MS Chapter 47

It was only then that he realized that since Lu Qingjia had already identified over a dozen people based on this morning’s screening.

Even if it was to prioritize solving the puzzle of this class, the fact that the remaining dozen or so people, upon receiving Lu Qingjia’s message, skipped breakfast and stayed in their dorms to tidy up and erase clues, at least indicated that those remaining thirteen people were aware that they had committed unforgivable mistakes.

According to the classroom standards, they would definitely be sucked into the screen and face consequences more terrifying than death, so these remaining people knew that even if they were not related to this class, they would definitely not be able to escape next.

Those who would take such actions were essentially admitting to Lu Qingjia that not a single fish had escaped the net this morning.

Since it was already confirmed that these people had done bad things, even without obtaining clues and puzzles, it wouldn’t be difficult to deduce the truth based on their actions.

This progress completely exceeded Ji Ye’s expectations, because things shouldn’t have developed this way.

It should have been one puzzle after another, gradually unraveling all the mysteries of this school according to his guidance and hints, and wiping out most of these evil students after they had experienced extreme fear and constant anxiety.

Perhaps a few people could escape, but it would definitely be a narrow escape, and that was the meaning of this Game.

But since yesterday, Ji Ye had vaguely sensed the unexpectedness of this Player named Lu Qingjia, and tried to create trouble for him in order to eliminate this uncertain factor as soon as possible.

But he didn’t expect him to be so fast. If he had only disrupted the rhythm before, then now his actions were tantamount to directly destroying the entire Game from its core.

Ji Ye really wanted to refuse, really wanted to shut him up, or forcibly eliminate this uncontrollable factor.

But he couldn’t, he had to abide by the rules of the Game.

So Ji Ye said with a grim face: “Oh? What has student Lu Qingjia discovered? Why don’t you tell us?”

Lu Qingjia smiled and his fingers flew across the keyboard: “Not yet, but can you give me ten minutes, teacher?”

“I’ll find out right away.”

Ji Ye and the Players: “…”

Then what the hell are you bragging about?

Although they wanted to say that, no one could bring themselves to say it, because this guy’s almost demonic intelligence, confirmed through repeated slaps in the face, had left no one doubting his abilities.

The smarter Players immediately pulled out the USB drive they had obtained from Lu Qingjia’s deskmate and began racing against time.

Because they understood that this way they might still get a share of the soup in this instance, otherwise, if Lu Qingjia led them to clear the game, their participation and contribution value would not be high, and the evaluation would definitely not be good.

But the students with stomachaches had basically all returned to the classroom, and only now did they realize that even if they had various means to peek into other classrooms, they couldn’t confirm which people had gone out just now.

Naturally, they were one step behind Lu Qingjia.

The entire classroom fell silent, with only the sound of keyboard clicks and paper turning.

Ji Ye’s face was as dark as ink, but he was helpless.

Seeing that the end of the class was approaching, he even hoped that the time of this class could pass faster, but contrary to his wishes, with five minutes left, Lu Qingjia’s fingers stopped.

He said: “It’s over, at least according to the clues currently available, all the cases that might be listed as puzzles by Teacher Ji have been found.”

Saying that, he turned the laptop around: “Does Teacher Ji want to take a look?”

But in fact, the moment Lu Qingjia reached a conclusion, Ji Ye would receive a prompt, and this prompt was absolute, and there could be no errors.

He twitched the corner of his mouth: “No need, just tell me.”

Saying that, he waved his hand, and the content on Lu Qingjia’s computer was displayed on the classroom screen.

Lu Qingjia simply walked onto the podium, ignoring Ji Ye’s ugly face, and began to reveal the secrets one by one.

“The first case, a collective theft incident.”

“The victim is a top student with excellent grades and character, from a rural area, with an average family background. A year ago, her mother was seriously ill, and the family had no savings, so she took out the tens of thousands of yuan in scholarships she had saved up, intending to give it to her father, who had agreed to come to the city to find her, to pay for her mother’s medical treatment.”

“Originally, the cash was withdrawn to make it easier for her clumsy father, who didn’t use smartphones and wasn’t used to the payment methods in the city, but when she was putting the money away, she was accidentally seen by several girls in the same dormitory.”

“Those girls were from wealthy families and didn’t really lack money, but they were extravagant, vain, and used to ostracizing the girl. When they saw her carrying a large sum of money, they became malicious.”

“Taking advantage of the girl’s physical education class in the afternoon, when she locked the money in the locker, the girls conspired to steal the key from the pocket of her coat, pretended to be sick and left the playground, stole the money and hid it somewhere, and then returned the key.”

“Originally, the girl had agreed to meet her father at the school gate after school in the afternoon, but when she got out of physical education class, the money was gone.”

“The girl reported it to the teacher and the school, but the thieves focused on questioning why the girl’s family had so much money, whether it was really stolen or whether she was framing her classmates?”

“The girl couldn’t explain herself, and when she revealed that several thieves had seen her with the money, she was attacked by the group, because neither the students nor the teachers believed that the wealthy girls would have this motive, and those girls also openly allowed people to search their dormitories, bags, and private storage cabinets.”

“After that, the three of them made false accusations, and for a time, malice against the girl was everywhere. The girl wanted to call the police, but the school suppressed it, and her mother also missed the treatment because she didn’t have the money for the diagnosis.”

“Not long after this incident, the girl transferred to another school. On the surface, it didn’t cause much of a stir at the school, but behind it was also the loss of a life.”

“If this event corresponds to a topic, I guess the content of the topic should be a ban on theft, Teacher Ji, what do you think?”

Ji Ye smiled stiffly: “Not bad, there is indeed a topic on banning theft later.”

Lu Qingjia continued: “Then the second case is also a group bullying incident.”

“A beautiful and excellent ordinary girl is favored by the campus male god, and the girls who admire him, led by a few, launch malice against the ordinary girl.”

“Fabricating rumors, spreading rumors that the girl had affairs with several middle-aged men, seduced teachers, and was secretly engaged in unspeakable transactions.”

“This led to the girl being ostracized and bullied everywhere in the school, and every day she was greeted with countless obscene words and gazes from male students. Unable to bear it, she transferred to another school. It seemed that she got away faster than in a few extreme bullying incidents, but in fact, the girl couldn’t get out of the shadow for a long time. Half a year after transferring, she tried to jump off a building and commit suicide. Fortunately, she survived, but from now on, she can only live in a wheelchair.”

“A beautiful and excellent girl who originally had unlimited future was ruined for life.”

“I think the topic corresponding to this event should be ‘verbal morality’, right?”

Ji Ye didn’t answer directly, and asked: “You’re just stating the results, you haven’t explained how you deduced the events.”

It was like using another question to prove Lu Qingjia’s correctness.

Lu Qingjia said: “Because these two don’t need to be deduced, and I didn’t just find them out now, I got the results last night.”

“What?”

“After class yesterday, I got all the transfer and withdrawal information for the past three years, especially the students who were admitted because of their grades and specialties.”

“After screening, I called and visited several students who had studied here before. Although they were very wary and repelled when I introduced myself at first, fortunately, I have good interpersonal skills, and finally let them vent their grievances to me.”

Everyone: “…”

No one doubted how easy it was for this scumbag to get information from girls.

Lu Qingjia said: “Now that the victims are here and things have spread out, even if we can’t say that we only believe one side of the story, it will be easier to find clues next.”

“For example, according to what I found in the past activities of those thieves, they had their pocket money stopped by their families during that time, and they were complaining on their homepage every day, but after the stolen girl left, they suddenly became rich.”

“In addition to this coincidence, those people claimed to be uncomfortable at the time, but they didn’t go to the school infirmary.”

“Although there is no surveillance in the girls’ locker room, so we can’t prove that they went in during class, and the surveillance in the school infirmary has long been covered.”

“But as Teacher Ji declared, there are clues if there are puzzles. Our school doctor is a small internet celebrity who often popularizes some professional knowledge in the school infirmary.”

“He was doing a live broadcast during that class, and no one came to the school infirmary at all.”

“As for the second group bullying incident, the initiator demonstrated in front of the victim. There’s no need to explain more.”

Ji Ye pursed his lips and raised his eyebrows: “Okay, what else?”

Lu Qingjia: “The third case, hit-and-run, the fourth case, violation of minors, the fifth case…”

Lu Qingjia revealed seven unknown events in a row, and each one matched the possible corresponding classroom theme.

Ji Ye’s face had never been good from the beginning, but he could only watch Lu Qingjia unpack all the answers in advance.

Even if there were still some who escaped the net, it wouldn’t matter to the overall situation.

At the same time as Lu Qingjia’s voice fell, those dozen or so people, including a few accomplices who were not among them, were pulled out by a mysterious force.

Ji Ye showed a strange smile and looked at Lu Qingjia: “It’s really amazing to unravel all the unexposed filth of this school in one breath.”

“But are you sure you can handle the resentment of so many people in one breath?”

Lu Qingjia was silent for a while, and just when Ji Ye thought that this guy had also realized his mistake, Lu Qingjia suddenly opened his mouth—

“Teacher Ji, I actually quite like you.”

Ji Ye didn’t feel any sense of mutual appreciation between smart people when he heard this, he only felt ominous.

Sure enough, Lu Qingjia said in the next sentence: “Of course, only the you standing in front of me.”

“What do you mean?” Ji Ye frowned.

Lu Qingjia didn’t answer, but looked at the few girls who stole money who had been pulled into the screen first.

In response to Ji Ye’s malicious reminder earlier, he replied: “A screen can only play one story at a time, right?”

“After all, every story means that at least one person’s life has been destroyed. Playing them simultaneously would be disrespectful to the victims.”

“This also means that these people will be punished and die in batches. As long as they don’t rush up all at once, there’s no problem.”

He smiled and said: “Teacher, XX (Class Flower) student who has ‘turned over a new leaf’ has now devoured six ghosts.”

“In terms of individual ability, she is currently the strongest among the ghosts or ghost candidates, and she will quickly become stronger again in a short period of time.”

As for what method, it was already obvious, because everyone saw a dark and powerful shadow emerge from the screen after the few thieving girls finished their stories, and devour them.

At first, Lu Qingjia instigated her to kill the few boys who had committed evil with her, just to make his ears quieter.

But after Class Flower killed a few people, she found that she would quickly become stronger, and Lu Qingjia realized that the ghosts here could grow stronger by devouring and merging.

Seeing that the setting that could bring backlash to Lu Qingjia turned into his help.

Ji Ye was furious and quickly said: “Stop, this is not in accordance with the rules.”

“But the rules don’t say that you can’t do this?” Lu Qingjia said: “Students who have been punished and died and become ghosts are not controlled by the teacher. What she can do means that the rules allow it.”

After speaking, he waved the flag and shouted at the shadow on the screen: “Come on, you can do it. Strength is the source of beauty. Although it may be a little indigestion today, everything is worth it for the transformation to be reborn.”

The hideous shadow seemed to be encouraged and actually made a shy voice: “As long as it can help you.”

Ji Ye: “…”

Player: “…”

They could only watch one student after another deliver food to the Female Ghost, and then the ghost NPC that should have become an obstacle for the Players to clear the game all became nutrients to improve Lu Qingjia’s thug strength.

A Player immediately realized: “I see, the difficulty of this game is not in the classroom traps, puzzle solving game, or the Player competition.”

“Although ghosts have been produced, because they don’t pose too much of a threat, everyone didn’t take them seriously.”

“But if we really let these ghosts go, they will eventually devour or merge and become a form that the Players present can’t handle. At that time, the Player with the strongest puzzle-solving contribution will bear the resentment of the ghosts. The more active you are, the more dangerous you are.”

“Tsk tsk! The Game really doesn’t let people take advantage of it at all. I thought the ghosts in this game were just decorations.”

The person next to him said: “Isn’t it already a decoration at this moment?”

The whole thing was being fooled around by that scumbag. Don’t even mention revenge, he’s just doing whatever that scumbag tells him to do.

The more everyone thought about this, the more vigilant they became.

This Player Lu Qingjia’s good and evil are unclear. Although those who died at his hands now are all Gold-digging players, he himself is not necessarily a good person.

One him, one Ouyang Bai is already perverted enough, plus a Female Ghost who has devoured all the punished ghosts. If this guy points the finger at the Players, although the number ratio is disparate now, everyone really doesn’t have the information to be sure of winning.

So when the last video ended, the creepy swallowing sound rang out, and the Female Ghost’s resentment became even stronger. Most Players could already feel her power across the screen, but things started to develop in an unpredictable direction again.

First of all, Lu Qingjia once again pressed Ji Ye: “Teacher Ji, can I graduate early?”

Ji Ye’s already ugly face became even more annoyed by the coercion.

He looked at Lu Qingjia and suddenly smiled: “Of course not.”

“What the teacher hopes is that the students will have a deep understanding of what the teacher has taught through this interaction and that it will affect them for life, not just writing out the answers sloppily with their little cleverness.”

“This perfunctory approach is meaningless to the teacher’s educational intention.”

“Although you have solved the puzzle, we will cancel the puzzle-solving session, but the class still has to be finished.”

Lu Qingjia was not surprised, but also showed a regretful expression: “It’s a pity, if the teacher let me graduate now, the result might be better.”

“After all, what I just said is true, I really like Teacher Ji, although he is hypocritical and extreme, and he is still a tool person that anyone can control, but it doesn’t prevent me from appreciating Teacher Ji’s basic settings.”

“Your current shortcomings are only because of the mediocrity of the controller behind you, it’s not your fault.”

Lu Qingjia looked at Ji Ye’s gradually widening eyes, smiled, and said with no lack of arrogance: “If I were to control Teacher Ji, I would definitely be able to do a hundred times better than now.”

“What are you talking about?” Ji Ye looked at him like a madman, but a sense of unprecedented unease surged in his heart.

Lu Qingjia’s mouth turned up, and his smile gradually became strange: “I’m saying, poor Teacher Ji, you could have easily sent me, this trouble, away and continued to live in the false illusion of controlling everything, but you were ruined by some idiot.”

“Although Teacher Ji has repeatedly encouraged us to analyze the truth, some truths are not so wonderful.”

After saying this, a person appeared at the classroom door.

Ji Ye looked over and frowned: “Teacher Du, what are you doing here? Aren’t you supposed to be in charge of the school’s logistics?”

Teacher Du’s face still had the fear of Ji Ye. As a survivor of the teaching staff massacre, her presence was not high among the Players or the students.

Many people had even forgotten her existence, including a considerable number of Players.

Lu Qingjia said: “Don’t talk to Teacher Du like that. She is also a teacher at the school, and her concern for the students is the same as Teacher Ji’s. It’s not something to be surprised about to come and take a look during class.”

Ji Ye sneered: “What exactly do you want to do? If there’s nothing else, let’s end the class. Today’s class ends here.”

Lu Qingjia: “Don’t do that. A teacher who doesn’t hold overtime is not a good teacher. Why not listen to what Teacher Du wants to say?”

Then he said to Teacher Du: “I’m sorry, most people have ignored you these past two days.”

“Everyone is panicking like victims, fearing the teacher, and refusing to talk to you, but in fact, you are also a victim of this incident.”

“You must be full of fear, and you can’t even band together to keep warm like the students. You are excluded from all the groups and taste loneliness alone. We didn’t notice all of this. You’ve worked hard, teacher.”

When Teacher Du heard this, she shed tears regardless of Ji Ye’s presence. After a while, she wiped her tears and smiled at Lu Qingjia: “It’s nothing. You already called last night to comfort me, and you reminded me not to eat in the cafeteria this morning. It’s not like no one understands me.”

When the Players heard this, they only felt that what kind of time management master was that liar?

How many things did he do in one night?

He was fooling the Female Ghost around to work for him, collecting information and digging out two incidents, arranging to add ingredients to breakfast, and he even had time to comfort the female teacher?

Looking at the female teacher’s posture, she must have been fooled too. A scumbag fooling two women in one night, damn it, this scumbag is really annoying no matter how you look at him.

Ouyang Bai looked at Lu Qingjia, with a bit of grievance in his eyes.

“I thought you were late today because I was too noisy last night. It turns out that when I was talking, you were busy with your own business.”

Otherwise, what? Continue to listen to the lucky person’s luck to break the game, lie down and win the clearance, and even lie down all the way to the glorious journey of the administrator?

Honestly, Lu Qingjia already felt that he was righteous enough by not ostracizing this guy, just listening to those words made his teeth ache.

Lu Qingjia ignored Ouyang Bai’s accusations and said gently to Teacher Du: “Okay, let’s not discuss other things for now. Teacher Du, can you tell the students what you want to tell them?”

Teacher Du glanced at Ji Ye, took a deep breath, and then said loudly and quickly: “Ji Ye is not a teacher at the school at all.”

“Huh?” Everyone was shocked.

Honestly, the Players had speculated about Ji Ye’s identity countless times, but they hadn’t really thought about it in this direction. After all, the NPCs were quite familiar with him. According to the strict logic of this instance, he couldn’t have fallen from the sky.

At most, he might be impersonating some unknown existence, but as long as he could make the rules, this kind of thing wouldn’t matter much.

Most of the Players were shocked when they heard this, but they didn’t have much interest after they reacted.

Only a few knew that Lu Qingjia would never aimlessly do something meaningless at this time.