Chapter 13 School for the Blind
There were lights on in the corridor of the library.
Because the props for the special scene had been used by someone else, Xu Zhiyan assumed that other players had already entered the library.
In order to avoid unnecessary conflict, he tried not to make any noise.
[Side Quest: Monster's Fall]
[Progress: 0%]
[Task Tips: The reference room is on the second floor of the library. ]
[Remaining time: 09:23]
Too much time was wasted before, and when the remaining time for the side quest was less than ten minutes, a countdown popped up on the panel.
Xu Zhiyan quickened his pace.
This crappy game even has dungeon monsters that are a bummer. God knows what the punishment will be if the side quest fails.
As if guessing what he was thinking, the panel added details of the failure penalty.
[Note: If a side quest fails, it will not cause any loss to the player, but the relevant monster will directly enter a violent state and will never regain sanity. ]
Losing your mind? Qu Ji?
Xu Zhiyan was almost laughing at this game.
Unless he spends every night outside in the future, what good will he do with an out-of-control monster in the dormitory?
In the silent corridor, there was only the faint sound of hurried footsteps.
He went all the way to the second floor without encountering any other players, and Xu Zhiyan felt that he was quite lucky tonight.
But the illusion lasted only until he found the archives.
Unlike other reading rooms with open doors, the archive room's door was closed and not open to the public. Fortunately, the windows were not locked, and Xu Zhiyan easily opened a half-height glass window, climbed over the window frame and jumped in.
The archive room covers a large area.
It looks like three classrooms connected together.
On the front and back walls, there were some slogan-like things printed on them.
[Schools are not allowed to establish student enrollment with false information.]
[Student status cannot be established with duplicate information...]
Bookshelves that are more than two meters high are arranged neatly, and classification labels are hung on the side of each bookshelf. With the help of the light in the corridor, you can see them clearly.
Student academic records, campus events, photo albums, trophies and certificates, disciplinary backups...
Among them, the partitioned bookshelves for student files are the most numerous, occupying an area as large as two classrooms. Each student's information is packed in a file box, one box for each student.
But after Xu Zhiyan quickly browsed through the archive labels on a bookshelf, he felt something was wrong.
These bookshelves are only marked as student files, but it does not indicate which class the student files belong to. Some of them do not even have names on them, so you have to open them to determine whose files they belong to.
Sure enough, there was a notebook on the desk at the front desk, which recorded the work content.
[Today: Students’ personal files are updated. The school doctor who delivered the files did not arrange them according to the rules. What a hateful old man…]
[Tasks for tomorrow and the day after tomorrow: Find a few students to sort the files by class, and give extra credits to the students who help.]
It is not difficult to see from the NPC messages that the student files are unusually messy. Even if we find the students, it will take two days.
There were some sheets of printed paper under the notebook.
Each piece of paper is densely packed with names written according to class, and the student’s current status is also noted behind the name. A few students have dropped out or are on leave.
Xu Zhiyan paused for breath.
Is this to allow him to find Qu Ji among so many files?
It's impossible, there are too many students, unless he is the chosen one and is chosen within a few draws, but according to the previous tone of the game, it is absolutely impossible!
He must first make sure that Qu Ji's file is indeed here!
The list was spread out, and Xu Zhiyan was worried that turning on the light would attract the attention of NPCs or players, so he could only use a flashlight to quickly search for Qu Ji's name.
When there were five minutes left in the countdown, he finally found Qu Ji's class.
[Class 04, Grade 22, Qu Ji (on leave)]
Xu Zhiyan put the class list into his pocket, raised the flashlight, and walked towards the numerous bookcases.
In the live broadcast room, the audience shouted "no" one after another.
[This time it really won’t work. 】
[I also think that this branch line will have to be abandoned in the end. ]
[Five minutes? In five minutes, let alone finding Qu Ji's files from so many bookcases, even Xiao Baiwan's body would have a hard time running around the field twice.]
[Let it go~ It's just a side quest! ]
[It is indeed too difficult for Xiao Baiwan, who is physically weak! ]
[But if this branch is completely abandoned, the snail guy will be finished! To be honest, I still like him quite a bit. ]
[…Did the above person ignore the terrifying appearance of the snail? ]
Unlike the audience who were laughing, Xu Zhiyan did not look for Qu Ji's personal information in the piles of messy information as expected.
He ran straight to the back of the archive room and stopped in front of the bookcase containing the disciplinary backup and violation records.
Since it’s impossible to find a personal profile, let’s start here!
If nothing happened, how could Qu Ji become like this?
The files here are all organized, and in addition to the file boxes, there is also a large cardboard box on the bottom layer.
Quickly finding the illegal file box of the 22nd grade students, Xu Zhiyan took out all the papers inside and threw the box aside.
Jin raised a pet crocodile, Wang used high-power electrical appliances in violation of regulations, Gong and Li got into a brawl...
The A4 sheets that I have looked at are stacked at the bottom.
Along with the smell of stale ink, he finally found the one he was looking for!
[Serious campus murder case]
[On ▇▇, the murderer Qu was dissatisfied and stabbed more than a dozen classmates with a knife, killing 16 people. His behavior was extremely bad and he was expelled from school...]
[Murderer: Qu]
[Victims: Wang Mouwen, Xu Moule...]
A photo of the murderer was posted at the back. Even though his eyes were blurred, it was still possible to tell it was Qu Ji based on the lower half of his face. The winding scar was too conspicuous.
The content was horrifying, and a shocking photo was included as evidence.
After he finished reading the file, the game panel popped up.
[Side Quest: Monster's Fall]
[Progress: 50%]
[Hint: Congratulations to the player for finding the relevant information. Next, just give the withdrawal application and the murder weapon to the holder, and he will be expelled from school and will no longer bother the player. ]
A withdrawal application without a name on it suddenly appeared in Xu Zhiyan's hand.
"Drop out?"
He didn't expect that after completing the side quest, Qu Ji would be expelled from school, but no matter what, killing sixteen people in a row was too sudden.
Even the players who were watching the live broadcast were amazed.
[Fuck, I never knew this snail kid was so fierce? ]
[I also...]
[Sixteen? It's amazing that a student could cut down sixteen of them! ]
[That shouldn't be the case. Qu Ji seems to have a good personality, but he just seems to lack love and has a low self-esteem.]
[Can a weakling with a people-pleasing personality really pick up a knife and kill someone? ]
[Wait! What do you think Xiao Baiwan is doing? ]
[? ? Hmm? ? Why did he tear up the application for withdrawal? ]
[Damn! Is Xiao Baiwan trying to find a bug? ]
[Is it possible? There is no time limit here, he can keep Snail Boy stuck in the current chaotic state.]
In the picture, Xu Zhiyan was silent for a moment and tore up the application for withdrawal from school in his hand.
Confetti fell like snowflakes.
He bent down and dragged out the cardboard box from the bottom shelf of the bookcase.
There was only a blood-stained dagger inside, sealed in an evidence bag, with Qu Ji's name written on it with a marker.
Through the bag, Xu Zhiyan felt the blood still flowing on the dagger, raised the corners of his mouth to reveal a faint smile, and spoke slowly.
"This letter of withdrawal should not be given to anyone."
"There are quite a few traps in this mission. To be honest, I'm already looking forward to the final reward."
It's not that he didn't believe Qu Ji would kill someone.
When humans are pushed to the extreme, they are capable of doing anything.
Everything Xu Zhiyan did was based on his own judgment. He didn't do anything reckless, nor did he try to exploit a system bug.
Although it is hard to imagine that a gentle person like Qu Ji would do such an appalling thing, not taking sides before the truth comes out is an excellent quality he developed when he was a spectator in his early years.
"I trust my own eyes more than Qu Ji's character."
The note for the first half of the mission is 'Players need to find an opportunity to enter the past within two hours.'
When he found the relevant props directly, the task suddenly had new hints and props. Only by giving the things to the monsters could he avoid being harassed.
Xu Zhiyan could be sure that the focus of the original mission was to enter the past.
“The evidence was not given to the police but was left at the school.”
"The file says that I didn't drop out of school last season, I was just on leave."
"The most important thing is that these so-called dead people are all well documented in the archives."
He took out the roster of Qu Ji's relevant classes. The names of Wang Mouwen, Li Mouhua, Xu Moule and others all showed that they were studying normally. Qu Ji was the only one in the class who was on leave.
However, it is clearly written on the wall of the school archives that student records may not be established using false information.
The contradiction was too coincidental, and he expressed his confusion.
"What is written in this school murder case file."
"Did it ever really happen?"
Previously, in special scenarios, the system prompts not only informed the response strategies, but also restricted the players’ thinking, specifically pointing out that only three monsters could be destroyed. So, are the prompts this time also misleading?
After saying that, Xu Zhiyan opened the system panel.
Sure enough, after he tore up the application for withdrawal, the branch note was updated and the misleading prompt disappeared.
[Side Quest: Monster's Fall]
[Progress: 50%]
[Note: Congratulations to the player for finding the opportunity to enter the past! ]
【Players please be prepared to enter. 】
After reading the last word, Xu Zhiyan quickly lay down on the spot and assumed a comfortable position. He had already used up all his energy from rolling and crawling in the special scene just now, so he decided to rest as long as he could.
If I had known this earlier, I would have taken a break before continuing!
After a while, darkness came.
Many thoughts ran through his mind before he passed out.
The Time Box sounds amazing. How do I use it? What level of item is it? I'm really looking forward to it. If I can't use it, can I sell it...
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