34 Take turns
◎Qi Qiuxue's innocent smile◎
Zhou Le's body fell straight down in front of everyone's sight, blood gushing out from the broken neck, splattering everywhere, the door, the ground, the ceiling, there were bloodstains everywhere.
The dormitory fell into a deathly silence. People cannot make any sound when they are extremely frightened. Both the players and the NPCs seemed to be frightened by this terrifying scene. They stared with wide eyes, trembling and crying silently in the dark night.
Liu Ziman disappeared, and Zhou Le's head also disappeared. The room was still pitch black, with only the faint moonlight shining in from the window.
After a while, Qi Qiuxue took out a lighter from his pocket.
"Click, click." The flame from the lighter gushed out, dispelling some of the darkness.
Lin Yan, who was closest to Qi Qiuxue, seemed startled by her and instinctively dodged to the side: "Zhang Xue, what are you doing! You almost burned me!"
Her reaction was very intense, completely different from the confused look she had just had.
Qi Qiuxue glanced at her, a little doubt rising in her heart: "No."
She stood up, holding a lighter and walked to Zhou Le's body to check. The person who was alive just now died in front of everyone. Qi Qiuxue lowered her head, examined the body, and mourned for her.
Then she stood up again and looked at the ceiling where Liu Ziman appeared. There was nothing unusual there. Nothing was left except Zhou Le's blood.
In the next second, the lights above their heads suddenly lit up. Everyone was blinded by the sudden bright light and subconsciously squinted their eyes.
When he opened his eyes again, both Zhou Le's body and the bloodstains were gone.
There were no traces left in the corridor, as if everything that had happened before was just a terrible dream.
Su Wen lowered her eyes and picked up her sword. She was usually outgoing, but at this moment she became silent. She failed to save Zhou Le. Things happened too suddenly. In the blink of an eye, she had no time to react and could only let things happen.
Even if you struggle, it's all in vain.
As if she could see through her thoughts, Qi Qiuxue gently patted Su Wen on the back: "Life and death are determined by fate. I don't blame you."
"While the lights are still on, let's go back first." The NPCs and players are standing together now. It is not a suitable time to have a conversation. In addition, everyone has been frightened just now. The most urgent thing should be to adjust their mentality and go back to rest. Even if there is something to say, it can only be left until tomorrow.
"That monster, and Liu Ziman, will they come again?" Li Mengyu asked Qi Qiuxue in front of him with trembling voice.
"I'm not sure." Qi Qiuxue shook her head and could only give some simple instructions, "Remember to close the doors and windows when you get back. If you're really worried, you can take turns resting, changing shifts every one or two hours. If something happens after dark, someone awake can react more quickly."
"Okay." Everyone nodded and left quickly.
Soon, the dormitory became quiet again.
"Ah Xue." Li Yiqing looked pale as he stared at Qi Qiuxue. She looked terrified, even her voice trembling a little, but she didn't complain, nor did she act like a spoiled child regardless of the occasion. "What are our plans for tonight?"
"There are five of us left in the dormitory. Lights out at 10:30, and we have to get up at 6:00 the next day, which is a total of seven and a half hours," Qi Qiuxue said. "One and a half hours each, we take turns keeping watch."
"Okay." The other two roommates had no objection and nodded in succession.
Qi Qiuxue looked at Lin Yan beside her: "What about you?"
Lin Yan paused for a few seconds and murmured softly: "I can too..."
"Okay." Qi Qiuxue quickly finalized the decision and divided the work among them. "Jiang Yu is first, Li Yiqing is second, I'm third, Wang Na is fourth, and Lin Yan is fifth."
"Any comments?" she asked afterwards.
Everyone shook their heads: "No."
"Okay." Qi Qiuxue called Li Yiqing beside her, "Accompany me to wash up."
"Yeah." Li Yiqing nodded in agreement. The two of them walked to the sink together. Perhaps worried about something, Li Yiqing spoke as soon as they stood still. In a voice only the two of them could hear, he said softly, "Axue, are you really confident in leaving the night watch to these NPCs?"
"What's wrong?" After saying that, Qi Qiuxue bit the toothbrush in her mouth and looked at her sideways. Her beautiful eyes were shining brightly under the light.
Li Yiqing seemed touched by her cuteness. He paused for a few seconds before continuing, "I can't trust them. What if danger really comes and they deliberately don't wake us up? Or maybe they themselves are dangerous? I'm afraid something unexpected will happen then."
"So I deliberately put a lot of thought into the arrangement," Qi Qiuxue said softly. "At first, I thought, maybe I should arrange the NPCs with us, abandoning the one-person night watch system and switching to two-person night watch. This would be relatively safer, but I quickly rejected this idea."
"Rather than them actually doing something, I'm more worried about them doing nothing. The longer it drags on, the more players will likely fall victim to the attacks. If possible, I need them to reveal their true colors as soon as possible, so I changed the formation, having players and NPCs keep watch separately to lower their vigilance."
"I'm just going to put you in a difficult position," Qi Qiuxue said. "After lights out, I need you to stay awake until you and Jiang Yu have completed your night watch. The reason I put you in the second position, alongside me, is so you can manage your time well and have a legitimate and reasonable reason to wake me up. If other NPCs were in this position, it would be questionable whether they would wake me up on time, or even whether they would wake me up at all."
"Then it was my turn to be on night watch. An hour and a half later, I woke Wang Na up and pretended to fall asleep. I dozed off until dawn, secretly keeping an eye on them to see if they would behave strangely after we fell asleep."
Li Yiqing's eyes suddenly showed worry when he heard this: "Doesn't that mean you can only sleep for three hours?"
"Axue, let me switch with you." Li Yiqing frowned, "I'll guard the second half of the night, okay? You can sleep a little longer."
"No need." Qi Qiuxue shook her head. "I already rested in the infirmary this morning, so I'm not that sleepy. Besides, because of work requirements, staying up late is already a common occurrence for me."
"Don't worry about me." She smiled, lowered her eyes and quickly washed up. "There will be plenty of opportunities to catch up on sleep after returning to the real world, not now."
"Will we get out alive?" Li Yiqing lowered his eyes and whispered, not very confident.
"I will." Qi Qiuxue responded to her words, "I definitely will."
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At night.
After turning off the lights, Li Yiqing remained awake as Qi Qiuxue had instructed. Jiang Yu began the first round of vigil. An hour and a half later, she came as promised to wake Li Yiqing up.
To prevent the NPC from getting suspicious, Li Yiqing waited until she called him several times before waking up and asked her drowsily, "What's wrong?"
"It's your turn." Jiang Yu said.
"Oh." Li Yiqing sat up shakily and yawned, mumbling, "Did anything happen while you were awake?"
Jiang Yu shook his head: "No."
Li Yiqing rubbed his sleepy eyes and said, "Then go to sleep."
"Okay." Jiang Yu turned and went back to bed. Li Yiqing leaned against the wall, sitting alone in the dark, quietly waiting for the remaining hour and a half to end.
In fact, she had also thought about whether it would be better to call Qi Qiuxue later, but she was afraid that she was not the only one awake. What if someone among the NPCs was awake as well, they would become suspicious of their deliberate behavior.
The second is that Axue is a very opinionated person. She has her own persistence and arrangements. Since she has made demands on me, I just need to do my best to complete them. There is no need to be self-righteous and make decisions for Axue.
Gradually, the time came to 1:30 in the morning.
During this time, nothing happened. The surroundings were eerily quiet. Li Yiqing quietly stood up and walked to Qi Qiuxue's bed. He lifted the curtain and squatted at the head of the bed, whispering her name: "Axue, Axue."
The next second, Qi Qiuxue opened her eyes.
"Is it time?" Qi Qiuxue asked, her voice mixed with a nasal tone that could only be heard when she was half asleep, which was very cute.
Li Yiqing nodded obediently: "We're here."
"Okay." Qi Qiuxue stood up without any hesitation. She raised her eyes and looked at the person in front of her. Li Yiqing's long and soft hair was a little messy, and a strand of hair on the top of his head was uncontrollably sticking up.
She subconsciously raised her hand to press down the strand of hair for her: "Thank you for your hard work."
"It's not hard." Li Yiqing raised his lips and smiled.
"Go back and rest, have a sweet dream." Qi Qiuxue allowed her to end this endless night watch and return to the soft and comfortable bed. Li Yiqing nodded, returned to the bed reluctantly, and fell asleep in a short while.
Everything around was silent, and everyone seemed to be immersed in a sweet dream. Only Qi Qiuxue still had her eyes open, calmly looking at the darkness before her.
An hour and a half later, she woke up Wang Na, and another hour and a half later, Wang Na woke up Lin Yan.
There was still more than an hour until dawn. After Lin Yan got up, she sat in silence for a while. Qi Qiuxue didn't know what she was thinking, but she could notice that she seemed a little impatient and her breathing had become much heavier.
Then she heard the sound of Lin Yan getting up. She walked softly to Qi Qiuxue's bed and slowly stood there. Her figure cast a shadow on the bed curtain that was darker than the night, and she did not leave for a long time.
Qi Qiuxue was judging her movements in her heart. Just as she expected, after a while, Lin Yan finally took action. She did not open the bed curtain, but reached out to the small clothes hanger beside her and groped for Qi Qiuxue's school uniform hanging on it, as if looking for something.
But after searching for a while, she found nothing. In desperation, she finally gave up searching the school uniform and turned her eyes to the bed curtain, raising her hand to gently lift it open.
Her eyes swept back and forth over the sleeping Qi Qiuxue, finally stopping at Qi Qiuxue's pillow. She slowly reached out her hand, as if wanting to do something secretly.
But in the next second, Qi Qiuxue suddenly opened her eyes, and their eyes met at this moment. Lin Yan was startled and took a few steps back to stare at the person on the bed: "Ah, Ah Xue, why are you awake?"
"I suddenly needed to go to the bathroom." Qi Qiuxue opened her lips to answer her, pretending to be surprised, "Yan Yan, why did you come to my place suddenly?"
"You were sleeping so soundly that I couldn't hear your breathing." Lin Yan hurriedly said, "I was worried something might have happened to you, so I came to check on you."
"I'm glad you're okay." She smiled stiffly, "I'm relieved that you're okay."
"So that's how it is." Qi Qiuxue smiled, lowered her eyes and took out a lighter from under the pillow. The moment the fire burst out, she saw Lin Yan subconsciously take a step back.
"Thank you for your concern." Qi Qiuxue smiled innocently and deliberately moved the lighter closer to the person in front of her. "Would you like to go to the bathroom together?"
【Author’s words】
Thanks to the little angel who threw the grenade: Shi Yi 1;
Thanks to the little angels who cast mines: Tu Huhu, Langli's Dog, Qiu Lang is a beautiful fairy, Zhen Shang, Yu Shi Wu Zheng, Huai Yi, and Suffering from Internet Addiction;
Thanks to the little angel who irrigated the nutrient solution: Don't Want to Go to Work 5 bottles; Shang Hua 3 bottles; Throwing a Skull at You 2 bottles; Jing Ran Qin Jia Ren Yi 1 bottle;
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