Chapter 40
Bi Jiayin and Yuan Jing ran in. They saw the pile of bricks and the pale wrist exposed under the bricks.
Their faces looked grim, and it was clear what had happened.
Yuan Jing at least stopped crying. She was a newcomer, but she had seen too many corpses and finally stopped screaming in fear.
Shen Yunzhe took out his cell phone and stared at it without saying a word.
"Shen Yunzhe?" Bi Jiayin came over. "Are you okay?"
"No, what he meant was that Lu Shun and Lan Sicheng died at the same time as we did the first time," Li Yiluan replied, "and the order and manner of death were the same."
"Although Lu Shun didn't die in the wall, he was buried by the bricks." Li Yiluan squatted down and picked up the bricks. "That can be considered as being built into the wall."
Bi Jiayin and Yuan Jing's expressions became even uglier.
It turns out that the thing more terrifying than dying once is knowing that you are going to die soon, and knowing how you will die, and now you can only wait for death to come.
Everyone present died miserably enough.
Bi Jiayin closed her eyes and Yuan Jing covered her face. They didn't say a word, but their bodies were shaking with fear.
"Let's meet up with Bei Chuanchuan first. She's waiting for us at the meeting point." Li Yiluan pulled Shen Yunzhe up. "You too, stop being so impulsive."
Shen Yunzhe raised his head and looked at Li Yuluan. He realized that Li Yuluan seemed to be helping him cover up.
They really couldn't let Bei Chuanchuan stay at the assembly point alone, so they left the body alone for the time being and went to the flag-raising platform. Bei Chuanchuan had been waiting for them for a long time and looked very anxious. He was circling around the flag-raising platform. When he saw them finally coming, he hurried to greet them.
"Are you all right?" Bei Chuanchuan looked at them. "Why are there only a few of you? Where are Lu Shun and Lan Sicheng?"
Everyone around them looked unhappy, and finally Bi Jiayin spoke up, "Dead."
"Dead?!" Bei Chuanchuan raised his voice.
"It was the same way he died as the first time, and at the same time as the first time." Bi Jiayin told her what happened.
Bei Chuanchuan opened her eyes wide. She felt a little unsteady and even took two steps back.
"Things may not develop this way, Bei Chuanchuan, we will definitely find a way!" Bi Jiayin hurriedly comforted her.
"Anyone can say nice things! I think it's because you're not the next one to die!" Bei Chuanchuan shouted, "I'll be the next one! In no time, not even an hour!"
After saying that, Bei Chuanchuan turned around and ran towards the playground, and finally squatted in the middle of the playground.
"Bei Chuanchuan!" Bi Jiayin wanted to chase after him, but was stopped by Shen Yunzhe.
"Don't go." Shen Yunzhe said.
Bi Jiayin looked at Shen Yunzhe in confusion. Shen Yunzhe subconsciously let go of her hand, and the words he had organized in his mind disappeared into nothing because of her glance.
This codenamed homologue is really hard to communicate with people.
"The place she went to was the best spot," Li Yiluan explained. "The playground was quite spacious, not as hard as concrete, and it avoided all the steps."
"Yes, that's what I mean." Shen Yunzhe said quickly: "There is no better place for Bei Chuanchuan to hide than the playground."
Bi Jiayin nodded and looked at Bei Chuanchuan. "I'm still worried. I'll watch over her here. You guys can do whatever you want."
The words were nice, but who here didn't know what Bi Jiayin was thinking?
She wanted to make sure that Bei Chuanchuan could survive this way, because if Bei Chuanchuan died, she would be the next one. She was killed by being pierced by the spikes on the wall. Almost everyone has a phobia of spikes, and this way of death would cause people extreme fear.
"Let's first look for the transcript to determine which classroom the girl was in." Li Yiluan said, "Leave this here for Bi Jiayin."
Yuan Jing nodded and followed Li Yuluan silently. Shen Yunzhe looked back at her for the last time.
Bi Jiayin stood there and looked at Bei Chuanchuan from afar, her eyes full of longing, a longing that had reached a humble level. Shen Yunzhe could even feel the sadness in her trembling voice.
Literary and artistic workers have always been sharp-minded, and Shen Yunzhe has now perfectly inherited this.
Find the senior high school teaching staff and search the entire large room for transcripts, even if it's not the latest mock exam rankings, because the female student who committed suicide was a student with excellent grades, her name must be among the top, and Yin is not an ordinary surname.
While searching, Yuan Jing said worriedly, "Will we all die like the first time?"
"I don't know." Shen Yunzhe replied: "If Bei Chuanchuan could survive, we might be able to escape."
Yuan Jing was not satisfied with this answer, so she looked at Li Yiluan, "Li Yiluan, what do you think? Aren't you a fortune teller? Have you figured out our fate?"
"It's the same as the first time." Li Yiluan said, "No one is dead in my eyes. No one will die."
"So, if we die, we can go through this all over again?" Yuan Jing forced a smile. "That's great. We won't die, and we can keep looking for clues. One day, we'll be able to escape this school."
As she was talking, she couldn't go on.
They say this stubbornly, but no one can bear death.
Who can face their own death calmly, not even knowing whether they can start over again?
Shen Yunzhe continued to search for the transcript among the remaining papers. He looked very seriously and did not seem to be defeated by this cycle of death. Li Yuluan looked at him, his appearance reflected in his eyes. After looking for a while, he retracted his gaze and continued to search.
Finally, Shen Yunzhe found a piece of discarded paper from the trash can. On it was a transcript, and on the tenth line was written the name Yin.
"Found it." Shen Yunzhe said: "Yin Yin, Class 3 (8) of Senior High School."
It took a long time to find the transcript. After getting the class information, they quickly walked towards the teaching building. Fortunately, the teaching building, laboratory building and faculty building were all connected, and they could go directly to the teaching building through the passage. They followed the route to the third floor to look for this class.
Just then they heard a piercing scream.
Shen Yunzhe heard the sound first, and he ran forward quickly. His target was the stairwell on the side of the teaching building, where there was a window that overlooked the playground on the side.
When he came to the window, Shen Yunzhe opened it directly. He stuck his head out and saw the scene on the playground the next moment.
Bei Chuanchuan fell to the ground, blood dripping from her forehead, and a sharp stone fell to the ground.
"What? How did she die?!" Yuan Jing looked at the scene in surprise, "There are no stairs in the playground!"
Shen Yunzhe looked at the sharp rocks beside her, then looked up at the sky.
"A stone fell from the sky and hit her on the head." Shen Yunzhe murmured, "No, it didn't fall from the sky. Someone threw a stone from the roof, and it hit her head downstairs. Last time, she hit her head on the steps and died. This time, her head was hit by the stone."
"It's basically the same way of dying." Li Yiluan hammered the windowsill hard. "It's all fine."
But the screams did not come from Bei Chuanchuan.
She fell down the moment she was hit, without making a sound.
The person who screamed just now was Bi Jiayin.
Shen Yunzhe looked at Bi Jiayin. She was kneeling on the ground and crying. Her crying was filled with fear and despair. Her sad sobs flowed into his mind through the air. Yuan Jing couldn't help rubbing his eyes as he listened to her crying.
He had never heard such a sad voice, the desire to live, the fear of death, and the despair after hope was shattered.
Shen Yunzhe carefully placed his hand on his chest, his heartbeat accelerating.
No, something's wrong.
Shen Yunzhe felt an emotion that was different from empathy and sadness, or even the complete opposite.
It was incredible. He now felt a huge joy and an abnormally accelerated heartbeat.
What's up with the codename Music Composer?!
The Codename Music Composer has no fear of death. He is a unique musician who studies life and death. He has experienced the feeling of suffocation and near-death. He is obsessed with the reality of the junction between life and death and the musicality of corpses. He is recognized as a genius and eccentric musician.
[The code-named music composer's life motto: Life and death are the best music of life.]
[Are you wondering if the codenamed music creator killed himself? Unfortunately, no, he was just obsessed with death, not stupid enough to kill himself.]
...Well, at least he's not afraid of death.
"Shen Yunzhe? Are you okay?" Yuan Jing asked him, "You don't look well."
Shen Yunzhe shook his head, "I'm fine, I'm fine."
Seeing Shen Yunzhe say this, Yuan Jing did not ask any more questions. Li Yuluan, as usual, did not question him. They planned to call Bi Jiayin up first. It was still early for Bi Jiayin's death, and they could not leave her alone there.
When they went downstairs, Bi Jiayin seemed to have calmed down. She wiped her tears and stood up.
"Don't be sad." Shen Yunzhe said, "If we really follow the time and order, then none of us can escape."
"It's just a matter of before and after."
Bi Jiayin closed her eyes and nodded, not knowing whether she accepted it or not.
No one cares about this kind of thing. They are all in trouble. Just like Shen Yunzhe said, they are just a matter of before and after.
When we arrived at Class 3 (8), we didn’t need to look for them to find out that there was a desk in this class that was filled with books. It was like there was someone who was seriously attending class in this empty classroom. This was too abrupt and too wrong, and no one wanted to go forward to take a look.
Shen Yunzhe looked at them, then he chose to walk over and take a look.
"Shen Yunzhe!" Yuan Jing called him.
"It's okay." Shen Yunzhe pulled out a book and looked at the name on it. "It's her desk."
Bi Jiayin walked over and asked, "How do you know nothing will happen?"
"It's simple. The notice said that the teacher attacked with a weapon the day after the female student committed suicide. That's why the school was closed for the holiday. The students and teachers must have been in a hurry to leave on the third day. If time really stopped at that time, then no one would have sorted out Yin Yin's belongings, and of course her books would have been left on the desk."
"So that's how it is." Bi Jiayin suddenly realized, "That's why only this table has books."
Shen Yunzhe began to flip through the books, and others came to help. Soon Shen Yunzhe found something stuck in a Chinese textbook. He opened the book and saw a photo stuck in the book.
Pulling out the photo, Shen Yunzhe found that this photo was very familiar, as if it was the one he pulled out from Li Yuluan's neck last time.
So Shen Yunzhe handed the photo to Li Yuluan and pointed to his neck when Li Yuluan looked over.
Li Yiluan immediately understood what he meant, so he took the photo with hesitation and disgust.
In addition to this photo, they found Yin Yin's notebook and sticky notes from the desk, and saw the code book she used to write her diary. When they opened the code book, they found only some random little things written inside, mostly about going out with friends. She looked sunny and positive.
She didn't look suicidal.
They looked at the photo over and over but couldn't make out anything. It just seemed different from what Shen Yunzhe saw, because there was something written on the back of the photo in blue pen.
'With Teacher Wang.'
There is also a heart drawn on the back.
"Of course there are two photos of two people together. The one Shen Yunzhe saw should be the teacher's. This one is the student's." Yuan Jing sighed, "Her diary only shows an ordinary little girl. There's nothing else."
Everyone was in a bad mood and was silent in the classroom.
Shen Yunzhe sat at the back, looking quietly ahead. He was not afraid but not calm either. A strange feeling was surging in his heart.
I really want to do something, but I don’t know what to do.
Bi Jiayin sat next to Shen Yunzhe. She didn't look at Shen Yunzhe, but just talked to him, "Shen Yunzhe, I've discovered that you are really different from ordinary newcomers. You are very perceptive and can always find things that ordinary people can't find."
She asked: "How do you think we can break the deadlock in this situation?"
Shen Yunzhe did not answer.
"Shen Yunzhe, do you know how to break the deadlock?" Bi Jiayin continued to ask him.
Shen Yunzhe lowered his head, "I, don't know."
"Even if it's just an idea, it's getting dark." Bi Jiayin looked out the window. "Time goes too fast, and too slow at the same time. Shen Yunzhe, if you really have an idea, just say it, because it's not just me, but all of us. We are all looking for a way to leave."
"You can't do that."
"There's nothing I can't do!"
Shen Yunzhe raised his head and looked at Bi Jiayin. After staring at her for a few seconds, Shen Yunzhe spoke, "Break this rule."
"law?"
"One: disrupt the death cycle by bringing one person's death forward to disrupt the order. Two: change the method of death, that is, use a completely different method from the original. For example, if the first time it was burned to death, this time it could be drowned." Shen Yunzhe looked at her. "This is the method I think might be useful at the moment."
"Will you choose?"
Shen Yunzhe suddenly became a little sharp. He looked at Bi Jiayin without blinking, staring at her like this, "Do you want to kill others, or kill yourself?"
"Killing yourself is too difficult, killing others is much easier." Shen Yunzhe asked again: "Who are you planning to kill in advance?"
"Shen Yunzhe!" Li Yuluan interrupted his continuous questioning.
Yes, Shen Yunzhe felt that this was just an inquiry.
He even looked at Li Yuluan blankly. Li Yuluan came over and asked Bi Jiayin to leave. He sat in Bi Jiayin's seat close to Shen Yunzhe.
"What you said is unpleasant." Li Yiluan said.
Shen Yunzhe thought about it, "But she asked me to say this, and I just asked some normal questions, I didn't say anything mean."
"Yes, yes, that's right." Li Yiluan frowned and looked at him, "You don't think you shouldn't have said that just now, nor do you think there's anything wrong with you."
Shen Yunzhe is a person who is good at self-reflection, and he began to reflect instantly.
He shouldn't have said what he said just now, or it wasn't tactful enough. He should have tried to be as polite as possible, even though he really wanted to know whether Bi Jiayin would choose one of the options. This was a rare opportunity to observe the difference between life and death... No, no, he shouldn't have observed life and death at all!
Shen Yunzhe slapped his forehead with his palm.
"Oh my God." Shen Yunzhe murmured, "What a weird influence!"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Shen Yunzhe quickly apologized to Bi Jiayin, "Don't listen to what I said just now. It's too risky. We don't even know if it will happen again."
Bi Jiayin shook her head. “It’s okay. I didn’t listen.”
"Then I'll leave it to you."
Bi Jiayin said: "I probably can't avoid it. If I could do it again, I hope you can find more hope."
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