Chapter 160 Guardian (XVIII)
Even though his shoulders were grabbed, Cheng Xiao still walked forward on tiptoe.
The male student holding Cheng Xiao was stronger, and he used force to hold his shoulders, but he failed to stop him, and he staggered a few steps. Although some people noticed that Cheng Xiao's walking posture was a bit strange, most people were angered by Cheng Xiao's provocative attitude, and soon someone stepped forward spontaneously.
Three tall and strong boys managed to hold down Cheng Xiao's thin shoulders, but it only prevented him from moving forward temporarily.
When the person holding him down noticed that the other person was still standing on tiptoe, as if wanting to continue moving forward, he realized something was wrong and called out his name a few times.
Not sure if it was because he found that he couldn't go on, or because he heard his own name, Cheng Xiao finally reacted -
He stopped and turned his head.
However, he did not turn his neck, but his head directly rotated 180 degrees. The person who was holding his shoulder tightly had not reacted yet, and was caught off guard and faced Cheng Xiao's face.
After everyone's eyes fell on Cheng Xiao's face, the atmosphere in the classroom became noticeably quiet for a few seconds.
Cheng Xiao's face was pale and expressionless, with only the whites of his long and narrow eyes. Even though he had no eyeballs, everyone present seemed to have noticed his sinister gaze sweeping across everyone, followed by the thick red blood slowly flowing out of his eyes, nose, mouth and ears.
The moment they realized that the other person's blood was about to fall on their hands, the three people who were holding his shoulders subconsciously withdrew their hands.
Cheng Xiao turned his head again and continued to walk forward stiffly on tiptoe under the gaze of everyone.
Until the other person's figure disappeared at the door of the classroom, someone screamed first, and everyone in the classroom came back to their senses as if awakened from a dream: "What...what's going on? Why is Cheng Xiao like that?"
"Blood, so much blood..."
"Help, is this a prank? Why are you rolling your eyes?"
"How could a prank be like that? And the blood doesn't look fake. How could a prank have blood coming out of the ears…"
"Should I…should I tell the teacher?"
…
The sound of discussion began, but this time someone's voice was obviously trembling, and no one took a step for a long time.
Qiao Yuan was originally preparing to chase after him to check the situation, but when he caught a glimpse of Su Zeyuan nearby, he stopped again.
Su Zeyuan was also turning to look at Qiao Yuan. His light-colored pupils trembled slightly, and his tone was full of doubt: "He..."
Although Qiao Yuan pretended to look confused and frightened when looking back, half of the doubt in his heart was real.
It was obvious that something had happened to Cheng Xiao. Judging from his extremely pale face and the bleeding condition that seemed to be from all seven orifices, Cheng Xiao was in great danger.
Moreover, the accident should have happened during the period when the classroom was briefly plunged into darkness.
The other party's condition didn't look like something a human could do.
Su Zeyuan also noticed Qiao Yuan's expression and realized that she was just as bad as he was and was afraid, so he turned to comfort her.
But he was not good at speaking, so all he said was "Don't be afraid".
At this time, other players also came back one after another.
The first to come back were naturally Song Yanchi and Sheng Yegui. Song Yanchi, holding food in his hands, deliberately stepped into the classroom before Sheng Yegui. Just as he was about to take credit to Qiao Yuan, he noticed that the atmosphere in the classroom was not right.
Yang Zhe and Tang Huan followed into the classroom, followed by Uncle Man and Zou Lu.
After seeing Sheng Yegui walk into the classroom, Su Zeyuan hesitated for a few seconds and then left Qiao Yuan.
And from Qiao Yuan, they also learned about Cheng Xiao's accident.
Uncle Man and Zou Lu were still in a state of calm, while Song Yanchi, Yang Zhe and Tang Huan's expressions suddenly became serious. Now, the classroom was still filled with people discussing Cheng Xiao, which indirectly confirmed what Qiao Yuan said.
Not to mention that according to what Qiao Yuan said, Cheng Xiao is in great danger.
"So you watched him walk out of the classroom?" Yang Zhe quickly thought of something and asked in confusion, "Strange, we didn't run into him on the road."
He estimated the time and found that the time when Cheng Xiao walked out of the classroom was not much different from the time when they entered the classroom, but they did not meet Cheng Xiao on the way.
However, it was not Qiao Yuan who answered him, but a muffled sound coming from outside the building.
The sound of something violently hitting the ground startled everyone in the classroom. Someone stammered, "Could it be..."
"That's impossible. We didn't say anything about him, and he was the one who bumped into Gu Ning. Could he have jumped off the building just because of this?"
"Is now the time to talk about this?"
The boy who was standing close to the window and was brave enough ran to the window, and then said as if he was taking a deep breath, "There's nothing on the ground."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone who was still a little uneasy breathed a sigh of relief: "That's great, I thought he jumped off the building."
"It's impossible to think about it. If he really jumped off the building, why didn't any classmates scream outside?"
"Afterthought, what were your legs shaking like when you heard that sound just now?"
"But what was that sound just now?"
Amid the noisy conversation, Qiao Yuan and Yang Zhe and the others looked at each other and realized that they all thought of the same thing -
There is another possibility that Cheng Xiao did not jump from the front of the teaching building, but from the back, so when looking out of their classroom window, they naturally could not see Cheng Xiao's body.
In order to verify their guess, Yang Zhe took Song Yanchi and Sheng Yegui downstairs to check the situation, while players such as Qiao Yuan and Tang Huan stayed to watch Su Zeyuan.
Of course, the main ones are Qiao Yuan and Tang Huan.
After all, Zou Lu and Uncle Man were still struggling to digest what they had just said.
After Sheng Yegui and the others came back, Su Zeyuan had already sat back in his seat under the pretext of reading a book, with his chin supported by one hand. Although he was reading with his head down, he did not turn a single page of the book in front of him. However, even though the other party was sitting obediently in their field of vision, Tang Huan and Qiao Yuan were still nervous.
Fortunately, nothing happened to Su Zeyuan until Yang Zhe and others came back.
Just as Qiao Yuan and the others had guessed before, Cheng Xiao did fall to his death and landed behind the teaching building.
According to Yang Zhe, the other party seemed to have fallen from the rooftop and landed headfirst. Most of his head had disappeared, and the red and white brain matter was mixed together, wetting his school uniform and spilling all over the ground. His limbs were limp and stuck to the ground, and the abnormality that Qiao Yuan had described before was no longer visible.
Yang Zhe and his friends first called the teacher over, and then returned to the classroom.
The atmosphere in the live broadcast room was already boiling, and the comments were also enthusiastically discussing everything in front of them:
[? How did Cheng Xiao get into trouble? The ghost was not solved? ]
[But I clearly saw the ghost being destroyed in Song Yanchi’s live broadcast room]
[You may have seen it wrong, or made a wrong judgment]
[Although this is possible, if it is really that ghost, why doesn't it just attack Su Zeyuan and get it done in one go?]
[Could it be that there are other ghosts, and this ghost seems to be coming towards the player? ]
[Is there any news about this copy on the forum?]
[No, the forum is basically full of news about another instance]
[Is there anyone in Chengxiao’s live studio who can answer my questions?]
【People in Cheng Xiao's live broadcast room came. When the lights went out, our vision was also in darkness like Cheng Xiao. We could hardly see anything. From the sound, Cheng Xiao cursed angrily. Anyway, everything was normal. At that time, the barrage was still teasing him for being angry for the exercise. But when those classmates appeared with the cake with candles, he suddenly groaned, and then the live broadcast was closed. I was still curious, so I went to other players' live broadcast rooms to find the answer】
So you didn’t actually see what happened .
[Live broadcast closed... He was already dead before the candles were lit? I remember it took less than a minute from the lights going out to the candles being lit.]
[Did he really not make any sound at that time? This is too weird]
[No, he seemed to make some sound.]
【What's that sound? ! 】
【Um?】
[? I asked you what he said at the end, why did you reply to me with this? ]
[Ah, I mean the last syllable he uttered was "hmm", and it was in a questioning tone, and then there was no more sound, and that "hmm" was very light, and if you were not close you would not be able to hear it.]
Before class started, several players sat together, but this time the atmosphere was no longer as relaxed as before, but rather seemed much more heavy.
At this time, Uncle Man and Zou Lu also came to their senses and finally figured out what was going on.
Uncle Man swallowed his saliva, turned his head and quickly glanced at the place where Cheng Xiao was originally sitting, and then turned back and asked with a half-sad and half-horrified look on his face: "So why did Cheng Xiao act like that?"
"This... Was this done by a human or a ghost? Wasn't the ghost eliminated? Could it be that it wasn't completely eliminated at that time?"
When he mentioned ghosts, he shuddered subconsciously, and then looked at Sheng Yegui and Song Yanchi.
Song Yanchi was originally frowning as he thought about this matter. Feeling Uncle Man's gaze on him, he replied impatiently, "How is that possible?"
"I'm sure that ghost is dead, right, who-who?"
He wanted to call Sheng Yegui to confirm his words, but he didn't want to call the other person's name.
However, Sheng Yegui did not care about these things. He still remembered what happened at that time, so he nodded and agreed with what Song Yanchi said.
Qiao Yuan also spoke up: "If it really is a ghost, it should first seek revenge on Song Yanchi and Sheng Yegui, or directly attack Su Zeyuan."
She believed that Song Yanchi and the others had really solved the problem of the ghost at that time. Firstly, Song Yanchi must have been very careful in this regard and was confident enough to make sure that he had really eliminated the ghost. Secondly, based on the psychology of the ghost disguised as Shi Jingyan, she felt that if the other party made a comeback, there would be too many first choices and Cheng Xiao would not even be able to rank first.
Qiao Yuan is more inclined to believe that there is another ghost, which means that Shi Jingyan is not the boss of the dungeon.
But why the other party chose Cheng Xiao is still a question. Did Cheng Xiao violate some rules?
The first thing Qiao Yuan ruled out was that the ghost felt the noise was caused by Cheng Xiao’s voice. After all, Cheng Xiao was not the only one who was shouting because the lights suddenly went out.
Is it because the other person is studying in the classroom?
This is even more impossible. Why would anyone want to take Cheng Xiao's life just because he is too studious?
If Cheng Xiao had done something before this, it would be even more impossible. He basically stayed in the classroom all day, inseparable from his desk, and did not notice anything unusual.
Because all the classmates near Cheng Xiao had gone to eat at that time, Qiao Yuan could only recall every move of Cheng Xiao that he witnessed in his mind, but he did not find any suspicious points.
Yang Zhe and Qiao Yuan obviously thought of the same thing: "It seems that the crisis in this copy has not been resolved yet. There are still things hiding in the corners that we can't see."
Zou Lu was already pale after hearing about Cheng Xiao's death. Now after hearing Yang Zhe's words , he almost trembled like a candle in the wind.
Qiao Yuan's gaze fell on Zou Lu, and he realized that except for the beginning, the other party's subsequent emotions did not seem to be a disguise.
Zou Lu was really feeling scared.
