Chapter 57 (Catching Bugs)

To be honest, Xu Ming should be the last one among all people to notice that something was wrong.

The reason was simple. Because in her field of vision, there was no red light at all - but the few Ajiao who were with her at the time seemed to have sensed something was wrong, and they all curled up their bodies and almost couldn't wait to return to the rule book.

Seeing this, Xu Ming also had some doubts in her heart. She took out the rule book to confirm, and after making sure that all the Ajiao had been collected, she hurried to the direction of the bathroom; and until she hurriedly passed by a classroom, she finally realized that the situation seemed to be very bad.

All the classrooms were empty. There was no one in sight. The world became strangely quiet. For a moment, the only sounds in the whole school seemed to be her footsteps and the sound of the rain.

Xu Ming suddenly felt as if she was the only one left in the world, and her heart was inexplicably hanging. It was not

until she rushed to the vicinity of the bathroom and saw Da Guo and Xiao Guo waiting at the door that the chilling feeling of loneliness faded a little.

When Da Guo and Xiao Guo saw her coming, they immediately came up and asked nervously about the current situation; the problem was that Xu Ming himself was actually confused, and he could only roughly guess that something had happened to Lu Yueling, so he could only say a few simple words of comfort.

He took out his phone to check the time and found that there were only a few minutes left before the transfer point opened, so he quickly took everyone into the bathroom.

"You go first when the transfer point opens. Lu Yueling is dealing with the monster, I have to wait for her."

Xu Ming said as casually as possible, thought for a moment, and took out two blank temporary work cards from his schoolbag and handed them to the other two people.

"Also, if you trust me, you two can take this as well. After filling in your names and wearing it properly, I can roughly locate you. If we can meet again in another world, I can find you faster with this..."

"...Of course I can, but can you put it another way?" Da Guo took the work badge without thinking, but couldn't resist the urge to complain, "Meeting again in another world, it sounds so unlucky..."

Before he finished speaking, he was hit on the arm by Xiao Guo. Then Xiao Guo nodded seriously to Xu Ming, and quickly took out two pens from his pocket, gave one to Da Guo, and filled in his name on the spot before the time for the transmission point to be opened.

Xu Ming was watching from the side, and was actually a little relieved.

It's okay, at least it seems that both of them are still in a stable mood.

On the other hand, the two people who were about to fill in the blank name column on their temporary work badges fell into hesitation at the same time.

Like Bonnie mentioned by Lu Yueling, they had long forgotten their real names - in fact, they usually just called themselves Xiao Guo, so that they would not violate the personality of "Guo Shuyi" and would not be completely trapped in Guo Shuyi's identity. It was just that the two of them bumped into each other this time, and in order to distinguish them, they had the names "Da Guo" and "Xiao Guo".

But now they have to fill in one carefully, and this casual title seems inappropriate...

Da Guo's pen tip stopped at the blank space, and he couldn't help scratching his neck anxiously. Seeing this, Xu Ming quickly said, "Any nickname or code name is fine, as long as you both agree to it, there's no need for any format..."

"Oh!" Hearing her say this, Da Guo finally breathed a sigh of relief, raised his hand and filled in a name, Zhang San, and then put the work badge around his neck. He inexplicably felt a sense of security.

Xu Ming breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the two of them were willing to cooperate. He opened his mouth to say something more, but his eyes passed over Da Guo's neck, but he paused slightly.

He saw that the piece of gauze that was attached to Da Guo's neck had fallen off at some point.

To be precise, half of it had fallen off - the gauze was originally fixed with medical tape, and at this moment the tape on the upper edge of the gauze happened to be loose, causing the entire piece of gauze to flip down a little.

Therefore, a small piece of red hidden underneath was exposed.

It was deep, and reminded people of some exposed flesh and blood.

Xu Ming's heart skipped a beat when he saw it.

But Da Guo seemed to have not felt anything yet. He put away his work badge and went to see Xiao Guo's. From time to time, he looked at the red light outside, and the anxiety in his eyes did not seem to be fake.

This made Xu Ming even more confused. After hesitating for a while, he still tentatively said: "Da Guo, the gauze on your neck fell off."

"...Oh!" Da Guo finally reacted, and reached out to touch the gauze that was about to fall off, "Really... I should have accidentally rubbed it just now."

After speaking, she paused, and she seemed to realize something. Her eyes lightly passed across Xu Ming's face, revealing a relieved expression.

"Fortunately, it was discovered only now."

Xu Ming heard her say this.

Xu Ming's heart suddenly jumped again.

Some bad guesses almost instantly came up, making his brain buzz. Xu Ming instinctively took a step back and just as he was about to ask Da Guo what he meant, he saw the other party suddenly stretched out his fingers, grabbed the gauze on the side of his neck, and pulled it down hard - with

a swish, the thing hidden under the gauze was finally completely exposed.

!!!

Xu Ming's eyes quickly dodged to the side to avoid some sudden visual impact; after pausing for two seconds, he carefully looked again, but when he saw clearly what was on Da Guo's neck, he couldn't help but pause again.

... A rose.

At this moment, a rose was revealed on Da Guo's neck - or rather, a rose tattoo. It

was red, charming, and very delicate. Paired with Da Guo's slightly heroic features, it was indescribably good-looking.

... Of course, Da Guo was the one who looked good. Xu Ming now had a head full of question marks.

"Uh..." She took some time to finally find her voice, "So, you put on the gauze to cover this...tattoo?"

"Uh-huh." Da Guo nodded without hesitation, "Aren't you afraid of being discovered by the teacher? After all, you are a student now, and you can't have such things."

So the first thing she did after being transferred to this world was to figure out how to cover up the tattoo. Later, with the help of Xiao Guo, she managed to get gauze and tape from the infirmary, and the problem was finally solved.

That's why she just said that it was fortunate that it was discovered only now... Da Guo thought thankfully, and couldn't help rubbing his neck again. Xu Ming, who was standing

by, also breathed a sigh of relief, took out his cell phone to check the time, and saw that it was exactly time, so he quickly waved to the two people and pushed open the door of the cubicle.

...Of course, in her view, the cubicle was still that cubicle.

The narrow space had not changed at all. Even the claw marks left by the toilet monster were still on the cubicle door.

However, when she leaned forward a little, she could feel a clear difference - there seemed to be some kind of mysterious aura flowing in it. The moment her finger passed through, she could feel a slight resistance, as if she was pressed on an invisible film.

Looking at the other two people, their eyes were looking at the floor of the cubicle. Obviously they saw something that she couldn't see.

This made her frown.

"I say, are you sure the transmission point looks like this?" Xu Ming hesitated for a moment, but decided to confirm it again, "This thing looks a bit strange..." "

Yeah, yes, that's it." Xiao Guo nodded vigorously. She had used the most transmission points among all the people, and she had the most say in this matter, "If you want to leave, just stand inside and close the cubicle door!"

Seeing that she was determined and Da Guo had no objection, Xu Ming did not say anything more, carefully exited the cubicle, and watched the two of them step in. The cubicle door was closed from the inside, and after a moment, it opened again by itself. Xu Ming tried to push the door and looked inside, but could no longer see the figures of the other two.

Fortunately... at least one thing was solved.

Xu Ming thought silently, and closed her eyes tightly. The worry that had been suppressed before finally surged up at this moment.

"I haven't come yet... I hope Lu Yueling is okay." She muttered softly, quickly took out her mobile phone to check the time, then took a deep breath, quickly took out the rule book, and quickly searched through it.

——Before entering this strange area, the printer sent by Hongqiang had completed an upgrade, allowing her to observe the wearer's current condition and environment by touching the work badge record in the notebook. Xu Ming arranged A Jiao to be on duty these two days, relying on this to observe the situation.

Of course, these are not the point now. The point is Lu Yueling's current situation.

Xu Ming pursed his lips, concentrating on observing the situation outside the bathroom, while flipping through the rule book in his hand as quickly as possible. Unexpectedly, all the faucets in the bathroom suddenly opened by themselves, and rusty water gushed out, overflowing along the basin, and soon flowed to Xu Ming's feet.

Xu Ming couldn't figure out what the hell this thing was, he just felt intuitively that the water must be wrong. For the sake of safety, he quickly moved to a safer position, stood still and immediately opened the rule book to look through it again. Because Lu Yueling's work card was issued very late, she habitually turned to the last page first, intending to turn forward from there -

but after opening it, she realized that she had just hastily taken the book upside down, and she actually opened the first page.

This made Xu Ming couldn't help but curse in his heart, his eyes unconsciously swept across the current page, but his heart suddenly moved.

- The first page of the rule book is the page that records skills such as "Paper Robe Authority" and "Rotten Fruit Substitution". At this moment, the small words below the column of "Paper Robe Authority" have changed:

"Weird Tales Demolition Office", which has been upgraded to the second-level rule basis again. Limited to current weird stories.

...Okay, at least it's good news.

Xu Ming secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to continue looking for Lu Yueling's work card record, but he heard a strange squirming sound outside. He looked out in surprise and saw Lu Yueling turning a corner not far away and stumbling along the corridor. While running, she was dodging left and right from time to time, as if something was chasing her from behind...

Wait.

Something is chasing.

Xu Ming was silent for a moment, and suddenly reacted-at this time, in this situation, who else could make Lu Yueling run all over the street except the one in the artificial lake!

The next second, Lu Yueling's warning further confirmed her thoughts.

"Ugh!" She seemed to be unable to speak, and only shouted vaguely at Xu Ming, waving her hands vigorously, urging her to leave quickly; almost at the same time, Lu Yueling dodged to the side again, her hair was cut by something that Xu Ming could not see, and she staggered forward and almost fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Xu Ming was frightened for a while, and then looked behind her. After a few breaths, he quickly made up his mind -

he saw her quickly took out another blank temporary work card from her bag and hung it directly on the door handle of the bathroom. Then, he spoke in a deep voice, trying to make every word as confident as possible:

"This place has been forcibly requisitioned by the Demolition and Relocation Office!

"No one other than the Demolition and Relocation Office employee is allowed to enter—"

As soon as the words fell, Lu Yueling had already rushed to the bathroom and rushed in headfirst. Xu Ming subconsciously caught her, but he fell to the ground because of the impact. The bathroom door was therefore not closed in time, and Xu Ming, who realized this, was immediately a little panicked.

…But after a few seconds, nothing happened.

Xu Ming blinked nervously and confusedly, pushed Lu Yueling away, and stood up carefully. He walked towards the door again to make sure he didn't feel any strange breath.

Looking out the door again, he saw a pair of wet footprints outside the bathroom, with the toes pointing straight towards the bathroom, but there was no sign of entering.

...No, no way, he is really stuck?

Xu Ming thought in doubt, and then looked at the work badge hanging on the toilet door, and she herself found it unbelievable.

She did not dare to delay, and quickly locked the toilet door, turned around to check on Lu Yueling's condition. She wanted to help the person into the cubicle and run away first, but she saw Lu Yueling with her hands on the ground, and suddenly stood up, with her cheeks puffing up strangely.

Xu Ming: ...Such a familiar scene.

Sure enough, the next moment, Lu Yueling suddenly turned her head to another direction:

"Boo——"

Xu Ming: "..."

Boo.

Another bunch of hair was vomited out by Lu Yueling, which squirmed a few times like seaweed and silently crawled towards the trash can. Xu Ming silently looked at the floating hair. Although he knew that now was not the time to ask this, he still couldn't help his curiosity:

"So, why are you feeding yourself hair again?"

"...That guy wanted to drown me! "Lu Yueling wiped the corner of her mouth and said angrily, "It wanted to pour water into my body, and I said, why don't I pour something else into it first..."

Xu Ming: "…………"

Isn't this the only trick you can use?

Resisting the urge to complain, Xu Ming quickly helped the man up and hurriedly moved to the cubicle. Just as he touched the door of the cubicle, he heard a loud noise outside the toilet door -

the monster that was blocked outside by Xu Ming's rules seemed to have finally reacted and began to break the door forcibly.

The huge sound made people's hearts jump again. Xu Ming looked at the nearby cubicle, but frowned again, and asked Lu Yueling to wait a moment. Then he quickly took out the rule book, turned to the page where the record of Daguo Gongpai was located, and put his hand on it - —

"What are you doing?" Lu Yueling looked confused, "Don't tell me you are still doing this at this time."

"...I just want to see where she is so I can make sure the passing rules are true!" Xu Ming couldn't help but glance at her and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Can't blame her for thinking too much. There are traps in the ghost stories that go to great lengths to deceive people into trusting them so that they fall into a trap; what's more, she hasn't seen anything now, and she's even more hesitant in her heart.

Fortunately, I just confirmed that Daguo is in good condition now and has landed safely in another bathroom. This means that Big Guo and Little Guo are real, so the so-called transmission point can at least be trusted for now...

Xu Ming made up his mind and finally stepped into the compartment.

The moment he stepped in, his body seemed to Passing through a thin invisible barrier. The feeling of déjà vu made Xu Ming frown again; almost at the same time, there was a loud noise of the bathroom door being completely broken open, which made Xu Ming not have time to think about it, and he did not dare to think again. Hesitantly, he reached out and slammed the door of the compartment like lightning

. With a snap, the lock of the compartment door fell. He could still hear strange noises from the other side of the door, and Xu Ming's heart was still beating wildly.

Then, she felt something empty beneath her feet, followed by a strong sense of weightlessness. Although the scene and people around her had not changed at all, she felt as if she was falling rapidly.

She could not help but close her eyes. When she opened her eyes, she felt that the whole world suddenly became much quieter.

The cubicle was still the same cubicle, and Lu Yueling was still beside her. But outside the door, it was already quiet.

Xu Ming glanced at Lu Yueling, who was also confused, and said, With a quiet gesture, she pushed open the cubicle door and carefully looked out. Only then did she realize that the outside of the cubicle had changed.

This was obviously not the same toilet as the one they were in before. It looked smaller and more crowded. , but the overall decoration is more beautiful, with paintings hanging on the tiles, full of literary and artistic atmosphere.

Xu Ming blinked, turned around and called Lu Yueling out: "We seem to have succeeded. We escaped."

Lu Yueling responded softly and dragged her feet out. For some reason, she didn't seem very interested. High.

Xu Ming thought she was tired, so he let her rest aside and started looking for the standard sanitary napkin mutual aid box. After finding it, he flipped through it carefully, but only found a note about The rules of the toilets in the current world.

"It seems that we are in a guesthouse now. It says that the condition for the toilet monster to appear here is to look in the mirror at night...

" "Then we should be safe now."

Xu Ming said, He put the note back, carefully moved away from the mirror on the sink, and turned to look at Lu Yueling:

"Okay, then tell me about your side? The monster that was chasing you before was the one in the artificial lake? How did it suddenly appear? "

"Why else... it has killed enough people."

Lu Yueling muttered, lowered her head and adjusted the hem of her skirt, her tone still depressed.

She roughly told Xu Ming about her attempt to pick up two sports students but failed; when she heard that Zhang Dewei's body was floating in the fish tank in the comprehensive building, Xu Ming was obviously stunned for a moment, and then sighed heavily.

"They're dying, no wonder... we got it wrong from the beginning."

Lu Yueling: "?"

"We got the number of deaths wrong. "Xu Ming reflected deeply, "Zhang Dewei should have died long ago, before we intervened..."

It should be the monster in the artificial lake that concealed this fact through some means. And in the identity of Zhang Dewei, he continued School activities, to hide their tracks.

But they believed in the predictions of the movie plot so much that they didn't realize this...

"Oh my god, I was careless this time. Fortunately, you were here to hold the monster back. Otherwise, we would have been... I'm afraid we'll all be wiped out." Xu Ming exhaled deeply and said seriously, but in return he got a surprised look from Lu Yueling.

"I thought you would blame me for messing up..." She muttered softly, pulling up the hem of her skirt. , and started to pull the lace on the cuffs.

"What can I do? The information was wrong, so I made a wrong judgment. There is nothing I can do about it. It's not your problem." Xu Ming said, thought for a moment, and added, "But if you could be more careful before leaving the dormitory, It might be better to judge the boy's situation first. "

According to Lu Yueling's description, the boy who died in the dormitory was the last person to die. After his death, the red light should have been triggered immediately. However, the fact is that the red light appeared only after Lu Yueling and Zhang Dewei came into contact again, which means that , at least when Lu Yueling left, the boy in the dormitory was still alive.

... Of course, judging from the situation at the time, even if Lu Yueling stayed, she might not be able to save him.

Considering Lu Yueling's mood, this is Xu Ming's He didn't say much, just briefly mentioned it. After a little thought, he couldn't help but ask:

"But speaking of it, if you see a monster, will you still be afraid? "

Especially seeing the reflection through the fish tank or something... Even imagining it, Xu Ming felt a little numb.

Lu Yueling heard this and finally looked up at her.

"Scared, of course I'm not. Seeing scary things always makes you I am still afraid." She said softly, paused, and then said, "But at that time... I was more surprised than afraid."

Xu Ming: "?"

Lu Yueling looked at her deeply, raised her wrist to signal "At that time, wasn't it with its arms around my neck? So I saw..."

The guy also had beads on his wrist.

"?" Xu Ming didn't understand for a moment, "Beads? What beads?"

" Lucky bead."

Lu Yueling responded to her hesitantly:

"That monster also has a lucky bead on his hand. And it was the same model as Bonnie's...

"This is too weird."

*

On the other side.

In the amusement park that had stopped operating.

In the red light that covered the sky, the huge beast roared again and rushed forward like lightning. The figure with twisted limbs on the opposite side was full of momentum.

Landor standing next to him frowned, and his fingers unconsciously rubbed the bell around his neck.

... As expected.

Realizing that the attack failed again, a rare expression appeared on his face. A bit anxious.

Unable to attack. Or rather, unable to launch an effective attack.

It was clear that the guy in front of him was far from the strength of a domain master, but for some reason, he could not cause effective damage to him - just like just now, the sharp teeth were clearly heading for the opponent's vital points, but when they were about to bite, they were pushed away by some invisible force, and finally only bit the suitcase on the opponent's head.

The beast's teeth, like Tian Yiliang's dagger, were deeply embedded in the suitcase. It shook its head a little irritably, but failed to pull out its teeth. Instead, it slightly pulled up the suitcase on the monster's head -

the suitcase that originally covered the entire head and neck was forced to be lifted up, revealing the wearer's twisted neck. Landor noticed that the guy seemed to have some wound on his neck, and couldn't help but take a closer

look. After realizing that it was actually a rose tattoo, he silently looked away.