Gao Wu: After holding back for eighteen years, my words are divine.

"Uh...where...am I?"

"What exactly happened?"

Guo Shuai covered his throbbing head.

He tried to get up by pushing himself up from the floor, but the sensation in his palms was sticky and slippery.

"What the heck?"

He lowered his head in confusion.

The pupils contracted instantly.

He discovered that beneath him lay a pool of blood that was almost congealed!

Holy crap!

Guo Shuai was startled and quickly scrambled to his feet, instinctively backing away.

boom.

His back hit the wall where it should have been.

but…

The sensation it transmitted wasn't from a hard wall, but rather...

It's soft and elastic, still retaining a hint of warmth.

"?"

Guo Shuai swallowed hard and turned his head shakily.

"ah!!"

The next second, he almost slipped and fell to the ground.

Behind him, a blood-soaked corpse was hanging upside down from the ceiling by an iron hook.

It was a corpse that had been completely skinned!

The bright red muscle texture is clearly visible.

And those eyes, now unprotected by their eyelids, were bulging out, right face to face with Guo Shuai as he turned around!

The extreme fear before death seemed to linger in his pupils.

"Huff...huff..."

Guo Shuai leaned against the iron cabinet, panting heavily.

Even though he had already been baptized by the scarecrow.

But the visually striking horror movie scene still gave him quite a fright.

"hehe……"

Just then, that familiar mocking voice echoed in my mind.

"Looks like you're not so brave after all, you brat."

"You can't handle this childish scenario? How are you going to stay with your perverted boss then?"

It's Albert.

Guo Shuai wasn't in the mood to argue with him. He wiped away his cold sweat and asked himself a question.

"Stop talking nonsense! What exactly happened?!"

"We were clearly at the school gate, so why did we suddenly end up here? Where are the boss and the others?"

"Because... you've been pulled into the [Ghost Realm]."

Albert's voice became unusually serious.

"Or, in your words, a copy."

"demon?!"

Guo Shuai was startled: "Could it be an isolated space like the one with the scarecrow before?"

He recalled the eerie time mechanism of the Dead Wheat Field, which meant…

Within this school exists a bizarre entity of the same or even greater caliber as an S-rank scarecrow!

"Hehe, scared, huh?"

Albert seemed to enjoy Guo Shuai's surprise.

"From the moment you stepped through the gates of this school, you have been targeted by 'it'."

"Later, some unlucky guy broke its 'school rules' and just happened to drag all of you into its game."

Guo Shuai was furious after hearing this: "Since you knew, why didn't you say so?! Can't you scan it?"

"Why should I say it?"

Albert retorted confidently.

"That guy didn't have any direct malicious intent."

"Or perhaps... it just wanted to open a school."

"However, this school isn't for humans, it's for ghosts."

"Think about it more carefully, what is the purpose of a school?"

"Wasn't it created precisely to select and test 'intelligent people' and 'strong individuals'?"

"The same goes for this school."

"Only humans/ghosts who follow the rules and pass the exams can survive."

At this point, Albert's voice began to drift away.

"Okay, I'm tired too."

"This level of ghostly realm would suppress my spirit."

"Next, I will fall into a deep sleep."

"Make good use of the new ability I just gave you and produce an excellent answer sheet."

"Don't disappoint me, and don't die... you brat..."

The sound grew fainter and fainter until it disappeared completely.

"Hey! Hey! Old Deng?!"

Guo Shuai called out twice, but there was no response.

It seems this guy is really asleep, or perhaps he's trying to avoid some kind of detection.

"Intelligent people and strong people, huh...?"

Guo Shuai pondered Albert's words and couldn't help but complain.

"What about the boss?"

"Given the eldest's personality, I feel that he would not only not be able to do the test, but would also just tear it up."

"Finally, he stormed into the principal's office and kicked the principal to death!"

Just as he was feeling sentimental.

Tick.

He suddenly noticed that the black ghost face mark on the back of his hand had begun to reveal a line of blood-red numbers.

【06: 31】

【06: 30】

"Countdown?"

Guo Shuai's heart tightened. "Is there some deeper meaning? Or is it a countdown to death?"

Not daring to waste any time, he quickly observed his surroundings.

This is a changing room.

Two rows of red metal cabinets, the floor covered with bloodstains and scattered clothes.

It looked a lot like the gym locker room in the cherry blossom country school he had seen in anime.

"So this is the interior of that Sakura Junior High School?"

Guo Shuai muttered to himself as he began to examine each of the wardrobes one by one.

A nameplate is affixed to the cabinet door:

[Natsuki Tanaka]...

【Ekaterina】…

【A Gourmet Trip to Mikami】...

"They're all women's names, so it looks like a women's changing room."

Guo Shuai walked to the door and tried to peek out to observe the situation outside.

However, as soon as he poked half his head out, he immediately pulled his neck back like a turtle.

Because it's in the corridor outside the changing room.

A group of male students wearing black school uniforms with stand-up collars and bulging eyes were gathered on the ground.

They were currently frantically gnawing on the corpse of a girl dressed in a sailor uniform.

The sound of chewing sent chills down one's spine.

"So unlucky?"

Guo Shuai leaned against the door, his lips twitching: "I ran into this 'dry rice' scene as soon as I stepped out?"

He clenched his fists, contemplating whether to fight his way out or play it safe.

Just then.

A large, broad hand suddenly patted him on the shoulder from behind!

Snapped!

"ah!!"

Guo Shuai was on edge at this moment, his mind was completely blank, and his body reacted instinctively faster than his thoughts!

He grabbed that wrist with his backhand, and with a burst of power from his waist, he delivered a shoulder throw!

"Get out of here!!"

Whoosh~ Clang!

A heavy figure was slammed onto the locker room floor, the impact making the metal locker vibrate.

"What is that?!"

"Is it a zombie?!"

Guo Shuai, panting heavily, instantly assumed a fighting stance, ready to deliver the finishing blow at any moment.

But the next moment, with the help of the flashing lightning outside, he saw the face of the "monster" on the ground and was completely stunned.

That's not a zombie.

Instead, it was a fat guy wearing a tight black stand-up collar school uniform and a pained mask on his face?

"Holy crap?"

"Brother Wang?!"

Guo Shuai was dumbfounded: "It's you, Brother Wang?!"

At this moment, Wang Meng was wearing a school uniform that was clearly a size too small, like a meat dumpling wrapped in bamboo leaves.

He clutched his lower back, grimaced, and got up from the ground, pointing at Guo Shuai and cursing.

"Damn it, Guo Shuai...you idiot!"

"Ouch, my back... I'm really fed up with you!"

"I've been risking my life waiting for you here for ages, worried something might happen to you! And you just come up here and start hitting me?!"

Wang Meng rubbed his kidneys, his face filled with grief and indignation.

"If it weren't for my severe fatty liver disease protecting me, I would have definitely broken a bone from that fall!"

"I'm...I'm sorry, Brother Wang!"

Guo Shuai quickly stepped forward to help him up, looking guilty.

"I thought it was one of the zombies sneaking in from behind! It scared me to death!"

"But Brother Wang, what did you mean by what you just said?"

Why did you wait for me? Am I late?

Wang Meng wasn't really angry. After grumbling for a bit, his expression turned serious.

"yes!"

"The boss and his wife have already met up; they're in Class 2, Grade 3!"

"A male teacher and a female student came to meet us earlier, but after counting everyone, you're the only one missing!"

"The boss was worried you might get lost or get into trouble, so he had me wait for you on this only road."

"I was just wandering around here, looking for something handy."

"As a result, a group of zombies carried a weak female student over for a picnic, blocking the road and trapping me in this changing room."

Wang Meng pointed to the countdown on the back of his hand.

"None of that matters! The key is that rule!"

"We have to get to Class 2, Grade 3 before the countdown ends! They say we'll be attending morning self-study!"

"If I don't go or I'm late..."

"I don't know what the consequences will be, but I estimate they'll be very serious! The big boss said it might mean being wiped out outright!"

After saying that, Wang Meng picked up a black men's school uniform that had obviously been taken off from the ground and threw it to Guo Shuai.

"Quick! Put this school uniform on!"

"These were given to me by those two NPCs. They said they were 'admission tickets.' If you don't wear the school uniform, you'll be considered an intruder and attacked by all the monsters in the school!"

Guo Shuai took the school uniform and realized the seriousness of the situation.

It seems that I arrived late, most likely because that old man Albert did something underhanded when the demon realm descended.

Or perhaps the time was wasted wasting time transferring that new ability to him.

"Okay, Brother Wang!"

Without wasting any words, Guo Shuai quickly put on the musty-smelling school uniform.

After putting it on, he stretched his wrists and spoke confidently.

"Brother Wang, since that's the case, let's charge in!"

"I'll clear the way and deal with those zombies! You lead the way later, we're going to Class 3-2 to find our boss!"

Perfect timing! He also wanted to test just how powerful the "new ability" Albert had left him before he fell asleep really was.

"Okay! I believe you!"

Wang Meng grinned as he looked at Guo Shuai's confident eyes.

He turned and walked to the row of metal cabinets that had been smashed and deformed, and exerted force with both hands.

Crunch!

He ripped the two heavy metal cabinet doors off with his bare hands!

Next, he skillfully bent the cabinet door, using the hinges and wire on it.

Two simple yet sturdy arm guards were instantly created.

"Take it and put it on!"

Wang Meng handed the arm guard to Guo Shuai.

"Don't get bitten."

"It's just how it's portrayed in the movies; these zombies have poison in their mouths. If you get infected, I can't save you."

"Thanks, Brother Wang!"

Guo Shuai felt a warmth in his heart.

As expected of a B-rank mechanic, this skill of modifying equipment by hand is absolutely amazing.

He put on his arm guards, took a deep breath, and picked up the machete that had fallen to the ground.

"Walk!"

The two walked out of the door one after the other, facing the group of evil spirits that were feeding in the corridor.