Global Collapse

Chapter 631 Pulling the Saw, Looking Around, Feeling Lost

Chu Changge pushed up his glasses: "We need to go to the office to find the files of the suspects in our case."

“I see…” Wang Youcai nodded. “We need to go to the classrooms of some of the victims to see if we can find any clues.”

It's worth mentioning that neither of these groups entered the school through the main gate in a straightforward manner.

This high school has a strict closed management system, and only teachers and day students can enter and leave the school with their identification.

Those guys who looked like they belonged to the underworld had no choice but to sneak into the school by climbing over the fence in the middle of the night.

Chu Changge also climbed over in this way.

Yan Shuangfei was deeply shocked when she saw the stern-faced bespectacled young man lift his leg to climb over the school fence.

Not being an expert in this area, Chu Changge twisted his ankle and stumbled a few times when he jumped off the fence, but he immediately pushed up his glasses as if nothing had happened.

“We don’t have the classroom key, so we plan to climb in through the corridor window,” Wang Youcai said, glancing down at Chu Changge’s sprained ankle. “If you’re going to the office, there shouldn’t be any windows to climb in, right?”

Chu Changge took a step back: "You don't need to worry about that."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Yan Shuangfei and the other two hurriedly turned to say goodbye to Wang Youcai's group and chased after him.

The school is very large, and several of the teaching buildings look exactly the same, so people who are new to the school are very likely to get lost.

It's nighttime now, and darkness has enveloped the entire school, making it impossible to see anything in the distance.

Chu Changge, however, had a good sense of direction.

He almost didn't take any wrong turns and led his three team members directly to the building they were looking for.

Looking at Chu Changge's retreating figure ahead, Yan Shuangfei couldn't help but mutter to Li Yuan, "Why does it feel like the judge in our group doesn't really like us? He didn't even turn around to check if we were lost the whole way."

Li Yuan had the same feeling; he felt that the judge didn't care about them, as if he thought they, his followers, were dispensable.

Chu Chu had already become familiar with the two of them. Hearing them muttering, Chu Chu also came over: "Our group's judge is the most unapproachable, right? Judge Wang Youcai, whom we just met, seemed very responsible and took good care of his team members."
"And then there's that judge from Sister Egret's group we encountered before. He's definitely not someone to be trifled with. Did you guys see his nickname? It's green. Do you think he paid for it?"

At this moment, Chu Changge, who was in front, suddenly turned around and glanced at them. The three of them immediately shut their mouths and stopped talking.

At this moment, Wang Youcai and his three teammates arrived at their destination—the teaching building where the victim was attending classes.

They looked up.

The three large characters "勤学楼" (Qinxue Lou, meaning "Diligent Study Building") are pasted on the outside of the building, and the school used red lettering, probably to make it more eye-catching.

However, the bright red lettering looked somewhat eerie at night, like blood seeping from the building.

Twisting your head down and looking at the ominous words, you hesitate: "This is a dungeon where you can actually die. Are we really going to go into this deserted school building in the middle of the night?"

Wang Youcai said earnestly, "If we come during the day, we probably won't even be able to get in."

What he said is true.

The four of them looked like people from outside the school. If they came in during the day, they would probably be spotted by the teachers and kicked out immediately.

There are only a few classes in the building, and most of the teachers know each other, so pretending to be a teacher won't work.

Moreover, they would need to go into the classroom to search the victim's desk and such. The classroom is usually full during the day. High school PE classes are mostly only once a week, and there is a high probability that they will not be able to attend. Therefore, they cannot take advantage of the victims' PE classes to launch a sneak attack.

Qi Yeqi also found the deserted teaching building a bit scary: "Speaking of which, most of the ghost stories from a few years ago were related to schools, such as the woman washing her face in the girls' restroom, the thirteen-story staircase, the moving human statue... they were all campus ghost stories."

Twist your head off, shrink your neck, and comfort yourself: "But it seems like there haven't been any new campus ghost stories in recent years."

Qi Yewei glanced at him: "Because writing about school ghosts now makes it easy to get your book banned."

“Haha, it seems that’s true,” he said, scratching his head. “I remember not long ago, to avoid getting the book banned, they even stopped mentioning ‘ghosts’ in novels and made them ‘other spirits’ instead… There are so many ghosts in this global game. It would be great if this game could be banned.”

After chatting for a while, the group felt a little braver and stepped into the teaching building together.

“The victims who died were students from Class 5 of Senior Three,” Wang Youcai said, stepping onto the stairs. “Class 5 of Senior Three is on the top floor. Please keep your voices down when going up the stairs to avoid any accidents.”

The group huddled together and tiptoed down the stairs.

They were being very careful, but in the quiet night, any sound was amplified, and the footsteps and soft breathing of the four echoed down the stairs.

He was at the very back of the group of four, constantly glancing back at the darkness behind him, afraid that something might be following them.

Wang Youcai, a middle-aged man, walked at the front, and he was just as uneasy. Every time they reached the corner of the stairs, he felt that there might be a vengeful ghost waiting for them above.

The last few people made it to the fourth floor without any major incident.

No strange ghosts jumped out in the middle.

Class 5 of the third year of high school was right opposite the stairwell, and they saw the class they were looking for as soon as they came up.

Some old classroom doors blocked the group's path of exploration; a large padlock was firmly fastened to the latch, making it difficult to remove by force.

Wang Youcai looked into the distance along the corridor.

The dark corridor stretched as far as the eye could see. There were five classes on this floor, from Class 1 to Class 5. Class 5 was at one end of the corridor, while Class 1 was at the other.

The toilet is right next to the stairwell, with the door wide open, and you can see a huge mirror inside from the hallway.

These players are very sensitive to mirrors, and Wang Youcai looked away, not daring to look any longer.

The classroom door was locked, but fortunately there was a window in the corridor wall, which was a bit high, but still manageable to climb up.

They looked up at the rectangular window, which was small enough for a person to squeeze through.

Behind it is a pitch-black classroom.

There was still some light in the corridor, but it seemed like there wasn't a single ray of light in the classroom.

The students probably drew the curtains before their evening self-study session ended, preventing any light from entering the classroom.

"Do we... all have to go in?" He turned his head and looked at the dark window, feeling troubled.

The door was locked from the outside; they had to go in through the window and out through the window as well.

If there is any danger in the classroom, they can only slowly climb out the window to escape, which is very difficult.

“Two people can go in, or even one,” Wang Youcai thought of this as well. “If there is danger inside, the fewer people who go in, the less likely they are to block the windows when they escape.”

After he finished speaking, he thought for a moment and said, "I'm going in. Does anyone else want to go in?"

Qi Yewei's expression was solemn: "You are the judge. If something goes wrong inside, our whole team will be finished... How about this, I'll go in. I'm thinner, so it'll be easier for me to squeeze through the window."

Wang Youcai frowned. He considered it for several seconds before hesitantly nodding, "Then be careful."

At this moment, Ningtou next to him also raised his hand: "I'll go in too. It'll be faster if the two of us search together."

“Okay,” Wang Youcai looked at the two of them, then took out two bundles of rope. “Tie these around your waists. We’ll hold the other end from the outside. If you encounter any danger, we’ll pull the rope. This way, you can escape through the window more easily.”

Vivi turned her head and took the rope, tying it around her waist.

Because there was nothing to step on in the corridor, Weiwei climbed up the window by stepping on Wang Youcai's shoulders.

Ye Qiqi watched from the side, her heart pounding with fear, and kept telling them to be careful.

After Ye Weiwei jumped into the classroom, she turned around and climbed over the narrow window, stepping on Wang Youcai.

Just as the two climbed into the classroom, the locked classroom door suddenly slammed shut with a loud bang.

The two men, whose feet had barely touched the ground, immediately crouched down and huddled in a corner, too afraid to move.

Wang Youcai and Ye Qiqi outside were also startled by the sound. They immediately looked around and were only slightly relieved when they saw that there was nothing unusual.

"Was that the wind just now?" Ye Qiqi asked softly.

As soon as she finished speaking, a gust of wind rustled the door of Class Two not far away.

Once they confirmed there was no danger inside, the two stood up and began to grope their way through the dark classroom.

"I said...should we turn on the lights?" He turned his head to look at the dark classroom, feeling very uneasy.

Ye Weiwei thought for half a second and said, "Let's forget about it."

You need to be extremely careful in the dungeon; who knows what might happen if you turn on the lights?

She touched the rope around her waist and walked towards the podium at the front of the classroom, where the seating chart for the class should be posted.

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