The Silent and Eerie School (Twenty-Nine)
Li Su's legs went weak, and her body fell uncontrollably downwards.
"What's wrong?" Qi Ye immediately helped the person up.
"This is an internal line... I can't make the call..." Li Su, who had been holding back her tears all the way, finally couldn't control them anymore and they flowed out.
They took such a huge risk, going all in, but now they can't even call the police.
We're doomed.
Once they are captured by the NPCs, they will all die.
Once the remaining time runs out, all players will die.
Li Su looked up at Qi Ye helplessly, her voice trembling: "What should we do?"
Qi Ye's expression was somewhat stiff.
This was also his first time entering a game instance in a human body, and the joy of being able to personally interact with Li Su surpassed everything, so he ignored these details in the game's settings. He didn't even check the phone number beforehand; he didn't even suspect that it might be an internal call that couldn't be made.
Of course, even if he remembered these things, he still couldn't help Li Su directly.
Once he enters the game instance, he has no other way to intervene; at most, he can guide Li Su and reduce the difficulties he faces when clearing the instance.
Now that the phone is definitely not working, what other ways are there to get the police or other outsiders into the school?
The evidence of Shengze Middle School's crimes is all in their pockets; now all that's left is to pass on this information.
He will not allow any more accidents to happen to Li Su.
[2 hours remaining.]
The mechanical voice sounded again.
Qi calmed down and finally remembered the gasoline he had exchanged earlier to prevent any other possible accidents.
"Susu, let's go and pour out the gasoline together."
Li Su's eyes stopped crying at that moment. Although Qi didn't explain much, he suddenly understood what Qi Ye meant.
If you can't make a phone call, then let the police come to you.
The office is full of flammable materials, and once ignited, the fire will inevitably spread rapidly.
Li Su instantly understood why those seemingly unrelated things in the system were all useful.
However, whether or not players will remember to use it, and how exactly they will use it, is something that players will have to discover for themselves.
The two men walked to the door, opened the gasoline can, and poured it into the office.
Smelling the pungent smell of gasoline, Li Su suddenly remembered: "The lighter is with Brother Wang..."
They still don't know if they've escaped from the playground, or if they've been captured by the NPCs...
"Bang--"
The office door behind her was pushed open, and Li Su turned around instantly to find Wang Fan dragging Huang Chenchuan over, with Qi Zui standing next to them.
"We..." Wang Fan gasped for breath, his face deathly pale, "We finally shook off those security guards and teachers..."
Qi also stepped forward quickly, "Give me the lighter."
"Huh?" Wang Fan's mind hadn't quite processed it yet, but his hand was already in his pocket, and he took out a lighter and handed it to him.
Huang Chenchuan bent over, his hands supporting his knees, and asked, "Did the call go through?"
As Li Su walked out, she shook her head: "It's an internal line, I can't make the call."
"Come here." Qi Zui beckoned to Li Su.
Li Su turned to look at Qi Ye, who was taking off his coat. Qi Ye turned to look at him and said, "Yeah, you guys should go somewhere further away."
Huang Chenchuan, still catching his breath, was completely stunned and stood there at a loss: "Wait, the phone can't get through? What... what are we supposed to do now?"
Qi didn't explain, he just said, "Step back, run further away."
As he spoke, Qi Ye took a big step back and set the school uniform in his hand on fire.
Qi Zui put his arm around Li Su, then turned back and called to Huang Chenchuan and Wang Fan, "Come with me."
Seeing that the group had walked away, Qi immediately threw the school uniform jacket, which was already mostly burned, into the office.
The fire ignited instantly and spread rapidly across the entire ground, growing ever more intense.
Qi threw the lighter in his hand inside and quickly followed them downstairs.
"Bang!"
Just as the group reached the foot of the teaching building, a loud bang came from the office that had just been set on fire.
Li Su looked up and saw the fire leaping out of the office window and quickly spreading to the next office.
Thick black smoke billowed out continuously, and the school building became indistinct amidst the fire, its lines even appearing distorted.
You can also faintly hear the screams of NPCs coming from the playground outside.
[1 hour remaining.]
"Let's find a place to hide first," Qi Zui reminded Li Su, pulling them along.
Soon, the group hid in the woods behind the guardhouse, not far from the teaching building.
The security guards at the gatehouse had gone to put out the fire, so there was no one in the gatehouse at the moment, and the woods behind it provided them with cover.
"Fire! Fire!" The security guard quickly took a fire extinguisher from the fire extinguisher box on the first floor, turned it on, aimed it at the flames upstairs, and pressed the switch.
Thick white smoke immediately shot out from the fire extinguisher's pipe, but compared to the fierce fire, the small fire extinguisher seemed to have little effect.
NPCs were even seen throwing buckets of water into the fire, but unfortunately, it was a drop in the ocean.
At this moment, no NPC was paying attention to where those unruly students had gone; all the NPCs were trying to put out the fire.
The fire was growing larger and larger, showing no signs of abating, and all the fire extinguishers that had been stockpiled were almost exhausted.
"It's no use! What should we do?" The NPCs began to tremble, as if they were in a state of great panic.
The players on the playground all looked up towards the teaching building, many of them still unaware of what had happened.
Suddenly, Jiang Xiaoning felt a drop of liquid fall on her shoulder.
Is it raining?
Jiang Xiaoning looked up and found that the sky was still gray and there was not a single cloud in sight, but no raindrops were falling. She looked at the water droplets still falling on her arm in confusion. Following the direction of the water droplets, Jiang Xiaoning realized that it was an NPC male classmate who was much taller than her.
Tears kept welling up from his completely black eyes.
Crying? The NPC in this game is crying?
[40 minutes remaining.]
A large crowd had gathered at the entrance of Shengze Middle School, and people in the crowd kept taking out their phones to call the police.
"What happened?"
"There's a fire at Shengze Middle School?"
"What should we do? The college entrance exam is next year, this is really interfering with my studies!"
My daughter is still inside!
Outside the gates of Shengze Middle School, passersby and parents alike looked on in disbelief.
......
Huang Chenchuan was pacing anxiously, pulling out several strands of hair in the process: "What do we do? There are only 30 minutes left..."
Wang Fan's hands trembled uncontrollably, his heart leaping into his throat: "Could we attract the attention of people outside?!"
Whether it's the fire department, the fire department, or just a passerby, please, anyone will do.
"Drip-drip-drip-drip..."
The moment she heard the siren, Li Su breathed a sigh of relief, and her tense nerves finally relaxed.
A warm touch came from my face.
Why are you crying?
Li Su looked up and saw that Qi Zui was looking down, his fingertips still on the corners of his eyes. Li Su subconsciously raised his hand and touched the tears on his face.
Li Su shook her head, leaning more relaxed against Qi Zui's chest. "It's nothing, I'm just happy..."
Huang Chenchuan: "Waaaaahhhhhh..."
Wang Fan: "......"
"Alright, it's all over." Wang Fan gently patted Huang Chenchuan on the back of the head, his tone carrying a hint of disdain, but if you looked closely, you would see that his eyes were already wet.
[30 minutes remaining.]
Firefighters have begun to extinguish the fire in an orderly manner, while several police officers are questioning relevant personnel about the situation.
"Let's go, let's give the photos to the police." Qi Zui said, holding Li Su's hand, "We'll go with you."
[25 minutes remaining.]
Several NPC teachers had already looked in their direction.
Qi also shouted, "Run!"
With a glimmer of hope, the group took advantage of the chaos to run toward the police officers who were evacuating students from the playground at the entrance.
"Hello, we wish to report Shengze Middle School..."
The police officer looked somewhat surprised. He took the photo from Li Su, and his expression turned serious the moment he saw what it showed. He looked up at them and asked, "Where was the photo taken? Are you sure it's real?"
Li Su nodded: "That's true."
The police officer gave a wink to his colleague, who then hurriedly ran away.
[20 minutes remaining.]
The policeman drew his pistol from his waistband and asked, "Where is that place in the photo? Take us there." Then, turning to his remaining colleagues, he said, "The rest of you, come with me!"
The group soon arrived at the fragrant rose field.
[5 minutes remaining.]
"This..." The police officer looked at the flower field that appeared perfectly normal, his gaze towards the group filled with scrutiny and suspicion.
The police officer's tone was stern, and his sharp gaze swept over the group: "Where did you guys get these photos?"
"Damn it!" Huang Chenchuan didn't care if he would be caught by the police. He picked up the shovel he had abandoned in the flower field and started shoveling on his own.
The police officer was completely taken aback that students would dare to recklessly run into the flower field right in front of him, especially since the photo they produced was bloody and gruesome. He wondered if these students, dressed as human beings, were related to the corpse in the photo, or if they had simply photoshopped the image for novelty. "Hey students! I'm asking you a question! What are you doing—"
The police officer was about to step forward to pull Huang Chenchuan back when he was blocked by two identical twins.
[2 minutes remaining.]
"Damn it! I'm begging you!" Huang Chenchuan broke down in tears, but his hand holding the shovel didn't dare to stop for a moment.
How deep were those body parts buried?
Why can't we dig it up?!
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