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Chapter 79: The Seven Campus Mysteries (Part One)
Chapter 79: The Seven Campus Mysteries (Part One)
【Mad Bu Jue, Level 13】
【Please select your desired game mode.】
【You have chosen Team Survival Mode (Standard). Please confirm.】
【Confirmed. Team size randomly set to: Two players.】
【You have joined the queue. Searching for other ready players...】
【Match complete. Initiating neural synchronization. Scenario generation in progress...】
【Loading started. Please wait.】
A woman’s voice, soft and whispering, greeted him: “Welcome to Terrifying Paradise.”
【Loading complete. You are now in Team Survival Mode (Standard).】
【This mode provides a scenario briefing and may include side quests/hidden tasks and a unique world setting.】
【Scenario Clearance Reward: Randomly select one learnable Skill Card.】
【Scenario briefing will now begin. Gameplay starts immediately afterward.】
Feng Bu Jue’s body felt weightless as the scenario’s opening cinematic unfolded. The scene showed a school entrance beneath a moonlit sky. The name “Yejie High School” glowed on the wall. Through the main gate, the playground and main building stretched into the distance. Closer inspection of the still frame revealed at least two more classrooms and a gymnasium within the campus.
【Yejie High School: Its daytime bustle contrasts starkly with nighttime silence. Built cheaply on land once a burial ground, the campus has witnessed eerie, inexplicable events for over two decades. Dormant fears transformed these incidents into chilling legends, whispered among students and teachers alike…】
【Eventually, a haunting rhyme emerged—“The Seven Campus Mysteries.”】
At this, the system’s voice shifted to a little girl’s eerie, hollow tones, reciting the lyrics in a flat, unsettling rhythm:
【Save him, save him... Trapped in the well, he cannot go home.
Do not look at him, do not look at him...
Or you’ll perish in the dry well.
One two three, four five six...
Count the steps as you ascend.
Turn back quickly, turn back quickly...
Never step on the thirteenth.
Drip drop, drip drop...
Water echoes without end.
Crimson red, crimson red...
Do not look up at the mirror’s reflection.
Sofare, Lasore...
Piano keys wail in sorrow.
Do not listen, do not listen...
Clap when the melody ends.
Gurgle gurgle...
Fragrant aroma stirs hunger.
Taste it, taste it...
Which bowl holds flesh? Which holds broth?
Wailing cries...
Infant screams in your ears.
Laugh heartily, laugh heartily...
Bones cradle you, skin becomes your shroud.
Ghosts loom, blood drips...
Specters chase your soul.
Do not fear, do not fear...
Even demons can be slain.】
The cinematic lingered, but the voice returned to the system’s mechanical tone. For the next two minutes, Feng Bu Jue listened to the most chilling game mechanics he’d ever encountered:
【You and your teammate will each receive a cell phone. This item cannot be placed in your satchel and must be held in hand.】
【The phone’s battery is fully charged, displaying the current scenario time. It contains a single speed-dial number: your teammate’s phone.】
【The phone cannot dial other numbers, send messages, or adjust ringtone settings.】
【Countdown begins at scenario start. From the 10-minute mark, you may initiate a 1-minute call every 15 minutes. Callers and receivers must alternate turns.】
【Randomly assigned: You must initiate the first call. Your teammate will initiate the second, and so on.】
【Failure to complete a call will result in the “culpable party” being relentlessly hunted by ghosts. Example 1: If the receiver fails to answer, they are culpable. Example 2: If the caller forgets to dial, they are culpable.】
【Direct communication (e.g., voice, text) is system-blocked. You may only communicate via phone.】
【You must avoid intentional encounters (e.g., entering each other’s sightlines). If you meet accidentally, separate within 1 minute or both will be hunted by ghosts.】
【Enter the school and split up within 5 minutes of gameplay start. Failure to comply results in penalties as above.】
As the briefing ended, the scenario launched.
Already immersed, Feng Bu Jue now held a black flip-style cell phone. Turning to his teammate, he froze—Si Yu stood beside him in her signature sweet-and-soft style. He hadn’t checked his friends list before queuing, so her presence surprised him.
Si Yu’s expression remained neutral, but surprise flickered in her mind.
On the open beta’s first day, millions of players likely filled the servers. Yet here they were—two solo players, randomly paired for a two-person scenario. Such an extreme coincidence could only be called fate.
What is fate? Let’s borrow Buddhist reincarnation theory: “Karma binds parent and child; debts reborn as lovers. What future life awaits? Seize the moment.”
Fate isn’t just romance. Even vengeance and grudges are bonds. To Buddhist players: Settle grudges in this life! Next birth, your enemy might be your son—and you’ll pay for his wedding. Debtors, flee religion! Default on loans now, or repay them with flesh in your next life.
Ah, right—I rambled because that rhyme felt too creepy. Time to lighten the mood.
Feng Bu Jue tested the system’s chat restriction—his lips moved, but no sound emerged.
He gestured instead: First, the “six” sign, then cupped his ear (a universal “call me” gesture), pointed at himself, raised one finger, then pointed at Si Yu and raised two.
Clear communication: First call initiated by him, second by her. Si Yu nodded.
She gestured next: Pointed at herself, then the main building. After a pause, she pointed at Feng Bu Jue and motioned toward the playground’s flank.
He signaled “OK” with his right hand, then extended his left (still holding the phone) in a polite “after you” bow.
Without a word, they split tasks. Si Yu entered Yejie High School first; Feng Bu Jue followed through the gate but turned down a different path.
As both crossed the threshold, the system blared:
【Main Quest Triggered】
Task: Explore Yejie High School. Uncover and resolve seven paranormal phenomena. Current Progress: 0/7
(End of Chapter)
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