Chapter 293 University Town Civility Code (Thirteen)
This time, when they stepped out of the teaching building, the outline of the dormitory area came into view in the distance, and the four of them breathed a sigh of relief.
Without the Ministry of Education blocking their way, and without any ghostly students trying to lead the way, they made it back to the dormitory without any problems. As far as they could see, Gray Eyeball and the new student registration desk were still standing there, as if waiting for them to pass.
"You're back."
Gray Eyes turned to them and spoke, "Did you find your student ID? Good, hold it in your hand and come over here to complete registration."
Zheng Wanqing raised her leg to go over, but her arm was suddenly grabbed.
Tang Xinjue shook his head slightly.
Even gray eyeballs have problems?!
"It's not real."
At Tang Xinjue's signal, the four people not only did not continue to approach, but gradually retreated.
The moment he realized this, the pupils of the gray eyes quickly contracted: "You don't want to complete the mission?"
"Quite the opposite." Tang Xinjue pulled out the toilet plunger and said with a smile, "We really want to complete the mission."
Because of this, they were even more cautious. When their psychic vision revealed that the gray eyeballs weren't the "blank" typical of teachers, but rather the black aura that represented a ghostly student, the other party's identity and purpose became clear.
Realizing that they had discovered something, the opponent didn't even have the intention to continue pretending. The "Gray Eyeball" jumped high from its original position and jumped in front of the four people in an instant!
“Sometimes, seeing too much is not a good thing.”
As he approached, a soft laugh erupted with the gray smoke, and Yue Qiong's figure appeared within the haze. His upper body still wore the familiar black mask, but his lower body had transformed into a condensed black mist. From time to time, countless small eyeball-like tumors would burst out from it. It seemed that it was the energy within that allowed him to change his appearance at will.
Besides the san value , it was also expected.
Tang Xin Jue raised his hand and waved away the smoke: "Have you completely turned into a ghost?"
Unlike Li Qi, who was transformed from a deceased candidate into an NPC, Yue Qiong was more like a living person transformed. Every time they met, the dark aura on him grew stronger, and the human aura faded, until it completely disappeared.
"Finding another life form that is more powerful and more worthy of following is the true meaning of this game."
Yue Qiong didn't care about the black mist and tumors that kept spreading on his body. He waved his hand, and the registration office in the illusion disappeared, and Awan and several other candidates walked out.
"You cleared the customs quickly, but you completely wasted your time and this rare opportunity."
Compared to their recent encounter in the online dating dungeon, Yue Qiong's strength had clearly increased significantly. Now, he wasn't even afraid of the toilet plunger anymore. He zeroed in on Tang Xin Jue and signaled A Wan and the others to deal with the other three members of 606.
Tang Xin Jue ignored the other party's topic: "The aura behind you is quite unfamiliar. How many ghost books are there in the [Bad Student] camp?"
Li Xiaoyu's position is set in stone, but Wu Shi's position is not so clear. Judging from the frequency of appearance of first-class bosses in the copy, there are not many first-class students in the entire university town. Then the distribution ratio of their camps can basically represent the position of the ghost students in the university town.
"How many candidates are there in the game?"
Yue Qiong did not answer but asked instead.
Tang Xin Jue: "No matter how many candidates there are, there will only be a few hundred people in an exam." That was the result of her using the system backend to turn the tables and force the exam copy to crash.
In other words, under the rules, it's impossible for high-level ghosts to appear in large numbers in the same instance. The appearance of Yueqiong now further proves this point.
As expected, at this point, Yue Qiong stopped talking. Black fog surged towards the four of them like a spitting black snake. The other candidates also rushed forward. Their abilities weren't particularly powerful, but they were reckless in their self-destruction tactics, constantly consuming 606's defensive items.
"They're controlled by the university town, yet they want to oppose it. However, they can't bring their entire bodies to bear. So, they create so-called factional rivalries, using students to fight students against students. Would you rather be tools in a fake world than return to the real world?"
"False? Then what is real?"
Awan suddenly spoke up, her sneer lingering, "An unknown loser, a psychopath who doesn't fit in, and those bound by so-called moral laws... compared to the freedom of a university town, what's the importance of that reality?"
As she spoke, Awan had already approached Tang Xin Jue from behind. Before being blasted away by the spiritual blade, she smiled as if sighing:
"That's your reality, I...we don't need it."
A gaping hole opened in her chest, ripped open by the materialized spiritual power, and blood flowed out, but more black mist immediately rushed in, "repairing" her wound like a gnat. Amidst the shadow of the iron fist, Awan's body was tossed high into the air and then dropped, finally disintegrating into several twisted pieces on the ground.
Teammates fell one after another, but Yue Qiong didn't even blink. All his skills bombarded Tang Xinjue, leaving her no time to analyze the situation. But Zhang You's reminder quickly flashed through her mind: "These candidates' bodies are a little strange."
Although their strength was far inferior to 606's, the speed with which they lost their ability to move after being attacked was almost eerie, as if they hadn't used any defensive skills at all. Even when they fell to the ground, their eyes were wide open, as if... waiting for something?
Instantly, Tang Xin Jue withdrew his hand and made a quick decision: "Let's go first!"
"They didn't lose their fighting ability. They did it on purpose. This is a sacrifice."
If they had not been pressed so hard by Yue Qiong, they would have seen that behind the black fog that filled their vision, the positions where these candidates from the "Bad Student" camp fell in a twisted and crooked manner were connected to form a disk, which circled and contracted, and finally condensed at the center point where Awan was, like a giant sunflower without petals, spreading out strange black and red patterns.
It is exactly the same as the sacrificial scene that Guo Guo saw with his divine eyes in the Zombie Campus copy.
As soon as the judgment was made, a crisp giggle slowly rose from the black fog. An indescribable heaviness suddenly enveloped his limbs. It was not until Guo Guo struggled to grasp the pendant and released [Purification] that the sudden gravitational pressure dissipated slightly.
A figure with a petite body but an extremely large head slowly walked out from the bodies of the examinees.
"It's our first meeting, and the environment is so dirty, it's really not decent." The girl who came out smiled, revealing two shallow dimples on her face: "I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Xu Meng, and this is my sister, her name is Xu Zhen."
As she spoke the last sentence, her bright features suddenly shrank into a ball of pain. Then her neck cracked and the other half of her head turned around. Behind the ugly tumor connecting the two halves of her brain, there was another girl's face that looked very similar.
"I'm sorry, my sister is so ignorant. She knew you were taking an exam, but she still came to disturb you. I hope I didn't leave a bad impression on you."
Under 606's vigilant gaze , Xu Zhen and Xu Meng both smiled at the same time:
"After all, we are classmates who will work together in the future."
Although the other party's meaning was almost the same as Li Xiaoyu's, the identical sister in front of him was even more disgusting.
Guo Guo felt the pendant was so hot it was about to burn through his chest: "Who wants to work with you?"
Their final destination is the real world, and even if she died in the game, she would never become a ghost like this - they are now knowledgeable and know that not all ghosts in the university town are so crazy.
Many ghosts still retain a considerable amount of humanity. Although the game never explicitly states it, various clues indicate that the local ghosts in the university town are all evolved from humans entering the "underground" and then climbing out of the "underground".
But why they gather in the university town and what role and purpose they play in this huge system are still unclear.
Of course, if possible, it would be best if they didn't know this until they cleared the last dungeon.
As the counselor warned, the more you know, the more danger you face.
Fortunately, like their fellow Riddler, the Xu Meng sisters weren't in the habit of speaking directly. Before turning 606 into a "same kind," they were clearly more interested in how to turn the four into corpses.
The black fog originally controlled by Yue Qiong was almost instantly drained by the two sisters, and condensed into a two-headed giant python behind them, which chased the four people relentlessly following the movements of the ghost!
The pressure from the first-level Goblin was particularly palpable at this moment. The four even suspected that this was the full strength of a high-level Goblin, unrestricted by the dungeon. Given the unequal information gap, they had no intention of engaging the unfamiliar foe head-on. Zhang You tossed up four Speed Boost skill cards, and the radiance landed in the hands of the four, shattering them simultaneously. This instantly increased their speed by more than double, widening the gap between them and the Goblin sisters.
Tang Xin Jue: "Split up and run!"
Ghosts are two-in-one, and so is the black mist they form. Without separating their main body, they can only split into two groups to chase people simultaneously. If they split into four groups, their strength will be greatly reduced, giving them more room to maneuver.
The four of them immediately separated and simultaneously stepped onto four different paths. This move really worked. The ghosts obviously took a moment to react before quickly assigning their targets for pursuit:
The ghost sisters' heads ripped apart, and Xu Zhen's head floated out from her sister's body. The giant black mist python behind her also split in two. In an instant, four dark shadows dispersed high into the sky, and the next second, they simultaneously flew into a small path, chasing Guo Guo relentlessly!
Guo Guo: “…”
Are you serious about choosing me at the same time after you broke up?
