ghost student
"I'm telling you, there will definitely be a ghost jumping around after the door is opened. Based on what I've studied about Director Shang's tactics, this is definitely the case..."
Lu Zibing chatted with the audience and only opened the door after he was mentally prepared.
A bunch of moths flew out with a clatter, and he quickly covered his face, "Is there a ghost?! Is it... eh?"
Although the patterns on the moths' backs look like eyes, there's nothing else to worry about.
Lu Zibing was a little puzzled. Just as he stepped into the door and was about to breathe a sigh of relief, a voice suddenly sounded behind him!
"Is that you?"
The voice was ethereal and thin, as if it was right next to his ear.
"Wow! Aaaaaahh ...
He turned around suddenly and saw that the person who called him was a girl in school uniform. She was standing at the stairs at the end of the corridor, as if she had followed him up.
Her black hair fell to her chest, and the ends of her hair were messy as if she had not been taken care of for a long time; her exposed face was as white as paper under the flickering light of the corridor, and from a distance, one could only see her pair of pitch-black eyes, as calm as a dead pool.
It was the end of the holiday, and theoretically, the students should still be at home doing their homework. But this girl was wearing a blue and white school uniform, with a dirty red school bag hanging on her chest.
"She's just a little girl, there's nothing to be scared of." Lu Zibing responded to the comment viciously, then smiled kindly.
"Classmate, what did you mean by what you just asked me? Why did you come to school early?"
To show that he wasn't scared, he took the initiative to talk, "Did you remember the wrong start time for school?"
[Ahhh, anchor, you are sick. Even if you remembered the time wrong, why did you come on stage after dark? And I followed you all the way? ? ]
[I can't see his face clearly...it's too dark in the hallway...but why do I feel like something is weird?]
[I was standing so far away, but the sound just now was so close. How weird! ]
[Anchor, why don't you come closer? Sacrificing you will benefit millions of families! ]
Lu Zibing didn't dare to go any closer. In fact, he was holding on to the door frame with all his strength to prevent himself from kneeling down.
The girl had no intention of paying any attention to him. She looked at him for a while, as if trying to recognize him. After a moment, she tilted her head, slowly stepped back a few steps, and disappeared into the shadow of the stairs.
"Hey, classmate? Classmate!... Why are you ignoring me? Do I look scary?" Lu Zibing was furious. "This kid is too shy."
[I don’t think this is a question of being shy or not… In a sense, you are really bold, really.]
[Ahhh, this girl is so creepy! Is she human? ]
[What happens if you talk to a ghost? Host, will she come to see you at night? (dog head)]
Lu Zibing: "? I warn you, don't scare me on purpose!"
After the girl left, Lu Zibing waited anxiously for a long time, and only walked into the office after making sure that there was nothing unusual.
The moment he turned on the light, he squinted his eyes. The most eye-catching thing at first glance from here was... Building 18 standing in the twilight in the distance outside the window.
——The game itself is named after it, so all players can infer that Building 18 must be a core map.
The principal's office seems to be the best vantage point for observing the building.
However, Lu Zibing couldn't see what was special about the building yet. From the outside, it looked no different from other campus buildings. It was even newer and taller, with a total of 18 floors.
However, the door on the first floor was sealed and heavily locked, and there was a circle of iron fence outside separating it, with countless "No Entry" signs on the fence.
Lu Zibing withdrew his gaze. The office was in such a mess that he almost had no place to step.
[The office is very dirty and there are many crawling insects. You decide to clean it up. [Hint: You need to use insect repellent]]
"Anthelmintic, anthelmintic..." Lu Zibing muttered as he found it in the cabinet.
But when he picked up the bottle and raised his head, a white shadow suddenly flashed in the shadow inside the cabinet!
[Fuck, did a face just flash by? ? ]
[Yes, I saw it clearly, it was a girl with long hair!!]
[That face is looking at the screen expressionlessly...]
The shadow disappeared in an instant, so fast that it seemed like an illusion. Lu Zibing realized it later, and his scalp tingled: "This, this arrangement is really novel."
He realized that there shouldn't be anything particularly scary in the "introduction" part, it's just to get players accustomed to the rhythm.
But it also has a lot of little scares to keep players suspicious.
I just saw a long-haired female student behaving strangely, and now I see a ghost and a female name that was crossed out. It's hard not to feel uncomfortable.
Lu Zibing worked hard to drive away the insects, clean his desk, and organize the books on it.
[You have obtained: "Principal's Handbook", "Handbook of Common Psychological Problems of Teenagers", "Teenager Safety Education"...]
He opened a few pages, which were filled with normal educational knowledge. He felt dizzy after reading them, and quickly put them down: "I'm here to play games, not to take the teacher qualification exam."
Lu Zibing fumbled around but didn't trigger anything, so he went to the next classroom with regret and saw that he also got the cleaning task.
"Dog planner, am I playing a cleaner simulator?" He complained with back pain and obtained props while tidying up.
[You found two rosters, one new and one old.]
The new one is obviously going to be used after school starts, so what is this old one for?
Lu Zibing attached great importance to the clues and flipped through them carefully. He saw that the old one was from ten years ago and the class was also Grade 9 (4).
The handwriting inside was unclear, but it could be seen that a name had been crossed out with a red pen.
We can only tell from the note at the back that it is a girl and her name has three characters.
[I feel like this is key information. ]
[It has been classified in the "clue item" column, it seems to be related to the truth. ]
As time went by, a pop-up window reminded him:
[It's getting dark, and it's not safe to walk at night, so you decide to go home. You can explore the rest of the area later.]
Lu Zibing walked out of Building 3 carefully, and was extremely careful when walking down the stairs and corridors. He did not see the cleaner, nor did he meet the girl again.
Before he left, he asked the security guard, "Hello, sir, can I ask what's going on with Building 18 in our school? Why is it sealed off?"
“Oh, you hadn’t heard of that building before you took office…” The security guard scratched his head.
"I heard that a student had an accident ten years ago, and then during the renovation, some workers were affected. They kept having nightmares and were almost injured when operating the machines."
"The rumor started, and the school had no choice but to seal the building. It has been like this until now... It is said that every principal has wanted to fix it, but once they start digging, strange things happen."
"Well, we can't talk nonsense about the details. We have to believe in science!"
Lu Zibing captured the key words: a student had an accident in there ten years ago.
It was ten years ago again.
He asked, "Do you know what the first incident was? ... Was the person involved in the incident a girl with long hair?"
The security guard refused to say anything more, and only said, "Principal, you will know after you stay here for a while!"
Lu Zibing couldn't ask anything more. He looked down at the time and was shocked: he had been playing for four hours without realizing it!
It's almost dawn in the real world.
The introduction was too peaceful and calm, and Lu Zibing felt a little uncomfortable. He felt that he had been successfully brainwashed by Director Shang. If he wasn't scared, it would seem like something was left undone.
"I'll play for another hour and then go to bed and go off the air..." Lu Zibing walked out of the school gate leisurely, feeling relaxed, but his eyes suddenly stopped when he glanced at the wall of honor at the door.
There were many photos of students on it, all wearing blue and white school uniforms.
A thought flashed through his mind, and it was as if a chill ran from the soles of his feet to the top of his head. Lu Zibing shouted, "Fuck! I got it!!"
【? ? What do you know? What is the host's name suddenly? 】
[Is there something wrong with the Wall of Fame? It's fine, right?]
[…Ahhh, fuck, I think I thought of that too! ]
"No, it's not the Wall of Honor, it's that girl just now!" Lu Zibing stammered, "Her school uniform is on inside out!!"
——He thought he saw the girl put her red schoolbag on her back backwards, protecting it against her chest, and took a few steps back to walk into the stairwell, but that was not the case.
What's really wrong is her head!
[Lu Zibing is so lucky. ]
GM console, Shang Jingyan said with heartfelt emotion.
The "Introduction" serves more as a guide for novices. There is no requirement for operating skills or killing monsters, even if the [Hell Mode] is turned on.
The only difference is that in this stage, players can choose one of the five locations, including buildings 1 to 3, the playground, and the cafeteria, to explore in advance.
Only by choosing Building 3 will players encounter the student ghost with his head and body reversed. In other places, the only scary moments are like a moth flying in the face when you open the door.
However, there is always a gain for a loss, and only by choosing Building 3 can players get the old roster in advance.
X71 couldn’t hold it in any longer: [……]
Are you sure this is called luck?
Lu Zibing logged out right after howling at the school gate, and never mentioned wanting to play for another hour - he might have to play ten more dating games tonight before he could recover, and he didn't dare look at the long-haired heroine again.
Shang Jingyan drew a line at the light spot. Lu Zibing was indeed very brave. Among the first batch of players who came online, half of those who wanted to choose Building No. 3 at first did not even dare to walk in the corridor. Instead, they turned and chose the playground, a place with a wide view.
Among the remaining, a quarter were either scared away by the cleaners or logged off on the spot when the student ghost appeared.
In the end, only two people got the clue props.
One is Lu Zibing, and the other is Ao Qingxue.
The latter was even bolder. She immediately recognized that the girl had her head turned the other way and did not talk to her.
However, Ao Qingxue chose to follow the protagonist mode instead of the acting mode, so she could be more calm when encountering things.
[The first batch of tests has passed, and the overtime work is finally over.] Shang Jingyan yawned as he walked out of the holographic warehouse, stretching lazily with a sore back.
There are some minor flaws and bugs, but no major problems. Overall it was very successful!
Shang Jingyan's game was also released with the help of the Changqingqing platform and became a hot word in the early morning.
The next day, "Building 18" ranked third on the website's game search list, and made a popular entry: #Building 18 tells you how scary the campus can be#.
A high building was built in Chang Qingqing's forum overnight, and the posts turned over more than ten pages.
Title: [Open a discussion thread for our new dream builder Shang Dao. Is the new game "Building 18" fun? ]
Main post: [First of all, congratulations to Director Shang for making a game~ The first step to getting rich! I think everyone is still in the "First Act·Introduction" section, what areas have you explored? ]
1L:
[I chose to explore Building 1, which is the library. When I walked through the bookshelves, I always felt like someone was looking at me through the gaps. Every time I walked, my footsteps overlapped, but when I stopped, it became quiet again.]
[I opened a school history book and a mouse ran out of it. It was so scary! Director Shang, why did you make it so realistic? I logged off immediately.]
Comment 1: [You left too early and missed the exciting part (dog head). I stayed there until four o'clock, and the record player in the library suddenly started playing "Song of Early Love", which almost scared me to death.]
2L:
[Your rat upstairs is fine. I went to the cafeteria. I swear I smelled the food when I went in! The holographic data recorder has it all! But there was no one inside. Damn it, the dog planner must have done it on purpose! ]
[Then when I left, I accidentally kicked over the trash can, and inside it was a pile of rat skeletons with all the meat shaved off!!]
[Damn it, the sense of immersion is so strong. If it weren't for the game, I would have vomited. When I take office, I must take good care of the food safety and hygiene of this crappy school! ]
10L:
[I explored Building 2, the dormitory building... There was nothing else, but I heard the cleaners talking about how there was a staircase on one floor where people kept falling down. Last semester, three students were sent to the hospital.]
[It is said that the number of stairs on that floor will decrease by one from 0:00 to 2:00 every night, and become 18. Then I counted carefully when I walked there, and it was really 18 stairs. Help me.]
Comment 1: [What if it has always been 18? Don’t scare yourself.]
The host replied: [I will count them again tomorrow QAQ]
Comment 2: [Oh no… no need to count, I also chose Building 2. I didn’t hear this conversation, and I have always had the habit of counting the steps when I go down the stairs because I’m afraid of falling. I remember clearly that each floor in this building has 19 steps!! Help…]
55L:
[The playground should be the most popular choice. We timid humans only dare to go to open places. After a comprehensive review, this is indeed the place with the least strange things... The only strange thing mentioned by everyone is that there are quite a lot of moths in the small woods next to the playground, and players can't even get close. ]
All in all, thousands of words can be summed up in one sentence: If it weren’t for “Building 18”, no one would have known that school could be able to scare people to tears!
There are strange things everywhere in Baishui No. 2 Middle School. After discussing together, the players found that Shang Jingyan was extremely realistic in details.
Everyone has been a student and has been to school. Although the time and space are different, everyone still feels particularly involved.
On the first day after being upgraded to "Shang Planner", "Shang Director" was given the honorary title of "Dog Planner".
[Why is it getting more terrifying the more we discuss it? How many details are there? Director Shang, please behave yourself! ]
[After looking around, the unluckiest one is still @陆子冰 hahahaha, but they both encountered ghosts and they are both anchors, but look at @青色雪, how calm he is. ]
[[Video link] I cut the two of them together and compared them. This is the difference between being a coward and being bold (dog head).]
[I woke up and went back, but found that I couldn't choose anymore. The game jumped directly to the beginning of school. What should we do if we didn't get the clue items when we explored other areas? ]
[Anyway, it definitely won't affect the main story. I'll try them all when I play the game for the second time.]
[This is just the introduction and it's so scary. What's next? I want to see who gets through first. Oh my god!]
The players' discussion spread beyond Chang Qingqing, attracting the interest of some netizens from mainstream galaxies, who even began to seek to purchase accounts.
——The star network of the Exile Galaxy is built independently, and most of the structures are not connected to the main universe star network. Especially the games, almost all of which require a proxy account to access, which is very troublesome.
For example, Lu Zibing used a proxy account yesterday.
It has always been the players from the Exile Galaxy who have been looking to purchase accounts from the Main Galaxy. If the reverse happens, it is something worth bragging about for the Exile Star Dream Builder.
It is really rare that Shang Jingyan, a newcomer, can do this.
V061.
"Teacher, did you not sleep well last night?"
When Xiao Zhang entered the study room in the morning, he saw Chai Yuanlin with dark circles under his eyes, resting his eyes, so he asked nervously.
"...Ahem." Chai Yuanlin cleared his throat, feeling a little guilty. "I accidentally read too much while reading the paper. It's okay. I'm in good mental condition today."
Xiao Zhang carefully sensed it and found that there was indeed no problem with the fluctuation, so he felt relieved.
Chai Yuanlin was not actually reading a paper last night, but was playing games all night long. The game he was playing was "Building 18".
The area she chose was the cafeteria. Unlike other players, she was faster, so she was able to explore the playground.
She was embarrassed to tell her students that she still had no self-control even after she was over 50.
When Chai Yuanlin was young, she started out as a dream builder in the gaming industry, and her favorite thing was gaming. The previous games "Evil God" and "Rouge Comb" were just frightening and amazing, but this game really got her hooked.
For her, when she was eighteen years old, she couldn't reach Shang Jingyan's level, let alone treat others.
——What I just said to Xiao Zhang, “It’s not a problem”, was not a lie. After one night, her synovial syndrome showed signs of improvement.
Is it ridiculous that the president of a galaxy's Dream Builders Association himself suffers from severe cavitation?
It's ridiculous. And that's the reality of the Exile Galaxy, a place that's been left behind.
"By the way, teacher, you said before that you couldn't accept Shang Dao as your student, but you told me to ask and try. I tried."
Xiao Zhang said, "Just now."
Chai Yuanlin: "What did she say?"
"I don't believe that anyone wouldn't be moved!... Ah, the reply came."
Xiao Zhang said embarrassedly and showed the screen to Chai Yuanlin.
Director Shang who wants to be my junior:
[Thank you for your kindness, but I still prefer to study independently. ]
Chai Yuanlin laughed: "It is true."
Xiao Zhang sighed: It seems that we are not destined to be in the same school.
V059.
"One, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand, one hundred thousand..."
Shang Jingyan, wearing a green dinosaur bathrobe, was lying on the sofa, holding up a light computer and counting his savings. Suddenly, he felt that the exhaustion from staying up late as a GM had disappeared. Life was beautiful and overtime was worth it.
Since she traveled through time, she has been busy almost non-stop. Now that both the short drama and the game projects are on track, she seems to be able to take a break.
X71 also shot out small fireworks: [Congratulations, Yanyan! ]
These are Shang Jingyan’s personal piggy bank after excluding funds used for projects, and she can spend them however she wants.
Shang Jingyan turned over and sat up, holding his chin in his hand and thinking, with the hood of his dinosaur bathrobe wrapped around his head.
What should I buy?
House and car? No, no, that's out of the question. As long as Shang Jingyan thinks about his ultimate goal of owning a planet, he doesn't need to consider other real estate.
Designer clothes? I was never interested in them in my previous life, and it’s the same in this life.
Furniture? Her current rental apartment has gradually begun to look like a home, and it seems that she doesn't need to buy a large number of items.
[How about traveling? How about going out for fun?] X71 actively suggested, [There are also many nice planets and scenery in the Exile Galaxy. I can plan a travel route for you.]
It rarely sees its host showing the joyful side of a child, so it wants to make her happier.
Shang Jingyan pondered: [This is good. I haven’t left my local planet since I traveled through time.]
X71 immediately generated several travel plans, and Shang Jingyan decided to read them in the evening.
——She is going out to visit Sister Cui now.
"What? You want to cook for me yourself? You can cook? You've lived there for so long, and I've never seen you cook."
Sister Cui was shocked on the other end of the computer. "If you poison me to death, you will have no investors. Xiaoyan, I am warning you."
Shang Jingyan said in a steady tone: "Sister Cui, please don't disbelieve me. I am no longer the same person I used to be. My skills are quite good now."
Sister Cui said, "I believe it. After all, he is the first dream builder I invested in. Even if you poison me personally, I will eat it."
Shang Jingyan: “…”
Sister Cui thought for a moment, then asked cautiously, "Why did you suddenly come to me? Are you trying to get money from me again?"
Shang Jingyan coughed and said sincerely and firmly: "How could that be? It's just that the show Rouge Comb that you invested in has been aired and it has received good reviews. I just wanted to thank you."
This is the absolute truth. As for the fact that she often used this method to build relationships with investors in her previous life in case of emergency... well, there's no need to explain.
Judging from Shang Jingyan’s mental age, she and Sister Cui, who just turned 40 this year, may be of the same generation. After they became familiar with each other, they got along very casually.
She chatted with Sister Cui all the way, then got off the car and went to the seafood market.
Shang Jingyan's personality is actually very polarized. On the one hand, she pursues excitement and fear, and on the other hand, she likes to do something with a strong sense of fireworks during her rest time.
For example, cooking and making desserts.
Of all the dishes, she likes and is best at cooking fish, which comes from her childhood memories in an orphanage.
After becoming a famous director in her previous life, she would travel around the world looking for delicious fish whenever she had free time. There was even an artist agent who specifically put in effort to please her.
The seafood of V059 is very famous in the Exile Galaxy. Shang Jingyan walked into the seafood market for a while and thought to himself: I am such a bumpkin from Earth.
Countless aquariums were lined up on both sides, with interstellar marine creatures that she didn't recognize swimming in them. They were colorful, like an open-air aquarium.
X71 felt that she seemed to be moving: […Wait, Yanyan, what did you think of? ]
Shang Jingyan: [Some inspirations that are not worth telling others. ]
X71: [.]
Must be thinking about horror stories about fish again!
"What is this? How much is it?"
Shang Jingyan's attention was attracted by a kind of fish, which was silver all over and had glowing spots on its body.
It was very similar to the starfish she had seen at the barbecue restaurant before, and she remembered that it was delicious.
"You mean this?"
The male store manager looked up and saw Shang Jingyan dressed in black. The young man looked like he would ride on a flying motorcycle and fly away at any time. He didn't look like he was here to buy vegetables at all.
He had a little idea, "This is called Starfish, fifty star coins per pound..."
"He's not right."
Suddenly, a gentle male voice interrupted the store manager, "This is not a starfish, it is another kind of starfish that looks very similar. Customers who don't know much about it can be easily deceived."
The boss's face froze. Shang Jingyan turned his head and found that it was someone he had seen before.
The teahouse manager who I had met once before and had taken a photo with.
This time he was not wearing an apron, his brown, slightly curly, semi-long hair was loose, he was wearing a windbreaker, a milk tea-colored scarf, and carrying large and small bags in his hands, looking quite homely.
“I just said it accidentally! What’s wrong with cutlassfish? It tastes even better…” the boss retorted, but was interrupted by the young man again.
"It is better indeed, but there is a problem with the cutlassfish. You see—"
Shang Jingyan sat up and watched with interest as the young man put the vegetables he had bought aside, picked up a fish with one hand, and gently pinched its dorsal fin with the other hand.
"Splash", the cutlassfish was stimulated and a large amount of water immediately overflowed from its skin, and the whole fish shrank to only half its size.
Shang Jingyan: "Wow, that's impressive. The fifty star coins per pound you mentioned, doesn't that include the water, Boss?"
boss:"……"
Ordinary people look at the aquarium: It’s so beautiful.
Yanyan Visits the Aquarium: Let me think of a horror story.
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