It was pouring rain outside the window, although I couldn't hear what Xing Conglian was saying, the vibrating reminder of the mobile phone quickly grabbed all Lin Chen's attention.
He lowered his head. In just a few seconds, countless messages flooded into the WeChat group, and new messages continued to appear.
[Teachers, teachers and students are leaving, I can't stop them.]
[When is the call coming?]
[Start to tear the test paper.]
[I'm so scared too... Why did the power go out all of a sudden?]
[Excuse me, what's the matter, when will the call come?]
[Rely on, it's so scary.]
[Can't you really let them go?]
[Our door is blocked, what shall we say next?]
…
The screen showed a faint green light, Xing Conglian leaned over, glanced at it, and said, "Tear up the test paper... Are these kids crazy?"
"But it makes people's blood boil, doesn't it?" Lin Chen hugged his arms and looked coldly at the dark night in front of him.
"passionate?"
Lin Chen put his finger on his lips and signaled Xing Cong to keep silent: "Listen."
Outside the window there were faint screams, sometimes high, sometimes low, sometimes completely silent, as if there was no sound at all.
"You mean scream?" Xing Conglian asked uncertainly.
Just as he finished speaking, in the rainy night, a loud bang suddenly came.
The sound was too loud, as if something heavy fell from the sky, and the end sound had some metal-specific vibrato.
Lin Chen shuddered and looked into the depths of the night, but the distance was still a rain curtain except for the rain curtain, and the unextinguished street lights were like duckweeds under the heavy rain.
The torrential rain came with a roar.
The heavy objects that were suddenly dropped obviously reminded the children of today's jumping off the building. Those screams became more and more manic, as if the underground ghosts were about to overturn the soil and rush into the world.
His mobile phone began to vibrate continuously, and text messages poured in one after another, like a life-threatening spell.
[The door can't stop it!]
[Did someone jump off the building again? ?]
[Someone is calling for help! ! !]
[How to do?]
[How to do? ? ?]
[It's okay to let them go, anyway, there's a power outage!]
[I can't stand it anymore!]
…
The characters on the screen flowed frantically, and Lin Chen almost said to himself, "Yeah, the collective unconscious."
After he finished speaking, he glanced at Xing Conglian. He didn't even have time to explain, so he rushed out the door.
[Be sure to guard them, and prohibit any students from leaving.]
[Tell the students that it is also raining when you go out, so wait for a while to see if there is a call.]
The short three-story building was so long, he ran and lost the next words.
The moment he stepped out of the eaves, the torrential rain instantly made him wet, and there was a huge pulling force behind him. Lin Chen was pulled back suddenly and stopped.
"Is it useful for you to rush out now, calm down." Xing Conglian held his hand tightly and said word by word.
"I'm calm!" He gasped, the rain had a hail-like strength at the moment, "Power outage, falling objects, someone is inciting students to rush out of the classroom!"
"You mean someone wants the students to riot? But you can control the crazy students alone. I'm very suspicious. Well, tell me now, if the students rush out of the classroom now, what is the worst consequence?" Xing Conglian His voice was as calm as ever, and he didn't even breathe.
"Causes and injuries, stampede..." Lin Chen's thoughts turned around, and countless possibilities came round in his mind.
"Staircase?" Xing Conglian said suddenly.
"Yes, the stairs. I'm afraid someone moved on the stairs."
"Okay, I see. You go back and stay now, and I'll send someone to check the stairs."
Lin Chen wanted to speak, but suddenly his shoulders were heavy, Xing Conglian put his hands on his shoulders, and said in an extremely calm voice, "It's also possible that someone set up a bureau to lead you to appear, so you give an order here, is the best option.”
After Xing Conglian finished speaking, he let go of his hand and took his place and ran towards the depths of the rainy night.
Lin Chen's vision was blurred.
"I understand."
He said this to Xing Conglian's back.
Before the sound of the rain had stopped, Lin Chen sat back on the stairs. Although water was dripping all over his body, he couldn't feel the slightest bit of coolness.
The sound of thunder and lightning still passed alternately, maybe Xing Conglian's figure who finally ran into the rain curtain was too reckless, and there was a strange quiet feeling in his heart.
He suddenly felt that the heavy rain seemed to be God's blessing.
[Teacher is better now.]
[Damn it, it was too dangerous just now, just crazy.]
[Our class tore up all the test papers, do you believe it?]
[Fortunately, it is raining, they are still a little hesitant, otherwise they will definitely not be able to stop it.]
…
Lin Chen took a deep breath, his breath was full of the coldness of a rainy night.
He wringed out his shirt, wiped his hands, then touched the screen and typed:
[Notice the students who want to leave, it is raining too much now, if there is no call after ten minutes, go downstairs in order from the first class to the tenth class.]
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When Xing Cong Lian rushed to the downstairs of the classroom, what caught his eye was the broken paper scraps all over the floor.
Upstairs, there are still scattered pieces of paper, which are mixed with the rain falling down.
However, most of the students' shouts had stopped, and the entire dark building stood silently and empty in the rainy night.
Xing Conglian thought that it was probably Lin Chen's arrangement that played a role.
There were already school security guards who heard the news, and a few figures in the distance rushed through the rain curtain. They should be the police officers he called Jiang Chao to find just now.
Because of the many suicide cases, he had already taken pictures with most of the security guards. He didn't even have to show his police badge, but just wiped the rain off his face, and the security guards had already called his name.
"Captain Xing, Captain Xing, what's wrong?"
Xing Conglian raised his head and glanced at the floor. The students' test site was on the fifth floor, and there were still people sticking their heads out to look at something. The teaching building had two stairs, east and west, so the time was a little tight.
He pointed to the five security guards in front of him, and said solemnly: "If you see this building, the five of you, check the 1st to 5th floors of the east stairs, try to be careful, try to complete the inspection within five minutes, and the rest come with me... "
He said, and then said to the last security guard left: "Give me the walkie-talkie and earphones."
In the corridor, only the emergency lights after the power outage were on, Xing Conglian stood on the bottom floor, looking up, the entire corridor was shrouded in blurry dark green light.
Rapid footsteps sounded behind him, Xing Conglian quickly turned around, and made a silent gesture to the three police officers who came.
"Five minutes to check the stairs, mute the phone, try to be as quiet as possible..." he finished, the phone vibrated slightly.
Lin Chen sent a text message as if choking the time.
[In 6 minutes, if there is an electricity call, the student union will start to leave the venue, be careful.]
Xing Conglian put away his mobile phone, turned on the flashlight that came with it, and then bent down and touched the ground.
The light up and down the stairs was dim, and because of the rain, the ground was extremely slippery. He grabbed the handrail and walked upstairs.
The armrest felt very stable, and he shook it vigorously again, but there was still no problem.
A drop of cold water fell on his forehead. Xing Conglian raised his head and saw fine water droplets condensed on the iron railing. He frowned and quickly lowered his head. The floor of the corridor was a common imitation marble, and in the dim light Below, it's even more blurry.
He moved the torch light down, and at the edge of the stairs, something vaguely fell there.
He took a few steps and crouched down, only to find that it was actually two tiny plastic beads.
One is yellow and the other is pink.
At this moment, a depressed and nervous voice came from the walkie-talkie.
"There are nails on the ground, everyone be careful."
Although there was no wind, in an instant, Xing Conglian seemed to feel that the air around him was freezing.
Nails, plastic beads... If you add the students running down the stairs...
He seemed to see blood all over the floor, and heard the screams of the students wandering in the corridor.
After stabilizing his breath, he whispered into the walkie-talkie microphone: "Pay attention to safety, quickly clear the stairs, and leave in five minutes as originally planned."
After speaking, he leaned down, picked up the two plastic beads on the ground, and sealed them in the evidence bag.
The sound of the crackling torrential rain echoed in the empty corridor. Listening to the sound of the rain, Xing Conglian rarely felt a sense of happiness for the rest of his life.
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For the students in the teaching building, tonight was just a small attempt to resist the school's occasional brain-dead decision.
It's dark anyway, and everyone is making trouble together. The law does not blame everyone.
Besides, it's not a big deal to just tear off two papers. Who made the school's brain sick and called them out on a rainy day for a psychological test
And the school's work is really inefficient. Until they left the teaching building one by one, Dianyi still didn't come.
Xing Conglian stood in the dark without an umbrella. He looked at the figure of the last student leaving the teaching building safely, and took out a cigarette case and a lighter.
"Captain Xing, don't you need to stop the students to investigate?"
The policeman in front of him asked in a low voice.
"Five hundred students, can you stop them?"
Probably really bad luck, he pressed the lighter a few times, and even sporadic flames did not appear.
And the police officers under Jiang Chao were scanning the backs of the students leaving with the eyes of terrorists. Xing Conglian frowned, patted the other party's shoulder, and extended his hand to the other party.
"Captain Xing... I... I don't smoke... "
After being tossed all night, he has completely lost his temper. Like his luck today, he will be called a ghost if there is a lighter in front of him.
He took out the sealed evidence bag from his pocket, handed it over, and instructed: "Together with the things you found on the ground, take it for inspection, focusing on fingerprints."
After he finished speaking, he turned to leave.
The rain was still falling, and it was obviously spring rain, but at the end, there was a sense of desolation.
He was walking alone under the tree, and suddenly, his cell phone began to vibrate again.
On the other end of the phone was Jiang Chao's nervous voice.
"Old Xing, the power outage is man-made. I just discovered a simple timed power outage device. It seems that the power can't be restored for a while. Are you okay?"
Perhaps Jiang Chao's voice was so loud that it made the rain around him seem smaller.
"Oh, it's okay for now."
Xing Conglian glanced at the dim light of the building in the distance, and there seemed to be a thin figure sitting alone at the top of the steps.
He put down his phone and walked to where he was.