novelaction Chapter 395 5-star praise (5)
Chapter 395 5-star praise (5)
Now, instead of being frightened, he was more curious about who the boy was.
As soon as Xiao Huai finished speaking, the boy's mouth twitched suddenly, revealing a weird smile with a hint of mockery.
His eyes were fixed on Xiao Huai, as if he could see through all his lies.
"You're lying," the boy whispered.
His smile gradually twisted. "There won't be any more shrinks in school."
He muttered, his tone sounding like he was talking to himself.
"And... sir, you don't have a stun gun with you."
Before he finished speaking, the boy's body suddenly began to become blurry, like mist blown away by the wind.
The next second, he actually passed through Xiao Huai's body and disappeared silently into the air like a ghost.
All this happened too quickly. After the boy disappeared, the classroom fell into silence again.
The chill in the air grew stronger.
Xiao Huai walked slowly towards where the boy had just stood.
On the floor, a tattered notebook lay quietly.
Xiao Huai bent down and picked up the notebook. The mottled handwriting on the cover was already blurred, and the pages were yellowed, as if they had been weathered by countless years.
He gently opened the notebook, and the first page that caught his eye had a few large characters written on it.
Rule book.
If you scroll down further, there is only one sentence.
"Studying is the only way out, and five-star reviews are our ultimate pursuit."
The back of the notebook was clean and there were no words on it.
At the same time, the system announced the system tasks at this time.
"Main quest announced: Players must collect 90 positive reviews within a month. Players whose positive review rate falls below % will be penalized."
It requires all players to gain praise and win social recognition, but in reality, it is more like an invisible competition and a cruel elimination mechanism.
Is it really easy to get a thousand good reviews?
The only way to get good reviews is to make every action recognized by society and customers, and any mistake may result in a heavy price.
Xiao Huai walked around the classroom downstairs and always felt that there was some invisible gaze staring at him in the dark.
He slowed down his pace and observed his surroundings vigilantly, but found nothing unusual.
The surroundings were eerily quiet, with only the mottled blood-stained words on the wall faintly visible in the dim light.
He didn't stay for too long. After a few minutes, he turned and left, heading upstairs.
When he returned to the ground floor, he changed back into his original clothes and put on his student ID card again to conceal his true identity.
He noticed a group of people gathered not far away.
Xiao Huai stood aside and did not join the crowd watching.
His gaze passed through the crowd and fell on the person in the middle.
Specifically, a dead person.
He was a middle-aged man with a calm and pale face, as if he was asleep.
He held tightly in his hand a test paper with a grade of C.
There is no doubt that he is a loser.
Countless sleeping pills were scattered around the man, shining white.
The test paper covered with red crosses stood out in the quiet air.
Xiao Huai's gaze focused slightly for a moment. The man had a smile on his face, a smile so peaceful that it was almost unreal.
However, the students around seemed not to see anything. Their expressions were cold and indifferent. Some even laughed softly. A few students held notebooks and seemed to be recording something.
There were also several so-called forensic doctors in white coats surrounding the corpse, carefully observing every detail.
"The time of death should be twenty minutes ago." He held a thermometer in his hand, his expression focused and serious.
"The dosage of sleeping pills is about 150 pills, which is enough to be fatal." Another student took a notebook and carefully recorded every detail. Some even took out their mobile phones and took pictures of the deceased's face.
There was no sympathy or compassion in their expressions, as if the passing of this life was just an ordinary thing.
Some even nudged their companions with their elbows, whispering, "Now we have ready-made material. It's a rare case of suicide by sleeping pills. We can study it carefully."
"Well, real cases are rare, and you can write a very good paper about it." His companion next to him immediately smiled in agreement.
"But I don't want to graduate yet. I don't want to enter society so soon."
For the people in this world, death is just a special experiment. They have long been accustomed to this indifference and ruthlessness.
His eyes swept across those indifferent faces, and he was secretly alert in his heart.
Xiao Huai glanced around the crowded crowd and his eyes stopped on a few familiar faces.
These were all players. He recognized Renye, the guy who had tested him downstairs not long ago.
But now Renye looked nervous. He was holding a brand new rule book in his hand, his eyes fixed on a certain page in the book, as if he was reading something carefully.
Not only Renye, several other players were also holding rule books. They all had solemn expressions, as if they had seen something creepy.
Unlike the yellowed and damaged rule book that Xiao Huai had found underground before, the rule book in their hands looked like it had just been taken out of a printing factory. The pages were clean and tidy, without any signs of damage.
One of the players flipped to a page in the rule book and suddenly gasped, his face turning even paler.
He couldn't help but whisper to his companion beside him: "Hey, brother, I'm leaving. It's almost ten o'clock. I'm going to run a few takeout orders first, otherwise I'm really afraid that I will die."
After hearing this, several other players also looked anxious.
"That's right, we have to hurry up. We can't just waste time in this school."
A tall and thin player frowned and said, he closed the rule book, stood there and took a deep breath.
"There aren't any important clues here. It might even be a trap," another player agreed, looking around warily. "We shouldn't stay in a place like this for too long."
"If you encounter anything wrong in the future, use this to contact me." Renye said to the others in a low voice and handed them something like a coin.
After several players exchanged glances, they nodded and quickly dispersed.
They each walked in different directions, moving quickly and without any hesitation, obviously not wanting to stay in this school any longer.
Xiao Huai stood aside, his arms folded across his chest, quietly watching their busy figures.
He noticed that although these players seemed to be organized, there was still a hint of panic in their actions.
Obviously, the content of the book put them under great pressure.