Even though the ghost child outside the door was already howling like a ghost, Jie Fangcheng still felt that he had exercised great restraint after kicking him.
Apart from anything else, Jie Fangcheng was a man who listened to advice. He was not quite clear about what the game was about. Since Zhan Xiaoming said not to talk to ghosts, Jie Fangcheng really ignored the child ghost.
As for Jie Fangcheng's direct action, doesn't this further prove that he can see ghosts... It doesn't matter, right? Anyway, he didn't say anything.
Jie Fangcheng closed the system interface and walked out of the cubicle as if nothing had happened.
At the door, the little kid was rolling on the ground holding his face, staring at Jie Fangcheng with resentment through the cracks between his fingernails with his dark pupils.
Jie Fangcheng acted as if he saw nothing and even pretended to stand on tiptoe to wash his hands.
While he was washing his hands, he felt a sinister, skinny hand gripping his ankle.
"You saw me... You saw me!" The child ghost's voice was mixed with anger and excitement, as if as long as Jie Fangcheng nodded, he would immediately become his meal.
Only people who see ghosts can be eaten, that's the rule.
How to make the person who saw it admit that he saw it and thus trigger the rules is the major issue in the ghost life that the ghosts in the [Genius Kindergarten] think about every day.
The man in front of him was weird... but he saw it!!
The little boy named Wang Zheqi has begun to recall the joy of eating meat.
The next second, a cub's foot stepped "click" on the ghost hand that was holding the person's ankle.
The other person seemed to just step casually, and the whole person was as steady as a rock. After rolling for a while, he slowly left the bathroom.
Wang Zheqi lay on the ground in a daze for a while, and then he let out a terrifying scream.
Over there, Jie Fangcheng ran into Zhan Xiaoming not long after he left the bathroom.
The ghost's screams were too shrill and could be heard from far away. Only ordinary NPCs could not hear the screams that almost echoed throughout the entire building. Players could hear them, and they felt a little panicked and confused at the same time.
On the first day of entering the dungeon, everyone was very cautious and followed the dungeon process strictly.
In the [Genius Kindergarten] copy, the main NPC that the player faces is the teacher. The teacher NPC is neutral. If the player is obedient and performs well, he will be a good student in the eyes of the teacher NPC and can get the teacher's protection at a specific time.
The second is the ghost kids who hang out in the class.
These ghosts are obviously extremely hostile and aggressive towards players, and in this kind of copy, the strength of the child ghosts must not be weak.
Everyone wanted to walk around the ghosts. These little ghosts could be said to have no rivals in the kindergarten. Why were they screaming so miserably
Zhan Xiaoming actually knew a little about it. He saw Jie Fangcheng going to the bathroom just now.
Not only did he see it, he also saw his desk mate go to the bathroom right after him.
Zhan Xiaoming wanted to remind him, but he was in a difficult situation.
The ghost classmate next to him came close to him with a smile, only two centimeters away from him. Zhan Xiaoming was almost eye to eye with him and could clearly see his grayish-white pupils which were different from those of ordinary people.
At this moment, his figure was reflected in the pupils.
"Yes! You saw me! Didn't you?"
Zhan Xiaoming's heart was pounding, and he couldn't help but press his wrist so that he could take out a weapon from the system backpack at any time.
Although he was also a newcomer who had never cleared a real dungeon, in order to ensure that he could be safe and worry-free in his first dungeon, his father gave him a bunch of props and spent a lot of money to buy a private dungeon simulator.
Even his blood had been replaced. With one quarter of giant blood, Zhan Xiaoming originally thought he would not be afraid.
But facing those gray pupils, looking at the neck of this ghost classmate inadvertently exposed, which was corroded by something and still oozing with pus, Zhan Xiaoming couldn't help but hold his breath for a moment.
At this moment, a huge smile appeared on the ghost classmate's face.
"You—can actually see it."
It is also important for ghosts to figure out who is actually seeing them.
At this time, he figured it out.
The ghost child placed his cold hand on Zhan Xiaoming's neck, lowered his head and said intimately: "It's okay, it's okay. You don't want to talk to me now - sooner or later I will let you have a good chat with me."
The eerie cold air spread from his ears to his entire body, and Zhan Xiaoming's hair stood on end.
He was in this state, and even though he saw Jie Fangcheng being caught up by another ghost kid, Zhan Xiaoming really didn't have the energy to help him.
Disguising himself as an ordinary human cub has consumed most of Zhan Xiaoming's energy.
But when he heard screams coming from the direction of the bathroom, Zhan Xiaoming couldn't help but stand up suddenly.
He calmed himself down and pretended to be just an ordinary kid.
"Yeah, I need to go to the bathroom."
After saying that, he quickly walked to the corridor in two steps, just in time to meet Jie Fangcheng.
Jie Fangcheng was wearing a sky blue uniform with the words "Genius Kindergarten" printed on it. He had short arms and legs, dark eyes, bright red lips, and fair skin. At first glance, he looked like a normal kid in the senior class of a kindergarten.
Just ignore his temperament of being a corporate slave for many years.
Seeing Jie Fangcheng at this time, Zhan Xiaoming first secretly glanced behind him. The ghost who followed him to the bathroom at that time was nowhere to be seen, and only screams could be heard.
what's the situation
Zhan Xiaoming had a ghost classmate behind him, staring at him eagerly. He could only ask in a low voice, "Is everything okay?"
Xie Fangcheng answered confidently and decisively: "No."
While the two were talking, the ghost classmate who was left behind by Zhan Xiaoming had caught up.
His gray eyes moved, looking at Zhan Xiaoming and then at Jie Fangcheng, as if he was weighing which one would be easier to attack.
Finally, his eyes locked on Fang Cheng.
He recognized that this was Wang Zheqi's target.
But I don’t know what Wang Zheqi is screaming in the bathroom now... This person smells so good, the alluring smell he exudes is much stronger than that of Zhan Xiaoming.
"Hey, what's your name?" Zhan Xiaoming's ghost classmate came over and wanted to use the same method he used to deal with Zhan Xiaoming to deal with Jie Fangcheng. This ghost classmate exuded a strong smell of rotten meat. Jie Fangcheng was silent for a moment and asked, "Why can't we communicate?"
His question was incoherent and Zhan Xiaoming was stunned for a moment before he reacted. He immediately felt sweat all over his forehead.
“There is such a rule.”
In front of the ghost, Zhan Xiaoming couldn't just tell him: Because once you reveal that you can see ghosts, the ghost child will be able to attack you.
What's wrong with this new guy
Zhan Xiaoming felt that he was not as careless as him when he first entered the simulation copy!
Of course, Zhan Xiaoming didn’t know that his explanation saved his ghost classmate’s life.
Jie Fangcheng sighed softly and followed Zhan Xiaoming back to the classroom in a bored manner.
Genius kindergartens not only focus on cultivating obedient children, but also have relatively high requirements for students' learning.
The second class was mathematics. It was hard to imagine that a group of five or six-year-old kids started learning linear equations with two variables. Jie Fangcheng was afraid of mathematics. He listened to the whole class in a daze, feeling overwhelmed. When the class was over, he felt that Wang Zheqi, who was lying there listless beside him, was much more pleasing to the eye.
Wang Zheqi was kicked and stepped on by him, and he crawled back completely. He looked so miserable that people wondered what he had been through.
The food in the kindergarten is very good. Every child sits in his seat properly and eats slowly. It is hard to imagine that these are a group of five or six-year-old children. They are so self-disciplined and well-behaved.
Teacher Liu was smiling until after dinner.
"Children, it's lunch time!"
This sentence was like a switch. The children all showed some excitement, and even the expressions on the faces of the five ghosts became particularly expectant.
"The teacher wants to emphasize again: During lunch break, you are not allowed to leave the lounge for any reason, otherwise you will be considered a bad kid! Bad kids will be punished!" At this point, Teacher Liu glanced at each child below and smiled meaningfully, "I believe every child is an obedient and good kid, right?"
"right-"
She nodded with a smile: "Then see you in the afternoon."
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On the way from the cafeteria to the lounge, the ghost classmate who had been following Zhan Xiaoming disappeared. Jie Fangcheng's ghost classmate disappeared as soon as the get out of class was over. It was not known whether he was beaten or for other reasons.
There are four large classes in the Genius Kindergarten, and more than a hundred children are walking together from the cafeteria to the lounge.
It's called a lounge, but it's actually a separate building that appears to have three or four floors.
The first floor is the teacher's lounge, the second floor is the lounge for the kindergarten's small class, and the third floor is for the large class. Looking from the outside, it seems that the space is very large, more than enough to accommodate more than a hundred cubs.
While walking on the road, several players intentionally gathered together.
One morning is enough time for experienced players to distinguish which ones around them are players and which ones are NPCs.
Only Jie Fangcheng knew for the first time that there were four more players in the class.
The six people gathered together, and one of them quickly began: "My name is Zhou Yian. Time is short, so I will share the clues I know."
Unlike Jie Fangcheng and Zhan Xiaoming, whose deskmates are all ghosts, the deskmates of the remaining four players are all ordinary NPCs.
"We arrive at school at 8:30 in the morning, finish school at 11:30, have classes at 2:30 in the afternoon, have lunch and rest at school at noon, but after school at 5:30 in the evening, we have to go home with our 'parents'." Zhou Yian frowned, "My deskmate told me that after returning home, his 'parents' will check on his learning situation at school that day. But the child in front of me said that there are no adults in their family, only him and the nanny, and the nanny will leave after cooking for him."
"That is to say, there is a high possibility that we will be separated at night."
Everyone looked at each other.
It is very dangerous to act alone in the dungeon. It seems that there may be danger after returning to "home" at night, and players have to face this danger alone.
Zhan Xiaoming added: "And the condition for passing the level is to 'gain the recognition of parents and become a qualified genius child'. The parent NPC plays a decisive role."
Acting alone, each player's parents may be different, and everyone's ideas for passing the level must also change accordingly.
In this case, exchanging ideas about how to pass the level is not very useful.
"But we have to behave well in school. The dungeon keeps reminding us to be 'good kids'. We should try to listen to the NPCs."
Zhou Yian had been saying this for less than two minutes when he almost couldn't hold it in anymore.
"hide and seek?"
A hundred children were chattering away, their faces full of excitement, and they obviously had no intention of taking a nap.
Zhou Yian obviously had a good relationship with the kids around him, and soon his deskmate happily explained to him: "Yes! This is a game we have played since we were in kindergarten! It's so fun! Pick out five ghosts to catch civilians, and the civilians are responsible for hiding. When the ghosts find the civilians, the civilians will become scapegoats and help the ghosts find civilians."
"The civilians who survive in the end will win and receive prizes, and the ghosts who catch the least people will be punished."
This game was so weird that before Zhou Yian could continue asking questions, some children had already started handing out lottery tickets to everyone.
The players could only draw a lot together.
After Jie Fangcheng pulled it out, he lowered his head to take a look and saw the word “人” (person) written crookedly on the signature with an oil pen.
Zhou Yian, who was standing by, breathed a sigh of relief after drawing the lot.
"People... It seems that it is not that easy to draw the 'ghost' lot. After all, choosing five out of more than a hundred people is not a high probability."
After he finished speaking, Zhan Xiaoming turned over the stick in his hand with an expressionless face.
The red word "ghost" appeared in front of everyone.
Just then, a shrill bell rang throughout the lounge.
A female voice came over the radio.
"Children, it's twelve o'clock, please go to bed as soon as possible. The bell will ring in five minutes, so please stop talking loudly."
As the female voice announced, the children around screamed with joy and looked for places to hide.
The lounge was connected to an entire floor with a total of three or four rooms. The room they were in was on the far left, with beds connected together.
There are also children's toy boxes, wooden horses, indoor fishing ponds, etc. on the wall. Children's basketballs and other sundries are piled up in the corner, and there are bookshelves and several cabinets on the right. It looks messy at first glance, which is indeed very suitable for hide-and-seek.
The players looked at each other in bewilderment as they watched the cubs around them looking for places to hide, with many going to other rooms through interior doors.
Zhan Xiaoming's mind was racing.
He has to catch at least one person as a scapegoat, so that he can ensure that he is not the one who catches the least people. He only needs to catch one person and then give up.
"You guys should find a place to hide quickly."
The other NPCs who drew the ghost fortune were already facing the wall, waiting for five minutes to pass.
Zhan Xiaoming had no choice but to stand there and wait for the bell to ring.
Zhou Yian pursed his lips and nodded, then led the other players around him to look for a hiding place.
Although places like closets are easy to hide in, they are also too easy to find.
In the end, the few of them decided to rely on the fact that they were players and had props, and hide in a high place.
Zhou Yian did not go to any other room, but chose the top of the wide bookcase in this lounge. The child was just big enough to lie on it, and it would be difficult to see from below.
He used props to conceal his breath and was able to look down at the current situation from a high vantage point.
After he finished hiding, Zhou Yian suddenly remembered.
Apart from Zhan Xiaoming, they still had five civilian players left.
But it seems like there’s been one person missing since a while ago
Who is that player? Where is he hiding
Zhou Yian was thinking this, and was about to take a sneak peek to see if he could find the player, when a shrill ringtone rang out.
Five minutes are up.
The "ghost" facing the wall turned around and prepared to start looking for civilians.
(End of this chapter)