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The more Shu Yushuang thought, the more she felt something was off. It seemed she had truly guessed wrong before.
What could the truth really be?
At this point, time was running out, and Shu Yushuang finally felt anxious.
She glanced out the window again. The jumping female ghost continued to swoop down from above, while the area below remained foggy.
The third floor... If she controlled her direction and body well, she should be able to do it with only minor injuries or even no injuries at all.
At that moment, the classroom began to heat up again, as if urging Shu Yushuang to make a decision quickly.
Shu Yushuang climbed onto the windowsill, adjusted her position, took a deep breath, and then leaped.
The feeling of weightlessness lasted only a moment before she immediately felt the hard ground.
She turned back, but the teaching building behind her had vanished without a trace.
Shu Yushuang observed her surroundings. She should be in front of the school cafeteria, but this cafeteria looked very different from what she remembered.
It was a rough brick-and-tile building that seemed somewhat old, but it was completely different from what Shu Yushuang had seen in her childhood.
The cafeteria Shu Yushuang had seen in her childhood was also old, but the architecture was more modern. This building, however, clearly belonged to the last century.
Shu Yushuang quickly understood that the dungeon had brought her back to the time when the incident occurred.
She entered the cafeteria and found it filled with many "people," bustling with activity.
Most of them were children, obediently lining up for food, while those not at the counter chatted in small groups.
If this was indeed the time of the incident, then these children would soon...
Shu Yushuang did not want to continue watching.
Just as she left the cafeteria, she heard cries coming from inside.
Shu Yushuang sighed softly and left without looking back.
After leaving the cafeteria, she seemed to have arrived at another point in time.
Before her, stood the teaching building she had just fled, but now it was engulfed in towering flames.
Shu Yushuang focused her gaze and noticed a person lying downstairs, while two others were upstairs.
Those two were tugging at each other, seemingly arguing.
Arguing in a raging fire—this scene was quite weird.
Shu Yushuang approached the building.
Strangely, even though the entire building was ablaze, she did not feel hot at all.
As she got closer, Shu Yushuang vaguely heard the content of the argument between the two people upstairs.
A male voice rang out: "You said nothing would happen; what now?"
Then a female voice responded: "The incident has already happened; what can be done? Let go of me!"
"Don't dream! You want to kill me to silence me? Dream on! I... I will drag you down with me even if I die!"
Shu Yushuang looked up and saw the long-haired person raise a chair and smash it down hard onto another person, but the other person tightly gripped her wrist and would not let go.
Shu Yushuang quietly watched this "show" and finally understood the truth of the incident.
At some point, everything had disappeared.
In a daze, Shu Yushuang found herself back home.
She took out her phone and opened "Hell Online," where she saw a notification indicating that she had completed the adaptive dungeon.
This dungeon was indeed not difficult, but Shu Yushuang would never agree to say it was simple.
Jumping from the third floor revealed the incident's reenactment, allowing the dungeon to be completed. The earlier setup was just to mislead the executor.
The three vengeful spirits participated in the procurement, each profiting, and no one could remain unscathed.
But in the end, several innocent students died because of their greed.
Some among them remained greedy and continued their wrongdoing, while others felt guilty and still had a conscience.
Later, they fought among themselves, but ultimately all died due to the infighting.
As for that diary, it might have been arranged by the dungeon to confuse.
Shu Yushuang was very glad she did not waste words with the charred ghost and relieved she did not jump directly from the sixth floor like the jumping ghost.
If she really did that, she probably would be dead without a trace.
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Shu Yushuang didn’t care about the monetary reward from the dungeon; to her now, that money wasn’t much.
Moreover, Shu Yushuang’s purpose in entering the dungeon wasn’t for money, but to survive and find Shu Ya.
Lying in bed, Shu Yushuang started to miss Shu Ya again.
She hadn’t missed Shu Ya like this for a long time.
Over the past year, although she hadn’t forgotten to search for Shu Ya, she’d gradually gotten used to life without her.
However, ever since she got news about her master, the suppressed longing in Shu Yushuang’s heart completely erupted.
Shu Ya might just be trapped in some dungeon, and Shu Yushuang was determined to bring her back.
Although Shu Yushuang’s subconscious believed that this possibility was slim, she’d rather believe that she could still find Shu Ya.
Shu Yushuang suddenly remembered that while sorting through her master's belongings, she had seen a book called "Comprehensive Guide To Ghost Hunting."
This book might help her through the dungeon.
Thinking of this, Shu Yushuang quickly jumped off the bed and started searching through the box.
Soon, she found this peculiar "book."
The contents were obscure and hard to understand, with strange characters, many of which Shu Yushuang couldn’t comprehend.
Shu Ya had never taught Shu Yushuang anything in this area, so Shu Yushuang found it particularly difficult to read.
However, she didn’t plan to give up, knowing this book could be the key to her survival.
As night fell, Shu Yushuang decided to wake up early the next day to research and try to "decipher" the book.
Early the next morning, she went to a nearby library, hoping to find some useful information.
Heaven didn’t disappoint those with determination. After spending a week at the library, Shu Yushuang finally understood the first half of the book. Of course, this understanding meant she recognized the words, but she still couldn’t grasp the deeper meanings.
However, that was enough for her.
The second half of the book used familiar words, so she didn’t need to stay in the library any longer.
The rest would require her to slowly comprehend on her own.
After checking the Hell Online app, Shu Yushuang found she could enter her first official dungeon in six months, so she decided not to waste any more time.
During these six months, Shu Yushuang spent every day working and studying that book.
She combined the obscure content from the front with the understandable parts at the back and gradually grasped the basics.
Now, Shu Yushuang had a certain understanding of ghost-hunting methods, and she only needed practice.
She shared the same question as Shu Ya: why hadn’t any ghosts appeared around her for such a long time?
Could it be that Hell Online was just a game?
But what kind of game could lead to players dying? She couldn't understand.
Half a year passed in the blink of an eye, and Shu Yushuang soon entered her first official dungeon.
She lay flat on her bed and opened Hell Online, selecting to enter the dungeon.
Once again, she felt the strong sense of weightlessness, but this time, since she was lying on her bed, it wasn’t as uncomfortable as last time.
After opening her eyes, she quickly picked up her phone.
The details of the dungeon had been sent to her phone.
“Beginner Dungeon: Statue Party.
You’ve stumbled into a peculiar little county town.
You discover that in this town, aside from the various buildings, the trees, flowers, and even pets are all carved from stone.
The residents here are also strange. In the scorching summer heat, they’re still wrapped up tightly.
Well, maybe it’s not that odd. Perhaps they don’t mind the heat? Or maybe they’re particularly afraid of the cold.
Other than liking to wrap themselves up, the residents show no other unusual behaviors.
They’re very welcoming and seem delighted to host visitors like you from afar.
But their enthusiasm feels so forced that it makes you uneasy.
Task 1: Find out why the town’s residents ended up like this.
Task 2: Don’t turn into one of them.
Number of Participants: 6
Mission Time: 30 days.”
Don’t turn into one of the residents? Turn into what? Does it mean not wrapping myself up like them?
Shu Yushuang put down her phone and made sure to observe her surroundings.
It was a clean and tidy room, and she was lying on a bed.
To her right was a window, and to her left, there was a small bedside table.
Further away, there was a desk and a chair.
Directly in front of her was a television set.
At first glance, it seemed like an ordinary hotel room—except all the furniture and even the appliances were carved from stone.
If not for this detail, the room would’ve been completely ordinary.
Even the windows had stone-carved patterns, with only a small hole in the center that barely allowed her to see outside. Because of this, the room was extremely dim.
Shu Yushuang could feel warm air blowing in through the small hole.
Thankfully, it was summer, so she wouldn't freeze to death.
But... was this really safe?
She propped herself up and pressed one eye against the hole to look outside.
This town was indeed strange. The trees and flowers along the street were also entirely carved out of stone.
Shu Yushuang even saw someone dragging a stone-carved dog for a walk outside.
There weren't many pedestrians outside, but every single one of them wore high-necked long-sleeved shirts, long pants, and gloves, just like the description in the instance details said.
Shu Yushuang silently observed for a few minutes. She found that everyone outside dressed this way without exception, so she shifted her focus back to the room.
She got up and searched around, but there wasn’t a single item that wasn’t made of stone.
Even the quilt was carved out of a thin layer of stone.
Shu Yushuang felt like she was sleeping inside a stone cave.
Aside from herself, the clothes she wore, and her phone, everything here was made of stone.
The search wasn’t entirely fruitless though. She found a stone knife that she could use for self-defense.
Noisy sounds came from outside the door, and there was a heavy knocking sound coming from a bit farther away.
Soon after, someone knocked on Shu Yushuang’s door.
She moved quietly to the door, making no sound at all.
Shu Yushuang looked through the peephole—just a small hole on the stone door—and saw a man and a woman standing outside. They were dressed in light summer clothing, completely different from the pedestrians she had seen earlier.
Are they executors too?
Although Shu Yushuang thought so, she didn’t hurry to open the door or say anything.
Shu Yushuang continued to observe the situation outside.
The man finally couldn’t hold back and asked, “Excuse me, is anyone inside?”
Upon hearing the question, Shu Yushuang frowned slightly but remained silent.
She had never liked interacting with strangers, especially those who didn’t explain their intentions.
Seeing that there was no response from inside, the person outside spoke again, more urgently, “We mean no harm. We’re also executors; we just want to collaborate with you.”
This statement, however, aroused Shu Yushuang's suspicion.
Without confirming that the people inside were indeed executors, they sought cooperation, which was either foolish or malicious.
Shu Yushuang remained silent. She moved away from the peephole and hid to the side.
