The End of Ten Days: When Qi Xia Enters the Tales of Rules

Lin Yi, Bai Yang, and Guo Jing returned to the teachers' lounge, whereupon the examinees swarmed around them.

"How is it?"

"He's dead."

Those two simple words made all the test takers' hearts sink.

From the time they went out to their return, it only took about ten minutes.

One of the boys shouted, "I told you this was a sure-fire way to die! Should we run?"

"Where can you run to? This is a world of ghost stories."

"But we can't just sit here and wait to die, letting these bastards teach us a lesson. Isn't that like an old man hanging himself—courting death?"

"Qi Xia, have you thought of any ideas?"

Aries said, "Her cause of death is very strange; it seems she died of cardiac arrest. Has anyone seen a similar case?"

Everyone started reminiscing.

Someone asked, "Was there anything wrong with how she died?"

"It was too fast, she didn't even have a chance to struggle, it was like her soul was suddenly taken away," Aries said.

Lin Yi was startled and said, "I seem to vaguely remember her situation; it's similar to the Death Note murders."

"death Note?"

All eyes were on Lin Yi.

Lin Yi said, "Legend has it that the Grim Reaper threw a Death Note into the human world. Whoever finds the Death Note can become the Grim Reaper's human. As long as the name of the person to be killed is written in the Death Note, that person will die immediately, and the cause of death is cardiac arrest."

grim Reaper?

The candidates were all terrified.

Even Aries paused for a brief two seconds.

"Has anyone ever found one of these Death Notes?" Aries asked.

Lin Yi said, "Legend has it that it was found by a person named Light Yagami."

Aries tapped his fingers lightly twice on the table, seemingly marking some kind of anchor point.

"Death has arrived!"

A boy exclaimed and rushed out.

"Hey buddy, where are you going?"

"We can't possibly defeat Death, hahaha..."

He spoke as he rushed out.

Seeing this, another boy also rushed out.

The two jogged all the way to the restroom.

"Hey buddy, got a cigarette?"

Another boy took out a cigarette and lit it.

The two of them took a puff each.

Their relationship was fairly good. Since entering the world of ghost stories, the two had gotten to know each other and had established a small friendship.

Exhaling a smoke ring, the man said, "Do you know why I ran away?"

"Li Xiang, I knew you were no ordinary person. Judging from your previous conversation, you are definitely not the kind of person who would back down in the face of battle, so I came with you."

"Wang Hao, I consider you a brother. Let me tell you the truth, I'm not going to just sit here and wait to die. Look at those idiots in the break room, they're all just asking to die."

"Brother Xiang, what do you want to do?"

Li Xiang took a deep breath and said, "I've decided to believe in God."

"Huh? Brother Xiang, isn't this idea a bit too audacious? Besides, gods are invisible and intangible, so where are we supposed to find them to worship?"

Li Xiang said, "Do you remember Cheng Shi? He was the one who worshipped the God of Deception, which caused our collective chaos. This shows how powerful the gods are."

"So, Hibiki, you've also decided to worship the God of Deception?"

"No! The God of Deception already has followers, and besides, I can't find the God of Deception."

"So, Hibiki-san, you..."

"I've decided to believe in Death!"

"ah?……"

Li Xiang's eyes gleamed: "Do you remember what Lin Yi said? Since Jiang Qi died of cardiac arrest, death is just around the corner. If we find death and believe in it, we'll have a chance to survive..."

"But... Death isn't some kind of benevolent god. Wouldn't it be wrong for us to do this...?"

Li Xiang said sternly, "Wang Hao, I told you this secret because I consider you a brother, hoping to show you a way to survive. Yet you still harbor this so-called 'sense of justice'? Let me tell you, even Death is a god; it can give us the power of faith!"

talking.

He took another deep drag on his cigarette and said, "In my opinion, that Qi Xia also worships a god, and an evil god at that."

"Huh? That can't be right, Hibiki-nii?"

"Why not? Didn't you see his head? It's a goat's head. What normal person would have that?"

"So, Hibiki, you mean...?"

"We can't listen to him anymore. He might have fallen for an evil god and wants to kill us all in the dungeon."

"So that's how it is! No wonder he didn't help Jiang Qi, it turns out he's a believer in an evil god."

Just then, a sneaky-looking boy in blue walked in.

"Hey! You two teachers, smoking?"

The two were startled and quickly threw their cigarette butts on the ground and stomped them out.

"Who are you?" Li Xiang asked.

"I am your most respected student, teachers," the boy in blue said with a smile.

Li Xiang and Wang Hao felt a sudden chill run down their spines.

Their students...isn't that weird?

Unexpectedly, they encountered something strange in the toilet.

The two men's legs trembled, and they were about to run away.

The boy in blue grabbed them.

"Teachers, please don't leave yet. I have some good cigarettes here, would you like to try some?"

What a joke! Smoking weird cigarettes? Isn't that just asking for death?

"No, no, we've had enough. Please let us go back to the lounge."

The boy in blue took out a Furongwang cigarette, lit it, took a deep drag, exhaled a smoke ring, and then handed the cigarette over.

"Here, this cigarette is really expensive! It's hard to find, have a puff."

Neither of them dared to accept.

The boy in blue said, "I just overheard you two saying you wanted to worship Death?"

The two were immediately alarmed. If this matter were exposed, they would be criticized and suppressed by upright people.

I just hope that the boy in blue won't report them.

The boy in blue continued, "If you two teachers truly believe in Death, then I can guide you in the right direction."

Upon hearing this...

Li Xiang's eyes lit up immediately: "Is that really true?"

"Teachers, how could I possibly lie to you? You both know who I am."

Li Xiang nodded, took the cigarette from the boy in blue, and took a drag.

He then handed the cigarette to Wang Hao.

Wang Hao's fingers trembled slightly, but he still took the cigarette and took a puff.

The boy in blue smiled with satisfaction: "Teachers, the prerequisite for believing in Death is killing all one's fellow human beings. What do you two think?"

A cold glint flashed in Li Xiang's eyes, and he nodded emphatically.

……