There's a ghost in the middle, so now is not a good time to discuss it.
Su Er made a realistic proposal: "Join forces and kill it."
"…"
The headless child had always loved to play mischief, and he was proud of his powerful destructive power. Today, when he encountered this pair of bad-tempered players, he angrily ran forward, picked up the head and smashed it hard, venting his dissatisfaction.
Su Er shook his head. This was his second time dealing with a naughty child, after all. With the little girl host he'd met earlier as a prelude, he had some experience. His expression darkened, and his tone stern, "Two choices: sit down and talk, or we'll kill you right now."
The child couldn't stand the stimulation. He originally wanted to rush towards Suer, but he was afraid of the electric shock device in his hand. He changed direction and regarded Ji Heng as his prey again.
Seeing this, Suer made a cross on his chest and mouthed silently: Have a nice journey.
Before he could see what was happening, the child was kicked into the corner like a ball. Yin energy is the source of ghosts' energy. Although he was a little embarrassed, he was not seriously injured.
When faced with a tough situation, the child begins to assess the situation again.
Ji Heng walked over to Su Er and said, "The ghost boy's temper softened after being bullied."
If it is an adult evil spirit, it will not bow its head easily.
Sur let the child get up, speaking harsh words, but he wasn't ready to kill him. Even if a ghost was weak, it was still a ghost. If they really wanted to fight, they would have to pay a price.
The child sat cross-legged on the ground, silently playing with the broken head, indicating that he was ready to take the first path Suhr had given him: sit down and talk.
Seeing that the time was almost right, Su Er asked, "Are you a student here?"
The child raised his head and then lowered it to indicate a nod.
Su Er's mouth twitched: "Speak human language."
The child hummed in a muffled voice. Because he was kicked by Ji Heng, several blood bubbles appeared in his trachea when he spoke.
Soul: "What happened at school?"
The child pinched his neck in pain: "After drinking milk, everyone was shouting that their throats hurt. When they woke up, they were trapped here."
Combining the clues obtained previously, Suer quickly deduced what might have happened at that time. Someone poisoned the food, resulting in the death of some students.
"Where are the others?"
The child pointed to the book in his hand.
Whether it's a ghost or a player, to put it bluntly, they are all trapped in a cage by the game.
"Do you know who harmed you?"
The child waved his hands.
Having been sleepy for too long, it could no longer remember many of the details. It was very confused when faced with the following questions, until it heard the word "fox fairy", and then it danced with joy.
"Pray to the fox spirit, and your luck will improve."
Sur asked in detail, but the child just kept repeating this sentence over and over again, as if he accepted it as a stubborn truth.
Ji Heng said on the side: "There is still one more clue left among the four we got before."
After his reminder, Suhr mentioned the competition again.
This time the child refused to cooperate, stood up stiffly, moved his fingers a bit, but his movements were very unnatural. After a while, he suddenly rushed into the classroom, yelling and hiding inside, refusing to come out.
Su Er didn't chase after him, and said regretfully: "This classroom is easy to enter but difficult to leave."
There was no response from Ji Heng for a long time.
"...So you just couldn't get out so you thought of calling a ghost?"
Su Er remained calm and said, "I mainly want to help you share the pressure."
Ji Heng reasonably suspected that there was some water in this statement, but seeing that he was serious, as if revealing a hint of solemnity, he was also a little uncertain.
The moment his eyes moved away from him, Soul breathed a sigh of relief.
The two decided to go to the principal's office.
The principal's office was located in another three-story building. To get there, one had to cross a small playground. On the way, they unexpectedly ran into a few players under a basketball hoop. One of them was about to flip through the answer book, but paused when they saw them.
Soul quickened his pace as he walked past to avoid disturbing others.
As he got closer to his destination, his speed increased.
Ji Heng could clearly feel Suer's excessive enthusiasm for exploring the background of the story.
"The last dungeon focused on 'fate', and this time it just so happens to involve 'luck'." Noticing the glances from those around him, Su Er took the initiative to explain, "It's inevitable that I'm a little concerned."
Because of Zhu Yun's matter, he is now very sensitive to things like prophecy and fate.
Ji Heng nodded to show his understanding.
"It's not a bad thing."
You can certainly leave the dungeon by simply focusing on the Book of Answers, but that's about it. The more you explore the dungeon, the higher your score will be at the end of the game.
Sur's force value is low, so he naturally needs to maximize the benefits in the next dungeon.
The transition to another teaching building was smooth.
The first thing to do after entering is to turn on the lights.
Ji Heng drove as he walked until he reached the corner of the second and third floors, where he suddenly stopped.
There is a huge mirror mounted on the wall directly in front.
Su Er was surprised to find that this mirror had no reflective ability.
A little boy with big eyes stood in the mirror, motionless. Just when he wanted to take a closer look, the little boy suddenly clenched his fists and shook them up and down.
It looks like he's trying to hammer a mirror, but upon closer inspection, it doesn't look like it.
Ji Heng took a step forward, clenched his fist and raised his hand. When he shook it for the third time, he stretched his fingers.
He produced cloth and the little boy produced stone.
Although he had clearly won, Ji Heng stood back and shook his head.
Sur stood there for a few seconds and suddenly understood that, as the host said, this copy was a gamble on luck, but those who died here were unlucky.
So they are betting on their own advantage: bad luck.
After figuring this out, Suer stepped forward confidently and took over Ji Heng's game of rock-paper-scissors with the little boy, but he lost the first round.
The little boy opened his eyes wide, seemingly in disbelief.
After that, Sur became more and more courageous and even achieved a record of ten consecutive defeats.
The little boy's worldview was completely refreshed. For the first time, he realized that there was someone more unlucky than himself.
Su Er raised his head proudly and asked, "Isn't it amazing?"
The little boy nodded in adoration.
"…"
Seeing Suer acting like a proud rooster, Ji Heng felt sad and funny at the same time.
"I..."
Just as Soul opened his mouth, the mirror suddenly bent, and the first thing that stretched out was a small hand.
He wasn't stupid enough to get along with a ghost, so he held the stun gun and backed away, keeping a safe distance.
First it was his hand, then half of his body, until the last strand of hair successfully emerged from the mirror, and the little boy returned to his gloomy expression.
"Come with me."
He hadn't spoken for so long that his pronunciation was a little strange.
After saying that, the little boy drew a line in the air with his hand, warning Ji Heng: "This is the forbidden area, do not cross it."
The meaning was very clear: only Suer could go up to the last level with him.
There was no light on the third floor, and it was pitch black with no bottom in sight. Ji Heng, contrary to his usual behavior, did not use force to force them.
"Think about it before deciding whether to go up." He glanced at the child: "This child is the Ghost King."
Su Er was stunned and couldn't help but start looking at him again. Judging from his appearance, the little boy was not even as scary as the headless child before.
Ji Heng: "The Ghost King is protected by the game and is generally difficult to kill."
The implication was that he couldn't rely on coercion to accompany her upstairs.
Su Er thought seriously for a moment: "I want to go."
Once this opportunity is missed, the clue will be broken.
The little boy beside him grinned when he heard the answer.
Ji Heng was not surprised at all and sighed, "It's very dangerous."
Su Er emphasized: "I must come back alive."
Their eyes met, and Ji Heng respected his choice: "Then let it be."
Soul nodded.
Before leaving, Ji Heng put a pair of animal ears on his head: "This thing can help you hear the tiny sounds of ghosts and monsters in the dark."
Then he put on a pair of strange glasses: "It can help you see through ghosts and phantoms."
He continued to use the Protective Heart State: "There is an 80% chance of blocking an attack by a vicious ghost."
Wristbands, weapons, invisibility charms... Ten minutes later, Sur was fully armed.
The little boy's face was grim... What happened to the promise of leaving everything to fate?!
The face was covered by the props and his features could not be seen clearly, but Pian Suer still looked ready to die. He waved his hand and turned around resolutely, as if he was going to the battlefield.
The little boy gritted his teeth in hatred and walked up with a gloomy face.
"Do you know about the diploma?"
"Where are the diplomas hidden?"
The experience Suer summed up is that to deal with a naughty child, you must be tougher than him and take the initiative to have the right to speak.
"It's in this building." The little boy suddenly said, his eyes bloodthirsty and expectant: "I can take you to find it."
Sur did not respond.
The principal's office is at the end of the corridor.
Suer pressed the switch on the wall, and the faint light flashed for a moment before going out.
Guessing it was just a prank from the little boy, he stopped trying. After entering the principal's office, the little boy turned on the light on his own initiative.
There were several photos under the glass mat of the desk. When Suer saw the man on them, his eyes darkened. This man was the taciturn husband among the three people in the family when the soul was called out.
The little boy clapped his hands, looking very happy, and took the initiative to introduce himself:
"A major incident occurred at the time. The principal's family came to the school and scolded him for being useless. He collapsed and killed his wife, daughter, and father, then jumped to his death."
"event?"
The little boy laughed nervously.
"Poisoned milk?" Suer tried to guess.
The little boy returned to his previous gloom: "After that day, many of my classmates never had the chance to get their diplomas again."
After saying that, he looked at him with a gloomy look and asked, "Do you think you can get it?"
Su Er touched the Book of Answers in his hand and said frighteningly bluntly: "This thing can help me."
The little boy was also very straightforward: "That's right, but you can't turn it over."
Because of bad luck.
Su Er was not angry. He pulled out a chair in the office and sat in the principal's seat, crossed his hands on the table, waiting for the other party to make a move.
Ghosts give benefits and players risk their lives. This is one of the rules of the copy.
Even the Ghost King is no exception.
As he expected, the little boy stopped dragging his feet and said, "Close your eyes."
Armed with props, Su Er closed his eyes as he was told.
There was the sound of paper in front of him, and a cold hand pried open his palm. Soul resisted the urge to pull his arm back.
"There are 100 multiple-choice questions on the test paper. The options are abcd. Each question counts for one point." The little boy grabbed his wrist and placed it in the upper left corner. "This is the blank. Just fill in the answer you guessed."
The system prompt sound came at the same time:
[The Ghost King's Test:
Actual score <50, death;
If the actual score is 50 ≤ and is less than 80, the number of error pages in the answer book will be automatically reduced by ten;
Actual score ≥80, get a mysterious pocket watch*1.]
Su Er smiled wryly: "Weren't you just running out of luck just now?"
The little boy answered honestly, "But I want to kill someone."
Suer: "The rules allow it?"
This kind of game that requires no thinking and relies entirely on luck is obviously more favorable to ghosts.
Little boy: "There is a key in the drawer that can open a small cabinet enshrining the fox spirit statue. If you worship it, your luck will increase for a short period of time."
"You originally had five minutes to find out, but unfortunately you ran out of time."
"…"
When Suer entered the room, his attention was completely attracted by the photo and he was more focused on the incident itself. He never thought that there was such a trap waiting behind him.
He twirled the pen and asked, "How do you calculate the order?"
Little boy: "Write ten answers on each line from left to right."
Su Er's face turned pale, and he nervously grasped his pen. He quietly opened the mysterious eye within him. After being restrained by the host, this eye, while unable to see through the answer book, was still more than enough to read a test paper.
The questions are very simple, they are all basic elementary school math problems.
Seeing that he had written the first answer wrong, the little boy licked his lips excitedly.
Su Er curled the corners of his mouth, then read through the questions almost at a glance, filling in several answers at once.
After answering forty-nine questions correctly in a row, the little boy's eyes turned red.
Soul slowed down and when he wrote down the fiftieth answer, he deliberately took several seconds to write each letter.
The little boy gritted his teeth and said, "Impossible."
It's impossible for anyone to guess so many questions correctly in a row.
"You cheated!" he accused.
Su Er was very calm: "Where's the evidence? You are a ghost, you can't be unable to tell whether I opened my eyes secretly or not."
I am so anxious because I can't see it. The head I have got is about to be lost!
This was not the most despairing thing for Gui. After that, Suer was assisted by God all the way and finally achieved a high score of 90.
Actually, it would have been easy to get a perfect score, but Su Er had to control himself. After receiving the system's completion notification tone, the haze of dealing with the little devils was swept away. He slowly opened his eyes and held out his hand: "Things."
The little boy looked at her coldly, trying to see through the other party's cheating tactics.
Su Er said happily: "The goddess of luck favors me this time."
"Your luck is obviously worse..." As soon as the thought of regret came to his mind, the little boy immediately felt something burning in his heart. He knew that this was a warning from the rules, so he had to take out a worn pocket watch.
[Mysterious Pocket Watch: After using it, the mission duration can be extended from 7 days to 7^2.
Special note: Not for re-lending, only for this copy.]
Almost the moment he finished listening to the introduction, the joy in Sur's eyes disappeared and his hand froze in mid-air.
Taking another look at the thick book of answers, the ominous feeling deepened.
Why does the prop just increase the duration? Do I really have to turn to the last page?
The little boy was impatient: "Do you want it or not?"
Su Er's eyes flickered. He considered that the mysterious pocket watch was always a safeguard. If he really couldn't complete the mission within seven days, this pocket watch would give him extra time. With this thought, he suppressed his bad premonition, took the watch from the little boy's hand, and held it tightly.
·
The classroom, which was originally the only one with some popularity, became quite cold after the players divided into groups and left.
First, the sound of running footsteps was heard in the corridor, and then it turned into terrified cries for help.
Dongfeng Lay Buddhist maintained his previous posture, taking a nap in his wheelchair. After being woken up again, he frowned slightly and said in disgust, "We've been making a lot of noise for most of the night, and not a single person has left."
He shook his head and closed his eyes again, comforting himself that as the number of player deaths increased, the noise would become less noisy.
Anyway, he just needs to work six more days.