"So fast?" Gu Xizhou was stunned when he heard Si Yu's words. It seemed like a long time, but in reality, Si Yu had recorded the route to Gu Xizhou in less than a minute.
"Yes." Si Yu explained slowly, "I've seen the route taken by the students you were following, as well as the students I was following. The common characteristic is that if they make two consecutive left turns while walking, they will never turn right no matter where their destination is."
"Oh." Gu Xizhou quickly caught on to Si Yu's train of thought. The rule was actually very simple. If a person made two left turns and one right turn while walking, they would be killed by a 'large truck'.
"We brought too few samples, so we can't be completely sure of my judgment. For safety reasons, it's better to bring a few more samples." Si Yu said softly, "Let's wait for the next student to come out before we leave."
Gu Xizhou: "Okay."
"Excuse me!"
Gu Xizhou and Si Yu sat on the stairs. As they were talking, they suddenly heard a strong male voice.
Behind them stood a middle-aged man in his fifties. He was holding a pile of newspapers in his left hand and a bowl of wontons in his right. He raised his eyebrows and said, "Why are you sitting at the entrance? You're blocking me from throwing the trash! "
The middle-aged man seemed to be the dormitory manager. When he saw Gu Xizhou and Si Yu, he couldn't help but complain, "College students nowadays don't study hard. They only know how to waste their parents' money."
Gu Xizhou and Si Yu stood up at the same time and made way for the man.
"Wait!"
Si Yu was stunned when he heard the voice. He turned around and looked at Gu Xizhou.
"Uncle, I'll help you throw away this trash. Eat the wontons first. They won't taste good when they're cold."
When he heard Gu Xizhou's words, the dormitory manager thanked him and stuffed the newspapers into Gu Xizhou's hands. He grinned and said, "Okay, thanks! You can look for me if you need anything! "
After the middle-aged man left, Gu Xizhou flipped open the newspaper and said after a while, "There's no need to wait for the students. The path of death is to the left."
Si Yu lowered her eyes and looked at the newspaper Gu Xizhou was pointing at. The date of the newspaper was yesterday, and there was a row of red words with an eye-catching headline — Shocking! Crazy woman ran out of her house and was swept under a large truck. Her death was gruesome!
There was also a map of the victim's house and the location of her death. The path from the madwoman's house to the location of her death was exactly the path of death that Si Yu had predicted — left, left, right. The madwoman in the newspaper had been crushed by a truck that had lost control when she was making a right turn. She had died after being crushed multiple times.
"Why did you think of asking him for old newspapers?" Si Yu asked.
Gu Xizhou shrugged and pointed at the bright red words on the newspaper. He said, "He was standing there holding the newspaper. It was hard not to see the words' large truck 'on it."
Si Yu nodded slightly. After the two of them confirmed the path of death, they didn't leave the dormitory. Instead, they found the dormitory manager who had thrown the newspaper.
"Uncle Dormitory Manager, do you have today's newspaper?" Gu Xizhou stood outside the dormitory manager's office and said to the dormitory manager, "I want to see the contents of today's newspaper."
"Oh, you." The dormitory manager still remembered Gu Xizhou. The wrinkles at the corners of his eyes were squeezed together. He waved at him and said, "Come in, but you can only read it here. You can't take it away. I haven't read it yet."
"Here, it's on the table."
Gu Xizhou and Si Yu looked at each other and saw the newspaper on the table. Sure enough, there was a huge headline on it: Homeless Man Starved to Death on the Streets after Not Eating for Five Days.
Gu Xizhou originally thought that he would see a bizarre death. Starving to death was a far cry from him. He flipped through the entire set of newspapers one by one. There was only one article about a dead person in today's newspaper.
After Gu Xizhou thanked the dormitory manager, he folded the newspaper and put it back in its original place. He then left the dormitory manager's office with Si Yu.
"Phew, I thought it would be another car accident. Let's find another route. Then we won't have to look for anyone." Gu Xizhou smiled and put his hands in his trouser pockets. He was obviously much more relaxed.
Si Yu looked at him and thought for a moment. He decided not to dampen Gu Xizhou's good mood for the time being. He changed the topic and said, "Let's go. Let's find the others first and tell them about this rule."
"Okay." Gu Xizhou continued, "Let's hurry! But Si Yu, how did you develop that brain of yours? How are you so smart? Who would've thought that people would die just by walking? "
Si Yu was not at all impressed by Gu Xizhou's praise. Instead, he tugged at Gu Xizhou and said, "Let's walk faster."
The two of them insisted on not making two left turns. They kept turning left and right on the road to school. After about ten minutes, Gu Xizhou finally met Fang Zhi. Two of the other three separated people had triggered the path of death. Only one girl was lucky enough to survive, just like Xia Hang and Baek Dong-yang.
The remaining nine people stood in front of the school building and whispered to each other.
"I … I fell on the road, so I didn't make a right turn …" The lucky survivor, Xiao Yue, was pale. She cried and said, "If I hadn't stepped on my own shoelaces, I would've …"
"You're so lucky!" When Cheng Yue heard the surviving girl talking about the death of the other two companions, he stared at the girl for a long time before saying.
"Okay." Si Yu took over the conversation. He took out an old newspaper from Gu Xizhou and said, "This is yesterday's newspaper. Gu Ran and I also saw today's newspaper in the dormitory manager's office."
Cheng Yue heard this and asked calmly, "What's the content?"
Gu Xizhou and Si Yu looked at each other. Gu Xizhou answered Cheng Yue's question, "The title is' Homeless Man Starves to Death on the Streets After Not Eating for Five Days'."
"Starves to death?" Cheng Yue heaved a sigh of relief, "I don't think it has anything to do with us."
One of his teammates nodded and agreed, "Yeah, as long as you don't take the path of death, you'll be fine!"
"Let's go upstairs and see if that woman is there," Cheng Yue said.
Si Yu didn't say anything, but Gu Xizhou knew that Si Yu wouldn't bring up the title for no reason. Since Si Yu didn't say anything, he decided not to ask for the time being.
There was a mirror at the top of the stairs of the school building. Gu Xizhou looked at himself in the mirror. He looked much gentler in the mission world. His skin was fairer than in the real world, and he was shorter than in the real world.
Fang Zhi still had a baby face, but compared to the real world, Fang Zhi was taller!
The mission world was really illogical. Gu Xizhou was speechless.
"Let's go upstairs. Remember the path of death," Si Yu walked in front and reminded the others, "Don't forget it when you run for your life. Otherwise, no one can save you."
The few of them chatted as they walked. When it came to this world, they were naturally more cautious. Most of them were like Gu Xizhou, and this was their third time in this world. If it wasn't for Si Yu, who had experienced more than ten mission worlds, it would be their first time encountering such a bizarre rule of death.
"This is only my third world. Why is it so difficult?" Gu Xizhou and Si Yu walked in front and whispered to each other.
Si Yu looked at Gu Xizhou with a confused expression. He said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "I think it's strange too. The first two times were fine, but this mission world shouldn't have any newcomers."
Noticing Si Yu's hesitant expression, Gu Xizhou tugged at him and said, "What do you want to say? Just say it! "
"In the mission world that I went through with you, the rewards were less than one-ninth of the previous ones," Si Yu said with a frown.
Gu Xizhou said, "It's normal for a Level 18 player to have lesser rewards for killing Level 3 monsters!"
Si Yu heard Gu Xizhou's explanation and reluctantly nodded before walking to the front.
Gu Xizhou saw this and let out a long sigh of relief. He looked up at Si Yu's back and felt stifled. What a stingy world. Even if he was a cheater, he didn't have to be so stingy, right?
Si Yu walked in. There was no one in the office. He walked to Su Xiaomian's desk and stood there for a while before walking to the window.
Gu Xizhou walked to the window and looked down. He saw the short-haired woman standing downstairs with a smile on her face. When she saw Gu Xizhou and Si Yu, she turned around and walked to the cafeteria. On the way to the cafeteria, a few students waved at her.
"Should we chase after her?" Cheng Yue turned around and asked Si Yu. Cheng Yue had obviously chosen to listen to Si Yu, so he was now asking for Si Yu's opinion.
"No need." Si Yu looked at the reflection on the glass door. "She's here."
Gu Xizhou glanced at the figure on the glass. It wasn't hard to guess who it was from the long hair.
"You're all here!" Su Xiaomian walked in with a smile on her face. She was very beautiful and pleasing to the eye.
Gu Xizhou nodded.
Si Yu took out the newspaper and pointed at the article. "Teacher Su, do you know this crazy woman who got into a car accident?"
Su Xiaomian walked in and picked up the newspaper. She seemed to be reading it very carefully. After a long time, she finally said blankly, "I don't know her."
"Think about it carefully," Si Yu said again.
Su Xiaomian shook her head again and said calmly, "I'm sure."
Su Xiaomian glanced at her watch and invited everyone. "Do you want to have lunch together?"
"No need. Go ahead. We'll find out the cause as soon as possible."
Upon hearing Si Yu's rejection, Su Xiaomian nodded slightly and quickly left the office.
After she left, Si Yu calmly started rummaging through the woman's drawer. The others also helped. Soon, everything in the drawer was found.
"F * ck, there are so many cosmetics and bags. I thought her drawer was filled with professional books that only university professors read!"
"There doesn't seem to be anything useful."
Gu Xizhou stood by the office window. Just like before, he saw Su Xiaomian walk out of the school building. He stood and watched for a while. Cheng Yue came over and asked, "Did you find anything?"
Gu Xizhou said, "When she brought us to the dormitory yesterday, many people greeted her along the way."
Cheng Yue commented objectively, "She is indeed very good-looking. It's not strange that people greeted her."
"Yes, but now, none of the students greeted her." Gu Xizhou pointed at Su Xiaomian, who was walking further and further away.
Si Yu said directly, "She has been replaced."
As soon as he said this, everyone stopped talking. The atmosphere suddenly became very quiet.
The few of them hurriedly left the school building and went to the cafeteria for lunch. They searched for the whole afternoon but couldn't find any clues.
After dinner, everyone returned to their rooms. After washing up, Gu Xizhou lay on the bed.
"Gu gu gu —"
Gu Xizhou's stomach growled. He stared at the ceiling and complained, "I'm so hungry."
"I'm hungry too."
As soon as Gu Xizhou finished speaking, Fang Zhi chimed in.
"Haha." Gu Xizhou laughed. Suddenly, the smile on his face froze as he remembered what happened during the day. He knocked on the bed and asked, "Si Yu, are you hungry?"
"Yes."
Gu Xizhou said, "F * ck!"
"Gu Ge, what's wrong?" Fang Zhi sat on the bed and looked at Gu Xizhou.
Gu Xizhou jumped off the bed and looked at Si Yu. His face was full of pain as he repeated the news he saw during the day. "Homeless man starved to death on the streets after not eating for five days."
"Ha." Si Yu rolled his eyes and said, "At least you have some intelligence."
Gu Xizhou looked at Si Yu bitterly. "The woman who died in the car accident corresponds to the path of death. Could it be that the person who starved to death corresponds to …"
Si Yu ruthlessly interrupted Gu Xizhou's guess and said calmly, "Yes, if we don't leave in five days, we will all starve to death. That's why I said there shouldn't be any newcomers in this world."
"…" Gu Xizhou was a little harsh.
"The mission world originally gave us twelve days, but in reality, it's only five days."
Gu Xizhou said bitterly, "If you guessed it, why didn't you ask me to eat more at dinner today!"
Si Yu couldn't be bothered with him. He turned around and left him with his back facing him.
Gu Xizhou had a rare night of insomnia. He was half asleep and half awake the whole night. The feeling of being woken up by hunger was really unbearable. Early in the morning, everyone had dark circles under their eyes. They entered the cafeteria like tigers pouncing on their prey.
After eating countless buns, Gu Xizhou didn't look satisfied. He glanced at his stomach in distress. There was only one feeling — so hungry.
He would rather be chased by a ghost … or more accurately, he would chase a ghost.
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