35 Closed my eyes forever
She guessed wrong
Lin Yan's expression was very awkward. She shook her head and rejected Qi Qiuxue's proposal: "No, I still have to continue the night watch. Ah Xue, you go by yourself."
"Okay." Qi Qiuxue didn't force it. It was already light outside and it wasn't long before she had to get up. She leaned over to glance at the electronic clock on the wall, then lay back down after a moment.
Lin Yan looked at her doubtfully: "You're not going?"
"I'm a little scared." Qi Qiuxue frowned slightly. Li Yiqing, who was sleeping peacefully in the bed across from her, was still asleep. She was worried he might get into danger after she left. "Let's go later. It's almost dawn anyway."
"Thank you for keeping watch, Yanyan." She smiled softly, closed her eyes and said no more.
Lin Yan was speechless, yet seemed to be afraid of something. She was helpless against her. She stood there staring at her for a long time, and finally turned and left.
In a blink of an eye, it was six o'clock.
Lin Yan didn't do anything strange afterwards. After the bell rang, several people got up, washed, had breakfast, and went to the classroom one after another.
The seats belonging to Zhou Le and Jiang Xiaoxia were empty. Just like Liu Ziman at that time, no one remembered who they were except the players and the main NPCs.
Most of the players were frightened by what happened last night and are still feeling the effects. After the first class, several of them gathered in front of Qi Qiuxue's seat and talked about Lin Yan's fear of fire.
There were many different opinions on this matter, and people discussed and analyzed her fear of fire. Some believed that she had experienced some trauma, which led to her inexplicable fear of fire. Some people doubted her identity and even the identities of other NPCs. Some people believed that this was just a normal reaction. Even normal people would instinctively step back when faced with approaching flames.
But we will need to find an opportunity to verify it in the future.
"Can we just burn them to death?" Zhao Xiangning was really fed up with the endless changes in the copy. Instead of being passive all the time, it would be better to do it once and for all.
"I don't recommend doing this." Su Wen shook his head. "It's not a good decision to rashly kill an NPC before you have accurate information. If you guess right, it's fine. But if you guess wrong, you'll be doomed."
"A player who entered the game with me in the last dungeon did this, and his ending was tragic. Not only did he fail to kill the NPC, but he also lost his own life. His actions caused dissatisfaction among the NPCs. When everyone found his body, all the blood and flesh had been drained from his body. Only a piece of skin was left hanging miserably on the tree, swaying gently in the breeze, as if for everyone to see."
Zhao Xiangning's face changed when he heard this. He had already imagined that extremely terrifying scene in his mind: "Oh my God."
"So it's better to be cautious." Su Wen turned to look at Qi Qiuxue. "Zhang Xue, especially you. You're the only one among us who has a lighter. You were also the only one who repeatedly tested the NPC's bottom line last night. To avoid being held accountable by her, you must be careful in your future actions."
"Yeah." Qi Qiuxue nodded, realizing that Su Wen was worried about her, "I know."
"But no matter what, fire seems to offer some protection, at least making NPCs a little more cautious before taking action," Qi Qiuxue said, before advising everyone, "Everyone, please be careful. If you find lighters or matches on campus again, collect them safely for future use."
Everyone nodded: "Okay."
The discussion of the flame came to a temporary end here. There was still some time before the next class started, so everyone did not leave and still stood in front of Qi Qiuxue's seat.
They talked about what happened last night again, and this time the topic was the innocent and tragic death of Zhou Le. Death was cruel, painful, terrible and sad.
Li Mengyu shook her head and sighed: "How could she die? She was fine not long ago, how could she..."
"There are two possibilities." The pain of losing their companions weighed heavily on everyone's hearts. Li Yiqing recalled the past and lowered his eyes, speaking softly, "Perhaps she accidentally touched a taboo. Perhaps it's because the mechanism within the dungeon is like this. There are reasons why ghosts randomly kill players in places we haven't noticed."
She repeated what she had said to Qi Qiuxue and Su Wen in the cafeteria. "This situation isn't common, but it does exist. Sometimes the system will deliberately conceal information. We only know the tip of the iceberg of the story, while the truth lies somewhere else, waiting to be unearthed. If we don't see clearly and eliminate the dangers lurking in the shadows quickly, we might even lose our lives."
It’s actually like this…
Li Mengyu's eyes widened as fear gradually swept over her body. "So, even if we don't violate the taboo, we might still die accidentally due to other reasons?"
Li Yiqing nodded: "That's it."
As soon as the words fell, all the players fell into deep despair. The atmosphere became quiet and no one spoke for a long time.
It wasn't until a moment later that Su Wen broke the silence. She was still upset about not being able to save Zhou Le last night: "So, what is the possible reason for Zhou Le's death?"
Li Yiqing was stunned by her question. After a long while, he shook his head and said regretfully, "I don't know. I can't answer this question."
Yes, there are too few clues now, and it is not wise to jump to conclusions. It may even harm others and yourself.
The atmosphere fell silent again, and the players, each preoccupied with their own thoughts, stopped talking. But just seconds before class was about to begin, Jiang Rou suddenly muttered to herself, "Could it be that Zhou Le didn't respond to Jiang Xiaoxia's call for help, which led to this misfortune? What if saving the NPC is a taboo condition that must be fulfilled?"
After she finished speaking, the class bell rang and the players hurried back to their seats, leaving no time for her question to be answered.
There was no way to answer this question. No one could tell the truth. Qi Qiuxue frowned, and a feeling of powerlessness gradually surged in her heart. She hated this feeling.
She could only remind everyone: "Be careful, be extra careful."
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Today's class is still boring and tedious.
During this period, Qi Qiuxue tried to leave the class again due to illness, but the teacher, perhaps because he noticed Qi Qiuxue's unusual behavior yesterday, rejected her request with righteous words today.
"These past few days, the supervision has been very strict. Someone will be checking the actual number of students in each class. If there are any missing, the quantitative score will be deducted." The head teacher said, "So Zhang Xue, you just have to be patient for a while."
"Everyone else, listen up! No one is allowed to skip classes without permission. Don't use feeling unwell as an excuse, and don't tell me nonsense." The homeroom teacher glanced at everyone and said sternly, "Remember, don't cause me any trouble."
After he finished speaking, the bell rang and the other person turned and left the class.
This fundamentally cuts off the possibility for players to use class time to go out and explore.
"Ah Xue." Li Yiqing came to find Qi Qiuxue and went to the cafeteria together. "What should we do? Should we take advantage of lunch time to explore?"
"Let's wait and see if we can find another suitable opportunity. There are too many people around at noon, and we don't have a clear direction right now. Blindly exploring will be ineffective," Qi Qiuxue said. "If we accidentally attract the attention of the NPCs, even if we survive by chance, it will be even more difficult to do anything in the future."
"Indeed." Li Yiqing sighed softly, "So instead of blindly exploring, what we need to do now is to quickly figure out the meaning of the clues we have."
"And that little key." She said helplessly, "The campus is so big, what is it used for?"
“…”
Perhaps I have adapted to the daily routine of high school students, and the long afternoons are no longer unbearable. As soon as half past nine, the school bell rings on time.
All the students packed their bags and headed to the dormitories. After sitting in the classroom for a whole day, it was time to go back to the dormitories and have a good rest.
At this moment, most people must be cheering in their hearts, but this does not include the players.
Three murders occurred in the dormitory in succession. One of the victims was a friend who had been with everyone for many days. The dormitory is no longer a place for players to relax and rest. On the contrary, it makes everyone panic, afraid and nervous.
The curfew time was 9:50, and before that time came, the players finally returned to the dormitory one after another.
Today the NPCs did not organize everyone to gather for a meeting. Everything was normal. Wash, take a shower, and go to bed to rest.
While washing up, Lin Yan and Jiang Yu found Qi Qiuxue and asked if she still needed to keep watch tonight. Qi Qiuxue nodded and said that for her own safety, of course she had to.
The NPCs had no objections and after turning off the lights, they began to take turns keeping watch again.
Just like them, dormitory 405 also took such measures.
After Zhou Le's death, there are five people left in dormitory 405, two NPCs: Guo Jinshan and Hu Meng, and three players: Li Mengyu, Yang Yi, and Jiang Rou.
Although they all took turns keeping watch, the pattern they adopted was somewhat different from Qi Qiuxue and the others. They arranged NPCs and players together in groups of two.
For example, Jiang Rou and Hu Meng.
As the night deepened, everyone gradually fell asleep. It was quiet outside, but in the dormitory, Jiang Rou and Hu Meng still couldn't fall asleep. Instead, they stared wide-eyed, facing the endless night full of dangers together.
For a while at first, everything was quiet and nothing happened.
During this period, Hu Meng also had a brief communication with Jiang Rou, but due to her identity as an NPC, it is very likely that she is not in the same camp as the player. In order to prevent her from asking questions or having ulterior motives, Jiang Rou rarely responded. If she was asked too much by the other party, she would respond with the simplest "um" or "ah".
She has been timid and introverted since childhood, and she is still like that now. People are always used to diverging their thoughts after nightfall, and the subtle emotions hidden in daily life also expand and spread with the boundless night. Jiang Rou thought of Zhou Le's death and the other companions who are still alive. She didn't know when this terrible and disgusting copy could be cleared. Will there be more deaths after that? How many people will die?
Even though she hadn't spent much time with everyone, she knew that everyone was a good person, and if possible, she didn't want anyone to be in danger again.
Jiang Rou kept thinking like this, and she didn't know how much time had passed. Hu Meng got up and went to the bathroom, but after returning, her behavior became strange and she didn't go to bed for a long time.
She heard Hu Meng mumbling to herself, and also heard Hu Meng say to her: "Jiang Rou, did you hear someone calling me outside the window?"
"Who?" Jiang Rou got goosebumps all over her body, and a strong sense of fear instantly spread throughout her body. Hu Meng's condition was so strange that it scared her and made her nervous.
Jiang Rou wanted to wake up the other roommates, but before she could say anything, Hu Meng had already come to the window. The window had quietly opened at some point, and the wind blew in from outside, along with the sound of the wind, a pair of pale hands came in.
Jiang Rou recognized the bracelets on those hands. It was Jiang Xiaoxia, the Jiang Xiaoxia who had died last night!
The hands quickly reached in and grabbed Hu Meng's neck. Hu Meng woke up from her dream and began to struggle desperately, shouting Jiang Rou's name: "Jiang Rou, Jiang Rou, save me, save me!"
This scene was too familiar, just like what happened last night. Jiang Rou recalled her own inference this morning. If she had not responded to Hu Meng's call for help, would she have died too?
At this critical moment, she had no time to think too much. Jiang Rou jumped off the bed, grabbed Hu Meng's hand and pulled her into the room with all her might. At first, everything went smoothly. Their actions woke up the other roommates. Seeing this, everyone quickly woke up and was about to get out of bed to help.
But it was too late, still a step too late. Somehow, Hu Meng and Jiang Rou were strong enough to compete with Jiang Xiaoxia outside the window, but just as everyone was about to step forward, Jiang Xiaoxia's strength suddenly increased several times.
Jiang Rou felt her whole body begin to lose strength, and her feet were pulled uncontrollably by someone, quickly approaching the window. Hu Meng's strong desire to survive filled her with strength. She held Jiang Rou's hand the whole time, tightly, so tightly that Jiang Rou could not break free at all.
In the next second, Jiang Rou was pulled out of the window. Everything seemed to slow down. She saw the panicked expressions of her roommates, their hands reaching out to her but unable to grab her, and the moon and tiny stars in the sky.
She is going to die.
Jiang Rou's tears rolled down silently. She was not very smart and rarely made guesses, but she still guessed wrong.
Fortunately, the others were still alive. It would be nice if her death could eliminate a wrong answer for everyone. At the moment before death was about to come, Jiang Rou burst out with courage and strength that she had never had before.
She shouted loudly in the direction of the players: "It's not a taboo, I guessed wrong!"
After she finished speaking, darkness invaded her sight. Jiang Rou looked at Li Mengyu and Yang Yi who were crying bitterly, and closed her eyes forever.
【Author’s words】
I'm here. My body is not fully recovered yet. I'll update 4,000 today, and do 6 tomorrow. If I have time the day after tomorrow, I'll also do 6. Hugs, my dears.
And guys, please leave more comments and come play with me. Sometimes I don’t see you in the comment section and I think you are not here. QAQ
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