Young classmates (2)
"Hurry up, you four," the head teacher urged, looking down at his watch.
So, a few people pushed and shoved each other, and finally pushed Mama's Boy A onto the podium.
The smile on Mama's Boy A's face was very bitter.
Not revealing your real name shouldn't be a condition for death, and changing your position doesn't seem to be either...
"...Hello everyone, my name is Baozi."
As he spoke, he looked at the distribution of empty seats in the classroom.
There are exactly four empty seats left out of the 42 seats (6 vertically and 7 horizontally).
Of these four seats, one is located in the first row and the first seat from left to right. This seat is next to the window, and when you look out, you can just see the cafeteria not far away.
One is located in the 3rd column, 5th position.
One is located in the 7th position in the 5th column, very close to the back door.
The last one is in the 6th column, number 2.
"The position should not be too far in front, nor too far in the back," he hesitated for a moment, still not daring to change positions with others like Su Liu did. To be safe, he chose the fifth seat in the third row.
You can only take a gamble.
After Baozi sat down, cold sweat broke out on his palms.
This is probably the most difficult decision he has ever faced in his life.
He wasn't this nervous even when his wife had a difficult delivery.
Su Liu, who was sitting in front of him, looked back at him, then quickly turned around and continued reading.
Baozi then realized that he and Su Liu were actually sitting in the front and back seats.
The person who previously sat in Su Liu's seat is now sitting in the 6th seat in the 2nd row.
In other words, the original five vacancies were:
all.
Twenty-six.
Three or five.
Five seven.
Six two.
Is there any pattern?
Baozi thought hard.
On the other side, with Su Liu and Baozi as the two vanguards, a tasker who had already faced the reality quickly walked up to the podium.
"My name is Shi Wei, and my family runs a milk tea shop. If you want to drink milk tea, you can come to my house and I'll treat you." Shi Wei didn't dare to use a pseudonym like Su Liu, but the milk tea shop was obviously a blank check from him. After he said that, seeing that no one paid attention to him, he touched his nose and chose the second seat in the sixth row and sat down.
Seeing that there were only two seats left, the two people who had been the slowest in the team suddenly became anxious.
In a flash, the Alpha among the taskers pulled his companion behind him, then ran up to the podium in two steps and began to introduce himself.
"I'm He Qiang. My dad is the CEO of a company. I wasn't a good student since I was little, but he gives me some pocket money every month. If any of you are willing to take the time to tutor me, the price is negotiable..."
Perhaps because he was too nervous, he told all the tricks he used in his student days.
Fortunately, the head teacher led the applause as usual and didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with He Qiang's self-introduction.
He Qiang breathed a sigh of relief and walked to the 7th seat in the 5th row and sat down. That was the seat he used to sit in when he was in school. He didn't expect that fifteen years ago, he would still choose a similar seat.
The last person to come on stage was an Omega with a strong class smell.
He introduced himself weakly, "Just call me Ah Wu."
After saying that, he walked to the only empty window seat and sat down with a look of despair.
After the five transfer students were introduced, the homeroom teacher took the stage and said, "I hope that all students will help each other and strive to achieve grades that will satisfy their parents as soon as possible... I emphasize again that things like what happened last month should be avoided as much as possible."
At this point, a meaningful smile slowly appeared on the head teacher's face.
Then.
He looked down at his watch again and left the classroom.
"Class monitor, I need to go to the restroom," He Qiang's deskmate raised his hand.
The Omega who exchanged seats with Su Liu said "hmm" without even raising his head.
The man immediately slipped out through the back door.
Baozi thought this might be a clue, so he shouted, "I want to go to the bathroom too."
The squad leader glanced at him and nodded slightly.
Baozi received the signal and rushed out happily the instant he received it.
In the toilet.
There was the sound of a lighter clicking.
In the dim compartment, the man who had left earlier was squatting and smoking.
"Brother, what's your name?" Baozi closed the door and asked in a flattering manner.
"Are you new here?" The smoker expertly shook the ash into the drain, a hint of age on his youthful face. "Just call me Ah-le. This is my third month stuck here."
"You're a quester too?" Baozi's eyes lit up with ecstasy. "Great, brother. What kind of place is this? Why isn't there even a guide for beginners?"
"Be content. This was originally a four-star dungeon and there were no clues at all. It took more than twenty of us taskmasters many rounds of attempts to barely maintain the current situation... You're thinking of clearing the level on your first day here? You're not very old, but you have wishful thinking." The gray-white airflow from the cigarette made Al'er's face look even more haggard.
"Brother, bro, I'll listen to you. Tell me what I should do?" Baozi glanced towards the door, meaning: I'll help you keep an eye on the movements outside the door, good brother, can you give me some advice?
"How old are you really?" Lie Ge asked casually with a cigarette in his mouth and his eyes narrowed.
"Thirty-five," Baozi replied.
"Are you married?" Lie Ge asked again.
"That was a long time ago. My child just started junior high school last year." Baozi sighed. "That useless brat is as dumb as his mother. He's not good at studying. He always lags behind me when we play games. It worries me so much."
"He's this big already?" A'lie said in surprise, "My little one just started kindergarten..."
Seeing Baozi's expression was off, Ah Lie added, "I'm actually two years older than you, so it's not a disadvantage for you to call me brother. Sigh... what's going on? How did you end up in this hellish place after staying up all night?"
"Brother, you stayed up late too?" Baozi sympathized. "I stayed up late playing games, not too late, only around three o'clock. How did you end up ruining yourself?"
Hearing this, Ah Lie paused smoking and subconsciously repeated, "Playing games?"
"Yeah, brother, why did you stay up late?" Baozi's tone seemed to be more intimate because they had similar experiences.
"I forgot, it's been too long," Ali threw the cigarette butt into the sewer and stepped on the flush button with his foot.
After a sudden and loud flushing sound.
Alie began to explain the rules of this infinite flow game.
"The taskers who enter the game for the first time usually have the aura of a novice. For example, the squad leader was seen to have been hit on the head by a triangle ruler and died two months ago... But look at him now, isn't he still alive and well? Not only that, he has also become a special NPC. Only he can get close to the class teacher..." Ah Lie said mysteriously.
"Hey, hey brother, if I exchange seats with him, that Omega would be..." Baozi subconsciously looked towards the door.
"You can change seats. The prerequisite is that you can also answer the questions that the person doing the test is writing at the time," A'lie said meaningfully.
"So simple? If my brother and I had privately agreed to change seats, wouldn't it be a matter of solving a multiplication table problem...hahaha," Baozi seemed to be amused by his own joke, and he was already slapping his thigh and laughing before he finished speaking.
The bathroom light suddenly flickered.
"I forgot to count again," Ah Lie cursed inwardly, "This damn school."
As he said that, he quickly stood up and walked out of the cubicle, running towards the toilet exit.
He slammed the door so hard that it hit the wall with a loud bang.
The upside-down mop head behind the door fell down and rolled towards Baozi like a ball with hair.
Baozi screamed and followed Alie out of the toilet.
"Le, brother Le, what's wrong?" Baozi pulled Le's clothes and asked in a low voice like a young wife.
"Students cannot spend more than five minutes in the bathroom during class, otherwise something terrible will happen. This is the first rule," explained Ali.
"So that's how it is, thank you brother," Baozi was still in shock.
"Whatever you want to ask, take the opportunity to ask me on the way back to the dormitory at night. There will be a curfew at 10:00 PM, and no chatting is allowed after the lights are turned off. This is the second rule. The school schedule is distinguished by the bell. You will remember it after doing it many times. Don't be clever and try to use other methods to tell time. The clocks you can touch are all decorations, including the mobile phone you secretly hid in your schoolbag. In this school, only the head teacher's watch can still work. If you have a chance, you can steal it..." A'lie said quickly, and his figure flashed and slipped into the classroom.
"Why is Liege's movement so graceful? He is indeed a veteran player," Baozi followed closely behind.
Not long after they entered the classroom, the lights in the bathroom went out completely.
Darkness shrouded the place and slowly crept into the corridor outside the classroom.
Immediately, the lights in the corridor began to flicker, and the light at the door of Class 2, Grade 3, suddenly dimmed.
At this time, the sound of the head teacher coughing came from the office not far away.
Next second.
The lights suddenly came on again.
Then, the darkness receded like a tide, and the light in the toilet returned to its previous dim color.
Everything remains the same.
As if nothing happened.
Baozi returned to his seat, lowered his head and thought for a moment, then suddenly looked up at the electronic clock above the blackboard.
The time shown on the clock was actually—
Seven o'clock in the morning sharp.
That was the time when morning self-study ended.
But now, it’s clearly... evening self-study.
The night outside the window makes the brightly lit classroom look like an isolated island.
"Why are there no moths?" Baozi muttered to himself. He remembered the time many years ago when he and his deskmate used books to kill moths.
I was so young back then.
Time passes by every second.
But the electronic clock above the blackboard still stopped at seven o'clock.
What Alie said was indeed correct.
Clocks are just decorations.
"bite--"
A long bell rang.
The first evening study session is over.
Baozi, who was completely overwhelmed by the overwhelming amount of information, quickly stood up and walked over to He Qiang, who was spinning a pen, and said to him, "Let's switch places."
Baozi used to think that the place he chose had a good view, but now he feels that it is "in the middle of nowhere and there is no shop behind". It's not as good as Heqiang's location, at least it is close to the old players.
He thought it would be easy just to change seats.
Who would have thought.
He Qiang, who was a novice like Baozi, suddenly smiled strangely and said, "Are you sure?"
Then, everyone around him turned their heads and smiled strangely at Baozi, their mouths open like black holes. They laughed in unison and said, "Are you sure?"
Space seemed to distort in an instant.
A gradually enlarging vortex attacked Baozi...
Baozi's mind went blank in an instant.
His body trembled, and before he could figure out what had triggered it, his legs went limp and he collapsed to the ground.
"Why are you sleeping on the floor? Have you finished the test paper?" The voice of the head teacher came faintly from behind him.
Baozi shuddered and regained consciousness.
There was sweat on his eyelids. He reached out and wiped them. When he opened his eyes again, everything returned to normal.
No one was staring at him.
Some of the students were chatting, some were secretly dating, some were doing homework, and some were practicing listening with headphones...
He did not walk towards He Qiang, but inexplicably slid down from the chair he was sitting on and lay in the aisle near the seats.
Perhaps it was because the head teacher's voice was not quiet, Su Liu in the front row turned around curiously and happened to meet the head teacher's eyes as he took off his glasses and wiped the lenses with a flannel.
The head teacher's watch happened to be in front of Su Liu.
"Teacher, why does the pointer of your watch rotate counterclockwise? It's so special." Su Liu said innocently.
"Of course a timepiece can only work this way," said the head teacher with a smile.
Baozi was shocked.
That's the countdown clock.
Could it be that.
The mock exam is not scheduled for next Friday, five days later, but last Friday, two days ago?
At this time.
A knock on the door broke my thoughts.
"Is everyone in your class here? Someone had a premature love affair and ran away very quickly," several teachers with flashlights stood at the front door and shouted in the direction of the head teacher.
"Puppy love? The punishment for premature love is not light," the head teacher glanced at Su Liu and Qi Fengling vaguely.
As he spoke, the head teacher walked towards the teachers' gazes.
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