CH 121

Xiao Lan is waiting for his dream self to make his next move.

But he felt that everything around him was receding rapidly, and it seemed that in a flash, all that was left before him was darkness.

"Tick-tock--"

It seemed that some icy liquid had dripped onto his face.

Feeling the cold on his face, he thought in a daze: had my classmates finally resisted the urge to wake me up with water?

Xiao Lan's eyes snapped open.

The gothic ceilings of Corrieff College are soaring, sophisticated but cold.

The only difference is that at the moment there is a patch of water stains on the ceiling, which stretch in irregular shapes and form the words.

[She's crazy]

[Blood Blood Blood]

The water that just dripped down Xiao Lan's face must have been the water that made up the words.

Just as he watched, the words seemed to evaporate, slowly lightening and finally disappearing.

Xiao Lan reached up and touched a handful of water stains on his face, placing his fingers on the tip of his nose and sniffing.

A not-so-good smell came from what looked like some non-moving body of water, the smell of earth mixed with the fishy smell of algae, making the water taste odd.

Who left the handwriting?

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And who is the "she" written there?

Xiao Lan rolled over and sat up, observing his room. There was no sign of an intrusion, and the writing appeared as if out of nowhere.

However, it's not surprising that this is happening in the game is all.

Unable to find any more clues for the moment, Xiao Lan washed up, changed into her school uniform and left the dormitory.

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After breakfast, Xiao Lan arrives at his first classroom.

It was still a little while before classes started and the students who had arrived early and had nothing else to do began to talk quietly about school gossip. As none of the students at Corrieff College are unified, they can always find an audience for their gossip that they have not heard before.

The new, fair and handsome Xiao Lan is a great choice for a new student.

Three classmates come this way and they approach Xiao Lan with a desire to spread gossip in their eyes.

"Hey~ You just enrolled right, you're really good looking, I noticed you yesterday." A red-haired girl smiled as she took the lead and opened her mouth.

"Hello, my name is Xiao Lan." Xiao Lan smiled back at them, looking polite and harmless.

Three students also introduced themselves.

Then they exchanged glances and one of them said with interest, "Do you know the rumours about the college?"

Xiao Lan shook her head cooperatively, while looking at the other woman with anticipation in her eyes, making a full face of curiosity.

At once, the three teenagers sat down near him as if they had found a treasure: "Then we'll give you a little science."

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This is why Xiao Lan comes to class early.

When students are bored, they are always looking for something to keep their high energy levels up, and school legends are a well-known topic of conversation, so keep an eye out for them and you might just get something.

Look, it's not coming.

The redhead named Xi Li said mysteriously, "The most famous rumour in the college is probably the monster in the northern tower."

Xiao Lan cooperated by asking, "Are there still monsters here?"

Xi Li nodded: "It is said that there are two giant snakes there, they are huge and not only that they can imitate human speech. If anyone is fooled and walks into the tower, they will eat them!"

Xiao Lan looked at the expectant eyes of the three teenagers and continued with the question, "Has anyone seen them?"

"Of course." Xi Li said, "It is said that the seniors used to hear a little girl's voice near the northern tower, the voice said 'Adeline is so scared ......' and one disbelieving senior sneaked over to try to save He never came back."

Xiao Lan captures the key word " Adeline " and it seems that this northern tower is a must see.

Xiao Lan tried to find out more: "Who is the senior who told the rumours? Can I still find him?"

The three teenagers looked at each other in disbelief, apparently these hearsay stories of the college's strange seniors had lived on in the ears and mouths of generations of students, and they had never seen them in person.

"Have you ever been to Cornwall before?" Xi Li asked, simply changing the subject.

Xiao Lan: "I came here recently to get into Corrieff College, I hadn't been here before."

"Then you must not know about the night of the red moon." Xi Li looked at Xiao Lan and saw the curious look on her face before she continued, "The Red Moon Night is a legend unique to this place, where the moon turns red three nights a month."

Xi Li lowered her voice: "You must not go out on the days of the red moon night because there will be a Mrs. Hong Yue prowling the night and if she sets her sights on you, you will be dead."

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Xiao Lan also lowered her voice and looked curious and scared, " Who is Mrs. Hong Yue?"

Dave, a chubby little man with curly hair, said before Xi Li could start, "Legend has it that Mrs. Hong Yue, in her gorgeous blood-red dress and black veil over her face, looked like the most elegant of noblewomen."

"But once she has spotted her prey, she instantly appears behind them and skins them!"

"It is said that it was because Mrs. Hong Yue herself was ugly and she wanted to use someone else's skin to make herself beautiful."

Xiao Lan asked, "Really?"

Fat Dave was about to say something when Xi Li beat him to it, "It's true, even in our college, students have died because they met Mrs. Hong Yue!"

Dave glared at Xi Li and could only choose to nod at Xiao Lan to show his approval of the passage.

Sanjuro, the skinny teenager on the other side who hadn't been able to grab a word, also said, "It's true, and it's said that the better looking the student is, the more dangerous it is, so it's better for you to be careful. Doing the math, tonight should be the start of the Red Moon Night, right?"

Xi Li counted on her fingers, "Really!"

Dave said, "Then Xiao Lan, you'd better not go out at night for a few days, it would be bad if you met Mrs. Hong Yue."

Xiao Lan told the teenagers that he would be careful and thanked them for their kind words.

At that moment the bell rang for class and the three teenagers hurried back to their seats.

Xiao Lan flips open his notebook and poses as if he is ready to take notes.

In fact it was he who was recalling what the three teenagers had just said.

This Mrs. Hong Yue and the giant snake in the tower should have something to do with the plot and should be checked out sometime.

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But what the teenagers had just said was a clear hint that his recent nights would be dangerous, and three days of red moon nights would pretty much mean that they would last almost the whole game, based on the amount of time he had experienced in the game.

It seems that the dangers of the red moon night will be hard to avoid.

It reminded him of that moonlit chase in his dream, the tension and trepidation of life and death that made his heart beat faster even now at the memory of it.

The moon in the dream didn't seem to be red though, and last night's moon was normal.

Did everything in the dream also happen on the first day of the game?

The dream was so real that Xiao Lan once again wondered if it was a dream or reality.

Once again, the students around us stirred.

Xiao Lan looks up and sees Luo, who enters the classroom with gold-rimmed glasses and a book in one hand and a whip in the other.

I have to say, Luo looks really full of svelte charm in this look.

He looked again at the excited faces of the young boys and girls around him.

Adolescents are always straightforward in their pursuit of good things, and anyone who excels in one way or another will easily win their affection.

The way teenagers express their good feelings is also simple and enthusiastic, unlike adults whose likes are mostly hidden behind a lot of weighing and calculations.

Also ...... not incomprehensible ...... Xiao Lan secretly thought.

Luo had already stepped up to the podium and began his lecture unhurriedly, "Today we are appreciating a sonnet from Shakespeare ......"

"So long as men can breathe or eyes can see.

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So long lives this and this gives life to thee."

The students, who had been bored before the class, suddenly lifted their spirits and stared intently at the teacher, as if each had become a serious and hardworking learner, not knowing whether they were watching or listening to the lesson.

Xiao Lan felt a poke in his back.

He looked back and saw a large shiny brain, bronzed in colour, that looked ...... quite like a briny egg.

It was Dai Bumao, who had somehow managed to sneak into a position behind Xiao Lan.

" Classmate Xiao Lan." Dai Bumao slumped onto the table top, he shrank back and tried to shield himself with Xiao Lan's back.

Xiao Lan: "......"

This guy has no idea of his size, and the thin body of Xiao Lan with its juvenile feel in front of him only covers half of him at best.

Not to mention the fact that he has a brain that shines like no other.

Dai Bumao lowered his voice, "Keep out of my way so the teacher doesn't find out."

Xiao Lan leaned back and whispered, "It's okay, the teacher is one of us."

Dai Bumao glanced at Luo, who didn't look like a player at all: "Is that dude a player too?"

Xiao Lan nods.

Dai Bumao breathed a sigh of relief, "I came over to ask you if you saw the writing on the ceiling when you woke up this morning?"

Understanding that the other party wanted to exchange information, Xiao Lan didn't say much: "'She's crazy' and 'blood blood blood'."

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Dai Bumao: "Me too, I thought I would see different ones from player to player, I've asked three people and it looks like the ones on day one are the same."

That's a new one.

Xiao Lan was about to say something when Luo's voice came from the podium: "Xiao Lan."

Xiao Lan turned his head to see the eyes of the class hitting almost all of him.

What is this feeling of being caught by a teacher talking secretly in class and then publicly punished?

Luo's voice was still elegant, even gentle, but what came out was less beautiful: "Describe the ideals and sentiments expressed by the poet in this poem."

Xiao Lan: "......"

What was he talking about?

Is this question a little too difficult?

This is the equivalent of not only taking a naked test but also not seeing the questions, so who can get it right?

Faced with Xiao Lan's dumbfounded look, Luo strides forward with long legs and a nonchalant pace.

He gently lifted Xiao Lan's chin with the whip in his hand and gazed down at the teenage version of Xiao Lan: "Is it my class that makes it impossible to concentrate?"

Xiao Lan couldn't answer for a moment and just blinked at him.

Luo curled his lips into a smile, "Please come to my office after class."

With that he turned back to the podium and continued with the rest of his lecture.

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Xiao Lan received a lot of looks of sympathy and envy from her classmates.

Behind him Dai Bumao made a puzzled sound, "Is this one of our own?"

Xiao Lan: "......"

This would be embarrassing.

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After class, Xiao Lan followed Luo to the teacher's office area.

All along the way, Luo greeted his colleagues appropriately and looked like he was completely at home.

Luo's office is shared by several teachers and he only occupies one of them, taking Xiao Lan directly into his own office.

After closing the door.

Luo lowered his voice: "I'm sorry sir, but my movements in the college are always watched and I can only communicate with you in this way."

Xiao Lan knew in a second that the enthusiasm of the students for Luo would probably cause a commotion wherever he went.

Finally, it was now just the two of them for the time being and they could exchange information.

"What's with your glasses?" This was something Xiao Lan had always wondered about, knowing full well that Luo hadn't had them before he entered the game.

Luo reached up and lifted his glasses with a smile, "A little prop I found here to slightly enhance perception, nothing special, but I quite like it."

He showed Xiao Lan the prop description.

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This is a prop called [Eye of Horus], and unlike its classy name, its actual ability is just a slight enhancement of perception, a prop that is more decorative than practical.

But it does suit Luo.

Xiao Lan told him again about the rumours he had heard earlier from the students and about his own confusing dream last night.

Instead, Luo said, "Last night, I dreamt about you too."

"But it's not quite accurate to say it was a dream. It should be that last night I collected another fragment of myself and in the process of absorbing it I saw a Little Duan flashback, of you, sir."

"It was pretty much as you described it, I was staying in my room reading at the time but was interrupted by a sudden intruder and then happened to meet you, but unfortunately there was nothing about what happened afterwards."

Xiao Lan rubbed his chin: "We all saw the same thing, is it really not a dream, but we have indeed seen it before?"

Luo tilted his head slightly, "This is from a memory in my shard, that meeting must have really happened."

He looked at the teenage Xiao Lan with a gentle smile in his eyes, "That was a lovely time, sir."

Xiao Lan was all black: "There's nothing cute about being beaten up and rolling around!"

He was still a little bothered by the fact that he had appeared in front of Luo for the first time in such a miserable shape.

Although he didn't look any better when they met later that time, poor to the point of having nothing but debts is all.

He doesn't want to lose face!

Luo just smiled and didn't say anything.

The young man who appeared in his memory was thin and dusty, like a stray animal in a desperate situation, looking obviously so fragile and wretched, yet with an unyielding will to live in his clear eyes.

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It was as if a switch somewhere in the heart had been triggered.

He could hardly accept the way those eyes had become lifeless, so he did it then.

But perhaps, no matter how many times, he would have chosen to reach out to the other side.