Rules of the Strange: I Can See Through All the Weird

Oh my god, I feel like I'm back in school!

[Such a powerful sense of pressure! Don't point the camera at the teacher, it's like they're questioning me.]

Be careful, this teacher doesn't seem like a good person!

Ask him, don't ask me! I don't know.

【I don't know either, next one.】

......

The selected male player stammered and dared not speak.

They were afraid of violating the first rule.

Ms. Jiang stood next to him for a few seconds, but instead of the teacher showing impatience, she smiled and the smile widened.

The male player's mind went on high alert when he saw Teacher Jiang's wide grin.

"I...I choose C!"

Teacher Jiang laughed even more heartily, grinning widely in a second, ignoring the male player's terrified eyes, and swallowed him whole like a python.

The quiet classroom was filled with the cracking sound of bones being crushed and the sound of swallowing.

Teacher Jiang quickly finished the whole meal and then let out a satisfied sigh.

"Incorrect answer..."

She wiped her mouth with satisfaction.

No one could have imagined that her mouth could be split so wide.

Then she continued to choose her next target.

She walked up to Xu Ning and stopped.

Qi Tong was extremely anxious and reached out his hand, hoping to attract attention by raising it.

The teacher tapped on Xu Ning's desk, "You answer."

Xu Ning stood up abruptly.

"Teacher, I'll choose A for this question!"

Teacher Jiang was slightly taken aback, as if she hadn't realized that someone would answer the question so quickly.

She glanced at the questions on the blackboard and nodded with some regret.

"Correct answer, please sit down."

Xu Ning obediently sat back in her seat, her right hand resting on her left, like a well-behaved student.

Having narrowly escaped the first question, the teacher returned to the podium and wrote down the second question.

As if they hadn't eaten enough, they started another death-themed Q&A session.

This time, they were very unlucky to have chosen Chen Jie.

Chen Jie had only attended school for a few years due to his family's financial situation, and under the influence of alcohol, he was not fully sober.

He stood up and frantically tried to sort everything out.

Just as the teacher was about to break into a wide grin and display that irresistible smile, a voice suddenly echoed in my mind.

Choose C.

"Teacher, I choose C!"

Teacher Jiang's smile faded, and she adjusted her glasses with a hint of displeasure: "Sit down."

[Ring... Ring... get out of class is over.]

"get out of class dismissed, students. Ten minutes break. Don't be late for the next class."

Teacher Jiang left a message, picked up the textbook, and strode away.

Qi Tong immediately stood up and walked to Chen Jie's side. "Do you know how to do that question?"

Chen Jie raised his hand and wiped the fine sweat from his forehead.

He shook his head: "No, Xu Ning told me."

Qi Tong looked up at Xu Ning. Hearing the bell ring for the end of get out of class, Xu Ning's tense body finally relaxed, and she was already resting on the table.

Qi Tong quickly realized what was happening.

"Is this a reward item from her newcomer ranking?"

Qin Yu, who was walking over from the side, answered first.

"Yes, she can connect the consciousness of multiple people and have conversations in their minds like creating a group chat. However, the side effect is that it consumes mental energy. The more people she connects to, the more mental energy she consumes."

This is practically an advanced version of the "bridge of the soul"!

Qi Tong slapped her thigh: "Then coming to this dungeon was the right decision! We can't talk, but Xu Ning's skill somehow allows us to communicate!"

Qin Yu nodded. "However, that depends on her being sober first."

He turned around and pointed to Xu Ning, who was now slumped over the table.

"She'll regret it when she wakes up."

Qi Tong imagined what Xu Ning would look like after she sobered up.

Hmm, I can't think of anything.

Just then, a male classmate walked by, angrily flicked his clothes, slung them over his shoulder, and walked away.

He accidentally bumped into Qi Tong, turned around, and nodded apologetically: "I'm sorry."

Then he left gracefully.

Before Qi Tong could even react, he had already disappeared from the classroom.

Qi Tong reached out and scratched his head. "What's going on?"

On the other side, a well-mannered male student walked over and lightly pushed up his black-rimmed glasses.

"Don't take it to heart, classmate. That's just how he is."

Qi Tong frowned. Where did this person come from?

Xu Ning's voice suddenly popped into my mind.

"Class monitor."

Qi Tong looked towards Xu Ning's position. Xu Ning, who had been resting just moments before, was now leaning against the table, propping her head up with one hand, staring intently at them.

Qi Tong nodded at Xu Ning, but the class monitor thought Qi Tong was nodding at him.

"Sigh... He seems to have been acting strange ever since that incident..."

[Host, this guy is such a pretentious person! People don't like the feeling of him being near them.]

Qi Tong silently took a step back, the class monitor's smile freezing on his face.

Seeing that Qi Tong didn't say a word and even took a step back, the class monitor turned around, and the gentle smile on his face disappeared in an instant.

"What's wrong?" Chen Jie asked Qi Tong, noticing that she didn't look well.

Qi Tong shook his head: "It's nothing, my system says he's weird."

Speaking of the system, Qi Tong suddenly remembered that Chen Jie was also a chosen one.

"By the way, what kind of system are you?"

Chen Jie's concerned expression froze on his face, turning into embarrassment.

He scratched his head and chuckled awkwardly, "Haha, I'm not some chosen one... I was just bragging."

"I'm just an ordinary person."

Recalling the series of outrageous things he had done, Chen Jie's blush, which had just subsided, returned, and the tips of his ears turned bright red, making him look even more drunk than before.

[Ding-a-ling... Class time is here. Students, please return to your seats quickly.]

After a morning of hellish studying, Qi Tong deduced that the two characters covered by ink should be "active".

Students are not allowed to speak actively in class, but they can speak passively. The teacher's questions are designed to make students speak passively.

The three people who were forced into the instance by the drunkard also managed to get through the morning without any major incidents, thanks to the drunkard's help.

At noon, I followed the group to the canteen on a different floor of the same building. All eight food serving windows were already packed with people.

There is a large sign standing on the side of the food serving area.

The sign above reads: Cafeteria Rules.

1. Do not waste food.

2. You need to eat more meat to grow taller. Ask the cafeteria staff for as much meat as you can finish.

3. There is a self-service soup station in the cafeteria. Please go there if needed.

4. Food from the canteen is prohibited from being served outside the canteen.

5. Meal time is calculated from the time you receive your meal; please finish eating within 15 minutes.

Qi Tong read the rules aloud and pulled Xu Ning to a window to queue up.

The line was long, and when she got bored, she turned her head to look at the dining area.

There were many people eating inside, but they were all standing in front of the tables, holding their plates.

Everyone was eating with the same seriousness as if they were taking an exam, stuffing large mouthfuls of food into their mouths.

Qi Tong looked down and saw no stools, only tables.

Therefore, every student here has to stand here and finish eating within fifteen minutes.

Is this a meal or an exam?