Chapter 155 Mizuki Private High School (Twenty-Seven)
After Gu Yuchen's identity was revealed, he was still able to maintain his superficial calm, and even seemed to have no obvious emotional changes except for a little confusion.
But after Nan Huan said this, one could clearly feel that her whole body tensed up, as if her opponent had suddenly grabbed her throat.
Although it was only a brief moment, it was still captured by Nan Huan and Bei Xi.
Then her expression became extremely cold and terrifying, and the look in her eyes when she stared at Nan Huan and Bei Xi was more like an iceberg under the turbulent waves.
"You won't have a chance to know anyway."
As soon as she finished speaking, the golden light on her body returned, and many ears with long tails stretched out from behind her.
"Gu...Gu Yuchen..."
But just when she was about to launch an attack, a trembling voice sounded behind her. The other party was obviously frightened by the scene in front of him. Although he tried his best to stabilize his voice, he was still exposed as soon as he opened his mouth.
"They said... no... what on earth are you..."
Maybe she didn't organize her words well, or maybe she had already seen the answer with her own eyes and there was no need to ask again, so she hesitated for a long time, and when she spoke, she stuttered. It seemed that after instinctively calling out the other person's name, she didn't think about what to say to the other person.
Song Ci and Wang Zhengliang were accidentally pulled into the loop by Nan Huan and Bei Xi, but perhaps because they were not key NPCs, even though time looped for the second time, they did not remember what happened in the previous loop.
In Song Ci's impression, they had just made a decision to use the legend of the music building to make the freshman with excellent piano skills suffer a little. However, before they did anything, they found that the legendary music-catching beast seemed to be right next to them, and it was Gu Yuchen, whom she had never expected.
If this world wasn't crazy, Song Ci would rather believe that he was drugged or dreaming, otherwise how could he see such a ridiculous scene.
But the tingling pain in my hands clearly reminded me that all this was not an illusion or a dream.
Things had come to this point, and Gu Yuchen knew that it was useless for him to explain anything further. Besides, the facts were there, and there was nothing to explain.
"Find a place to hide. I'll send you out once I've dealt with them."
She didn't look back, her voice was a little hoarse, and the moment she left the sentence, she flew out. It seemed that she didn't want to drag Song Ci and Wang Zhengliang into the battlefield.
Bei Xi noticed the piano case behind Gu Yuchen earlier than Nan Huan, because in the piano room during the previous exam, Gu Yuchen did not use his own piano, but used the piano prepared in advance by the examination room like everyone else.
The last time the cycle happened, the situation was so critical, but Gu Yuchen didn't put down his piano.
But at that time, both of them focused on each other's identity, so they ignored this detail, and it was not until a few minutes ago that they finally realized something was wrong.
When Bei Xi was writing on Nan Huan's hand, the two of them had already communicated closely about their coincidental ideas. Now, because of the other party's reply that was so obvious, it was almost certain.
This was good news for the two. Originally, Nan Huan was not worried. Although the two had discovered Gu Yuchen's identity, they still knew nothing about the button.
However, what she said before when she was scaring Song Songci and the others was very reasonable.
It was the Sound Catcher that trapped them in this building, so it must know a way to get out.
However, this opponent was not an ordinary black sound-catching beast, but the sound-catching beast in front of him that first appeared in the rumors and seemed to have the ability to fulfill certain wishes of mankind.
Gu Yuchen, who had already experienced a time loop, naturally knew that if she didn't kill the other party within these 24 minutes, they would come back again after the time was up, and the cycle would repeat itself, so she didn't have much time left.
But what she didn't know was that due to the side effects of the time loop, Bei Xi was unwilling to take Nan Huan on another adventure, so time was also very important to her, but her first goal was not to kill people, but to seize the box.
Gu Yuchen rushed over very quickly. Even though she had not transformed into the complete form of the Sound-Catching Beast, her golden ears were obviously stronger and faster than the black Sound-Catching Beast's attacks.
It was impossible for Bei Xi to just stand there and get beaten. Moreover, with Gu Yuchen's action, all the sound-catching beasts nearby that had been temporarily stopped just now started to move together.
But compared with the two, Beixi's movements are a little faster.
The time loop has certain side effects on the player's body, which vary depending on the health value. However, this side effect does not seem to be noticeable on Bei Xi.
Because her movements were as agile as before, and because she knew where the button was hidden, she didn't have time to deal with the sound-catching beasts this time, nor did she attempt to attack. She just kept dodging the long black or golden tails that were swinging towards her.
He also took advantage of the more than ten long tails intertwined with each other to flip Nan Huan half a circle, and landed behind Gu Yuchen to reach the violin case that she always carried on her shoulders.
Gu Yuchen knew the other party's purpose, so she didn't let Bei Xi succeed so easily. After realizing the other party's purpose, she instinctively turned sideways without having time to look back.
A slight difference leads to a missed opportunity.
Nan Huan was held aside, with no extra expression on his face for the time being.
The next second, Gu Yuchen's face showed some surprise. He kicked something out of thin air, and the long golden tail slashed through the air. He then grabbed the violin case that suddenly fell off the shoulder strap with his backhand.
"I almost forgot, you have an invisible helper."
Gu Yuchen's eyes were fixed on a certain spot in the air, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he put the violin case back on his back with one hand. Then those long tails covered the surface of the violin case densely like straps.
It seemed that it was due to the limitations of the system, or there was a risk of discovery no matter where the button was hidden in the building, so even so, she chose to carry it with her.
Nan Huan looked at the other person with a bad face. From her perspective, she could see A Liu standing on the side with an incredible look on his face. He didn't seem to understand how he had failed and how he had been sensed by the other person.
Nan Huan understood her thoughts. After all, in the last cycle, when she followed him, Gu Yuchen clearly didn’t feel anything wrong, let alone himself.
It should be that as a student, Gu Yuchen's some abilities are restricted. After all, the golden halo on her body has not dissipated since she started using her abilities, so her strength should not be underestimated.
Thinking of this, Nan Huan glanced at Ah Liu and suddenly ordered him, "Come back."
As a result, the next second, the long tail of Gu Yuchen's hand swept across the place where A Liu was originally standing, and the piano room behind him was directly split in half from the middle, with a slightly burnt part in the middle emitting sparks.
Fortunately, Nan Huan reacted quickly. After giving an order, A Liu was called back to the control panel.
"You are different from those students."
Gu Yuchen retracted her long tail somewhat angrily, with some disappointment in her tone, as if she felt a little regretful for not being able to solve the problem of A Liu who had played a trick on her. She opened her mouth to draw a conclusion for Nan Huan and Bei Xi.
Those students who had accidentally awakened the Sound-Catching Beast were obviously not as powerful as the two people in front of them. They could not fight with the Sound-Catching Beast or themselves for such a long time, and they had not yet gained the upper hand.
Her original intention was to explore the identity of the new student, but she didn't expect Nan Huan to follow the other party's gaze from this sentence and scan the black sound-catching beast that was still eyeing her covetously.
"These sound-catching beasts were originally students."
These words were obviously supposed to be asked in a questioning tone, but Nan Huan said it with certainty.
In fact, she felt a little strange when she heard the legendary story. There was only one golden music-catching beast in the story, but why were there so many black music-catching beasts in the music building?
Moreover, according to Song Ci and Wang Zhengliang, those students who accidentally made the sounds only lost their voices temporarily. Nan Huan was a little puzzled at first. Since the other party wanted to take away the students' voices, why didn't they just take all of them directly, but took them over several days? Could it be that they were doing charity?
But what if their purpose wasn’t sound in the first place?
"The people trapped here are students. What are those things with the faces of these students?"
Nan Huan asked again, if so many students disappeared together, there would definitely be rumors, but according to Song Ci and Wang Zhengliang, there was no large-scale disappearance of students, but what if the students who returned to normal were no longer the students they used to be?
This thought made Nan Huan's heart tremble unconsciously. Then she seemed to suddenly remember something and turned to stare at Gu Yuchen.
"You are not the original yellow sound-catching beast. You are the first student who was given a gift and then taken away."
When Nan Huan first accused Gu Yuchen of being the sound-catching beast, the other party did not show any obvious emotion. Nan Huan initially thought that the other party had been exposed, so he ignored them.
But now it seems that she doesn't want Nan Huan and Bei Xi to know her true identity, and acquiesces in the secret of the golden sound-catching beast.
Song Ci and Wang Zhengliang have lost the ability to express themselves in words after going through rounds of unraveling the mystery.
They were originally the same kind but suddenly became enemies, and then became the same kind again with Nan Huan's few words.
They didn't understand, but were shocked.
Nan Huan hadn't finished speaking yet, "Rumor has it that the first student returned to his original state after the incident."
She raised her lips and showed a disdainful expression, "I never believe in games..." She wanted to say games, but she felt that Gu Yuchen might not understand, so she changed her words in the end, "I never believe that hunters are so kind. It was you, the prey, who did not abide by the agreement. How could you be let go? Now that I think about it, the other party wants not only your voice, but also your entire body and identity, and you have become a new sound-catching beast, trapped in this building."
Gu Yuchen remained silent, but the lost expression on her face could not be faked. It was obvious that what Nan Huan said reminded her of something that happened a long time ago, something she didn't want to think about but couldn't get rid of.
Of course, Nan Huan didn't say this for no reason. The piano case on Gu Yuchen's back had been covered tightly. Judging from the situation of other black sound-catching beasts, Bei Xi couldn't kill them at all.
This is another point that Nan Huan finds strange, but since Gu Yuchen was also a student, fundamentally speaking, they are on the same front.
Since fighting with force wouldn't work and would be a waste of time, she of course wanted to outsmart him, and even wanted to have a good communication with Gu Yuchen.
"Although these students turned into sound-catching beasts, they didn't die. This shows that you don't want to let this happen again. I can help you and them."
Nan Huan threw out his chips, and time passed by every second.
Since she knew all this, she naturally couldn't just stand by and watch, but if Gu Yuchen appreciated this favor, it would be a win-win result.
But the other party was not interested in her proposal. Although Gu Yuchen's face flashed with surprise, he didn't expect Nan Huan to guess so much from just one sentence, but the other party still didn't know what it meant to let them go.
"You can't help me or them, and you can't help yourself."
She answered so decisively and so confidently that she was not even willing to try.
This surprised Nan Huan a little. After all, according to her analysis, this condition should be quite attractive.
But before she had time to think more, she felt Bei Xi hugging her and flying into the air.
After Gu Yuchen said that, Bei Xi didn't give her another chance to speak. Now avoiding the issue wouldn't solve the problem anymore, so she waved her hand and the iron axe in her hand was in place.
The two men fought in the air, and the long tail and the iron axe collided, cutting through the air with a friction sound.
Following Gu Yuchen's actions, the surrounding black sound-catching beasts seemed to have received new orders and surrounded him more ferociously than before, as if they wanted to kill him.
When Bei Xi attacked again, he did not take into account that the sound-catching beasts were actually students, and did not show mercy.
Firstly, she had tried it before, but for some reason, these sound-catching beasts could not be killed at all. Secondly, she had to deal with Gu Yuchen now, so she had to be quick, accurate and ruthless, and didn't want them to interfere.
The black iron hammer and air arrow changed back and forth, explosions sounded one after another, the black sound-catching beast was defeated step by step, turned into black shadows, and left handfuls of sand on the ground.
The sound-catching beasts were forced into a corner and attacked even more fiercely, with smoke and dust rising all over the small corridor.
Song Ci and Wang Zhengliang, who were originally outside the battlefield, were also dragged into it. They dodged left and right in panic, trying their best to avoid becoming cannon fodder in this war.
Nan Huan did not let go of the sand. She was not feeling well, and although the amount of sand was not large, it could at least help to replenish her body.
However, after seeing Nan Huan absorb the sand so easily, Gu Yuchen showed obvious surprise on her face. This expression was much more vivid than all her expressions tonight.
She seemed to have something to say, but Bei Xi's attack was already in front of her. At the same time, a familiar shrill cry came from the corner, causing Gu Yuchen and Nan Huan to turn their heads at the same time.
Song Ci and Wang Zhengliang were originally forced to find shelter in the smoke-filled corridor, but they happened to run into a sound-catching beast that had just been beaten up by Bei Xi and was in a furious state.
It had no rationality to begin with, and it was barely in a normal mental state, obeying Gu Yuchen's orders and not attacking Song Ci and Wang Zhengliang. But now it was beaten up by Bei Xi, and it was filled with anger, so it temporarily forgot Gu Yuchen's orders, and when it heard the movements of the two, it chased after them.
Song Ci could already feel the sound of the air being split behind him. This was clearly the first time he was chased by this thing, so why did it feel so familiar to escape?
Not knowing what emotion was at work, she screamed out of control.
The long tail behind him was already very close to the back of his head. Song Ci felt a chill from the back of his neck to his entire coccyx, as if he was fully aware of the impending danger.
At this distance, Gu Yuchen had tried to call back the out-of-control Sound-Catching Beast, but it was obviously too late. She had even loosened her hands that were about to block Bei Xi's attack and was ready to fly over.
At the critical moment, Nan Huan asked A Liu to activate the spiritual skill behind him.
Just before the black sound-catching beast's long tail swung up, a gust of wind swept Song Ci and Wang Zhengliang forward, avoiding the beast's attack.
The black sound-catching beast was a little confused. It didn't know why the prey that was about to be caught just ran away. When it was about to attack again, it was summoned by Gu Yuchen.
In the golden light, Gu Yuchen closed his eyes, and it was unknown what he was reciting.
Nan Huan could only see that she was struggling. After a while, the sound-catching beasts scattered away hesitantly.
Gu Yuchen can communicate with the black sound-catching beast, but this connection is not unilaterally repressive. At least for Gu Yuchen, it is still a bit difficult.
Then the other party seemed to suddenly understand, walked in front of Bei Xi and Nan Huan, untied the piano case behind him, and handed it over.
"The button you're looking for is right here. Here it is for you."
She seemed very calm, as if she had figured something out within a few seconds. "I was wrong. You might really be able to help us. You can absorb the fine sand. The students here...ah..."
She had just said a few words when she squatted down uncontrollably, pressing her temples as if in great pain, and could no longer make a sound.
"Are you okay?" Nan Huan was startled and squatted down as well, but his face was not very good. "Don't try to tell us about the students. This is... some kind of restriction to prevent you from revealing any information to us."
Nan Huan quickly understood that although the system defaulted to the NPC being able to hand over the button himself, players still needed to explore the information related to the game content on their own.
Or maybe the system judged that, given the current situation, they should not know the information that Gu Yuchen said.
Following Nan Huan's words, Gu Yuchen did not try to speak any more, and the headache symptoms were soon relieved.
"Help me get them out too."
Gu Yuchen pointed at Song Ci and Wang Zhengliang who were stunned behind him.
The news could not be revealed, but I couldn't just stand here and watch. The cycle time was passing, and soon twenty minutes had passed.
"I'll find a way to make everything go back to normal."
Nan Huan didn't know what else to say, so he could only promise that he would definitely get Gu Yuchen and those students out of here, but it was obviously not now.
Even though Gu Yuchen had doubted her ability before, he believed in her wholeheartedly after seeing that she was able to absorb the fine sand.
"Time is running out, you guys should leave now."
Gu Yuchen excitedly shook Nan Huan's hand, an action that was not consistent with the other party's usual behavior.
Nan Huan was stunned at first, then nodded solemnly.
Over there, Bei Xi had already called Song Ci and Wang Zhengliang, who had survived the disaster, to move over together, and the piano case on one side was finally opened.
Inside the empty guitar case, there was a green button on the black velvet cloth.
As the button was pressed, a ray of light flashed, and Gu Yuchen disappeared. The floor they were on had returned to normal, and the voice of the system came into Nan Huan and Bei Xi's minds.
【bite--
Congratulations to the player for completing the two-player upgrade mission - A World in a Grain of Sand.
You found the button, identified the sound-catching beast that was trapped by the sound, and got a glimpse of the tip of the iceberg.
Mission Reward: Each person receives 20 credits. 】
The system's voice was emotionless, and it announced the reward for this mission in just a few words.
But Nan Huan's mind was not on this. She waited patiently, stroking something in her hand while the system did not finish its words.
After several dozen seconds, as if the system had made some mental preparations, it added another sentence reluctantly.
[You received a gift from the Sound Catcher and obtained a three-dimensional slice. Because the quantity is too small, it is not clear what use it has for the time being.]
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