Having devoted myself to guiding souls, I was surrounded by them after my death.

"!"

Upon closer inspection, his face reflected in the glass window had no features!

Just like those students who fainted.

Where's my face?!

Chen Shi touched his face, confirming that his features, comparable to Yu Yan's, were still intact, before he breathed a sigh of relief.

[School Rule 2: If you see something unusual about yourself in the mirror, please ignore it until it leaves.]

Is this considered abnormal?

Chen Shi was puzzled. He glanced at the mirror a few more times to make sure that everything was normal except for the lack of facial features and that nothing would crawl out. Only then did he continue walking towards the classroom.

However, after taking only a few steps, a soft hum suddenly sounded from behind:

"Well……"

Chen Shi's eyes narrowed, and he turned around to throw the rope.

The next second, a familiar figure came into view.

She is 1.5 meters tall, with a bun hairstyle, wearing a modified cheongsam and Mary Jane shoes.

It's Luo Xiaoyu.

"Who exactly taught her this influencer style of dressing?"

Seeing that it was an acquaintance, Chen Shi breathed a sigh of relief.

Luo Xiaoyu was also stunned for a moment, looking around to make sure she recognized the person before timidly walking up.

Why aren't you in the classroom?

Chen Shi had a lot of questions in his mind:

"Senior... uh, what about the spirit who was with me? How long has it been since I was mentally disturbed?"

Luo Xiaoyu took out her notebook, scribbled something with a pen, then lowered her gaze and flipped through it:

“I got separated from her and was just attacked. There were other people in the cage besides Ling.”

“I didn’t time it, but you just walked out after you were mentally disturbed.”

So that's it. This attack must have been referring to Hu Lizhang. I did see Luo Xiaoyu preparing to fight that guy a second before I lost consciousness.

"Let's get to the important thing first. I've found the rules."

Without wasting any words, Chen Shi immediately told Luo Xiaoyu the [rules] he had just seen.

Luo Xiaoyu looks timid, but her skills are absolutely superb. There are many suspicious points in the Spirit Cage now, including the evil spirits and the people from the Prosperous Flower Society. Cooperation is the best policy.

"Mmm..."

Luo Xiaoyu nodded, her brows furrowing slightly, as if she too had noticed the strangeness of the [rules].

"What we need to do now is to find out the true identity of the evil spirit and then find out the cause of death."

As Chen Shi spoke, he walked toward the classroom, while Luo Xiaoyu followed, keeping a watchful eye on her surroundings.

What exactly is the purpose of these new rules?

[School Rule Four: Please boldly trust your classmates and those around you]

Does this mean we can't be suspicious of each other? Can evil spirits gain some kind of power through suspicion?

"By the way, you just fought with that Hu Lizhang, right? How strong is he?"

Chen Shi turned his head, and his forehead was instantly covered with a layer of fine sweat!

Luo Xiaoyu followed closely behind, only a few centimeters away from him, almost touching him.

On that youthful face, the eyeballs suddenly bulged out, the whites of the eyes were bloodshot, and the corners of the mouth stretched upwards to the ears, revealing a terrifying smile.

It looks exactly like the "Chen Shi" in the mirror back then!

"!"

The next second, "Luo Xiaoyu" raised her hand, her arm stretched out like a snake, and her sharp fingers cleanly and neatly pierced through his face!

Wow, this time the method of killing is a bit novel.

Chen Shi had gotten used to it; the feeling of death was like going home.

"Luo Xiaoyu" gave him no chance to breathe, and with one move, she pierced through his face, punching a hole in his head.

My vision went completely black in an instant, and my consciousness returned to emptiness.

In his dazed state, he saw the bracelet again...

……

……

It felt like finally surfacing after drowning, with oxygen filling my lungs.

"Oh--!!"

Chen Shi took a deep breath, his hands trembling slightly.

His death was reversed.

As for the nodes...

Looking around, in front of me was the emergency exit door that had just been opened.

After confirming the dead loop node, a rule popped into my mind:

[School Rule Four: Please boldly trust your classmates and those around you]

The "Luo Xiaoyu" mentioned earlier is not the person in question.

"Then this rule..."

A terrifying thought surfaced in my mind.

In this Ling Cage, the rules are wrong!?

Chapter 66 Defying the Rules

"Are you kidding me!"

Chen Shi gritted his teeth and looked around. The entire corridor had been completely turned upside down. Under his feet was the ceiling, and above his head were gleaming floor tiles.

Just standing in the corridor gives you the dizzying feeling of riding a roller coaster. The difference is that the dizziness on a roller coaster is momentary, but the feeling in Ling Cage is continuous.

"The rules are wrong? How could that be?"

Chen Shi took a deep breath—not because of his recent death, but because of how troublesome this spirit cage was.

To exorcise the evil spirit, the spirit cage must be dissected.

The operating principle of Ling Cage is the same as the "rules" of the open card game.

The rules are wrong now, so how can we play?

"It's more complicated than I imagined."

Chen Shi calmed down and recalled the attack that had just occurred to him by "Luo Xiaoyu".

Inside the spirit cage of sorrow, after dealing with the "crying woman," a notebook fell out; after dealing with the "head nurse," a death report fell out.

It now seems that dealing with the supernatural phenomena in the Ling Cage can also yield clues.

With this in mind, Chen Shi retraced his steps, entering the corridor and heading towards the choir classroom—he needed to deal with "Luo Xiaoyu" to obtain clues.

Everything was just as it had been before. When I passed by the window, the reflection in the glass still had no facial features, only a pale, fleshy face.

Footsteps echoed in the empty corridor, the surroundings were completely dark, and the deathly silence made one's chest feel heavy; every step felt like walking in a morgue.

Continuing forward, a pale light appeared ahead.

The door to the multimedia classroom was ajar, and a beam of light spilled out from the crack. Inside the cage, the entire classroom, including the door frame and the lights, was upside down; the door frame hung above the corridor, while the light poured down from above.

In the gloomy corridor, the eerie light did not bring peace of mind, but rather seemed particularly strange.

"Shouldn't they be ready to come out soon?"

As Chen Shi calculated the distance, he moved forward. Just as he was about to step into the area of ​​light, he suddenly heard a rustling sound behind him.

"!"

I turned around immediately, and a familiar figure appeared.

Petite stature, a bun hairstyle, and an internet celebrity-inspired outfit that seems completely out of place with her appearance.

It's "Luo Xiaoyu".

Luo Xiaoyu timidly peeked out from the left and right, still holding the handbook in her hands.

They're putting on quite a convincing act.

Chen Shi was too lazy to waste any more words. He seized the initiative, took out the rope, his arm bandages glowed, and he unleashed all his magical weapons to throw the rope out!

The rope flashed an arc and precisely looped around "Luo Xiaoyu's" neck.

"It was fake after all. With Luo Xiaoyu's skills, she could definitely react to this kind of attack."

Confirming that the person in front of him was his reflection in the mirror, Chen Shi exerted all his strength and tightened the hoisting rope:

"babble--!"

In an instant, Luo Xiaoyu's features became ferocious. Her timid eyes widened, her whites became bloodshot, her childish face began to twist, and her features seemed to melt and begin to fester.

Under the restraint of the ropes, "Luo Xiaoyu" began to wail, her jaw gaping open as if dislocated, her arms stretching infinitely, and she began to swing and grab in the corridor.

Chen Shi gripped the rope tightly, relying on his intuition to dodge quickly, darting swiftly through the corridor.

Seeing that brute force was ineffective, "Luo Xiaoyu" suddenly leaped up, attempting to escape.

"Want to escape?"

Chen Shi exerted force with his right hand, the [Illness-Free Bandage] on his forearm tightly wrapped around his skin, the bandage's texture emitting a dark light, instantly pulling him back to the ground along with the suspension rope:

"Boom!"

Luo Xiaoyu crashed heavily to the ground, her body twisting and struggling. Her facial features completely dissolved, leaving only a pale, flat piece of flesh.

Just like a reflection in a mirror.

Chen Shi pulled the rope again, and the burning sound became even more intense. With his suppression fully activated, "Luo Xiaoyu" gradually stopped moving and melted completely like putty, leaving only a pile of fleshy pulp.

Amidst the minced meat, a piece of white paper floated.

Sure enough, something fell.

Chen Shi put away the rope and went forward to pick it up.

It was a photograph, the paper yellowed, yet surprisingly heavy in my hand.

The front view shows a girl's face.

The girl's appearance was ordinary; her face was plain and unadorned, with relaxed eyebrows and eyes. She wasn't stunning, but she looked natural and comfortable, with a gentle smile. She had an average appearance, but her eyes were clear and bright.

"photo?"

Just as he was pondering, the girl in the photograph suddenly stopped smiling.

"!"

Immediately afterwards, a piercing laugh rang out from behind me:

"Giggle..."

I turned around abruptly, but there was nothing behind me; the only light in the swirling corridor came from the multimedia classroom.

Chen Shi glanced around warily a few times, and only looked back again after confirming that there was nothing unusual.

However, the photos on the photographic paper have become glaringly bright!

The girl's gentle expression vanished, replaced by layers of white gauze covering her entire face, revealing only her eye slits, nostrils, and a small section of skin around her lips. Her cheeks were noticeably swollen, and the tight bandages distorted her facial contours. Through the few gaps left, her eyes appeared empty and vacant.