Welcome to the Nightmare Live - Ch 14.1

Decai Middle School

In the darkness, only the flashlight in Kong Shixing’s hand lit a faint light. The beam of light swayed slightly with his steps and was weakly engulfed by the darkness ahead.

Kong Shixing looked at Su Cheng with concern, and asked in a low voice, “Is your survival time long enough? If not, I can transfer some to you first.”

Su Cheng raised his head and waved his hand, feeling flattered: “Enough, it’s enough…”

When working with Wen Jianyan earlier, he completed the main task by mistake, coupled with the sudden increase in traffic in the live broadcast room for unknown reasons made his current point reserve quite ample.

“That’s good.”

Kong Shixing nodded: “Since that’s the case, then everything will be as we just planned.”

Thinking of the other party’s proposal just now, Su Cheng froze, and the expression on his face involuntarily stiffened.

He turned his head subconsciously and cast a glance behind him.

In the darkness, the tall and straight figure of the young man could be vaguely seen. The distance was too far to see the expression on the other party’s face clearly, but even so, the other party’s upright and indifferent face was still clearly outlined in his mind.

The help along the way, the rescue at a critical moment, and the forbearance and sadness of the other party when he mentioned his sister…

All these pictures surged in his mind.

Su Cheng pursed his lips, an indescribable sense of guilt welling up in his heart.

Kong Shixing noticed his strangeness and frowned:

“What’s wrong? Go for it.”

Su Cheng was silent for a few seconds, then turned and walked towards Wen Jianyan at the end.

The young man seemed to have noticed the footsteps coming toward him. He raised his eyes and looked toward Su Cheng. The swaying light and shadow swept across the clear and handsome features, and the light fell directly into those clear and deep eyes.

There was an almost intimidating brightness and magnanimity in his eyes, which made Su Cheng, who was already feeling guilty, hardly dare to look at him:

“It’s over?”

Wen Jianyan’s tone was clear, and the texture was slightly cold, with a little subtle concern.

He paused, then added the second half of the sentence:

“Is your classmate alright?”

“……”

Su Cheng made a low “hmm” and turned his eyes away.

Wen Jianyan didn’t seem to notice, there was a trace of worry between his brows, and he continued on his own: “You are still students after all. It must be difficult to completely calm down when faced with such a thing. But you don’t worry, as long as I’m here, I won’t let anything dangerous happen to you.”

Su Cheng: “……”

It’s over. He was even more ashamed now.

In the live broadcast room No. 789326qwk.

[Hahahahahaha, he’s starting!]

[Woohoo, Wife looks really attractive when he deceives people (50 rewards points 50)]

[Damn, if I hadn’t known the true face of this guy, I felt like I would have been deceived too.]

[Yes, I can feel my resolve wavering through the screen.]

[…What should I do? My morality is condemning this dog liar, but I can’t help but look more and more. (50 reward points)]

[In front +1 (50 reward points)]

Looking at the other party’s tangled expression, a trace of smile crossed Wen Jianyan’s lips.

He brought up the topic very considerately:

“By the way, do you have something to ask me?”

Su Cheng: “…hmm, um.”

He stammered and asked: “Just, that is, when coming back from the teaching building before, we were in a hurry to escape, and I didn’t have time to ask what you found on the fourth floor of the teaching building just now. What really happened at that time, can you, can you tell me?”

Wen Jianyan sighed regretfully in his heart.

These words are too blunt and direct. There is no sense of art at all.

However, after all, the other party has no experience in this area, so he can’t force it, right?

Su Cheng raised his eyes a little nervously and looked at Wen Jianyan.

“Of course.”

He saw that the young man in front of him didn’t seem suspicious, and nodded frankly.

Immediately afterwards, he briefly summarised what he saw after opening the cabinet.

The more Su Cheng listened, the more frightened he became. Although he had smelled a thick, rancid, bloody smell before, he could not see what was in the locker. He didn’t expect… there would be such… evil things inside.

Su Cheng hesitated for a moment, then asked, “So, are the things in that cabinet your sister’s?”

“No, they aren’t.”

Wen Jianyan shook his head and said firmly, “These things belong to the one who harmed my sister. ”

All this was verified after he returned to the dormitory building.

The female student in the dormitory who gave him the key at the beginning was not Xu Yuan, but the one who forcibly exchanged identities with Xu Yuan and took away Xu Yuan’s “face”. So the key to the cabinet actually belonged to her, not Xu Yuan.

However, for some unknown reason, she does not seem to have succeeded.

However, Xu Yuan still lost her identity and face because of this, and became that faceless ghost, wandering endlessly in the dormitory building, instinctively looking for what she lost—

A face.

These are Wen Jianyan’s inferences based on known clues.

Su Cheng was stunned, and before he could ask anything, he heard the other party throw a heavy message to him without warning:

“Also, this matter may be related to why this school has become like this. It’s related.”

Su Cheng’s eyes widened, dazed by the other party’s sudden conclusion:

“What—?”

“Remember the notebook I found in that cabinet?”

Wen Jianyan took out a thin notebook from his pocket and swiped it lightly in front of the other party’s eyes: “At that time, I simply flipped through and found that there are many incredible things written in it, which almost completely subvert my previous understanding. It even contains… The source of the alienation of the whole school.”

Su Cheng held his breath subconsciously: “What?”

“A method.”

Wen Jianyan narrowed his eyes and said in a succinct manner: “To be precise, it is a ritual.”

Su Cheng has an ominous premonition in his heart: “Ritual? Is it for summoning something?”

“That’s right.”

Wen Jianyan glanced at him approvingly, and continued:

“A mirror.”

Su Cheng was stunned: “Mirror?”

“Yes, a mirror that can fulfil all of the people’s wishes.”

As a fraudster, Wen Jianyan always pays attention to details subconsciously.

And the female student whose head was twisted 180° in the dormitory was wearing an old-fashioned school uniform, at least twenty years old, even earlier than the conversation in the hidden branch line.

Coupled with the contents recorded in the notebook, he was basically certain that the Xu Yuan incident was the beginning of the alienation of the entire school, and that Xiao Jie’s transaction should have happened long after that.

Perhaps that’s why the hidden item related to this will be the “legendary” level.

——However, Wen Jianyan wasn’t going to tell all this information together.

The audience watching the live broadcast was also shocked.

[So the main story of this instance is actually like this!]

[So the anchor is lying or not? I can’t tell…]

[It should be made up? Isn’t his unlocking rate only 71%? And he also didn’t get the legendary props yet. How is it possible that he has already dug up the entire main line?]

[As a viewer who has seen the copy of Decai Middle School more than once, I can responsibly say that the conclusion that the anchor has come to now… is very likely to be true.]

[Yes, I’ve also seen it a few times. Although those anchors basically follow the secondary lines, there are many details in it that are consistent with the anchor’s conclusions.]

[This is actually in line with the mirror in 408. I think the anchor isn’t deceiving this time.]

[Then I can’t understand it. If this is the truth, why did the anchor say it?]

[I don’t understand either. The anchor should know that the other side is going to deal with him, right? Is it really okay to say the truth that you have summed up like this?]

Su Cheng was shocked and speechless.

The young man in front of him continued to speak on his own: “Besides, there is a more crucial thing written in that book.”

Su Cheng asked in a trance: “Oh… what is it?”

“How to destroy the mirror.”

Wen Jianyan stared at the other party with a serious expression, and lightly dropped a bomb that was no less powerful than the previous one.

?!

Su Cheng’s eyes widened. His mouth opened subconsciously, the broken words were struck in his throat, and he couldn’t say a word for a long time.

After a few seconds, he finally found his voice and asked in disbelief:

“You, you mean, you know…how to end this?”

No, I don’t know at all.

But it didn’t affect his nonsense.

Wen Jianyan nodded without changing his face.

“Although I have always refused to admit it, my sister…”

He pursed his lips, and a well-covered gloom flashed between his eyebrows: “Should be, should be dead by now .”

The young man’s fingers hanging by his side slowly tightened, the back of his white hand showed distinct veins due to the force, and a little scarlet blood smeared the bandages.

“My sister was a very kind child.”

He raised his eyes, which were as bright as stars, with unquestionable firmness:

“I can’t let more victims appear, even for her sake. I will end it all.”

Su Cheng looked back at him and fell silent.

After a long time, he slowly opened his mouth and said:

“Xu Wen, you are a very good brother. Xu Yuan… will definitely be glad.”

Wen Jianyan, who was immersed in the role, did not see it since he had been walking slowly at the end from the beginning. “Cheng Huaquan”, who was walking at the end with his head down all the time, paused slightly, slowly raised his head, and looked in this direction.

His face was even paler than before, the junction of his neck and cheeks was slightly wrinkled, and a pair of dark and bottomless eyes looked in this direction without emotion. The whole face seemed vain and stiff, like between humans and non-humans, it gives people a creepy and eerie feeling.

In the barrage, some viewers suddenly recognized the person in front of them.

[Wait…isn’t this the one with the highest initial survival time?]

[Hahahahaha sorry, I remembered the 20-minute initial duration of the host again, and I died of laughter, really unlucky.]

[No No no, that’s not what I’m talking about! I mean, that anchor died as early as ten o’clock in the evening! I saw it with my own eyes!]

[?]

[???]

[?????]

[Yes, speaking of this, I do have an impression. I still saw the liar’s room number in his live broadcast room. His live broadcast room has been disconnected anyway, definitely dead.]

[How did he die?]

[I was killed by the most difficult ghost in this instance.]

[…Xu Yuan?]

[Crap, yes, according to the anchor’s reasoning, that ghost is Xu Yuan!]

[So, now this person is Xu Yuan in the anchor’s skin???]

[And then the anchor said he was her brother in front of her?]

[Then, for this liar anchor who appeared out of thin air and claimed to be her brother, what do you think, Xu Yuan herself would think?]

After coming to this conclusion, the barrage that was in full swing was suddenly quiet for a moment.

“……”

[Damn, he is really unlucky.]

[Hahahahahaha rollover is scheduled in advance.]

[Hahahahahaha lol, is this the strength of a well-known lucky E-class anchor?]

***

After listening to the information brought back by Su Cheng, Kong Shixing was stunned.

He held his breath subconsciously, barely able to believe his ears.

…it’s amazing, it’s really amazing.

This is definitely not an ordinary clue, and it can’t be an ordinary prop!

If…

If what the NPC said is true, after following this process to complete the main line, it will not only unlock a 100% exploration degree, but he may even get a platinum achievement!

After the Platinum achievement is given, the entire instance will be closed.

As the anchor who received this honour, he will be an epic figure with a perfect clearance record, and his name will be listed in the Hall of Fame forever.

Under the temptation of such big interests, the depths of Kong Shixing’s eyes radiated an excited light, and his entire body trembled slightly.

He looked at Su Cheng: “That notebook… have you got it?”

Su Cheng lowered his eyes and shook his head.

Indecisive trash.

Kong Shixing’s eyes flickered with a trace of hostility, but after thinking about the use value of the other party, he forced the words that were about to be blurted out back into his throat.

He took a deep breath and said in his calm voice, “It’s fine, let me take over.”

Kong Shixing turned around and walked towards Wen Jianyan at the end.

And Wen Jianyan was waiting for him.

Looking at the senior anchor walking toward him, he raised his brows and asked knowingly, “What’s the matter, is there something wrong?”

Kong Shixing pressed the excitement: “Brother XiaoWen, I heard… You know the way to end all of this, and get the whole school back to its original state?”

Wen Jianyan raised his lower lip silently.

Greed is always a human being’s inherent weakness.

When a person asks for something, that is the time when the mind is most likely to be carried away.

The young man was stunned for a moment, turned his eyes away disguisedly, and said in a blunt tone: “This is not something you students should be concerned about.”

Before Kong Shixing could speak, Wen Jianyan took a deep breath and said solemnly:

“This school is too dangerous now, you should leave as soon as possible. I have actually contacted my superiors just now, they should be here soon. When we leave this floor, I will escort you out of the school, you don’t have to worry about anything else, just leave it to me.”

Apply a little appropriate pressure.

Create a sense of urgency.

Kong Shixing was a little anxious.

He stepped forward and shortened the distance between Wen Jianyan and himself:

“After all this, do you really think reinforcements will come? Even if your call does go out, do you think they will come in?”

“……”

Wen Jianyan’s eyes flashed and he fell silent.

“If you really want to protect us, let us help you solve this matter together.”

Kong Shixing stepped forward again: “Only in this way can we really rescue more people, okay?”

In the live broadcast room:

[Wait, these familiar words…!]

[The liar is coming again!]

Wen Jianyan hesitated for a few seconds before finally saying:

“It’s not that I don’t want this to end, it’s just…”

Seeing the softening of the other party’s attitude, Kong Shixing was faintly excited, and he asked, “Just what?”

The corridor fell into a dead silence.

After a long time, the young man sighed lightly and said with some difficulty:

“…The conditions are too harsh.”

“What conditions?” Kong Shixing asked impatiently.

“We need three things to complete the ceremony.”

Wen Jianyan took out a small red cloth bag from his pocket.

He nimbly opened the thread tied at the mouth of the bag, revealing a molar and the half-cut hair lying in it: “I have got one of them, but I have no clue about the other two.”

“This, this is… ?”

At that moment, the system prompt sounded in Kong Shixing’s ears, and he couldn’t help but widen his eyes.

—Difficult level hidden item?!

The young man smiled bitterly: “I don’t even know what it is.”

Kong Shixing’s eyes began to glow green.

He knows what it is!

Unexpectedly, something that he couldn’t find since he entered the instance was actually on this NPC from the beginning!

This NPC is full of treasures!

Wen Jianyan shook the red cloth bag in his hand in front of Kong Shixing: “I got this one from the duty room. The process of getting it was very difficult, and I paid a great price for it.”

Kong Shixing suddenly realised.

It turned out that this was why the old witch kept chasing this NPC.

“I only know the location of these three things, but I don’t know what exactly they are.”

Wen Jianyan took out the notebook from his pocket. The moment he saw the notebook, Kong Shixing’s eyes lit up, and his gaze glued to the notebook greedily and moved with it.

The young man opened the notebook, took out a piece of paper in the middle with one hand, and handed the notebook to Kong Shixing with the other hand:

“Hold it for me.”

Kong Shixing was stunned and subconsciously took the notebook from the other party’s hand.

He raised his eyes, and his exploratory gaze fell on the piece of paper in Wen Jianyan’s hand.

It was so dark at night that even the five fingers could not be seen in the corridor. Kong Shixing’s flashlight was now in Su Cheng’s hand, but the faint light could not penetrate such thick darkness.

The young man in front of him unfolded the paper and frowned. His eyes were solemn and serious.

After a long time, he raised his head: “There are two remaining pieces, one is on the fourth floor, and the other…”

Wen Jianyan frowned, sighed, and showed Kong Shixing the missing corner of the piece of paper: “I only know that it is in this dormitory building, but I don’t know the exact location.”

Kong Shixing shifted his gaze from the cloth bag in his hand to the paper, swallowed his saliva subconsciously, and took a long time to forcibly withdraw his gaze:

“The other one, maybe I know what it is.”

Wen Jianyan looked stunned: “…What did you say?”

Kong Shixing took out an identical little red cloth bag from his pocket, and inside the cloth bag lay the small half truncated finger. The section is neat and bright red as if it had just been cut from the hand, and it looks particularly dazzling in the dim light.

“This…this is…”

Wen Jianyan’s eyes widened, he stepped forward abruptly, and naturally took the cloth bag from Kong Shixing.

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