Chapter 95 Haunted High School (29)
The lecture that Su Yue was referring to was naturally the lecture by Professor Hu Xiankai, who had a bulletin board outside the cafeteria.
He heard the professor's name several times today. According to the logic of the game script, no invalid information would be given, so Professor Hu must have a role in the plot.
Now it seems that he probably has clues about "Gao Zhuo".
The game ends at the beginning of the school anniversary, which is fourteen days after entering the game. Up to now, more than one-third of the time has passed, and there is still no clue about the main line. It was not until Professor Hu Xiankai that there was finally a breakthrough.
Although Su Yue is a reserved god, he still feels a sense of accomplishment when the game makes phased progress.
He squeezed Cang Zhi's hand happily again: "Not bad this time."
Unexpectedly, there was no reply.
Su Yue glanced back in confusion, and unexpectedly, his eyes met Cang Zhi's. He was stunned for a moment: "What's wrong?"
"It's okay." Cang Zhi replied, "It's good to have some progress."
"Of course." Su Yue became happy and squeezed Cangzhi's hand again.
Cang Zhi seemed to hesitate for a moment, then pinched it back.
Cang Zhiren looks very tough, but his palms are of course soft and warm. When he pinched Su Yue's hand, his body temperature covered the back of Su Yue's hand, and Su Yue was a little dazed.
So he just held Cangzhi's hand and stood there for a while.
It was not until the passing students looked at them with a fresh and envious look, their eyes full of pink bubbles, that Su Yue suddenly realized. The headmaster's thunderous words "Stop making eyes at me!" exploded in his mind, and he let go of Cang Zhi's hand in a panic.
Cang Zhi looked at him with an innocent and blank look.
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Su Yue cleared his throat and said, "There are too many people here. It's not a good influence."
Cang Zhi nodded without any doubt: "Yes."
He was so submissive that Su Yue felt a little guilty.
The amazing thing is that besides the feeling of guilt, Su Yue's divine intuition also made him a little wary.
I feel like I've been cheated somewhere, but I can't tell where exactly.
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Professor Hu’s lecture was the next afternoon, but the club activities continued that evening.
During the last class in the afternoon, Su Yue received a text message. The time and place of each club activity were sent via text message.
It had always been at 7:30 in the evening in a fixed classroom, but this time it was different.
"The time is still 7:30, and the location is... the woods by the lake?" Su Yue reread the text message in confusion. "The location has changed this time?"
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It is the rainy season now, it rained heavily yesterday and it is cloudy today too.
Normally, it gets dark later in the summer, but because of the rain, the sun hid behind the clouds early.
In addition, the branches in the grove overlapped and cast a shadow, and the lush leaves blocked the little remaining sunlight. At 7:30 in the evening, when Su Yue and Cang Zhi arrived at the woods, it was already dark and almost night.
The president stood in the open space outside the woods, carrying a bulging cross-body bag.
He stood in a very conspicuous position, waiting enthusiastically for the members to arrive.
"You're the first to arrive." The president said happily when he saw Su Yue and Cang Zhi, "You seem to have always been very enthusiastic about the immortal summoning ceremony."
"Yeah." Su Yue casually said to the president, "Why are you here for activities today?"
Su Yue originally wanted to trick the president into revealing some information, but unfortunately, he didn't fall for it. He smiled and replied, "You'll know when everyone gets here."
After a while, other members came one after another.
Normally, the lights in that classroom were very dim, no different from night, so it was hard to tell. This time, when looking at it under natural light, Su Yue noticed that several players had big dark circles under their eyes, and they looked haggard, as if they hadn't slept well for a long time.
The loudspeaker effect provided by the big sister was still there, so even if they deliberately avoided it, Su Yue could still hear some of the conversation.
"Did you dream again last night?"
"Of course, how can you get away with something like this?"
"Did you have that scene in your dream?"
"What picture?"
At this point in the conversation, the two players suddenly took a step back.
These two people should have been getting along well before, but Su Yue felt the wariness between them at that moment.
Although the feeling dissipated in just a moment, it was still quite clear.
What did these people dream about?
Su Yue went around to other players and tried to listen, but still heard nothing. He seriously suspected that the nightmare last night had given some information that made the players suspicious of each other, because today the players were not even chatting much.
The big sister soon arrived and nodded as a greeting when she saw Su Yue. Because she had discussed an alliance with Su Yue before, the big sister stood beside him today.
After Su Yue briefly told her about the players' unusual behavior today, the big sister immediately maxed out her amplification equipment. Unfortunately, like Su Yue, she didn't hear anything new.
"Someone is forming an alliance. That's all I can be sure of," said the big sister.
Su Yue looked at the two people she mentioned. It was obvious that the two players were brothers because they looked 70% alike and their noses were very distinctive, tall and straight, not to mention that they had been bound to each other since the beginning of the game.
"It's normal for brothers to form alliances, but it feels a bit strange for brothers to reaffirm their alliance at this time," said the eldest sister.
"It's like someone is dividing the players in their dreams." Su Yue said.
The eldest sister nodded. "I agree. Furthermore, all the players are deliberately avoiding the images in their dreams, yet they also seem to be trying to confirm whether they are seeing the same images as others. The suspicion isn't directed at any one person, but exists between everyone."
"This shows that their dreams..."
Snap, snap, snap.
The crisp sound of applause interrupted the players' whispers, and the president smiled and said, "Please be quiet, dear members, please be quiet."
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After the president finished speaking, the woods suddenly became quiet. The earth was shrouded in twilight, and the branches swayed in the gradually rising misty night fog.
The players stood in the open space in front of the woods, waiting in silence. The silence was filled with tension and an indescribable, ominous aura of death.
"I'm sure everyone is wondering why our club activities tonight have been moved to a different venue," the club president said slowly. "That's because today, we received a notice from the Dean of Studies that the classrooms in the teaching building will be requisitioned for the school anniversary celebration, and therefore, our club activities must be suspended."
"So, today isn't a regular club activity, but a team-building day." The president clapped his hands happily, seeming very satisfied with his decision. "Because I believe that none of you want to miss out on this precious club activity opportunity."
Everyone: “…”
Judging from their expressions, they must be eager to miss it.
“So what are the activities for team-building day?” the middle school student raised his hand and asked.
The president smiled and said, "As everyone knows, our school is about to celebrate its anniversary, so today, I hope everyone can pray for the school in the woods."
Several players looked at each other at the same time and breathed a sigh of relief.
Although the woods are a bit eerie, praying for the school is much easier than gathering around a spooky horoscope to ask for help from the spirit of the pen.
But the president immediately took out a roll of parchment from his backpack, just like the scroll in a retro game. He shook his wrist to open the parchment, and everyone saw that there was a map drawn in ink inside.
It is a topographic map of the woods by the lake.
Su Yue could even see the beautiful lake of Jinling University on the outside of the topographic map, and the small red dot on the inside of the topographic map representing the old laboratory building they were visiting today.
There are many small crosses drawn on the topographic map, and next to each small cross is a number. Those small crosses and numbers are dark red, and each occupies a position on the map. It looks very new and it is obvious that it was not drawn at the same time as the topographic map.
The dark red color was smeared on the parchment, leaving some uneven edges.
Like freshly smeared blood.
"There are 21 people in the entire club, excluding me and the vice president," the president said cheerfully, holding the map. "There are less than 21 left now, but that's okay. Everyone, come get another number plate from me."
He took out a bunch of small iron plates on iron rings from his bag, which looked a bit like old-fashioned keys.
The small iron plates were very worn and had spots of rust on them. There was a number printed on each of them.
"Come and take them in order, one per person, don't fight over them," said the president.
Everyone: “…”
It’s not your love number, so you don’t want to grab it.
In the end, everyone got a number. Su Yue, Cang Zhi and the big sister got numbers next to each other, which were consecutive, and their locations on the map were also connected.
Although we don’t know what this “wish” is for yet, since the map is divided into areas, it’s not a bad thing to have people you know live together.
"Now I will explain the rules of 'prayer' to everyone." After everyone got their number plates, the president said with a smile.
"As you can see on the map, the forest is divided into twenty-one areas. Everyone must stay in their own area, burn incense sincerely, and pray for the school until sunrise."
"We are praying to the Pen Fairy. I believe that as long as we are pious enough, the Pen Fairy will hear our voices and ensure that the school anniversary goes smoothly."
"The Pen Fairy will randomly descend upon the area where the believers are located, and then—"
"Wait a minute." Someone raised his hand and interrupted the president with a trembling voice, "What do you mean by the Pen Fairy will 'descend' to the area where the believers are? What does 'descend' mean?"
"If you're lucky enough, you'll know." The president smiled, revealing his white teeth.
The man pursed his lips, his face pale.
Anyone with a little reasoning ability should know that if you really see the Pen Fairy "descending", it is definitely not "lucky".
"There are some dangers in the woods, so in order to protect yourself, you can move freely, whether you stay in your own area or not. But if the believers in that area are not there when the Pen Fairy descends, the Pen Fairy will be angry, and the consequences will be disastrous." The president said in a very serious tone, "Be sure to be more careful. If something unexpected happens, don't blame me for not warning you."
He pointed deeper into the woods, where he could vaguely see a small wooden house high up with lights flickering on it.
"The vice president was supposed to be there to watch over it, but he's not here today." The president sighed, looking very regretful. "Then I'll observe the situation from up high. I'll meet everyone here tomorrow when the sun comes out."
Finally, the president took out a bunch of small brushes from his package and distributed them to each player, telling them that they needed to invite the Pen Fairy piously, just like the usual fairy-summoning ceremony, and only then would the Pen Fairy respond to everyone's wishes.
"Don't think about being lazy just because I'm not here." The president warned seriously, "If Master Pen Fairy doesn't feel your sincerity, he will definitely be angry! The consequences of anger are disastrous!"
Many players just want to take the brush and throw it on the ground to play around. Who would be willing to really invite the Pen Fairy over?
But the president's meaning was clear: if they didn't properly summon the spirit, they might die a worse death than if they did. So the players could only reluctantly walk into the woods, each holding their own mini-spirit summoning item.
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By this time, the players also understood that the failure to summon the spirit in the classroom was not a temporary break. On the contrary, this so-called "praying to the spirit" in the woods was more dangerous than the usual summoning of the spirit.
We still don't know what the so-called "coming of the Pen Fairy" is. According to the president, there are other dangers in this woods, which can be life-threatening.
The forest on campus is not very large in absolute terms, but if it is divided into 21 parts, each person's area is quite spacious. Coupled with the dense shrubs and trees, basically you can't see other people's areas when you are in the middle of your own area.
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The area where Su Yue is located is a little to the northeast of the center. It is almost the most gloomy place, with so dense trees that there is almost no place to stand.
The only light came from the wooden house in the center, where the president said he would be.
That place actually looked a lot like the kind of lifeguard tower where lifeguards would stay by the swimming pool, towering high into the clouds.
The small wooden house is at the highest point, and you can vaguely see the shadow of the president standing on it.
There was a row of seven lamps lit on the railings of the wooden house. They were open flame lamps, and the flickering flames could still be seen clearly from such a distance.
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Most people would not be able to bear staying in such a gloomy forest, except for the Big Sister. Her area was connected to Su Yue, and she was connected to Su Yue through a loudspeaker, carefully summoning the fairies.
She didn't dare to be disrespectful, for fear that the Pen Fairy would come to her when she was angry; nor did she dare to be too disrespectful, for fear that the Pen Fairy would come to her when she was happy.
But Su Yue is not an ordinary person. After he made sure that he could get to the direction of the big sister as soon as possible, he sat cross-legged on the other boundary line of his area, looking very relaxed.
Cangzhi was in the next area, sitting next to Suyue. The two of them were standing close to the boundary line of the area, not saying a word. They just sat side by side quietly, watching the fireflies flying around in the knee-high grass.
Su Yue was twirling the brush in his hand nonchalantly, completely ignoring the dark red words flashing on the horoscope below the brush. He looked as leisurely as a jade rabbit pounding medicine.
A faint divine light lingered around him, which was completely invisible from a distance. This divine light could be used to resist various physical and magical attacks, which was equivalent to the powerful defensive potion purchased in the prop area.
But now Su Yue is used to repel mosquitoes.
He also covered Cang Zhi with the same circle of divine light.
After all, Cang Zhi is such a handsome doll. It would look ugly if he had a mosquito bite on his face and his eyelids drooped.
I don’t know what the atmosphere is like in other places, but in Su Yue and Cang Zhi’s places, praying to the immortals does not make people feel a sense of terror at all. Instead, it is as leisurely as a summer camping trip.
Until a cold wind suddenly blew.
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The wind came without warning, it was strong and cold. In an instant the temperature changed from summer to autumn, and all the mosquitoes around were buzzed away.
Cang Zhi immediately stood up, showing extreme alertness.
Su Yue calmly arranged his clothes, changed the divine light from mosquito repellent to cold protection, and then straightened his back and sat up straight.
A cold wind swirled in the woods, and one could hear some players unable to suppress their screams of fear. Even Su Yue felt the threat of this wind.
The wind blew hard, like a knife, cold and gloomy.
"How are things over there?" Su Yue asked the big sister.
"It's okay." The eldest sister's voice was very cautious. "There was a gust of cold wind, but it didn't seem to be directed at me."
Su Yue said "hmm" and put the conversation with her aside for the time being.
"Is this the Pen Fairy's 'arrival'?" Su Yue turned to Cang Zhi.
Cang Zhi nodded, his eyes gloomy: "Most likely."
Su Yue was not actually worried about the arrival of the Pen Fairy. He was more interested in knowing what the situation was.
But before the Pen Fairy descends for the first time, no one knows what will happen, so they can only wait.
The president just said that believers who refuse to pray will be punished by the Pen Fairy first, followed by those who leave their area, and finally those who are disrespectful to the Pen Fairy.
Su Yue's prayers, which were like the Jade Rabbit pounding medicine, were obviously not very respectful to the Pen Fairy.
The cold wind seemed to think so too. The wind was so thick that it was almost substantial, swirling around Su Yue.
Su Yue leisurely fiddled with the brush in his hand, curled his eyes, and asked Cang Zhi casually: "The president just said that the Pen Fairy doesn't like believers to be disrespectful to him. I think I am very disrespectful to the Pen Fairy. Will he come to me first?"
After hearing this, Cang Zhi was silent for a moment.
Then he suddenly took a step forward.
Before Su Yue could react to what was happening, Cang Zhi had already left his area and stepped into Su Yue's area.
The cold wind suddenly changed direction at this moment and rushed straight towards Cang Zhi.
Su Yue:? !
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