As soon as I reached the second floor, a chilling feeling rose from the soles of my feet to my heart.
Cao Qian rubbed her arms, feeling a little uncomfortable from the cold.
She stood on the stairs and saw Xing Ye looking at something deep in the corridor. She endured the cold and walked to his side. She followed Xing Ye's gaze and was shocked by the scene in front of her.
It's not just a painting of "Mona Lisa's Smile", the entire second-floor corridor wall is covered with this painting.
A girl in school uniform bit her fingers and scribbled on the painting frantically with blood, making creepy laughs as she did so.
"Hehehe, one 20 points, two 20 points, hehehe."
From the girl's profile, you can tell that she is Bai Xu.
What should I do? Cao Qian only has a gun in her hand, and physical attacks may not cause any damage to Bai Xu.
"Let's go downstairs before she notices us," Xing Ye said.
It can be seen from the picture that Bai Xu has not finished painting all the pictures yet, so he should have some time to catch his breath.
Xing Ye already had his phone in hand. If Bai Xu attacked him, he would immediately unleash "Requiem" on his phone. Drawing a single QR code with a redrawing brush took at least five minutes, a waste of time. Cao Qian couldn't stop him.
Xing Ye let Cao Qian go first, and he, who was capable of dealing with Bai Xu, stayed behind.
Fortunately, the guess was correct. Bai Xu ignored the two of them and concentrated on drawing.
After entering the first floor, there were no pictures in the corridor. Bai Xu's dormitory was clearly on the first floor, so why were there no pictures hanging on the first floor?
When Cao Qian was wondering, Xing Ye pointed to the duty room.
The light in the duty room where the dormitory aunt lives is on.
Since they entered the alien space, all the dormitories from the fourth floor to the first floor were empty. There was no light in the alien space. Without a flashlight, they could only rely on the blood-red full moon outside the window for lighting, which would make their eyes blurry after a long time.
Only this small duty room had the light on.
When Xing Ye was in the girls' dormitory during the day, the dormitory aunt responded to Bai Xu's name. She must know something.
"Knock on the door and see." Xing Ye gestured to Cao Qian to knock on the door.
Cao Qian suddenly realized that she understood what Xing Ye meant. She lived in the girls' dormitory and was within the management scope of the dormitory aunt. She was also the person that the aunt should protect. Her knocking on the door would be more effective than Xing Ye's.
Cao Qian raised her hand and knocked on the door, saying, "Auntie, are you there? I'm Cao Qian, who lives in 312."
"Yes, why are you here?" came the familiar voice of the dormitory aunt.
Cao Qian, who couldn't lie, didn't answer the reason. Instead, she said, "Auntie, there's a scary person on the second floor. Can you let me go in and hide?"
"Come in quickly!" The dormitory aunt did not open the door after 11:30 as rumored. Instead, she opened the door quickly and pulled Cao Qian in.
Xing Ye was quick-witted and took the opportunity to squeeze in.
"How did you get in?" The dormitory lady obviously remembered Xing Ye. "Didn't you go out during the day? When did you come back in? Hurry up, hurry up. How can a boy enter the girls' dormitory?"
Xing Ye stared at her and said, "During the day, I was entrusted by Lin Jingxue to come and see her sister; at night, I was also entrusted by Lin Jingxue to come and apologize to Liu Muqing."
"Lin Jingxue?" The dormitory lady's face changed. "Where is she? No, she's dead. Could it be..."
After saying that, he looked behind Xing Ye but saw nothing.
The aunt in the dormitory knew about Lin Jingxue and knew her.
Xing Ye had two guesses about her identity. One was that she was Lin Jingxue's family, but that didn't seem like her. The other was...
Xing Ye said, "After Liu Muqing accepted her apology, Lin Jingxue passed away. Her wish had been fulfilled, and she took her piano with her to her afterlife."
The dormitory lady was stunned, tears welling up in her eyes. "Forgive? Just like that? Can you easily forgive the person who killed her?"
"The person who killed Liu Muqing wasn't Lin Jingxue," Xing Ye approached, "there was someone else involved. Do you want to see this?"
Xing Ye took out the memory card from his pocket and glanced at the internal facilities of the duty room: "There is no computer here, it seems I will have to give it to you tomorrow..."
Before he finished speaking, the door of the duty room was suddenly knocked hard, and Bai Xu's voice rang out outside the door: "I smell a human scent, where does it come from, hehehe..."
The dormitory lady immediately rushed to the door and held it with her back, signaling Cao Qian and Xing Ye not to make any noise.
At first, they just knocked on the door, then kicked it, and finally slammed it. The woman in the dormitory, sweat dripping from her forehead, didn't dare to breathe, but blocked the door with her back, not moving.
Xing Ye noticed that the clock in her room was moving, which meant that time was moving in this house.
It was one o'clock in the morning when Xing Ye and Cao Qian entered the different space. After experiencing the incident of saving Lin Jingxue's soul, about two hours had passed and it was now three o'clock in the morning.
In theory, daybreak occurs at five in the morning.
Bai Xu's knocking on the door became more and more terrifying. There was a sound of a sharp object scratching the door from outside, as if someone was trying to break in.
She was still outside saying, "Aunt Zhang, why don't you open the door? There's such a cute little girl here, why don't you ask her to come and keep me company."
The old lady closed her eyes tightly, very scared, but she didn't move.
Cao Qian wanted to help the dormitory aunt block the door, but was stopped by the aunt. It seemed that no one else could block it.
This won't work. Bai Xu is determined not to give up. In two hours, she will break into the house.
With the dormitory aunt delaying time, Xing Ye used the redraw pen to quickly draw a "Requiem" QR code.
The music started and Bai Xu stopped knocking on the door. The aunt breathed a sigh of relief and sat down softly on the ground. She looked at Xing Ye in surprise and wanted to ask something. Xing Ye put his index finger on his lips, signaling her to be quiet. Now was not the time to relax.
The validity period of the pirated "Requiem" is only 15 minutes, 4 points in an hour, and 8 points in two hours. It will take 10 redrawing pens and 500 points tonight.
Xing Ye drew a new QR code every time when the Requiem's validity period was about to expire, continuously for a full two hours without stopping.
But it finally had some effect. At exactly five o'clock, the red moon outside the window disappeared, the east turned white, and a ray of sunlight that struggled to climb out from the horizon sprinkled on the earth.
This time, the danger outside the door was really gone.
The old lady in the dormitory was completely exhausted. Cao Qian picked her up and put her on the bed. She asked weakly, "How come you have so much strength?"
"Not as good as my aunt." Cao Qian said.
She was not being modest, but she really didn't expect that under such circumstances, the dormitory aunt could hold on and keep Bai Xu out of the door.
Without this door, Xing Ye wouldn't have time to draw the QR code, and then everyone would be finished.
No wonder the dormitory auntie doesn't care no matter who makes a noise after 11:30. It's because this small duty room connects the reality and the alien space. She has to protect the students who accidentally enter here in the alien space. Of course, she can't open the door in the real world.
"Why is she making such a fuss today?" the dormitory aunt asked in confusion. "Usually, she would just leave after knocking twice."
"Because of this thing." Xing Ye took out the memory card again.
Bai Xu suddenly appeared outside the duty room because Xing Ye wanted to give the memory card to his aunt. If there was a variable, it must be the memory card that recorded her sins.
"Go to your dormitory and get the computer." Xing Ye gestured to Cao Qian.
Cao Qian: "...high school students are poor and don't have notebooks."
Xing Ye: "…"
Fortunately, he had previously sent a copy to Zeng Jingrou via email, and was able to find the cached file in his phone mailbox. Xing Ye downloaded the video to his phone and showed it to the aunt in the dormitory.
The aunt had presbyopia, and only after Cao Qian helped her put on her glasses could she see the people inside clearly.
There's no need to watch the rest of the video. When Bai Xu put the watch and keys in Liu Muqing's cabinet, Auntie burst into tears: "I know, I know my Qingqing wouldn't steal anything. She didn't do it. She was framed by someone else!"
The dormitory aunt is Liu Mucheng's mother?
Cao Qian's mind was a little confused. She carefully recalled the two times Xing Ye had contact with her aunt. One time was when Xing Ye tentatively said Bai Xu's name, and her aunt's face changed drastically and she drove him away. The other time was when Xing Ye entered the duty room in the alien space, and Xing Ye said that Liu Mucheng had forgiven Lin Jingxue. The aunt in the dormitory reacted strongly at that time.
Cao Qian has been going back and forth in the dormitory building countless times in the past few days. She often sees this strict aunt and has been scolded by her for skipping classes and pretending to be sick. She thought she was a completely normal dormitory manager. She never thought that she would occupy such an important position in this story.
Xing Ye squatted down, placed the memory card in the aunt's palm, and said, "You can use this to prove your daughter's innocence. No matter which girl, they are all good students. They may have some minor shortcomings that are inevitable in their growth, but their merits outweigh their flaws. Losing them is a loss for the school and even for society."
Dormitory aunt Zhang Shuqin dragged the small memory card tremblingly and cried inconsolably.
It was not until this moment that Xing Ye heard a prompt: Player Xing Ye successfully returned the memory card and video to the family of the deceased Liu Mucheng, obtained 1,500 points, and the campus hidden object mission progressed to 27.
It cost me 500 points for a whole night, and now I get 1500 points, which is quite a good deal.
Xing Ye's current total score was 6200, which was more than enough to deal with Di Kuang and his group. However, the Redraw Pen was too restrictive, so he needed to plan ahead.
Aunt Zhang was still crying, but Xing Ye asked in a dismal tone, "Aunt, how did you get into the alternate dimension and stop Bai Xu?"
Aunt Zhang wiped her tears and said, "I don't know either. After Qingqing died two years ago, I came here to apply for the position of dormitory administrator. Qingqing died in the girls' dormitory building. There were problems with the surveillance at the time. I thought living here might help me find different evidence. The school didn't want to hire me at first, but the other administrators were either crazy or stupid. The school lost a lot of money, and no one was willing to take the job. The principal told me to give it a try, so I've been living here ever since.
I was also very scared when I found out that Bai Xu would turn into a monster in the middle of the night. Fortunately, I carried my daughter's belongings with me, and I would take them out and look at them when I was scared. This is what allowed me to hold on until today.
God is merciful, I finally found the evidence! Young man, you are a good person, I will do anything for you from now on!"
"You don't have to work like a slave," Xing Ye said, "Show me Liu Muqing's belongings."
Aunt Zhang looked reluctant, but for the sake of the memory card, she couldn't refuse.
She pulled out a box from under the bed, which was filled with some small things of Liu Mucheng. Xing Ye saw a rolled-up painting in the box at a glance.
He picked up the painting, and Aunt Zhang said at the right moment, "Qingqing drew this shortly after the start of her freshman year of high school. She participated in an art exhibition and won a prize. It can add 20 points to her college entrance exam score, but it's of no use to her now."
"That's it," Xing Ye said, holding up the painting. "This is the prop that can counteract the Mona Lisa's smile. Bai Xu's painting lost to Liu Muqing. This is an established fact. In other words, no matter how many paintings she copies, they can't compare to this one."
"It was this landscape painting that protected Aunt Zhang from being harmed by the white catkins," said Cao Qian.
She felt happy that she could take the initiative to analyze things.
"Yes, so we can't take it away." Xing Ye returned the painting to Aunt Zhang.
"Then how are we going to deal with Bai Xu? Just sing 'Requiem'." Cao Qian said worriedly.
Bai Xu is really amazing. The oppressive feeling last night was not fake.
"Why do we have to deal with Bai Xu?" Xing Ye asked, "Don't we still have Di Kuang?"
Cao Qian: "…"
"While they don't know about Bai Xu, let's trick her in tonight," Xing Ye said. "Then we'll protect Aunt Zhang and let her take the painting to meet Liu Muqing."
"Won't it scare Auntie?" Cao Qian was very worried. "Liu Muqing's condition was very scary."
"That's right, it's time to make some preparations," Xing Ye said to Aunt Zhang, "Your daughter's head has been on the third floor. Do you dare to see her?"
Cao Qian: "…"
Is this preparation?
Aunt Zhang was almost frightened to death by these words, but fortunately, Bai Xu had tempered her courage over the past two years, and Liu Mucheng was her daughter after all, and a mother must be strong, so Aunt Zhang could accept it.
Seven incredible events, the 13 steps, the piano, 404, the pat on the shoulder, the person behind, and the Mona Lisa have all been solved, leaving only a young man holding his head, which needs to be solved tonight.
The matter of finding the head was a cover. What they were looking for was not the head, but Liu Mucheng's brain, wisdom, or memory.
"We've made it through the night, so there's no need to search any further," Xing Ye said. "We'll be gathering our strength during the day, as we'll have a fierce battle tonight. If we have time, we can look for special QR codes to increase our combat power. Of course, the chances of finding one are slim."
Cao Qian also felt too tired that night, so she went back to the dormitory to sleep.
Xing Ye returned to his dormitory, locked the door, and showered as usual. Although the bloodstains disappeared once he returned to the normal dormitory, it still made him feel uncomfortable.
After taking a shower, Xing Ye habitually opens the mirror. He feels like something is missing if he doesn't chat with the mirror every day.
And today Xing Ye has a big guess and needs to ask Jingzi.
After the mirror surface was revealed, the mirror let out a long sigh and said, "I'm scared to death. This world is too scary!"
"Are you scared even though you've been hiding in my pocket?" Xing Ye was very puzzled. He didn't feel scared at all that night and didn't find it that scary.
This is a world arranged by the system, which means there is no absolute dead end, there must be a way out.
"I can hear the sound," Mirror shook his body, "Bai Xu is so scary, how can there be such a bad person."
A person of his kind nature could not imagine such evil.
"Lin Jingxue too. How could she be so blind as to make friends with Bai Xu? If she hadn't been so careless in choosing friends, Bai Xu wouldn't have been able to get the key, and the tragedy wouldn't have happened." said the mirror.
"A new tragedy will occur." Xing Ye said, "Bai Xu is jealous of two girls who are better than her. If she fails to frame them, she will think of other ways