1TWITF[C Chapter 55

Chapter 55

“Principal, look… someone’s asking around again.” Teacher Li respectfully said to the back of the figure sitting in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, “One of them is a reporter, and the other’s identity is unknown, but they’re probably here to expose us.”

The principal didn’t even turn his head, “Do I need to teach you how to handle this? But you’re new, you may not have experience. Just ask the other teachers in the office.”

“Okay, okay.”

“I know. Students are under a lot of pressure to study. It’s normal for them to go out to relax. As teachers, we don’t need to interfere too much.”

“That’s right, that’s the attitude.” The principal exhaled a smoke ring, a smile in his voice.

Inside the office, the principal stubbed out his cigarette, stood up, and walked to the bookshelf next to him. He reached out and opened the bookshelf door, revealing a hidden space inside with a shrine.

The scarlet statue on the shrine made it difficult to associate it with the title of “god.” In fact, it was difficult for humans to describe its appearance. It was as if, after it was carved from a piece of wood into this shape, it was no longer something that should exist in the human world. At first glance, words like twisted, eerie, and grotesque would come to mind, making one’s hair stand on end.

The principal bowed respectfully to the statue, his expression pious and fanatical.

Soon after, a man knocked on the door and entered.

“Principal, I’ve checked. This Lu Yanli really is a reporter. It’s said that he’s very capable and even exposed a private hospital for buying and selling patient organs.”

The man nodded, “Okay, I’ll arrange it now. I’ll let the students out of school early today.”

“I just feel like this school is abnormal.” They sat in a restaurant across from the school, watching the school gate.

School was in session, quiet and peaceful, and there seemed to be nothing out of the ordinary. But Chu Xiu felt that the quietness was just a beast Dormanting in the night, ready to devour people at any moment.

Lu Yanli said, “I went to inquire about ‘that person’ today, but the teachers’ reactions were very strange, as if they were afraid of something. They didn’t seem to be unaware.” He then described his experience in detail.

After hearing him, Chu Xiu also frowned.

“You said, these teachers all know, then what about the students? The principal? Even the leaders behind the school, could they also…” Chu Xiu asked, though his tone was certain.

Why was this mission so special? It was filled with the shadow of the so-called “all-knowing god.” Had the previous few games caused the space-time disorder effect? Would this one also produce space-time turbulence?

Unconsciously, he asked the question aloud.

Ghosts are almost omnipotent in missions, and can even take people to another space-time… Chu Xiu shook his head, throwing away other distracting thoughts.

Lu Yanli was also deep in thought.

He needed to know the experiences of all the task performers for comparison, otherwise he would not risk going on adventures again and again. Every mission was bizarre and confusing, but as long as he could figure out the law, it would be easy to break the situation.

Thinking about past missions, Lu Yanli’s brow furrowed slightly.

In the past, as long as they could find the law hidden beneath the weird missions, it would be easy to break the situation. For example, in the previous Red River Village incident, they only needed to have the village chief confirm that they had lived there for a month to escape. But this time?

Space-time disorder, a cycle of reincarnation, they had no way of knowing whether their current actions would affect the future, or even affect the past. But what was certain was that there was an invisible hand manipulating things from behind.

Was it his imagination? In the past, missions involved at most dozens of people, but later, the number of people involved became larger and larger, and the scope became wider and wider.

Could it one day spread to the whole country? The whole world?

If that day really came, what would be the difference between the mission world and the world he usually lived in?

Also, the so-called all-knowing god, such an anomaly he would never have missed in the past, so why had he repeatedly ignored it?

“What are you thinking about?” Chu Xiu asked.

As long as he could live, that was enough.

The secret behind it… even ordinary ghosts were not something they could resist. Was it really useful to explore the truth of a mission that could manipulate ghosts?

Therefore, after hearing Lu Yanli’s question, Chu Xiu didn’t care too much and just shook his head, “I can’t say.”

There were also kind task performers who tried to reveal information to the residents of this world, but their fates were all the same: death.

Wait!

Lu Yanli’s meaning was…

What was the relationship between this god and the mission?

Chu Xiu suddenly came back to his senses, looking at the other person with suspicion. Thinking deeply about the meaning of his words, Chu Xiu couldn’t help but shudder.

He couldn’t think too much… otherwise, he was really afraid that he wouldn’t be able to hold on.

After a long silence, Lu Yanli asked, “Are we going in now, or are we waiting until tonight?”

Soon, school would be out in the afternoon, and the students would have evening self-study. Although entering the school was risky, they might be able to observe something.

The leaders in the school gave him a dangerous feeling. Going in rashly might lead to conflict.

Just then, Lu Yanli’s phone rang. He took it out and saw that the caller ID was an unknown number.

After hesitating for a while, he decided to answer. On the other end of the phone was Wen Qing’s homeroom teacher, Teacher Li. She explained in detail that her student had absolutely nothing to do with religion, and then extended an invitation, asking when he would come back for an interview.

School, teachers’ office.

Teacher Li turned on the speakerphone, and all the other teachers in the office pricked up their ears to listen.

The other side seemed to hesitate for a moment, and said, “Then what time would be best for me to come tonight?”

Lu Yanli agreed.

After hanging up the phone, the reactions on both sides were completely different. In the office, everyone looked at each other, revealing a knowing smile.

The other teachers also laughed and joked, each taking their tools, preparing for the collective activity in the evening.

“Hey, do you think they’ll run away?”

“No, it’s okay. The shop owner is a relative of Teacher Wang’s family, they’re watching them.”

“It’s still a bit unsafe. Let’s call the students on duty to stand guard outside the school later, and keep an eye on them.”

“That’s fine too.”

[We’ve been discovered, be careful, the people in the store may be watching us]

Chu Xiu’s pupils shrank, and he smiled and began to agree, incredibly naturally tapping his fingertips on the other person’s phone.

“That place? I’ve been there too, it’s very beautiful…”

[How do you know?]

Lu Yanli: “It’s just that the prices are too high, I only stayed for a few days…”

[In the phone call just now, Teacher Li said she would pick “us” up at the school gate]

Lu Yanli was acting alone, so why would Teacher Li say “us”?

“Nine o’clock, I brought a lot of tools, because I was going to climb mountains, just in case.”

“Are there many people?”

Lu Yanli paused and nodded: “Many, very crowded.” He paused, and then asked, “It’s peak season for travel recently, are you sure you want to go?”

Chu Xiu nodded solemnly.

On the side of the road at the school gate, there were dozens more students wearing school uniforms and red armbands, evenly distributed on both sides of the road, apparently on duty.

Seeing them come out, many students immediately turned their eyes to them. Realizing that something was wrong, they took their eyes back, their gazes glancing over from all directions, concealing their intentions.

Chu Xiu’s leg was injured, and he had barely endured it when he went to scout in the morning. Now, Lu Yanli was helping him walk, his voice was very low, almost lip-reading: “Looks like we probably won’t make it to midnight tonight.”

“Do we need to leave now?” Chu Xiu asked in a low voice.

As they spoke, they came to their parking spot and were shocked, but not surprised, to find that a tire had been slashed.

Chu Xiu smiled bitterly: “Looks like we can’t leave now.”

If there were no accidents, there would probably be people watching their hotel as well.

Lu Yanli didn’t care too much, and looked around: “Let’s rest for a while.”

The agreed time was after nine o’clock at night. As long as he didn’t show any intention of running away, they probably wouldn’t act in advance. Otherwise, the waiter in the store could have easily added some medicine to their drinks, enough to send them on their way.

There were still four hours until nine o’clock at night.

*

“Yes, they’re resting in the car. One student went over to sweep the floor and saw the lame one sleeping in the back seat, and the other one was sitting in the front playing games.”

“Strange…”

“Let’s wait, we’ll talk about it after the students get out of school tonight. Let’s dismiss school early today.” Another senior teacher was holding an axe in his hand, swinging it a few times to get a feel for it. “Let the students bring something too, don’t let them run away.”

“Everyone remember, we must take care of it before midnight.” The director of studies was also in this office, and he emphasized the school rules, “After midnight, absolutely no noise can be made.”

“Understood.” The teachers responded in unison.

Chu Xiu was lying on his side in the back seat, his coat covering his face, seemingly sleeping, but actually communicating with Lu Yanli from under the coat.

It was said that they were missing, but they both knew very well that they were probably murdered.

Coincidentally, Lu Yanli was using the guise of a reporter for his interview.

“So, what’s going on at this school that’s so unspeakable? That the principal would rather resort to such cruel methods? Also, what’s his background? Those reporters disappeared and didn’t even cause a ripple.”

He wasn’t originally the kind of person who would stand by and watch someone die, but then that thing happened… Until now, whether it was because of Lu Yanli’s inherent value or some other reason, Chu Xiu needed him to live.

Task performers didn’t always go to the same world for every mission. He didn’t know when he would enter this world again, but he hoped that he could find the other person the next time he entered.

Lu Yanli had a big secret, and perhaps that secret was exactly what he needed to explore.

Lu Yanli replied to him: “It’s not just the school’s contracting that’s problematic, the annual financial income and expenditure are also problematic.”

“The salaries and bonuses of many teachers in the school are very strange, extremely polarized, and new teachers with no background get very, very little.”

In other words, old teachers with a background could get a lot.

“The atmosphere in the school is also very problematic.” Chu Xiu had browsed their school forum, and it was hard to imagine how a group of students could have such intense malice. However, on the surface, no one could tell. When he entered the school today, many students even took the initiative to help him.

The sky was slowly darkening.

What was even more terrifying than the students outside the window was that Lu Yanli was Break downing on the steering wheel, unmoving.

“What’s wrong with you?” Chu Xiu asked in shock.

Lu Yanli didn’t take it seriously, and found that he was not quite right in the mirror. He took a tissue and wiped it clean, his expression as indifferent as ever: “It’s nothing, I just made another wish.”

“What price did you pay?”

Lu Yanli pointed to his eyes and shook his head, not answering.

The cold wind was biting, and the outline of the school was not very clear in the dark night. The two walked across the zebra crossing and walked towards the school gate.

Teacher Li was already waiting at the school gate. She changed her previous bad attitude and was overly enthusiastic, strongly inviting them to sit in the office.

“No need, we want to take a look around the school, visit.” Lu Yanli was facing a darkness in the school except for the teaching building, and blurted out without changing his face, “The school scenery is very good.”

“The fifth floor.” Teacher Li also realized that something was wrong at this point, and continued to smile, “It’s okay, we also have a junior high school teacher’s office on the first floor, come and sit on the first floor.”

Chu Xiu and Lu Yanli did not refute, and entered the office supporting each other. Teacher Li was also busy pouring water, and two cups of steaming tea were placed in disposable paper cups.

Lu Yanli and Chu Xiu quickly exchanged glances, and Chu Xiu nodded almost imperceptibly. Seeing that he seemed to be able to protect himself, Lu Yanli agreed and followed Teacher Li out the door.

Chu Xiu followed them, leaning against the door. He looked around, seemed to feel cold, returned to the office, and closed the door.

As soon as he returned to the room, Chu Xiu immediately locked the door, and pushed several heavy desks over to block the door. The windows on the first floor were fitted with burglar bars, and he was still not at ease. He planned to push a row of high bookshelves over to block them.

This push caused a problem.

Chu Xiu’s brain buzzed and exploded, and he quickly pushed the bookshelf back into place. His legs were still injured, and the bookshelves and desks were not light. The wound on his leg was almost about to burst open, hurting badly. After Chu Xiu took a breath, he searched the office for usable tools.

“Knock, knock, knock.”

The door was knocked.

*

The staircase in the teaching building was at the end of the corridor. Lu Yanli followed Teacher Li all the way up. What made him strange was that although the classrooms were all lit, he did not hear the voices of the students.

Even if it was evening self-study, it was too quiet.

He stopped.

Lu Yanli said calmly: “Which grade is this? I can take a look here.”

On the floor above her, several heads poked out.

“What’s going on? Did he find something wrong?”

“Teacher Wang and Teacher Liu are squatting on the second floor, they should be able to stop him.”

Just in case, they let the students out of school early today, on the pretext that the school’s main gate was being repaired, and let all the students go through the back door, and specifically told them not to turn off the lights in the classroom. But unexpectedly, Lu Yanli was not fooled and ran away immediately.

A dozen people rushed down the stairs, holding all kinds of prohibited weapons.

“Strange, where did the person go?”

At the stairwell on the second floor, two teachers were lying on the ground groaning.

“He must have gone to find his partner, hurry! Go over there quickly.”

“I told the security guard to guard the door and not let anyone out, he shouldn’t be able to run away.”

“Didn’t Da Zhang go to the first floor to find his partner? That guy surnamed Chu.”

“Come together, hit it open hard.” Another physical education teacher said.

Two men slammed into the door hard, and the other teachers shouted from the side, telling Chu Xiu to open it obediently.

Inside the door, Chu Xiu piled a lot more sundries behind the door.

The leg pain was particularly unbearable, and Chu Xiu did not make a sound. The windows on both sides were locked and the curtains were drawn, so the inside could not be seen from the outside. He leaned against the wall and listened carefully to them, knowing that Lu Yanli should have escaped at this time.

So what should he do?

Just then, he suddenly heard another mechanical sound.

Damn! Why do they even have a chainsaw?

*

Should he help him?

Lu Yanli fell into deep thought, recalling the distribution map of the school, and decided to continue observing.

The chainsaw was pulled on hard, and a large hole was slowly sawed into the wooden door.

If Chu Xiu was standing by the door, this would kill him on the spot.

“Who must have leaked the news, otherwise how would he have blocked the door?”

“Ah! My desk! Director, remember to help me reimburse it later!”

“What to do? The door is sawed open, but we can’t get in, it’s blocked by tables inside.”

“Then go for the windows!” A tall physical education teacher took the chainsaw and began to cut the metal burglar bars.

There was nothing blocking behind the windows, and a group of people successfully removed the burglar bars, and climbed in through the windows one by one. Lu Yanli vaguely heard their exclamations.

“Where’s the person? Where did he run to?”

“Impossible! I’ve been guarding the door, no one came out.”

“Everyone hurry up and find him, we can’t let him go!”

Lu Yanli also felt strange, where could Chu Xiu have run to? Could there be a secret passage in the office?

It shouldn’t be.

He continued to watch for a while, suddenly his back was cold, and then he suddenly looked back.

In the teaching building behind him, a light was lit on the roof, and a figure was standing in front of the window.

The dark night blocked people’s vision, but Lu Yanli knew that that person must be staring at him!

He immediately sprinted away from the original position. And when Lu Yanli fled, the other teachers also reacted and immediately followed him, chasing closely behind.

“Don’t run! Stop quickly!”

“You can’t run away!”

“Explain who sent you now, and we won’t chase you!”

“Where’s your partner? Explain clearly!”

Hearing the word partner, Lu Yanli thought of something. He continued to run wildly in the campus. Just as the others were following closely behind, a gunshot rang out, echoing in the campus.

Lu Yanli put away his gun and continued to run forward without looking back. About a hundred meters behind him, a teacher was clutching his leg in pain and groaning.

“He actually brought a gun.” The teachers were stunned.

“Bringing a gun is illegal, do you know that?”

“You actually dare to kill?! Stop!”

Lu Yanli turned a deaf ear.

After scouting once during the day, he was very familiar with the environment on campus. The setting of this school was also quite strange, with winding roads, uneven buildings, and almost no straight paths. It was very awkward. But now it was convenient for Lu Yanli to escape.

He turned back and fired another shot.

This time, he hit another male teacher in the leg.

Who was that person who had seen him?

His intuition told him that this answer was very important.

*

Chu Xiu was hiding in a dark,Closed ed corner, not daring to breathe. What made him so nervous was not the people searching for him on the other side of a cabinet.

Beside him was a bright red statue.

Lu Yanli had led them away?

Chu Xiu was a little suspicious, but it seemed that there was no other explanation at the moment.

After a while, he heard a gunshot, and after a while, another gunshot. This made him even more sure of the guess in his heart.

Of course, he hoped that the other person had fired the gun deliberately to lead others away, rather than as a last resort.

Hearing that there was no sound outside, Chu Xiu carefully moved his steps.

Chu Xiu moved the bookshelf little by little. When he moved a crack open, the outside light poured in.

His head buzzed and exploded.

Outside the crack he pushed open, a human face suddenly leaned forward, staring at him unblinkingly, with a full face of smiles.

“Found you!”

She hoped to make a contribution and integrate into the teacher group of the Fourth Middle School, so she did not call anyone else.

“Bang!”

An unbelievable expression appeared on that excited face. She was shot in the thigh and slowly fell down.

只 ing the chainsaw that had not yet been turned on from the other person’s hand, Chu Xiu jumped out the window and fled quickly. And not long after he ran away, a group of people ran over in a hurry.

“What’s going on? Did that person come back?”

“Xiao Li? Xiao Li, are you okay?”

“Oh my god! This, this is…”

Several people lifted the bookshelf halfway with all their hands and feet, and another person dragged Teacher Li out from under the bookshelf. A large amount of blood flowed out of the latter’s leg, and Shinbai bones broke through the skin and were exposed outside. It was obvious that the injury was very serious, and another person had to be sent to the hospital.

Teacher Li said weakly: “That guy had been hiding behind the bookshelf just now, and also, he snatched the chainsaw away, you must be careful.”

“This hateful thing, we will definitely avenge you.”

“Both of them actually brought guns, what should we do?”

Teacher Luo agreed and carried Teacher Li on his back and walked outside, preparing to drive her to the hospital. The others dispersed and continued searching.

Just as Chu Xiu was carrying the chainsaw and enduring the pain to hide everywhere, Lu Yanli finally arrived at the top floor and stood outside the principal’s office.

This was the principal’s office, it seemed that the person who had been spying just now was likely to be the principal.

He knocked on the door.

Probably because he didn’t expect that the other person would come to the door directly, there was no sound coming from inside the door for a long time.

Lu Yanli continued to knock on the door.

The cold air at night stimulated his head, which had been heated by the intense exercise just now, and he was a little sober. He held the gun stock in one hand, and held the wooden stick in the other hand and continued to knock on the door.

“Is anyone there?” Lu Yanli continued to ask.

He put away the gun, put his hand on the doorknob, and twisted it gently.

The door opened.

Lu Yanli did not go in, but pushed the door hard, and quickly retreated two steps, vigilantly raising the gun.

No one.

Lu Yanli walked in slowly, and as soon as he entered the office, he felt a chill.

Where was the person?

His eyes looked around, looking for a place where someone might be hiding.

There was nothing everywhere.