Chapter 249: Online Dating Scam Record (XII)
However, before the next step was taken, a more intuitive question was put before them:
The school requires an appeal form. If the appeal form is missing or damaged, will it have any adverse consequences?
"Besides us, there were 15 people who signed the complaint form, and five who didn't. Including Guo Guo and mine, there were 17 complaint forms in total."
Zhang You counted: "Four people died last night, four complaint forms were damaged, and now there are 13 left."
Except for Zheng Wanqing and Tang Xinjue who were not deceived at all and therefore could not participate, the remaining five girls who did not participate, including the short-haired girl Li Zeya from yesterday, probably did so out of distrust of the school.
"I think, from the perspective of exploring the complete plot of the dungeon, I definitely need to meet with them all and see if there's any information. After all, they seem much more normal than those who submitted the complaint forms."
Zheng Wanqing expressed her thoughts.
Zhang You nodded: "Indeed. Whether it's Li Qi or Li Zeya, their behavior and logic are obviously more normal than others."
More importantly, the two men's malice towards the four of them was obviously much less than that of the group of girls, and they would not suddenly collapse because of a certain keyword. They were undoubtedly the most suitable targets for communication and gathering intelligence.
Guo Guo hesitated and said, "But what will you do if we go find someone?"
With Zheng Wanqing's current level of injury, even standing up and speaking was difficult, let alone walking. If she stayed alone in the dormitory, if anything happened, they might not even be able to rush back to help her in time.
Zheng Wanqing scoffed, "Don't worry about it. Have you forgotten? When I was a sophomore, I broke my leg while working on a project. And then you were followed after your part-time job at night. Who, even with a limp, would have helped you punch him into the wall?"
Guo Guo muttered, "I know. Then your leg injury worsened, and the school awarded you an award for bravery. Even with a cast on, you went to receive the certificate. You even gave a speech saying our school walls were weak, and asked the Engineering and Design College next door to invite you to be a team member next time they applied for a project."
Zheng Wanqing: "...That's not important. The point is that I could beat people with just one leg, and later I could beat ghosts with just one arm. Now I'm just a little bit injured. What's the big deal?"
She suppressed two coughs in her throat, her eyes still sharp: "You guys go out and look for clues, and if I have any accidents when you come back, all my snacks will belong to you!"
Tang Xin Jue said, "Since Wanqing has said so, let's not waste time. How about this? I think we can stay here in groups to take care of Wanqing. Guoguo and Zhang You go first, and I will stay in the dormitory for the time being. This way, if we find any problems, it will be more convenient to contact them through mental power."
This is indeed the most compromising method. No one else has any objections, so they can only take action.
The first person Guo Guo and Zhang You looked for was Li Zeya.
Li Zeya had revealed the curfew rules to them, but besides the unfinished conversation among the few, there was another point that made Guo Guo's intuition very concerned, and that was Li Zeya's out-of-the-box reminder:
——[Of course, if you want to break down a door, that's fine. Just remember to lock it for her before you leave, otherwise... you'll regret it.]
For some reason, Guo Guo always felt that there was something more to this sentence, and it was not just referring to the danger of the students in the copy.
When I arrived at the third floor, the corridor that was full of noise in the morning became extremely quiet again. I didn't know where the dozen or so girls had dispersed to. The doors of the dormitories were still closed, only Li Zeya's dormitory door was ajar.
The two tried knocking, and the door opened a crack, allowing them to see a moving figure.
Guo Guo was immediately startled, thinking that something had happened to the other party, and hurriedly pushed the door open and rushed in: "Li Zeya!"
The girl crawling on the table raised her head, revealing a circle of chocolate residue at the corner of her mouth.
Li Zeya, who was eating seriously, frowned slightly and uttered a few words from his mouth, which was constantly swallowing: "What's wrong?"
Guo Guo: "...It's okay, it's just a misunderstanding. Several classmates got into trouble last night, and we wanted to come over to remind you to be careful..."
"be safe?"
Li Zeya's mouth twitched upwards, as if she had heard something funny. She nodded perfunctorily, "Thank you, but other than choking to death, I don't have any safety concerns."
Zhang You noticed the piles of empty food bags in the house and pointed out, tactfully yet accurately, "If you continue to maintain your current diet, there may be another hidden danger."
The girl raised her eyelids: "Stuffed to death?"
Zhang You: "No, it's because there's not enough food."
She had already noticed some details: "You temporarily exchanged these foods with students from other dormitories, right?"
Some of the food, which had been in the room of the three girls who had been in the accident that morning, was now in Li Zeya's hands. However, Li Zeya's dormitory was also much emptier than when they had visited last night: computers, daily necessities, clothes in the open closet...
Zhang You glanced around and was a little surprised: "You even changed your phone ?"
Without basic necessities, it was hard to imagine how she could survive even with enough food - not to mention that the snacks she received in exchange were not even enough for her to eat until noon.
It was only one morning and there was not much left.
The room fell silent for a moment. Li Zeya silently devoured the last piece of chocolate before wiping his mouth with the back of his hand. "Just like you don't need to understand why I eat so much, you don't need to worry about what I do next. Just take care of yourselves."
"you're right."
Zhang You smiled, breaking the tense atmosphere. "Even just managing myself is already very difficult. Thanks to your reminder yesterday. We were able to lock the door on time for curfew last night... However, we still encountered a little surprise."
Li Zeya paused: "After midnight, you went out?"
Guo Guo: "We didn't go out! But someone opened the door and came in, and the door lock couldn't stop her. Do you know who this person is?"
As soon as she said that, she quickly took out two packs of biscuits and handed them to Li Zeya.
Facing 606, who had mastered the communication code, Li Zeya was silent for a few seconds, and then he finally spoke: "Everyone who has experienced that incident must attend evening self-study. This is a school requirement...but many people don't want to go. This is the attitude of the students."
"That was the first major conflict between us and the school. The school couldn't do anything about us at first, until one day, the first group of betrayers appeared in the dormitory. They were also called punishers - they randomly selected those who didn't attend evening self-study after midnight and made them suffer [punishment]."
Zhang You and Guo Guo frowned and looked at each other. "And then?"
"Those punishments were extremely painful . Some students submitted, while others continued to resist. They sought out the punisher, pushed him down from the building, set him on fire, or even kicked him out of the school... But in the end, one punisher still survived and was never found. Eventually, the rest couldn't stand the punishment anymore, so they obediently attended evening self-study classes. This is what you see now."
Li Zeya looked at the two quietly: "Originally, there were no people in the school who had not attended evening self-study. But recently, they have appeared again."
If there are people who need to be punished, there will naturally be a need for "punishers" again.
Guo Guo's eyes widened. "So, whoever shows up after midnight is the Punisher?! Is there any way to avoid being punished by her?"
"I've already given you the answer. Either finish your evening study session, or find this punisher and get rid of her during the day."
Li Zeya replied impatiently: "You are lucky, there are only about 20 people in the whole building right now. But you'd better hurry up, understand?"
"Oh, wait—"
When he was kicked out, Guo Guo hadn't finished asking the last question: "How do you tell if someone is a punisher?"
"We shouldn't ask too many questions of one person."
Zhang You reluctantly pulled her away: "This has just begun."
At the very least, they would have to "visit" at least four people who were unwilling to sign; at most, they would have to visit all the dormitories of these twenty-odd people.
Guo Guo sighed deeply, clutching his stomach as he walked forward. "I'm hungry too. This school won't keep starving us, will it?"
They had indeed stocked up on food from the vending machine yesterday, but half had already been given to Li Zeya, and the other half had to satisfy the appetite of someone in dormitory 404. After two days of hard work, they hadn't even been able to eat a few bites.
"If you're hungry, I have a piece of bread here... Shh." Zhang You suddenly pulled her gently, and Guo Guo immediately reacted and retracted her movements to the minimum.
Then, in the same field of vision as Zhang You, she also saw a thin figure curled up in the corner of the corridor.
[That is——]
Guo Guo spoke in his mind.
[We guessed it was the same person.]
Zhang You calmly signaled her to cut in from the other side, trying not to alert the enemy.
A minute later, the girl, finding herself surrounded, tried to escape again in fear, but found that there was no space to escape.
"Who are you? I haven't done anything wrong. Don't come over here!"
The girl stared at the two of them nervously, shaking like a leaf in the autumn wind.
"Don't be nervous, we are classmates in the same building." Zhang You tried his best to comfort the girl. At the same time, he saw the student ID hanging around her neck.
"...Classmate Shi Qingqing, is that right? "
