novellk Chapter 254 - 251: The Missing Student Number 30
Chapter 254 - 251: The Missing Student Number 30
Chapter 254: Chapter 251: The Missing Student Number 30The splendid afternoon sun sprinkled on the golden petals of the flowers in the bed, and the courtyard was bathed in sunshine.
"Swish—"
Along the long fence, birds flew low, their feathers catching a gold-tinted gleam from the sun.
The broad road led beyond the iron fence to the lush, verdant forest.
Students clad in hospital gowns emerged from the basement, standing under the sunshine, looking at everything with tears in their eyes.
They had finally escaped from that hell and reached the outside world. To them, everything seemed as beautiful as a new beginning, and they felt content simply standing here basking in the sun.
On the metal staircase, a young man cradling a big sword looked out at the beautiful scenery, surveyed his surroundings, and redirected his gaze.
"Big brother, no enemies have been scouted nearby," Mo Yan, after scanning the area and tightening his grip on his sword, said to his older brother standing in front of him.
His big brother didn’t respond, as if he too was observing.
Mo Yan stepped forward, positioning himself beside his brother, "Big brother, I think we can make our way out through there. There’s a gate... but it seems unlocked..."
He pointed to a gate not far ahead, then turned his head.
He paused, taken aback.
He saw a glistening tear in his brother’s eye who was usually calm and collected.
Under the sun, the moisture shimmered, as if brimming within his eyes.
"...Big brother?"
Su Ming’an raised his hand and wiped away the saline at the corner of his eye.
Being decapitated in such poor condition and feeling his blood spurt before his eyes was an experience he didn’t want to relive.
The tears were purely an aftereffect. The sight of the sun casting its rays and the fresh air flowing through his chest involuntarily brought tears to his eyes.
"It’s nothing, just the sun is too bright," Su Ming’an said softly, his voice sounding particularly hoarse.
"Big brother, your voice is so low. What did you say?"
"..." Su Ming’an didn’t continue the conversation.
His eyes lifted slightly to check his san value.
points.
As if a heavy stone had suddenly been lifted from his heart, he breathed a sigh of relief in secret.
These were the values from before the reset, normal values. Otherwise, with his status of having died once more, the san value would be disturbingly low at thirty or forty.
He feared a sharp decline in his san value, suspect in any way it was observed. But now it seemed the san value was inclined to be an evaluative number, affected only by environmental assessment rather than his true state.
Like when he had 100 san points, he could feel something was off, yet the san value was full.
This assessment immediately put his mind at ease.
He looked back at the three students behind him.
Dong Xue, Zhuang Guo, and Suzune.
The three of them were watching him with a bit of nervousness, awaiting his next move.
"Wait here for a moment. I’m going to scout the nearby area," Su Ming’an said.
He wanted to investigate the nearby building, the very one from which the white creatures and Xia Luoyang had emerged.
Last loop, fearing they’d be caught by a teacher who could appear at any moment, they had rushed out the door and decided to break through the main gate in a panic.
Without the proper escape props, they ended up cornered at the edge of a cliff.
But logically speaking... even so, Su Ming’an’s route should’ve been fine. The progress of the perfect escape plan was undeniably rising, and had there been a deviation, the strategy for a perfect pass should’ve been replanned; there was no point where he could have deviated from the path.
Logically, his progress had no issues. Killing Xia Luoyang and cutting off the route from White Sand Paradise, then
[Player detected with prop (Doctor’s White Coat), the check is passed!] A system notification popped up.
The white creatures exchanged glances and walked away slowly down the hallway, seemingly accepting him as one of them.
Su Ming’an immediately followed behind them, trying to blend in.
In this environment, it was best to explore with the group first, not to go charging in alone right away.
He followed the white creatures and found them entering their respective offices, each with a nameplate marking the names of those creatures.
They entered their offices and started going through papers and notes as if they were teachers preparing for lessons.
Seeing that the corridor would soon come to an end, Su Ming’an picked a vacant office and entered.
This office was special; there was no name outside, leading him to guess that it belonged to a dead NPC, perhaps Flax’s office. In any case, a room set apart from the ordinary offices definitely had a special point.
He entered the office, locked the door, and immediately began searching.
...
[You have discovered (The Missing Student No. 30), would you like to start reconnaissance?]
[You have found the hidden clue·The Missing Student No. 30]
...
An open file bag lay on the desk; Su Ming’an dumped out the papers inside and began looking for the records of student number 29 and 30.
He rapidly flipped through the yellowing sheets, and soon, he saw the file marked with a blood-red 29 at the top.
[Student No. 29·Yang Xia]
At the sight of this name, he felt something was off.
...29, Yang Xia?
Wasn’t 29 supposed to be Dong Xue? He himself was Yang Xia, who should be numbered 30.
Why was Yang Xia marked as 29 on this file?
He flipped through, and there were twenty-nine sheets in total, from student number 1 to 29, but no record for student number 30.
He continued down the document, clutching the sheets.
[Yang Xia: Transgender, homosexual, fantasized about having a virtual girlfriend, sent here by his mother for correction.]
[Current condition is improving, selected as an outstanding student candidate.]
...
The content ended there, and he saw nothing else.
San value was steadily dropping, and he could hear strange noises starting up behind him.
He suddenly felt an intense sense of danger and looked up.
The wooden door was opened without him knowing when.
Standing at the door with a gun, Xia Luoyang, was silently staring at him.