Chapter 103 The old campus death pushes towards death, only the butterfly can do it…
"You sent my supernatural doppelganger to fool Xue Chao, just so my real body could do your hard labor?"
Fang Tailai's special ability is "substitute doll," which allows her to create an exact replica of herself and travel around in her place for a period of time. The "Fang Tailai" that Xue Chao grabbed was the same "Fang Tailai" who had fallen to the ground before... Jiang Ming insisted that her doll make another "stunning appearance."
Before the explosion at the Three Teaching Buildings, "Fang Tailai" climbed to the outside of the teaching building. When the Three Teaching Buildings shrank inward and all the exits were blocked by folds, the doll used the plant roots given by Jiang Ming to go down to the first floor and continue to put the original corpse inside.
When Xue Chao recorded her death, she was so nervous that she felt like she was really dead, afraid of being discovered.
The main body followed behind Jiang Ming, carrying the corpse. That's what they said, but Sheng Hong's body was very light. The weight of her entire life may have remained in the rose she didn't take with her. It couldn't be burned out by fire. It was mixed with the ashes of others, coldly resentful.
When they parted, Jiang Ming took the headless corpse and tossed the phone to her without even glancing at it. Fang Tailai hadn't even opened it when she saw a small piece of rope clipped to the phone case. She was startled and hurriedly pulled the phone away, and it did seem like there was a sound.
A phone charm? That can't possibly be any clue, can it?
The bar's security was reduced, but after three or four incidents of intruders, the remaining security personnel were all stationed around their shady secrets, and everything that needed to be dealt with was handled.
But even the ashes from the burnt-out items had a place to go. Jiang Ming told her to wait on the small hill behind the house. Fang Tailai walked on the dark green hill, stepping over the grass. The sand between the grass rubbed against the soles of her shoes, making her walk unsteady. She was still thinking about the pendant. She squatted down for a while, feeling melancholy. Her fingertips brushed against the grass, and she noticed some gray in the yellow sand, which made her blood run cold for a moment.
She heard the sound of something being thrown in the distance, a strange sound only heard in the deep mountains and forests. There was no panicked panting, but that's precisely what made the danger so obvious; this was the work of a skilled craftsman.
She didn't want to risk stepping on a tree branch at a crucial moment, so she didn't rush forward. Instead, she curled up behind the tree and waited until the person left before going to investigate. The huge red rose lay there all alone, and even though it was withered, it was still stunningly beautiful against the yellowish-gray ground in the night.
She carefully removed the red rose head, silently chanting "Amitabha," but couldn't find it anywhere. Had it fallen off? Or burned away? Perhaps the pendant fell into the fire and burned completely when she unplugged her phone.
As for her phone, she was curious about all the beauties in the world, especially those with stories to tell. As soon as she turned it on, the wallpaper was a beautiful selfie of Sheng Hong.
Fang Tailai thought that it was similar to his own phone, mostly just for decoration, with only the parts related to the plot usable. However, he discovered that the other person's phone was fully functional and could even access the internet.
She was obsessed with three things in her life: sleeping, surfing the internet, and looking at beautiful women. So she was overjoyed and prepared to happily slack off. However, every app with internet access was pushing the same thing: a professor at Qingtong University had an affair with Sheng Hong, a sophomore at the art college. There were many different opinions: some said the man had sexually harassed her, while others said the woman had knowingly seduced a married man. However, regardless of the version of events, all the pictures, including news photos and everyday photos taken from the parties' social media accounts, were of Sheng Hong. There wasn't a single picture of the man. Browsing through the pictures was like flipping through Sheng Hong's photo album; it was like being trapped in a cybernetic maze.
Even after reading through all the software's push notifications and discussions with goosebumps all over his body, Fang Tailai still didn't know the professor's name or surname, only that he was "Professor So-and-so." It was like a family leaving an empty bowl and chopsticks for the deceased after a meal; not knowing whether the deceased was still there or not was frightening.
Sheng Hong's name stands out, appearing in every single one, some even placed at the very beginning, before the colon, truly befitting her status as a celebrity.
Fang Tailai couldn't find the detailed cause and effect, but he could sense a bias in public opinion because Sheng Hong's flamboyant behavior had already become somewhat unfavorable to her.
The same goes for chat software. When you open it, the homepage is all red with messages from people you contact frequently and those you don't. Scrolling through the chat history, you see familiar names.
On the surface, she casually brought up a topic to pass the time, and she and her plastic best friends had mocked Pu Fengchun as a boring bookworm.
In fact, she secretly pays close attention to "Pu Fengchun". Every time "Pu Fengchun" achieves good results, "she" always follows closely by posting her own beautiful photos, designer brands, exquisite life, or the "charming troubles" of being pursued in Versailles, subtly comparing herself to him to make up for her inferiority complex.
Sheng Hong is jealous of Pu Fengchun's life. She also accepts this worldly evaluation system and believes that Pu Fengchun's achievements are the real achievements. However, she cannot obtain them, so she can only try her best to promote her own advantages and suppress Pu Fengchun's strengths in order to gain recognition and prove her own value.
Finally, opening the live streaming app further proved this point; the personal signature read, "The visitor's wish: I felt the meaning of my life."
"Sheng Hong" is pretty and is a minor internet celebrity who goes live every night at 9 pm. However, records show that she hasn't gone live for a week, and her comments and private messages are a mixed bag.
Sheng Hong was not satisfied and suddenly issued an announcement today, saying that she would explain things clearly in a live broadcast tonight at Qing Tong University.
But no specific time was mentioned... Fang Tailai was flipping through the announcements to find the time when the live stream on her phone suddenly started automatically. She reacted quickly, raising a withered red rose to cover her face, and using her other hand to block the camera, as she left the hill and headed towards the teaching building area.
Despite trying various methods, the live stream couldn't be turned off.
They even forced us to stream live!
She was indignant at first, but then she realized that the game was also a forced live stream, and as a player she didn't even have the right to see the live stream comments, so she calmed down and skillfully attributed it to her bad luck.
It's all Jiang Ming's fault. He gave me the phone, and he sent me to the mountain... Hopefully, there are clues about what Sheng Hong left behind!
A large number of people flooded into the live stream room. Fang Tai thought to herself with a touch of self-deprecation, "There are more viewers than those in my regular camera setup. It's all about the 'professor' and 'Sheng Hong,' and they want me to explain."
Fang Tailai was at her wits' end, feeling like she was holding a hot potato. Even though she threw her phone into the water, it would soon return to her side. After a few times, she gave up and decided to do two jobs at once. Holding a withered red rose and pretending to be in full bloom, she walked along the dim streetlights, trying to find Xue Chao.
Suddenly, she heard the crisp sound of a knife rattling, and she stopped in her tracks, alert.
In the distance, on another path, two security guards with machete heads were searching for something.
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Pu Fengchun didn't find the letter, and probably wouldn't let her find it, but she found the place where the evidence was buried, under a locust tree outside Pu Fengchun's class seat.
The pit was bigger than she had imagined, probably to hide it deeper. Pu Fengchun dug a large hole to reach the file folder. She wanted to fill it with soil and restore it to its original state, but when she looked up, she heard slow footsteps in the distance, and someone was pacing back and forth.
"Looking for her!" Pu Fengchun grabbed the evidence and ran. Her steps were light, avoiding any paths that might make noise. She then noticed another team looking for her as well.
She found out that, according to the plot, "Pu Fengchun" was supposed to die.
She had become more adept at escaping and had gotten away without incident. However, just as she rounded the back of the building and hid in the small garden, she suddenly felt a chill. In a quick glance, she saw Fang Tailai with his back to her, holding up his phone with the screen flashing.
So far away, on such a small screen, Pu Fengchun couldn't see clearly, but her intuition jolted her—she had been filmed!
Fang Tailai, who was holding a red rose, also felt something was wrong. He avoided the camera's range, peeked out slightly, and saw that there was another person on the screen. He subconsciously turned his phone to follow the person and tried to take a clear picture.
The live stream was even more exciting for her. It suddenly zoomed in, skipped Fang Tailai, and instantly locked onto Pu Fengchun, sticking to her and refusing to leave. The phone camera wished it were a head too, turning and following her to the ends of the earth.
Fang Tailai's heart skipped a beat. He blocked the camera, and Pu Fengchun quickly ran away, but Fang Tailai still felt uneasy. He moved his hand away and found that the live broadcast screen was frozen at the moment Pu Fengchun appeared. There was nothing he didn't understand... This was part of the plot!
The bar is looking for "Pu Fengchun"!
So in the story, "Pu Fengchun" is hiding from the bar's pursuit, but when he encounters "Sheng Hong" who is live-streaming, his location is immediately exposed...
Pu Fengchun was the fourth to die.
Fang Tailai looked at her phone again. There were people who used to speak up for "Sheng Hong," but now there were none. The screen was filled with nasty words, and the message was flooded with messages telling "Sheng Hong" to die. The white words turned redder and redder, and finally blood seeped from the phone and smeared all over her hands.
Startled, she dropped the phone, and the red rose's head fell to the ground along with the phone. The phone screen went black from the impact, but then suddenly lit up again. In the bright red live stream, the last image was a magnified image of a withered red rose next to it.
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Pu Fengchun knew she had been exposed. The security guards who used to roam around were easy to avoid, but now it was as if she had X-ray vision; she wanted to walk on the "bright road" no matter which path she took. The chase had only been going on for three minutes, and she already wanted Flash Butterfly to send her out of the instance.
"hand!"
Once again dodging the sweeping machete head, Pu Fengchun grabbed a plant root and climbed into the window of the teaching building. The file folder was flung away and hit the head of the pursuing stick.
Xue Chao glanced downstairs; the few missing security guards were all there: "You were running and shouting 'I'm here'? You don't even have a complete stamp collection."
“‘Sheng Hong’s’ live stream exposed my location.” Pu Fengchun gasped for breath, glancing at the panel. “The mission is now grayed out.”
Xue Chao was stunned. That knife just now should have been the death sentence for "Pu Fengchun". Therefore, Pu Fengchun's main mission failed. Once "Pu Fengchun" died, the evidence would fall back into the hands of the bar. If he remembered correctly... there was not only evidence of the organ incident, but also evidence of "Sheng Hong" being violated by beasts.
In order to retaliate against the bullies, Deng Dayun accidentally killed Jiang Ming; Fang Tailai, fearing conflict, chose to run away without incident, thus missing Deng Dayun's invitation to meet him on the rooftop, and ultimately fell off the rooftop; Pu Fengchun, under suffocating family pressure, missed Jiang Ming's last letter; Sheng Hong unintentionally exposed Pu Fengchun's location, leading to Pu Fengchun being murdered in the bar to silence her, and the evidence concerning "her" was also destroyed. In the end, unable to bear the burden, she also became a "cog" in the bar.
In the endless cycle of death, only the butterfly dances for the sake of death.
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