Chapter 238 Escape Room (2) - Victim's Notes
Both of these situations are detrimental to the game.
Therefore, regardless of the situation above, there should be a limit to the number of players who can complete the game with a single key.
That's in line with the nature of dog games.
If that's the case, then stealing other players' keys might also be part of the game?
Of course, another possibility is that the game stipulates that each character can only leave using the corresponding key.
After this analysis, Ning Shu felt that the safest course of action was to complete the tasks he had been assigned first, and then protect the key.
After discussing it with Cheng Chuan, they reached a consensus: to do the task in Plan One and protect their keys.
After they finished discussing, they continued walking forward and soon saw another doorway.
As soon as they stepped out the door, they found themselves in a dimly lit corridor.
A countdown timer appeared in the upper left corner of their vision – [Time remaining: 23:59:59].
Cheng Chuan discovered a work badge on his chest.
He picked it up and saw his game nickname and professional identity written on it, indicating that he belonged to a certain criminal investigation branch. It was also an immersive escape room game.
Ning Shu also discovered that she had the same brand, but her professional identity was listed as "assistant of so-and-so".
There was a classroom on the right side of the corridor. The classroom was quiet. Ning Shu pointed to the classroom and said, "Cheng Chuan, shall we go take a look?"
To find clues, they would definitely have to check every place, Cheng Chuan nodded.
The two walked to the door and saw a sign that read "Elite Class 1" nailed to the door.
They were surprised to find that there were still students in the classroom, all looking down at their textbooks, and there was no teacher on the podium.
The students were acting strangely, all in the same posture and not communicating, as if they were frozen in place.
Seeing this, Ning Shu was so frightened that she hid behind Cheng Chuan.
Cheng Chuan was actually a little scared, but being a boy, he was a bit braver than the girls.
He and Ning Shu walked into the classroom together, and suddenly, all the students who had been standing still looked at them.
Dozens of eyes turned to look at them, which startled Ning Shu and Cheng Chuan.
Cheng Chuan, remembering his identity as a criminal police officer, picked up his name tag and showed it to the students present:
"I'm a criminal investigator. There's been a murder here, and I'm here to investigate. Please cooperate."
After hearing this, the students strangely all lowered their heads again, as if they hadn't heard anything.
Cheng Chuan: "..."
Ning Shu: "..."
Ning Shu immediately noticed that five seats were empty: "Where did those students go?"
A student nearby casually remarked, "Four went to the restroom, and one died."
Ning Shu: "...Was the person who died named Wang Xue?"
The student replied expressionlessly, "Yes."
Sister, the way you're talking makes it hard not to suspect that you killed him!
Ning Shu was speechless after being tricked.
Cheng Chuan: "Which seat is Wang Xue's?"
The student pointed to the fifth seat in the third row: "There."
Cheng Chuan walked over, and Ning Shu followed.
The books and stationery on the table were neatly arranged, but there were many dried bloodstains on the floor under the desk.
Wang Xue's head was likely discovered here.
Ning Shu didn't dare look into the drawer and remained motionless.
Cheng Chuan hesitated for a moment, looked down inside, breathed a sigh of relief, and shook his head at Ning Shu, meaning that there was no head inside and she didn't need to be afraid.
Ning Shu finally exhaled the breath she had been holding in.
Cheng Chuan said to Ning Shu, "You take a look inside and see if there are any clues. I'll go and ask them."
Ning Shu nodded and began flipping through the books and notebooks on the table, while Cheng Chuan went to the class monitor to ask about the victim's situation.
Ning Shu adheres to the principle of not missing any clues, opening every book and turning each page one by one.
She noticed that in the textbook, there was a star drawn next to each page number, 109.
Of course, those pages without this page number don't have stars drawn on them.
She glanced at the contents of the page carefully; apart from some notes, there was nothing particularly special about it.
She thought for a moment, then brought up the game panel and used the camera function to take pictures of all the textbook pages marked with page numbers.
That way, she wouldn't have to take all those textbooks with her to study.
After finishing her textbook, Ning Shu started flipping through her notebooks and test papers. The notebooks were mostly study notes, except for one chemistry notebook.
The first dozen or so pages of this notebook are chemistry notes, but from the middle onwards it looks like a diary.
On August 3, 20XX, he looked right at me!
On September 8, 20XX, he borrowed a pen from me and thanked me when he returned it.
On November 5, 20XX, he asked me to go to the library with him to study, saying he had some questions he wanted to ask me.
On November 6, 20XX, he said he liked me and that he wanted us to study together and go to the same university.
On December 25, 20XX, she told me to get lost and that I wasn't good enough for her.
Ning Shu understood the general idea after reading this.
Wang Xue had a crush on someone, and that person even confessed their feelings. But then a third girl appeared.
Perhaps because Wang Xue was in a bad mood, her next diary entry consisted of only one sentence, without even including the date.
The words were written haphazardly, unlike their previous neatness, as if they were written randomly, and the order was also very messy.
He said they had nothing to do with each other and asked me to believe him.
She said she kissed him today, and that it was a pity I didn't see it.
He didn't come to the library with me. I waited for a long time, but he didn't show up.
My grades dropped drastically, my teacher scolded me, and he didn't comfort me.
I saw them hugging, and I cried so hard.
I want to transfer schools. I'm really scared, but my mom won't let me. She says the college entrance exam is coming up soon and I should just be patient.
【￥%#……】
The rest were just some cursive scripts that she couldn't read.
Several pages at the back of the notebook had been torn out; it was unclear whether Wang Xue had done it herself or someone else had.
Ning Shu quickly took pictures of the contents of these notebooks, because although the camera function on the panel could be used, it could not be used to forward messages to friends.
Seeing that Cheng Chuan was still busy, and thinking that this notebook was an important clue, she put it into her space.
She felt it was really wise of her to expand the space, and it was fortunate that the space could also be used in the instance, otherwise it wouldn't be so convenient.
She found nothing on the exam paper, but after hesitating for a moment, she squatted down to look at the drawer.
A strong, pungent smell of blood hit me, a smell that was also tinged with decay.
There were also some books and notebooks in the drawer. After all, a senior high school student should have so many books that the drawer shouldn't be able to hold them all.
She noticed that the outer part of the middle of the drawer was empty, which was probably where the head was placed. She didn't dare to touch it first and took a picture instead.
Ning Shu noticed several books scattered on the ground, stained with blood.
The student sitting behind Wang Xue remained motionless in her seat, seemingly unaffected by the murder.
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