"Come and sit down. Everyone is rushing us." Feng Bujue said. "After all, we won't be able to come up with a better answer in such a short amount of time. If we stand, we might trigger a team-wipe scenario, so we might as well sit down and give it a try."
When he said this, he was already walking towards the square stool with the number "5" written on it.
One second later, Ruo Yu was the first to follow without much thought.
Seeing that, the others slowly moved to the seats that Feng Bujue had mentioned earlier and sat down on the seats that corresponded to the numbers.
Just as everyone sat down, there was a ding. The piano in the corner of the room started to play on its own.
Then, the eighty-eight keys started to move on their own without anyone playing them …
From this development, Brother Jue's deduction should be spot on, and the plot started to move forward.
In the next three to four minutes, the unmanned piano began to play a highly skilled solo. The melody was not complicated, but the performance was still very infectious. Although it was just pure music without any lyrics, the players felt as if they were listening to a singer singing in a low voice. The depressing and gloomy feeling was completely conveyed through the music, and it infected everyone in the room.
About four minutes later, the nameless piano piece came to an abrupt end.
As the music lingered, the voice spoke again. "Did you hear that? Which one of you would like to play according to the score? "
This request reminded us of a question that we often heard in class when we were young — "Which one of you would like to solve this question?"
Whenever we heard that, we would instinctively use Misdirection and chant in our hearts, "You can't see me … You can't see me … You can't see me …"
However, reality proved that this self-deceiving skill was useless …
"I'll do it." Two seconds later, An Yueqin stood up to volunteer. "I have studied piano for a few years."
At this moment, she was just like those straight-A students in our memories who saved the entire class from calamity, stepping forward bravely.
"Oh, oh … This Big Sister Hanjian sure is reliable." Seeing that someone had volunteered, Phantom Dawn sighed in relief and complimented the girl.
"Tsk … I know how to play the piano as well," Feng Bujue said in a disapproving tone.
"What? You know how to play the piano? "Phantom Dawn turned to look at him with disbelief.
"Yeah, Brother Jue can play the Ode to Joy single-handedly just by looking at the sheet music." Xiao Tan mercilessly exposed the essence of Brother Jue's words.
"Hey! Do you have any shame? " When Phantom Dawn heard that, he turned to mock Brother Jue. "You're even more arrogant than those people who only know how to use two-finger tap and claim that they know how to type!"
While the three boys were fooling around, An Yueqin had already sat down in front of the piano.
After all, he had learned it before. When he sat on the zither stool, his posture and gaze changed.
"Wait a minute … I haven't touched the piano for so long. I need to look at the sheet music and prepare …" After An Yueqin sat down, she reached out to grab the sheet music from the stand and placed it on the piano. Then, she greeted her teammates.
The music score on the music stand recorded the song she had just played. As mentioned earlier, the music score was incomplete. Only a few bars could be seen on it, and this … coincided with the mission requirement of "play a part".
"Why haven't you started? Haven't you learned how to play the piano? "
An Yueqin waited for about thirty seconds before the creepy female voice urged her again. It sounded like … she would not survive if she did not play.
"Fine … Looks like something bad will happen if I don't play now." Seeing this, An Yueqin had no choice but to do it.
The next second, she reached out her hands, clenched them into fists, and cracked her knuckles. Then, she took a deep breath and started to play.
Soon, a melody was slowly born with the rhythm of her fingertips.
Of course, the players still remembered that this was a part of the long piano piece. But when An Yueqin played it, the feeling was completely different from the previous one.
Music... as long as there was a slight difference in skill, emotion, and talent, the finished product would be very different. And this "difference", or "uniqueness", and "irreproducibility" that was created by people was the charm of all art.
It did not take long for An Yueqin to finish playing the few bars on the sheet music.
Before the music disappeared, the voice said, "Hmm … so-so. You pass. Then … class dismissed."
Bang!
Just as she said the word 'class', the large cupboard behind them suddenly made a strange sound and opened on its own.
The sound came so suddenly that Phantom Dawn had jumped up from the shock. However, as he turned to look at the cupboard, two more slaps came from the other side. He looked left and right, and he had a hard time keeping up with the commotion.
But actually … the sound from the other side was nothing. It was the sound of the music room's door opening again.
"Looks like the mystery of this room ends here." Feng Bujue was still calm. He did not care about what was happening at the door. The flashlight in his hand shone steadily on the cupboard by the wall.
By then, the cupboard door had opened, and the thing inside was revealed.
Inside the huge cabinet, there was a skeleton lying on the ground. Even though the body was still wearing clothes, they had already turned into white bones. From the attire … this appeared to be the 'female ghost' that Brother Jue had met at the door earlier.
"She … can't still move, right?" Xiao Ling looked at the skeleton for a few seconds and asked a very constructive question.
"So what if she can move?" Feng Bujue said as he walked toward the cupboard. "She is just a skeleton. If she dares to move, I'll use the piano to chop her off."
"Hey … you're using the piano to chop a tiger's head?" Phantom Dawn also realized that many times, with just one sentence from Feng Bujue, he could pull his teammates' attention away from the scary thing and onto some kind of joke.
"I'm just giving you a suggestion." Feng Bujue said. "To be honest, using the piano is not a good idea. Using the car door to chop the head off is the correct way to do it." At this point, he started to search the body.
Feng Bujue searched carefully. If not for the system, he probably would have stripped the skeleton naked.
To cut the long story short … in the end, he found four things. One of them was a quest item …
Item Name: Pentagram Sunglasses
Item Type: Plot Item
Quality: Normal
Function: Unknown
Can be taken out of the scenario: Yes
Remark: A pair of retro-styled sunglasses.
Compared to the wig, this' item that could be taken out of the scenario 'was even more baffling. If the scenario was set in an American disco in the eighties, it would not have been out of place to find something like this, but in a primary school during the Showa era, who would have thought something like this would appear?
Then, there was the second item. This was also a quest item …
Item Name: 'Its' Lungs
Item Type: Plot Item
Quality: Normal
Function: Can be embedded into 'its' body.
Can be taken out of the scenario: No
Remark: A small organ made from green jade. It is radiating with spiritual energy.
The description of this item clearly stated its purpose — this was one of the items to unlock the shrine dolls near the 'exit'.
Then, the third item was a piece of paper.
It was a crumpled piece of paper, and it was about the size of a picture. There was a sentence written on it — "My best student at the Three-Thousand Nunnery. She reminded me of my childhood."
Based on what had happened in the classroom, this should have been written by the skeleton before she died, and her identity was most likely the music teacher of this school.
Finally, the fourth item … was the [Biology Classroom Key]. This key clearly pointed the players to their next destination.
"Hmm … There is no item description on this piece of paper." Feng Bujue took out the four items one by one and said, "In other words … the words on this paper are either some kind of hint or used to complete the scenario."
"I feel like … the chance of completing the scenario is higher," An Yueqin said. An Yueqin continued, "When the system generated the script and assigned the characters, it must have taken into account that I can play the piano. So, after I used this ability to solve the puzzle, we found a piece of paper and added the setting that the character of 'Three-Thousand Nunnery' has musical talent."
"Ah, perhaps …" Feng Bujue said as he shoved the paper into his shirt pocket. "But it's fine if it's just a hint. We just need to remember it." Then, he shoved the other items into his shirt pocket and snapped his fingers. He pointed at the door and said, "Let's go to the next room."
At that moment, the other five came to a consensus and opened up a path.
Obviously, after the series of events, the players had a better understanding of the overall style and horror of this scenario, so … they all agreed that it was better for Brother Jue to take the lead.
…
To cut the long story short, two minutes later, the group arrived at the door of the biology classroom.
When Feng Bujue inserted the key into the keyhole, the five people behind him had their hearts in their throats … They were all prepared to be scared by this sudden turn of events.
Bang, bang!
Brother Jue calmly opened the door. When the key dissolved into white light and disappeared, he pulled the door open.
But in the end, nothing happened …
At least in terms of visual and auditory senses, there was no shocking scene.
But …
"What the … What is that smell?" Phantom Dawn was the first to speak again. One had to admit that even though his puzzle-solving skills were not that good, his reaction was fast, and his senses were sharp.
"It's some kind of … no … many kinds of expired organic solvents." This time, it was Wang Tanzhi who answered him.
"Haha … No wonder you're Doctor Wang. You managed to calm down after smelling something like that?" Feng Bujue half-jokingly turned back to tell Xiao Tan.
"Hmm … Yes." Xiao Tan thought about it and realized that … it was indeed the case.
"Very good, then let's move on." As Feng Bujue spoke, he walked through the door, and the investigation of the biology classroom began.
The biology classroom was the smallest room that they had been in so far. There was a rectangular lab table in the middle of the room. From the height of the table, the primary school students had to stand to operate it. Perhaps because of that … there were no seats in the room.
There were exhibits placed on both sides of the classroom. They were mostly soaked or dried specimens. There were pictures of animals pasted on the walls, and the pictures had simple introductions. There was a sink in the corner of the classroom, and that was where the strange smell in the room came from.
This time, the players were extra careful when they investigated the classroom.
There were two reasons for this. First, when they opened the door, they didn't trigger any scary events. Instead, it made the players feel uneasy. Second, Xiao Tan reminded them that expired organic solvents were not only harmful to the body, but they could also cause fires.
Therefore, after about ten minutes, the players completed their investigation of the biology classroom. The results were as follows:
Firstly, the drawers around the experiment table could not be opened. Various tools, including scalpels, were placed messily on the table. There were also more than ten different kinds of solutions. However, the words on the bottles that contained the solutions were blurred. It was difficult to determine the nature of the solution.
Second, the specimens around the lab table were all normal.
Third, they couldn't find any clues from the pictures on the wall, but Brother Jue still managed to read and memorize the contents.
Fourth, although the classroom didn't have windows facing the corridor, there were windows facing the outside of the school. Through the window glass, they could see the country roads, electric poles, and trees under the moonlight. Everything seemed so peaceful and normal. It was a stark contrast to the stifling atmosphere of the school.
Of course, these two windows were 'sealed by the power of darkness', so they were unbreakable.
Fifth, the drain of the sink was obviously blocked. A lot of dirty liquid had accumulated in the sink, and they couldn't see the bottom of the sink. The only faucet could be turned on, but there was no water coming out of the pipe.
"Okay … Everyone, please turn off the flashlights." After the investigation and communication, the decision naturally fell on Brother Jue's shoulders. "Hmm …" He was silent for half a second before he said, "As everyone can see, none of the tools on the lab table are items related to the plot. So, if we are to talk about what kind of clues we can find in this classroom …"
At this point, Feng Bujue turned his gaze to the sink. His intention was clear.
"You can't see me … You can't see me …" At that moment, Phantom Dawn was chanting the mantra in his heart and using Misdirection mentally.
But at that moment …
"Let me do it." Xiao Tan volunteered to do it.
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