a while after hearing the screams in the building, and then, [Dear, come on, believe in yourself!]
Xiang Yan listened to the system's cheering while nervously pinching the corner of his clothes, [No, I don't think so.]
[relative……]
Bang——
Just as the system was about to say something, Xiang Yan, who was still struggling at the door, was pulled into the building by a mysterious force, and the door slammed shut.
[System System…]
As soon as Xiang Yan was pulled in, his body became stiff and he couldn't move. He could only call out to the system in his heart, hoping that the system could talk to him and ease his fear.
[Dear, be careful behind you!]
The system's anxious voice sounded.
As the system finished speaking, a charred hand reached out towards Yan's shoulder.
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