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The red figure rushed too fast, entering the classroom door across the street in less than half a second after coming into view.

The classroom door was suddenly flung open by the figure, slamming against the wall with a bang and bouncing twice, looking like it was about to collapse.

Jing couldn't see the red figure clearly at all, and couldn't even tell if it was human or not. She just felt that the red figure looked somewhat familiar.

"Xiao Hong, wait for us!" A man's voice called out again from outside.

Was that red thing called Little Red?

Then Jing saw someone else appear in her line of sight; it was a fat man.

He was holding someone's hand.

The one being pulled was a man, but his neck and head were covered with a red cloth, which wrapped around his entire neck and head, leaving only one eye exposed.

What style is this?

Before Jing could take a closer look, the fat man grabbed the masked man and rushed into Chu Meiren's classroom across the street.

I've never seen this fat man before. He must be a player who just entered this instance. The fact that he rushed over like this means he probably knows Chu Meiren.

Chu Meiren had just found Xiao Qiao as a teammate, and now three more have arrived?
Chu Meiren mentioned in the cafeteria that she had at least four teammates there, which makes four in total, but she didn't seem to see the lantern-carrying brute. The fat man's build didn't look like him, and the masked man didn't seem like him either…

Curly was also drawn to the door by the sound, staring at the open classroom door across the way: "Those can't be Chu Meiren's teammates, right? So the situation is that they know Chu Meiren is here, which is why they rushed over to find her. But how did they know she was here?"

As Curly was speaking, he heard the fat man's voice coming from the opposite house: "Ah? Brother Chu, you're here, and Miss Qiao too. No wonder Xiao Hong started running here from so far away, she sensed you were here."

Judging from what they said, the fat man and his group were indeed Chu Meiren's teammates. But what's with the word "sensing"? Is that thing called Xiao Hong some kind of sensor that can communicate telepathically with people?
Before the fat man's voice had even finished, a loud crash suddenly came from the classroom across the way, like the sound of desks and chairs falling over. Then, a series of loud thuds echoed from inside.

Curly quickly craned his neck to look into the classroom across the way, but from this angle he could only see the area near the door and not the inside. He could only see a few desks and chairs being pushed out of the classroom and sliding near the door, making a scraping sound.

"What are they up to?" Curly's eyes widened as he looked at the classroom across from him, which had almost turned into an ice rink.

At the same time, the fat man's voice came from the classroom across the hall: "Stop fighting! Stop fighting! Don't start a fight as soon as you see each other!"

Did they start fighting?
Aren't they teammates? What kind of teammates would start fighting the moment they meet?

Curly-haired man clicked his tongue: "After seeing Xiao Qiao and that brute, I knew that Chu Meiren's other teammates were no pushovers either. Under these circumstances, they actually started fighting and made such a commotion as soon as they met. Don't they care at all that they'll be discovered by ghosts? They're crazy."

Jing glanced at Curly's watch. There was only half a minute left before the 6:50 bell rang for class. If Chu Meiren's teammates continued to mess around in the classroom, they probably only had half a minute left to live.

Just as she was staring at the curly-haired man's watch, Chu Meiren's voice finally rang out from across the room: "Alright, everyone stop."

The sound wasn't loud, but it was very effective; the fighting inside immediately stopped, as if the two fighters were voice-activated.

After the fight subsided, the fat man's voice rang out again: "Brother Chu's words still work. But what time is it now? The school bell is about to ring, right? Some veteran players told us that you can't make any noise in the classroom after the bell rings, so Miss Qiao and Miss Hong, please don't fight anymore!"

Did they also encounter experienced players and explain the rules to them? I pondered this.

Then she heard Chu Changge say something from across the room, but his voice was too soft for her to hear clearly. He was probably telling someone to close the door, because Jing saw the masked man come to the door and pull on the slightly broken classroom door, intending to close it.

Just as the masked man closed the door, he made eye contact with Jing, who was spying from the side.

Jing was stunned for a moment; those eyes…

very familiar.

The man opposite also glanced over, but his face was covered, so his expression was not visible. After looking at Jing for a moment, he closed the door and turned to walk into the classroom.

After closing the door, Xu Xingcheng turned around and looked at the classroom where he was.

The desks in the classroom had been pushed aside because of the fight between Xiao Qiao and Xiao Hong, except for the desk where Chu Changge was sitting.

At this moment, Xiao Hong was squatting by the classroom window, while Xiao Qiao stood angrily in the corner, both resentful of each other. However, they refrained from fighting because Chu Changge was in the middle. Fatty, like a mother hen, spread his arms to block the two from suddenly jumping up.

Xu Xingcheng looked around the classroom and opened his mouth as if to say something, but before he could utter a sound, a bell suddenly rang in the classroom; it was the class bell.

At the same time, the lights in the corridor outside the classroom flickered a few times and then suddenly went out, plunging the outside into darkness.

The moment the corridor lights went out, Chu Changge and the others heard eerie footsteps coming from outside. There was more than one footstep; these strange footsteps came from all directions, front, back, left, and right, as if many people were lingering outside.

Xu Xingcheng was certain that the footsteps hadn't been there a few seconds ago and had only appeared after the school bell rang.

He looked back through the glass. The area visible from the doorway was limited; he could only see a small patch of ground nearby and couldn't see what was making the footsteps.

However, judging from the sound, those things are not far from here, and they may come to their door in a while.

Seeing that Xiao Qiao and Xiao Hong seemed to have calmed down, the fat boy in the middle of the classroom hurriedly sat down next to Chu Changge and tried to gesture with his hands and feet, as if he wanted to tell Chu Changge about his experiences along the way.

As soon as he entered and saw Chu Changge, he wanted to exchange information immediately, but Xiao Qiao and Xiao Hong started fighting so quickly that he had to try to mediate first.

After gesturing for a while, he suddenly thought of something, took out a notebook and a pen, and wanted to communicate with Chu Changge using paper and pen.

The notebook he pulled out was the one found on the corpse outside the school fence, containing information written by a veteran player. Chu Changge spotted the words immediately and, before the fat man could even begin writing, snatched the notebook and started flipping through the information.

After his notebook was taken away, the fat man stared blankly for a few seconds. When he came to his senses, he could only helplessly hold the pen and wait to the side.

Chu Changge flipped through a few pages, glancing up at the evil god leaning against the door when he saw the name "Xu Xingcheng" on the page, but his expression remained unsurprised. Chu Changge continued flipping through the pages, and only after reviewing all the information did he push the notebook back to the fat man, signifying, "I'm done reading, you can start writing now."

Fatty then picked up his pen and quickly wrote down his experiences after leaving the dormitory, including his encounter with Xu Xingcheng after parting ways at the dormitory building and the tragic incident of being attacked by the Ghostly Ghost.

After writing all that, he wrote about how he, Xiaohong, and Xu Xingcheng met some veteran players at the cafeteria entrance. The veteran players told them about the school's rules—that they had to do specific things at specific times.

They were given a timetable and told that class was about to start and that only the classroom was safe during that time. They were instructed to quickly find the school building and go to the classroom to avoid the ghost's attack. They were also told that once the bell rang, they must not make any noise in the classroom.

Fatty and his friends arrived at the teaching building with a few veteran players. Although the veteran players were helpful in explaining the dungeon rules, they were not entirely comfortable with the three newbies staying in the same classroom. So, after arriving at the building, they parted ways. The veteran players went into a classroom by themselves and told Fatty and his friends to find an empty one to go into.

After circling the first floor and finding no empty classrooms, the fat guy and his friends ran up to the second floor. Just as they reached the top of the stairs, Xiao Hong suddenly went berserk and ran this way. Afraid she would get lost, the fat guy quickly grabbed Xu Xingcheng and followed closely behind. They caught up with her and ended up in this classroom, where they found Chu Changge and Miss Xiao Qiao.

Chu Changge glanced at Xiao Hong, who was crouching by the window. Xiao Hong's entire face was covered with a piece of red cloth torn from her own dress. This was understandable; Xiao Hong's appearance was truly unsightly. Whenever people saw her, they would shout, "I've seen a ghost!" and run away. With such a face covered, it was impossible to gather information. Covering her up was better for everyone.

But why is Xu Xingcheng's head also covered up so tightly?

Noticing Chu Changge's gaze, the fat man quickly picked up his pen and explained, "The evil god's neck was twisted into a pretzel by the ghost who turned around, and his head can't stand up. This wrap is purely to cover his neck and, incidentally, to keep his head in place."

Of course, before wrapping the evil god's headband, Fatty had Xiao Hong perform a cosmetic surgery on him, turning Xu Xingcheng's face back from its backward orientation, otherwise walking would be a big problem.

The fat man continued writing with his pen: "We couldn't find the doctor, we only knew that following the direction the doctor left would lead to the school gate. The road was too dangerous, so we thought we'd come back first to find you, Brother Chu, and then we'd look for the doctor together. But how did you and Miss Qiao meet? Xiao Hong didn't tell me you were with Miss Qiao when she came back from your dorm last night."

If Xiao Qiao had been in Chu Changge's dorm last night, Xiao Hong probably would have stormed in and started a fight. She definitely wouldn't have come back calmly after talking to Chu Changge.

Chu Changge also took out a pen and briefly described how he met Xiao Qiao in the cafeteria.

At this moment, Xiao Qiao had already sneaked up to Chu Changge's table. When she saw Chu Changge write the words "canteen", she suddenly remembered something and started groping around on her body. Finally, she managed to peel off a small red pancake that she had flattened from under her bottom. It was the food that she had carefully brought out from the canteen.

The poor spherical object was flattened by Xiao Qiao's butt while the human and the ghost were fighting.

"What's this?" the fat man asked, looking at the object in Xiao Qiao's hand with a puzzled expression.

The fat guy and his friends met the veteran players at the entrance of the cafeteria, but they didn't go inside, so they didn't see the strange food.

Upon seeing the small red pancake, Xu Xingcheng, who had been leaning against the door, changed his expression and quickly walked over. (End of Chapter)