It's time, it's time to switch to the cranial doctor

Zhou Zhuo broke out in a cold sweat. The back-to-back games of good friends examine themselves with the heart as a mirror, and reorganize the information based on this theory. The cold and stiff touch on the back is actually not from others, but from him. Own?

With the help of eyeballs, Zhou Zhuo finally found the correct answer.

"You are me alive, and I am you after death."

"The answer is correct."

The feeling of clinging on the back disappeared, Zhou Zhuo turned around, and saw an identical self standing behind him.

The opponent's body was full of scars, and the wounds were rolled out. It is roughly estimated that there were at least twenty places. They should have been cut by some kind of blunt blade. One fatal wound was on the neck. It can be seen that the knife holder was very hard. Severed his throat with his left hand and injured the cervical vertebrae in the back.

This wound looked very familiar, because he had it on himself. Zhou Zhuo remembered that when he danced with Muzi, the other's left hand was obviously much stronger than his right hand, and when he turned around, he also leaned to the left, with a clear point of exertion.

"Did I die in the other world in the dance classroom?" Zhou Zhuo asked.

"Yes." Zhou Zhuo on the opposite side nodded, "The female ghost in red is not as easy to conquer as I imagined, you should be more careful next time."

Zhou Zhuo grinned: "It's so dangerous, is there a next time?"

"If it's me, there should be more. See you again when I have a chance."

The other party waved his hand, turned around and walked into the dim light, disappeared, the game ended, and the timer above his head just happened to reset to zero, Zhou Zhuo returned to classroom 309, but it was empty here, and he was the only one.

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The recent update is indeed a bit slow. To be honest, it’s really hard to write. It’s quite simple to design a game, but it’s more difficult to give a fun and program-like way to break through the level while designing. Now the inspiration is a bit exhausted. I hope everyone can give some suggestions, such as what kind of copy you want to see.

Chapter 240 Overlapping World Lines

He can be sure that his location is a classroom, and the space is the same as before, but the scene layout has undergone a huge change.

The wall was sealed with cement, and even the moonlight outside the window was gone. Red candles were lit on the altar, and dusty banners were hung on both sides. .

This obvious signal tells Zhou Zhuo that the scene has changed, and now he should be located in the former No. 2 teaching building. Danger is imminent.

Because Zhou Zhuo heard a scalp-numbing sound from outside the corridor, the crackling sound of wood in the flames, mixed with some kind of distorted whine, this sound was extremely aggressive, and he couldn't even hear it at all. Makes you feel like your head is going to explode.

At this moment, there was the sound of closing the door outside, and all the sounds were cut off. Then, a mysterious man shrouded in shadow appeared in front of Zhou Zhuo.

"Do you need me to applaud you for passing all the tests? Judging by your expression, it shouldn't be necessary, so I'll save myself."

Other people might be annoyed by this sentence, but Zhou Zhuo is very used to it, because he is also like this, maybe a little more than the other party.

"Did the others not pass?"

"No, not everyone can face their hearts calmly, not to mention there are so many unknown possibilities." The mysterious man replied.

Thinking about it, in fact, Zhou Zhuo was not sure of winning in the end. If it wasn't for the eyeballs in his palm to remind him, he might have given the wrong answer.

"That's really worth celebrating. There are no outsiders here, so you don't have to be polite, just kowtow to me."

"Haha, this is my house. When guests come to visit, you should kowtow to me."

The mysterious man bent down, pulled out a cushion from under the altar and placed it in front of Zhou Zhuo.

"The concrete floor is a bit hard, and knees may hurt when you kneel down hard. I will lend you a cushion. Be careful. You don't need to thank me. Remember to knock off the ashes and return it to me after you use it."

"..."

This was the first time Zhou Zhuo met someone who was more disgusted by him, so he was stunned on the spot, and subconsciously replied: "You're welcome."

"What's the matter, this kind of politeness should be, after all, you have worked so hard, and you are the only one who has cleared the customs until now."

Zhou Zhuo no longer intends to follow the other party's words. At this time, he has to take the right to speak in his own hands: "So do you have any big gifts prepared?"

"Isn't this big enough? Most people in the family burn luxury cars and watches, and they forget that such real things are the best to use."

Hearing this, even a fool should understand the identity of the mysterious person. He is the head of 309, an innocent soul who has been disturbed. It turned into power and gained control of this area.

But there is still a doubt. Everyone has their own purpose in doing things. Even evil spirits have a reason to kill people. As a disturbed existence, the mysterious man's maliciousness does not match his actions at all. The image of has a strong sense of fragmentation, unless...

An idea popped up in his mind, which made Zhou Zhuo break out in a cold sweat.

He suddenly realized one thing, "Best friends back to back" might not just be a game that existed in his mind, but a concept of rules summed up based on the environment of the entire nightmare school.

One thing can be deduced from his question and answer just now, the switching between the front and back scenes is not pure, and the two overlap to a certain extent.

Taking Zhou Zhuo as an example, he in the external world was triggered by the scene mechanism and was dragged into the inner world. He successfully took down the red-clothed Ligui Muzi from the dance club through his mouth, but there was another him who originally existed in the inner world. , Immediately after touching it, he was executed by capital punishment and turned into a cold corpse.

The same situation also happened to Lin Slowly, Yanxuan, Lin Yi, and even Xiao Jiu. They did not really enter the inner world, but "experienced" the inner world through some kind of mind projection. It is not only the timeline that is disordered, but also the worldline.

Then, one very important thing can be deduced from the information that has been demonstrated. The outer world and the inner world of Nightmare Academy are independent, and all entrants are simultaneously adventuring in two worlds with the same geographical location but with a time difference. , even the mysterious person... There are two.

One bears the malice of the resting place being destroyed, and the other is as carefree as before, not to mention much kindness, but communication is not difficult.

Under the premise of an abnormal environment, there are actually two worlds developing in parallel, and there is no possibility of communication. However, the particularity of Class 309 broke the original law and created an overlapping scene, which led to the nightmare. The appearance of the ghost school.

"Who are you?" Zhou Zhuo asked.

"You don't need to know who I am, what you have to do now is to leave quickly, the fire is about to spread." The mysterious man had a calm expression, as if it wasn't his "home" that was about to catch fire.

"I want to wait for my teammates." Zhou Zhuo shook his head and refused, "If you come together, you will leave together."

"You really have a deep understanding of friends. You must have real friends. It's really enviable."

The mysterious man really didn't rush, and simply sat down on the altar: "Do you need me to pour you a glass of water? There is no hot water here, but I can use cold water to make you some chrysanthemum tea to reduce the fire. "

"Moldy?" Zhou Zhuo squinted at him.

"That's for sure."

"..."

Reasonably speaking, this hanging man's talk is quite interesting. If they can show their real bodies, the two may still become friends, but now Zhou Zhuo is more worried about the safety of other companions, and has no intention of disgusting others.

"The reward for winning the exam is to leave here?"

"Otherwise, what do you think it is, a brand new and unopened Bank of China PS5? Overthinking, buddy, I only have moldy tributes here, if you don't mind, you can take them all away."

The mysterious man shrugged his shoulders: "This is the only way to leave the Nightmare Ghost School safely. As the final reward, is there anything more valuable than life?"

"The final reward is to leave the school from the flames outside?" Zhou Zhuo didn't know what expression he should make.

"It may sound surprising, but you have been invited to this kind of place, so you should already be prepared to have your ideas subverted, right?"

"I need a reasonable explanation." Zhou Zhuo chose to cut to the chase.

"It is too difficult to explain surreal things clearly with realistic theories. From my knowledge, I am afraid it will be difficult for you to fully understand. Embarrassing me is tantamount to embarrassing yourself, so my suggestion is, if you can meet him , you can ask him."

The words of the mysterious man can be said to directly reveal the most important secret, but for Zhou Zhuo who successfully cleared the level, it can only be used as a proof at best, and it is of little use.

Zhou Zhuo still wanted to speak, but the mysterious man raised his finger: "I will tell you some important information. The fire has reached the second floor, and the danger is not limited to the flames. There are many things that need to be careful. You only have 1 minute left. Every second you chat with me, the less likely you are to leave Building No. 2."

No need for the other party to emphasize, Zhou Zhuo could feel the unstoppable heat waves and wailing from the door, the whole building was trembling in the rising flames, nameless panic spread in the air, as if the end was coming, but he had to keep calm.

"Your reward can only guarantee me to leave this teaching building?"

"No, no, no, I didn't make any guarantees. You just got the qualification to leave here. You can leave through the gate. It will be more convenient there."

Zhou Zhuo didn't ask why he needed advice even for such a thing as walking the main entrance. Presumably, he would face a complete world in the nightmare academy, where there were at least hundreds of dead souls and resentments, which Zhou Zhuo could never deal with.

"I have one last question before making a decision."

"What happens to those who fail?"

"Being sent back to the original scene and starting all over again." The mysterious man seemed to have a smile in his tone, "It's actually not a bad thing to be deceived in a dream of nothingness. The reality is much more terrifying than a nightmare."

"Will my companion be part of the Nightmare Haunted School?"

"In fact, it has been there since the moment I stepped in. This is the curse that lingers on the campus. If you want to escape from here, you must use extreme methods."

"for example?"

"The little brother in your team should have left here through the office of the school council." The mysterious man gave an example casually, "If you want to make deals with these greedy ghosts who don't know how to restrain their ambitions, you must pay a high price. .”

"This……"

Zhou Zhuo's expression changed, and he quickly understood what the mysterious man hinted at: it was not the students of Class 309 who really traded with Lin Yi, but the school council—the person in charge of the business of Huasheng Group.

Unexpectedly, the most mysterious initial companion, Lin Yi, was actually an inner ghost, and everyone was kept in the dark, and the purpose of doing so, I am afraid, was to drive away a big nail household rooted in the ghost school, that is, to become a ghost Class 309 students who want to help others.

"You don't seem to be worried about the consequences of this incident, aren't you afraid that the balance will be out of control? You can't deal with the people of the school council alone, right?"

"Yes, I knew I couldn't handle it, so I did a trivial thing."

"what?"

"I threw that teacher surnamed Cao down from the third floor in front of the security team."

"...?"

A question mark appeared on Zhou Zhuo's forehead: "What's the point of doing this?"

"The school council realized that something was wrong, and began to rush into the No. 2 teaching building at any cost. I can't stop them, but you should be able to." The tone of the mysterious man was very natural, as if asking a friend to do a small thing .

"Why should I help you?"

"Don't help me, their target is you."

"Why do you have to deal with me, a weak outsider first?"

"You are not weak at all, because I threw Cao down in your capacity."

As he said that, the mysterious man took out a set of folded blood clothes from the drawer of the altar: "I borrowed it from the first buddy on the second floor. Now he is probably crazy, so I can only return it when I have a chance in the future."

"..."

Zhou Zhuo was completely speechless. He didn't expect this person to be very thoughtful, but he wasn't angry at all. If he blamed himself, he would take the blame. The school council made it clear that he wanted to "catch mice" in the school. As an intruder, he must There will be a confrontation with the opponent, but it is only a matter of time, and if you undertake a side mission now, you may be able to cheat more rewards.

Yes, rewards!

Zhou Zhuo almost forgot the most important thing, and immediately spread his hands: "If you want me to do something, it's no problem, but I want a certain reward, and you have to release all my companions."

"Let go? You got it wrong." The mysterious man shook his head, "I just embodied the rules of the two worlds in the form of a game. If you can't pass the test, you can't really enter this world. There is no such thing as letting people go or not. I thought you could understand."

The situation was worse than expected, which made Zhou Zhuo frowned.

According to the mysterious person, Nightmare Academy is a one-way board, which can be entered from the outer world, but can only be exited from the inner world. The souls who cannot pass the game can only stay in that place forever, waiting for a new round of inviters to take them out. Bring it out, forming a vicious circle.

As players, Zhou Zhuo and Lin gradually became aliens. He wondered if this restriction could be lifted if he quit the game by force.

According to the feedback from the forum players, the measure of exiting the game should be invalid. Forcibly logging out in the dungeon is not necessarily a failure. If the dungeon has rules and restrictions, then the character will not be forced to stay in it?No one else seems to have encountered this problem so far.

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhuo asked again: "Then can I return to that world the same way?"

"Just now you said it was the last question, and you only have half a minute left." The mysterious man pointed to the particularly abrupt clock on the wall and said, with a calm expression, as if he had practiced it countless times, and he was extremely skilled.

"Now the fire has probably reached the stairs, and it may be a little difficult to escape."

"I regret it, since you know that time is running out, why don't you answer me quickly?"

"Well, then my answer is no, because I can't do it, but that person can, you have to leave here first, go to the administration building to find the principal's office, he should be there."

"Okay, shall we meet again?"

"Of course, this fire can't kill me...haha, at least not now."

Having got the most important information, Zhou Zhuo no longer hesitated, pushed the door open and rushed out. The door of room 309 seemed to function as a conceptual isolation, and the feeling in the room was not clear. Once outside, it was like hell Usually, the raging tongue of flames is like a crazy dragon swimming on the outer wall, and the whole building has countless dead souls ignited by the flames falling into madness.

Zhou Zhuo had to cross this mountain of swords and sea of ​​fire, and his time was less than 30 seconds.

He didn't sprint up the stairs in a hurry, but stopped at the same place, gave himself adrenaline and a special tranquilizer, ignored the pain of the brain and input reason, activated the centipede, and the aging Mori Genkuro with eight The form of Qi Orochi appeared in front of him.

There are now 20 seconds left.

Chapter 241 Another Me in the World

After holding back for so long, he finally found an opportunity. Although the time was tight, Zhou Zhuo didn't panic, because the calculation standard given by the other party was based on the template of ordinary people. For him, the time would at least double, but Just rush out from the third floor, more than enough time.

After making the preparations, Zhou Zhuo pulled out the skull-crushing hammer from his backpack and officially appeared on the stage as a skull-crushing doctor.

At this time, the stairs have already been covered with flames, and the fire that once happened in the real world has become demonized in this scene.

The jumping flames showed a distorted outline of a human face, as if some soul was trapped inside, struggling hard but unable to escape. The temperature of the flames was astonishingly high. Even without the hot wind, the scalding air still rushed up like a wave. .

"You go to open the way."

Zhou Zhuo was not so stupid as to think that he was invincible, so he first manipulated the Yamata no Orochi psychic body behind Mori Genkuro to lean forward, touched the flame on the armrest, and part of the psychic body instantly melted and dissipated.

Although it was immediately completed, the thickness of the mind body also became slightly weaker, which proved that this kind of flame was not purely a physical form, but also caused damage to the soul itself.

However, this damage is not worthless. A large part of the touched flame disappeared, as if someone covered it with a cloth of heat-insulating material. When other flames came up, they would bypass this area.

This inconspicuous phenomenon allowed Zhou Zhuo to quickly find a safe and reliable way to break through.