The audience in the live stream had no idea what Zhao Yi was thinking.
Most of them felt that this newcomer on the leaderboard must have some mental issues.
That kick just now, it shouldn't be something a normal person could do, right?
And to behave in such an irrational way in that situation, isn't it too reckless?
After the exam, there was a half-hour break.
Yang Linlin and a few others approached Zhao Yi.
"We have to say, can you be a bit more cautious when tackling Hell difficulty dungeons?"
"Your actions just now were extremely dangerous!"
"We are in a Hell difficulty dungeon, and even a slight mistake could cost us our lives. The death of any team member is an immeasurable loss for the team!"
Zhao Yi shook his head.
"I was just testing that teacher."
"The fact is, as long as we don't trigger the death point, those NPCs are very tolerant towards us!"
Death point, a keyword.
It immediately caught the attention of Yang Linlin and the others!
"Big brother, please explain!"
Zhao Yi glanced at both sides of the corridor, making sure there were no teachers or anyone similar passing by, before whispering:
"Didn't you guys notice?"
"That female ghost teacher's murders follow a set of rules."
The three of them were stunned.
Rules?
What kind of rules?
Isn't it random selection of a lucky one to be decapitated?
Zhao Yi led them to the playground, a place with many people and wide visibility.
"At lunch break, Yang Linlin took us to the lawn on the first floor, and I observed a total of eight classes."
"The number of students in each class did not exceed half of the seats, and the further forward the class, the fewer students there were!"
"Just now during the exam, I finished early and went to the second floor to check. I found that the situation on the second floor was exactly the same as the first floor."
"We are the class on the third floor closest to the stairs, and we are considered the first class in order. The classes behind us have the same number of seats as students, but our class has already freed up quite a few seats!"
"If... I mean, if."
Zhao Yi analyzed:
"The students' deaths are caused by a curse, and the curse spreads from the first floor, like a virus infecting each class one by one. It has now spread to our class."
"This curse creates a certain rule, and anyone who violates this rule... will die!"
"Think about it, when I shouted loudly and kicked the head of the classmate in front of me, it disrupted the order of the exam room, but even so, the invigilating teacher didn't lay a hand on me... instead, the chubby guy in front of me inexplicably got decapitated!"
"He must have done something... those dead students must have done the same thing, fulfilled the same condition!"
"And if you're observant enough, you'll notice that the test papers and drafts on the empty seats are blank, with no writing on them. And the students whose papers were also blank just now... they were all killed."
Though Zhao Yi hadn't seen the female ghost teacher kill anyone directly.
He was confident that his conjecture was correct.
Yang Linlin looked at Zhao Yi in astonishment, surveyed their surroundings, and then said with some admiration:
"I noticed this too!"
"The exam invigilator ghost kills those whose papers are blank!"
"A total of seven!"
"Could it be... that the exam paper is the trigger for death?"
Zhao Yi shook his head.
"You're still too naive."
"The exam paper is not the trigger for death."
"Based on my experience in the previous version, even for the most difficult levels, the main goal is just to complete the storyline, and it won't be too challenging. The real challenge lies in exploring side quests, hidden tasks, and the world view!"
"So, since the difficulty of the main quest is limited, it means that players can control it."
"If the exam paper is the trigger for death, then players would be at the mercy of fate, wouldn't they?"
Yang Linlin was speechless.
Zhen Tao's lips turned pale, with a sob in his voice.
"You've said so much, why don't you just tell us what the trigger for death is?"
"I don't want to die..."
"I really want to leave this place!"
Until now, his mind hasn't recovered, still hovering around 60.
Clearly, the sight of the bloody head on Zhaoyi's desk caused a severe trauma to his young mind!
Zhao Yi touched his nose.
"At the moment, I don't know what the trigger for death is. Although it's not the exam paper, it's likely related to it."
"Maybe it's the grades, maybe it's... something else."
"And, there's one thing I have to tell you in advance..."
At this point, his gaze became sinister.
The other three were startled by his expression.
"What... what is it?"
Yang Linlin swallowed hard.
Zhao Yi:
"I'm not joking... but this school... there's a high chance..."
"Only the four of us are alive!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhen Tao's legs gave way, and he passed out on the ground.
Zhao Yi: "..."
The others: "..."
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Live chat barrage:
: Haha! Zhen Tao is too pitiful... please don't scare him anymore!
: This seems a bit personal...
: Hey... do you think what Zhao Yi said is true?
: How could that be true? Look at the students on the playground, so lively and jumping around, do they look like ghosts?
: Exactly! If there were ghosts in the classroom, wouldn't it be ghost attacking ghost?
...
Yang Linlin rolled her eyes helplessly.
"Don't scare him!"
"He's already timid!"
"By the way... what should we do next?"
She felt at a loss in this storyline.
Time was not tight enough.
The pace seemed loose.
Zhao Yi's gaze turned towards the distant teaching building.
"Wait."
"Wait for what?"
"Why wait until it's dark?"
Yang Linlin and Lu Bai didn't understand.
Zhao Yi responded with a question:
"Do you think, as students like us, we have extra time during the day to search for the information we want to find?"
Yang Linlin was again caught off guard.
Damn it!
Why didn't I think of such a simple question?
With so many people watching the livestream, won't I look stupid if I don't act smart?
No, I have to find a way to appear clever!
Otherwise, everyone in the livestream will leave soon.
By the way... is this the first leaderboard?
Feels like there's something to it!
"Alright then, let's set a time and place tonight to go out and explore?"
Before Yang Linlin finished speaking, Zhen Tao, lying in Lu Bai's arms, raised his hand and stared at the clouds in the sky.
"Can I skip it... um, I'm afraid of encountering ghosts."
Zhao Yi nodded.
"Of course you can."
"But let me remind you, if you're alone at night and hear or see something, don't scream! No one will come to help you because we won't be there."
Zhen Tao shivered and said with a bitter face:
"Brother, don't scare me, I'll go!"
"Can't I go too?"