Volume 2. Game Update in Progress
Damn damn damn damn damn!
What the hell!?
What the hell is in this room!?
I must have opened the door the wrong way!
The world shouldn’t be like this!
I slowly lifted my head and glanced at the class sign above me, no mistake... it was Class 3-1, this was definitely my classroom!
But... what the hell were those sitting inside?
No... I couldn’t stay here any longer, something bad would happen!!
Go!
I had to go!
However, just as I was about to turn and flee, behind me suddenly came a 'clatter' sound of the classroom door being pulled open, and a wave of cold air surged up, making me shiver uncontrollably.
My hand... almost instinctively wanted to press the World Watch, however... the voice that came from behind made me freeze.
"Liu Yunyan, where are you going?"
The voice had the same gentle tone as always, making me stunned!
In my impression, the monsters in APP missions never communicated with humans, they didn’t even have language.
They only mechanically and frantically devoured human souls.
However... this familiar yet unfamiliar gentle female voice behind me was unmistakably human, and... she actually called my name?!
I didn’t know why, but suddenly I felt... maybe things weren’t as simple as they seemed.
Therefore... my right hand immediately detached from my flesh, the Evil Spirit Form arm stretched out fiercely, ready to fight for my life at any moment.
My heart was thumping wildly, cold sweat sliding down my forehead, everything around me became extremely slow and clear.
At the same time, I slowly turned my head and raised the Evil Spirit Form arm to shield myself.
I had thought that when I turned back, I would be facing a terrifying, ferocious monster rushing at me.
However... when I turned my head, I saw that the teacher in front of me was still... the teacher from Liu Yunyan’s memories.
"I..."
Staring blankly at the teacher in front of me, I was a bit dumbfounded.
Was what I just saw a hallucination?
No... impossible, with the Evil Spirit Form present, I couldn’t have seen a hallucination!
Then what exactly did I see just now?
Why had such a terrifying scene appeared?
Wait... looking carefully, the surroundings hadn’t changed at all.
Time hadn’t stopped either, the wind outside the window and the distant sound of car horns were still there...
From Fang Zheng’s memories, I knew that when an APP event happened, the world would switch to the Interdimensional Space.
But around me... there was no sign of that at all.
Strange... what exactly happened?
"Liu Yunyan, are you okay? Is your injury not fully healed? Do you want to rest in the infirmary?"
Our class teacher was a woman, not yet thirty years old, and quite good-looking.
Her personality was also rather gentle, which made her very popular among the male students.
Moreover, she cared about us meticulously, so the female students didn’t dislike her either.
"Teacher Zhang... I... I'm fine..."
Even now, I still hadn’t figured out what had happened.
But the environment around me hadn’t changed at all, which meant that an APP mission hadn’t occurred.
Yet what had I just seen?
"If you're fine, come in. The classmates have missed you, and the exam is coming up soon."
Teacher Zhang said gently, reaching out her hand to pull me.
Just as her hand stretched out in front of me, a flash of the previous scene appeared in my mind.
Instinctively... with a trace of fear, I withdrew my hand.
Teacher Zhang failed to catch my hand.
Seeing my expression, she showed a hint of surprise and disappointment, but it quickly disappeared.
She just shook her head slightly.
"Come in."
Looking at her gentle voice, looking at the natural and unchanged environment around me...
With three parts uncertainty, I gritted my teeth and still followed Teacher Zhang into the classroom.
I glanced around the classroom.
There were no changes at all.
It was still the classroom from Liu Yunyan’s memories.
The classmates were also still the same as Liu Yunyan’s memories.
Each wore different expressions as they looked toward me.
However... the terrifying scene from earlier was completely gone.
What had happened?
Even after I sat down at my seat and looked at the test paper in front of me, I still couldn’t figure it out.
What had I seen?
A terrifying teacher with a strange smile?
Classmates whose faces were grotesquely distorted?
The gentle, kind, and beautiful Teacher Zhang?
The familiar classroom and classmates as always?
What on earth was going on?
I looked around and observed for a full five minutes, but still didn’t find any changes at all.
The classroom... was still the same classroom, and the teacher was still the same teacher.
Everything seemed like an illusion.
Carrying a trace of confusion and doubt, I quickly finished the test paper, then was the first to hand it in, and told Teacher Zhang, "I’m feeling a bit unwell and would like to get some fresh air."
Teacher Zhang didn’t say anything else, just nodded.
After all, the midterm exam wasn’t some major test, just an internal assessment within the school.
Without any accidents, carrying a heart filled with three parts of fear, I steadily... walked out of that terrifying classroom that had seemed like an illusion.
The main door slowly closed.
I instinctively turned back to glance, however... that glance once again made all the hairs on my body stand on end.
That classroom, which had seemed so normal just moments ago, now appeared incomparably dim...
Dark scabs covered the floor, the color of dried blood.
One by one, the classmates' faces twisted and grotesque.
And right behind me... stood Teacher Zhang, with that same strange and ferocious smile on her face.
Her eyes were less than ten centimeters away from me...
I could even clearly feel the stench and bloody smell carried by her breath!
She... just like that, with a bizarre smile, and those piercingly bright eyes, looked at me... and slowly closed the main door.
'Creak creak creak~ bang!'
Accompanied by the harsh scraping sound of the door moving, the door 'bang' closed shut.
That terrifying scene vanished instantly.
Cold sweat soaked through my inner shirt in an instant.
My pupils kept contracting and expanding.
At that moment... even my breathing momentarily stopped!
'Gulp!'
Forcibly swallowing a mouthful of saliva, I looked around... and saw only the usual normal school corridor.
The corridor was so quiet.
The sound of pens writing swiftly inside the classroom still reached my ears.
Outside the window... a few sparrows perched on tree branches, freely chirping.
In the distance, the sound of car horns continued...
Standing at the doorway, for a long time... I suddenly took a deep breath of cold air.
"Hiss!"
In an instant, I felt my entire body regain sensation.
A cold wind blew past, making me shiver involuntarily.
Almost by instinct, I spun around and backed away, staring at the classroom door...
On the window, traces of dark red bloodstains appeared.
Inside the window... the faces of classmates, twisted and grotesque, stared at me.
On the podium, that face with the eerie smile was also watching me.
My breathing became rapid.
My heart kept pumping blood frantically.
By instinct, I took a few steps back, but suddenly slammed against the window behind me, making a dull noise that echoed down the corridor!
'Bang!'
In an instant, my mind cleared completely.
Without any hesitation, I turned and ran!
I couldn’t stay any longer!!
I absolutely couldn’t stay any longer!
I wasn’t wrong... that classroom was definitely abnormal!
The traces of dried black blood, the twisted, grotesque appearances of the classmates, and the teacher’s eerie smile, were definitely abnormal...
Having the Evil Spirit Form, there was no way I could be hallucinating!
I lowered my head and glanced at the watch.
The watch still displayed the Surface World.
By instinct, I reached into my pocket and pulled out my phone to check, but found no changes there either.
The APP and messages hadn’t shown any replies, which meant at least... for now, I hadn’t officially entered a mission.
But why could I see so many bizarre things?
Wait... could it be that I had it backward?
It wasn’t because I had the Evil Spirit Form that I couldn’t hallucinate, but rather, precisely because I had the Evil Spirit Form, I could see these things?
From Fang Zheng’s memories, I knew he had never experienced tasks outside of regular missions, meaning he was quite lucky.
And in his memories, I couldn’t find any similar situations, nor could I possibly find them.
Because I still hadn’t figured out what exactly was happening now.
I had indeed seen it... but nothing had happened.
Clearly the teacher, the classmates, and even the entire classroom had all changed drastically, so why was I able to walk out unharmed?
This didn’t match the characteristics of an APP mission at all.
I kept walking forward without stopping, moving faster and faster.
The surroundings also gradually grew quieter.
At first, I didn’t mind, after all, it was exam time, and it was normal that no students would be wandering around the school.
But when I got closer to the entrance, I started to feel that something was wrong.
"Something’s wrong... I haven’t been to this school before, at most I've only seen it through Liu Yunyan’s memories. Strange, what exactly feels wrong?"
As I walked, I kept observing my surroundings, only to find that the entire sports field was completely empty.
Even the chirping of birds had unknowingly disappeared.
The sound of car horns was gone too...
The empty, silent sports field didn’t even have the sound of the wind...
What exactly was going on?
What was making me feel this strange?
My obsessive-compulsive tendencies kicked in, and I instinctively scrutinized the surrounding environment.
Despite the unsettling environment, at least I was still able to observe calmly.
But... what exactly was wrong?
There were no changes.
The sports field was eerily quiet.
I observed all around, and by reflex, turned my head for a glance...
And just that one glance made my entire body freeze in terror!!
Inside the dark classroom of Class 3-1...
Dozens of grotesque, twisted faces, as if filled with pain yet smiling at the same time, were plastered against the classroom windows.
Pairs of faintly glowing green eyes stared directly at me.
They were my teacher... and my classmates.