Chapter 152 Mizuki Private High School (Twenty-four)
What is this like?
The story begins with the meeting of the princess and the prince, but ends with the princess suing the prince's father, which is an unexpected plot.
It took Nan Huan a long time to recover from this unexpected ending.
"This ending..." She worded it carefully, but still couldn't find the right adjective and was a little stuck for a moment.
It was obvious that Wang Zhengliang understood her feelings very well, and he quickly explained, "This is just the version I heard. I also feel that it is a bit like fooling people, but because it happened a long time ago, the students who are still in school have not experienced it personally, so there is only this version of the rumor."
Bei Xi stood aside and did not comment on the ambiguous ending. Instead, she was more concerned about another thing.
"What about the second student who was gifted? How is he doing?"
She had been counting the time on the control panel since she entered the loop. Now it was already the fifteenth minute, and her questions still did not seem urgent, but there was a hint of worry between her brows.
“And this legend doesn’t seem to have much to do with the music building as it is today.”
Wang Zhengliang talked a lot in a row and was now filling the piano room with water prepared for the students who were practicing. Seeing this, Song Ci took over the conversation.
"The second student also recovered not long after, but he still retained his previous normal piano skills." Song Ci sighed, "The original magical legend suddenly became a documentary here. Some people believe that there is no such god as the so-called Sound Catcher. The two were just performing exceptionally well when they were under too much pressure. After their abilities were overdrawn, it was normal for them to fall from the altar."
"Just when all the rumors were about to be blown away by the wind, some strange things happened frequently in the music building. There were always some students who practiced outside the piano room and inexplicably lost their voices within a few days and could not speak. But this situation usually only lasted for a few days, and then it would return to normal."
"Although generally speaking, it doesn't have any real impact on the students' health, but it's still quite troublesome to be unable to speak for a few days. I don't know if more and more students are coming here to cause trouble, or if the school has figured out some pattern from it."
Song Ci completed the second half of the story, "In short, the school posted characters and slogans asking people to keep quiet in the corridors, and placed sound-absorbing cotton in the public areas of the entire building to reduce noise. Although there were no explicit regulations on these things, and no teachers had publicized them, the students still saw them, and gradually the current rules were formed. Since then, no student has suddenly lost his voice, and this matter has become a taboo that cannot be spoken of."
"We all thought it was just a legend at first, but now it seems to be largely true."
Song Ci felt a little regretful. If she had not had this idea before, things wouldn't have turned out like this.
"Gu Yuchen and I just wanted to scare you, but we didn't expect it to turn out like this. Where is that button you just mentioned? Does it really work? Don't we need to contact the teacher or something?"
After the story was told, she instantly regained her survival instinct, took out her cell phone and asked Bei Xi and Nan Huan for their opinions.
"You can ask anyone for help, if you can get through on the cell phone."
After all, these three people have been pulled into this mission by them. It is conceivable that the system has temporarily blocked the calls, otherwise they would have taken advantage of the loophole.
But Nan Huan knew very well that at this time, they had to do something.
But she was a little concerned about Gu Yuchen mentioned in Song Ci's words. After all, judging from her previous performance, she always thought that the taciturn girl with short hair was at most a character who did not dare to refuse and had to go along with the crowd. She did not expect that the other party could have a say in this.
Perhaps it was because her questioning look was too obvious, Gu Yuchen felt embarrassed by her look, but he also felt that saying sorry now would be of no use. In the end, he had to lower his head to avoid Nan Huan's gaze, with his hands tangled in front of him, and it was obvious that he was very conflicted.
Song Ci didn't think there was anything wrong with what he said. After getting Nan Huan's approval, he turned on his phone. However, as Nan Huan expected, "There was no signal on the phone at all. I couldn't contact anyone. The signal in the music building is usually very good. How could this happen? Do those sound-catching beasts have other abilities?"
She was a little surprised. After all, these things were really hard to understand for a normal high school student.
However, she immediately remembered what Nan Huan had told her before, that she couldn't speak loudly. After she finished questioning, she immediately remembered this and had to cover her mouth.
"Let's go to the fourteenth floor and take a look. Maybe there will be some clues there?"
Nan Huan's words seemed to be asking for their opinions, but his tone was in fact unacceptable. "Or you can stay here, but the sound-catching beasts surrounding the bathroom won't disperse so quickly. If you make a little noise later..."
"We'll go to the fourteenth floor with you..." Nan Huan was interrupted by Song Ci before she could finish her words. Then she turned around to ask the remaining two people for their opinions, "What do you think?"
Wang Zhengliang, of course, wished to be with Nan'an and Bei Wanchao. After all, Bei Xi's skills just now seemed to be able to save his life.
Gu Yuchen hesitated for a moment, looking a little worried. "Don't legends say that the golden sound-catching beast is on the 14th floor? Should we really go there? Or should we go to other floors to look for the button first? Maybe we can find something."
She seemed unaccustomed to speaking such long paragraphs in front of strangers, and her voice was a little low when she spoke. When Nan Huan and Bei Xi looked over, she lowered her head first. It didn't seem like she was giving advice, but more like she had done something wrong.
Bei Xi didn't say anything, but just looked at the other person with a gaze as sharp as an eagle's.
Nan Huan, on the other hand, explained with a kind face, "I just said that it was a legend, and it may not be accurate. Now the sound-catching beast has appeared. We'd better go to the fourteenth floor to look for clues. Maybe we can find something and deal with the enemy. As for the button, we can look for it when we go up later. It won't affect it."
Nan Huan did not tell the truth that the Sound-Catching Beast was impossible to kill, which was not good news for the three of them.
But Nan Huan has already decided that before she and Bei Xi enter the next cycle, she must do her best to ensure the safety of the three people. After all, it was she who pulled them into this cycle.
Although it is uncertain whether the death of NPCs in this cycle will affect their appearance in the next cycle, it is better to be safe.
This time, Gu Yuchen did not express any opinions. She nodded to show her agreement with Nan Huan. However, she noticed that Bei Xi's eyes were still glued to her, like a swift predator that would not let go easily once it found its prey.
She was shocked, but she still looked cautious and didn't dare to look at the other person.
After going out, Bei Xi let Song Ci and the others walk in front, and he pulled Bei Xi to the end of the team.
The corridor was quiet. The sound-catching beasts had already scattered away. The elevator quickly reached the third floor and several people took the elevator quietly.
Bei Xi noticed that Song Ci and Wang Zhengliang were obviously still very worried. They didn't know where the Sound-Catching Beast would jump out from, so they were very cautious along the way. Although they tried to remain calm on the surface, the fearful state of their bodies did not change.
Although Gu Yuchen kept his head down, his body language was more relaxed than the other two.
After leaving the piano room, Nan Huan did not say anything to ease the atmosphere. It was not because of any other reason, but because A Liu, who had gone out for a walk, was already standing beside her.
"I've already taken a quick look at the rooms up to the eighth floor, and I didn't find anything special," Ah Liu's expression was not relaxed at all. "Could it be that the button has been hidden in the east building all along, and we went in the wrong direction? But last time, there were several fake buttons, and this time we didn't find even a single fake one."
The two of them could communicate without any obstacles in Nan Huan's heart, and A Liu didn't have to suppress the surprise in his voice.
It was the first time that Nan Huan saw such an anxious look on the other person's face. He knew that she was worried about him, so he stood in a corner of the elevator, inadvertently turned sideways, blocking the gaze of Song Ci and the other three, and reached out to pat A Liu on the shoulder. After catching a glimpse of Bei Xi's dissatisfied expression, he pretended to be indifferent and retracted his eye.
"Don't worry. This should be a system adjustment. Compared to the tasks before the upgrade, the time we spend on the task has been shortened. Also, because the things we have to do take up a little time, the difficulty has been increased. So we should have made some slight adjustments in the direction of setting obstacles. Besides, in this environment, the role of the fake button is not that great. Especially for the assessment of Beixi's combat power, the Sound Catcher can't take any advantage unless she is exhausted. So the system should be prepared for a long battle."
At this point, she felt that these words might be too difficult for Ah Liu to understand, so she changed to a more popular expression, "Instead of finding several fake buttons, it is better to find the real one at once and complete the mission and get out."
"From the legend just now, we got the news that there might be clues hidden on the 14th floor. Let's go over there and take a look. You don't have to go anywhere else."
Nan Huan paused for a moment, as if thinking about something, and finally decided, "Please do me a favor later. I have something I want to confirm."
Nan Huan explained what happened next in just a few words.
A Liu trusted her 100% and never questioned her decision. She quickly agreed and then followed Nan Huan quietly. She finally had time to look at the three students.
However, not long after Nan Huan finished talking to A Liu, he hooked Bei Xi's hand with his little finger.
At first, Bei Xi thought Nan Huan wanted to hold her hand, so she wrapped her little hand without thinking.
But Nanhuan's wrapped hands were not obedient. He began to write and draw in Beixi's palms.
Obviously, the two of them could open a private communication channel and communicate silently, but she chose this primitive way of communication, which Bei Xi liked very much.
The elevator arrived and Nan Huan had finished writing. When Bei Xi got out of the elevator, he nodded slightly, pinched the other person's rebellious fingers in the palm of his hand, rubbed them, looked at the red tips of Nan Huan's ears in the reflection of the car, and chuckled.
The remaining three people looked up at the same time, not quite understanding what Bei Wanchao's sudden laughter meant.
However, the three of them were stunned the moment they looked up. After all, not long ago, in the piano room downstairs, they had heard the sneer of this cold-faced classmate, but it was obvious that this laugh was completely different from the previous one.
This kind of smile seemed more like she was happy from the bottom of her heart. Although it was fleeting, it still added a charm that made people unable to look away to her originally cold face.
Although it was inappropriate, even Song Ci, who was also a woman, felt that Bei Xi was more dazzling at this time.
This episode passed quickly, and the entire structure of the fourteenth floor was revealed to everyone.
Maybe because it is the top floor, the height of the floor is higher than the floors below. The blue glass on the top floor of the public area and the surrounding light-transmitting design make the top floor appear more transparent.
Compared to the dark corridors in general campus legends, this place is bright and doesn't seem like a place where filth and dirt can hide.
And it seems that the combination of work and rest is taken into consideration, so apart from a few larger piano rooms on the top floor, the rest are public areas.
In addition to the large balcony that Wang Zhengliang just mentioned, Nan Huan and Bei Xi also saw the music wall.
She felt that Wang Zhengliang was a little too modest. After all, in the real world, no school would use a valuable crystal piano as a background to decorate a music wall.
It is called a music wall, but in fact it is an exhibition stand that occupies half of the top floor. Various musical instruments, both famous and unknown, of all sizes are arranged in an orderly manner, like the display style in a museum.
At first glance, the only word you can see is "expensive".
Even though he knew that this was a game and that these things should be considered as external things to the system, Nan Huan still couldn't help but wonder why the system was willing to spend so much on this copy.
"How is it? Is it shocking?"
Wang Zhengliang, who was standing nearby, had been here many times before, but every time he came to the music wall, he would still be shocked. "Every time I come here, I have the same thought. No matter how many times I come, it's always the same. Looking around, only Shuimu Private High School has such confidence."
His words truly contained his admiration for this school, as well as some bitterness caused by being in it. In short, it was very contradictory.
Nan Huan did not hesitate to praise and nodded solemnly, "It is indeed very shocking. I seem to be able to imagine that before the incident in the music building, one student after another would join in the performance out of interest or because they heard the music. It must have been beautiful."
She turned her head and looked at the balcony outside the glass.
The sun is shining brightly today. The mottled reflections on the glass windows hit the jumping piano keys, as if they were playing a piano.
Perhaps because they were worried that Bei Xi's abnormal ability might cause her to jump off the balcony on the 14th floor with him, the system also locked the glass door leading to the balcony. Song Ci tried twice and found that it didn't open.
"The door is locked. There shouldn't be a button on the balcony, right?"
She did not have Wang Zhengliang's awe for music. Although she was surprised by the music wall, it was just like that after seeing it so many times. So when the other party expressed his feelings, she was already looking for the clues that Nan Huan mentioned in a very practical way.
"But this booth is full of musical instruments, and it doesn't look like there are any clues. What are we looking for here?"
She did not forget to speak in a low voice. After confirming that the balcony door could not be opened, she had no choice but to walk over to Nan Huan and ask carefully.
Nan Huan did not directly answer Song Ci's question, but stared at the music wall, not knowing whether he was talking to himself or asking the other party.
"You said that since the Sound Catcher is real, it means that the legend is true. If I beg him sincerely as a student, will he respond? Or show us a way forward?"
This logic seems to make sense, but there seems to be something wrong.
It took Song Ci a long time to understand Nan Huan's meaning. "Ah? What do you mean? Haven't we found it yet?
Aren't you abandoning practical science a little too quickly for theology? "
The more nervous she seemed to be, the more she was prone to speaking without thinking. Realizing that now was not the time to tease Nan Huan, she changed the subject again, "You mean, the Sound Catcher actually knows clues about the button? But the ones we just saw were all black, right? There are no golden ones? Or is there something wrong with the legend? This is too uncertain, isn't it? Where did you hear about the button? Is it reliable?"
Song Ci's patience seemed to be almost exhausted, and her impatient tone made her voice grow louder and louder.
Wang Zhengliang, on the other side, also rushed over when he saw this and held Song Ci's hand, "Are you going to die? Keep your voice down."
Gu Yuchen on the side still didn't say anything, as if the noise around her had nothing to do with her. She didn't even react to Song Ci's actions.
Since seeing the music wall, Bei Xi has been standing there with a gaze fixed on the instruments in front of him. It is unclear whether he is absorbed in it or simply thinking about something.
"If you are a sound-catching beast, and you blocked the building because you heard the sound, then technically speaking, you must know a way out."
Nan Huan tried to analyze the psychological state of the Sound Catcher with Song Ci, "But you have wasted so much time, you have to do something, right? According to the legend, the Sound Catcher seems to have some kind of obsession with human voices, so--"
When she said this, she seemed to remember the people around her.
After slowly turning around, he looked at Song Ci with a strange look, "What if I give him a favor and send him a few sacrifices? Do you think he will be willing to open the door for us? After all, this is the fastest way to minimize the losses, and..."
She walked forward as she spoke, with a strong sense of oppression, "It seems that the three of you are no match for us. This is the most cost-effective method for us."
Nan Huan showed an apologetic but indifferent expression.
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