This statement sent chills down the back. But if you look closely, the appearance of Xiaoying lying on the ground is not like a shell abandoned by an adult worm.

Several people fell silent for a while. Xiao Kai's cry was intermittent and drifted into people's ears.

After a long while, Song Hong said in a low voice, "I can't let him cry any more."

If it's what they think, negative emotions are the deadliest thing in this dungeon. Xiao Kai was already afraid, and if he is too sad now, I am afraid that tonight will be the next target.

He and Kou Dong went to pull people together. Although cruel and inhumane, he had to persuade him to try his best to be calm. Everyone in the audience turned their backs on this weird corpse. Only A Xue squatted down beside the corpse, and lightly touched the slightly open lips of the people on the ground.

She twitched her index finger and stood up again without making a sound.

This time, the police came faster than the last time and carried away the body quickly. Xiao Kai was called to the police station as her boyfriend, and the rest of the Mediterranean rubbed his head in worry, and the scar of the knife did not even show his face at all.

A Xue kept thinking about it, and when the three of them were left, she raised her hand and motioned Kou Dong to look at her fingers.

Kou Dong was a little puzzled: "What?"

He looked over and saw that the little girl's hands were thin and white, but maybe because she worked a lot on weekdays, she had some calluses.

"You just got hurt?"

"No," the little girl said calmly, "I am the powder that makes you fancy."

"...?"

powder?

Hearing these two words, the two of them gathered together and stared at her fingers. After looking at it for a long time, I will notice that there is indeed some fine powder on the pulp of the finger, which looks like yellowish white, because it is similar to the flesh color, and it is small, so it is easy to see it at all.

A Xue said, "It was on her mouth."

Song Hong also looked at it and asked, "Is it the residue of some kind of food?"

This statement is actually the most scientific and reasonable. But the little girl shook her head and whispered, "Her face has been washed."

"?"

A Xue said, "Her makeup is gone."

The holographic game is very realistic, and makeup removal also requires a real face wash. Although it will not cause any damage to the skin, female players who have developed the habit of removing makeup for a long time will still subconsciously remove makeup every day.

As soon as A Xue saw her, she knew that she must have been killed after washing up.

Song Hong asked a straight man: "Then can't eat after washing?"

"..."

Ash looked at him speechlessly.

"Do you think her body type is like someone who eats before going to bed?"

Song Hong touched his nose and said vaguely that he couldn't see it at all. The little girl didn't have the heart to explain to him how hard and self-disciplined women can be to lose weight, and only said, "It's not like ordinary powder, nor is it like cosmetics. I always think, this should be a clue."

"For example," she said lightly in a creepy tone, "where did the thing that hollowed her out come from."

Song Hong's goosebumps suddenly rose.

"You mean," he said incredulously, "...from the mouth?"

This association is really uncomfortable, and it even makes me feel sick to my stomach. Kou Dong remembered the touch that penetrated his throat when he was half asleep and half awake, and pursed his lips, realizing that this might be a corroboration of A Xue's conjecture.

They are just a breeding ground for those negative emotions in this copy.

Song Hong's face turned blue, obviously he already had a picture in his mind. He looked at Kou Dong and said, "The one who appeared in our dormitory today..."

Isn't it human?

Kou Dong nodded, but there was no response, "It should be."

"..." Song Hong stared at him, not knowing for a while whether to praise him for his bravery or to say that he was big-hearted. Something that might have come out of the corpse attacked him, leaving a mark on his neck, and that's how he reacted?

Maybe?

What kind of reaction is this!

Kou Dong was also very innocent, "Why not? If I was afraid, wouldn't I die faster."

Originally, he was the target that NPCs would aim at. If he kept his heart like water, he might live longer.

Song Hong was speechless, and after a while he shook his head and returned to the topic.

"Next, keep an eye on people," he said. "The next one may appear tonight."

This day's class was not stable. The people in the class were panicked. They were all frightened by this series of tragedies. Everyone was quietly writing small notes with their heads down. When the teacher was not paying attention, these notes flew in the air. come and go.

The teachers in the class were not blind either. Seeing their absent-mindedness, they simply changed the class to self-study, and sent two papers to arrange for them to do it. He moved a stool and sat on the podium, correcting their homework yesterday.

Kou Dong wore a thick scarf around his neck, his chin was hidden in the thick plaid fabric, and his face was small and white.

He didn't write the test paper, just lowered his head to sort out his thoughts, and suddenly heard the teacher on the podium greet the people passing by in the corridor: "Mr. Si is finished?"

Kou Dong raised his head suddenly, and happened to see the figure stopped at the door. The young psychology teacher said lightly: "Yes, the psychological consultation has just ended."

"It's really hard work," the teacher was a little flattered when he saw that he had really stopped to talk to himself. This psychologist came from a very good family and was a professional who came back from studying abroad. He came to school just for fun. In addition, he was gentle and calm to everyone on weekdays, he thought that the other party would not take this talk at all, "There have been so many things in the past two days, these bastards are scared to death..."

The psychology teacher hummed, her light-colored eyes hidden behind her thin glasses, she glanced lightly into the classroom.

"Mr. Zhao is studying in self-study?"

"No! They can't even listen to the class."

The corners of the psychology teacher's lips were slightly upturned, as if smiling. He was wearing a camel-colored trench coat, tall and slender, and the color matched his eyes very well.

But for a moment, he looked back again, and bowed slightly at the man, "Then I'll go first."

He took a step and walked towards his office. Before reaching the stairs, I heard a panting cry from behind: "Teacher Si!"

The psychology teacher turned his head and saw the boy striding in his direction. The body of the boy of 16 or 17 has not yet fully grown, and his skeleton is slender and weak. Perhaps because he is afraid of the cold, he is still wearing a thick scarf around his neck, and the fine tassel adorned at the bottom hangs on the school uniform.

The young teacher looked at him, and with his fingers, helped him run through a small lock of tangled hair, so that they would stay in their place.

"What," he stared at the boy's raised face, "Is something wrong?"

Kou Dong's breathing has not completely calmed down, and his body rises and falls slightly with the aftertaste of his breathing. Looking at it from the man's point of view, I can still catch a glimpse of a small piece of white skin protruding from the top of his scarf. He pursed his lips, looking a little hesitant, and finally nodded, "Yes."

"But I can't say it here," he added quickly before the man could ask, "Teacher, can I... can I go to your office with you?"

"..."

There was a moment of silence in the air. Immediately, the young psychologist smiled and repeated, "Do you want to go to my office?"

Kou Dong's little animal-like intuition all popped up at this moment, and he kept yelling and screaming at him in the bottom of his heart. He swallowed and nodded without hesitation.

"I have a question for you," he whispered. "Aren't you welcome?"

"how come."

The smile on the corner of the man's lips seemed to be more real, the hand that had been arranging his hair slipped slightly, and turned to rub the side of his fragile and slender neck.

"If you want to come," he whispered, "the door here - always open for you."

Kou Dong felt his deliberately suppressed breathing, almost like a cluster of hot fire wrapped in ice, making him want to turn his head and run away.

But no, Kou Dong warned himself in his heart. Now they have too few clues, in this case, the opportunity to get along with key NPCs must not be easily given up!

The way he looked at the man slowly changed, as if he was looking at a human-shaped clue indicator.

The psychology teacher's office is on the top floor.

The school attaches great importance to psychological education. In order to provide convenience for the students who come to consult, his office is also a separate room, and there is no other person in it besides him. The man twisted the door handle and stretched out his hand to invite Kou Dong in. Kou Dong stopped at the door and looked inside first.

The layout of the room is nothing fancy, just the usual table, chairs and sofas. The desk is full of documents, and the curtains are drawn tightly, blocking the sunlight outside, and only a lamp on the table glows dimly.

There are a few chubby pillows on the sofa, and there is a row of succulents on the flower stand next to it, which is easy to make people feel warm and comfortable.

"sit."

The man turned around and poured him a glass of hot milk. Kou Dong sat on the pea-yellow sofa and looked at it without a trace.

He didn't find anything special, but there was a strange-looking painting hanging on the wall. At first glance, it seemed like several black eyes were staring at him.

After looking at it for a long time, you will find that it is not an eye, but the pattern on the butterfly's wings.

The huge butterfly rested quietly on the paper, and its wing tips stood up slightly, as if it could break free from the canvas and fly out in the next second.

"Like that painting?"

The man's voice sounded a little ethereal, like the singing in the attic in the distance, and it took a long time to enter his mind.

Kou Dong didn't say he liked it or didn't like it, but instead asked, "Teacher likes butterflies?"

"Don't you think it's beautiful?" The psychology teacher sat down opposite him and folded a pair of slender legs, "Has such beautiful wings."

He tapped the rim of the cup with his hand, looked at the thoughtful student in front of him, and asked, "What do you want to ask?"

Kou Dong glanced at him and started to untie the scarf around his neck. Without the cover of the scarf, the fingerprints on his neck were extremely prominently exposed and could be seen at a glance.

"That's it," his eyelashes trembled slightly, and he looked a little scared, "...Did you see it?"

"Saw."

The psychology teacher narrowed his eyes slightly, leaned forward slightly, and said calmly, "Raise your head."

Kou Dong raised his chin obediently, so that the neck full of blue and purple marks was completely exposed. The man's fingers rubbed the top of it a little bit, stroked the edge of one of the marks, and said in a strange voice, "It's really careless."

His hand suddenly went up and pressed against the corner of Kou Dong's mouth. It was still slightly swollen, with an abnormal red.

"Here," he pressed the button and whispered, "here...was also tricked?"

The word "get" came out of his mouth, and the meaning became strange. Kou Dong shrank back and replied, "Yes."

The psychiatrist still pressed the corner of his lips, and said suddenly, "Licking."

"...?"

"Lick, lick." The man said without doubt, "Let me see if you made it yourself."

"..."

Kou Dong almost jumped up from the sofa. But he was being suppressed at the moment, and the atmosphere was a little inexplicable. The light-colored eyes of the psychologist looked at him behind the lens, and seemed to be shining too. In a strange way, he obediently stuck out the tip of his tongue and swiped lightly on the place where he was being pressed.

The man's fingers were inevitably swept, and the wet touch swept past.

He let go of the person in front of him and sat up straight.

"Very good," he said lightly, as if he was really just verifying this possibility, "it can be met."

Kou Dong: Haha.

I'm just watching you gossip.

He said, "Teacher, it is impossible for me to catch myself like this."

"Why is it impossible?" the psychologist said calmly, "You don't know your habits after falling asleep."

"..."

That's what you said, but it's too much to pinch yourself to the point of suffocation, isn't it?

Kou Dong was not too sure at first, but now he is completely sure. Look at this person pretending to be innocent and taking advantage of the fact that he is well-versed - if this matter has nothing to do with the person in front of him, Kou Dong can screw the NPC's head off and kick it as a ball.

This iron is the NPC's pot!

Besides NPC, who else can be so perverted?

He knew something in his heart, but he couldn't say it. He just asked, "Teacher thinks, I made it myself?"

The psychology teacher laughed briefly and said, "I didn't say that."

Kou Dong was even more aggrieved.

"But if you don't feel safe," the psychology teacher tilted her neck back and leaned back on the chair, "you can live in the dormitory for now."

Kou Dong: "..."

Kou Dong: "???"

He had a hunch in his heart. Sure enough, the next second, the psychology teacher said leisurely: "Or, you can live with me first."

Kou Dong: "!"

The hunch came true, but he only had the urge to curse—this NPC is so shameless!

He made so many impressions on him, and then offered to move in?

This is more than faceless and skinless, this is simply a mango. Dumang sits steadily now, looking very proud of his proposal, and asks, "What do you think?"

Kou Dong felt bad. He was not a vegetarian either, and immediately retorted: "How can this be done? If there is any danger, only if I leave, what will happen to the others? Am I abandoning them in danger?"

The righteousness of this sentence made the man a little stuck, "Well..."

"How can you do such an inhumane and injustice thing!" Kou Dong slapped his leg and finally explained his purpose, "Otherwise, will the teacher go to the gym with us?"

The gym is so big that it can accommodate thousands of students and hundreds of teachers. Everyone brought a quilt and threw it on the ground. With so many people, Kou Dong couldn't believe that NPCs could easily engage him.

The psychiatrist's brows furrowed completely, and he obviously didn't like this proposal. But Kou Dong has the upper hand at this moment, pressing step by step: "How is it? Teacher Si thinks about students so much, why don't you talk to the principal?"

The NPC's voice gradually lost its emotion: "The principal will not necessarily agree."

"Why don't you agree!" Kou Dong thoughtfully blocked the way for him, "Which teacher doesn't think about students? We can also jointly write a letter to the principal, it doesn't take much effort, why does the principal disagree? Isn't the school based on Student safety comes first?"

With his small mouth, the man had no place to interject at all, he could only listen to him play live. All the escape routes were blocked, the psychology teacher gave him a deep look, and could only choose to agree.

"I'll go talk to the principal."

Kou Dong looked enthusiastic, "Okay, you are really a good teacher!"

NPC: "..."

Just, there is always an illusion of being scammed...

Kou Dong talked about this big deal and went back satisfied. When it was time for self-study in the evening, the head teacher told all the students to go to the gym to sleep.

This is very strange. The students forgot about the two people who died in the connection for a while, and only cared about the excitement. In the evening, everyone hugged the quilt and pillow, lined up in a mighty line to the gym.

The hall had already been divided into areas, and Kou Dong chose a place to lie down that was completely out of the way. There were living people on the left and right, which finally gave him a sense of security.

Song Hong was sitting beside him, still thinking about the powder. Axue and he were discussing in a low voice, the little powder was carefully wrapped in the paper, and occasionally they would take a look at it.

The venue was filled with students from Wuyangyang, and the blue stripes brought by the uniform were spread out one by one, like a large sea. In this sea, Kou Dong saw Xiao Kai, his face was still bad, his eyes were high and swollen, obviously he didn't listen to what he said during the day.

Kou Dong couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

He didn't want to think so, but it seemed that this player might not survive tonight.

If they have a way, of course they will help him stop - but the premise is that they have a way.

They want to see how the living become like that.

When Xiao Kai got up to go to the bathroom, Kou Dong also followed. When he looked back and saw it was him, Xiao Kai's tone was not good, "Go away."

Kou Dong didn't move, still staring at him.

"I want to ask you something."

"What are you asking!" Xiaokai said impatiently, "I don't want to say anything, so hurry up and leave!"

"I have to ask." Kou Dong said calmly, "You already know what kind of world this is."

Completely different from the imagination of the couple who came in for the thrill, this game world is full of horror and bloody elements, and it has never been a simple room escape.

More importantly, there is no guarantee that you will die here.

The fear of death caused Xiao Kai's shoulders to collapse suddenly, and then said faintly: "What's the use, she's dead..."

Speaking of Xiaoying, his voice was still a little choked up.

"It's useful," Kou Dong affirmed, still looking at him, "It's very useful. Only by collecting as many clues as possible can we infer the conditions of death."

He saw that the other party was still a little hesitant, and threw out the last sentence, "If you want to get achievement points, you have to go out first."

This sentence destroyed Xiao Kai's last line of defense. He covered his face and let out a cry that was almost inhuman.

Kou Dong didn't rush him, just waited quietly.

After a few minutes, Xiao Kai finally raised his eyes. He looked at Kou Dong, because he hadn't slept well, his eyes were full of thin red blood.

"What do you want to ask?"

"Yesterday at noon."

Kou Dong stared at him.

"What happened to you and Xiaoying at noon yesterday?"

Xiao Kai swallowed two mouthfuls of saliva one after another. His eyes gradually widened, and he whispered, "Noon yesterday..."

He and Xiaoying came here not all for excitement, but also because some people say that it is easy to make money here. The two of them were about to get married, and Xiaoying always wanted a more expensive diamond ring and told him many times. But according to their economic strength, they can't afford it at all.

Finally, the two thought of a way and decided to try this game.

What can be difficult? ——They have all been to escape rooms large and small in the city, and none of them have been unsuccessful.

At noon yesterday, Xiaoying wanted to sleep in the same dormitory with Axue, but the other party refused. She was very uncomfortable, and she didn't go to bed immediately after returning, but was on the phone with her boyfriend.

When calling, the two mentioned the fact that their names were written on the blackboard again, and they were a little scared. So this time didn't dare to violate the rules again, and when heard the whistle for the nap, went to bed obediently.

It felt wrong, it happened after falling asleep.

"I don't know why," Xiao Kai whispered, "I dreamed of a mirror."

"……Mirror?"

"Yes." Xiao Kai's voice trembled, "It's a mirror taller than me... I dreamed that I was standing in front of it, and people were reflected in the mirror..."

"But that's not me!" His voice suddenly rose, "It's not me at all!"

Kou Dong frowned, "Isn't it you?"

"He's not human at all," Kai said incoherently. "He has wings—and his expression isn't right. I'm not smiling at all, but he's smiling!"

His chest heaved up and down, again emphasizing, "He's been laughing at me!"

Kou Dong remembered the chuckle he heard when he saw the corpse for the first time.

He pursed his lips and asked, "Then what?"

He didn't think that just doing that would scare people off. After all, no matter how terrifying it is, it is still a dream after all.

No matter what is dreamed in the dream, it will never appear in reality, that is enough. This kind of terror will not scare people into what they are now.

"Indeed," Xiao Kai murmured, "I thought it was a dream at first..."

His hands covered his stomach.

"But soon I felt like, I was puffing up. All the skin was puffing up... I couldn't breathe, it was hiding inside, and it was about to eat me up..."

His voice became shrill.

"There's something in here!"

"He's hiding in there, there must be something in there!"

Kou Dong patted him on the shoulder, calmed down his emotions, and motioned him to continue. Xiao Kai's language literacy is not high, and the stories he tells are also fragmented. After a few minutes, he said: "But this is not the real problem."

There was a wry smile on his mouth.

"The real problem is that after I woke up, I looked in the mirror for the first time."

It's not surprising that some people are just impressed by their dreams, let alone such strange dreams. After Xiao Kai woke up, he immediately stood in front of the bathroom mirror.

But at that second, don't know if it was because he hadn't fully woken up, or because of something next to him-he saw the smiling man again in the mirror.

It wasn't him, the corners of his mouth were still pressed down.

But the man in the mirror is laughing. A huge pair of wings poked out from behind him, and the tops were colorful. They were shaking in the not-so-bright light of the bathroom, and they seemed to be covered with huge black eyes.

The eyes, with thick black eyelashes, flickered at him one by one, blinking slightly with a tiny shudder.

The horror brought by that moment was no trivial matter, and Xiao Kai's scream was desperately suppressed before blurting out. In the later time, he couldn't fall asleep again, and he always felt that there was another person who was walking around the room with his slippers like him.

After listening to this, Kou Dong asked, "Xiaoying also had the same dream?"

Xiao Kai said with difficulty: "Yes. She called it out."

Only then did Kou Dong understand what A Xue said when he heard the "Who are you". Thinking about it, I saw another face in the mirror that shouldn't have appeared.

Winged face.

He was silent for a while, then asked, "What do you think is going on?"

Xiaokai lowered his head, shook his head for a while, and said in a low voice, "I don't know. I'm just, just scared..."

The fearful heart even overwhelmed the rational heart that wanted to get results. He didn't want to do anything, just wanted to survive.

Kou Dong: "You don't want to look for clues either?"

"What's the use of finding it?" The person on the opposite side gave a wry smile, his voice trembling, "You haven't seen it with your own eyes, I've never seen such a person before... They can't live, even if they find a clue, it's useless!"

Kou Dong felt the negativity of his mentality. He looked at Kai again, realizing that the man had not experienced any other stimulation.

Therefore, he lost his mind under such stimulation.

He is different from Ash. The little girl doesn't know what she has experienced, but she is a calm group. Even if she encounters an enemy in the game, she is still organized and observant. Although she has hatred, she is not manipulated by such negative emotions.

So, negativity is not the only condition, another condition is that the emotion has to control your mind.

It has to control your actions.

Xiaokai said, "I don't think about anything now, I just want to get a good night's sleep. After a few more days, I'll be able to go out. - I have to go out."

He washed his hands, did not dare to look in the mirror, and hurried away.

Kou Dong stood there for a few minutes, staring at himself in the mirror. What was reflected there was still his appearance at 16 or 17 - handsome, with some baby fat, covered in a wide blue and white school uniform coat.

He touched the corner of his mouth, but there was no sign of upward movement. The man in the mirror looked back with a calm expression.

Kou Dong blinked and walked away from the mirror.

After he went back, he whispered about Xiao Kai's experience to his two friends. The little friends were surprised at first, but then they couldn't help but sighed softly.

Such a passive wait-and-see will definitely not lead to any good ending.

Xiao Kai can't survive tonight.

"We have no other way," Song Hong said in a low voice, "We can only be more careful."

What if you pay attention? Actually still can't do anything. The rules of the game cannot be violated, and no one has the right to resist.

The lights in the gym were turned off, and Kou Dong lay quietly with his eyes closed. There were still the students' shrill voices in his ears. Slowly, the voices disappeared, and he could only hear the intertwined breaths.

Kou Dong also felt a little sleepy. He pinched on his arm, forcing himself to stay awake.

From the side came Song Hong's very low voice: "Didn't you fall asleep?"

Kou Dong said, "No."

The little girl was also awake and responded.

It was actually quite difficult. Their eyelids drooped down almost uncontrollably, and their minds were dizzy. The three of them had to talk to each other and shove their hands from time to time to barely stay awake.

They don't know how long they have suffered in such darkness, and their thinking seems to be broken.

When it was hazy, Kou Dong heard a low chuckle.

That voice came from Xiao Kai's direction.

His sanity suddenly became clear, and he patted the remaining two without a trace, signaling their attention. Immediately, Kou Dong slowly opened his eyes. His eyes adjusted to the darkness for a long time before he could see what was happening in front of him.

When he saw it, Kou Dong was shocked—Xiao Kai was right in front of him, a short distance away.

He stood upright, his black pupils motionless, staring at him.

Kou Dong's heart skipped a beat, and then he immediately sensed something was wrong. He couldn't be gripped by such fear, and he had to stay awake at all times.

He silently recited the core socialist values ​​in his heart and looked back without blinking.

Xiao Kai's body was stiff and abnormal, and he slowly leaned down, as if to touch him.

Even if you are not afraid of death, in front of such a bizarre picture, it is difficult not to be afraid at all. Kou Dong gritted his teeth unconsciously, and touched his hand to the side.

He couldn't touch Song Hong and A Xue, and all the places he touched were empty spaces. The companion who was obviously by his side didn't know where he went.

Looking back, both sides are empty. The blue and white quilts were all rolled up. Except for him, no one else was awake. It was as silent as no one alive.

This is not right.

Kou Dong thought hard, they were obviously sitting beside him...

Why is there no one else now? !

In a flash, Kou Dong suddenly remembered something.

Seeing is not believing, seeing is not believing... If this sentence is not as complicated as he thought, but the literal meaning is simple——

He closed his eyes suddenly.

The moment he closed his eyes, a small sound came over, and the sound of breathing resounded in his ears. Then A Xue's voice: "What's going on? Can you hear it?"

Kou Dong responded quickly, but did not hear Song Hong's reply.

"He didn't close his eyes!" The little girl's voice was a little anxious. "This seems to be two worlds, outside and inside. We are all in the inside world, and only he is still outside the world—"

"Shh," Kou Dong whispered suddenly, "there is another voice."

It was a strange, rustling sound.

Like silkworms eating mulberry leaves.

A Xue whispered: "It's Xiao Kai's side..."

Neither of them spoke again.After a while, this monotonous and repetitive sound finally came to an end, and then it was a creepy and peculiar sound-as if something was squeezing through the narrow passage.

Finally, a hula la sounded in the stadium, stirring up the wind, fanning up and down——

Kou Dong's heart kept sinking.It was a pair of wings, he realized.

It was nothing else that came out of the hotbed.

It was the butterfly that Xiao Kai saw in the mirror.