Gu Ming's dim eyes became extremely bright at that moment, like a dusty jewel that burst into dazzling light after being wiped. He held Tang Ning's hand tightly, just like he ran with Tang Ning on the dormitory stairs before, and pulled Tang Ning away from Qi Yun.
Qi Yun did not stop him, or rather, Qi Yun was too busy to take care of himself at the moment. He hugged his head in pain, with veins bulging on his forehead, like a tiny python crawling under his skin.
The wind passed through the empty teaching building, making a whimpering sound, as if an invisible monster was howling.
The sound of footsteps, flying papers, whistling wind, all the chaotic and noisy sounds seemed to be distorted by the flames. Among them, there was a sound of footsteps that was different from the three people, bang bang bang. The rapid and violent sound did not sound like something a human could make. It reminded people of marbles bouncing in a narrow space. A sense of oppression came over them in the face amidst the dense and continuous sounds.
Zhou Chuan was running in the front. He was the first to look back. The next second, his eyes widened, as if he saw something shocking. The impact was so great that he even forgot to run away.
Gu Ming also turned his head. Tang Ning didn't see Gu Ming's face, but he could feel Gu Ming holding his hand tightly for a moment, so tightly that Tang Ning's hand bones seemed to be crushed.
what happened
Just as Tangning was about to turn around, Qi Yun's voice, unable to suppress his pain, rang out from behind her: "Don't look back!"
Tang Ning froze in place.
The hurried footsteps were getting closer and closer. Gu Ming suddenly let go of Tang Ning's hand, "Zhou Chuan! Take him away—" Before he could finish his words, Gu Ming let out a scream, as if he was hit hard in the abdomen by something!
"Ah, ah!" Gu Ming let out a heart-wrenching wail.
At the same time, Qi Yun also let out a low growl like a trapped beast.
The two equally painful voices continued to echo behind Tang Ning, and Tang Ning's brain completely froze.
what happened
Zhou Chuan rushed towards Tang Ning, but did not immediately take Tang Ning away as Gu Ming had instructed. His sharp eyes were fixed on the things behind Tang Ning, "Gu Ming is dying."
Zhou Chuan said to Tang Ning, "If we don't save him, he will be beaten to death."
"Can you save him?" Tang Ning asked in a trembling voice.
"I'm not the one who can save him." Zhou Chuan turned his head and looked at Tangning with a strange look, "It's you."
What
I
How could I possibly save Gu Ming
Tangning stared at Zhou Chuan in shock. He saw that Zhou Chuan's expression was getting more and more strange. Every muscle on his face was trembling slightly. His breathing became heavier and heavier as he spoke. Especially when he held his hand tightly and trembled, he heard Zhou Chuan whisper to him, "Actually, when I first followed you, I discovered something very strange."
That day, the three of them decided on their respective action plans in the classroom. Tang Ning followed Qi Yun and Zhou Chuan followed Tang Ning. Zhou Chuan successfully persuaded Gu Ming to give up for two reasons.
First, Qi Yun was full of hostility towards Gu Ming, and following them would be tantamount to committing suicide.
Second, the card Zhou Chuan has is called the Hunter Card.
Hunter card setting 1: You are an excellent hunter, your five senses and physical fitness can be greatly improved.
Hunter Card Setting 2: In the jungle game, the identities of hunter and prey may be exchanged at any time.
This card is good for tracking and detecting crises.
At the beginning of the day, Zhou Chuan's entire attention was focused on Qi Yun. It was not until he was messaging Tang Ning that his eyes unconsciously fell behind her.
"Tangning, you don't have a shadow either."
Tangning's mind went blank. The amount of information contained in this sentence made it almost impossible for him to think at that moment. However, his frozen brain automatically recalled those nightmare-like memories.
He suddenly remembered that when he looked at himself in the mirror in the dormitory bathroom, there were no water droplets on his face when he first looked at himself in the mirror. When he looked back the second time, he found that the mirror was empty.
He recalled the moment when he turned off his phone last night and saw his own silhouette on the screen.
Normally, when a person faces a phone, he or she can only see his or her own face. If a silhouette suddenly appears on the phone screen, it would be very strange, but what is even stranger is, where did the original face go
"Have you ever played Werewolf? I've heard that there's a very rare card in the card game. The person who gets the card will play a role similar to a werewolf." Zhou Chuan stared at Tang Ning, who looked so weak that she didn't pose any threat. "This kind of card is a big cheat in the entire game."
"So people who get this kind of hand don't realize that their rules are different from everyone else's."
The man's large, powerful hands grasped Tang Ning's head, and cruelly and firmly turned Tang Ning's head behind him.
"Tangning, there is no rule between Gu Ming and I that prohibits us from looking directly at monsters."
Her beautiful eyes widened to their maximum.
Tangning could see with unusual clarity—
Gu Ming was stepped on the ground by someone who looked exactly like him.
He was a person who looked exactly like Tang Ning, but his expression was extremely cold and his lips were stained with a deep, rich red, so red that it gave off an evil vibe.
It exudes a cold and powerful aura from head to toe, like a bloody rose.
The moment Tang Ning looked at him, that "Tang Ning" stopped killing, as if someone had pressed the pause button.
Zhou Chuan's voice was filled with an irrepressible excitement. "I knew it! I knew it! I knew that C-level difficulty couldn't be that difficult!!!"
Zhou Chuan released Tang Ning's hand and ran downstairs with a crazy laugh. At this moment, the smile on his face had a similar weirdness to that of the NPC in the dungeon, but he himself hadn't noticed it yet.
Tang Ning stared blankly at this monster that looked exactly like him.
A strange thing happened. When he saw the other person for the first time, he felt inexplicably -
This is his shadow.
A completely different existence from him.
He is cowardly, weak and timid.
His shadow is cold, powerful, and cruel.
The rules say, your instinct tells you not to look directly at the monster.
Will you be killed if you see a shadow
But his shadow stood there motionless. If it weren't for the blood constantly flowing from the corners of Gu Ming's lips as he was stepped on by the shadow, Tang Ning would have suspected that the scene before his eyes was still.
After he saw the frozen shadow, Qi Yun fell to his knees. There was a huge shadow swaying under Qi Yun, as big as a lake. The shadow spread, and the blazing flames went out. The shadow grew bigger and bigger.
It was so big that it enveloped the entire campus and so big that it seeped beyond the campus. The outside world was a blur, a game world that had not yet been constructed.
The shadow belonging to Tang Ning kept trembling, as if facing something extremely terrifying.
— “At first we thought the pattern of death was due to violation of school rules, but violating school rules alone would not lead to so many deaths.”
His shadow was afraid.
Why should the shadow be afraid
—"Zhou Chuan and I think the monsters may have a hidden pattern in their killings."
To Tang Ning, he always thought that Qi Yun was like a huge iceberg floating on the sea. Even if one only saw a small part of it, it would make people feel scared.
At this moment, the sea water covering the icebergs was receding bit by bit.
A huge shadow that was big enough to cover everything surged behind Qi Yun, and a "Qi Yun" constructed entirely of shadows walked out of the darkness.
This "Qi Yun" is very different from the real Qi Yun. The real Qi Yun seldom smiles and is as cold as an iceberg, while this "Qi Yun" has a weird smile at the corner of his lips. His smile is exactly the same as all the NPCs in this copy, or it can be said that those NPCs are replicating his smile.
— "This rule may be related to the deaths of Song Linsu, Li Cheng'an, and Du Fei."
What do Song Linsu, Li Cheng'an, and Du Fei have in common
Tangning asked himself, and then he answered:
I saw them all.
They all struck fear into me.
Not only them, but also the NPCs who blocked me from leaving the dormitory in the morning disappeared at noon. The NPCs who restrained me from leaving the cafeteria also disappeared in the afternoon.
— “My intuition tells me that the real danger lies in this hidden law.”
The smiling "Qi Yun" walked towards "Tang Ning" step by step like an elegant gentleman. The cold and strong "Tang Ning" revealed a fragile expression like a child at this moment.
It retreated desperately, trying to avoid the gradually approaching "Qi Yun".
My rule is, don't look directly at monsters.
This kind of direct viewing should not be blocked by any medium, such as through a mirror or the reflection in a mobile phone. It should be seen truly. I cannot look directly at my shadow.
Because the moment I saw it and was horrified by it.
A bigger monster will appear.
"Qi Yun" bent down gracefully and wrapped his slender hands around "Tang Ning's" trembling fingertips.
I think the monster's killing rules are -
Kill everything that scares me and that I see.
"Tang Ning" broke into countless pieces the moment it was touched, and the pieces turned into tiny black particles and dissipated in the air.
Tang Ning's unprecedented clarity of mind helped him figure out everything.
I see.
After he realized this, he heard Zhou Chuan's screams coming from the end of the corridor.
Yes.
At that moment just now, he was also afraid of Zhou Chuan.
Although Zhou Chuan guessed so much, he did not guess the killing conditions of the other monster.
But this is already amazing.
It's a pity that it's just a little bit off.
Just a little bit short of that—
Tang Ning watched as the monster belonging to Qi Yun tore apart his shadow. A huge pain spread from his chest, and Tang Ning's soul seemed to be torn apart inch by inch.
What a pity.
He slowly leaned back, and in his blurred vision due to the pain, he saw Gu Ming's trembling figure curled up in the corner. Gu Ming's body was covered in blood, but it didn't matter, as long as he left the game, all the wounds would heal.
The monster that would kill those who violated school rules was already dead. Gu Ming only needed to hold on for the next four days before he could return to reality.
Although there is no way to meet Gu Ming in real life, he should be a qualified idol this time, right
He protected his fans.
His eyelids became extremely heavy and his beautiful eyes slightly closed. Tang Ning continued to fall backwards. At the moment when his body was about to hit the ground, something cold supported him. Tang Ning seemed to sink into a piece of icy sea water.
In her gradually blurry vision, Tang Ning saw Qi Yun's handsome face, his deep eyebrows and eyes were curved, the corners of his lips were exaggeratedly raised, and he was frozen in a clown-like weird smile.
This is Qi Yun's shadow—
It lowered its head and kissed Tang Ning.
Then the shadow solidified in this space and time as if petrified.
In the last moment of losing consciousness, Tangning couldn't help but say sorry in her heart -
I'm sorry, I'm still too timid. Although I guess you are protecting me, I still can't help but feel scared when I see you.
So you lost your ability to act because you triggered the rule that scared me
I'm so sorry.
Darkness swallowed up everything within sight. Tang Ning closed his eyes. His long eyelashes were like a butterfly with its wings folded. His bloodless lips were pale pink. He slipped from the embrace of the shadow. His fragile and soft skin was hit by the steps. He fell diagonally on the dusty stairs, like a work of art that had not been properly placed and was in danger of falling at any time.
Gu Ming struggled to crawl towards Tang Ning. One of his arms was broken, so he could only use one hand. His bloodstained hand struggled to feel around on the ground bit by bit, his fingertips trying their best to touch the edge of the man's clothes.
Qi Yun raised his foot and stepped mercilessly on Gu Ming's palm. Without stopping for a moment, he walked past Gu Ming and came in front of Tang Ning.
He slowly leaned down and put his arms around her slender waist. He stretched his hands to both sides, one hand around her thin shoulders and the other around her soft knees. Qi Yun slowly picked up Tang Ning.
He held her so carefully, as if he was treating something fragile. The pale skin of the person in his arms was covered with deep and light red, all traces of brokenness. Qi Yun put his lips to the snow-white earlobe, and his expression was as if he had just woken up from a dream, "Xiao Ning, I remember."
“The reason why I stay in this world full of loneliness.”
"It's because I was lying in that coffin."
He whispered, "I'm sorry, why did I just remember this now?"
The person in his arms was unable to respond, and seemed to be weightless. Qi Yun hugged Tang Ning tightly. He was about to leave when he was stopped by a trembling hand.
Qi Yun turned around while holding Tangning in his arms. He lowered his eyes to look at Gu Ming who was holding onto his trouser legs tightly. His handsome face was expressionless. Qi Yun said in a condescending manner, "You are kind but weak and cannot protect him."
"If he comes with me, I won't let him get hurt."
Gu Ming seemed to have suddenly lost all his strength, and his hand fell to the ground.
Qi Yun did not look at Gu Ming again. He carried Tang Ning down the stairs. The motionless "Qi Yun" fell to the ground like flowing water and turned into a shadow again, following behind Qi Yun.
However, this shadow was very different from ordinary shadows. It jumped up from the ground from time to time, like a stone breaking the calmness of the water surface, and the splashing water tried to touch Tang Ning's hanging arm.
Qi Yun walked out of the silent teaching building. The breeze blew his hair on his forehead. Qi Yun lowered his head and stared at Tang Ning's sleeping face. His eyes were calm and gentle.
You actually remembered it. A cold male voice sounded in Qi Yun's mind.
This voice also appeared when he lay in the coffin. The voice claimed to be the system of the card game and said to him in the darkness:
“You are a player lost in a copy. You have forgotten why you exist in this copy. The only thing you remember is your love for a person.
You are like a beast under a curse, and only when you receive the true love's kiss of a beauty can you be truly freed. "
Qi Yun, also known as Mo Yunchu, was lying in the coffin, listening to the cold male voice saying word by word: "It's amazing, I thought he would like Lu Yingxing more."
"But all this is just the beginning. The temporary win or loss is not important. Let's move on to the next card game—"
"Please draw your card."
"Congratulations on getting the 'Beast Card'."
"Beast Card Setting 1: You are a monster that lives rooted in corpses"
"Beast Card Setting 2: Your Reflection is Your Weapon"
(The rules of the Reflection Killing that you set: Anyone who scares Tang Ning and is actually seen by Tang Ning will die)
(You chose to split the reflection)
(The Shadow Killing Rule you gave Tangning is: Anyone who violates school rules will die)
So he entered a new world.
At this moment, this voice was still ringing in his mind: I am very curious, why does he have a good impression of Gu Ming, but this good impression has nothing to do with love
Qi Yun did not answer. He silently held his lover in his arms and walked around the campus, passing every corner they had walked through together. All his memories in this world were lonely and painful. Only the moments related to Tangning were sweet.
The building behind him was shaking and crumbling.
The "world" has entered the process of collapse again. Every time a player leaves, the world will be reshuffled and return to its original state.
This is a world of eternal loneliness.
"Xiao Ning." Qi Yun looked at his sleeping lover and whispered, "Wake up."
Then, he lowered his head and kissed Tang Ning gently. Through this kiss, all of his reflection power was transferred to the body of the person in his arms.
The lack of reflection will cause the main body to fall into a state of suspended animation. In this case, only by regaining the reflection can it be reborn.
Qi Yun's shadow disappeared from behind him again, and the person he was hugging tightly was enveloped by white light and left the lonely world—
Ding—The reflection has been sealed, and the game ends early!
Congratulations to the players for successfully completing the dungeon "Ghost School"!