Wen Qing ignored Oz and moved forward, further away from Oz.
He glanced back and saw that Oz had not caught up with him. The two of them maintained a normal social distance between them.
Wen breathed a sigh of relief.
After exorcising the so-called evil spirit, the high priest asked everyone to start praying in a high-sounding manner.
The difference from yesterday was that today there was only Teacher Chen in the temple, and no other teachers showed up.
Wen Qing stood in the middle of the crowd, slacking off openly.
After praying for the entire morning, it was not until lunchtime that everyone was allowed to leave the temple and go to the cafeteria.
Wen Qing quickly found Bai Tong and Li Jingjing.
Bai Tong whispered, "Find Ji Junfeng first, he has a problem."
Wen Qing whispered, "He hasn't been to class these two days, and I haven't seen him in the dormitory."
It was as if he had disappeared, and no one, including other classmates and teachers, cared about his disappearance.
Now that I think about it, it was only on their first day at the dungeon that Ji Junfeng taught a class in the classroom.
Li Jingjing muttered quietly: "Good fellow, this clue is actually playing hide-and-seek with us."
She glanced around and saw that there were no teachers around, so she reached out and grabbed a classmate, pretending to be fierce and ferocious: "Hey, have you seen that kid Ji Junfeng?"
The classmate was not frightened by her appearance, but asked suspiciously: "Why are you looking for him?"
Li Jingjing sneered: "We are going to beat him up!"
"God's birthday is coming soon."
Beating someone up to bring good luck is a very reasonable excuse.
The classmate said calmly, pointed at the students around him and said to them: "See, these are the people who are looking for him."
"We all wanted to beat him up in the last few days because he was being watched by the high priest. The kid probably knew it and hid somewhere and didn't dare to come out."
Li Jingjing paused, it seemed that Ji Junfeng's excuse for disappearing was more reasonable.
The classmate pulled back his clothes, took two steps, turned back and said to them with a smile: "Brothers, find someone to beat up together."
When they reached a place with few people, Wen Qing leaned close to Bai Tong's ear and whispered, "What's the problem, Ji Junfeng?"
Bai Tong analyzed in a low voice: "It seems that Ji Junfeng did not lie to us. The activities before the birthday of the god are to choose an auspicious time, exorcise evil spirits, burn incense, and pray. These activities are fixed."
"I originally thought that exorcising evil spirits was some kind of blessing dance... now it seems that it's just the high priest needing a reason to kill people."
Bai Tong said calmly: "Ji Junfeng has experienced a god's birthday and knows about this matter, but the high priest allowed him to stay in this school."
Wen Qing pursed her lips. Jiang Jing said that in the beginning, everyone liked Ji Junfeng very much.
If Ji Junfeng had said that at that time, some classmates would have believed him.
Li Jingjing frowned and asked, "Did he not say it? Or can't he say it?"
"Is it possible that, for example, the high priest last year was still normal? Exorcising evil spirits is also a normal activity, so Ji Junfeng is fine?"
Wen Qing's thoughts were broadened by Li Jingjing's words. He thought about it and asked, "Could it be that the gods thought Ji Junfeng was very good-looking and saved him?"
He felt that this was something Yu Xing would do.
Li Jingjing nodded thoughtfully: "It's possible, so it's a love triangle?"
“…”
Bai Tong was silent for a moment, and couldn't help but remind him: "You are all making excuses for him."
Li Jingjing smiled and said calmly, "He's good-looking."
Wen Qing lowered his eyes and whispered, "I also hope he is a good person."
Bai Tong pursed his lips and said, "Ji Junfeng is ostracized in this school. His presence is very weak. Teachers and students don't care whether he lives or dies."
"Look at it from another perspective. His identity as a weak person can make everyone relax their vigilance. Besides, he can move around freely in this school."
"He can choose not to go to the cafeteria, and he can choose not to participate in the activities of choosing an auspicious time and exorcising evil spirits..."
Bai Tong raised his eyelids and said calmly, "He can openly avoid occasions where the high priest appears."
Wen Qing was stunned, this sounded very familiar.
It often appears in TV shows and movies.
Generally speaking, the result of this routine is...
Are Ji Junfeng and the high priest the same person?
Wen Qing was a little confused: "If Ji Junfeng is really the same person as the high priest, why is he always beaten?"
Bai Tong tilted his head to look at him: "Maybe because he likes it."
Wen Qing was dazed for a moment, recalling his several encounters with Ji Junfeng. It seemed that he really wasn't that disgusted or averse to pain.
Because Ji Junfeng likes her, does that mean my clue is bullying?
Wen Qing simply asked the system directly: [System, is it a secret of the seminary that Ji Junfeng and the high priest are the same person? ]
001 No prompt.
Is the answer wrong?
Wen Qing was a little confused.
Bai Tong saw what he had just done at a glance, and now he was thinking that it was okay, so he laughed and said, "It's not necessarily wrong."
"There is another possibility, which we have not yet analyzed to the point."
Wen Qing thought for a moment and asked, "Is it about the students who were expelled from school?"
Bai Tong couldn't guarantee it, so he said to him, "Maybe."
"We may have only scored 30 points out of a 100-point question."
Wen Qing was even more confused: "No hint for thirty points?"
Li Jingjing's mouth twitched, and he said to Wen Qing very experiencedly: "No."
"Thirty points. According to the logic of the system, no points will be awarded if the number is rounded off."
Wen Qing: “…”
Li Jingjing raised his lips and said, "So at this time, many players will feel that their analysis is wrong."
"Then he walked towards the wrong answer without looking back. I almost got killed once before."
Wen Qing couldn't help but say: "This system is too scheming!"
The next second, he heard 001's sneer.
Wen Qing's expression froze.
Seeing this, Bai Tong frowned: "What's wrong?"
Wen Qing whispered: "My system seems a little unhappy."
Li Jingjing was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Well, your system has a pretty bad temper."
She poked Wen Qing's shoulder and said to his chest, "We didn't say you were scheming."
001: [……]
Wen Qing silently praised the main system in his heart. It was such an excellent system. In order to train the players, they came up with such a wonderful scoring method...
001: [……]
After lunch, there is a two-hour lunch break.
The three of them walked around the school, went to the dormitory building and the library, but still couldn't find Ji Junfeng.
I have a prayer class in the afternoon, so I can only go back to the classroom for the time being.
As Li Jingjing walked, he looked at the High Priest's Building from a distance and whispered, "Do you think Ji Junfeng has been imprisoned by the High Priest?"
"If they weren't alone, they would be performing a prison play and then slaughtering the seminary for love."
Wen Qing's train of thought was immediately diverted. This seemed to make sense?
Bai Tong couldn't help laughing and said to him, "Don't really believe what she said."
"But..." Bai Tong paused, raised his eyes and looked towards the High Priest Building, "It is possible that Ji Junfeng is there."
This was the only place they hadn't searched yet.
The three of them discussed and decided to find an opportunity to go to the High Priest's Building after dinner, and then returned to the classroom first.
Before I even reached the classroom door, I saw the remaining two players squatting in the corner of the corridor, whispering something.
Seeing them coming, the two players looked at each other and hurried away.
After walking to another secluded corner, the short player said, "Today is only Wednesday, and there are still three days until the God's Birthday. We are now 72 people, and if three people die, it will be exactly 69 people."
Another player's expression changed: "What should we do then?"
Zhao Wu gritted his teeth: "Those people may not have lied to us, we have to violate the school rules first."
Sun Xin quickly asked: "But if we also violate the school rules, how many people will die in the next few days?"
Zhao Wu glared at him and said, "If we violate the school rules now, we will be equal to other players. Which one do you choose, a 1/2 chance of death or a 1/8 chance of death?"
Sun Xin: “Eight, one eighth.”
Zhao Wu stood up and said to him, "Wait until the evening curfew."
………………
The night deepens.
Wen Qing and Li Jingjing followed Bai Tong and slowly walked to the door of the high priest's building.
At 5:30 in the evening, I don’t know if it’s because of the time, but many teachers were coming in and out of the building, coming in, going out, coming in, going out…
The High Priest's Building looked very busy, and the few people didn't find a chance to sneak in.
Li Jingjing frowned: "What should I do?"
Bai Tong leaned against the wall and whispered, "Wait a little longer."
Wen Qing was a little nervous and asked in a low voice: "What if we run into the teacher later? What should we say? What should we do?"
Li Jingjing quickly said, “Pooh, pooh, pooh, we won’t be that unlucky.”
Bai Tong laughed and said to him, "It's not curfew now. It's normal for us to be anywhere."
Li Jingjing touched his chin and continued, "If we are really caught, we will be fascinated by the high priest's charm and can't help but want to get closer to him."
Wen Qing always had a bad feeling, so he asked again: "What if we run into the high priest directly?"
Li Jingjing said, "Then tell him that we are fascinated by you and can't help but want to be closer to you."
Wen Qing asked weakly, "Will he just let the vines eat us?"
Li Jingjing's expression changed slightly: "Pooh, pooh, pooh, pooh, pooh, pooh."
Wen Qing: "Pooh, pooh, pooh."
From 5:30 to 6:30, it was getting darker and darker, and the school was becoming quieter.
The teachers' figures in the hall on the first floor gradually disappeared.
Bai Tong glanced at the time and whispered, "Go in now."
The first floor was a very ordinary hall. The three of them walked through here before going to the basement last night, and went straight to the stairs in the corner and went up to the second floor.
Walking up to the second floor, what comes into view is a huge transparent greenhouse. The greenhouse is located in the middle of the second floor, occupying almost all the space. It is filled with various flowers, plants and trees, growing vigorously under the lights.
Although he didn't see any vines, Wen Qing still felt a little uneasy, fearing that a vine would quietly emerge from the soil at any time.
Bai Tong glanced around, looked at the only door on the side of the greenhouse, and whispered, "Go and take a look."
Walking to the door, Bai Tong turned the door lock.
With a "click", the entire door lock fell off the door.
Wen Qing was stunned. Was there anyone else who had arrived here before them?
Bai Tong pursed his lips, locked the door and pushed it open.
This is a perfectly normal office, with desks, chairs, bookshelves, and even a life-sized statue of a god.
Bai Tong looked at the door lock in his hand, frowned slightly, strode forward, and opened the drawer directly.
As expected, it was empty.
Just like the teachers' office in the teaching building, it's fake.
Wen Qing blinked and asked in a low voice: "Could it be that all the offices are fake?"
Bai Tong frowned: "It should be hidden."
"Since there are yearbooks and school histories, it means the seminary is operating normally and must have student files from previous years."
Wen Qing pondered, there were only a few buildings in total.
First, exclude the cafeteria, dormitory, and teaching building, so only the library and here are left.
They visited the library at noon and didn't see any rooms like offices.
Bai Tong lowered his eyes and said, "There is only the second floor here."
"The first floor is the lobby, and the second floor is the greenhouse."
Apart from the first and second floors, there is only...
Wen Qing's eyelids twitched, and he asked in a low voice, "The basement?"
Hearing these three words, Li Jingjing's face turned pale and he cursed, "Damn it, it's probably in the basement."
"That's the detention room. No one wants to go near it. It's very safe."
Bai Tong glanced at the clock on the wall: "There are still twenty minutes of curfew."
"Go down first."
The three of them were very familiar with the road to the basement.
Walk to the statue and stop.
Wen Qing looked at the statue that was much taller than himself, and his body inexplicably felt a chill.
He couldn't help but move closer to Bai Tong and look at the two roads in front of him.
One route was the one he and Oz took last night, and the other route was the one Li Jingjing and Bai Tong took last night.
There are gloomy iron gates on both sides of the road. The road, which is spacious enough for three people to walk side by side, is made to look extremely depressing by these iron gates.
Li Jingjing pointed to the road on the right and said in a low voice: "This is a dead end. I was locked in the innermost room yesterday."
Wen Qing thought for a moment and whispered, "Then go to the left?"
"It seems like there's a turn on this road, but I wasn't taken past it yesterday."
Li Jingjing had a psychological trauma about the confinement room. He rubbed his arms and urged, "Let's go over and take a look."
Bai Tong walked in front, and the three of them walked straight forward. When they turned the corner, a door appeared.
This door is made of wood, solid brown wood, and it stands out among the iron doors.
Bai Tong stepped forward, listened for a moment sideways, and tried to push the door.
With a creak, the door opened.
This is an archive room, not very big, with only three bookshelves filled with folders, and each folder has a year labeled on it.
Li Jingjing glanced at the room. Although there was a light, it was surrounded by walls on all four sides, which gave her a bad association.
She said quickly, "I don't want to go into the room here. You two go in and look for them, and I'll keep watch."
Wen nodded lightly and walked into the archive room.
He picked up a folder with the name 1949 on it and opened it to find it was empty.
Wen Qing was stunned for a moment, then picked up the second book, which was also empty.
Bai Tong frowned and quickly glanced at the folders on the bookshelf; they were all empty.
“This is from before 1950.”
The three bookshelves are marked with years.
[Before 1950]
【1950—2000】
【2000—2021】
The ones before 1950 were empty. Among the other two bookshelves, Wen Qing decisively stopped in front of the 2021 bookshelf and picked up a folder.
You can feel the difference in weight as soon as you pick it up.
There's something inside.
He quickly opened the folder and saw Qian Gangfeng's information, which included his name, gender, birthday, address, enrollment date, etc.
Wen Qing whispered, "Here it is."
Bai Tong walked over quickly.
Wen Qing turned to the next page. The second page was a photo of Qian Gangfeng. Unlike the color photo in the library, this was a black and white photo, like a posthumous portrait.
Wen Qing continued to flip through the pages, and the next one was Yang Fan, whose photo was also in black and white.
Further on, there are five more black and white photos.
They are all students enrolled this year in 2021.
Later on, the photos of other students were all in normal color.
It is obvious that the people in the black and white photos are dead.
The five students who were expelled were actually dead.
Wen Qing pursed her lips, continued flipping through the pages, and saw her own information.
Name, age, birthday...
His gaze suddenly stopped and he stared at the address in the information column.
This address is his real-world address, the dormitory where he attends university, and it is even accurate to the specific dormitory number.
He opened his mouth and wanted to speak to Bai Tong, but before he uttered the first word, there was a slight noise outside the door.
Li Jingjing was reminding them that someone was coming.
The next second, Teacher Chen's voice rang out from outside the door: "Li Jingjing."
Li Jingjing responded exaggeratedly: "Hey! My dear Teacher Chen."
Teacher Chen asked coldly: "What did I say?"
“Students are not allowed to come near here.”
Li Jingjing said quickly: "I know, but I can't help myself. The high priest who exorcised the evil spirits today is so handsome. I am completely infatuated and burning with desire. I can't wait to find the high priest..."
"I searched the entire building and didn't see anyone, so I walked here."
Teacher Chen was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "It's curfew time."
Li Jingjing's face changed and he raised the corner of his mouth: "Teacher, I will leave immediately."
Teacher Chen: "Li Jingjing violated the third school rule and will be confined for 6 hours."
After saying that, he ignored Li Jingjing and walked straight to the archive room, as if he knew there was someone inside.
Seeing this, Li Jingjing quickly grabbed his right hand and said, "Teacher Chen! I want to report it. There are people upstairs."
Teacher Chen looked at his hands, paused, and turned to look at Li Jingjing.
Li Jingjing: "Really! He also wants to find the high priest. He wants to compete with me for favor!"
Teacher Chen raised his left hand, opened the door of the detention room next to him, and motioned Li Jingjing to go in.
Li Jingjing walked to the door slowly, staring closely at Teacher Chen's movements. Only when he saw him turn around and walk out did he breathe a sigh of relief.
On the other side, Bai Tong heard the footsteps outside the door gradually going away, pursed his lips, and said to Wen Qing: "Let's go first."
Wen Qing held the folder tightly and nodded.
Just as I reached the door, I heard several footsteps outside.
Bai Tong's face changed and he immediately pulled Wen Qing back.
Then there were the sounds of doors opening and closing, and it sounded like someone was being put in solitary confinement again.
The two hid in the corner behind the bookshelf. Wen Qing pressed his back against the wall, his heart beating wildly with nervousness.
Soon, he felt something was wrong.
Something was moving on the wall.
To be precise, the entire wall was moving.
Wen Qing's eyelashes trembled. She didn't dare to make a sound. She subconsciously tugged at Bai Tong's sleeve, turned her head, and met Bai Tong's suddenly narrowed eyes.
Before Wen Qing could react, he felt as if he was trapped in a swamp and was lost in the blink of an eye.
"Click."
The door to the archives room opened.
Teacher Chen stood at the door, looking expressionlessly at Bai Tong standing by the wall. "Bai Tong violated the third school rule. He will be confined for 24 hours for repeatedly violating the school rules."
*****
The feeling of weightlessness made Wen Qing unable to make a sound. He opened his eyes wide, and after more than ten seconds, he fell on something soft and elastic.
It was pitch black below. Wen Qing suddenly came to this place from the bright light. He couldn't see anything and instinctively groped for things around him.
Then he touched the familiar, thin and long vines.
Everywhere.
Wen Qing's whole body stiffened as he realized that the soft pad under his butt was made of these vines.
The vines intertwined and gathered together, forming something like a net.
The only thing to be thankful for was that the vines did not move. They lay quietly as if they were asleep.
Wen Qing was so frightened that his eyes instantly turned red. How did he end up in someone else's lair?
Remembering that Bai Tong tried to catch him before he fell, Wen exhaled lightly and called out softly, "Bai Tong?"
His voice was soft, but unusually clear underground, as if it had been amplified several times and was reverberating with echoes.
Bai Tong did not respond, but the vines responded to him, moving slightly.
Wen Qing's body became even stiffer, and he silently comforted himself, it seemed that Bai Tong had not fallen, the vines had not woken up, the vines had not woken up...
After a long while, Wen Qing adjusted to the darkness in front of him and vaguely saw a path a few meters away, which was a different color from the vines.
He held his breath and stood up tremblingly, afraid that the vines would suddenly move.
Wen Qing pinched her palms nervously and walked slowly towards the path.
One step, two steps, three steps...
Suddenly, the vines under my feet moved slightly.
Wen Qing froze and didn't dare to move.
The vines under his feet moved and then stopped, as if twitching in sleep.
The path was just two steps away. Wen Qing took a deep breath, and without thinking twice, he quickly ran onto the path and ran forward without looking back.
His footsteps were extremely clear underground, as if they were amplified several times.
Soon, Wen Qing heard a familiar rustling sound echoing behind him.
Getting closer and louder.
A cold wind blew from behind, and Wen Qing felt the vines wrapped around his ankles, slowly wrapping around, tightening, and pulling back.
It was like a snake had wrapped its tail around its prey and was about to tear it apart and eat it.
Wen Qing's mind went blank and he struggled subconsciously. The next second, his wrist was also grabbed.
He reached out with a trembling hand, trying to get the thing at hand away.
With a "pop" sound, Wen Qing was stunned.
The thing that grabbed his hand didn't seem to be a vine.
Suddenly, a very faint voice sounded in my ears: "Don't move."
It was Oz's voice.
If Wen Qing hadn't heard Oz's voice, he would have thought it was an illusion.
He didn't dare move anymore and stood there stiffly. He vaguely saw Oz take out something and bend down. Soon, the vines wrapped around his feet lost their strength.
Wen Qing stammered, "Thank you... um—"
Before he could utter the second word, his mouth was covered by Oz.
Oz lowered his head, leaned close to his ear, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Don't wake it."
Wen Qing nodded nervously.
Oz lowered his eyes. His night vision was excellent and he could see Wen Qing's appearance clearly.
His face was very small, and he just wanted to cover his mouth, but ended up covering most of his face. His palms were filled with his nervous breathing, warm, moist, and itchy.
Oz's fingertips moved slightly, caressing the warm and delicate skin.
When people are in the dark, their other senses are amplified.
Wen Qing felt Oz's movement. He looked up blankly and looked at Oz's face vaguely.
Oz stared into his eyes, and it was obvious that Wen Qing's night vision was poor and his pupils were a little out of focus.
He opened his big eyes, his eyelashes wet with tears.
It looks... easy to make.
Oz's throat moved slightly, he sniffed the fragrance on his body, picked him up horizontally, and walked out.
Wen Qing's body was suspended in the air, and she opened her mouth instinctively. After thinking of Oz's words, she quickly swallowed the scream and grabbed Oz's clothes tightly with both hands.
Oz walked like a cat, without making any sound.
Wen Qing did not struggle and lay quietly in Oz's arms.
In the darkness, the only sound he could hear was the sound of his own pounding heart.
After an unknown amount of time, a ray of light finally appeared in front of Wen Qing's eyes.
A stone staircase leading upwards.
He thought it was the exit, until Oz walked up and found that this place was the real nest of the vines.
The walls were embedded with all kinds of glowing stones and beads, and it was as if the lights were on. Wen Qing could clearly see the dense and overlapping vines covering the walls and the ground, making the light glow green, so green that it was creepy.
Oz stopped suddenly.
Wen Qing tilted his head and his expression changed.
There was a person lying in the middle of the vines. It was Ji Junfeng. He was wearing the black robe of the high priest. His androgynous face was covered with complex and strange light blue lines. These lines seemed to be alive, moving slowly on Ji Junfeng's face and slowly moving to his neck.
As the lines moved, the vines under Ji Junfeng also began to move.
From Wen Qing's perspective, he could see several long and thin vines coming out of Ji Junfeng's body and drilling into other vines.
Wen Qing was so frightened that his hands and feet became stiff and his back felt cold.
Bai Tong's analysis is correct.
Ji Junfeng and the high priest are the same person, no, the same vine.
Everything that happened before has been explained.
Ji Junfeng doesn't need to eat human food and doesn't need to go to the cafeteria.
The strange sound heard in the dormitory was the sound of vines moving.
…………
Wen Qing held his breath, afraid that his rapid breathing would wake it up.
His fingers unconsciously hooked tightly around Oz's clothes, and he stuttered in his mind and asked the system: [Secret, the secret is that Ji Junfeng is the high priest, the vine monster? ]
001 still didn't respond.
Wen Qing opened his eyes in confusion. Why was it still not right?
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