Forces of Temptation

With a scream, the two brothers who were sleeping on the upper bunk almost rolled down.

They looked intently and saw Sun Guojing standing barefoot on the ground with a pale face.

His voice was hoarse, his throat seemed to be narrowed, and his voice could only be squeezed out in a half-flowing state: "There is something in my quilt!"

Immediately two flashlights shot down from the upper bunk.

The down quilt was kicked to the ground by Sun Guojing. Under the dim light of the flashlight, there were several abnormal bulges, which looked like the undulating curvature of a human body.

Qi Tianyun jumped down from the upper bunk, picked up the broom next to the radiator, summoned up a lot of courage, and gritted his teeth to push the quilt away.

...it was empty inside.

Before the few of them recovered, they heard the housekeeper's aunt banging on the door twice: "What's your name? What's going on?"

Sun Guojing's eyes were still straight.

Qi Tianyun and Luo Ge met each other's eyes, raised their voices and replied: "I'm having a nightmare!"

The dormitory aunt said dissatisfied: "Slow down! How old is this young man, he made a fuss in a dream, and the others still have to sleep."

After finishing speaking, she muttered twice and left.

Sun Guojing fumbled a couple of times to the side, pulled up a nearby chair, and threw himself on it.

He buried his face in his palms.

Both Luo Qi and Sun Guojing knew about it.

He is not one to be surprised.

What he said he saw was what he really saw.

Qi Tianyun patted him on the shoulder comfortingly, but he patted Sun Guojing full of resentment.

"What did I do to me?" He kicked the corner of the table angrily, kicking the iron table with a bang, "I just smashed a glass! Why did I recruit ghosts?!"

Luo Ge and Qi Tianyun didn't know how to comfort him.

They have played PVE three times before, and the themes of the scenes are the chainsaw murderer, the werewolf under the moon, and the end of the plant mutation.

Although there are dangers everywhere, at least they are opponents who can be seen and touched.

It was the first time they played a pure supernatural dungeon.

They only played it as ordinary PVE, but they didn't expect that the ghosts didn't teach the basic law at all, and they just opened up when they came up.

The atmosphere in the bedroom froze for a moment.

Sun Guojing suddenly jumped up and took off his clothes one by one.

He yelled, "Help me see, is there anything on me?"

Based on his meager experience in watching horror movies, he is not afraid of ghosts stealing, but he is afraid of ghosts thinking about him.

If the ghost really left any mark on him, it would be the nails on the coffin, dead dead.

After a search, Sun Guojing, who was standing naked in the middle of the dormitory wearing a pair of big underpants, was reluctantly relieved.

He didn't have any marks like the ghost handprints he imagined.

Even the bone-biting chill just now disappeared.

It seemed that the ghost just came to his bed to play a card to visit here.

The haze in Sun Guojing's heart was swept away a little, and he wanted to swear a few words to his mother happily to vent his anger.

at this time--

"Tude."

Sun Guojing's words from Zu'an got stuck in his throat, and the blood that had just gathered on his face faded away.

He pressed his throat and asked, "Did you hear that?"

……knocking.

He concluded from Qi Tianyun and Luo Ge's ugly faces: they heard it too.

At this time, there were three more regular knocks on the bedroom door.

Tee, Tee, Tee.

The rhythm is very calm.

"Hold!!!"

As the saying goes, ghosts are afraid of evil people.

So, Sun Guojing threw all the swear words he could think of at once.

After cursing viciously for nearly a minute, Sun Guojing finally ended with a general curse:

"Who the fuck is that?!"

"Hello."

The voice outside the door did not make any waves under the repeated insults, and even smiled politely: "My name is Xie Xiangyu. I am also a player."

With a bang, the bedroom door opened with a sense of resentment.

Xie Xiangyu, who was standing at the door, was carried in by a big hand, and pushed against the wall in the dark.

The bones of his back collided with the cold and hard wall, making a muffled bang.

The trio, furious because they felt being teased, watched Xie Xiangyu straighten up from the wall, hold his shoulders, and move gently: "It hurts."

Sun Guojing gritted his teeth: "Are you fucking crazy?"

With the lights turned off so early, it is estimated that there are still a large number of students who have not slept.

In front of so many NPCs, he blatantly exposed his identity and wanted to take them into the water?

Is this guy an idiot?

Xie Xiangyu smiled and said, "I don't say that, will you let me in?"

Among the three of them, Qi Tianyun was the one with the stronger brain, and he was responsible for heavy mental work such as keeping accounts at the barbecue stall.

He rudely took a flashlight to shine on Xie Xiangyu's face.

Xie Xiangyu turned his face slightly, but did not show any displeasure at this impolite behavior.

Xie Xiangyu is very smart, and there is a stud-like thing on the left earlobe.

...Only by looking closely can one recognize that it is a red mole.

His body is thin, about 1.7 meters five, in front of these three hunks with a net height of 1.8 meters, he is handsome and gentle like a baby.

If he didn't have any powerful props, considering his size, his threat would not be a concern at all.

But Qi Tianyun still maintained full vigilance: "What do you want to do?"

Xie Xiangyu said: "I found a little clue. I will use the clue to join the group, and you will protect me."

……"Protect"?

Xie Xiangyu gave an explanation: "I also heard the broadcast from that person named Nanzhou today, but when I went, I saw that person was robbing you. I avoided it."

Three people: "..."

They were ashamed to admit that the three of them went to rob, but Nan Zhou robbed them all by himself.

They had no choice but to grit their molars and acquiesce to Xie Xiangyu's statement.

"The three of them make me feel very dangerous." Xie Xiangyu said, "In comparison, I choose to cooperate with you."

Qi Tianyun asked: "What clues did you find?"

Xie Xiangyu: "According to the dungeon time, something happened on the night of October 10th and the early morning of October 20st."

"In my mobile phone, there is a person named Qi Tianyun's contact information. At around eight o'clock in the evening on the 20th, he asked me to go to the East Street to buy a barbecue for 200 yuan, and then send it to the activity room 403 on the fifth floor of the East."

He looked around: "Which one of you is called Qi Tianyun?"

Soon, Xie Xiangyu judged Qi Tianyun's identity from the sight of the other two.

He stared at Qi Tianyun: "Do you know why you let me buy barbecue?"

The three of them shook their heads in unison, like three ignorant wolfdogs.

"Because I have something in your hands." Xie Xiangyu said, "The boys' dormitory building of your physical education department is the closest to the girls' dormitory in a straight line. I used to hide in the corridor of your dormitory building and spy on the girls' dormitory with a telescope. I was caught by you who came home late."

When he said this, there was no shame on his face.

Qi Tianyun took out his mobile phone reflexively, trying to judge whether what he said was correct from the chat records with him.

"Of course there is no such thing in the phone." Xie Xiangyu smiled at Yan Yan, "You are threatening me, how can this kind of negotiation leave evidence through text?"

Qi Tianyun asked suspiciously: "Then why do you know?"

Xie Xiangyu pursed his lips and smiled.

The monocular hand-held telescope that he carried with him.

Search for the entry "What will happen if you are reported for peeping in a girls' dormitory?"

The sports student dormitory closest to the female dormitory.

Xie Xiangyu obeyed Qi Tianyun's unreasonable demands.

...It is not difficult to infer such a conclusion at all.

The three were dumbfounded.

They went to investigate Hu Li patronizingly, and didn't want to check themselves thoroughly at all.

Sun Guojing unconsciously let go of the hand that was holding his collar.

Xie Xiangyu straightened his collar, straightened the button of a shirt that Sun Guojing had pulled open violently, and smoothed out the wrinkles with his thumb.

In the darkness, Xie Xiangyu's eyes were as clear as stars: "Trust me. I will be very useful to you."

……

In the student dormitory.

Jiang Fang demonstrated his trial process for Nanzhou and Li Yinhang——

Two hours ago, he registered an account and posted a post on the campus post bar of Jinjing University.

The title is quite straightforward, it is called "Do You Remember Hu Li".

The owner did not delete it.

In other words, "Hu Li" is not an officially banned word.

But that doesn't mean anything either.

Maybe it's just that the bar owner responsible for deleting posts is not online.

So, Jiang Fang continued to write this post.

"Do you remember a man named Hu Li?"

"Although he is indeed a very quiet person, every time he has a big class, he is used to sitting in the back row by the window. Sometimes in the Nan No. [-] cafeteria, he will be seen eating rice bowls alone with his head down. He has no friends of the same sex. I don’t have a girlfriend, I don’t have any special interests, I live like a transparent person.”

"But why doesn't everyone remember him except me?"

"It's weird, isn't it."

There are many replies below.

"Is the host writing a novel?"

"Lz, hurry up."

"Same ♂ Sex ♂ Friends"

"What are you doing? Playing tricks?"

Jiang Fang didn't reply to anyone, but continued to tell the story in an orderly manner.

He completely relied on his own imagination and pieced together various details to outline a false image of "Hu Li".

It was as if this "Hu Li" had really lived in front of him.

"It seems that I am the only one in the world who remembers him. Whenever I mention to others that there is a man named Hu Li in our department, they will always ask me the same question."

"'Who is Hu Li?'"

"But I feel that my memory is also fading."

"What did he look like?"

"I remember he once participated in a group activity."

"I dug out the photos of the group photo and counted them one by one, but at the end of the count, I found that he was not there."

"Ah, maybe he took the picture."

"But maybe, I have to forget who Hu Li is."

This post was also the reason why Jiang Fang fiddled with his phone frequently.

Jiang Fang's words didn't have much embellishment, they were concise and solemn, and also showed a little nervousness of talking to himself.

This kind of mysterious writing technique obviously attracted the interest of a lot of people, and they all urged to update it, and said that such an exciting story, if the main story is unfinished, it will be read a hundred times by Aruba.

Li Yinhang felt chills down his spine.

Because she noticed that just now, the bar owner manipulated the soaring popularity of the post and added a "fine" to the end.

She stammered a bit and asked: "...So, 'Hu Li' is not a forbidden topic in school?"

The current situation is that they, as players, cannot leave the school at all, so the stage of the dungeon is limited to Jinjing University.

Therefore, "Hu Li", who is an important clue, is unlikely to be an outsider.

He could only be a student of Jinjing University.

But in the death recording, the speaker made it clear that Hu Li had died.

It stands to reason that if a student dies in the school, the school must focus on maintaining stability.

Then why, the name "Hu Li" can be hung on the school's official post bar and talked about openly?

In addition, Li Yinhang also felt a slight sense of disobedience in this matter.

But she couldn't tell.

Jiang Fang said, "It's more than that."

He handed the phone to Nanzhou.

Nan Zhou went through the post with more than 200 replies from top to bottom: "This post has been posted for two hours."

Jiang Fang: "Hmm."

Nan Zhou put down his mobile phone and looked straight at Jiang Fang, "...but so far, no one has posted on the post saying that I do know a person named Hu Li in my life."

There was a buzzing sound in Li Yinhang's head.

Then, she felt cold all over.

……yes.

The name of "Hu Li" is on the title.

Such a highly refined hot post floated on the front page for two hours, but no one who knew him a little came out and said, "Hey, isn't there a man named Hu Li in the XX department?"

Does this mean... Hu Li was really completely erased from this world, and became a forgotten, "non-existent person"?

Nan Zhou frowned, as if there was still something he couldn't figure out.

When he frowned, his eyebrows were particularly beautiful.

Jiang Fang stared at him: "Thinking about something?"

"Yeah." Nan Zhou said, "There is a difference between 'disappearing' and 'dead'."

"If Hu Li was really wiped out by a certain force, then in everyone's memory, it should be a unified non-existence."

"Why did the person who left the message of death say with certainty that he was 'dead'?"

"As you said in your post, 'Why is he the only one who remembers'?"

Li Yinhang felt confused when asked, "...Then what should we do now?"

Nan Zhou asked: "The party on the night of the 20th, where is the place we agreed to meet?"

Jiang Fang replied: "East fifth floor, activity room 403."

Nanzhou said "hmm" and said, "Go and investigate tomorrow."

Jiang Fang also agreed: "Tomorrow can be."

Li Yinhang was worried that the two of them would go to 403 Mang in the middle of the night, and when she heard that, she quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's time to wash up."

Saying this, Nan Zhou stood up and walked in front of Jiang Fang.

He hung the "Sixth Sense Cross" that was originally tied around his neck and emitted a circle of natural red light around Jiang Fang's neck.

The thin silver chain rubbed against Jiangfang's skin except for the choker, making it itchy.

Su's itchy feeling didn't just come from the silver chain.

Because he had to fasten the chain buckle, half of Nan Zhou's body was over Jiang Fang's shoulders, and his slightly curly hair was slowly brushing along his neck.

Jiang Fang gritted his teeth lightly, and the air he exhaled gradually became hotter.

He asked, "Why did you give it to me?"

"I'm going to wash up." Nanzhou's answer was very straightforward, "I'm afraid it won't work if it gets wet."

While Li Yinhang was making the bed, Nan Zhou put the sleeping Nan Jixing on the head of the bed, and came to the dormitory's own bathroom alone.

The accommodation environment of the foreign student dormitory is obviously better than any other ordinary dormitory. Not only is it a single room, but it also has a TV, balcony, and private bathroom.

A huge silver-plated mirror is inlaid on the wall of the bathroom.

The toiletries on the countertops are also simple.

Just a half-used bottle of mouthwash, the same men's face wash and an electric razor.

He unscrewed the cap of the mouthwash, sniffed it, took a sip tentatively, and put it in his mouth.

Then he frowned fiercely.

……pain.

He hesitated for a moment, whether to spit it out or swallow it.

He eventually vomited it out, worried that the acidic taste would burn his stomach.

He turned on the faucet to rinse the light blue mouthwash that had accumulated at the bottom of the sink.

However, the temperature of the water flowing from the faucet was extremely low, and it was abnormally cold.

When the water droplets splashed on Nanzhou's skin, he frowned again.

Suddenly.

"sand--"

There was that familiar soft sound of cloth dragging on the ground again.

Nan Zhou stopped moving.

"sand--"

Nanzhou identified the source of the sound.

He raised his head slowly.

He noticed that the self in the mirror seemed to be taller than his normal self.

It's abnormally high.

It is full of mirrors from the top to the top.

So high... that the neck was bent to one side by the top of the mirror.

That expression did not belong to Nanzhou himself.

The corners of his mouth were bent upwards and curled up.

And he kept such a smile, his head was pushed and pressed by the edge of the mirror, and it became more and more crooked.

When the angle between his neck and head in the mirror was about 45 degrees, Nan Zhou didn't hesitate, and punched hard.

click-

The specter in the mirror disappeared.

Nan Zhou's face returned to normal.

Only his face was torn apart from the center, which looked rather strange at first glance.

Nan Zhou put his hand under the faucet that had returned to normal water temperature, and simply cleaned the small cut on the back of his ring finger.

The moment the crisp glass shattered, Jiang Fang appeared at the door, panting slightly.

Nan Zhou turned around.

It was the first time he saw Jiang Fang lose his composure, and it was a bit novel for a while.

"Fortunately, I gave you the cross." Nan Zhou shook off the remaining water on his hand, "Otherwise it would be a waste to use it on me."

Jiang Fang tried his best to control his expression: "You... heard the rustling sound, didn't you?"

Nan Zhou was a little surprised at Jiang Fang's judgment and analysis speed.

He never mentioned to Jiang Fang and Li Yinhang that he had heard "sha" and "sha" noises twice.

There was once when I just entered the dungeon and was on the basketball court.

When looking for Xie Xiangyu, he stood in the corridor and heard it again.

Nan Zhou: "Yes."

He said lightly: "Yinhang heard it once, and I heard it twice. This time the name of the dungeon also mentioned this sound, so I think I should be the most dangerous."

Therefore, after clarifying this point, Nan Zhou decided that he was already dangerous enough anyway, so it would be a waste to put a cross that could predict danger on him.

It is best to put it on Jiang Fang who has never heard a strange sound, so as to play the best protective role.

Hearing what Nan Zhou said, Jiang Fang's breathing became a little heavy.

His voice obviously suppressed a strong and surging emotion that was about to get out of control: "If you are like this, what should you do if something happens?"

Nan Zhou was puzzled and said, "Isn't there nothing wrong?"

As he spoke, he said to Li Yinhang who had heard the sound but did not dare to approach because he sensed the invisible emotional vortex between the two: "Yinhang, stay away."

Immediately afterwards, in front of Jiang Fang, who was calm but already full of anger, he raised his hand to loosen the bow tie, and took off the neat school uniform, revealing the perfect line of the lower abdomen and the muscle lines of the arms: "Brother Fang, look Look what's changed in me."