Chapter 202 Mizuki Private High School (Seventy-four)
While everyone was talking, Yang Yina was sitting aside due to her health reasons.
But her sudden words attracted everyone's attention.
Nan Huan found that her statement that something was not right with her body was already very tactful.
After all, the wounds on her arms had begun to turn purple, and at first glance it looked like there was an extra layer of strange skin.
Twelve hurriedly took out the medicine and gave it to the other party, but the situation did not improve.
"Miss, I feel that my learning ability is... disappearing," she took a while to barely remember what she wanted to express. When she uttered two words, there was an obvious blankness on her face, as if she didn't remember what she was going to say next.
Turning his head to look at the huge campus and the crowd gathered in front of him, he finally caught a tiny thought in Nan Huan's worried eyes, "When I was in the classroom just now, I was distracted when I heard the teacher talking. At first I thought it was a physical problem, but when I flipped through the book, I found that I needed a lot of effort to understand the content, and this situation is getting worse."
She finally found her thoughts and spoke quickly and urgently as if she was afraid of forgetting. It was because of the president's previous assurance that she was not worried about her situation, but she instinctively felt that things might not be as simple as they thought.
"It seems that the side effects are more than just these."
Bei Xi saw her skin and said something neither lightly nor seriously, but his expression remained solemn.
"Twelve, you and Moka Meng take Yang Yina back to the dormitory and keep an eye on her to make sure nothing happens to her. If there are any unexpected developments, tell me directly."
There is no point in guessing here all the time. Since the faceless teacher said that these two days are a time for adjustment, Bei Xi plans to take the others to see if the extra points for the quiz will trigger any side quests. More clues always count for something.
"The rest of you go check on the quiz. Although it's unlikely to trigger a side quest, there may be other clues. Just split into two groups, but don't divide them too far apart."
President Barbie and the players of Guild Two had no objection to her arrangement, and they divided Guild One into Guild Two. President One, along with the eldest lady and the Six Gods, quickly separated from the players of Guild Two.
"President, there's something strange about Yang Yina."
Liushen's expression looked a little strange from the beginning, but whether it was because all the players were there or for some other reason, she didn't say anything until there were only three people left, and then she spoke.
"What did you find out?" Bei Xi was not surprised. She knew that Liu Shen did not hide anything on purpose, and there was no need to do so considering their cooperative relationship. So there was only one possibility left, "Are you afraid of causing panic among everyone?"
"I felt two completely different emotions from Yang Yina's body. One was her own, very easy to distinguish, with elements of worry and fear, but the other seemed a bit weird, it just seemed to want to grow and destroy. I had no way of telling where this emotion came from, but I could feel it."
"And usually my skills only work on living things."
This is what Liushen wants to emphasize.
The eldest lady understood, "In other words, you suspect that Yang Yina has been parasitized by something, right?"
It seems that it is not just a simple halving of the players' health points. She suddenly thought of another thing, "What about the six players who were in our dormitory this morning?"
Liushen waved his hands, "There is nothing abnormal about the six players for now. I suspect it is probably because of the after-school tutoring, or because Yang Yina's health points have been reduced too much."
"Or in other words, these lost life points are the nutrients of this unknown creature. The small suckers that hurt people are the medium. Being bitten means that the seeds have been planted. Yang Yina's life points from tutoring zombies after school are actually absorbed by the seeds in her body. The bigger that thing grows, the more life points it will absorb, just like a fetus competing with its mother for nutrients."
Nan Huan understood why Liu Shen didn't say these things in front of everyone just now.
Although I believe that everyone has the mental strength to get through it, after all, there is such a precedent around us, so it is inevitable that there will be suspicion of creating panic.
"So how is it growing now? Will Twelve..."
Although Yang Yina was an important source of first-hand information, Nan Huan was still worried about Twelve's condition. However, before she could finish her words, Liu Shen hurriedly waved his hand.
"It shouldn't be that fast. Yang Yina took the potion, so her health points didn't drop that fast. She hasn't completely lost consciousness and is still in a tug-of-war. I've just explained it to Twelve, and the president has also sent Mocha Meng over. One of them attacks, and the other defends. They can handle any emergencies, so don't worry, Miss."
Nan Huan nodded with relief. She suspected that Bei Xi must have thought about it beforehand, so she made such arrangements.
The three people only hoped to find some clues from the quizzes, but this beautiful wish was shattered when they passed three quizzes on three different projects in a row, added points, but did not trigger any side quests or get any clues.
But the three people's expressions did not relax much, "I don't understand?"
Liu Shen spoke first. She seldom asked Bei Xi in such a tone. After all, usually she could follow Bei Xi's thoughts.
"The system's approach is totally illogical. Since the exam has already started, the after-school tutoring model should be carried out in one go. If it wants all students to be parasitized by monsters, shouldn't it hurry up? Why do I feel like our progress has been suddenly paused? The battle line of this instance has suddenly been stretched out?"
Liushen has considered everything from the perspectives of rationality, compliance, and even resource consumption, but has not found any benefit to the system or the people behind the scenes in giving them time to recuperate, so it is even more confused.
“Maybe it’s not that complicated?”
"Maybe you're thinking too much?"
As soon as Liu Shen finished her words, two voices refuted her in unison, but they were not Bei Xi and Nan Huan, but Nan Huan and Cha Ka who appeared out of nowhere.
Bei Xi's eyes flashed with displeasure, not knowing whether it was because the other party showed up again without saying hello, or because she and Nan Huan said the same thing.
Liushen was still very perceptive, and the next time he spoke he only asked Nanhuan, "Miss, what do you mean?"
Before Nan Huan could explain, Bei Xi spoke first, "Do you still remember those students who were trapped in different places?"
Bei Xi asked in a bad mood, as if putting the blame on Liu Shen.
"Although they were trapped, they did not die, so Anan was able to get the three-dimensional slices from them. Do you think this is a clue left by the system on purpose?"
The thinking of the Sixth God was much faster than that of the Twelve. When Bei Xi said this, she suddenly realized it.
"It's not the system's intention, but it can't control it. So the situation now is the same. Maybe the system doesn't want to give us time to rest, it just has to. What's the reason that makes it have to give us this rest time?"
Seeing that Liushen understood, Beixi let out a long sigh, then turned his gaze to Chaka with a suspicious look, "What are you doing here again? Don't you have to go to class?"
"No need," Chaka was not angry at all because of Beixi's tone. Instead, he answered her, "I see you guys are quite free. Why don't we go around the campus together and I'll help you find clues?"
After all, Chaka has stayed in school longer than them, and her archery ability has recovered after the mission. In addition, because of Nanhuan, she will definitely stand on their side 100%.
There is nothing wrong with having more helpers. Bei Xi repeated this sentence three times in her mind, and then she pretended not to hear half of what the other party said, and walked forward holding Nan Huan's hand.
When Liushen saw this Shura scene, she quickly said that she was worried about Twelve's condition and slipped away on the pretext of going to the dormitory to check.
Chaka followed the two of them unconsciously, and Nan Huan felt a little amused and helpless about this formation.
"Although you have lost some of your memories, you still have some memories of your life on this campus, right? Tell me about it."
Bei Xi was not pretentious. She had nothing to do anyway, so she simply asked about Chaka. After all, she was not an ordinary NPC, and the things left by Yanqi were obviously related to the other party. If they knew the clues in advance, it would be easier to deal with it when the time comes.
Although the scene was a bit weird, Nan Huan had to admit that until this moment, she seemed to have finally found a little bit of the tranquility and rhythm of high school campus life.
"Actually, I've said what I should have said before. It's nothing special." Chaka naturally understood what Beixi meant. Although there were more fragments in her mind after she came out of the mission, the few fragments were all Nan Huan's face. Apart from the location of the vending machine, there were no more clues. "I have been in this school since I can remember. The rules here don't apply to me. Credit exams can't restrict me, even though my grades are at the bottom. But other people don't seem to see it. My name is never on the after-school tutoring list, but they can sense my existence and even communicate with me. Sometimes I don't know whether I exist or not."
There was a certain sadness in what he said, causing Nan Huan to frequently look at her, but Bei Xi pressed his palm lightly.
Nan Huan turned to look at Bei Xi with a pleading look and smiled at her.
Such interaction did not escape Chaka's eyes, but she said nothing and continued to explain what she remembered. "As for the name Yanqi, maybe I remembered it a little during the mission, but I really have no impression of it at all."
She spread her hands, indicating that this was all she could remember and she couldn't remember more.
"What about you?"
After Chaka finished speaking, he threw the question back, "You mentioned this before... Well, the copy is a little different from what you did before. Apart from the problem on my side, are there any other differences on your side? The change should not be a whim, but a premeditated one."
Chaka has heard their conversations over the past two days and now expressed her own opinion. She does not think that this copy has become different simply because of her appearance, or that this is not the fundamental reason.
This statement itself is nothing, but because other players are not aware of Heer's existence and the entanglements involved, they don't think of this at all. But Chaka is different. She understands that Nan Huanshi and Bei Xi are always the center of these problems.
So these words penetrated the two people's hearts like a bolt of enlightenment, making them stop in their tracks.
"There's one thing we overlooked." Nan Huan finally remembered what she should have remembered, but because she hadn't noticed the impact of this aspect since entering school, she put it aside. "The background of this dungeon has a lot in common with my background in real life, and there are people I'm familiar with."
Nan Huan remembered what Uncle Nan said to him in the car when he first entered school yesterday.
They always thought that this was a campus story, so even though they had doubts at first and worried that there might be some connection between this place and the real world, as they entered the school, various side quests were unlocked and they gradually ignored this connection. It was not until Chaka brought it up again that they realized something was wrong.
Nan Huan stood still and took out his phone from his pocket, checking it carefully. "If the copy is set up like this, there should be contact information for my family on this phone, right? Or there should be other ways to contact my family. But in this situation, the whole school seems to have become an isolated island. The system is deliberately making us ignore the part outside the school. After all, if it really has nothing to do with the off-campus environment, why is our starting point not in the school, or why is a background similar to my real life arranged here separately?"
Bei Xi obviously had the same question as Nan Huan. "Let's go find the life teacher to find out. Didn't she say that we can go to her if we have any questions?"
Five minutes later.
The three found the only life teacher in the school with normal facial features in the administrative building.
"What? You said you wanted to take a leave to go home?"
There were a few faceless teachers sitting in the administrative office in a respectful manner. They didn't react at all when they heard the noise here, like human statues. Only the life teacher had a shocked expression, making it seem like she was the only normal teacher in this space.
Bei Xi nodded indifferently, not thinking that this request was excessive. "It just so happens that there are no major exams these two days, and our scores are high enough, so we don't need to review anything. After all, the school environment is too bad and we can't adapt to it."
It was the first time that Nan Huan saw Bei Xi showing off her wealth so casually. She clearly felt the life teacher's mouth twitch, and perhaps due to their identities, she had to suppress her doubts and an expression of "you are kidding, right?"
"No, the school is a boarding school. You can't ask for leave to go home. If you feel unwell, the school has a hospital and doctors. If you don't adapt to the environment here, you can make a request, and the school will do its best to meet your needs."
When she recovered from the shock, she put on the expression of a good teacher again and answered them with a fake smile.
Nan Huan did not expect that their demands could be met, and he also knew that if this was the system's setting, preventing them from leaving the school would not be something that Bei Xi could solve with just a few words.
So during the conversation, Nan Huan was observing the life teacher's reaction to Chaka, but unfortunately, the other party's attention was always on her and Beixi, and not a bit of attention was paid to Chaka behind them.
Just as Chaka said, other people in the school treated her as an ordinary student, but there was something strange in this neglect.
For example, there was an NPC following behind the two players, but the life teacher chose to turn a blind eye to this situation. Isn't that weird enough?
Nan Huan and Cha Ka were exchanging information silently, but Bei Xi had not given up yet. "The boarding school also has holidays, right? It can't be that we are sent here and there is no possibility of leaving, right?"
The life teacher finally heard some intentional troublemaking in Bei Xi's tone, so her kind attitude immediately changed. "My two classmates, I think you may have misunderstood something. Our Shuimu Private High School made it very clear in the initial enrollment information that the school adopts a fully closed management model. Any parents and students who register are deemed to have agreed to this method. Your admission letter also states the corresponding school regulations, so strictly speaking, you can only abide by the corresponding rules, especially after you have enrolled."
Bei Xi did not comment on her words. It seemed that their suspicions were confirmed. "Then let me change the question." Bei Xi sneered. "Under what circumstances can students in this school leave?"
It is not realistic to trap students in school for a long time, especially in a situation where the systems and customs in all aspects are not much different from the real world. Therefore, Bei Xi feels that the purpose of this copy or the purpose of the person behind the scenes should not be to trap all the students here.
The life teacher did not answer their questions immediately. Instead, he looked at them carefully with a scrutinizing gaze. After a long while, he casually replied, "Of course, it is determined based on the students' grades. Students who do not meet the enrollment standards will be completely expelled from the school."
“Do you want to be targeted for deportation?”
She suddenly asked the two of them with great interest, raising one eyebrow, "Can we give it a try? Maybe it will be interesting?"
These words did not sound like something a teacher would say to her students, but Nan Huan could sense the implicit expectation in her words, as if she really wanted to see them being expelled.
Of course Nan Huan would not think that the expulsion she mentioned was just a simple expulsion from school. Think about Yang Yina's situation. If she would be expelled simply for poor grades, why would those students desperately want credits?
Moreover, if she ranks low every time, she will be included in the list of after-school tutoring. It is not certain whether Yang Yina can hold out until she is expelled. Nan Huan does not think that the person behind the scenes has taken great pains to parasitize something on Yang Yina, and is willing to send her away like this.
No, wait, parasitic?
In a flash, Nan Huan seemed to figure out what the person behind the scenes wanted to do. What if it wasn't Yang Yina who was expelled from school?
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