Chapter 20 Sister Li is all about action!
You've already said you're studying information technology, so what's with this veiled attempt to subtly probe whether you're a chemistry student?
Y-jie does often make you feel strange, such as her overly enthusiastic personality online and her overly confident attitude towards certain things. But overall, as someone who often chats with you in such a shady place and has helped you before, you still don't want to doubt her right away.
That would also hurt your own feelings.
"Have you forgotten? I studied computer science just like you." You casually remarked, "I'm so envious. Chemistry students can create chaos like this without having to go to class. What can we do? We can't exactly unplug the network cables in the computer lab, can we?"
The other side sent me a smirking emoji.
Meanwhile, you are still chatting with Sister Li.
When you ask Sister Li when she can leave, the reply is that it will be in 3 days.
Although leaving these copycat countries is still a long way off for you, you can't help but feel a sense of empathy for the impending freedom.
"I really envy you, Sister Li."
"Thank you. I've finally made it through, really. You can't imagine what kind of awful places I went to before."
Please wash your eyes and look respectfully.
"The first place I went to was Southern America, where I hid from monsters during the day and fought against native evil spirits at night; the second place I went was the Arctic Circle. There weren't many ghosts there, but the natural conditions were too harsh, and the rules were extremely complicated. It was then that I encountered someone who actually died because they forgot the rules..."
Sister Li sent the message in separate sentences, so when she mentioned the Arctic, you sent an incredulous shocked emoji: "How do you study abroad in the Arctic?"
"At that time, I was a student from Canada who had signed up for a scientific expedition, so my mission was in the Arctic," Sister Li explained.
"Oh? So it's not true that you'll necessarily end up in the same place as someone who studies abroad?" you ask.
“That’s true most of the time, but not always,” Sister Li replied.
"Have you encountered any 'children' outsiders who were on missions in other countries in these places?" you asked, feeling a little nervous.
"Huh?" Sister Li asked, puzzled.
“Oh, I understand what you mean. It’s like this: this place seems to be a complete world, and mission takers can appear all over the world, but ‘spies’ from other countries will not appear in this world. The basic rules of the country you follow are only related to your identity and are not affected by your actual location.”
"I see." You nodded at your phone, thanking Sister Li for sharing, and sent a cute emoji.
“You’re so cute,” Sister Li replied.
Sister Li felt very comfortable chatting with you, and she vaguely guessed that the big project in the lab was your masterpiece. She admired your courage. Before you could say anything, she sent you her compiled experiences from six countries, including Deguo at the time.
"Wow." You don't know what to say, you just feel very touched.
You did want to ask Sister Li for her experience, but everyone has different boundaries. Unlike the other classmates, you and she didn't have the same relationship that you had since you entered this instance. Sister Li wasn't as outgoing online as Sister Y, so you didn't ask.
You know, Y-jie has known you for so many days, and she has mentioned the events she has encountered many times, but she has never shared the complete details of her experience.
Of course, you never asked. It's because you know perfectly well that even the most easygoing and approachable person might not be willing to easily share their survival experience gained through countless life-or-death situations.
Even if you're not competitors—who knows—from a purely human perspective, there are plenty of people who can't stand seeing others have it easier than themselves.
Moreover, the living environment here is so harsh.
It's like a windfall for someone like Sister Li, a near-master of the game, to share her knowledge.
"Remember, if you actually go to those countries, these experiences can only be used as a reference; don't blindly follow them. But I believe you're definitely good at integrating and applying what you've learned." Sister Li seemed to really think highly of you, praising you so much that you were a little flattered.
"Oh, no, not at all." You send the message "shy" and then focus on reading the document that Sister Li sent you.
Compared to the ghost stories that Sister Y told, Sister Li's experiences were more like an adventure report.
No matter which country she's in or what happens, Sister Li always calmly analyzes the situation, faces challenges head-on, tries to find loopholes or offer new interpretations within the rules, and then successfully escapes.
The most exciting part is when she, as a doctoral student studying geology abroad, gets lost in a rainforest near her home and battles a rainforest monster.
Soon after entering the forest, Sister Li became separated from her companions. She quickly realized that she had entered a forbidden area that the villagers avoided.
The atmosphere around her suddenly became eerie, filled with a heavy, sinister feeling. Soon after, she encountered Phi kong koi.
The monster had an ugly face and a deep voice, constantly making kong koi noises.
Phi Kong Koi wants to play a game with Sister Li. It gives her three tasks, and if she fails to complete them, Sister Li will become its dinner.
The first task: After nightfall, a constantly moving lamp will appear in the forest. Only by finding and catching it can she leave the forest.
Most people might treat it as a game of hide-and-seek, chasing after the light, but Sister Li decided to try the opposite.
She simply stood under a large tree, waiting quietly. She understood that if the light was constantly moving, it probably meant there was a pattern to it, and chasing after it would only make things more difficult.
Sure enough, not long after nightfall, she saw the lights slowly approaching her. She remained motionless, even taking a few steps to deliberately hide behind a tree and minimize her presence.
As expected, the light gradually drifted to her side. At that moment, Sister Li suddenly reached out and gently grabbed the lamp, effortlessly holding it in her hand.
The darkness vanished in an instant. It turned out that there had never been night; it was all just a trick by Phi Kong Koi.
Seeing that she had easily broken the deadlock, the monster was very angry, but it was not flustered and continued to issue a second task.
It told Sister Li that when the wind started to blow, she had to stop immediately, because if she made any sound or movement, she would be captured by the soul lurking in the darkness.
This time, Sister Li's reaction still did not follow the rule of "remaining still".
After a simple analysis of the game rules, she realized that since the sound of the wind would attract the attention of the surrounding spirits, it meant that these ghosts used the wind as a "blind cane" to detect their prey. In other words, the ghosts had no other means of catching people.
A person can remain still, but how can they stop breathing and not tremble even slightly?
On a sudden inspiration, she decided to do the opposite and make a series of deliberate noises.
As the wind picked up, Sister Li began stomping her feet loudly and throwing pebbles in different directions, creating a series of chaotic noises. At the same time, she quickly moved to another direction, using the noise to cover her movements.
The souls in the darkness were deceived by her illusion and rushed toward the source of the voices, while Sister Li quietly hid in a bush, successfully avoiding all the predators.
She once again broke the rules, but instead created her own.
Seeing that Sister Li was not following the rules and actually won, Phie Kong Koi became even angrier. Sister Li's original words were, "It was so angry that its fur would flutter and fall out when the wind blew, like a shivering moldy ball." But it still arrogantly issued the third task.
—Unlock the runes on the ancient tree.
These runes are in an ancient indigenous language, and deciphering them is the only way to freedom. Many villagers have tried to escape the forest by deciphering these runes, but all have failed.
With the endorsement of her previous two successes, Sister Li was not intimidated at all.
Standing before the ancient tree, gazing thoughtfully at the intricate symbols, she realized that these runes were not merely language or codes, but a mental trap.
Phi Kong Koi's hint was to unravel them, but Sister Li refused to follow that clue. She guessed that the real answer might not be to "unravel" the runes, but to break their essence.
After a moment's thought, she stepped forward and broke off a piece of bark containing one of the rune markings. The rune instantly emitted a brilliant light, then gradually collapsed and dissipated before her eyes.
Without any unlocking or complicated decoding process, the tree trunk simply split open.
Phi Kong Koi was furious. He broke the agreement and had no intention of letting Sister Li go. Instead, he stretched out his sharp claws to grab her and eat her.
"You promised, you broke your promise, you cheated, you broke the rules!" Sister Li was definitely panicked, but she still stubbornly shouted at the monster.
Her voice was loud, as if it had drawn the rainforest's attention to the monster. Phie Kong Koi let out a sharp shriek and was torn to pieces by the gale. Sister Li blinked and returned to the side of the rainforest guide leading the group.
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After reading this, you will truly admire Sister Li from the bottom of your heart.
You even felt a little smug about yourself.
It's not that you're narcissistic; you think you'd do the same thing if you were in that situation. It's just that you probably wouldn't make the judgment and decision as decisively as Sister Li.
That's what makes Sister Li so outstanding.
"Sister, you can speak Laowo language too?" You didn't know how to express your admiration, so you uttered this question blankly.
"Hahaha," Sister Li laughed, "Because we are scholars from the Flower Kingdom, all the intellectuals and local guides we came into contact with could speak the language of flowers. As for the monsters speaking the language of flowers, I guess it's because they are monsters, so nothing they do is strange."
That makes so much sense!
After reading Sister Li's document several more times, you feel like you're ready again.
It seems that to become a strong person like Sister Li, you can't be a coward, and you have to be as hardworking as you were today when you blew up the lab!
However, even as a near-superpower, you still have to face the difficulty of writing reports.
The other outsiders who were with Sister Li will all leave in three days. By then, the deadline for submitting the experimental report will not have arrived, so no one needs to worry about it. As a result, you can't even find someone to rely on or find a reference for now.
Then Y-jie sent another message.
"Stop pretending, you don't need to act in front of me anymore. Go search for today's news on Bone Song, your photos are all there."
You frown, search, and you actually see photos from multiple angles of the university lab explosion on today's top news page in Fuzhou.
In a few close-up shots, you were just captured in the moment when you were sneaking around, preparing to slip away.
Why is it that other locals take normal photos, but you foreigners are all blinded by greed?
never mind.
You got caught lying, but you're not embarrassed at all, since you and Sister Y were never truly honest with each other from the start. In fact, she was always keeping it a secret, and at least you let her know what you look like.
But you still maintained a polite conversational tone: "Haha, you're wary, and so am I, now you know that, don't you?"
“Sigh, I understand you, but I’m a little sad that you kept it from me,” Sister Y said, and quickly sent a second message, “And look, if you had told me you were studying chemistry earlier, I might have been able to help you sooner, and this explosion wouldn’t have happened.”
"The lab report is really hard to write. If you get sanctioned for this, you won't get new report content after you're reborn. You'll be repeatedly sanctioned for submitting it late."
"I just wanted to help you."
You chuckled.
If before you were just being kind and didn't suspect her, now you're convinced she definitely has a problem.
But what is her purpose? Who exactly is she?
"I also want your help. How about we meet up and you guide me in writing?" you send.
“No need for all that trouble, I’ll just write it down, it’ll be much simpler.” Sister Y seemed very eager. “Trust me, I’m really reliable. Besides, I’ve had friends help me write before when I didn’t have enough time, and I ended up getting a very good grade.”
And you've already opened Little Green Book to search for what's going on.
You see, so this is called ghostwriting for siblings.
Some of them are actually students who have stayed on campus, but most of them are not. They will mingle in the freshman groups, and even pretend to be alumni who have stayed on campus. After getting to know them, they will promote their writing services in various ways.
If they were to actually write the papers, Liuzi's academic career would be forever burdened by the hidden danger of academic fraud.
If I'm not mistaken, if you actually hire someone to write your essays, you'll definitely be accused of academic fraud and then expelled.
By then, you will no longer be a "left-handed" player, and in this world where "left-handed" players exist, the consequences for you are predictable.
"Alright, stop pretending. I'd rather translate it word by word than have you write it for me." You were originally going to send it like this, but in the end you deleted it all and simply deleted and blocked her.
It's not worth wasting any more breath arguing with her.
The good mood you just had from chatting with Sister Li has been completely swept away. Your conversations with Sister Y these past few days were all genuine, but now that you realize it was all fake, you feel like you've swallowed a fly.
But just seconds after you blocked Sister Y, a random phone call came in.
The other party has no profile picture and no nickname.
You want to hang up, but your phone seems to have frozen and you can't hang up at all.
You can't just throw your phone away like that.
Then I'll have to answer the call.
Almost instantly, as you press the green answer button, a finger painted with red nail polish reaches out from the screen and grabs your hand.
A note from the author:
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There will be another update on Tuesday. I'll start adjusting my sleep schedule and maintaining daily updates from today qaq
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