The principal's office is located at the end of the sixth floor. The black solid wooden door is as high as the ceiling and stands at the end like a huge tombstone, except that there is no name engraved on it.
Xiang Liangyu knocked on the door politely.
No one answered.
Xiang Liangyu knocked three times in total, and after she was done being polite, she reached out to push the door. To her surprise, before she even put any strength in, the tall wooden door just opened a crack, and a cold breath escaped from inside.
Xiang Liangyu suddenly had a bad feeling, but she had already subconsciously entered the office.
When she saw it, a huge rose window reflected colorfully in her eyes, like a blooming crystal rose. The red and purple sky made the color of the rose window even more brilliant, almost covering the entire wall.
The office layout was simple, with three dark bookcase walls, a desk and chair, a coffee table, and three sofas. Xiang Liangyu looked around but didn't see Quan Shengyan. She was puzzled, wondering if she had arrived too late.
She thought about it and decided to leave first. After all, if he was really not there, it would not be very nice for her to intrude into his territory.
Xiang Liangyu turned around and opened the door. Just as he was about to go out, a dull crash sounded, as if someone had fallen to the ground...
Xiang Liangyu turned his head reflexively and saw a circle of fluffy white hair behind the sofa.
She hurriedly ran towards the sound and saw Quan Shengyan lying on the ground struggling behind the sofa.
White, dazzling white is eye-catching under the brilliance.
Quan Shengyan's originally inky black hair now turned silver-white. He covered his face with one hand, and his eyes were inadvertently exposed as he trembled. His scarlet eyes revealed his desire without any concealment, and even his eyelashes were snow-white.
Xiang Liangyu was so shocked when she saw him like this that she couldn't react for a moment and subconsciously asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Quan Shengyan lay on his side on the ground, his body curled up. The cross pendant around his neck flew out of his collar as he moved, making a dull sound when it hit the wooden floor.
He suppressed his voice and said in a hoarse voice: "Draw the curtains."
Xiang Liangyu quickly turned her head to look at the strangely colored rose window. Because of Quan Shengyan's reaction, she also felt that the window had a bit of weirdness. Without any hesitation, she ran to the window and closed the curtains on both sides.
The office fell into darkness, and the only sound that could be heard was Quan Shengyan's painful breathing.
Xiang Liangyu recalled what Xiulu had said to her and thought of the strangely red night sky. When the fragmented pieces were pieced together, she seemed to understand.
She half-knelt beside him, gently touched Quan Shengyan's hair, and said, "Is it because of me? Because I killed the player on the first night?"
Quan Shengyan shook his head. When he realized that she couldn't see him now, he pretended to speak in a clear and sweet voice as usual: "No, it's the effect of my identity. I don't mind it."
Xiang Liangyu frowned: "What side effects can identity bring?"
Or, Xiang Liangyu's mind flashed with his flashing red eyes, and almost subconsciously, she held Quan Shengyan's face, forcefully straightened his face, and looked into his eyes.
Xiang Liangyu: "What's going on? You are clearly just a principal with albinism, why do you still have black hair and black eyes outside, but become like this in the office!"
Quan Shengyan had enough strength to break free from Xiang Liangyu, but for some reason, in response to her questioning, the hand that had been tightly gripping her wrist loosened.
In Quan Shengyan's opinion, this should be considered as her concern?
When Xiang Liangyu realized something was wrong, she quickly let go of his face and said, "Sorry."
Quan Shengyan shook his head. He and Xiang Liangyu sat opposite each other and said, "You have guessed it, right? Most of my identities are BOSSs that players need to kill to pass the level. This world is the same. I am..."
He pursed his lips, it was a little hard to say and hard to understand. What on earth is a vampire? Ever since entering this game world, his identity has always been very strange.
Xiang Liangyu tilted her head. Her good night vision allowed her to see clearly that Quan Shengyan was showing his sharp fangs while speaking. "Vampire? So you want to suck blood now? That's easy. There's a trapped player downstairs. I'll catch one and bring him up to quench your thirst?"
Quan Shengyan: "...No need."
Xiang Liangyu said bluntly: "You want to drink my blood?"
Quan Shengyan still found it difficult to speak, and said with some difficulty: "I don't drink ."
"Quan Shengyan," Xiang Liangyu approached him with a prying look in his eyes, "I am a very direct person. Can you tell me why you always have a very strange expression every time you look at me."
"If I remember correctly, it should be the first time I met you, and it has been less than a month since then."
Quan Shengyan glanced at his face in a panic, his white skin could not be concealed even in the dark. Xiang Liangyu stared at his drooping white eyelashes, waiting for his answer.
Quan Shengyan slowly faced her and said word by word: "This is indeed the first time we meet."
Xiang Liangyu was right in thinking that, or maybe he was just overthinking it.
Quan Shengyan: "But I fell in love with you at first sight."
Xiang Liangyu: “???”
This sentence was like a bolt of lightning, which caught Xiang Liangyu off guard, leaving her burnt on the outside and tender on the inside. She stood up suddenly from the ground, and was even more shocked when she saw Quan Shengyan, who was looking up at her on the ground.
The black rose on her waist also fell off during the large movements. Xiang Liangyu had no time to care about it. She waved her hands and stammered, "This, this, this can't be said casually. I won't ask you weird questions anymore."
Quan Shengyan was about to say something when a voice came from outside the door:
"Brother Chuncao, are we really going to come here?"
"Zida, listen to your brother. His children won't lie to him."
"Why does this door look like a tombstone..."
Xiang Liangyu's heart was filled with alarm, and he quickly grabbed Quan Shengyan's arm: "Can you see the light now? Can you see the players?"
There is a line of lanceolate windows along one side of the corridor on the sixth floor. If the door is opened, the light can cover the entire office.
Quan Shengyan picked up the black rose and examined it in his hand: "No."
Xiang Liangyu turned around and looked around the room, trying to find a place to hide, but found that the layout of this office was so simple that he could have a clear view of the entire room just by standing at the door.
In summary, there is nowhere to hide.
Xiang Liangyu thought of another idea. She stood up, straightened her appearance, and patted his shoulder solemnly: "I will let them come in vertically and leave horizontally!"
Quan Shengyan didn't say anything. When Xiang Liangyu turned around to deal with the group of players, Quan Shengyan reached out and grabbed her wrist and gently pulled it back.
In order to prevent her from spraining her ankle, Quan Shengyan stood up and half-knelt on the ground to catch Xiang Liangyu, and took her to lie on the ground: "The floor is clean and dust-free. If you kill them now, I won't be able to hold back."
Xiang Liangyu: "Then why don't you eat the players?"
Quan Shengyan sensed her nervousness, loosened his hands that were restraining her, hesitated for a long time, and said, "I don't want to."
He didn't want to bear the sin that came with this identity.
Xiang Liangyu was silent for a moment, then stood up and faced Quan Shengyan: "It's only a matter of time before we are found hiding here. Do you believe me? At least I won't let them die."
“Boom boom boom—”
"The principal's office? I suddenly have a bad feeling."
"Qida, could you please stop bothering Sister Zhizi?"
"Gardenia, I'm coming."
Xiang Liangyu listened to the noise outside the door, got up quickly, and was about to teach those players who broke into the office a lesson.
Halfway through the walk, she was pulled back by Quan Shengyan. Xiang Liangyu's waist tightened and she was pressed against the back of the sofa.
This time, the door opened.
For a moment, everything was silent.
Xiang Liangyu turned around and glared at the player at the door.
From the perspective of the door, the man and woman behind the sofa were hugging or kissing each other reluctantly, and were angry and humiliated because of their interruption.
Qi Da and Bai Chuncao who opened the door: "..."
They were sensible enough to close the door .
Quan Shengyan propped one hand on the sofa and leaned closer to Xiang Liangyu. The distance between them gradually shortened until they were in a position where they were about to touch but not quite. "It seems like they misunderstood?"
Xiang Liangyu was speechless.
"That's not right. Doesn't the sign say Principal's Office?"
There was a sudden silence outside the door.
"Fuck."
Xiang Liangyu: “…”
No, it's not what you think.
Xiang Liangyu became famous.
When she returned to the dormitory, it was empty. Fang Zi rushed over and told her that she had to attend the morning class on the first day of school. Xiang Liangyu walked into the classroom like a zombie, and when she opened the door, everyone looked at her.
"Is it her? The one with the principal?"
"Don't say that. Maybe they are boyfriend and girlfriend."
Under the professor's vicious gaze, she sat in the front row with tears in her eyes, and decided to use his class to cleanse her murderous heart.
"Let me introduce myself. My last name is Wang Deng. I'm your counselor. First of all, congratulations to everyone on choosing this major. To be honest, this major will provide you with stable jobs in the future."
The professor turned on the microphone, and the noisy electric current made the classroom quiet in an instant.
"As a professional in funeral services, from a realistic perspective, if you do well, you will earn 30,000 yuan a day. If you don't do well, you will end up like your seniors."
"As your counselor, I also teach all funeral courses for freshmen to seniors. Today is the first day of school. I have gathered all freshmen to seniors here to emphasize again that I have only one requirement in my class, which is to follow all school rules."
"College rules, dormitory rules, all rules will be posted in the most conspicuous places, all students are requested to abide by them consciously."
"But," Teacher Wang patted the table, his expression more serious than before, "the school has only one general rule, that is, you are absolutely not allowed to leave the dormitory after 7 o'clock."
"When you enroll, the welcome sister will take you around the campus. Do you see the clock tower? The school time is based on that clock. When the bell rings, you must never open the dormitory door and sleep peacefully, otherwise you will bear the consequences at your own risk."
Someone raised his hand: "Teacher Wang, if we are freshmen to juniors, why are there so few people here?"
The large classroom didn't even have six full rows, with less than sixty people in total.
Teacher Wang fixed his eyes on Xiang Liangyu, laughed strangely, and waved at her: "Because your seniors have been forced to drop out for not abiding by the rules. Let me introduce this person, the only one who knows how to abide by the rules since she entered school, your senior - Xiang Liangyu. Although she doesn't have a salary yet, it will be enough to make 30,000 a day in the future."
Xiang Liangyu faked a smile for a second, then returned to his seat with a cold face.
Teacher Wang: "Last night, a freshman did not follow the dormitory regulations and violated five rules at once. He has now been expelled. I hope all students will take this as a warning. You are the major with the best salary in Longzhi. I hope you can return after completing your studies and earn 30,000 yuan a day."
All players: “…”
Teacher, you are too obsessed with earning 30,000 yuan a day.
Let’s put the self-introduction session aside for now. For the first class of today’s semester, the counselor dragged everyone to the back hill.
Xiang Liangyu walked at the back. After entering the back mountain, he found that the iron gate was different from the one last time. There were no extra vines wrapped around it. It looked like an ordinary iron gate.
The abyss inside the door no longer exists. At this moment, all that can be seen is lush green trees and full of vitality, just like a dense forest in summer.
The counselor led them to find an open space, surrounded by lush trees. The players were in the center of the trees, facing the fireball, without a trace of shadow.
The counselor brought a bunch of shovels, gave each person one, and asked them to dig a hole on the mountain that was long and deep enough.
The sun was blazing, and if I stayed there for a second longer, it would melt right there. Qi Da threw the shovel to the ground and said, "Are you kidding me? I got up early, and you asked me to dig a hole on the mountain. I'm not a burial man!"
Xiang Liangyu randomly found a shady open space, took a shovel and started digging the ground. The tip of the shovel stopped moving, as if it had hit something hard.
She lifted the shovel and flipped it upwards, revealing the eerie skull in the air, its empty eye sockets facing her.
Xiang Liangyu: “…”
Back Mountain Rules:
【1. It is forbidden to enter the back mountain for non-course purposes.
2. There is no body in the soil. If you dig out bones, please bury them back.
3. Please remember your companions' faces and be careful with your words and actions.
4. Don’t go deep into the mountains alone. 】
Xiang Liangyu remembered the rules and covered it with a shovel of soil.
"Yeah." When Xiang Liangyu heard the voice, she turned around and saw the counselor was under the shade of the same tree as her. He was fanning himself and nodding at her with satisfaction.
Xiang Liangyu quietly moved to another place, seemingly digging the pit meticulously, but in fact he was secretly sending private messages to Quan Shengyan.
NPC Xiang Liangyu: Hello, how are you?
No reply.
NPC Xiang Liangyu: Don’t be shy, it’s not your fault that you like me. Those who fell in love with me at first sight have been ranked from the low-level world to the high-level world. I really approve of your taste.
No reply.
NPC Xiang Liangyu: Acting cool? Okay.
No reply.
NPC Xiang Liangyu: It’s so funny. I wasn’t actually expecting your reply.
NPC Quan Shengyan: [Voice] I'm fine, thank you for your concern. I didn't ignore you, but I don't know how to use this interface. I only found out after asking the system. Can I still meet you in the evening?
Xiang Liangyu: “…”
Does the system also help send messages?
After Xiang Liangyu heard the voice message, she felt her anger disappear in an instant. She finished typing, but before she sent it out, a private video popped up on the interface. It was Fang Zi's big avatar with a thumbs up.
Xiang Liangyu decisively hung up, sent a "OK" and found Fang Zi to make a video call again: "Sorry, I clicked the wrong button just now."
Fang Zi was in the dorm, enjoying the cool breeze, looking at the research materials slowly, taking a sip of iced Coke and saying, "One good news and one bad news, which one should I listen to?"
Xiang Liangyu: "First bad, then good."
Fang Zi: "The bad news is that this world is completely different from the previous one. Your identity is not public, so I can't find it."
Xiang Liangyu: "So?"
Fang Zi: "Do you know what it means if the roles played by us NPCs are not public? It means that you have left the faction in your current identity, and it can only be revealed when the world ends. But generally speaking, this kind of identity is the final BOSS in the S-level world, but in the restricted area world, everything is possible."
Xiang Liangyu paused while shoveling the soil. "Didn't they say that the advanced world is not open yet? Why is there a final BOSS? Is it different from the BOSS in the ordinary world?"
Fang Zi flipped through the data: "The system data shows that the advanced world is indeed not open, but there are some traces of the advanced world in the data, and the final BOSS was found in it. Is it different from the ordinary BOSS? Well, I'm not sure. Maybe one is easier to kill and the other is harder to kill? But I suspect that the advanced world was opened before, but it was just closed."
Xiang Liangyu was not interested in this: "What's the good news?"
Fang Zi: "The good news is that I have found out about the back mountain! According to relevant information, the back mountain of Longzhi is actually a cemetery. Every year, a portion of corpses are transported for students majoring in funeral procedures to practice."
Xiang Liangyu was shocked: "Practice with corpses? Did the dummies steal their money?"
Fang Zi: "Hehe! Listen to me! There is a strange phenomenon in the back mountain. Once all the funeral students have dug a pit, the person lying in the pit will be the person himself after three days."
Xiang Liangyu looked at the square earth pit he had just dug: "..."
Fang Zi: "Don't worry, I 've found a way to crack it! Do you see the rules? Go against the rules, do what you are not allowed to do, that way you won't die."
"By the way, you must make the counselor like you."
Xiang Liangyu: "Why do I want him to like me? Isn't he an NPC?"
Fang Zi: "To put it simply, the restricted area world is an independent world, and the NPCs in it will only obey the orders of the world. Now the identities of Xiu Lu, Quan Shengyan, and Lu Jifeng are transparent, so we are in the NPC camp, and the players are the hostile camp."
"However, your identity is secretive, which means you don't belong to any camp at all. Even if you know that you are an NPC, this world does not recognize you."
"So, the NPCs on campus will treat you the same as the players. In other words , you are at risk of being killed by your peers."
"In conclusion, you are in a dilemma now. So hurry up and try to please the counselor. Who knows, maybe he will recognize you?"
"Then I want to please the players."
Fang Zi thought about it and felt that it was a good idea. Ever since she knew about Xiang Liangyu's mission, she started investigating the players, but the results were not satisfactory.
If she got into the inner circle, she would have no worries, but she had no experience in pleasing players, so she said casually: "Then you can beat up the counselor."
Xiang Liangyu hung up the private phone call, and she understood. She calmed down, angrily went to the shade of the tree, dug out the skull she had just buried, and smashed it to pieces with a shovel.
The counselor who was enjoying the cool breeze leisurely: "!"
Why did the good students turn bad?
"What is she doing? Is there a mouse on the floor?"
"Is this the NPC on the bus? Is she crazy?"
Xiang Liangyu did not bury the stone after smashing it, but continued to dig the hole calmly with a shovel.
The counselor was so angry that his face turned red and his neck became thick. He pointed at Xiang Liangyu and said angrily: "What do you want to do!"
Xiang Liangyu: "I was so excited that I couldn't control myself."
Player: “?”
The counselor obviously didn't believe her and strode over to her: "Do you know that what you are doing is against the rules? What the hell are you...!"
Xiang Liangyu moved to the side, and the counselor couldn't stop for a moment and stopped at the edge of the pit. While hesitating, Xiang Liangyu stretched out a hand.
Player: “!”
The counselor was lying in the pit, his mouth full of dirt. He stood up and pointed at Xiang Liangyu: "What on earth do you want to do!"
Xiang Liangyu: "My hands are a little itchy."
"Hey!" Bai Zhizi rushed over and grabbed Xiang Liangyu, "What are you doing?"
Xiang Liangyu shook his hands: "It's a bit itchy."
Bai Zhizi: "Do you know something?"
Xiang Liangyu sighed, waved to Bai Zhizi, and whispered in her ear: "This thing is a trap for us. If we succeed in digging it, we will be the ones lying in the pit."
Bai Zhizi frowned: "What do you mean?"
Xiang Liangyu said something that was half true and half false: "Listen to me. If you want to live, break the rules."
Bai Zhizi was obviously hesitant, and Xiang Liangyu watched her go back to discuss with Bai Chuncao. From her perspective, she could see that the two siblings were a little strange, and they didn't seem to be discussing with each other.
Xiang Liangyu followed Bai Zhizi's gaze downwards and saw that the brother and sister seemed to be talking to the bear doll on Bai Chuncao's chest.
Xiang Liangyu withdrew her gaze thoughtfully. She stopped there. Anyway, the saying is true: following the rules is death, breaking them is life.
Bai Chuncao and his sister came over, along with Qi Da. The three of them extended an olive branch to Xiang Liangyu: "If you can get out alive, we sincerely invite you to join our organization 'Rebirth'."
Xiang Liangyu was caught off guard and raised his eyebrows in surprise.
Did we succeed in getting inside? That's pretty fast progress.
"Who are you inviting? She's an NPC." Di He was close by, and when he heard the voice, he looked up to watch the show, but he saw an acquaintance.
Progress reset to zero.
Di He said excitedly, "Are you crazy? This is the new NPC. Do you know the copy in Wutou Village? She killed all the siblings in the Salted Fish Team."
Xiang Liangyu: “?”
How come she didn't know there was a brother and sister in Wutou Village?
Bai Zhizi stood in front of Xiang Liangyu, her eyes mocking: "Jiang Mingxian has severed his relationship with Jiang Cangshu, they are not siblings."
Xiang Liangyu suddenly understood and became interested. She loved listening to gossip the most.
Master Liming noticed this and walked over with a shovel in his hand. "Although we will not interfere in the conflict between your two teams, my friend is right. She is indeed an NPC, not a player. Your invitation is useless."
Xiang Liangyu put his hand on Bai Zhizi's shoulder and said with a grin, "But I didn't hurt you. I decided to turn over a new leaf."
Wen Yucheng was dumbfounded: "Reform from evil to good? Who is evil and who is good?"
Xiang Liangyu pointed at the instructor who was sunburned in the pit and said, "This world is evil, and you are righteous. I have decided to betray the organization and join you."
She spoke with great confidence, and the counselor in the pit was furious.
Players on the bus: “…”
Hello? Did you forget that you killed 20 players at once at the beginning of the game?
Bai Zhizi repeated Xiang Liangyu's words and affirmed: "Brother's child has been confirmed, she did not lie."
Xiang Liangyu's eyes moved to the bear doll on Bai Chuncao's chest and found that he was also looking in her direction. Now that there was enough light, she looked at the doll carefully.
Although it was burning with passion, Xiang Liangyu still felt something strange in its button eyes.
Bai Chuncao: "If she cheated anyone, I will seek justice for everyone."
All the players looked at the bear doll on his chest. The popularity of the "Rebirth" team was 100%. Every player knew them, and no one dared to question the captain's props.
Having said this, the other players didn't say anything else, only Master Liming and Di He remained vigilant.
Xiang Liangyu pointed at Master Liming and asked, "Which organization are they from?"
Bai Zhizi: "I don't know him."
Di He glared at Bai Zhizi and pulled Master Liming away.
Bai Chuncao: "They were both lone wolves at first, but later formed a duo."
Xiang Liangyu nodded in understanding.
The atmosphere in this open space reversed in an instant, and the player who had been shouting the loudest about the heat hit the bones harder.
The instructor was a little higher than the pit, and could just see outside the pit, where players were digging up bones with shovels and breaking them up. He looked at the broken bones on the ground, and became so angry that he fainted.
Xiang Liangyu squatted under the shade of a tree, watching the instructor in the pit suddenly feel guilty. She opened the interface and sent a private message to Fang Zi: "Come to the back mountain quickly, instructor, danger!"
A second later, Fang Zi replied to her: "It's hot. You'll die if you go out."
Xiang Liangyu closed the interface speechlessly.
Suddenly, someone poked his arm and Xiang Liangyu turned around.
Qi Da squatted beside her, his back was wet with sweat: "Can I call you Xiang Liangyu?"
Xiang Liangyu nodded.
Qida had bright and round eyes and a pair of big and wide ears. He said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Are you and the principal really together?"
Xiang Liangyu: “…”
Qi Da: "Although it's presumptuous, I'm really curious, how could you really eat such a fat and old man?"
Xiang Liangyu stood up with a bang, grabbed Qi Da by the collar and said in shock: "What old man? Who is the old man? What are you talking about?"
Qi Da was caught off guard and frightened by her, and he broke into a cold sweat. He stammered, "Weren't we in the principal's office yesterday and last night?"
Xiang Liangyu: “?!”
The Quan Shengyan she knew was fake?