Chapter 24
"How come it happened to be our class? There were people washing in front of us."
"And that kind of thing shouldn't be in school. That's..."
There was silence outside.
The sound of Teacher Gao's footsteps circling back and forth continued.
Lu Jiamu was leaning against the door, so he could hear it clearly. The two teachers did not avoid them on purpose.
Teacher Wen said, "It may be that the filter on the water pump is broken. At most, we will just cut off the water supply for two days and ask a few people to check it out."
"It's not that simple, it's not that simple..." But his words did not comfort Teacher Gao, who was still pacing around anxiously, "Even if the filter was broken, this kind of thing shouldn't have come in first. There would always be some other signs in advance. And that's groundwater."
The school currently doesn't know much about groundwater, and doesn't know the geological structure beneath the land. The worst-case scenario is that they probe down and find that the ground is already filled with this monster.
At this point, he began to panic a little, and whispered, "I think... we might have to find another way out soon."
Teacher Wen frowned and gestured with his hand: "Don't think too much, you are too nervous, relax."
Teacher Gao disagreed with what he said: "Have you forgotten how those previous bases gradually disappeared? In this world, we cannot be careless about any anomalies."
Lu Jiamu leaned against the door and began to think silently along the lines of Teacher Gao's words.
There are still eight days left before the promised time to send them back. If there is some hidden danger in the base, it will be very disadvantageous for them.
If an outbreak occurs, they are likely to die quickly.
Teacher Gao took a deep breath and stopped talking.
A few hours later, the school sent another group of teachers to test them. After confirming that they were all very healthy and had no signs of infection, they came in and asked them some questions.
After this session, Teacher Gao asked about the situation in the bathroom and was told that the bathhouse had been blocked and further investigation was underway, but the situation was very optimistic.
After entering the classroom, Teacher Gao did not mention his previous concerns, but simply announced: "The school's observation period has not yet ended, so you cannot return to the dormitory tonight, and you must be accompanied by Teacher Wen and I throughout the entire process. In addition, the water supply may be tight in the next two days, and there may even be no new water."
Not having to go back to the dormitory is actually good news for them.
If you get frightened like this during the day and then have to go back to listen to those two little kids rap at night and can't fall asleep because of the noise, you will really have a mental breakdown.
Two teachers came in and closed the door.
Under the watchful eyes of the two of them, the dozen or so remaining students did not dare to act rashly. They took some food and ate it in a very polite manner, then lay down obediently in their respective seats.
Night fell quickly. Teacher Gao and the teacher were standing in front and behind respectively, each folding their arms and closing their eyes.
Although the child was usually very afraid of the two of them, in this situation, with them by his side, he felt more at ease and soon became exhausted and drowsy.
Lu Jiamu lay on the table, curled up and gradually fell asleep. Yu Leng also leaned over with his back to him to keep each other warm.
That night, without the little ghost's rap and the female ghost's summons, was the sweetest sleep they had since coming to school.
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Knock...knock...knock...
After a good sleep, Lu Jiamu woke up when he heard a noise outside the door.
He slept too long and felt that it should be six o'clock, but there was no sign of light outside and he did not hear the wake-up call.
The sound outside paused for a moment, then began to knock gently at the same frequency: knock... knock... knock...
There was a rustling sound in the room, and the two teachers and the children were woken up by the sound.
...knock...knock...knock...
They all had a question in their minds at the same time: What was the sound? Was something blown by the wind and hit the door?
Why isn’t it daybreak yet?
Lu Jiamu looked towards the source of the sound and squinted his eyes. Through the small piece of glass on the door, he vaguely saw a small black shadow in the corridor, standing at their door.
But because he had astigmatism and poor night vision, he couldn't see clearly what was going on.
In the silence, there was another knock on the door: Knock... Knock... Knock...
A little girl outside asked slowly in a strange and mechanical voice: "Why can't I get in?"
The little shadow seemed to tilt its head: "You-open-the-door-for-me-"
The little girl leaned forward and pressed her face against the glass. It was a face that everyone was familiar with.
It’s Yu Tong!
But this face was pale and bloodless, the expression was stiff and distorted, and it looked so gloomy that it didn't look like a living person.
Moreover, there were no normal eyes in its eye sockets, only two dark and illusory abysses.
It leaned against the door, grinning, its dark, illusory mouth stretched straight to its ear, and it spoke in a strange tone, word by word: "I - don't - understand - let - me - in -"
It began to bang on the door repeatedly: "I don't - understand - why - I - can't get in -"
Yu Leng was stunned when he saw this right after waking up.
She...how did she become like this?
Yu Leng was still comforting himself yesterday that there was a chance that Yu Tong would come back successfully, and today he really came back.
It's just a changed state.
This person is definitely not a normal person. Could it be that he has become...
Lu Jiamu also knew something was wrong, but he pretended to be innocent and looked at Teacher Gao: "Teacher, is 21448 back?"
"Impossible." Teacher Gao shook his head. "It was just sent out last night. It's impossible for it to come back today. It should not have reached the target location yet."
Teacher Gao was also stunned and didn't understand what was going on.
People who died outside the school and turned into ghosts should never be able to return to the campus.
In the silence outside the window, there was a sound of flapping wings.
“Ah—ah—”
Lu Jiamu walked to the window and looked out, and found that the sky outside had been filled with a group of hazy and unreal crows at some point.
They kept circling, making unpleasant howling sounds.
Suddenly, one of them turned sharply and crashed into the glass in front of Lu Jiamu, leaving a pool of black stain.
Other crows turned their heads and crashed into the glass, leaving stains all over it. It sounded like a violent hailstorm.
Amid the fierce collision, Lu Jiamu looked down silently.
Something dark was spreading silently on the ground, swallowing up the light and shadow downstairs bit by bit.
Something happened last night.
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