37 The Clouds Clear and the Sun Shines
◎She likes her calmness and intelligence, and likes her badness◎
Qi Qiuxue's behavior was really unexpected.
Lin Yan was stunned and let go of the sword before it hit her. Qi Qiuxue landed on the ground and immediately took a few steps back to avoid the crisis.
She raised her eyes to look at Lin Yan, and their gazes met. As they stared at each other from a distance, she saw the astonishment and shock in Lin Yan's eyes, as well as a bit of unwillingness and deepening resentment. She failed to take the player away, but was taken away by Hu Meng in Qi Qiuxue's sight.
Finally, with their departure, the scene became quiet again. Qi Qiuxue retracted the sword in her hand, and without staying for long, she quickly left the warehouse.
When they returned, Su Wen and the others had already swept up the fallen leaves. The fallen leaves were piled up and burned by the raging fire, emitting bursts of black smoke.
Qi Qiuxue noticed that compared to the players, the NPCs were obviously farther away from the flames. The autumn night breeze was carrying bursts of coolness, a temperature that made people feel cold. The players instinctively moved closer to the flames to keep warm, but the NPCs did the opposite.
As if they had not expected Qi Qiuxue to return safely, a hint of shock flashed in the eyes of the NPCs.
Jiang Yu, the NPC who shared the same dormitory with her, looked behind her and said, "Axue, where's Yanyan? Why hasn't Yanyan come back yet?"
"She was murdered by Hu Meng." Qi Qiuxue pretended to be heartbroken, tears welling up in her beautiful almond-shaped eyes. "Just as we were about to leave the warehouse, Hu Meng's ghost suddenly appeared and brutally attacked Yanyan. Yanyan couldn't break free from her shackles and accidentally lost her life."
"Why did this happen again?" Qi Qiuxue sobbed softly, her tone full of self-blame and helplessness, "Why?"
"If only I hadn't gone to the warehouse, Yanyan wouldn't have been implicated for accompanying me."
"Don't be sad, it's not your fault." Li Yiqing stepped forward and patted her shoulder to comfort her, his tone gentle, "No one can stop this kind of thing."
Qi Qiuxue slipped into Li Yiqing's arms, shaking her head as if she had just survived a catastrophe. "I was so scared, I really was so scared. I almost died at that time. It was Yanyan who saved my life in the critical moment. That's why I was able to come back alive to see everyone."
"You said it was Lin Yan who saved you?" Jiang Yu asked.
"Yes." Qi Qiuxue still had her back to the crowd, her eyes lowered as she leaned on Li Yiqing's shoulder. She whispered to him in a voice that no one else could hear, "Are the NPCs' expressions surprised?"
"Yeah." Li Yiqing faced everyone directly and couldn't answer too obviously, so he only responded to the person in his arms with simple onomatopoeia.
"In their plan, I was supposed to die tonight," Qi Qiuxue said softly, a faint smile in her voice. It was the certainty of finally finding the key clue, the joy of seeing through the fog. "But I'm sorry to disappoint them."
She is smarter and calmer than she thought, even a little badass.
Li Yiqing didn't let go in a hurry, but continued to hold her tightly in the night wind for a while.
She answered Qi Qiuxue in a low voice, her fingertips slowly stroking her soft hair: "Yes."
She liked her calmness and intelligence, but also her badness: "Axue is the best."
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There was little time left, and before the access control came, several people turned back together.
Qi Qiuxue did not take the lighter back, but left it to Li Mengyu in dormitory 405. Then, before lights out, she found time to go to Su Wen's dormitory, perform the donation ceremony, and return the sword as promised.
Based on the system's settings for rituals such as item giving and transfer, if the two parties involved do not want to disclose the form of the item and only hand it over through the space backpack, others will not be able to know what they are doing.
This greatly facilitated Qi Qiuxue. She believed that the "dead" NPC must have communicated with the living NPC. When she took out the sword in front of Lin Yan tonight, the other party was probably quite shocked. She didn't expect that there were two people who owned the sword.
Qi Qiuxue believed that Lin Yan would tell this information to others.
Of course, maybe they will realize soon that this sword belongs to Su Wen, and the player only has one sword from the beginning to the end, but before that, their actions should be restrained.
However, Su Wen's sword is not omnipotent. All props, weapons, etc. in the copy will be restricted to a certain extent, just like some props are disposable and disappear after use, just like some can only work on certain specific objects, or ghosts, or people. Su Wen's sword cannot really kill anyone at the root, it can only make them lose the ability to move for a certain period of time.
But it doesn't matter, the bluff is enough.
Tonight is a rare Christmas Eve. Except for Lin Yan, no one died. Time finally came to the second day. Qi Qiuxue told the other players what happened last night in detail. When he heard about the volleyball game to be held in the gymnasium, Su Wen frowned.
Su asked, "Volleyball match? I've never heard anyone mention a volleyball match, nor have I seen any information about it. What's going on? Was it postponed for some reason?"
Qi Qiuxue nodded. "That should be the case. We don't know whether this information is a key clue or not, but there are some things in it that I'm very concerned about."
Su Wen looked at her: "What?"
Qi Qiuxue whispered, "Date."
"The volleyball game was originally scheduled to start on Monday, October 14th. Prior to that, on Saturday, October 12th, all the 'players' were away from school for various reasons. The two dates are so close together. Did something happen between them? Is there any connection between this and the postponement of the game?"
"And the duty roster in the homeroom teacher's drawer. This week's schedule continues from last week. Dormitories 403, 404, and 405 will be on duty on Friday and Saturday. The volleyball match is coming up, and there will even be parents coming to watch. I think the school will assign students to clean the gymnasium thoroughly. Besides the classrooms and sanitation area, the homeroom teacher did intend to write something else on the roster, but perhaps something delayed him, so in the end, only a few messy words were left, making it difficult to read the content."
At this point, Qi Qiuxue glanced at all the players' faces. "Is it possible that that place is the gymnasium? All the 'players' were away on Saturday, and only the NPCs stayed to clean up. Did anything happen during that time?"
Everything seemed to be becoming clearer and clearer.
Su Wen quickly asked: "So what should we do now?"
"Wait." Qi Qiuxue glanced at the time on the wall. "Wait until evening, when everyone is cleaning up together. By then, it will be dark and all the unnecessary people will have returned to their dormitories. With the cover of night and no one to interfere, it will be relatively easy to do things."
"As for the other NPCs, you'll hold them back," Qi Qiuxue said. "I'll use the excuse of going to the sanitation area for duty and take Ah Qing with me. As for everyone else, stay in the classroom and try to delay the cleaning time and disrupt their actions."
"Axue wants to take me with you?" Li Yiqing was a little surprised when he heard that.
"I need someone to keep watch for me," Qi Qiuxue said. "I'm sorry I took the liberty of sending you in. If you're scared, I can find someone else."
"No." Li Yiqing hurriedly shook his head, "I said I would protect Axue. I'll go with you."
Su Wen quickly interrupted after hearing this: "I also said I would protect you, why don't you take me with you?"
"You have weapons. They can protect everyone at critical moments and also intimidate these NPCs." Qi Qiuxue said, "You have things you need to do."
"Protect everyone." She said righteously, "You don't have to worry about me."
Su Wen curled his lips: "I know."
"Class is about to start, let's go back first." Qi Qiuxue dispersed the players around her. Time passed little by little, from day to evening.
After the evening study session, Qi Qiuxue and Li Yiqing left first, carrying their brooms and dustpans. Jiang Yu wanted to follow them, but Su Wen blocked the doorway just in time: "What are you going to do?"
"I'll go with them." Jiang Yu said.
"No." Su Wen shook his head. "I noticed yesterday that you, Wang Na, Guo Jinshan and the others were not working at all. Who knows if you really want to ask Zhang Xue and the others for help or if you're just trying to slack off."
"None of you can leave." She blocked the doorway with an extremely arrogant attitude and sneered, "I will personally watch you on duty."
Jiang Yu was speechless: "You..."
On the other side, Qi Qiuxue and Li Yiqing arrived at the gymnasium under the cover of night.
Just as she expected, the door of the gymnasium was locked tightly, and no one outside of the gym would be allowed in easily. Seeing this, she took out the key from her pocket, held her breath, inserted it into the keyhole, and turned it gently.
With a "click", the door opened.
"Axue!" Li Yiqing said happily, "The door is open. So this key is used here!"
"Yeah." Qi Qiuxue did not show too much joy. She raised her eyes and looked around at the night scene. She was worried about Li Yiqing being alone, so she temporarily transferred her props in the previous copy to her in advance.
A substitute doll, a substitute doll that looks very similar to her, a disposable prop that can be driven by the owner to do something, or to withstand a fatal injury for the owner.
Because it is an exclusive item given to her by the system, when Qi Qiuxue transfers it to others, although it can still injure the recipient, the effect will be halved accordingly. However, it is still a weapon that can buy a chance of survival in a life-and-death situation.
"I'll be out as soon as possible." Before entering, Qi Qiuxue opened her mouth and warned the person in front of her, "Be careful."
"Axue too." Li Yiqing looked at her worriedly, "Go quickly and come back soon."
"Okay." Qi Qiuxue nodded, raised her hand and opened the door in front of her.
【Author’s words】
Here it comes~ The illustration activity has been submitted. Maybe it will be approved tomorrow or the day after tomorrow? Then everyone can participate~
Thanks to the little angel who threw the grenade: Shi Yi 1;
Thanks to the little angels who cast mines: Internet addiction, Langley's dog, Qiu Lang is a beautiful fairy, A Tianqiao professional film ten-year dragon 1;
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