Chapter 7
4:25 PM.
According to his previous schedule, Cen Xun came to the underground parking lot of H University with his briefcase and stood in his old position, waiting for Feng Jihan to pick him up, just like every previous cycle.
Even though he knew that this time, he would not wait for that familiar car again.
The reason why Cen Xun did this was mainly to conceal his tracks and prevent players from noticing any abnormalities in his movements.
Things are different now. After Cen Xun "inadvertently" revealed that he holds the "key", the players' attention will definitely continue to focus on him.
Cen Xun wasn't sure if there were any players watching him right now. In short, just in case, he'd better stick to his previous trajectory and not do anything too out of the ordinary.
He raised his wrist to check the time, it was 16:27. In the past, Feng Jihan would arrive at the underground garage at 16:30.
Well, three minutes left.
Cen Xun thought casually that if he were a player, when the game reached a stalemate, an NPC who was suspected of being in charge of the main quest suddenly appeared, he would force this NPC to stay even if he had to kidnap him.
So although Cen Xun seemed to be waiting for a bus, he was actually fishing. He needed a legitimate reason to stay in school, so he was waiting for the players who could not wait any longer to show up and ask him to stay and help.
At that time, Cen Xun could naturally stay in school to look for clues without arousing the players' suspicion.
As Cen Xun expected, after only fifteen seconds, the fish he wanted to catch was eagerly hooked.
A nervous shout came from behind, and the voice was vaguely familiar: "Teacher Cen, don't leave yet!"
Cen Xun turned around upon hearing the sound and saw Wang Tianyun rushing towards him in two steps, his face full of urgency. Cen Xun showed a puzzled look at the right moment: "Student Wang, what's going on?"
Wang Tianyun's acting skills were average, but he was thick-skinned and daring enough to act. His face was filled with exaggerated fear, and he pulled Cen Xun's sleeve and said urgently, "No, this is bad! Teacher, something's happened to my girlfriend Pei Wei!"
As a very responsible teacher, how could I not be anxious when I suddenly heard such news?
Cen Xun frowned immediately and said seriously, "Tell me slowly, what exactly happened?"
Wang Tianyun swallowed his saliva, his eyes flickered, his face still anxious: "She seems to be possessed by evil spirits!"
"Possessed?"
Wang Tianyun kept glancing at the entrance to the underground garage, afraid that Cen Xun's husband would arrive first. He finished his lines in one breath, his lips throbbing. "Yes! She's very strange. She suddenly started dancing and saying a lot of strange things, then fainted. I couldn't wake her up. Teacher Cen, could you come with me to check it out?"
Cen Xun showed hesitation and glanced at the entrance of the garage: "But..."
Wang Tianyun clasped his hands together and bowed to him, his eyes full of pleading: "Teacher Cen, please!"
"Saving people is the most important thing," Cen Xun hesitated for a second and took out his phone: "Wait a moment, I'll send a message to my husband."
The plan was successful, and Wang Tianyun's eyes lit up: "Yeah!"
At 16:29, Wang Tianyun hurriedly took Cen Xun out of the underground garage and rushed to the infirmary next to the playground.
On the way, Cen Xun asked Wang Tianyun about the specific situation. Wang Tianyun said vaguely: "I don't know much about it. It just suddenly became like that. Teacher Cen, my girlfriend suddenly became possessed by an evil spirit. Do you have any clues about this?"
Cen Xun brushed away the strands of hair on his forehead, his eyes dark, and he looked troubled: "You won't know until you see it."
Wang Tianyun became more and more curious about the secret that Cen Xun was hiding. He asked a lot of questions along the way, trying to get more information, but Cen Xun was very tight-lipped. No matter how he asked, he refused to speak easily.
During the extreme struggle, the infirmary came into view.
Wang Tianyun quickly raised his voice, intending to remind the people in the infirmary that they had arrived: "Teacher Cen, this is it!"
Cen Xun walked into the infirmary and was shocked by the number of players inside. There were actually more than a dozen people crowded in the small infirmary. As soon as Cen Xun entered the door, these people all turned their heads and stared at Cen Xun eagerly. The whole scene was indescribably weird.
Gu Peiwei was lying on the bed in the infirmary, her face pale, muttering words like "no" and "so scary".
The players consciously made a way for Cen Xun like Moses parting the sea. Cen Xun came to the bedside silently, frowned and looked at Gu Peiwei's face, as if he was thinking about something, a little absent-minded.
The players held their breath, expecting Cen Xun to give new clues.
But as time passed, Cen Xun still stood there, pursing his lips in deep thought, as if he had become a statue.
The atmosphere was stagnant, and an invisible pressure hung over the infirmary. Everyone's heart was in their throats. Although they seemed calm on the surface, they were actually furious in their hearts.
"The atmosphere seems so serious. What's going on? Teacher Cen, please say something!"
"A mysterious aura and a powerful sense of oppression! Mr. Cen will definitely be a boss-level character in the later stages!"
"Everyone is staring at Teacher Cen so seriously, I hope no one will notice me scratching my butt secretly, it's so itchy."
"Speak! Teacher Cen, I command you to speak now! Stop being a riddler!"
"Why is there no sound next to me? I'm lying on the hospital bed acting alone. It's really embarrassing. Hello? Does anyone care about me, a tool?"
Cen Xun: “”
After being able to hear his inner voice, his world became crazy.
Cen Xun took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and revealed a hint of sadness: "This day has finally come."
"???" What's coming? What's coming!
Cen Xun did not explain any further. When he opened his eyes again, there was a bit more determination in his eyes.
"Did she do the questions before she fell into coma?" Cen Xun turned his head and asked Wang Tianyun in a deep voice.
Wang Tianyun was so immersed in Cen Xun's acting that he was suddenly called out. He didn't react at all: "Question, question? What question?"
Cen Xun turned a deaf ear and muttered, "I must stop the principal before he does something even crazier. If he continues like this..."
At this point, Cen Xun interrupted the conversation and changed the subject, solemnly assuring Wang Tianyun: "She will be fine. I will restore everything to normal before tomorrow."
Player: “!!!”
After throwing out enough bait and tricking the principal with the players, Cen Xun retired decisively, picked up his briefcase, and hurriedly left the infirmary.
The players hadn't expected things to unfold like this. They stared at each other for a moment, then someone suddenly shouted, "What are you standing there for? Go chase Teacher Cen!"
Everyone suddenly woke up as if from their dream and rushed out. Even Gu Peiwei on the hospital bed suddenly "came back to life", threw off the quilt and quickly got out of bed.
But when they chased him outside, Cen Xun had disappeared.
"Oh no, I lost the person!"
"Separate our efforts. As long as we can follow Teacher Cen tonight, we'll definitely find the clues!"
Cen Xun took some effort to shake off the players and arrived at dormitory building No. 14.
Yes, Cen Xun had no intention of sharing information with the players to search for clues together.
First, Cen Xun currently holds slightly more clues than the players, giving him a significant advantage. Once he shares his intelligence, the players will quickly catch up.
Although the players' strength and IQ are average, they have the advantage of being outnumbered. If a player finds the clue before Cen Xun, it would be a waste of time.
Second, with players around, Cen Xun cannot use his special skill "Nightmare Puppet Show" at will. If he encounters danger, he will be at a disadvantage.
So Cen Xun decided that he would go looking for clues alone tonight. If he found that he needed cannon fodder, he would share the clues with the players and trick them into helping him charge into battle.
Now, Cen Xun came to dormitory building No. 14. Dormitory building No. 14 is a boys' dormitory. The two adjacent dormitory buildings are also boys' dormitories. The reason why Cen Xun chose dormitory building No. 14 was simply because he was attracted by the special number "14".
Generally speaking, Dormitory Building No. 14 is a high-incidence area for terrorist incidents.
Cen Xun believes that he will encounter more surprises in this building.
To enter the dormitory building, you need to scan your face and pass through the gate. If teachers want to enter the dormitory, they need to hold a dormitory inspection approval letter stamped with the dean's official seal.
It was a bit troublesome, so Cen Xun decided not to take the usual route.
He found an empty corner, looked up, swung the black and white puppet thread upwards, and then pulled it to make sure it was fixed successfully.
Cen Xun also had a sudden thought: besides control, does the puppet thread have other functions, such as becoming a sling?
The nightmare system did not introduce the functions of the puppet thread in detail, but only allowed him to explore it on his own. He could do anything without any restrictions. Cen Xun thought it was feasible, so he gave it a try.
I didn't expect it to work.
The texture of the puppet string is like steel wire and seems very hard, but in fact Cen Xun can freely control its elasticity and length. Cen Xun wrapped several circles of puppet string around his wrist, and with a thought, the contracted puppet string carried him up rapidly.
With a barely perceptible sound, Cen Xun landed lightly on the rooftop.
After brushing off the dust on his sleeves, Cen Xun wrapped the puppet thread back around his fingertips and looked around the deserted rooftop, feeling a little disappointed.
There is nothing strange.
There were no bloody corpses or twisted aliens.
Boring.
Cen Xun threw his briefcase aside and walked to the fence, letting the strong wind blow his black hair. He looked out at the sea in the distance boredly, waiting for the night to fall.
H University is adjacent to the Posa Lake. Standing high enough, you can take in the view of the lake. Dormitory Building No. 14, though only five stories high, is close to the coast and has no buildings in front of it, so you can also see the sea.
Posuo Sea is a black sea, and some people call it Posuo Dead Sea. As time approaches dusk, the blood-red setting sun is about to sink into the horizon, and the red light spreads in the black sea, mixing into a dark red color like old blood.
Cen Xun murmured softly: "Nightmare World"
Is this world really just a game?
If this is a game, then where is reality?
Cen Xun has lived in this world for twenty-four years. If this world is fake, then is his life also fake?
His life, his emotions, his lover, and his students were all so vivid before they entered H University.
No one is willing to deny his own existence. Cen Xun certainly does not admit that this world is a so-called game. He is more inclined to believe that some unknown existence has invaded his world, causing all the changes to happen.
Kill Him, Cen Xun closed his eyes and thought.
Whoever ruined my life, I will kill him.
In the distance, the setting sun sank into the sea, leaving only a quarter of its light.
The silver ring on his ring finger reflected a little light in the setting sun. Cen Xun raised his hand, looked at it in the light, and inadvertently recalled some past events.
The reason why he came to H University to teach was because H University was closest to Feng Jihan's company. He didn't want to be too far away from Feng Jihan, so he became a professor of folklore at H University.
But it just happened that H University was the first to become the internal test copy of "Nightmare World".
Is it a coincidence, or
It’s not that he suspected that there was something wrong with Feng Jihan. Cen Xun was thinking about whether some inevitable conditions would affect the subsequent results of H becoming the first copy.
An evil stone statue flashed through his mind. In just a moment, Cen Xun felt a sharp pain in his head and had to give up trying to recall it.
When Cen Xun was a child, he was abducted into a mountain village. The people in the village believed in an evil god and had to offer nine sacrifices to the evil god every year.
The sacrifice, of course, was a living person. Cen Xun was locked up with eight other abducted children, waiting for the day of sacrifice to arrive.
Later, for some unknown reason, a little boy was kidnapped into the village that year. It was Feng Jihan.
The first time they met, Feng Jihan left a very deep impression on Cen Xun.
Because when Feng Jihan was thrown in, he was locked in an oval cage that looked a bit like a birdcage.
The narrow cage rolled to Cen Xun's feet. The curled-up child inside turned his head dizzily. When he saw him, his glass-like eyes seemed to light up with fire.
He tried hard to stretch his dirty little hand through the gap in the cage and touch his ankle. Cen Xun dodged indifferently, and saw the child looking at him with tears in his eyes, as if he had suffered a great injustice, and let out a small "chirp".
From then on, Cen Xun could no longer forget the little bird in the cage.
Later, Cen Xun asked Feng Jihan why he said "啾" to him at that time, Feng Jihan said
A bell suddenly rang throughout the campus, interrupting Cen Xun's memories.
It was Für Alice.
The melodious tune echoed in the dark campus, seeming eerie for no reason.
Cen Xun glanced at the time and found that it was already 23:00.
After nightfall, time at H University accelerated unknowingly!
23:00 is the lights-out time at H University. At this time, students finish their studies for the day and return to the dormitory to sleep.
But why does the class bell ring at this time?
Cen Xun's eyes narrowed slightly, and without hesitation, he immediately wrapped the puppet string around the railing and planned to descend to the fifth-floor balcony to check on the students.
But at this moment, the ground suddenly shook violently. The school was pitch black at night, and even the street lights were not on. Cen Xun could not see clearly what had happened. He could only vaguely make out that in the thick darkness, there seemed to be a huge shadow looming.
Cen Xun leaned on the railing and wanted to take a closer look, but at this moment, an unusual rustling sound came from below, attracting his attention.
Accompanied by the crisp sound of glass breaking, a tragic scream resounded throughout Dormitory Building No. 14.
"Ahhhh help, the octopus man is coming!"
Cen Xun: “?” What octopus man?
Cen Xun quickly understood what the octopus man was.
Because something climbed onto the roof.
The head was a human head, the body was an octopus, and the tentacles with sharp serrations swung towards Cen Xun viciously.
What the hell?
Cen Xun jumped back to avoid the falling tentacle, and at the same time swung out the puppet thread, cutting off the tentacle with incredible smoothness.
Pus-green liquid splashed, the octopus man screamed, and rushed towards Cen Xun waving his remaining tentacles.
Cen Xun used the puppet string several times and gradually got the hang of it. This time, after swinging the puppet string, he accurately cut off the octopus man's head.
The octopus's body fell to the ground with a loud bang, and at the same time, the broadcast of the nightmare system was heard.
[Congratulations to Cen Xun, the eccentric, for successfully killing 1 Nightmare Alien. Points +1.]
Cen Xun played with the puppet strings wrapped around his fingertips thoughtfully.
Nightmare Alien, points +1?
Cen Xun silently looked at the several aliens that climbed up to the top floor. Although he still didn't understand what was happening,
But it seems he can gain points and level up!
Cen Xun took away a monster with one blow and sighed softly.
“Thank you for the gift of nature.”
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