When everyone woke up again, it was already bright outside,
and they found themselves sitting in the classroom once more.
A sense of confusion was evident in everyone’s eyes because
they were all sitting neatly in the classroom, which was filled with students,
as if attending a class.
It felt as if everything that had happened before was just an
illusion.
But they were supposed to be conducting a midnight ritual for
blessings...
Wait! It seemed like they...
Passed out last night!
Losing consciousness in a dungeon was a grave taboo! And they
lost consciousness and woke up directly in broad daylight?
Although players were unsure of what had happened exactly,
they refrained from acting rashly and cautiously looked around.
The classroom had a slightly worn-out appearance, with the
white powder on the walls peeling off, bearing the marks of time.
The desks in front of them were also old-fashioned, the kind
that had been used for a long time, not the exquisite ones they encountered
when entering the dungeon.
On one of these old desks lay an exam paper. A strange young
teacher stood at the podium, seemingly invigilating. However, his lips were
twisted into a sinister smile, and his face bore a creepy expression. He stared
directly at the people in the classroom, filled with malice and malevolence.
It was as if he wanted to devour everyone in the classroom.
Despite his handsome and refined appearance, his expression
and gaze made him look terrifying.
As the players observed the teacher more closely, their
pupils shrank, and they swallowed hard, because the teacher didn’t seem human
at all. He appeared more like a... monster wearing a human shell.
And it wasn’t just the teacher, many of the students in the
classroom were the same, lusting after those who had participated in the
“Midnight Blessing.”
However, both the teacher and the students seemed to be
restricted by something, just staring straight at them.
The players felt a chill run down their spines as they looked
at the smiles on the faces of the teacher and those students, because those
were smiles that no human could possibly display.
Where exactly was this? These ‘people’... what were they?
Just as the players were puzzled, the teacher on the podium
looked over, and the players all lowered their heads in horror, avoiding the
teacher’s gaze.
This was definitely not Class 1-1’s classroom and its
students.
No, it should be said that it wasn’t the classroom and
students that they met after they entered the instance.
Just when they looked outside the window, they noticed that
the playground and the surrounding buildings were very familiar. And the
geographical location of this classroom, as well as the orientation and
structure of the classroom, undoubtedly belonged to Class 1-1 of the First High
School.
But it appeared to be much more dilapidated, as if it was...
the First High School from over a decade ago.
They had heard something before. The First High School had
spent a lot of money rebuilding the campus several decades ago, and now it
seemed like they had returned to a time before the reconstruction.
Time regression? Or had they fallen into an illusion?
Before the players could find more information, a bewildered
classmate stood up and looked around, saying, “Where are we? This doesn’t seem
like our classroom, right?”
The players looked up and saw the ordinary NPC, who had
unexpectedly rushed out of the classroom with them during the midnight
blessing.
Upon closer inspection, all the classmates who had
participated in the midnight blessing the previous night were present, except
for the school bully, Su Qing.
Just as the players wondered why he wasn’t there, the teacher
on the podium instantly appeared behind the speaking student. The corners of
the teacher’s mouth twisted into an unimaginable arc, and his voice sounded
eerie and chilling. “Talking during exam time is prohibited.”
“This classmate, you have violated the rules.”
After the teacher finished speaking, his unnaturally withered
hand reached out and grabbed the student’s head. In the terrified gaze of the
student, the teacher forcefully yanked his head, and blood instantly splattered
the teacher and the nearby students.
The student didn’t even have a chance to scream, and his face
still held a trace of confusion as his head fell straight to the ground. The
blood spread beneath his body.
In the blink of an eye, a life was extinguished.
The players’ faces were filled with horror. What on earth was
happening?
“Ah!!! Someone’s being killed!!!” One of the students widened
his eyes in shock, screamed out loud, and even ran towards the classroom door,
trying to escape from the terrifying murderer.
However, as soon as he left his seat, the teacher who had
appeared behind him snapped his neck instantly. The whole person collapsed
limply to the ground, breathless.
The eerie teacher giggled and spoke to the lifeless body on
the floor with a sinister and terrifying tone, not caring whether the person
could still hear, “This student violated the rules by leaving their seat during
the exam time.”
“Mmm... mmm...” One of the students tried to scream but had
their mouth covered by a classmate next to her. However, a faint sound still
escaped, catching the attention of the teacher.
The classmate who covered her mouth let go as soon as the
teacher turned around, afraid that keeping it covered might anger the teacher.
The student also realized what was happening and tightly
covered her own mouth with both hands, not allowing any sound to escape.
Fortunately, it seemed that the sound wasn’t too loud. After
glancing at the student, the teacher shifted his gaze away.
Only the two headless bodies remained lying quietly on the
ground, their blood staining the floor beneath them.
The severed heads, thrown on the ground by the man, still had
tears of blood in their eyes and their faces were covered in their own blood.
Only their hollow, pale eyes remained wide open, giving rise to an inexplicable
feeling of chilliness.
Panic spread uncontrollably at this moment, making people’s
hair stand on end.
The players tried hard to calm themselves down, and that’s
when they noticed a few lines of text written in the upper right corner of the
blackboard.
Those lines of text were small, making it difficult for those
sitting on the left side or at the back of the classroom to read, but they
could vaguely make out what was written.
[Exam Regulations (Exam Time: 1:00-2:00)
1. No talking allowed.
2. No sleeping allowed.
3. No cheating allowed.
4. No leaving your seat
allowed.
5. No disturbing the discipline
in the examination hall.
6. No scoring below the class
average.
7. No submitting the exam paper
late.]
Combining the encounter with the two NPCs just now, the
players quickly understood what this was about.
They were currently taking an exam, and it was evident that
violating the “Exam Rules” would result in death.
The exam time seemed unusual, written as “1:00 to 2:00”
instead of “13:00 to 14:00,” with the 1:00 being in the early morning.
But now it was broad daylight.
Players were more inclined to believe that it was still a
little after one o’clock in the early morning, and they hadn’t lost
consciousness for long. Therefore, it was highly likely that they were still
stuck at one o’clock at midnight.
Obviously, the extinguishing of the white candles wouldn’t
directly cause death. It was more like a “ticket” leading to death, pulling
them into this examination hall.
Once they entered this examination hall, once the trigger for
death was activated, they would become the targets of these monsters.
The players’ hearts tightened as they saw the teacher’s
figure stop after turning around. They followed his gaze and looked over.
Finally, their line of sight fell on the young student lying
on the desk just below the podium.
Because the teacher had been standing on the podium before,
and the podium was relatively high, that area was a visual blind spot. So he
didn’t see anyone lying down. But since he had come down, it was evident that
he had seen the student lying there.
This was an exam, and the rules were written on the
blackboard. Violating the rules... would lead to death.
The players found the figure lying down somewhat familiar.
They looked around again, and everyone else was present, except for the school
bully, Su Qing.
Could it be him lying there?
On the right side of the aisle, next to that student, was Ji
Zhiyuan. After recognizing the person, his eyes widened, and risking the
danger, he discreetly grabbed the hand of the seemingly sleeping teenager.
Due to the rush, the classmate’s hand was forcefully pulled
off the table. With no support for his head, it directly hit the table, making
a loud sound. It was evident that the impact was significant.
Finally, the classmate woke up.
However, it was too late. Even though the classmate regained
consciousness, the teacher appeared instantly behind him.
The classmate lying down was indeed Ruan Qing. The pain woke
him up, and with reddened eyes, he instinctively raised his head and covered
his throbbing forehead with his hand. His pure eyes were filled with mist.
“A student, sleeping during the exam is not allowed,” a
sinister and terrifying voice sounded, carrying boundless malice.
The voice was close, just behind Ruan Qing. Ruan Qing
subconsciously turned his head to look, “?”.
Ruan Qing seemed as if he had just woken up. His eyes were
still misty, as if gracefully shimmering with flowing lights. Because his eyes
also held a hint of confusion, he appeared innocent and cute.
He seemed to still not understand what had happened or what
he was about to face.
Everyone’s hearts tightened. Mo Ran and Xiao Shiyi
immediately stood up from their seats, wanting to rescue him as quickly as
possible. However, before they could leave their seats, they froze in place.
When the teacher saw Ruan Qing looking over, the previously
sinister and terrifying voice faltered, “Student, you, you, uh, you...”
After the teacher saw Ruan Qing’s expression clearly, his
strange smile disappeared, as if he had returned to normal. If it weren’t for
the bloodstains of the two deceased classmates still on his body, he would
appear like a regular teacher.
After stuttering for a while, the teacher finally squeezed
out a sentence, his voice carrying a hint of concern, “Student, did you... not
sleep well last night?”
The players who thought Ruan Qing would follow in the
footsteps of the two NPCs: ‘??? You were not like this just now!!!’
The players looked up again at the “Exam Regulations” on the
blackboard, doubting if they had misread it.
However, no matter how they looked, it clearly stated, “No
sleeping.”
So, was being unconscious different from sleeping?
After all, they saw the school bully being frightened before
losing consciousness.
No one could find an answer, and they didn’t dare to make any
hasty attempts. After all, life was precious, and if they guessed wrong, death
would be waiting for them.
The mood of the livestream viewers and players was the same,
and the chat was filled with question marks (“????”) after the teacher finished
speaking.
