late at night.
A person without fear and a person who is the source of fear were lying on bed number 2 and bed number 4 in dormitory 403.
If there really are ghosts in this world, if there really are paranormal events, if there really are all kinds of horror stories, then encountering these two people would definitely be a nightmare for these stories and ghosts.
I don’t know if it was because he sensed something, but after nightfall today, Bai Wu didn’t hear the security department’s patrol.
They are affiliated with the principal and once helped the principal steal and abduct many students. However, after the disaster, they were unable to obtain the huge sum of money promised by the principal and were responsible for guarding the students forever.
Now that the principal is dead, perhaps they will feel something.
Several security guards from the Security Department have powerful strength bonuses in the dormitory area. Although they have become the guardians of the students, the students dare not provoke them.
The ranking of dormitories from high to low is as follows:
The Lantern Man—Horror stories in the dormitory—Security guards—Students.
If the security guard breaks into the dormitory, the ghost story will no longer be a ghost story, but will turn into a real danger.
In a sense, the horror story protects students because of their desires, but it also torments them because of the misfortune that cannot be fulfilled.
Late at night, thinking about those students who couldn't sleep at all and were suffering from nightmares, Jiang Yimi fell into guilt again.
She planned to talk to Bai Wu before the lantern bearer arrived:
"Uncle."
"Uncle?"
Bai Wu felt offended. He was just a young man under 20 years old. It was like a short guy who was 1.59 meters tall being said to be 1.58 meters tall. It was absolutely offensive.
Up to now, Jiang Yimi has always called Bai Wu "you" because most of the time she is the one who takes over the conversation.
"Well, I can't call you uncle... even though you are very old."
"… "
Bai Wu remembered that the name of the masked monster could not be mentioned. It seemed that he was marked by a certain force. Once this name was mentioned, bad things would happen.
But in Jiang Yimi's opinion at that time, the masked man was just like the kind of uncle that the little girl longed for.
Not a greasy middle-aged man, but an uncle who is mature, humorous and powerful.
"What's wrong."
"Once you get the last fragment, will you change everyone back? Will they turn back into humans?"
"I'm still thinking about what to do. You can't understand how important this area is to the people living in the tower. I don't know if there will be some changes in the tower's teleportation tablet after completely purifying this area."
Jiang Yimi didn't say anything, but listened to Bai Wu's story carefully.
"If there really is such a change, will it attract widespread attention? If it attracts widespread attention, will it attract attention from above? If everything really happens in this way, will it lead to many bad changes? These changes may cause the top management to make some stupid decisions. Whether it is here or in the tower, those who know some of the intelligence may be threatened."
Bai Wu's worry is based on one point—each color area has a corresponding stone tablet.
There are six stone tablets in the eastern square on the ground floor, in white, blue, purple, red and black.
The sixth stele was hidden by a curtain. In the history of the tower, no one had ever returned from the black stele or the hidden stele.
Even the return record of the red stele was brought by himself.
Bai Wu had a vague feeling that if he came back from the black area, would the people on the upper floors - the fifth floor - become restless
Will they do something crazy at that time? Maybe even return from the red zone, which will be enough to attract their attention
The most important thing is that the five areas correspond to five colors. Even the well-level existence is a black area in Bai Wu's eyes. The sixth stone tablet may be different from the previous five. It is arranged on the other side of the black stone tablet, not because it is more difficult than the black stone tablet.
Most likely... it represents the Pure Land.
Because there is no pure land in this world, the stone tablet was unusable when it was first discovered, so it was covered with a curtain.
So if the area is completely purified, then when we return to the tower, will we go back from the sixth stone tablet
Thinking of this, Bai Wu felt that this might be more dangerous than exposing his own sequence.
"So... what is the uncle going to do?"
"If I don't restore all the areas, will you accept it?" Bai Wu asked.
"I don't know... But without you, it seems that I can't pass the exam and lure out the principal."
"Are you going to give me the choice?" Bai Wu asked again.
"Yeah." Jiang Yimi replied softly.
During the few days that the masked monster and Jiang Yimi spent together, it seemed that their relationship, or Jiang Yimi's feelings for the masked monster, were better than expected.
Bai Wu could understand it too.
After all, Jiang Yimi has always been a source of curse and a scourge reviled by the world. If someone suddenly comes out to lead her out of the quagmire and stand in front of her, she will definitely treat the other person as a close relative.
"I am a person who trusts my intuition very much. In my opinion, intuition is the brain's magic touch. It can quickly combine a lot of information at a speed faster than our thinking, skipping the verification process and giving the answer directly."
"Does your intuition... see something bad?"
"Yes, during the day, I was just like you, hoping to completely purify this area, but just now... when you asked this question, I suddenly felt that this matter should be handled more cautiously."
Jiang Yimi didn't say anything.
Bai Wu was thinking, maybe this is a kind of wishful thinking? Obviously, everything is just his own inference and guess, but once such a thought comes into his mind, he can no longer convince himself to ignore everything and directly purify this area.
"So... what about everyone else? Will they change back to normal?"
"Yes. Although I cannot completely purify the entire area, I will at least purify and restore most of it."
"Well, that's good. I believe you. I've been looking forward to everything returning to normal for seven hundred years, uncle... You must have your concerns, so it's okay. I've waited seven hundred years, so I don't mind waiting a little longer."
These words touched Bai Wu slightly.
Jiang Yimi smiled and said:
"But you have to promise me one thing."
"you say."
"Uncle, you, you, you... you can't just disappear and leave me behind again."
Bai Wu could easily agree to this question, but he just couldn't speak.
If Baichuan Middle School is really a refuge, perhaps by starting from this place and gradually expanding the scope, it may be possible to save Baichuan City.
But this plan was just a concept. He still had to stay in the tower for a long time. Although Jiang Yimi was half-evil, he could not enter the tower.
What he could do was to give Jiang Yimi a choice:
"I won't disappear, but I have too much to do. I will stay in the tower for a long time, and my chance to see you will be limited. But... if you choose to be human again, you can stay with me."
Bai Wu made his words very clear. He was good at lying, but for some problems, he knew that only the truth was the most effective.
If Jiang Yimi is willing to turn back into a human, as long as we get the last piece of the "fish", we can take Jiang Yimi back to the tower.
She will be an important fighting force in the Survey Corps. She has a kind heart and will become friends with Yin Shuanglin Wurou and others.
Jiang Yimi's final choice surprised Bai Wu, but also made him admire her:
"Becoming a human again... That should be a very happy thing. There should be many humans in the tower, right?"
"Yes, a lot, a lot, countless times more than in school."
"Then, will they hate me?"
"No, if you are willing to go to the tower with me, all your previous regrets will be made up. There are some annoying guys in there, but there are also many people worth making friends with."
"That's great... I also want to become a human and stay with the uncle, but I have to stay."
Bai Wu didn't ask the reason.
Jiang Yimi seemed to see some brilliant and bright scene. There were tears in her eyes, but she still said:
"I am a nuisance. It was your appearance, uncle, that proved that I also have the power to protect everyone. This school needs me, and these students and teachers need me too. They became like this because of me, and I have to take responsibility for them."
Bai Wu actually wanted to say that the reason why you lost control and were isolated seven hundred years ago, and that this group of people who blindly followed and believed also had a great responsibility.
But Jiang Yimi actually knew.
"I always feel like... if I go to the tower with the uncle and accept a new life, it's like I've lost."
"I... don't want to leave like this."
"I want to be recognized by the school more than by other people. Seven hundred years ago, my biggest wish was that they would not hate me and would accept me. Maybe one day I could sit in the classroom with them, listen to the teacher's lectures, and hear my deskmate complain."
"This is my original intention. If I can't get what I want, I will keep asking for it. I will always protect them, even if I am considered a monster or no longer a human. So I can't go back to the tower with the uncle, and I can't become a human, at least not now."
The last few words touched Bai Wu's heart again.
This girl... isn't actually the type of girl who would give in to anything.
She did not shy away from the principal, nor did she run away from the distrust of her loved ones. Although she faced accusations and abuses from everyone, she never chose to retaliate.
Her only weakness is that she easily falls into self-blame.
This is a kind of kindness that is completely different from that of Hong Yin, Yan Jiu, Bai Xiaoyu and others.
Soon after arriving at the tower, Bai Wu felt that the world was rotten to the core. From top to bottom, it was full of corruption and chaos, and from inside to outside, it was full of danger and deception.
Kind souls are wandering helplessly outside the tower, while corrupt rulers live forever at the top of the tower.
But speaking of it, I always seem to meet glowing souls.
Short Brother, Hong Yin, Bai Xiaoyu, Jiang Yimi, Professor Tao... It was these people who made him feel that this end of the world was hopeful and worth saving.
"I will come to see you often, I won't lie to you."
“Okay, okay!”
If there was anything that made Bai Wu feel that the trip was worthwhile, it was Jiang Yimi's reconciliation between himself and the school.
Although it is one-sided and although there is a so-called curse in this area, he believes that Jiang Yimi's persistence can change all this.
Three o'clock in the morning.
There were slow footsteps outside the door and the creaking sound of a flickering lamp.
The lantern bearer is finally here.
It still knocked on every door three times, but when it passed 405, it did not knock.
When passing by 403, under normal circumstances, the lantern man will keep knocking on the door, because the mirror in 403 is full of students.
But this time, there was no knock on the door. What Bai Wu heard was the sound of the doorknob turning.
The lantern bearer is opening the door!
He suddenly jumped up and looked ahead warily.
The door slowly opened, and the light that was bright enough to turn the evil ones into ashes shone on Bai Wu's face.
The lantern-carrying man, who was wearing a white robe and looked like a white-robed wizard, began to lose the light in his hand gradually.
Originally, Bai Wu thought that he had to kill the Lantern Man and take the fragment, which would be a fierce battle.
But when the note in his eyes popped up and he heard the voice of the man holding the lantern, Bai Wu was stunned.
Mutation level nine, perfect distortion entry: Shadow of Nirvana.
An old employee who has worked diligently and conscientiously for seven hundred years was born in a violent explosion called "Disaster". It has only one purpose, to take care of every student as the embodiment of will before the real master arrives.
"Eight, nine, seven, two, nine, eight, eight, four, five."
A string of obscure numbers came from the hoarse voice.
Even Bai Wu did not understand the meaning of this string of numbers at first, but he felt that the light in the lantern man's hand was disappearing little by little.
The light was like its lifeline. As the light dimmed, its white robe became covered with dust and gradually began to turn gray.
"Not one is missing."
After the hoarse voice finished the last sentence, the gray-white robe became darker in color, and as the lights dimmed, it finally turned into black.
The black substance began to slowly wrap around it.
Bai Wu saw an astonishing scene. The lantern man, who originally had a human figure, turned his entire body black and merged with the doomsday substance on Jiang Yimi's body.
Jiang Yimi looked very strange.
She stood there in a daze, not moving at all. After several minutes, she picked up the lamp which had become ordinary and had no wick to light.
"Uncle, is that a fragment?"
Jiang Yimi pointed to a small object on the ground. With the enhanced vision, Bai Wu could see it clearly.
It is indeed fragments.
The last of the four pieces of the doomsday puzzle, fish.
"Yes, now we have gathered them all. I didn't expect that the last piece would be so easy to get."
Jiang Yimi nodded and said:
“Because it’s been waiting for me.”
"it?"
"Uncle, do you think sequences and entries have their own consciousness?"
Anyone would answer no. But Bai Wu thought about "bringing the poet Ayan" and inexplicably felt that this possibility existed.
"Perhaps it's like me. Although it is an ominous force that represents misfortune and disaster, it also has people it wants to protect. When the fusion disease breaks out... it can be considered as another guardian of the school."
Bai Wu suddenly understood:
"Could those numbers possibly mean..."
"It knocked on the door so many times. Every day for seven hundred years, in every room, for every student, it would knock on the door to confirm whether they were all there. And it did... not one was missing."
Jiang Yimi really wanted to keep the lantern man, but it was like separating a part of the power in her body and eventually returning to it.
In fact, this seemingly terrifying "dormitory area ruler" is the symbol of Jiang Yimi's kindness.
It doesn't need to be killed at all. As long as Jiang Yimi can kill the principal one day, it will return to darkness on the day they meet again.
Because its destiny is to protect.
There are many strange stories about Baichuan Middle School, such as the headless man in the gymnasium, the football team on the playground, and the ever-present unpalatable food in the cafeteria.
Just like there are no fragments in many areas at all, the same is true for these areas. They are small independent areas under a certain large area. After the fragments are gathered, they can be purified together.
Of course, this does not mean that the difficulty of some small areas is very low. Sometimes some independent areas are even extremely dangerous.
Bai Wu didn't need to think about these things now. He picked up the pieces of the doomsday puzzle and held the flowers, birds, insects and fish in his hands.
"There's still a lot of work to be done to create a shelter, but at least now... our biggest problem is solved."