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    Chapter 128

    The discussion in the hall also faded away.

    Dai Lei looked up and couldn't help but frown: "Why did that NPC still answer the question? Isn't he here to announce the rules? And that invigilator——"

    "The game is completely out of control."

    Team doctor Sui held down her husband's arm and explained slowly: "Everyone is trapped in the game, and they, too, need to find a way out."

    Team doctor Sui said: "We have to cooperate with them."

    She has reached the age of being a mother, not too young. Her voice is soft when she speaks, but her temperament is as sharp and calm as her field.

    Hearing her speak, even Dai Lei couldn't help lowering his voice and complained vaguely: "Who knows what they do? If they come to trick us, we will all be unlucky..."

    The hall was empty, and his voice was not difficult to hear no matter how low it was.Yu Liuhui was afraid of offending the NPC, so she quickly shook her head and waved her hands with him, and her face turned a little pale.

    Zhan Chen didn't seem to hear, he still concentrated on holding the invigilator in his arms and focused on writing the paper in front of him.

    Team doctor Sui thought about it for a moment, then walked towards Zhan Chen and stopped in front of his invigilation table.

    Zhan Chen put down his pen and raised his head, waiting for her to speak.

    "We just combed the halls."

    Team doctor Sui said: "We found this behind the right side of all the tables and chairs, under the carpet."

    Team doctor Sui took out a crumpled piece of paper and placed it on the table.

    Hearing the location she announced, Zhan Chen and Yu Tang's expressions moved slightly at the same time, and they looked at each other silently.

    ...That position happened to be the table where Feng Qing was not projected.

    Zhan Chen took the note, flattened it and unfolded it.

    The note had hurried, graffiti-like pencil writing, as if it had been crumpled into a ball many times and had been rubbed into a ball.

    "It looks like it was torn from a notebook or diary." Team doctor Sui said, "We tried many methods, but we couldn't identify it."

    Zhan Chen put away the note and thanked her in a gentle voice: "We will find a way."

    Team doctor Sui nodded, hesitated for a moment, and then asked again: "Are you sure this paper deserves full marks?"

    Zhan Chen raised his gaze.

    "We were discussing this just now."

    Team doctor Sui said: "The children who were originally in the orphanage should be completely incapable of answering the papers. In order to prevent the director from getting angry, they could only find ways to fill up the papers by scribbling."

    This is precisely where the problem lies - these children are so familiar with each other that they can tell whether they are one of their own even if they are just scribbling.

    No matter what, it is impossible for them to hand over a paper and successfully pass the inspection of those "children".

    Once you hand in the paper and are recognized as a fake, you will be pushed out of the door like a one-eyed dragon and swallowed by your own powers.

    "If the table you are sitting at is not the invigilator's table, but a new kid's seat, it is indeed possible to answer this paper."

    Team doctor Sui said: "But why does it have to be a perfect score?"

    Yu Tang said: "Because this is a game."

    Team doctor Sui was slightly startled and looked at Yu Tang, who was curled up in Zhan Chen's arms.

    Without the role of host, Electronic Storm is a young man with a somewhat cold appearance and aura. He is holding a small porcelain bowl that he doesn't know where he came from, his hands are curled up in his sleeves, and he is drinking hot milk in small sips.

    From this point of view, electronic storms are almost the same as ordinary people.

    "This is a battle royale game, and the game must have answers that can be answered. This is the rule of the game world."

    "Just like a high-level math question, a question without an answer, no matter how clever it is, cannot appear on the exam paper."

    "Game levels must have a way to pass them, that's the rule."

    Yu Tang said: "The world cannot violate the rules."

    The game can do its best to set up obstacles and hide problem-solving conditions to prevent players from finding the truth.But no matter what, players must be provided with a path to the correct answer.

    Just like the game world, no matter how much you want to keep your friends with Feng Qing, you have to leave a way for the players to escape.

    Yu Tang: "I speculate that this paper has a perfect score because the person who answered it submitted it in advance."

    Yu Tang said: "He should be the first person to hand in the paper and the only one to hand in the paper."

    "Why do you get full marks if you submit the paper in advance?" Dai Lei listened to their conversation from a distance and couldn't help but interrupt, "When I took the exam, I didn't want to answer the questions. I wanted to go out and play games, so I would hand in the paper in advance..."

    Yu Tang asked: "Did you get first place in the exam?"

    Dai Lei: "..."

    "Their family has an elite education, and the children taught by the family must be stable and outstanding. He is the most outstanding child."

    Yu Tang watched Zhan Chen answer the questions and continued slowly: "He has no habit of being in the limelight, and he will not take the initiative to challenge the rules. According to his family tradition, unless he can guarantee that he has answered all the questions correctly, he will remain seated.Until the end of this exam.”

    Team doctor Sui frowned slightly: "Didn't he wait until the exam was over?"

    "No." Yu Tang said, "The exam will never end."

    Team doctor Sui was startled for a moment. She seemed to suddenly realize something, and her expression gradually darkened.

    Yu Tang moved and rested his pillow on Zhan Chen's chest, listening to the rustle of the pencil in Zhan Chen's hand rubbing against the paper: "Because this is not an exam at all, it is a punishment."

    Before the exam started, the dean's words played to them by Game World once mentioned that this exam had to be held because of "that boy from the Sui family who refused to give up."

    The orphanage has always done a good job on the surface. No matter whether the Sui family sends people to look at it or sends their own children to serve as volunteers, it is difficult to find anything fishy inside.

    ...Unless, there are children in the orphanage who disobey the director and report to the Sui family without permission.

    The director of the Secret Service was questioned by the Sui family and forced to give the children a test. He simply took the opportunity of the test to teach these disobedient children a lesson.

    "The 'Dean's Pet' card appeared on seat six."

    Yu Tang said: "Why does this kind of card appear in an exam?"

    "Even adults can't stand such low temperatures, and the children can't last even one night. There is obviously a library upstairs, why do we need to take exams in a place like this?"

    "Feng Qing is the leader of the children, and everyone else listens to what he says."

    Yu Tang said: “In the conversation we just heard, his instructions to other children were ‘hand in the papers when the teacher comes back’.”

    These children had no idea that the invigilator would not come back.

    They were defenseless and frightened to death by the "fear" card as punishment, until the children who had already been punished and who had come earlier had the courage to cover the card with their clothes.

    In the snowstorm, the children were getting colder and sleepier. One little girl couldn't help but fall asleep, and was shaken awake by others.

    The children shivered and breathed into their palms, trying to huddle together to keep warm, eagerly waiting for the invigilator to come back so that they could go back to sleep.

    …

    "So when the one-eyed dragon has to hand in the papers, it's the children who collect the papers themselves?"

    Team Doctor Sui's voice was filled with anger: "According to this, as long as you hand in the paper forcibly, no matter what is written on the paper, you will definitely be recognized as a fake. Because the children are very well-behaved and obedient, and they have to wait for the invigilator.return……"

    Yu Tang nodded.

    This is the real trap of this exam.

    If there is no one to act as an invigilator and the keyword "invigilator" is not triggered, there is no way to get this hidden table.

    After getting this desk, if you follow the stereotype and hand in the paper to the invigilator, you will be recognized as a fake and thrown out of the door.

    "So... aren't we in a dead end?"

    Yu Liuhui's face turned pale with fear: "If you hand in the paper, you will be thrown out. If you don't hand in the paper, the exam will not end. Sooner or later we will all freeze to death..."

    She had already fainted from the cold once, and she relied on Team Doctor Sui's treatment area to support her until now. Her body was still shaking, and her voice was extremely low: "We will all die here, and this orphanage is meant to keep us all here..."

    Dai Lei couldn't help but wanted to speak, but Sui Zhengfan pressed him down with one hand: "There must be other ways to hand in papers."

    According to Yu Tang's speculation, someone handed the paper to the invigilator that night and ended the exam early.Sui Zhengfan walked up to Yu Tang: "You have already guessed who this new kid is - you recognize him, right?"

    Yu Tang nodded.

    Not only the identity of the new child, he had also roughly guessed the secrets hidden in this orphanage, but further verification was needed.

    Yu Tang jumped down from Zhan Chen's arms, and the pervasive chill instantly penetrated the fabric of his clothes. He rubbed his fingertips and breathed on his lips: "Senior Zhan, have you finished answering the paper?"

    Zhan Chen checked it one last time, nodded, and put down his pen: "Okay."

    Yu Tang held Zhan Chen's arm and asked him to stand up from his seat and stay far away from the set of tables and chairs.

    ...The method of submitting papers is very simple.

    At this time, Pu Ying was already incomplete. He had stripped away the part of himself that belonged to Luo Ran. The remaining half had not been trained and was almost a piece of blank paper. It was not as user-friendly as the system that had just left the factory.

    Therefore, Pu Ying's acting style will be directly deflected by the core particles sent by the electronic storm without any suspense.

    Yu Tang snapped his fingers.

    A strange and brilliant light group emerged out of thin air, followed the guidance, and "swallowed" the paper.

    This is the most common method for electronic storms.

    Their dimensions are originally higher than the dimensions of this world. Just like going from one point on a piece of paper to another, you don't necessarily need to draw a line. You can also fold the piece of paper in half so that the two points are directly connected.coincide.

    The little robot Pu Ying, who had just come out of Electronic Storm, followed the custom of Electronic Storm and delivered the paper directly to the desktop of the dean's office.

    …

    The entire space suddenly began to fluctuate.

    There was a "bang" sound like a piano cover being lifted off, and the stairs that disappeared out of thin air reappeared.There were hurried footsteps coming down the stairs, and the stairs that turned into black and white piano keys also sounded, like a disjointed and harsh soundtrack.

    "Whose paper is it? Whose?!"

    In the empty hall, the dean's voice sounded again: "Come out quickly! As long as the person who handed in the paper comes out, the others can go back to sleep under their quilts and have hot soup to drink..."

    The "children" were extremely weak from the cold, and the sound of soft, intermittent breathing seemed to be blowing in everyone's ears.

    Yu Liuhui couldn't help but wanted to speak, but was pulled hard by Dai Lei, and she suddenly woke up from the delirium.

    …

    The boy's voice rang out: "Dean, did he do something wrong?"

    The dean was stunned for a moment, as if he suddenly realized his gaffe, and his tone suddenly softened: "Of course not. He answered very well, with full marks. We are going to send him to study."

    The boy asked: "Really?"

    "Of course it's true." The dean's tone was incredibly kind. "Has anyone else among you answered the test? They can also be sent to study."

    The children didn't know a single question, and they were all a little stunned. They were silent and silent, and the air felt vaguely cramped.

    "It doesn't matter, this is the first one, there must be a second one and a third one."

    The dean said: "First, support him to study. There will be other exams in the future. There are two places left. You can work harder..."

    The children were leaning against each other's ears, holding hands, and whispering.

    ...After a few seconds, the stairs that turned into piano keys sounded again.

    The children queued up the stairs, and the tinkling music was mixed with the squeaking sounds of doors opening and closing one after another.

    Not long after, the floor above their heads creaked again.

    …

    "Overhead are the children's bedrooms."

    Chai Ning could still roughly recall the location and whispered: "They should all have gone back to sleep..."

    "Let's go up too." Yu Tang said, "Can you still remember the order of the piano sounds?"

    Chai Ning was stunned for a moment, looked at each other and nodded.

    She and Meng Nanke were originally majoring in pas de deux. They grew up in the dance studio and next to the piano. Even if they heard the music just once, they could still repeat it almost exactly.

    The temperature in the hall is getting lower and lower, and it can no longer stay.Chai Ning understood what Yu Tang meant, and was about to take the lead on the stairs to try, when a figure appeared in front of her.

    Meng Nanke lowered his head. He still wore insulating gloves on his hands and still had the same useless cowering posture. However, he pushed Chai Ning towards Team Doctor Sui without any explanation and walked towards the stairs.

    It was like a piano that had been in disrepair for a long time was being plucked, and the tune of changed tune suddenly sounded in the hall.

    Meng Nanke walked tremblingly, and he had to think carefully for a long time every time he climbed a step, but he never made a mistake on the first step.

    Dai Lei felt nervous and couldn't help, so he couldn't help but ask Chai Ning: "Which one of you has a better sense of music?"

    "Him." Chai Ning whispered, "He was picked by a talent scout and almost made his debut... Be careful!"

    Meng Nanke staggered, holding on to the handrail and barely standing still.

    Dai Lei's heart was about to jump out of his mind, and he scratched his hair irritably, but he didn't dare to disturb him anymore and turned around several times.

    Chai Ning stared at Meng Nanke closely, and impatiently shouted at Dai Lei to move away with one hand, chanting the words one by one in her mouth. When she saw that he successfully reached the top of the stairs, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

    …

    With Meng Nanke paving the way, it would be much easier for the rest of the people to just follow the correct steps.

    Dai Lei originally looked down on Meng Nanke, but now he felt that he was reliable, so he pulled Yu Liuhui up and patted Meng Nanke on the shoulder twice: "Let me see, you are much better than those young freshmen who just debuted."”

    Meng Nanke was startled by him, shook his head nervously, and moved away from Chai Ning.

    Chai Ning pulled Meng Nanke behind her, bit off her insulating gloves, glanced at Dai Lei, and red arcs of electricity danced on her fingertips.

    Dai Lei was startled by her and quickly raised his hands: "What are you doing? I didn't recruit him! I know how you manage a small group of forces..."

    While talking, Sui Zhengfan and his wife also went up the stairs smoothly.

    Sui Zhengfan stayed down there for an extra two minutes, then took apart two stool legs and several slender table boards, and distributed them to others to hold for self-defense.

    Zhan Chen and Yu Tang walked at the end. As soon as they left the last step, the invisible piano cover closed with a bang, and the steps twisted twice again, completely disappearing into the air.

    Dai Lei breathed a sigh of relief, relaxed and sat down: "Teacher NPC, what are the rules that you can't tell us next?"

    Zhan Chen was a little speechless. Just as he was about to speak, his expression suddenly moved slightly and he tilted his head slightly.

    …

    In the unknown space, the dean's voice sounded again.

    Different from the rare kindness when he fooled the children, his voice was suppressed as much as possible, but it still revealed uncontrollable greed and excitement.

    "Contact the laboratory... Hurry, one of them is successful!"

    "You can peel it off anytime!"

    "According to what the terminal said, we got the core particles of the electronic storm and handed them over to him immediately."

    "As long as I hand it over, can I get the equipment that can brainwash people and implant programs in them?"

    "Okay, I will arrange for someone to try it."

    "I'll leave that child to you. Send someone to pick her up immediately. Don't delay... Don't worry. I'll just explain it to the Sui family as going to school. Make up a resume and send it to them."

    "Don't be afraid, the Sui family will no longer be bothered by this issue soon..."

    The voice seemed to be talking to someone on the phone, mixed with the sound of footsteps, and gradually became clear and distinguishable.

    Dai Lei listened with bated breath and couldn't help but frown: "Do you feel it? Why do I feel..."

    His voice stopped along with the approaching footsteps, his face changed, and his body froze in place.

    ...I feel like the sound is getting closer and closer.

    They are in Feng Qing's memory.

    There was only one explanation for the sound of the dean calling in Feng Qing's memory.

    ——Feng Qing didn't go to bed obediently.

    He, or perhaps he and others, were hiding on the stairs and overheard the call from the Secret Service director.

    …

    The voice appeared out of thin air again, almost close to Dai Lei's face: "...who is there?"

    Dai Lei's hair stood on end for a moment. He was the closest, and he almost screamed out in surprise, but when he opened his mouth, Chai Ning stunned him with a quick shock.

    Song Sihang dragged his partner further away, swallowed dryly, and held the chair legs in his hands tightly.

    Sui Zhengfan's eyes darkened. He and his wife heard the director of the Secret Service mention the Sui family. They looked at each other, suppressed the doubts in their hearts for the time being, and silently held their guns.

    Yu Liuhui was so frightened that she couldn't make a sound. She huddled in the corner, holding her legs and trembling. Her eyes drifted helplessly among the people, and she mouthed silently: "Where are the NPCs? Those twoWhere are the game characters? Where have they gone?"

    They were so attentive in listening to that voice that they didn't realize at all that Zhan Chen and Yu Tang, who were originally with everyone, had disappeared.

    …

    "You can't hide it, can you?"

    The voice was hoarse and distorted, floating in the air from far to near: "Are you going to play hide-and-seek with the dean?"

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