After waiting for a long time without any reply from Wen Shi, Jian Qingrong keenly sensed that something was wrong.
"you..."
The gap in the blocked front door flowed in with a foul-smelling black tide, covering a large area in an instant. Wen Shi came to his senses and said, "I'll contact you later."
On the other end of the phone, Jian Qingrong was considering whether to go find Youshi to ask. Wen Shi and Youshi had not communicated, but the other party seemed to know what he was going through. There was a special connection between the two.
Not knowing what Jian Qingrong was planning, Wen Shi hung up the phone and looked at the girl closest to the back door: "Close the door!"
He didn't need to say anything, the other party had already blocked the back door with desks.
Not long after the table was moved over, there was a bang on the door outside. The old wooden door could not withstand such a collision and a huge crack appeared in an instant. A gray eye peeked inside through the crack.
The petite girl who was blocking the door trembled a little when she was stared at by that eye, and the fishy smell of rotten fish made her eyes go black.
Just when her hands were about to give up the table, Wen Shi's low voice came from behind her.
"Get his attention so I can go out the front door."
"…"Are you speaking human language?
Fortunately, Wen Shi's next words were human: "His target is me. The moment I leave, the mermaid will definitely catch up. You guys should take this opportunity to leave."
Just when others were doubting the truth of the words, the mermaid outside the door looked past the person blocking the door and stared at Wen Shi obsessively, with a blush appearing in the small area not covered by scales.
"Come." The seductive voice made it easy for people to ignore the ugly appearance, "Come quickly."
He is seducing Wen Shi.
Wen Shi recalled the map of the library. If he ran out from the front door, he could go downstairs smoothly, but there was only one corridor, which meant he had to pass by the study room. He didn't know what the situation was with the players there.
The worst case scenario is that they will come out to block the road.
Before preparing to sprint, Wen Shi made a final analysis. The mermaid characteristics reflected in the players are also the mermaids' weaknesses - they cannot move very fast on land.
The door was still banging. Three people had already passed by to block the door. The remaining one asked Wen Shi, "Are you leaving or not?"
Wen Shi stood there indifferently, continuing to think rapidly. They came to study because the teacher had forced them to do so. After teaching in the academy for so long, there was no way the other party didn't know what was going on here.
Their information must have been told to this low-quality mermaid in advance, otherwise there would not be an error like twenty-two in the lyrics.
Jian Qingrong was right. The academy was not only looking for real mermaids, but also seemed to be trying to create mermaids.
According to the description in the book, there are many benefits of piranha meat.
"Low-quality mermaid..."
Wen Shi's eyes darkened when he thought of the professional terms given in the game.
The college will definitely not allow these contaminated students to wander around the library forever, and someone will definitely come to recycle the meat source.
He turned off the lights in the study room and tiptoed in the darkness to move the table blocking the front door. "Just a reminder, if you see a teacher from the academy, hide if you can."
The moment the front door opened, Wen Shi rushed forward without looking back. As expected, when he passed by the study room, he encountered someone who blocked his way. The stiff and twisted facial muscles made his originally regular features look very ugly.
This level is not even considered a low-quality mermaid, at most a fishman.
Wen Shi saw the scene inside the study room through the glass of the back door. Everyone has different physical constitutions and willpower, and their current conditions are also different. For a few people, the changes in their facial expressions are not particularly big.
The mermaid behind them had already caught up, and Wen Shi poured the blood Jian Qingrong had given him onto himself. The existing pollution source originally came from the deep-sea monster imprisoned in the sanatorium. It was a true overlord of the ocean, and Jian Qingrong, who had grown up feasting on its flesh and blood, had a deterrent effect on most marine life due to the contaminant's presence in his blood.
Several players in front of them who were blocking the way instinctively retreated, but this deterrent effect was limited. For the low-quality mermaids behind them who were eager to mate, their disproportionate legs never stopped moving.
While chasing Jian Wen, I looked back and saw that the distance between them was still within a safe range. The mermaid's head was very small and it was impossible to tell whether it was a man or a woman. The gills on its head were opening and closing, and a strange liquid was squeezed out from time to time, which was exactly the sign of estrus.
"…"Exterminate!
Wen Shi ran to the first floor and seemed to have gotten rid of the low-quality mermaid, but in fact the trouble had just begun.
It's like a living person rushing out of a pile of zombies. The first thing he has to face is how to prove that he is an uninfected human being.
Evening self-study was over. If Wen Shi encountered school leaders or teachers coming to fish, he was sure that these people who could kill even mermaids would definitely be able to kill him too.
[One Sword to Level the Situation] consumes too much energy and can easily break the invisible balance currently reached between the school and the mermaids. If the mermaids lose their checks and balances, these students will be close to death.
"We have to think of a way..."
He must prove that he is not a mermaid, otherwise even if he escapes tonight, he will still become a priority target.
Thinking of the mermaid's weakness, Wen Shi made a decision and clicked on the attribute panel.
"You have spent 200 points to activate the Walking Dead. Please select the effect for this use."
Wen Shi said without hesitation, "Run!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he rushed out like a motorcycle.
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On the path illuminated only by a street lamp, two ghostly figures were approaching the library. One of them was holding a harpoon, and the barb on the tip seemed to be full of attack power.
The moonlight shone on this strange blood-red harpoon, and even its shadow looked hideous under the streetlight.
The two holding the harpoon were Teacher E, who had ordered the students to leave the study room, and the other was the Dean of Students. Consuming mermaid flesh year after year, they were both incredibly strong, contrary to their slender figures.
Eating too much mermaid meat is addictive. In the entire school, only two bald and obese school leaders are relatively restrained. The others have a huge demand for mermaid meat.
"It's a shame they can only eat inferior goods." Teacher E licked his lips with his scarlet tongue. "I heard that the principal and several instructors have eaten real mermaid meat."
There are too few genuine and high-quality mermaids now, and the school only has a small number of deformed ones in stock.
When she wanted to say a few more words, a black dot appeared in front of her, approaching rapidly. As the distance got closer, the other person's face became clearer.
With the excellent eyesight gained from eating mermaid flesh, she recognized the person: "Student Aaron."
Teacher E had an impression of this student. This was the first student she called on to answer a question today.
He reflexively wanted to clench the steel fork in his hand and stab forward, but he was soon shocked by the terrifying speed. The opponent was still a hundred meters away in the previous second, and was already next to him in the next second.
"Hello, teacher."
Because the speed was too fast, she could only hear the lips mumbling twice.
At a speed of two and a half miles per hour, Wen Shi passed them like a speeding car. The wind from the speeding car stung her face, and Teacher E swallowed saliva, not from a thirst for food but from the saliva of shock. Her first reaction was, "Mermaids can't run that fast."
The Dean's meticulously tied hair was blown down by the strong wind. She pouted and pouted with a finger, "...Neither do humans."
The two looked at each other, so what on earth is this thing?
Wen Shi, who was classified as an unknown species, successfully reached the dormitory building. He stopped, his entire body disheveled by the gust of wind. The game had weakened the terrifying effect of the wind; otherwise, if he were to run at the speed of a car, the wind in his face would have been enough to scrape his bones.
Wen Shi did not go directly into the dormitory building, but first sent a message to ask if there was any danger upstairs.
Jian Qingrong replied: [It's over.]
The implication is that things were not peaceful before.
Only then did Wen Shi enter the shoddy wooden door that looked like a monster's mouth.
The dormitory manager did not rest all night. She sat quietly in the duty room. She was quite surprised to see someone coming in, so she walked out to confirm.
Wen Shi greeted politely, "I've finished my evening study. Thanks for holding the door open."
Dormitory Manager: "Why are you…"
In the past, there were students who came back from evening self-study, but they were all in a very disheveled state without exception, and the earliest ones came back at three or four in the morning.
This student only had his hair messed up.
The gentle illusion of the previous two nights was finally torn apart, and the corridor was now overly quiet.
Tick.
On reaching the second floor, Wen Shi heard the sound of a tap not being turned off properly. He stepped back in time, and the dripping liquid was a mixture of water and blood. The stench of blood that rushed to his nose indicated that either a few people had died tragically, their stomachs cut open to create such a heavy stench, or that many people had died. Strangely, he didn't see a single body.
A faint light suddenly poured down from upstairs, and the beam of light penetrated the railing, reflecting an oily luster on some pieces of meat stuck in it.
Wen Shi raised his head and heard the steady and calm footsteps, without deliberately making them lighter or heavier.
It definitely wasn't a ghost. Just as a name popped up in my mind, Jian Qingrong came down from upstairs with a flashlight.
He had just finished a mission in the horror dungeon, and someone came to pick him up. This feeling was... a little strange.
One went up and the other went down, and they soon met at the corner.
Wen Shi whispered: "What happened?"
"There are things circulating between the dormitories, eating people, starving ghosts and the like." Jian Qingrong's words were very focused, emphasizing that the things eating the students were not human.
Not a mermaid either.
Wen Shi lowered his eyes, thinking that it could only be the ghost of a student who died in vain.
The smell of blood in the air on the fourth floor was not strong, and no one was dead. The fifth floor was just like the second floor, with a strong smell of blood.
The closer you get to 502, the more pungent the smell becomes.
With the help of the flashlight, Wen Shi saw a large pool of blood at the door of the dormitory. He thought with a headache how difficult it would be to clean it up.
Jian Qingrong reminded that the old ghost could be released to do the cleaning.
"…" He was tired of saying the word "filial son".
Wen Shi asked Jian Qingrong to hide for a while, as he didn't want to face the old ghost who was greatly stimulated.
Jian Qingrong was about to refuse when he heard the person next to him say, "Go lie down on my upper bunk first and don't show your face."
"Okay." He changed his words very quickly.
The old ghost hadn't seen the light of day for a long time. When he was released, he hadn't even complained twice before Wen Shi sent him to clean the place. He immediately leaned against the wall and acted old and frail. Wen Shi said, "If you don't want to stay in the ghost box forever, then do your job well."
He pushed the door open and walked into the dormitory.
Song Yan was the first one to turn around when he heard the noise. He was shocked to see Wen Shi coming in with a skeleton covered in skin.
Wen Shi waved his hand: "Cleaner, don't worry about it."
The old ghost obediently went to fetch water and mop the floor. During his lifetime, he had always been moving back and forth between the dormitory and the factory. Following Wen Shi, he was able to see the world. He complained a few words, but was not too angry.
Wen Shi looked at the messy bed near the door.
There wasn't much blood on the bed, most of it was splattered on the dressing mirror and ladder behind the door. He must have been killed when he was about to escape.
Ji Yuanzhi is quite efficient.
"The ghost came to them on its own initiative." Ji Yuanzhi sat at the table, cleaning the blood spots on his glasses, and was not worried about these two lives.
Wen Shi gasped at the words and immediately recalled Xiao Li and A Zhuang's actions over the past two days, picking out two things that might be most unusual. "Besides snitching, they went to the school clinic to get medication and have been drinking mineral water almost the entire time."
Mineral water shouldn't be the cause, so the only possibility is that the medicine might trigger the monster.
"You can't get sick and try not to get injured, otherwise you will be judged as weak." Ji Yuanzhi has already interpreted this rule using [Information Omniscient].
Monsters will prioritize attacking weak targets.
Wen Shi nodded and tidied the bed a little.
In any case, the bed was vacated and the new family had a place to stay.
"Recommended summon." He tried to communicate with the game.
The system's notification sounded after a two-second delay: "This instance contains multiple unknown dangers. Using the unknown to fight the unknown is a good way to deal with it."
hehe.
Wen Shi was a rebellious person. He didn't believe that the game would be so kind as to save him points. It was obvious that it didn't want to recommend it.
He likes to watch people playing games that they don't want to do but have to do.
"Recommend." Wen Shi emphasized and then casually asked, "Is the person you are going to recommend a good person?"
In addition to the coldness, there was also a hint of darkness in the prompt tone.
"He's a beast."
"…"
After 200 points were deducted, the reminder sounded again -
[Skill 'I Am Me' activated]
[Target summoning in progress]
[Do you know what kind of beast you are about to see? ]
Wen Shi nearly choked on the air and coughed violently twice. In the past, when family members appeared, the notification tone used descriptions like "What kind of fireworks?" Why did it become a beast when it came to this person?
Noun or adjective? Could it be that it's not really human, like an orc or an ancient beast?
Wen Shi was letting his thoughts wander when he suddenly noticed Ji Yuanzhi looking at him warily. He subconsciously turned around and saw a man appear at the door.
During lights-out time, too strong light could easily attract the attention of the dormitory manager. Wen Shi took out a small lantern and half of its dim light fell on the visitor.
The other person was very tall. The first thing Wen Shi saw was the open collar. Under the thin cloth was a body with extremely strong explosive power. The light went up and illuminated a three-dimensional and deep face from the chin. The person had dark skin and smoky gray hair with a slightly curled arc.
Wen Shi was a little frightened. When he saw other family members, his first reaction was a sense of familiarity. In addition to the sense of familiarity, he also felt a little bit of fear due to his alertness.
This sense of vigilance is not because I feel that the other party has bad intentions, but because of the aggression emanating from their bones, which makes people want to run away.
Song Yan has already run away.
In contrast to the uninvited guest outside the door, he moved a little towards the safe area of the balcony.
"Good evening," the person outside the door glanced inside, "My name is Yarlin."
Before saying the name, he saw a corner of the campus card sticking out of Wen Shi's pocket, with Aaron's name written on it, and then he gave his name.
Wen Shi felt that this was not his real name.
Yarlin walked in, and for a moment the scent emanating from him seemed to suppress the smell of blood, a bit like golden ale that was almost ignitable, but it quickly disappeared.
Song Yan, who hid on the balcony, shared Zhen Ling's poor vocabulary from more than ten years ago, and a word appeared in his head: A-blast.
Wen Shi still stood facing the door, his expression a bit complicated. Did he actually have this side of himself? The explosive power that was visible from his body was like a mountain pressing down on him.
Considering that a family member always appears in Wenshi copies, Ji Yuanzhi guessed based on the man's age: "Your brother?"
Wen Shi nodded.
Ji Yuanzhi glanced at the two of them and said calmly, "You must have picked up the wrong person."
"…"