They couldn’t continue playing cards. Sun Guojing sat with his two brothers and said nothing.
The closer it got to 7 o’clock, the more anxious Sun Guojing became. He had gnawed the nail of his thumb down to the flesh and started to pick at the back of his thumb. He didn’t stop even when it started bleeding.
Almost every minute, he would glance at the clock. Every second that passed, it felt like an ant was crawling over him.
It was 5:30. It was 6 o’clock. It was 6:30…
Sun Guojing prayed silently. He reflected on all the mistakes he had made. He piously begged all the gods he knew. He hoped that 7 o’clock would come early. Under the nervous stare of Sun Guojing, the clock finally barely pointed to 6:50 p.m.
There were 10 minutes left!
Sun Guojing’s mouth and teeth had long become sore while sweat dripped down like syrup. Tears fell from the corners of his eyes. The hell-like suffering and waiting were coming to an end…
Seven minutes left!
……
Five minutes left!
Four minutes!
Finally, Sun Guojing couldn’t stand it. He abruptly got up and grabbed Qi Tianyun’s shoulder. “Let’s go to the corridor and wait!”
The moment he spoke—
“Sha—”
The life-threatening sound rang out deep in Sun Guojing’s ears. It playfully repeated again as if afraid that he hadn’t heard it clearly.
“Sha—”
Next, Sun Guojing watched his hand pass through Qi Tianyun’s shoulder. Meanwhile, Qi Tianyun was staring at the countdown on his phone. The ropes connecting him to Qi Tianyun and Luo Ge also fell off his hands.
Sun Guojing stood blankly on the spot, grabbing Qi Tianyun’s shoulder several times. He could still stand on the ground but the ropes couldn’t hold him. He also couldn’t hold anything else. Anything that allowed him to communicate with others was beyond his reach.
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The countless indistinguishable heads and tails of the white humanoid form arched against the ground, entangled with a huge, disgusting object. It was like countless souls that had disappeared silently in this world were twisted together and crawling on the ground. Countless human shaped legs and hands rubbed against the ground, dragging the centipede-like body and making a fine rustling sound.
Sha sha.
Sha sha.
Sha sha.
It was like a resentful cry. It was like the call of the underworld. It was like the small curse in Zuo Jiaming’s death message.
“—I’m going.”
“Sun Guojing, when are you coming?”
Sun Guojing screamed and rushed to the back of Room 403. The white monster wasn’t urgent or slow. Its soft and flexible feet rubbed against each other as the body that looked like a pupae climbed the steps toward Sun Guojing.
The other five were doing their own thing. They simply couldn’t see what Sun Guojing was facing.
In the desperate situation where he couldn’t rely on others, an amazing desire to survive burst out from Sun Guojing. He jumped onto a table, narrowly avoiding a hand that was grabbing for him. He stomped loudly on the desks as he sprinted all the way down, lifting his legs to jump over the white monster writhing on the ground and rushing out of 403.
The only thing that could confirm Sun Guojing’s existence in this world was the sensor lights in the corridor. Filled with a last expectation and hope, Sun Guojing went out and turned right, running toward the place where they estimated the non-existence space to be.
However, Sun Guojing’s small hope that was like a lit match was extinguished by the wind. There were only dark walls. There was no door! No door!
Sun Guojing turned to look at Room 403, sweat dripping crazily. The monster had moved out of the doorway of 403 and was crawling out, filling the corridor and slowly coming toward him.
Sha—
Sha—
Sun Guojing’s heart thumped as he strode to the window at the end of the corridor. Without slowing down, his body broke through the glass and he jumped straight down from the fourth floor! Last time, he was falling head down. This time, he hoped to land smoothly.
Please, save me, save me—
Everyone, save me…
***
Nan Zhou wasn’t looking at the time.
He had been staring at Sun Guojing but he didn’t know when Sun Guojing ran away. It seemed like Sun Guojing had been right there, without moving. It also seemed like… he stared at a blank space from beginning to end. It wasn’t until the sensor lights outside turned on for no reason that Nan Zhou looked up.
Jiang Fang, who had been doing the same thing as him, found something. He abruptly got up and his voice was hurried. “Where is Sun Guojing?”
Hearing this, the group was chaotic. Luo Ge and Qi Tianyun saw the rope that had fallen off and their faces turned pale. They ran out of Room 403 only to find that the door next to 403 was opened at an unknown time.
It was the most common classroom door. There was a warm light coming from inside. The door was open and a silent invitation was sent out to the corridor.
…Please. Please enter.
On Friday last night, Hu Li arrived first without the key and was confused by such a thing.
Nan Zhou moved quickly to the door. There was no sign on the door, nothing to prove its function. It was just a small, anonymous classroom that shouldn’t exist. He could see the scene inside the door clearly.
It was a small, empty room without any tables or chairs. It was about 8-9 meters long and 6-7 meters wide. There were still traces of a party. Several drink bottles were thrown in the corner. The ground had scattered scraps left from the barbecue and mottled sugar stains from spilled beverages. There was also the aeroplane chessboard lying quietly under a table.
The moment Nan Zhou held the doorknob, a cold chill passed through his hand and stabbed his mind like a knife. They were standing on top of the body, hands and feet of the snow-white thing stretching out from the door like a cobweb. Everyone couldn’t see it and neither could Nan Zhou.
Qi Tianyun pulled at Luo Ge and spoke in a trembling voice, “Let’s go! Old Sun can still be saved!”
Jiang Fang held Qi Tianyun’s hand. “He can’t be saved.”
Qi Tianyun was furious. “You fucking can’t be saved!”
Jiang Fang wasn’t angry and asked, “Why did he disappear?”
At this reminder, Qi Tianyun received enlightenment and his face turned a miserable white. Sun Guojing heard the ninth rustling! Even if they went inside now, he had already been tangled up with that force. Really… it was hopeless…
Qi Tianyun and Luo Ge both sat on the ground, their eyes dull. Meanwhile, Sun Guojing’s screams rang out silently in the stairwell. He was prey caught in a spider’s web. Shining fangs were about to bite at him.
Meanwhile, Nan Zhou stood in front of the door. He held the icy doorknob and opened and closed it repeatedly, as if experimenting with something. He closed the door. The light source from inside disappeared instantly. The door crack was dark and no light leaked out. Nan Zhou opened the door again. There was a warm yellow light inside the door. It seemed that this classroom was attached to the door that appeared out of nowhere.
No one knew what Nan Zhou was thinking. People couldn’t guess Nan Zhou’s heart or see and hear the deadly situation Sun Guojing was facing right now. All they could see was the originally turned off sensor lights coming on one by one from the other end of the stairwell. The white hands and feet rolled like a cloud and pulled its prey with satisfaction back toward the door.
Just as Sun Guojing’s feet were only half a meter away from the door, Nan Zhou abruptly raised his foot and kicked hard at the door. The moment there was an ear-piercing shattering sound—
“Recover,” Nan Zhou declared coldly. “I said, recover the item.”
The door, which had been half blown off by his kick, made an abnormal tremor. Then it suddenly disappeared from in front of everyone’s eyes.
—It was as abruptly as it had appeared. The white monster stopped moving in shock and uttered a weird scream. It let go of Sun Guojing’s feet and disappeared.
Sun Guojing had been holding onto the edge of the wall just now, trying his best to make his final resistance. The next moment, the huge pulling force on his feet was gone. Sun Guojing lay softly on the ground and opened his eyes dripping with sweat. He unexpectedly saw Luo Ge and Qi Tianyun whom he never thought he would see again.
Qi Tianyun and Luo Ge saw him lying on the ground and were even more shocked than him.
“Old Sun? How are you—”
Sun Guojing couldn’t think about what had happened. He rushed into the arms of his two brothers and cried bitterly. Meanwhile, the long silent game notification sounded in Nan Zhou’s mind.
[Congratulations to the player Nan Zhou—]
[Congratulations—]
[Congrat—]
The item system jammed again as it saw the door-like object entangled with a white human-like object. What was this??
Proofreader: Purichan
Errmm, I’m just as confused as system
+1 me too
woah, what’s going on? did he cleared this game earlier than it should be?
thanks for the chapter~
Did he… perhaps…. put that white humanoid thing in his inventory(?) like he did with the mushroom corpses??? Well, we’ll discover in the next chapter anyway
Thanks for the chapter!!
My heart was beating so fast reading this chapter (^～^;)ゞ this is very thrilling
Thanks for the chapter 😊
I didn’t understand anything at all. But I got used to this feeling reading these smart books
Thank you very much for the translation
Haha me too ✋
Nn??? I’m as confused as everyone else lol. Thanks for translating! Can’t wait for the next one!
Did??? Did he use an item? Draw something? BRO YOU’RE TOO MYSTERIOUS!!
BUT IM SO GLAD THEY SAVED HIMMMMMMM AHHHHHH the author really drew out this scene!!
Really really looking forward to the answers!
Thank you for the chapter!! 💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓
thanks for the chapter <3
Did he put the non-existent room in his storage?
I like reading these types of books, like Earth Online or Game Loading and Global University Entrance Examination. I may not understand sht when it comes to the smart parts but I love that because it means the book I’m reading isn’t idiotic and that I’m not smarter than it. I dunno why but I’m pleased to know that the book is so much more clever than me, it just makes everything more interesting since I need to rack my brain to understand it.
Damn, Nan Zhou put the ghost in the inventory as item. I can’t stop laughing 🤣🤣🤣