Excessive ferocity due to caution

Bullet comments:

Damn it! My goddess almost died!

Pfft, Yang Linlin peed again. Last time, wasn't it when she was scared by a ghostly face that suddenly appeared in a deadly factory that she peed?

As expected of the number one man on the list, Zhao Yi reacted really quickly. Damn, if it were me, I probably would have run away without even looking back. He actually thought about saving people!

That throwing knife was ruthless! It was just a little off-target. If it had been a fraction off and hit Yang Linlin in the forehead, Zhao Yi would probably have been punished!

Harming teammates will also be punished, but Zhao Yi's rescue this time should increase his rating significantly!

……

Just as everyone in the live chat was amazed by Zhao Yi's reaction, Zhao Yi made another decision that shocked everyone!

After helping Yang Linlin stop the bleeding, Zhao Yi decided to enter that teaching building again!

"Are you crazy?"

"You still dare to go in?"

"What if it ambushes you? Wouldn't you be walking right into its trap?"

Yang Linlin looked at Zhao Yi with the eyes of someone looking at someone mentally challenged, her tone anxious.

Zhao glanced at the darkness inside the teaching building and replied with interest:

"Won't."

"The ghosts in this school don't roam freely; they follow certain rules just like us."

"Just like the ghost chasing us is the proctor, I'm pretty sure it won't follow us out of the building. Otherwise, it would be breaking its own rules and would suffer unimaginable, terrible punishment!"

Upon hearing this, Yang Linlin lowered her head, and only then did she feel a cool sensation between her legs.

Damn it, he peed again!

What a shame!

Her face flushed, and she gritted her teeth to change the subject.

"Is there any important information in that building?"

"Is it worth the risk?"

Zhao Yi replied:

"I need a roster. The one the proctor has is too risky, so we won't consider it for now. But teachers usually don't keep only one roster, so there should be one or two spare rosters in her office."

After saying that, he got up to go inside, but Yang Linlin behind him said:

"Can you take me with you?"

Zhao Yi was surprised and turned to look at her.

Are you sure?

Yang Linlin took a deep breath.

"Sure."

"I won't cause you any trouble. If you really encounter danger, just run away and don't worry about me."

"If you do nothing, even if you clear the game, your score and points will be very low."

"I'll stick with you; what if I can help you sometime?"

Zhao Yi raised an eyebrow.

"OK."

The two entered the teaching building again. This time, they were more experienced and avoided the corridor with the toilets, instead taking the other staircase to the teachers' offices on the fourth floor.

"By the way, Zhao Yi... why did you go to the third floor to check on our class?"

"To verify one of my guesses."

"What guess?"

"The shadowy figures in the classroom... are the students who died during the day."

Zhao Yi stood on the fourth floor and found their homeroom teacher's office. There was a sticker on the door with simple information and photos of the teachers.

The old man with a cleaver on his head was obviously among them.

However, the old man in the photo looks very kind.

Carefully push the door open.

There were no shadows in the room, so it was very safe.

The two tiptoed in and carefully locked the door from the inside.

Zhao Yi explained as he flipped through the roster.

"During the day, there were eight classes on the first floor, with a total of 472 seats and 121 students, scattered in a completely chaotic manner. I memorized their positions and general body shapes."

"And the spot where the shadowy figure sat in the classroom on the first floor just now happened to be one of those empty seats from the daytime!"

"If one class does this, it might just be an accident, but if eight classes in a row do it... I think that's enough to make it a rule."

"But I was still worried... I'm always very cautious, so I went to the third floor again, where I saw the chubby guy in front of me—he was killed by the proctor during the day, and sure enough, a dark shadow appeared in his seat."

"So, we can now draw a basic conclusion—these shadowy figures are the students who were killed during the day."

Zhao Yi explained his reasoning in detail, leaving Yang Linlin stunned!

"You just said... you memorized the positions of all 472 seats and 121 students in the eight classrooms on the first floor?"

"right."

"But...but you only glanced at it?!"

Zhao Yi raised his head and asked in confusion:

"Isn't that enough?"

Yang Linlin choked.

At that moment, she no longer doubted Zhao Yi's intelligence, but began to doubt her own...

Why is there such a big difference between people who are all the same?

She began to question the meaning of life.

"But what's the use of us knowing this?"

Zhao Yi continued to explain:

"Very useful."

"Based on this rule, we can make a deduction about the rule—people during the day are in a 'living' state, while shadows at night are in a 'dead' state. Living people and dead people cannot sit in the same seat; otherwise, it is considered a 'violation of the rule' and will be punished."

Yang Linlin felt like she couldn't think straight.

"Didn't those shadowy figures already die once?"

"Could I die again?"

Zhao Yi found a roster and a letter in the cabinet.

He tossed the letter aside, opened the class roster, which not only listed the names of all the students but also indicated their seats.

Zhao Yi recalled the calendar under the alarm clock from earlier that day and immediately flipped through the roster, matching each name with the calendar.

9 month 14 day.

"look."

Zhao Yi pointed to the seat in front of his name.

There is no name there.

This means that no one should be sitting in that seat.

But the chubby boy sat in front of Zhao Yi. In fact... he realized he was in the wrong seat, but he didn't know which seat was correct!

Therefore, he was afraid!

He knew he would die if he sat in the wrong seat!

Upon learning that their lives or deaths were related to their seating positions, Yang Linlin suddenly became excited!

"Then let's just take this roster with us. We'll know where we should sit in the next few days, right?"

"I beat the game!"

Zhao Yi calmly said:

"No, it's not that easy."

He flipped through the roster, turning six pages after number 14.

They have to survive in the school for a total of 7 days, so theoretically, if the daytime is continuous, then they should leave the instance on September 20th.

However, the roster in Zhao Yi's hand only showed the seating arrangement up to number 19.

After that, it was all blank.

"Huh—why are there no more seating arrangements after the 19th?"

Yang Linlin tilted her head, her eyes filled with confusion.

Zhao Yi's gaze was deep and unfathomable, and the words he spoke sent chills down Yang Linlin's spine!

"Because on the 20th, we will all...die!"

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