Who invited the witch into the eerie game?

A group of people are gathered in the dining car of an old-fashioned train.

"The final credit limit is 8 players, it seems everyone is here." Liu Qiaosong, dressed in a suit, showed off a strange gaming terminal on his wrist that resembled a watch. "Everyone, please introduce yourselves. My name is Liu Qiaosong, and I'm a magician."

"Feng Chenxing is a skinner and a cook," said the middle-aged man in a chef's uniform. "By the way, it's fine to call me Feng Xingchen; I'm used to being called the wrong person."

"Su Yixue is a virtual streamer."

Su Yixue, a long-haired beauty who looks to be 18, said that she seemed a little timid.

However, if someone were to be matched into such an extremely dangerous and bizarre game as final credits, and actually believed the other person's fear, then death would not be far off.

Because those who can get here must be seasoned elite players.

You should know that those who survive long in eerie games either tend to become eerie monsters or end up missing limbs.

Su Yixue's ability to maintain perfect health is no small feat.

"This job description isn't realistic. Please tell me your player class, as this will affect our cooperation in the game later," Liu Qiaosong said.

"An illustrator," Su Yixue added.

Liu Qiaosong looked at Su Yixue, somewhat distrustful of her profession.

Are there really illustrators among gamers?

"An illustrator?"

The blonde woman looked shocked: "You're an illustrator, and you've actually survived until now? That's amazing."

"I forgot to introduce myself, I'm Tina Scott, the world-famous songstress."

Tina looked very proud when she introduced herself.

However, the others looked completely bewildered.

"It seems we are not from the same universe or timeline."

A tall, thin middle-aged man with beautiful curly hair stood up and said, "I am Pierre Carlson, a physicist, and this is also my gaming profession."

"Hiroki Ozawa, a professional swordsman, please take good care of me."

A man dressed in loose samurai clothes, with a samurai sword at his waist, stood up and spoke.

"Nana Kitamura, a professional shrine maiden."

"It was said by the pretty short-haired girl wearing a pink shrine maiden outfit."

"Alright. Our main task this time is to complete the courses at Blackrock Mountain Academy, pass the exams, and obtain enough credits to graduate."

Liu Qiaosong said, "Currently, each of us has 1 credit. If we lose all our credits, we will be expelled, which is like death. If we get 100 credits, we can graduate and leave alive."

"Next, let's share our thoughts on the main quest of this bizarre game. Hopefully, we'll have a complete strategy when we arrive at Blackrock Mountain College."

Feng Chenxing said, "The terminal has already indicated that the way to earn credits is to complete courses and pass exams. Therefore, we need to deal with this kind of situation on the spot and adapt accordingly; there's no point in discussing it now."

"No, it's necessary."

Pierre Carlson said, "At least we can agree that in the eerie game, everyone should cooperate as much as possible to increase their chances of survival."

Earning academic credits is a way for schools to encourage competition.

However, in a bizarre game, if it's not clearly stated beforehand, it could lead to infighting.

After this happened, we have to mention a hidden rule in the bizarre game.

That means the difficulty increases with each player who dies.

In short, the more players die, the harder it is for the surviving players to survive.

"Indeed, it is very necessary."

Liu Qiaosong said, "We can agree on one thing: no matter what kind of assessment we encounter, we must not engage in vicious competition or kill each other, otherwise it will be difficult for us to leave Blackrock Mountain Academy."

"I have no objection."

Feng Chenxing nodded in agreement.

The others all expressed their agreement.

"Next, let's discuss getting into Blackrock Mountain College."

Liu Qiaosong said, "According to the terminal prompts, once we get off the train and arrive at Blackstone Mountain Town, a professor from the academy will come to pick us up."

"We were greeted by Monica Hodgson, the professor of occultism, who is also the only professor in the entire academy we can look directly at."

"In a sense, we can define this professor of occultism as a neutral NPC."

"Perhaps we can get more clues from this professor of occultism."

"These clues are crucial to our survival."

Everyone is familiar with this kind of thing.

"However, there might be some problems this time."

Pierre said, "The information shows that Monica Hodgson is a new professor of occultism at Blackrock Mountain College, while the previous professor of occultism died in an accident not long ago."

"I checked the faculty roster of Blackrock Mountain College and found that the professors of occultism had the most turnover."

"In a sense, being a professor of occultism is a high-risk profession for Blackrock Mountain College."

"She may have very few clues."

Su Yixue raised her hand: "Um, I have something to say."

Everyone turned to look at Su Yixue.

The terminal prompts: "At Blackrock Mountain University, ignorance is bliss, but knowledge may be the only way out. Of course, more likely, knowledge will lead you to destruction in a more conscious way."

Su Yixue said, "So, could it be that the professor of occultism at Blackrock Mountain Academy died because he knew too much?"

"Therefore, I believe that this professor of occultism, Monica, likely knows more."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

At the same time, I can roughly understand why the illustrator Su Yixue has survived to this day.

It's worth mentioning that while the players present appeared to be having heart-to-heart talks, they were actually observing their teammates.

After all, once you enter the bizarre game, the difference between having one more cannon fodder and having one less cannon fodder is quite significant.

Besides, in such a dangerous game, someone is bound to die.

"Then we need to find a way to get more information from this professor of occultism."

Liu Qiaosong said with a serious expression.

Half an hour later, the train arrived at the station, and the group took a horse-drawn carriage for another hour to reach a small town near Blackrock Mountain College.

In the town square, Su Xiaoshuang, a professor of occultism from Blackrock Mountain Academy, was dozing off in a carriage.

I was too energetic last night, and not only could I not sleep, but I was also tormented by someone knocking on my window.

After finally making it to morning, Su Xiaoshuang was a little sleepy.

As a result, she had a class in the morning.

This interrupted Su Xiaoshuang's sleep plan, and she had to go to class first.

To make matters worse, she was tasked with guiding students from the Kingdom of Victoria on this day.

Left with no other option, Su Xiaoshuang had to call upon the academy's coachmen, Moss and Mavlov, to come to the town of Blackrock Mountain.

The road from the college to the town was difficult to travel, and the journey was very bumpy, so there was no way to get a good night's sleep.

After waiting for an hour, the player arrived.