36 I understand
◎Well prepared◎
Hu Meng and Jiang Rou fell from the building one after another, making a loud noise.
The sound was so loud that it attracted the attention of many people. Li Yiqing happened to be on guard at the moment. When she heard the noise, she stood up and went to the window to look down. One glance and she was stunned.
"Axue, Axue!" After a few seconds, she came to her senses, turned around and woke up the sleeping Qi Qiuxue, her voice tinged with tears, "Jiang Rou..."
She hadn't finished her words, but Qi Qiuxue already understood what she meant.
"What happened?" Qi Qiuxue woke up instantly, got out of bed, walked to the window and looked down. Under the dim street lights in the distance, Qi Qiuxue saw two bodies lying side by side on the ground.
The scene was almost the same as when Liu Ziman fell from the building. There was blood and brain matter, their bodies were twisted, their faces were pale, and they looked like lifeless dolls.
It was Hu Meng and Jiang Rou. The former grabbed the latter's wrist tightly and never let go until his death.
Jiang Rou was pulled down by Hu Meng.
This speculation suddenly emerged in Qi Qiuxue's mind.
She turned her head to look at Dormitory 405. It was in chaos. Li Mengyu, Yang Yi, and NPC Guo Jinshan were leaning against the window and crying loudly, tears rolling down their cheeks. Having witnessed the death of their companions once again, Li Mengyu and Yang Yi were consumed by pain and fear and could hardly hold on.
"Zhang Xue!" As if noticing the gaze from the side, Yang Yi called out Qi Qiuxue's name in grief, "What should I do? Jiang Rou..."
Qi Qiuxue glanced at Guo Jinshan, who was standing behind them. Fearing that they would be assassinated by NPCs again, she said righteously, "Go back first!"
"We can talk about it later." Another fall occurred, and the school launched another surprise dormitory inspection. Teachers patrolled the corridors with flashlights, checking for anyone who did not meet the regulations. "Go back to bed!"
"Okay." Yang Yi wiped her tears and realized that now was not the time to talk. She looked at Jiang Rou who died in vain again with reluctance and sadness, then turned around and went back to bed.
She knew that this would be the last look, and by tomorrow morning, Jiang Rou's body would completely disappear without a trace.
“…”
"Let's go back to bed first." The footsteps in the corridor were getting closer and closer. Qi Qiuxue didn't linger any longer and told Li Yiqing to go back. "You go to bed first, and I'll keep watch from now on."
Li Yiqing shook her head when she heard that. She had just changed shifts not long ago, so how could she let Qi Qiuxue take over the night watch so early? "It's not time to change shifts yet, Ah Xue, sleep a little longer."
Qi Qiuxue rejected her proposal: "No."
Li Yiqing noticed her frown and knew she was in a bad mood, but he still wanted to persuade her: "But..."
"Go to sleep." Qi Qiuxue interrupted her and sighed softly, "Aqing, listen to me, okay?"
Her tone sounded tired and weak.
It is now early Friday morning and the fifth day has just begun. Compared with the two-week deadline, four days is not a short time, but it is definitely not too long either.
But in just four days, so many things happened: Liu Ziman vomited worms, Liu Ziman fell from the building, Zhou Le died, Jiang Xiaoxia died, and then not long ago, Jiang Rou died and Hu Meng died.
After four days, they still haven't figured out the mechanisms and taboos of the dungeon, but they have already witnessed too many people die.
How helpless and sad.
Li Yiqing didn't refute again: "...Okay, Axue, be careful. If anything happens, wake me up."
Qi Qiuxue nodded: "I understand."
After they finished speaking, they both returned to bed. Qi Qiuxue did not lie down, but leaned against the wall, staring motionlessly at the endless night.
The other NPCs in the dormitory did not wake up. It was unclear whether they were really sleeping too soundly or doing it on purpose. Of course, Qi Qiuxue was more inclined to the latter possibility.
If you think about it carefully, the first clue given in the copy is the Ouija game. There are even scary-looking monsters prowling in the corridor in the middle of the night. In addition, Liu Ziman vomits insects and falls from the building without any warning, which makes people believe that there are indeed ghosts in this copy that can seduce or harm humans.
But if you think about it more deeply, has this so-called ghost summoned by the Pen Fairy game really attacked the players directly? The only time it killed someone was when it dragged away Jiang Xiaoxia's body in full view of everyone. After that, they disappeared from everyone's sight together. The only thing that could be used to judge what was happening was the sound.
Jiang Xiaoxia's screams and the monster's chewing, the two sounds overlapped together, giving people the feeling that Jiang Xiaoxia was being eaten, but no one saw whether she was eaten or not.
As for the remaining two NPCs, Liu Ziman died by jumping off a building, and the cause of Hu Meng's death is currently unknown. Qi Qiuxue needs to wait until tomorrow to confirm with Li Mengyu and Yang Yi.
However, the causes of death of Zhou Le and Jiang Rou, who were players, are roughly clear. One was killed by Liu Ziman, and the other was probably pulled down from the window by Hu Meng and died as a result of being implicated.
——Those who kill players are all NPCs.
Unconsciously, Qi Qiuxue once again thought of the photo that Lin Yan hid in the pillow. How much hatred must have made her, or them, use such heavy strokes to draw red crosses to cover the faces of every player.
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Early in the morning, when Qi Qiuxue and Li Yiqing entered the classroom together, Li Mengyu and Yang Yi had already arrived.
Su Wen and Zhao Xiangning arrived a little later, and they gathered together to talk about what happened last night.
"Hu Meng was dragged down by Jiang Xiaoxia's ghost. When she was about to fall, she called out to Jiang Rou for help, and Jiang Rou, as she wished, responded to her call." Yang Yi raised her hand to wipe away her tears, sobbing uncontrollably, "She clearly saved the NPC, but she still died."
"We were a step too late and failed to pull Jiang Rou back from the falling building. We could only lie by the window and witness her death with our own eyes. But in the last moments before she died, she shouted to us, 'It's not a taboo, she guessed wrong.'"
Li Mengyu then continued, "I guess what she wants to tell us is that regardless of whether the player is rescued or not, they will die. This has nothing to do with taboos."
"Could her death be related to the fact that she violated dormitory rules on the night she first entered the game and had her credits deducted by the dormitory manager?" Yang Yi recalled what happened in the past.
"That shouldn't be the case." Qi Qiuxue shook her head. "If that were the case, she would have died on the spot and wouldn't have survived until today."
"I think they both died from the other possibility Ah Qing mentioned yesterday. There must be a feud between the players and the NPCs that we haven't investigated clearly, because it's never the unidentified ghost who kills the players, but the NPCs."
Yang Yi collapsed and shook her head after hearing this. "What on earth is going on? What should we do? Besides Monday night, people have died every night since then. Who's going to be it tonight? You? Her? Or me?"
"I think I might as well just commit suicide." She cried more and more sadly, her body trembling with sobs. "At least I can choose a less painful way to die. It's better than being brutally killed by something else."
"Don't say that, we will survive." Li Mengyu sighed and patted her shoulder gently, but apart from this powerless comfort, she had no other way.
"It's the turn of our three dormitories to be on duty together tonight." After a moment, Qi Qiuxue suddenly started talking about an unrelated topic.
Li Yiqing nodded when he heard this: "Yes, we will be responsible for cleaning today and tomorrow."
"Okay." Qi Qiuxue had been thinking alone all night last night. Instead of being passive, it would be better to take the initiative. "I have an idea. Maybe I can dig up some clues from this."
"But I need everyone's cooperation." She glanced at all the players and then stopped at Su Wen's face, "Especially you."
Su Wen paused after hearing this: "Me?"
"You know, as long as both parties are willing, or if one of them dies, props or weapons can be transferred or given away within the dungeon." Qi Qiuxue said, and asked Su Wen without any hesitation, "I want your sword. Please give it to me voluntarily."
Su Wen was stunned by her words. Qi Qiuxue's tone sounded no different from Ming Qiang's: "What?"
“…”
The day's classes ended and night fell quietly.
Unlike other high schools, this school not only cleans before the afternoon reading, but also does a simple cleaning after the evening self-study every night. The reason for this is that it allows teachers and students to see a tidy and clean campus environment early in the morning.
There are a total of 54 people in their class, which are divided into nine dormitories. There are classes six days a week, and the nine dormitories are divided into groups of three. Each group is responsible for cleaning for two consecutive days. As usual, the locations include the classrooms and the sanitation areas of the playground.
The players and NPCs cleaned the classroom together, and then went to the sanitation area together with brooms and dustpans. The street lights hanging above their heads cast golden light. Now it was autumn, and the leaves on the trees began to fall gradually, making a crackling sound when stepped on.
After all, someone died last night, and both the players and NPCs seemed to be out of shape. Several people dispersed and silently cleaned up the fallen leaves on the ground until Qi Qiuxue suddenly cried out "Ah".
Everyone looked back and saw that the broom in Qi Qiuxue's hand was accidentally damaged. The broom head and handle were broken and could not be connected.
"Why is it broken again?" Su Wen took a few quick steps and moved over. There were quite a lot of fallen leaves accumulated tonight. If one more worker was missing, it would take who knows when they would be finished sweeping.
"Are there any new brooms in the warehouse?" Qi Qiuxue paused and suddenly suggested, "How about I go get one first and report it to the class teacher tomorrow."
"That's fine." Su Wen nodded, "Go quickly and come back soon."
"Oh, right." She didn't know what she was thinking about, and before Qi Qiuxue could move, she called her again, "Don't you have a lighter in your hand? Lend it to me."
"I don't know how long it will take to collect these broken leaves, and I'll have to take out the trash several times. Anyway, no one will see it, so we might as well burn it right there. Then we can get back to the dormitory earlier."
"Okay." Perhaps because she was too anxious to leave, Qi Qiuxue didn't think much about it. She took out a lighter from her pocket and handed it to her.
Soon, she turned and ran away.
The others continued to do their duty with their heads down, only Lin Yan stared silently at the place where she left, seeming to be lost in thought.
After a moment, as if she couldn't bear to miss the opportunity to be alone with Qi Qiuxue, who didn't have a lighter, Lin Yan pretended to be worried and said, "Why don't I go check on her too? It's too dark at night, and I'm worried about Ah Xue going to the warehouse alone."
"Whatever you want." Su Wen was busy directing everyone to gather the fallen leaves together, and didn't even bother to give her a look.
So Lin Yan successfully left the team and ran quickly towards where Qi Qiuxue was.
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Before entering the teaching building, Qi Qiuxue looked back and saw that Lin Yan had indeed caught up with her.
She raised her lips and chuckled, walked quickly up the stairs, and successfully arrived at the warehouse. The warehouse was unexpectedly not locked, and the door opened with a push. Before entering, Qi Qiuxue specifically compared the shape of the keyhole with the key in her pocket, and they did not match. It seemed that this key was not for opening the warehouse.
Without hesitation, she stepped into the warehouse, looking for clues while waiting for Lin Yan's arrival.
Most of the items piled up in the warehouse are teaching aids and hygiene products, such as chalk, triangles, brooms, dustpans, disinfectant... but there are other things besides these.
Qi Qiuxue found a pile of papers that looked like promotional posters. There were a lot of them, probably intended to be posted in various corners of the school, but for some reason, Qi Qiuxue had never seen them on the school's bulletin boards or anywhere else.
Qi Qiuxue picked up a card and looked at it. It announced an upcoming volleyball match to be held in the gymnasium on Monday, October 14th.
The words on it are particularly eye-catching: [Welcome all parents to come to the school and witness the children’s excellent performance with your own eyes! ]
On Monday, October 14th, the players had already entered the dungeon, but Qi Qiuxue didn't see any volleyball game at all, nor did she even hear any discussion about it.
What happened? Was it because of something that happened before that caused the game to be postponed?
Qi Qiuxue didn't have time to think about it. She heard footsteps approaching from behind. It was Lin Yan who had been following her all the way.
Qi Qiuxue quickly wrote down the information on the paper, turned around, found a broom, picked it up in her hand, and pretended to leave.
But in the next second, Lin Yan walked in.
"Yan Yan?" Qi Qiuxue asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"
"It's too dark, and I was worried about you, so I came to check on you." Lin Yan said with a smile on her face, moving closer to her. "Did you find the broom?"
"Found it." Qi Qiuxue nodded and showed her the broom in her hand. "It's getting late, let's go back."
"Okay." Lin Yan smiled. Without waiting for Qi Qiuxue to say anything else, she approached and put her arm around her. "Let's go together. So much has happened in the past two days. I'm so scared."
"Are you scared?" She blinked and looked sideways at the person in front of her.
"I..." Qi Qiuxue was about to speak, and her eyes turned in the direction of Lin Yan. She was clearly looking at her face in the previous second, but the next second her sight shifted to behind her.
Lin Yan noticed her strangeness: "What's wrong?"
Qi Qiuxue's eyes widened, and she subconsciously wanted to pull Lin Yan back: "Hu Meng, it's Hu Meng!"
"Hu Meng?" Lin Yan didn't understand and turned her head. Then, she met Hu Meng's eyes. Just like Liu Ziman that day, Hu Meng was also hovering on the ceiling. She grinned and lowered her head. Her face and hair were covered with blood and white brain matter, which slowly flowed down.
Lin Yan was frightened by this look and opened her mouth to scream, but Hu Meng was clearly one step faster than her. She stretched out her two pale arms and grabbed Lin Yan's neck tightly.
Lin Yan's voice began to become hoarse and unpleasant, and her eyes rolled back uncontrollably. She stretched out her hand and tried to squeeze the sound out from the depths of her throat: "Zhang, Zhang Xue, save me, save me!"
"Yan Yan!" Qi Qiuxue shouted, took a step forward and grabbed her hand, but just as he touched her fingers, she held it tightly in reverse.
Qi Qiuxue felt her body begin to lose weight, and was captured by Hu Meng along with Lin Yan. Realizing that death was approaching, Qi Qiuxue no longer cared about the friendship with her classmates, and had long since abandoned the spirit of self-sacrifice. She began to struggle desperately, trying to break free from Lin Yan's hand.
But it failed. Lin Yan held her very tightly, and her nails even dug into her skin. Qi Qiuxue frowned in pain and met Lin Yan's gaze.
She saw Lin Yan's resentful eyes, and also noticed the subtle smile at the corner of her lips.
I see.
Qi Qiuxue finally understood. Seeing that everything was about to get out of control, she didn't want to pretend anymore. She took out the sword given to her by Su Wen from her backpack and chopped it hard at Lin Yan's arm.
【Author’s words】
I failed on day 6 and only wrote 4,500 words. I will send red envelopes to the treasures who commented on this chapter when the next chapter is updated. Thank you for your continued support. Hold me tight.
Thanks to the little angel who threw the grenade: Shi Yi 2;
Thanks to the little angels who cast mines: Spicy Rabbit, Langli's Dog, Qiu Lang is a beautiful fairy, Internet Addict, Indifferent to the World, and 1 creeping grass;
Thanks to the little angels who irrigated the nutrient solution: 44 bottles of Ya; 20 bottles of df; 17 bottles of Li Yu Mi Xiang; 10 bottles of Wait Ball; 6 bottles of Huan Tian Xing Ling Lei; 5 bottles of Tang Xing Ming; 4 bottles of Lu Xun Feng;
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