Tang Ning suddenly woke up from the strange hallucination. He took a quick breath and looked at Song Linsu in horror.
Song Linsu looked at him strangely.
"What’s wrong with you?"
He leaned down, as if wanting to get closer to observe Tang Ning.
"Are you feeling unwell?"
Tang Ning stepped back hastily, but he stepped back so hard that he fell on the bed. His raven-feather black hair spread out on the quilt. His face was pale, and there was dark circles under his eyes. He should have looked haggard and dull, but when he collapsed on the bed, one suddenly felt like they were looking at an oil painting.
It was as if he was surrounded not by rough bedding but by blooming roses.
"Why are you retreating so far?" Song Linsu joked, "I'm not going to eat you."
Tangning clenched the blanket with her slender fingers and said in a hoarse voice, "I'm just tired."
Song Linsu stared at Tangning for a long time before he smiled and said, "Then I won't bother you anymore."
Song Linsu retracted his gaze, walked to his bed and sat down while looking at his phone. The dim light from the screen shone on his face. At this moment, Song Linsu looked completely normal.
I heard that some people died without knowing that they were dead.
Even those who know cannot remind the other party.
Otherwise something terrible will happen.
System, what's going on
Tang Ning propped up her limp body, feeling so nervous that she wanted to get up and leave immediately. However, after hearing what the system said next, Tang Ning was completely stunned.
It’s your roommate Song Linsu.
roommate
Doesn't this mean that even if he leaves the dormitory temporarily, he still has to come back and be with Song Linsu after nightfall
And we're going to live together for another seven days
Tang Ning was unable to accept this fact for a moment. He was so helpless that he kept swallowing air like a dying fish.
"Tangning." Song Linsu suddenly raised his head.
Tang Ning immediately widened his eyes and stared at the direction where Song Linsu was. He looked like a frightened little animal that wanted to arch its back and its fur explode, and he looked at the unknown danger with a greedy look.
But no fierce look could fill the eyes with tears.
"Take a look at the group chat."
Tangning still stared at him.
Song Lin moved his body, as if he was about to stand up.
Tangning immediately lowered her head and took out her phone with her weak hands. She was too nervous to enter the wrong password the first time, and had to enter it twice before she succeeded. The moment she unlocked her phone, a group message popped up: "You have received a message from Senior 3 (2) Class."
Tangning clicked into the group chat and saw a person named "Gu Ming" saying, "Anyone want to play a card game? I created a group chat."
It was obvious that this was a group chat set up by players. When Tang Ning entered the group number to apply to join the group, he saw the question: "Please tell me a rule about the card game."
Tangning casually mentioned a rule he remembered, and it was quickly approved by the administrator.
[You have joined the group]
Gu Ming: "Yes, now all six players are here. I was worried that there would be casualties right from the start of the C-level difficulty."
Tangning's heart skipped a beat and she looked up at Song Linsu, who was lying on the bed opposite her.
Song Linsu smiled and said, "You see, if I hadn't reminded you to join the group, you would have missed everyone's news."
What enthusiastic words they sounded.
But he was sure that Song Linsu was dead!
He can only pick up his teammate's cards when the teammate dies.
Gu Ming: "Friends, at C-level difficulty, it's best for us to work together to overcome the difficulties. I suggest that everyone share the information they have collected in the group to increase our survival rate."
Gu Ming: "Let me share a piece of information first. The dormitory supervisor will check the dormitories at around 12 o'clock at night. The difficulty of the dungeon at night is usually higher than that during the day. I think there will be problems at this time, so everyone should be alert."
Li Chengan: "The food in the cafeteria is not fresh. It's best to buy food with a shelf life."
Du Fei: "The background of this instance is somewhat similar to the late 1990s and early 20th century in the real world. I talked to several NPCs and they all had relatively conservative ideas."
Zhou Chuan: "I have a document about school rules here"
Song Linsu: "The toilet on the far right of the second floor of Building A is rumored to be haunted."
Tangning saw that everyone, including Song Linsu, had given their information. He hesitated for a moment and typed down the information he had read in the diary: "There was once a student in this school who died in a strange way. He fell while picking up cutlery and his throat was pierced by a fork."
Gu Ming: "Thank you all for sharing your information. I plan to explore this dungeon tomorrow. Does anyone want to team up with me?"
Li Chengan: "Don't do stupid things. This is a C-level dungeon. The more you wander around, the faster you'll die. I just want to survive for these seven days."
Tang Ning couldn't help but agree with Li Cheng'an's point of view in his heart.
Zhou Chuan: "If you sit and wait for death, you will die quickly in a C-level book. If this is an E-level book, we can probably pass it easily by following the school rules, but in a C-level book, the monster will actively stop us from completing the task. The system says that violating the school rules will result in death. I think we can explore from the monster's original form. The monster's original form may be a discipline committee member, a teacher, or the like."
After reading Zhou Chuan's analysis, Tang Ning suddenly felt that it would be better to explore further.
Gu Ming: "Zhou Chuan is right, is there anyone who wants to join us tomorrow?"
Tang Ning was tempted, but afraid of danger. He bit his lower lip and hesitated as he typed. Before he could send the message, he saw a new message.
Song Linsu: "Me."
Tangning's fingers paused for a moment, and he silently deleted all the words in the dialog box.
Gu Ming: "Li Cheng'an, Du Fei, Tang Ning, are you coming?"
Li Chengan: “No.”
Dufei: "I will act on my own."
Tangning: "I will also act on my own."
The group chat was silent from this point on. Tang Ning stared at the group chat interface, unsure whether to tell the other teammates that Song Linsu might be dead.
He would definitely not be able to survive the C-level dungeon by himself. If Song Linsu did something to cause the other teammates to fall, Tang Ning would be isolated and helpless in this dungeon.
She definitely couldn't say it in the group. Song Linsu was also in the group. Tangning planned to find a reliable player, or at least a smart person, to tell him secretly.
After thinking it over, he gritted his teeth and clicked on Zhou Chuan's avatar to start a private chat.
Tangning: "Are you there?"
Zhou Chuan: “?”
Tangning: "Aren't you guys going to form a team to explore tomorrow? I have some news to tell you. Song Linsu might be dead."
Zhou Chuan: "Why do you say that?"
Tang Ning: "When we first entered the game, he was in the toilet cubicle next to me. I heard him being eaten by the monster, but strangely, he reappeared alive."
As he typed these words, a terrifying feeling crept up from his back again, causing Tang Ning's fingertips to tremble slightly.
Tang Ning did not mention that she had picked up Song Linsu's card. Cards are very valuable resources. Although the game stipulates that players cannot kill each other, some players can take advantage of loopholes in the rules to kill people and pick up cards.
Zhou Chuan: "Thank you for your reminder. You and Song Linsu should be more careful when you are in the same dormitory."
The creepy shiver crawled up from my spine to my scalp.
Tang Ning slowly raised his head, and then he found that Song Linsu had been standing in front of him since some time, quietly watching him and Zhou Chuan communicate!
A sudden sense of horror exploded from my scalp and went straight to the top of my head.
As Tangning stared at him in panic, Song Linsu smiled and said, "Thank you for finding my phone. I'd like to treat you to a meal. Is that okay?"
"No need." Tang Ning said quickly. His muscles were tense and he was ready to run away at any time.
"Why are you so polite?" Song Linsu said distressedly: "I really want to thank you."
"Really, no need." Tangning's voice was trembling a little, "I just picked it up by chance. Someone else would bring it back to you."
Every time he spoke, Tang Ning couldn't help but look back at his surroundings. Like a frightened bird, his panic-stricken temperament exuded a fatal attraction to predators.
“Squeak~”
The door was suddenly pushed open and Qi Yun stood at the door with a laundry basin in his hand and a cold expression on his face. Tangning and Song Linsu turned around and looked at Qi Yun at the same time.
The dormitory corridor was very narrow. When Qi Yun walked to Song Linsu's side, he said coldly, "Make way."
Song Linsuo took a few steps back and watched Qi Yun pass by him.
Qi Yun was standing on the balcony hanging clothes, and Song Linsu was still looking at Qi Yun's back.
After looking for a long time, he slowly returned to his bed.
Although Tang Ning didn't know why Song Linsu left suddenly, he vaguely realized that it seemed to be related to Qi Yun.
Song Linsu seemed a little afraid of Qi Yun.
Could it be that Qi Yun is the "Prince" in this world
Tang Ning leaned on the bed, panting heavily, still in shock. If Song Linsu was afraid of Qi Yun, then he would be safer staying in the dormitory. After regaining some strength, Tang Ning secretly flipped through the diary. He wanted to find information about Song Linsu, but the diary was mostly expressing his morbid obsession with Qi Yun. The few descriptions of Song Linsu that he could barely find were all mixed with Qi Yun.
Friday, May 23, sunny
It would be great if I could bring a camera to school to take secret photos of Qi Yun. I really want to take a lot of photos of Qi Yun, and I want to have a photo with Qi Yun.
Why are Qi Yun and I in different classes? We could have taken a graduation photo together, but today the person standing next to me is still Song Linsu.
Saturday, May 24th, sunny
I found a piece of Qi Yun's draft paper in the dormitory. The words on Qi Yun's draft paper were so beautiful. I secretly hid the draft paper. Qi Yun shouldn't find it, right? Sorry, sorry, sorry.
I seem to be sick.
I want to see a doctor, but I don't want to go to the hospital.
Song Linsu is the person who should go see a doctor.
Monday, May 26th, cloudy
So annoying! Why does Song Linsu pay so much attention to me? He has to watch, ask and follow me in everything I do! This makes it impossible for me to steal the mineral water that Qi Yun drank! Does he have any sense of propriety? !
Tuesday, May 27th (cloudy)
Song Linsu was secretly taking photos of me? He refused to delete the photos even after I found out? Is he a pervert?!
The handwriting in the diary was extremely similar to Tang Ning's own, and could even be said to be exactly the same. At first glance, it looked like it was written by Tang Ning himself. Plus, the diary was written in the first person, and Tang Ning felt a dizzying sense of immersion as he read. His already confused brain became even more dizzy, and he felt like vomiting, but his stomach was tightening due to hunger.
Tang Ning had found a bottle of milk and a piece of bread when he was flipping through his diary, so he ate them.
After solving the dining problem, Tang Ning simply washed up and went to bed to rest.
He went to bed early, at 8pm. If his body hadn't been exhausted and there were no sleeping pills in the game, Tang Ning wouldn't have chosen to go to bed so early.
He hoped that he could fall asleep tonight, or at least sleep for five or six hours, otherwise a person with severe sleep deprivation would find it difficult to survive the seven-day copy.
With this thought in mind, Tang Ning pulled the quilt over his head, closed his eyes and cleared his mind. There were no earplugs in the dormitory, so Tang Ning could only cover his ears with his hands, but this posture made it even harder for him to fall asleep.
Finished.
No earplugs, no medicine, no sense of security at all.
The quilt pressed against his face, making it hard to breathe, but Tang Ning didn't dare stick his head out. The anxiety of not being able to fall asleep made him constantly have wild thoughts. His body was obviously very tired and his mind was groggy, but he just couldn't fall asleep.
Tang Ning didn't know how long she had been lying there. She heard the other two roommates getting ready for bed one after another. The dormitory suddenly became extremely quiet. Tang Ning tentatively let go of her hands that were covering her ears and lay in bed for a while longer.
Still can't sleep.
Will he stay awake till dawn
As expected, the insomnia made Tang Ning cry anxiously. He bit the quilt to stifle the tears that were about to burst out. Tears flowed from the corners of his eyes. Tang Ning curled up into a ball and cried silently.
How he wished that these fragile and useless negative emotions could leave this body like tears, but there was so much anxiety and uneasiness, like a vast ocean, drowning him and making him unable to breathe. He was drifting in it like an isolated island.
I can't sleep. I'm so sad.
I can't breathe. I feel so sad.
So sad, so sad
Tangning pulled the quilt down bit by bit, and the quilt slid over his furrowed brows, his tightly closed eyes, his red nose from crying, and his lips that were slightly opened to absorb oxygen.
Amidst the indescribable salty and wet pain, Tang Ning opened his eyes.
He met a pair of fixed eyes.
That was Song Linsu's face.