Chapter 60: Killing on Campus (XV)
Chaos was everywhere. Many thick trees were broken in half. The tree that Xiang Liangyu had erected from the ground fell horizontally not far away, and the students were stuck in the gaps between the broken trees, hitting and stopping the group of students. It seemed that the dust had finally settled.
Xiang Liangyu read the file cover inside and out again, then raised the file to Fang Zi next to him and laughed angrily: "So I'm a dead person now?"
Fang Zi stammered for a moment, not knowing what to say. Fortunately, after Xiang Liangyu said this, he did not expect her to answer.
Xiang Liangyu put the file away and looked down at the pit next to her. Broken tree roots were exposed, with curled bones and skulls. It was very obvious that they were human bones. Judging from the depth of the pit and the height and thickness of the tree, they must be very old.
Lu Jifeng came over and said, "Is this not an ancient tomb?"
Xiang Liangyu: "Whose tomb is under the tree? I was told that I felt uncomfortable every time I walked into the back hill. It turns out that there are corpses buried under it. The negative energy is so heavy. It must be hard for the person who planted the tree."
After saying that, Xiang Liangyu turned and walked towards Fang Zi. She half-knelt in front of the little red-haired girl, looking at her at eye level. Before speaking, she touched her smooth cheek and smiled inexplicably dangerously: "Little girl, tell me, who gave you this file? Do you remember what he looks like?"
The little girl looked only about eleven or twelve years old. She did not answer the question, but stared at the hand touching her cheek, or more precisely, at the watch on Xiang Liangyu's wrist. She said, "Sister, your time seems to have stopped."
Xiang Liangyu glanced at it and saw that the three hands on the dial had stopped, pointing to 6:40. She frowned, but before she could say anything, a harsh friction sound was heard. Everyone turned around and saw that the tree was actually moving slowly towards them.
The broken trees and stumps that were scattered all over the place not only failed to block the flow, but the thick tree instead acted like a bulldozer, pushing the remaining trees towards this side.
The little girl changed her usual practice and tried to grab Xiang Liangyu's wrist with her little hand. When she found that one hand couldn't hold it, she grabbed her index finger and said, "Come here!"
Xiang Liangyu cried out "Ouch!" and staggered a few steps as the little girl dragged her. Her index finger felt a dull pain. She was surprised and asked, "How can you be so strong at such a young age?"
Quan Shengyan stood high up and could see far away. In his eyes, the tree was not moving for no reason, but was pushed by something that could walk. The tree that Xiang Liangyu threw to stop the students only suppressed them for a short period of time and did not cause any harm to them.
Quan Shengyan lowered his brows. As the BOSS in the copy, he would know all the plots and details of the world. However, as the principal of this world, all the information he knew had to rely on the exploration of the players. This was really confusing.
Furthermore, the possibility of NPCs in the copy attacking NPCs is basically zero, but now they happen to encounter it.
If I say it's a coincidence, no one will believe it. It seems more like...
"Quan Shengyan, hurry up!" Fang Zi rushed to the front: "Are you sick? Why are you chasing us? Don't you know that NPCs don't fight NPCs? I'm going to report you to the system now!!!"
The dust rose up again, and Xiang Liangyu was dragged by the little girl to run all over the ground. In order to prevent her from tearing her fingers off, Xiang Liangyu could only run at the same speed as her.
Quan Shengyan followed behind Lu Jifeng, and the tree was only a few feet away from his back. When it was about to run over him, Quan Shengyan sped up, grabbed Lu Jifeng by the back of the collar, and jumped onto the tree with him.
As the crowd followed the little girl around in the woods, Xiang Liangyu couldn't help but ask, "Are we just going to keep running?"
The little girl grabbed Xiang Liangyu's index finger and changed it to the palm of her hand, saying, "Follow me later!"
She ran ten steps, jumped at the eleventh step, and the little girl shouted, "Jump!"
Fang Zi followed Xiang Liangyu and jumped right after him.
The next second, the uneven land below disappeared in an instant, and the abyss with a red glow was right under his feet. Xiang Liangyu took a breath in mid-air, and cold sweat suddenly broke out on his back.
“Fuck!”
Everyone jumped towards the edge of the cliff due to inertia. Fortunately, the crack was not wide and they landed in the direction of the other side of the cliff.
After Xiang Liangyu landed, the little girl hugged his arm. Fang Zi ran forward almost due to inertia and bumped into Xiang Liangyu's back, and the three of them fell down.
Lu Jifeng fell to the ground, and Quan Shengyan, who was traveling with him, landed very lightly, not looking embarrassed at all, but his face was extremely pale.
Xiang Liangyu helped the two people in front and behind him to stand up and said, "Why are you here?"
Lu Jifeng: "A student sneaked out of the dormitory. When I went to chase him, I happened to meet Fang Zi, and she pulled me over."
Fang Zi seemed to have just realized what was happening, and said anxiously, "Xiu Lu sent a text message saying that something bad will happen to you. Also! Classroom 425 is on fire!"
Xiang Liangyu's eyes widened: "What?!"
The raging fire devoured everything.
In the classroom where flames were shooting up into the sky, countless people were struggling in the flames. Their skin had been burned to a black and red color, and their skin was even melting due to the high temperature.
Their expressions were filled with pain and despair; no matter how hard they struggled to break free from the flames, they could not escape.
At the back wall of the classroom stood Yun Panshan and Wu Yun with expressionless faces. They watched the struggle and tried to find the only loophole.
The whole room was filled with flames curling and burning, and in the firelight, a piece of floating debris fell at Wu Yun's feet.
The back door had a crack, and Bai Zhizi, the other two, and Wen Yucheng were outside the back door. Qi Da hesitated and whispered, "Is it not good for us to do this..."
Bai Zhizi couldn't bear it, but she still shook her head and said nothing.
Wen Yucheng felt strange: "What's wrong with that? They are not living people."
Bai Chuncao sighed: "Although this method is extreme, it is the only effective one."
Before gathering in the classroom, Wen Yucheng brought dozens of male students from the night school to wait. Each of them was holding a familiar red book , and they surrounded Wen Yucheng with an obsessed expression.
Yun Panshan explained: "In order to recreate the situation at that time, we have to create a fire."
At first they thought this method was too ridiculous, but at the moment the flames started, the system broadcast came:
[Good news! Congratulations to the player for discovering the classroom on fire. The main quest [Kill the School] has reached 35% progress.]
No one objected. Bai Zhizi and the other two didn't want to see this scene, so they waited for them outside the door on their own initiative. Wen Yucheng simply felt that the air inside was too choking and was afraid that his throat would become hoarse.
In the classroom, Wu Yun picked up the crumbs and gestured to Yun Panshan.
A half-burned piece of paper with some words left on it, but it's not very clear.
Yun Panshan used props again, and a floating electronic screen appeared in front of him. He called up the confidential information stolen from the school system. It was a personal file, and Xiang Liangyu's current ID photo was pasted in the photo area.
In this electronic file, there are two disciplinary letters. One is for arson, and the result is probation, and the probation period has now expired.
According to the disciplinary letter, Xiang Liangyu set the fire in classroom 425 of the funeral teaching building, which is this classroom.
From the moment she entered the classroom, she behaved extremely skillfully, but she said that it was her first time entering this classroom.
Yun Panshan couldn't see the other disciplinary letter clearly. He didn't know if there was something wrong with his electronic screen, or if this disciplinary letter was just like that. The part recorded in the middle was always blurry.
No matter how many times I reopened it, the rest of the page was clearly visible, but the seven lines in the middle recording the punishment were blurry as if they were mosaics.
But one thing is certain, Xiang Liangyu had been to this classroom a long time ago and committed arson.
Yun Panshan stared at Xiang Liangyu's ID photo. Her straight black hair fell to her chest. Her familiar peach blossom eyes were slightly raised, but there was no emotion in them. She looked cold and ruthless.
Yun Panshan couldn't help but think of the photo of her with red hair. Although her hair color was extremely eye-catching, the feeling she presented was almost the same as in this ID photo.
He put away the screen and was about to open the door to go out when he heard the front and back doors slamming and an angry voice rang out: "Who's in there! Who's in there!"
At the same time, the low door on the wall banged.
"What are you doing!" Fang Zi's voice came from outside the door.
When Xiang Liangyu and others arrived, they saw Bai Zhizi and others guarding the door. The door was opened a little, and flames and thick smoke were coming out of the gap.
As soon as Qi Da saw Lu Jifeng, his face turned pale and he turned his back to him.
The little girl's eyes widened in shock: "How did you find this door!"
Before Bai Zhizi could say anything, a deafening explosion suddenly occurred in the classroom.
[The health of players Wu Yun and Yun Panshan has been reduced. 】
The half-open door was blown open directly. Before Xiang Liangyu could react, his arm was suddenly pulled by someone and he was thrown into a strong embrace. The faint smell of incense lingered at his nose.
Quan Shengyan's voice, as clear as gurgling water, echoed softly in my ears: "Don't show your face, don't break free from my arms."
Xiang Liangyu's mind was clear. At this moment, she seemed to realize a lot of things, some things that she had overlooked.
Exclamations rang out one after another. Fang Zi and Lu Jifeng consciously leaned close to Quan Shengyan to prevent Xiang Liangyu from being exposed in all directions.
Two figures rushed out of the blown-open door. Wu Yun fell into Wen Yucheng's arms and coughed a few times: "Go!"
Yun Panshan was supported by Bai Chuncao. He had inhaled too much smoke and was unable to speak.
The fire had reached the door, and dark shadows appeared and disappeared from time to time.
The wind was blowing coldly, and Xiang Liangyu raised his head from Quan Shengyan's arms. What he saw was a straight tree, neither thick nor thin.
A few meters up, there was a pair of legs hanging down. The person sitting on the tree was wearing a black jacket, blending into the darkness, with a green-purple baseball bat on his head. He kneaded a gleaming white chess piece between his fingertips, and with his other hand he lifted the brim of his hat, looking accurately at Xiang Liangyu through the night.
He just placed the white chess piece and it flew quickly into the house. After a few seconds, more chess pieces flew back from the house and were collected by him.
Master Li Ming took off his hat and stretched out his hand to pull his hair back, revealing his white forehead. He stared at Xiang Liangyu with a crazy smile, and his voice spread in the night wind, very clear:
"Senior, it turned out that you killed them."
